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Lot 546

AN EARLY VICTORIAN EBONISED AND IVORY TABLE

BY GEORGE MORANT & SON, CIRCA 1840

Closed8 July 2009

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GBP 2,500

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN EBONISED AND IVORY TABLE
BY GEORGE MORANT & SON, CIRCA 1840
The square top with canted angles, ebonised over a rosewood border, on spiral-turned column and scroll feet, stamped 'G.J. Morant, New Bond Street'
28½ in. (73 cm.) high; 20 in. (51 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The firm of Morant, Boyd & Morant was established in 1790 by George Morant (d. 1846) at 88 New Bond Street, London. It continued to flourish and expand throughout the 19th Century. By 1852 the firm was known as Morant & Boyd and had premises at 91 New Bond Street, and by 1858 they had moved to 81 New Bond Street. The business continued into the 20th Century, when it became known as Lenygon & Morant.