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AN EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD, ASHFORD BLACK MARBLE AND SPECIMEN MARBLE CENTRE TABLE
Lot 180

AN EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD, ASHFORD BLACK MARBLE AND SPECIMEN MARBLE CENTRE TABLE

BY WILLIAM CHARLES BURT, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed28 September 2010

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GBP 3,000

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD, ASHFORD BLACK MARBLE AND SPECIMEN MARBLE CENTRE TABLE
BY WILLIAM CHARLES BURT, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The octagonal top inset with radiating exotic and native coloured marble specimens including alabastro fiorito, diaspro di Sicilia, lumacchella nera, africano, portasanta, madrepore and granito, above an arched and pendant frieze and a facetted shaft, above a lapetted gadrooned base with scrolled paw feet, stamped twice 'W.C. BURT TORQUAY'
28 in. (71 cm.) high; 23 in. (80.5 cm.) wide

Specialist note

Charles William Burt is listed as a cabinet-maker and upholsterer at 9 Strand, Torquay, Devon 1838. The label 'BURTS, CABINET MAKER & UPHOLSTERY MANUFACTURER, TORQUAY' was recorded on a Regency rosewood and marble-topped table with anthemion pillars, probably the same Charles William Burt (see G. Beard and C. Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660 - 1840, Leeds, 1986, pp. 134 and 136).