Live Auction 8011The Gothick Pavilion - A Private Collection from Belgravia
A PAIR OF ENGLISH PAINTED AND LACQUERED BRASS TWO-TIER ETAGERES
Lot 210

A PAIR OF ENGLISH PAINTED AND LACQUERED BRASS TWO-TIER ETAGERES

THE PAINTED TOPS PROBABLY CIRCA 1800, THE ETAGERES MID-20TH CENTURY

Closed26 January 2011

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A PAIR OF ENGLISH PAINTED AND LACQUERED BRASS TWO-TIER ETAGERES
THE PAINTED TOPS PROBABLY CIRCA 1800, THE ETAGERES MID-20TH CENTURY
Each depicting a scene after William Redmore Bigg, Black Monday and Dolce Domum, above an ebonised and parcel-gilt undertier, on turned legs and castors
26¾ in. (68 cm.) high; 29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53 cm.) deep (2)

The late Lady de Trafford, sold Christie's London, 3 March 1994, lot 112.

Specialist note

Black Monday, or The Departure for School and Dulce Domum or The Return from School are after paintings by William Redmore Bigg, published as coloured mezzotints by John Jones in 1790.
Obidiah and William Ryton (1738-circa 1820) and Jones and Taylor (1767-83) produced closely related trays at the Old Hall, Wolverhampton. A tray with identical borders is in the Collection of Wolverhampton Borough Council.