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A VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED PAINTED SLATE AND GILT CAST IRON CENTRE TABLE
Lot 55

A VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED PAINTED SLATE AND GILT CAST IRON CENTRE TABLE

BY G.E. MAGNUS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed17 February 2015

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A VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED PAINTED SLATE AND GILT CAST IRON CENTRE TABLE
BY G.E. MAGNUS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The slate top painted with a faux-marble reserve to the centre and faux-pietra dura border of birds, berries and leaves, all within a foliate cast ormolu rim, on a gilt cast iron base, the underside of the top with heavily rubbed maker's label, the centre of the top incised underneath 756
29 ¼ in. (74.5 cm.) high; 38 in. (97 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The firm of G.E.Magnus produced articles of decorated slate in the mid-19th century from their Pimlico workshop, exhibiting at the Great Exhibition in 1851. They are best known for their embellishment of the Thurston billiard table designed by Prince Albert for Osborne House (see J. Meyer, Great Exhibitions, Woodbridge, 2006, p.40; and English Heritage, Osborne House Guide, 1989, p.6).