Live Auction 22125The Ann and Gordon Getty Collection: Temple of Wings
LEWIS WOOLF
Lot 71

LEWIS WOOLF

Center table, 1852

Closed14 June 2023

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LEWIS WOOLF
Center table, 1852
ebony, walnut, inlaid with silver
The rounded silver mount with inscription that reads 'Presented to Andrew William Corbet, Esquire, of Sundorne Castle, By his friends in Shrewsbury and its vicinity as a token of their esteem and regard, May XVII, MDCCCLII,' each supported mounted with cast-iron coat-of-arms and an elephant and castle
28 3/4 in. (73 cm.) high, 49 in. (124.5 cm.) wide, 33 in. (84 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11 October 1996, lot 387.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

Specialist note

Lewis Woolf is recorded as working at 35 South Castle Street, Liverpool, from 1834-1851 (B. Loomes, Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, p.259.) Woolf worked primarily as horologer, and therefore was proficient in metallurgy. The fascinating details of the history of the present lot are detailed in The Shrewsbury Chronicle, 1852. An article published on 21 May, 1852, contains the full report on the Presentation of the Testimonial to A. W. Corbet, Esq., pp. 4-5, and is available to read online.