A GEORGE II MAHOGANY KETTLE STAND WITH TRIFORM TOP, English, circa 1755
Height: 22 in; 56 cm
Width of top: 17 in; 43 cm
Depth of top: 14½ in; 37 cm
Width of top: 17 in; 43 cm
Depth of top: 14½ in; 37 cm
4499751
£10,000 - £50,000
Triangular kettle stands are exceptionally rare. The furniture enthusiast and celebrated collector Samuel Messer must have developed a liking for such rare pieces, since the sale of his collection at...
Triangular kettle stands are exceptionally rare. The furniture enthusiast and celebrated collector Samuel Messer must have developed a liking for such rare pieces, since the sale of his collection at Christie’s on 5 December 1991 featured no fewer than four examples, the largest group of triangular kettle stands assembled to date.
Provenance
Hotspur Ltd., London, England;
Private collection, New York, USA;
Tom Devenish, New York, USA;
Private collection, New York, USA.
