Basin stand
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1770
Materials
Mahogany, brass
Measurements
79 x 51 x 51 cm; 31 cm (diameter of top)
Place of origin
England
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Saltram, Devon
NT 871348
Summary
A mahogany basin-stand, English, circa 1770, converted, the top with a later board to the underside. Topped by a circular moulding designed to hold a basin, above a central triangular shelf topped by a soap box with cover with turned spire finial, above two short drawers with brass handles. All of three shaped supports formed from 'S' and 'C' scrolls. All on a platform with a moulded dished centre and on three downswept legs with pad feet. Of very good quality.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951, and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Death Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877 - 1951), 4th Earl of Morley.
References
Macquoid, P. and Edwards, R., The Dictionary of English Furniture (Softback Edition, 1986), 3 vols., p. 367