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Nov 11, 2025
circa 1760, dense figured mahogany, deeply scalloped form with gadrooned molding, finely carved skirt with punchwork ground, paw feet, fitted with eight conforming hand blown clear glass decanters, 23-1/2 x 28-1/2 x 16-1/2 in.
Provenance: With R. A. Lee, 25 November 1964; Christie's London, 'The Samuel Messer Collection', 5 December 1991 lot 103; Norman Adams, London; The Jerold Krouse Collection
Exhibited: The Art Institute of Chicago, "Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design", March 2015-June 2015, catalog no. 242.
Literature: Illustrated in The Knight of Glin and James Peill, Irish Furniture, p. 236 catalog. no. 176.
An exceptional example of this classic Irish form. A very closely related example from the Howth Castle Collection, with similar carving but lacking the punchwork ground, sold at Fonsie Mealy's Auction, September 8, 2021 lot 392.
With R. A. Lee, 25 November 1964; Christie's London, 'The Samuel Messer Collection', 5 December 1991 lot 103; Norman Adams, London; The Jerold Krouse Collection
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