Lot 112

Generally in excellent condition, proficiently and sympathetically restored and repolished a decade or so ago.

At one corner of the top, the gilt bronze moulding to the edge is out of alignment with its rebate (apparently caused by shrinkage in the overall depth of the top over time, leaving the rigid moulding projecting outside its rebate.) The same has occurred at the other three corners, to a lesser degree at one and to a much less degree at the other two.



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The present table is closely comparable in design and quality of execution to a pair of tables supplied by Holland & Sons to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and Princess Alexandra around 1870 (sold Sotheby's, Property from the Collections of Lily and Edmond J. Safra, New York, 18 October 2011, lot 752).