Condition Report
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Lot 259
Sale 2859 - English & Continental Furniture & Dec Arts
Sep 18, 2004
7:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,500 -
2,500
Price Realized
$1,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
GEORGE III MAHOGANY...
GEORGE III MAHOGANY SARCOPHAGUS-FORM CELLARETTE
Early 19th c.
The pyramidal shaped rectangular hinged top enclosing a lead-lined interior, above a tapering body, on later bun feet H: 18 1/2, W: 34 1/2, D:24 1/2 in. NOTE: The tapering-sided wine cellarette with pyramidal lid evolved from a 'sarcophagus' pattern illustrated in Thomas Sheraton's The Cabinet Dictionary, London, 1803, pl. 66.