Lot 190

RARE IRISH GEORGE III GILTWOOD AND GESSO TABLE TOP DISPLAY CASE
18TH CENTURY




Auction: 20 April 2016 at 11:00 BST
£375
Description
the stepped top with ball finials above lattice work sides and a mirrored back door panel, on a square plinth base with leaf tip mouldings, bearing a paper maker's label to the baize lined underside, 'HOLMES, Carver, Gilder / LOOKING GLASS & / Lustre / Manufacturer / to the Right Hon-ble & Hon-ble / his Majesties / BOARD of WORKS / No. 6 Aston Quay / DUBLIN'
Dimensions
22.5cm wide, 26cm high, 22.5cm deep
Footnote
Note: There was a Benjamin Holmes glass manufacturer, carver and gilder recorded working at No. 6 Aston Quay, Dublin, 1797-1812



