Lot 173
A SCOTTISH REGENCY ROSEWOOD SIDE TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM TROTTER, EDINBURGH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 16 August 2017 at 12:00 BST
Description
the rounded rectangular top with moulded edge above an arrangement of six drawers, each with beaded mouldings, the whole raised on square tapered column with decorative mouldings above a quatreform base with scrolled feet and castors
Dimensions
Width: 90cm, height: 78cm, depth: 46cm
Footnote
Note: William Trotter was born into a family of merchants in 1772, descended on the maternal side from the family of John Knox. He became a member of The Merchant Company in 1797 and by 1809 he was sole proprietor of the firm Young & Trotter. In 1819 he was elected Master of The Merchant Company and from 1825-27 he was Lord Provost of Edinburgh. In 1814-15 he furnished the library and picture gallery which the architect Robert Reid had added to Paxton House for George Home. Trotter continued to trade from 9 Princes Street (the site on which the Balmoral Hotel stands today) until his death in 1833.