Strauss & co - 8 October 2012, Cape Town

296 An Irish Regency mahogany serving table, circa 1820 in the manner of Morgans of Dublin, with three-quarter shaped gallery carved with rondels, the inverted breakfront top with outset corners and spiral-reeded border enclosing a pair of frieze drawers, four turned and spiral-reeded front legs headed by acanthus foliage, on paw feet, the rear supports with turned feet, 113cm high, 214cmwide, 69cm deep R80 000 – 100 000 cf. Lewis and Anthony Morgan, of 21 Henry Street, Dublin, were a respected early 19th century firm of cabinetmakers and upholsterers. They supplied furniture for the Provost’s House, Trinity College, Dublin, in 1821, including a dining table, chairs, a wine cooler and a teapoy all with spiral-reeded legs. D Guinness and W Ryan , Irish Houses and Castles, London, 1971, page 122, illustrated 94