Skip to main content
A George III mahogany tea tray circa 1760 image 1
A George III mahogany tea tray circa 1760 image 2
A George III mahogany tea tray circa 1760 image 3
A George III mahogany tea tray circa 1760 image 4
A George III mahogany tea tray circa 1760 image 5
Lot 12

A George III mahogany tea tray
circa 1760

21 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£1,500 - £2,000

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Home and Interiors specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

A George III mahogany tea tray

circa 1760
The rectangular base encompassed by an everted gallery pierced with elongated trefoils, sexafoils and side handles, surmounted by a flowerhead and foliate carved top edge, on a moulded base, 65cm wide x 44cm deep x 10cm high, (25 1/2in wide x 17in deep x 3 1/2in high)

Footnotes

Provenance:
A.C.J. Wall Collection, Middleton Park, Oxon.

A.C.J. Wall, who was a successful business man born in Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham, amassed a significant collection of English 18th century furniture in conjunction with an impressive array of ceramics, gold boxes, silver, painting, works of art and Chinese porcelain. Wall housed his collection at Middleton Park, in Oxfordshire, which was the home he bought in 1946.

Middleton Park
During the 17th century a castle, which had in fact been built in the reign of King Stephen (1135-1154) within the proximity of the current Middleton Park, was purchased by John Harman of Taynton. John Harman's son then oversaw the construction of a mansion on the present day site of Middleton. Subsequently one of his descendants, called Edmund Denton, sold the property in 1711 to the Honourable Henry Boyle, who was a cousin to the renowned Earl of Burlington.

After various other owners and architectural alterations, including a period during the mid-18th century when Middleton Park was under the tenure of William Villiers, the 3rd Earl of Jersey, the 19th century version of the house with its stone facade was ultimately demolished in the early 20th century. Following that, the celebrated architect Sir Edwin Lutyens was responsible for the building which still stands at Middleton today. Lutyens, who both designed and oversaw the construction of the current house during the period 1934-8, seemingly modelled it on great classical architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries, very much in keeping with the contents of its interior.

Additional information

Bid now on these items