Kettle Stand
1750-1760 (made)
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On loan to Bath Preservation Trust at 1 Royal Crescent, Bath.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved mahogany. |
| Brief description | Tripod form, carved mahogany, English, 1750-60. RF:70/1613 |
| Physical description | Kettle stand of carved mahogany. Sunken circular top with scalloped rim. Shaft composed of tapering fluted column above a baluster carved with foliage in low relief. Arched tripod legs carved with foliage and beading and terminating in oral claw-and-ball feet. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr. Eric M. Browett. |
| Object history | Given by Eric Browett in memory of his wife. Mr Browett gave more than twenty pieces of English furniture, mostly of the second half of the eighteenth century (W.46 to W.74-1937). Most of the pieces were shown together in Gallery 44 on first acquisition (neg. no. 77456). For a discussion of the whole Browett collection see: Ralph Edwards, 'The Browett Gift of English Furniture at the Victoria and Albert Museum', Country Life, 9 October 1937, p. 380-381. |
| Summary | On loan to Bath Preservation Trust at 1 Royal Crescent, Bath. |
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| Accession number | W.52-1937 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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