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A William IV Tunbridge ware specimen marquetry centre table by John Talbot Ubsdell
Estimate:
£1,000 - £1,500
Sold
£850
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Fine Interiors Including Selected Property from a Berkshire Residence - Part Two - 9 February 2021
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A William IV Tunbridge ware rosewood and specimen marquetry centre table by John Talbot Ubsdell of Tunbridge Wells
The rectangular top inlaid with a central stellar, with coromandel bands and a chevron border, with fan inlaid corners, above a bead and reel moulded frieze on octagonal end supports, with recessed castors, labelled to the underside, 'Manufactured by I.T.Ubsdell, late Fenner & Co, REPOSITORY, Tunbridge Wells', 66cm wide, 43cm deep, 72cm high.
Provenance:
Property from a Berkshire Residence.
John Talbot Ubsdell (1797-1879) is listed at Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, Kent as a Tunbridge ware manufacturer (1829-34). See G.Beard & C.Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, p.916. See also B. Austen, Tables by Tunbridge Ware Makers, Furniture History 1997, p.266-7 figs 3 & 4 where Ubsdell is discussed and a work table with similar marquetry and label is illustrated. For another Ubsdell work table see Christie's, London 24 January 2008, lot 169.
The rectangular top inlaid with a central stellar, with coromandel bands and a chevron border, with fan inlaid corners, above a bead and reel moulded frieze on octagonal end supports, with recessed castors, labelled to the underside, 'Manufactured by I.T.Ubsdell, late Fenner & Co, REPOSITORY, Tunbridge Wells', 66cm wide, 43cm deep, 72cm high.
Provenance:
Property from a Berkshire Residence.
John Talbot Ubsdell (1797-1879) is listed at Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, Kent as a Tunbridge ware manufacturer (1829-34). See G.Beard & C.Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, p.916. See also B. Austen, Tables by Tunbridge Ware Makers, Furniture History 1997, p.266-7 figs 3 & 4 where Ubsdell is discussed and a work table with similar marquetry and label is illustrated. For another Ubsdell work table see Christie's, London 24 January 2008, lot 169.
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