Neal Auction 2012

64 258. A French Bronze-Mounted, Mahogany and Ebonized Guéridon , reticulated brass gallery, grey fossilized marble top, hoof feet, height 29 in., diameter 31 1/2 in. $1200/1800 255. A Fine Irish Highly Carved Mahogany Console Table , mid-19th c., after a design by Matthias Lock (English, 1710- 1765), rectangular verde antico marble top, central masque of Hercules wearing the skin of the Nemean lion amid heavy swags, massive foliate embellished cabriole legs, hairy paw feet, height 36 1/2 in., width 79 in., depth 30 in. $8000/12000 Note. Design elements from this table relate to a pencil drawing by Matthias Lock now at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Lock is credited as the first to publish Rococo designs in England; of these his A New Book of Ornament , 1752 was the most encompassing publication prior to Thomas Chippendale’s The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director , 1754. 256. An Antique Georgian-Style Carved Walnut Carlton House Desk , 19th c., superstructure of drawers, oyster veneered prospect doors and lift top compartments, sliding inset leather writing surface, chevron banding, kneehole configuration of drawers with banded inlay, cartouche-carved cabriole legs on ball and feet, height 36 in., width 48 in., depth 35 in. $1000/1500 257. A George III Carved Mahogany Pole Screen , late 18th c., possibly Irish, original needlework screen, molded mahogany frame, punchwork and acanthus-carved baluster stem, raised on arched cabriole legs, vine and acanthus pad feet, height 52 in., width 19 in., depth 17 in. $400/600 255 256 258 257