George III Mahogany Bowfront Server

Rectangular with serpentine shape over a frieze with central carved neoclassical urn flanked by fluting and roundels. Raised on square section tapered fluted legs and block feet. Provenance; Hackwood Park, Hampshire. Sold Christies London April 20-22 1998. Hackwood Park was built from 1683 to 1687 for a son of the fifth Marquess of Winchester, Charles Paulet , created Duke of Bolton [1630-1699], created 1st Duke of Bolton in 1689. In the middle of the 18th century the 5th duke [1718-1765] engaged the architectJ ohn Vardy to undertake a major interior refurbishment campaign. The property was sold in 1936 to newspaper publisher William Berry...

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