Harcroft House Sale
Live Auction, 18 November 2019
Session Three
Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 6 449
About this Item
Penang, Malaysia
A Jacobean-style teak refectory style table, manufactured by Pritchard & Co Ltd, Penang, Ipoh & Sungei Patani, 19th century
the rectangular top above a frieze carved with half-moon roundels enclosing flowerheads interspersed with scrolling foliage, on turned bulbous supports carved with egg-and-dart and foliage, on shaped brackets joined by a stretcher, with later bun feet, manufacturer's plaque, 65cm high, 106,5cm wide, 75,8cm deep; and a pair of stools, en suite
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Notes
Pritchard & Co. was a department store operating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Malaysian state of Penang.
This lot appears in photographs of Harcroft, Perak, during Charles and Muriel Rycroft's occupancy pre 1941.