AN UNUSUALLY LARGE 18TH CENTURY MAHOGANY ‘LAZY SUSAN’
CONSTRUCTED FROM AN EXTREMELY DENSE AND DEEPLY PATINATED MAHOGANY, WITH A STRONG EXPANSE OF HIGH QUALITY TIMBER TO THE TOP - WHICH SPANS 2 FOOT IN DIAMETER - WITH ORIGINAL REVOLVING MECHANISM HELD AND WEIGHTED WITH LEAD IN THE TURNED SOCLE BASE. IT IS BELIEVED THE FIRST ‘LAZY SUSAN’ WAS CONCEIVED IN THE EARLY TO MID 18TH CENTURY (ALTHOUGH THE NAME IS A 20TH CENTURY CONCEPTION) - THIS PLACES THIS RARE AND UNUSUALLY LARGE EXAMPLE AMONG SOME OF THE FIRST TO GRACE THE GREAT DINING TABLES OF THE 18TH CENTURY COUNTRY HOUSES. OFTEN USED TO SERVE SWEETMEATS, SMALL TASTING GLASSES, OR DESSERTS, IT RETAINS JUST AS MUCH PRESENCE IN THE MODERN TABLE SETTING.
DIAM 60CM, 23 3/4”, H 10CM, 4”
AN UNUSUALLY LARGE 18TH CENTURY MAHOGANY ‘LAZY SUSAN’
CONSTRUCTED FROM AN EXTREMELY DENSE AND DEEPLY PATINATED MAHOGANY, WITH A STRONG EXPANSE OF HIGH QUALITY TIMBER TO THE TOP - WHICH SPANS 2 FOOT IN DIAMETER - WITH ORIGINAL REVOLVING MECHANISM HELD AND WEIGHTED WITH LEAD IN THE TURNED SOCLE BASE. IT IS BELIEVED THE FIRST ‘LAZY SUSAN’ WAS CONCEIVED IN THE EARLY TO MID 18TH CENTURY (ALTHOUGH THE NAME IS A 20TH CENTURY CONCEPTION) - THIS PLACES THIS RARE AND UNUSUALLY LARGE EXAMPLE AMONG SOME OF THE FIRST TO GRACE THE GREAT DINING TABLES OF THE 18TH CENTURY COUNTRY HOUSES. OFTEN USED TO SERVE SWEETMEATS, SMALL TASTING GLASSES, OR DESSERTS, IT RETAINS JUST AS MUCH PRESENCE IN THE MODERN TABLE SETTING.
DIAM 60CM, 23 3/4”, H 10CM, 4”
