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Antique Middle Victorian Table Bronze Papier Maché England XIX Century
England Third Quarter of the XIX Century
Tray table, England, second half of the 19th century. Made of finely chased and gilded bronze with a papier maché top. Four uprights in the shape of a winged dragon with a goat's foot, connected to each other by a crosspiece with a pinnacle, support a top embellished with gilded bronze applications in the rocaille style. The tray is signed "Jennet & Bettridge London" surmounted by a crown. This is one of the most important manufacturers of furniture and objects made of papier maché, a company that has exhibited at the most important universal exhibitions of the 19th century. On the cover of the book "japanned papier maché and tinware" there is a drawing of the Universal Exhibition of 1851, depicting the Jennens & Bettridge stand.