Pleasures of the dining room – notforgetting the corkscrew
GOOD-quality mahogany and oak furniture took most of the better prices in Mitchells' (15% buyer's premium) 1566-lot May 13-14 auction which totalled £325,000.
A c.1730 dresser base of compact proportions, 4ft 8in (1.42m) wide, was a case in point. With good p…