Object Description
A Very Good Quality Georgian Mahogany Oval Butlers
Tray, Unusually Having Single Panelled Top, With Hinged
Folding Sides And Pierced Carrying Handles Housed On
Later Square Chamfered Leg Stand
(Always a great solution to the age old
problem of there being no such thing a
coffee table, or at least what we regard
as a coffee table in modern times, during
the 18th and 19th centuries because they
simply didn’t make coffee tables of that height.
As is normal with the majority that you will see,
this butlers tray has been removed from it’s
original folding waist height stand and placed
onto a stand of lower height to make it into an
extremely useful coffee table. It is a nice feature
that the stand has been constructed using recycled
18th, or 19th, century timber as opposed to brand
new wood. The stand itself is probably
between 50 and 100 years old.)