An Elegant Early 19thC Irish Mahogany Serving Table c.1820-30 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles two years after this pendant

two years after this pendant was inscribed in 1805 Great Britain saw a bill for Abolition of slavery passed in Commons but rejected in the House of Lords

The paintwork

There is some pastel lacking to the corners and the picture is signed but sadly it is too smudged to be discernable

She requires a new glass eye and some attention to the mechanisms to make them fully operational

three maidens and two cavaliers beneath a tower

An Elegant Early 19thC Irish Mahogany Serving Table c.1820-30 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles two years after this pendantOrigin: Irish, Probably Cork Period: Early 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1820 30 Height: 34. 5 Width: 67 Depth: 19. 5 Of fine and unusually shallow proportions the well patinated semi elliptical top with reeded edging on five ring turned tapering legs, with a lovely rich colour to the whole, survives from the first quarter of nineteenth century Ireland, and, most likely, Cork. The overall patination and colour to the mahogany is very appealing