A Delightful Late 18th Century George III Period Mahogany Wine Table Of Exceptionally Rare Small Proportions, Or Kettle Stand, Retaining Superbly Untouched Colour And Surface, Having Crossbanded Decoration To Well Figured Circular Tilt Top, Raised On Elegant Turned Column With Wrythen Carved Decoration And Umbrella Tripod Legs With Strung Decoration.�The term Kettle Stand is generally attributed to just about any low tripod type table of the Georgian period and they are most popular items of English furniture indeed. It is generally accepted that in theory they were made to house the kettle in the centre of a room when taking tea, although of course there is no way that all of them could possibly have been made just for this very specific purpose.We believe that actually this little table was originally made as a typical wine type table for the period, just using incredibly rare and unusual proportions. There is a possibility that it was made for a child, or even a small adult,...