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George III Mahogany Butlers Tray
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George III Mahogany Butlers Tray

18th century
Description

A George III Mahogany Butlers Tray.

With raised edges, shaped in a sweeping and bowed profile, the two short sides with shaped h and holds, as those sides fall to a lower front edge, surrounding the well figured centre. The tray resting on, and lifting off a stand, with rounded and stepped edges, over rails meeting the four square section legs, with chamfered inner corners. The legs joined by stretchers.

Date circa 1790.

Height 22 inches, 56cm.

Width 30 inches, 76cm.

Depth 23 inches, 48cm.

Declaration

Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this Mahogany Butler Tray Table to the 18th Century.

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SA1216467
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24367
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Mytton Antiques

Norton Crossroads

Atcham

Shropshire SY44UH

01952740229

07860575639

Description
A George III Mahogany Butlers Tray.
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With raised edges, shaped in a sweeping and bowed profile, the two short sides with shaped h and holds, as those sides fall to a lower front edge, surrounding the well figured centre.
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares

The tray resting on, and lifting off a stand, with rounded and stepped edges, over rails meeting the four square section legs, with chamfered inner corners. The legs joined by stretchers.

Date circa 1790.

Height 22 inches, 56cm.

Width 30 inches, 76cm.

Depth 23 inches, 48cm.

Date of Manufacture

Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this Mahogany Butler Tray Table to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1216467
Dealers Internal Ref
24367
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares
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Fine antiques from the 18th century onwards, supplying both trade and private customers worldwide.

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A George III mahogany butlers tray table featuring a scalloped gallery edge with cut-out handles supported by a square-leg wooden stand with cross stretchers.
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Archive I A George III mahogany butlers tray table featuring a scalloped gallery edge with cut-out handles supported by a square-leg wooden stand with cross stretchers.

George III Mahogany Butlers Tray

Archive II A George III mahogany butlers tray table featuring a scalloped gallery edge with cut-out handles supported by a square-leg wooden stand with cross stretchers. View II
Archive III A George III mahogany butlers tray table featuring a scalloped gallery edge with cut-out handles supported by a square-leg wooden stand with cross stretchers. View III
Archive IV A George III mahogany butlers tray table featuring a scalloped gallery edge with cut-out handles supported by a square-leg wooden stand with cross stretchers. View IV
Archive V A George III mahogany butlers tray table featuring a scalloped gallery edge with cut-out handles supported by a square-leg wooden stand with cross stretchers. View V
Archive VI A George III mahogany butlers tray table featuring a scalloped gallery edge with cut-out handles supported by a square-leg wooden stand with cross stretchers. View VI
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Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares
Telephone 01952 740 229 or 07860 575 639
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Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY4 4UH
United Kingdom
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A George III mahogany butlers tray table featuring a scalloped gallery edge with cut-out handles supported by a square-leg wooden stand with cross stretchers.
GEORGE III MAHOGANY BUTLERS TRAY
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A George III mahogany butlers tray table featuring a scalloped gallery edge with cut-out handles supported by a square-leg wooden stand with cross stretchers.
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  • ObjectCoffee Tables
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian
  • MaterialMahogany
  • ColourDark Brown
  • MotifsScalloped gallery, Cut-out hand grips, Square legs, H-stretcher base

This George III mahogany butler's tray table exemplifies eighteenth-century Georgian design with its rich dark brown timber and figured wood grain. The piece comprises a removable tray featuring a scalloped gallery edge, sweeping bowed profiles on the raised sides, and cut-out hand grips. The stand supports the tray on four straight square-section legs with chamfered inner corners, united by an H-stretcher base. Wear is visible on the polished wooden surfaces, denoting age and past use. The height measures 56 cm, the width 76 cm, and the depth 48 cm. In a contemporary home, this table works well as a coffee table or at the end of a sofa in a living room, combining traditional utility with English country house character. The portable top sits securely on the fixed stand, offering surface space for drinks, books, or decorative items while retaining its historic modular function.

FAQs

A George III butlers tray table is an 18th-century piece of British furniture featuring a removable or integrated tray with a raised gallery surround and carrying handles, resting upon a dedicated wooden stand.

These pieces were predominantly constructed from dense mahogany, featuring hand-cut dovetail joints, mortise and tenon joinery for the framework, and hand-scalloped timber galleries.

Authentic period examples exhibit hand-sawn timber markings, natural oxidisation on the unpolished undersides, hand-carved gallery profiles, and historic joinery rather than modern machine-cut fasteners.

It serves effectively as a low coffee table in a central seating area, a compact drinks station, or an occasional side table placed alongside modern upholstered furniture.

Dust the timber regularly using a dry microfiber cloth and apply natural beeswax polish once or twice a year, keeping the table away from direct sunlight and radiators to prevent timber shrinkage.
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