English Tray Table

Impressive English bamboo dressing table adorned with beveled mirror. Beautifully lacquered top in a richly textured floral chinoiserie motif w...

Small round engraved old Sheffield serving tray with embossed leaf and flower border and decorative raised feet. The centre medallion with c...

Round sterling silver tray with scalloped edges resting on scrolled feet. Hallmarked "Eric Viner, Sheffield 1930."

Oval flower pattern silver salver tray with embossed grape pattern border. Raised on scroll shaped feet. Sheffield silver, circa 1845.

Fantastic Vintage Hollywood Regency Lucite tray table or luggage rack. Collapsed the stand measures H 26 by W 22 by D 2.5 inches.

Vintage Hollywood Regency Lucite tray table or luggage rack, signed Scheibe. Collapsed the stand measures H 24.5 by W 22.5 by D 3.75 inches.

This exceptionally beautiful and rare silver-inlaid brass tray stand dates from the medieval period, when the Mamluks ruled Egypt and Syria (1250-1517). The Mamluks originated as slave-soldiers, who served the Muslim caliphs and Ottoman Empire. With time, the Mamluks became a powerful military caste, and they managed to take control and establish themselves as rulers of certain areas within the Abbasid caliphate. The Mamluk dynasty commissioned great works of art and architecture, particularly in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, which was described in the 14th Century as ‘the centre of the universe and garden of the world’ (Ibn Khaldun, 1382). This tray stand is of biconical form, with a raised central band and flared base and rim. It is decorated with scrolling vines, overlaid with Thuluth inscriptions and roundels. On the lower body, the roundels contain floral motifs, and in the upper, stylised depictions of birds. The Thuluth inscriptions praise the patron, referring to him as ‘The High authority, the Lordly, the Possessor’, and ‘the learned’. The underside of the rim is engraved with a heraldic medallion, possibly the patron’s symbol. In the middle ages, when this piece was made, this item would have stood in a grand interior, supporting a tray full of fruit and fine food. The owner of this lavish piece which still bears traces of its original silver inlay would likely have been an Amir (prince) or some other important figure who was close to the Sultan in the Mamluk court. Mamluk tray...

Italian 19th century walnut saber legs small table or bedside or coffee table Louis XV in walnut, walnut veneered top with inlay, with drower. Restored and wax polished