A late George III rosewood and parcel-gilt centre table circa 1805

Probably supplied to William, 3rd Viscount Courtenay, later 9th Earl of Devon (1768-1835) and thence by descent.

The present table closely relates to a design for a "Pouch Table" in Thomas Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803, pl. 65 where he commented that `The design was taken from one executed by Mr M'Lean in Mary-le-bone Street, near Tottenham Court Road, who finishes these small articles in the neatest manner' and supplied by John Mclean. Comparable tables include an example with a veneered top, illustrated in Frances Collard, Regency Furniture, p.75 and a games table sold, Sotheby's, Tyninghame, East Lothian, 28 September 1987, lot 93.