An important and rare Regency part-ebonized mahogany five-pedestal dining table circa 1810

the rectangular top with reeded edges supported on five pedestals, each centered by a cylindrical stem and raised on C-scrolled downswept legs ending in brass-capped casters.

The Cheesment Severn Family, Penybont Hall, Penybont, Radnoreshire
Thence by descent
Lord Quinton, 1928
Apter-Fredericks, London, 2002

Overall in very good condition with beautiful color and figuring to the mahogany. The edges of the tops and leaves with some minor hairline age cracks and repairs. Two old inventory labels on the underside of the table; one stamped White & Co. Ltd./ Quiton/ Winchester, South Hampton, London, Portsmouth, Bournemouth; the other inscribed Quiton/ 26. Pedestals appear to be in good condition and are sturdy; tops of C-scrolled legs with old age cracks and repairs. One pedestal with one leg with an age crack at join to base of stem but appears to be stable; another leg with repair at join of base to stem.
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John Cheesment-Severn (1781-1875) rose to prominence as a barrister, a high sheriff of Radnorshire, and a Member of Parliament.  He attended Eton (1796), and Christ Church, Oxford (1800), before passing the bar (1807).  In the same year as his appointment to the bar, Cheesment took on the name Severn by Royal License, in honor of a fellow barrister, William Severn of Pall Mall.  Soon thereafter, Severn began acquiring land throughout Radnorshire.  He arrived at Penybont House in 1811 with his marriage to Mary-Anne, daughter of John Price of Devanner Park.  Cheesment-Severn set about rebuilding various sections which had fallen into disrepair, with a fair degree of embellishment.  After twenty-three years at the bar, Cheesment-Severn served several terms as a Member of Parliament, sitting variously for Wooton-Basset and for Fowey.  For his civil service, Cheesment-Severn was appointed to the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.