A Regency ormolu-mounted parcel-gilt brass-inlaid rosewood circular center table London, circa 1818, by S. Jamar

The circular top with foliate-brass banding above a concave pyramidal base raised on ormolu paw feet, on casters.  Stamped S. Jamar.  The gilt-metal catch stamped F... / SOHO / WARDOUR ST.

Godson Coles, London, 2004

Good condition; the top with some lifting to the brass inlay in some places and with a small loss to one thin piece of banding approximately 2 inches in length; the edge of the top with very minor restorations; the pedestal in good condition and with some very minor patches to veneer to one long side of the plinth base' tops of the plinth base with some old scratches and bruises; the gilding to the feet is flaking and lifting in places with some losses and appears to be possibly the original gilding; nice color and surface to the rosewood.
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The firm of S. Jamar located at 29 Wardour St. Soho, London from 1818 specialized in making furniture in the French manner.  His advertisement claimed that his furniture was ‘equal to any made in Paris, and at a rate that upon calculation will be admitted considerably advantageous than importing from abroad, also without incurring the risk of being damage on the journey.’  By 1819 he began trading in Liverpool and had moved his London address to 37 Gerard St. Soho (see Geoffrey Beard and Christopher Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986p. 478).  A number of stamped pieces are illustrated by Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of marked Lond Furniture, 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, pp. 272-280, and have similar gilt-bronze mounts.

The present table also bears comparison with the work of George Bullock who popularized the use of boulle style brass-inlaid bandings and panels to his furniture.