Designed in the early 19th century 'antique' style in the manner of a Roman tripod altar, the fluted supports, springing from acanthus-wrapped trusses, are supported on a triangular plinth with reed-enriched edges and bacchic-lion feet emerging from acanthus scrolls

Jardinière stands of this form, manufactured by the eminent Edinburgh cabinet-maker William Trotter (d.1833) for Yester House, East Lothian about 1815, may have been inspired by a stand illustrated in George Smith's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1808. (see F. Bamford, Dictionary of Edinburgh Furniture Makers, 1983, p173)