This table is a variant of the bog oak tripod table supplied by George Bullock to John, 4th Duke of Atholl, in 1814 and which remains at Blair Castle, Perthshire. The form of the base is probably deliberately alluding to the three Legs of Man. The Dukes of Atholl were Lords of Man from the 15th Century and, although his parents had relinquished their sovereignty in 1765, the 4th Duke fought to re-establish manorial rights over the island.
A pair of tables of this design can be seen among the Lowe Papers, inscribed ' Drawing Room for St.Helena, Nov.1815' (see: C.Wainwright, ed., 'George Bullock Cabinet-Maker', Exhibition Catalogue, London, 1988. p.81, fig.34. The design incorporates the characteristic Bullock roundels at the tops of truncated sabre legs (cf., for example, a table sold from Tew Park, Great Tew, Oxon, Christie's house sale, 27-29 May 1987, lot 33)