The combination of ebonised moulded borders and elongated inlaid ovals is characteristic of the Golden Square firm of Mayhew and Ince (cf., for example, the commode from Chevening, Kent, exhibited in Treasures from Kent Houses, Royal Museum, Canterbury, 1984, no. 63). There was a serving table of this boldly serpentined form at 33 Grosvenor Square, a house for which the firm is thought to have supplied furniture (see the provenance for lot XXX in this sale)