ATTRIBUTED TO MAYHEW AND INCE, CIRCA 1775

The bellflower-hung paterae is typical of Mayhew and Ince's work of the 1770s as represented in both carved mahogany and inlay. Significant payments to the firm by the 9th Earl of Winchilsea (d. 1826) in 1774 and 1776 suggest the firm as primary supplier for Burley-on-the-Hill and likely maker of a commode later sold by E. R. Hanbury, Esq., Burley-on-the-Hill, Christie's, London, 6 July 1989, lot 147 (illustrated in R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. edn., 1954, vol. II, p. 52, fig. 56). Another commode with characteristic yew and ebonized details of the firm features a frieze carved with a similar swagged patera medallion (sold the Arthur Leidesdorf collection; Sotheby & Co, London, 27-28 June 1974, lot 108).

The label affixed to the underside of the table is inscribed 'The property of Eleanor Brougham, 1916' which may refer to Eleanor Mabel Valentine Brougham (1883-1966), Lady-in-Waiting to H.M. Queen Victoria Eugenie and daughter of Henry, 3rd Baron Brougham and Vaux.