George III Mahogany Bedside Step Commode, England circa 1815

An exceptional solid mahogany bedside cabinet with flame mahogany veneer on the drawer and door fronts. Having its original finish and hardware, the commode drawer now converted to a shallow drawer...

George III mahogany bedside cabinet table commode in original condition and with original finish. In very good antique condition with some minor stress cracks as is typical of a piec...

An exceptionally fine and unusual George III period boldly figured mahogany secretaire chest on chest with fitted fall front drawer and writing surface. Solid mahogany with mahogany ...

Georgian period mahogany bedside cabinet or commode with tambour cabinet door and single drawer. England, 1780-1820. In excellent condition.

This extra fine quality bedside commode has a lovely old color and patina. It features cut out handles above a plum pudding mahogany top, and a pattered tambour door. The figured mah...

Classic Georgian style mahogany and crossbanded small chest of drawers ideal as a bedside chest, with oak secondary woods, light antique distress on the two short and three graduated...

Large George III antique mahogany cellarette/wine cooler having a splendid quality mahogany lift up top with a moulded edge opening to reve...

Each cistern is in the form of a fluted vase on a rectangular pedestal. The lead-lined vases have brass handles, removable lids with pineapple finials and taps. The crossbanded pedestals have cupboard doors enclosing slatted shelves for warming plates in one and a lead-lined slops drawers, a tambour fronted shelf and a cellaret in the other. Susan Stuart, 'Gillow of Lancaster and London', 2008 vol 1 p308-315 illustrates many pedestal urns including the drawings for Workington Hall, Cumbria, dated 1788. PLates 342 and 343 show pedestals with a similar arrangement of shelves and drawers. Thomas Sheraton explained the functions of dining room pedestals in his 'Drawing Book' of 1793: 'IN spacious dining rooms the sideboards are often made without drawers of any sort, having simply a rail, a little ornament...