There are two distinct furniture forms known as a dumb waiter. The Georgian version od the dumb waiter consisted of three revolving circular trays attached to a central pedestal column, usually on a tripod base. It was used for holding plates and tea cups in the drawing-room. Generally made from mahogany, some varieties were contrived so that the trays were collapsible. In the later 19th century the term was applied to a two or three tiered form, with turned legs and supports, used for dishes and crockery in the dining room.

Often intriguing, is the nineteenth century metamorphic 'rise-and-fall' dumb waiter, in which the three tiers converge and convert the item to a side table by means of telescopic arms and counterbalanced weights.
Many Australian examples survive in cedar, blackwood and pine. Its descendant is the small tray mobile beloved of tea ladies and hostesses.

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A Georgian mahogany three tier dumb waiter, circa 1800, with…

Georgian Mahogany Dumb Waiter with Tripod Base

A Georgian mahogany three tier dumb waiter, circa 1800, with baluster supports and raised on a tripod base with pad feet and brass casters, 106 cm high

A 19th century mahogany dumb waiter, the two circular tiers on…

Mahogany Two-Tier Dumb Waiter with Turned Column Base

A 19th century mahogany dumb waiter, the two circular tiers on turned column and tripod base. 60 x 79 cm.

A George III English mahogany two tier circular dumbwaiter,…

George III Mahogany Dumbwaiter with Acanthus Legs

A George III English mahogany two tier circular dumbwaiter, finely crafted with carved and reeded scrolling acanthus legs on urn shaped turned column, original and attractive castors, circa 1815, 83 cm high, 56 cm diameter

A Georgian three tier circular dumb waiter. Supported on three…

Georgian Three Tier Circular Dumb Waiter

A Georgian three tier circular dumb waiter. Supported on three pad feet. Height 110 cm.

Irish Regency mahogany two-tier dumbwaiter c. 1815 circular…

Irish Regency Mahogany Dumbwaiter

Irish Regency mahogany two-tier dumbwaiter c. 1815 circular shelves with gilded brass gallery, tripod base on castors, height 101 cm, diameter 55 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney.

A Georgian mahogany circular dumb waiter, graduating two tiers,…

Georgian Mahogany Dumb Waiter with Tripod Base

A Georgian mahogany circular dumb waiter, graduating two tiers, raised on tripod base with club feet and small brass casters. 60 x 86 cm.

A Georgian mahogany circular  two tiered dumb waiter, with…

Georgian Mahogany Dumb Waiter with Brass Mounts

A Georgian mahogany circular two tiered dumb waiter, with facetted pedestal base raised on four reeded legs mounted with brass galleries and capped feet. English circa 1800. 116 x 75 cm

A two tier Georgian dumb waiter early 19th century, the…

Georgian Two-Tier Dumbwaiter with Brass Casters

A two tier Georgian dumb waiter early 19th century, the rotating circular top above a second tier with drop-sides, raised on brass casters 89 cm x 51.5 cm diameter

A stylish Georgian mahogany circular three tier dumbwaiter

Georgian Mahogany Three-Tier Dumbwaiter

A stylish Georgian mahogany circular three tier dumbwaiter

A Georgian dumb waiter, early 19th century, the two rotating…

Georgian Dumb Waiter with Fluted Design

A Georgian dumb waiter, early 19th century, the two rotating circular tiers with carved fluted edges supported by three brass columns, raised upon a fluted tripod pedestal base terminating with brass capped feet on castors, 100 cm high, 61 cm diameter

A Georgian mahogany two-stage circular dumb waiter, on tripod…

Georgian Mahogany Dumb Waiter with Tripod Base

A Georgian mahogany two-stage circular dumb waiter, on tripod base with pad feet. Some surface marks. Diameter 48 cm, height 70 cm.

A Georgian two-tier dumb waiter, raised on turned column with…

Georgian Two-Tier Dumb Waiter with Tripod Base

A Georgian two-tier dumb waiter, raised on turned column with tripod base, requires minor attention. 58 x 82 cm

Antique 19th century three tiered circular dumb waiter, bobbin…

19th Century Three Tiered Dumb Waiter

Antique 19th century three tiered circular dumb waiter, bobbin turn column support, approx 140 cm high, 71 cm dia

A fine George III mahogany two tier dumb waiter, circa 1,800,…

George III Mahogany Dumb Waiter, Neoclassical Style

A fine George III mahogany two tier dumb waiter, circa 1,800, with neoclassical styling the waiter with two graduated tiers on a reeded and turned column to a cabriole tripod base with a reeded motif to the hips and terminating in pad feet. Height 81 cm.…

A George III circular two tier dumb waiter. 78 cm high

George III Two Tier Dumb Waiter

A George III circular two tier dumb waiter. 78 cm high

An Edwardian circular mahogany dumb waiter, the top tier with a…

Edwardian Mahogany Dumb Waiter with Glass Tray

An Edwardian circular mahogany dumb waiter, the top tier with a removable glass tray, restrained decoration, the larger bottom tier with matching decoration, four scrolling uprights, sabre legs and cross stretcher to base. Diameter 65 cm, height 3 cm

A George III mahogany dumb waiter, three tiers with turned…

George III Mahogany Three-Tier Dumb Waiter

A George III mahogany dumb waiter, three tiers with turned centre column; on tripod base. Height 115 cm

Georgian mahogany dumb waiter with graduated revolving tiers on…

Georgian Mahogany Revolving Dumb Waiter

Georgian mahogany dumb waiter with graduated revolving tiers on turned and reeded column supported by tripod base, 60 cm wide, 95 cm high

Georgian mahogany wine table, which metamorphoses into a…

Mahogany Wine/Dumb Waiter Table from Julie Biber Estate

Georgian mahogany wine table, which metamorphoses into a circular dumb waiter, height 73 cm, depth 58 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Julie Biber

A Victorian mahogany three tier circular dumb waiter on carved…

Victorian Mahogany Three-Tier Dumbwaiter

A Victorian mahogany three tier circular dumb waiter on carved cenrtal pedestal with trifooted base. 120 x 75 cm

A William IV mahogany dumb waiter with three circular tiers,…

William IV Mahogany Dumb Waiter with Tripartite Base

A William IV mahogany dumb waiter with three circular tiers, above a tripartite platform base, 52.5 cm diameter x 103.5 cm high (extended)

Dumb waiter: circular three tier mahogany, early 19th century.…

Early 19th Century Mahogany Dumb Waiter

Dumb waiter: circular three tier mahogany, early 19th century. Height 78 cm

Victorian mahogany two tier revolving servery on tripod base

Mahogany Revolving Servery on Tripod Base

Victorian mahogany two tier revolving servery on tripod base

A George III mahogany three-tiered dumb waiter. It is of…

George III Mahogany Dumb Waiter, Three Tiers

A George III mahogany three-tiered dumb waiter. It is of typical form, turned column on tripod base terminating in feet. 110 cm high, 60 cm wide

A George III mahogany three tiered dumb waiter, the three…

George III Mahogany Dumb Waiter with Carved Column

A George III mahogany three tiered dumb waiter, the three circular tiers supported on a carved column and raised on a tripod base with pad feet, 60 cm wide, 111 cm high

A George IV mahogany dumb waiter, the two circular tiers with…

George IV Mahogany Dumb Waiter with Brass Castors

A George IV mahogany dumb waiter, the two circular tiers with dished top on a column and out swept tripod support terminating in brass caps and castors.

A French dumb waiter. Circular form with two tiers with brass…

French Two-Tier Dumb Waiter with Brass and Marble

A French dumb waiter. Circular form with two tiers with brass galleries inset with marble. 93 cm high, 40 cm wide.

A Georgian period mahogany three stage circular dumb waiter,…

Georgian Mahogany Dumb Waiter with Tripod Base

A Georgian period mahogany three stage circular dumb waiter, the slightly dished tiers with moulded edges and turned baluster supports on a tripod base with pad feet and original brass casters. Height overall 106 cm. Some distress

A 19th century, mahogany dumb waiter with three circular tiers…

Mahogany Tri-Tier Dumb Waiter, 19th Century

A 19th century, mahogany dumb waiter with three circular tiers and a tripod base, 112 cm high

A George III two tier dumb waiter, the shaped circular dishes…

George III Dumb Waiter with Two Tiers

A George III two tier dumb waiter, the shaped circular dishes supported by a central baluster shaped reeded column, on a tripod base and pad feet with castors. 97 cm high, 61 cm wide.