Colonial Cedar Servery Table with Poole Family Crest, 1830
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A superb Colonial servery table, finely carved in Australian cedar with hand-painted and carved armorial crest for the Poole family, New South Wales origin, circa 1830. A tour-de-force of Colonial craftsmanship, the design executed from the 1826 George Smith design pattern book 'The cabinet makers and Upholsters Guide', plate No.109. The matching hall chairs with the identical painted crest now form part of the Australian Fund collection and are described by them as 'Australian cedar hall chairs c.1830 of exceptional quality of design and craftsmanship'. 119 cm high, 150 cm wide, 52 cm deep
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- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
- Armorial / Armourial - Bearing a coat of arms. Coats of arms came into general use by feudal lords and knights in in the 12th century, and by the 13th century, arms had spread beyond their initial battlefield use to become a flag or emblem for families in the higher social classes of Europe. They were inherited from one generation to the next. When a family crest is used on individual items of silver or furniture it is an indicator of the aristocratic standing of the family represented.
Armorials were also used to decorate mass produced ceramic souvenir ware by such companies as Goss, Carlton & Shelley, and in these cases the coats of arms displayed were of boroughs and cities.
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