A Regency Tortoiseshell & Pewter Occasional Table Mirrors Each shade-specific gallery and ceiling

Each shade-specific gallery and ceiling rose take notes from the various forms and styles of original examples which have adorned the top of Opaline Pendants since their inception

paper decorations to mirror backs

Having been left outside for a century

a fine realistically-rendered nose

inverted heart motif back splat

A Regency Tortoiseshell & Pewter Occasional Table Mirrors Each shade-specific gallery and ceilingThe rectangular top inlaid with tortoiseshell panels within pewter divisions above a square spreading stem on a tripartite base raised on ebonised bun feet. English, 1810 20. H: 68 W: 37 D: 30 CM. An almost identical pair of these tables were sold from the collection of Lily and Edmond J. Safra, Sothebys New York, 18th 21st October 2011, lot 1080 ($31,250).