fixed tiers - dumb waiters
Dumb waiter. There are two distinct furniture forms known as a dumb waiter. The Georgian version 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.
Of intrigue, 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.
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.
Of intrigue, 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.
65 item(s) found, 1-50 shown:
A 19th century mahogany dumb waiter, the two tiers with turned supports. Height 98 cm. Width 130 cm. Depth 60 cm
A cedar two tier dumb waiter, Australian, circa 1870, the scroll carved back above two tiers and an apron drawer, on turned supports with acorn finials 104 cm wide, 59 cm deep, 109 cm high
A Georgian mahogany two tier circular dumb waiter, the graduated tiers with lipped edges raised on a fluted and turned column from a tripod base carved with acanthus capping and claw feet. Height 83 cm
Victorian mahogany three tier dumb waiter 19th century, English with two lower drawers, turned columns, on porcelain castors height: 112 cm; width 103 cm;. Depth 45 cm
A Georgian style mahogany two tier dumb waiter. Diameter 46 cm. Height 77.5 cm
A Georgian mahogany three tier dumb waiter, the circular tiers on spiral carved baluster columns on out swept terminating pad feet. Height 96 cm.
A William IV three tier mahogany servery, the raised carved back above three tiers on square end supports terminating in shaped plinths. Height 157 cm. Length 145. Depth 59 cm
A Dattner sideboard/dumb waiter 154 cm wide 51 cm deep 116 cm high
George III mahogany two-tier dumb waiter on baluster turned column and fluted sabre legs with bun feet
A French heavily carved oak dumb waiter, circa 1900, the carved splash back decorated with mask medallion and scrolling leaves above two drawers supported on twist pillars, the lower section fitted with double carved doors standing on bun feet.…
A Georgian style circular dumb waiter, circa 1860. Set with two circular trays on a turned pillar to a tripod base with out swept legs terminating on pad feet. Notes Damage to the Pillar. Height 81 cm
A 19th century mahogany dumb waiter, of circular table form, three tiers with turned spacers on tripod base. Some attention required. Height 110 cm.width 60 cm.
A figured oak dumb waiter English, circa 1880 105 x 110x 51 cm
Oak dumb waiter fitted with two drawers on cup and cover supports
Dumb waiter mid 19th century Australian red cedar butlers tray & stand
A Victorian mahogany tree tier dumb waiter, the shaped back with central grape and leaf crest, above three shelves with moulded edges, above two short drawers, raised on turned legs, 141 cm wide, 47 cm deep, 134 cm high
A 19th century Australian cedar dumb waiter, the simple three quarter gallery above three shelves supported on turned columns, raised on large brass castors, 122 cm wide, 46 cm deep, 101 cm high
A late 19th century Australian cedar dumbwaiter rectangular, with a bobbin turned gallery edge centred by a pierced and carved crest and lappet carved pendants, above two open shelves, the whole with incised and relief carved foliate decoration,…
An unusual 19th century Anglo-Indian rosewood dumbwaiter of rectangular form with three tiers, the whole profusely carved with pierced fretwork, dragons and acanthus and vine leaf motifs, 100 x 151 x 60 cm.
A George IV mahogany three tier graduated dumb waiter with a central column on three splay legs. Height 130 cm
A blackwood serving table, by Mayfield, Adelaide, Australian 130 x 122 x 90 cm, with shallow mirrored back
Late Victorian oak dumb waiter with two panel doors below
A George III mahogany three tiered dumb waiter, of typical form carved column on tripod base with claw feet. Height 105 cm
An Australian three tier what-not, circa 1860, with three rectangular shelves each with raised moulded edges, supported on ring turned columns, terminating in casters;. Width 70.5 cm. Depth 47.5 cm . Height 114.5 cm
A Georgian mahogany circular two tiered circular dumb waiter, circa 1835. Fashioned as a two tier table with concentric sized circular tops raised above a gun barrel tripod pedestal base with cabriole legs. Height 81 cm
A good early Victorian Irish mahogany two tiered dumb waiter, with vine leaf cast brass gallery with acanthus leaf, turned and twisted reeded column on four acanthus leaf carved down swept legs, lion paw feet and castors, 70 cm in diameter. Height 133 cm
A mahogany three tier dumb waiter, the circular tiers on spiral carved baluster columns and cabriole support, constructed from 18th century elements, 67 cm in diameter. Height 110 cm
A fine Regency mahogany and gilt metal mounted dumb waiter, the two circular tiers with moulded gilt metal galleries on a finely reeded column and outswept tripod support terminating in finely cast patinated bronze acanthus and paw castors,…
A mahogany dumb waiter, with three shelves on turned supports, shaped frieze with two drawers to the base, and porcelain casters, circa 1870. Height 120 cm. Width 112 cm. Depth 47 cm
A Victorian mahogany two tier dumbwaiter. Width 84 cm. Depth 42 cm . Height 182 cm
A George III mahogany three tier dumb waiter, English, circa 1750. Height 110 cm, 61 cm max diameter
A Victorian cedar dumb waiter with three tiers flanked by scrolling supports, the base set with two drawers, raised on turned feet, 137 x 147 x 46 cm
A Victorian mahogany three tier servery with gallery and bulbous supports on turned feet terminating in brass castors. Width 45 cm. Length 122 cm. Height 122 cm
Early Victorian mahogany Dumbwaiter with arched panel doors
A fine quality George III mahogany three tier dumbwaiter English, 116 x 61 cm
French 19th century ornately carved mirrored back servery
A George II two tiered dumb waiter, the shaped circular dishes supported by a central baluster shaped and barley twist column, on a generous tripod base and pad feet with castors, 90 cm high
A 19th century Australian full cedar three tier dumb waiter, the arched back with engraved arabesque decoration above three shelves,…
An important 19th century Australian full cedar single slab serving table (slab sideboard), the shaped back with moulded edge above a rectangular top with canted corners above a plain frieze with central drawers,…
A cedar dumb waiter. Height 94 cm. Width 125 cm. Depth 56 cm
Colonial Australian Regency style cedar dumbwaiter, flat back ribbon cedar panel with carved acanthus scroll work, fluted columns on turned bun feet
Long mahogany three tier dumb waiter with brass castors, retaining its original patina
Good quality English Victorian mahogany dumbwaiter, with two shelves above two cupboards with turned supports in excellent condition
French Louis XVIth mahogany consol table, with satinwood and ebony inlay to top and around drawers
English late Victorian mahogany dumb waiter with two shelves, turned and reeded columns, and two carved cupboards in original condition.
Fine George III Cuban mahogany three tier dumb waiter with the trays supported on turned writhen balusters and brass casters, with good rich colour and original patination with no warping to trays.
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