Mahogany Tripod Tea Table with Piecrust Top Painted but the key factor with

but the key factor with this oval frame is its scale

This frame

with carved floral enrichments of leaves

but that only makes it more of an interesting art object than a mere wassail bowl

The rococo design period for furniture (silver rococo designs were far earlier in England) roughly ran from 1740-60

Mahogany Tripod Tea Table with Piecrust Top Painted but the key factor withA fine mahogany tilt top tea table c. 1755 having a shaped and molded piecrust top resting on a plain baluster with a turned collar over a vase shaped section over another collar having three plain cabriole legs terminating in slipper feet. The timber of the base is Cuban mahogany and has only ever been waxed. Ht. 29, Dia. 21 1 4