A Magnificent Regency Period Mahogany Lion’s Paw Footed & Ticking Upholstered Stool c.1810-15 sub-Architectural & Garden or even America

or even America

the two glazed arched doors with original knob handles with gilded borders opening to reveal a velvet lined interior with four shelves and lower storage section

but the guards would not be able to see

and the imprint “Lith

It might well have been used for cutting up lengths or strands of old rope that were then unravelled (by the 'lunatics') to use as oakum for the caulking of deck seams on wooden sailing ships

A Magnificent Regency Period Mahogany Lion’s Paw Footed & Ticking Upholstered Stool c.1810-15 sub-Architectural & Garden or even AmericaOrigin: English Period: Regency Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1810 15 The Top: 17 square At Feet: 22 square Height: 9 The imposing and handsome stool composed of Regency period parts, standing on four large mahogany lions paw feet of good colour and quality, the oak carcass having the original black and white striped ticking, typical of the period, surviving from the first quarter of nineteenth century England. The stool is sturdy and stable and there