The table displays a range of carved motifs that are characteristic of Irish tables of the mid 18th century and set them apart from English counterparts. The frieze which is serpentine to its lower edge is superbly carved with scrolled acanthus leaves, centred by a large scallop shell, and features distinctive rosettes to each end and the legs have further acanthus running down their angles. It corresponds closely to a table probably supplied to Dr. Richard Marlay, Bishop of Waterford, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, and thence by descent until sold Christie's, London 1 July 2004, lot 74 (£65,725 including premium), and another in the collection of the Knight of Glin, Glin Castle, Co. Limerick, sold Christie's, London, 7 May 2009, lot 116 (£73,250 including premium) (see The Knight of Glin and J. Peill, Irish Furniture, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 228, fig. 92 and p. 229, fig. 96).