A Fine Classical Mahogany/Bird’s Eye Maple Server, Boston, Seymour School, c.1820

This small server has a classically austere layout of drawers which are veneered with a desirable bird's eye maple which is seen on Seymour’s early pieces.   The rest of the work is classically Seymour school, but by the 1820s, as the country was growing, he was supervising a wood shop of greater scale.  The quality of Seymour’s work is comparable to Phyfe in New York.  The reeding and its scale are typical of the best work coming out of London in the Regency period.  The condition shows no repairs or alterations whatsoever, and probably retains its original brasses.   The arrangement of four working drawers is a desirable feature.  The top of the server is a solid board of choice mahogany. 

Height: 35 in.  Width: 36 in. Depth: 18 in.