Cheltenham, Pittville Pump Room: Regency Painted Table
£2,600
A rare Regency polychrome painted, ebonised and parcel gilt decorated occasional table, the circular tilt-top decorated with a scene of ladies and gentlemen promenading within the verdant grounds of the Pittsville Pump Room with the lake in the foreground and the Pump Room beyond, raised on a japanned and gilded baluster form column with platform base and scroll feet
Height 72 cm (28 inches)
Diameter 57 cm (22.5 inches)
English. Circa 1830
Pittville Pump Room is a Grade I listed Regency gem overlooking the lawns and lake of Pittville Park. Built by Joseph Pitt, the pump room took five years to build, opening in 1830. It was the last, and largest, of Cheltenham’s spa buildings. Pittville was Pitt’s vision of a planned new town development of the 1820s with the pump room as its centrepiece.
