Japanese Meiji period Lacquered Stand augmented by Howard & Sons

A Japanese Meiji period lacquered stand augmented by Howard & Sons, the square galleried top raised on curved supports and decorated with delicate flowers and foliage mainly in gilt on a mottled café-au-lait coloured ground; with an added lower conforming Japonesque cabriole-legged section by Howard & Sons to bring it to convenient occasional or end table height; stamped by and with the label of Howard & Sons