拍品的状况可能存在极大差异，而由于其性质使然，拍品难以处于完美无瑕的状态。拍品均以拍卖时的状况出售。

Gorgeous, very high quality example of a Georgian dumbwaiter. With the typical wear and minor marks from age and use, as well as the expected minor age and construction cracks, including two short cracks in from the edge at the uppermost tier. Disassembles into five pieces, the uppermost tier has not been possible to separate from the stem. The middle tier previously in two pieces, with a repair across its near-diameter; subsequently lacking the inlaid brass stringing and some of the surrounding mahogany at the border of one half. The stem with a vertical crack above the tripod base, but very stable. Overall presenting well, ready to place and use.