A rare and important pair of early Tasmanian Colonial period Australian cedar table ends of D shape, each on three square tapering legs, circa 1820, 72 x 102 x 52 cm. Accompanied by a wood technologist's report from Dr Hugo Illich, stating that the principal timber in two places is Australian cedar (toona cilliata). Provenance: Purchased at the sale of Henry Allport's Mountain House on Mt Wellington, Hobart 1966 for £100. The mountain house burnt down in the 1967 bush fires.