Blackwell owned a related serpentine commode, in mahogany and also with inlay on its top. This inlay took the distinctive form of an 'Orb and Sceptre'. It was sold by members of the Blackwell family, Christie's, London, 9 July 1992, lot 141.
It is highly unusual to find a serpentine commode of this form executed in rosewood. A mahogany serpentine commode with ribbon-tied reeded columnar angles was supplied in the eighteenth century to Thomas Howarth, Esq., for Whittington Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire and sold by a descendant, anonymously, Sotheby's, London, 3 July 2003, lot 47 (£86,240). Another mahogany serpentine commode with related cluster-column angles was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 8 July 1999, lot 131 (£122,500).