WOW!

Thank you all so much for your replies! Much appreciated.I’m so happy to learn a bit of its history. It makes perfect sense that it was used in cafe/tea shops.
I received my cart a few days ago and I’m thrilled. I’ve completely dismantled it in order to give it a good going over as it was very tarnished. I will post before and after photos once I’m finished. It really is a gorgeous piece.

On a side note, if you look closely at the photo I posted, one of the ormolu accents on the left is slightly bent. The tea trolley in the other link does not have the bent piece; so there are 2 different tea trolleys.

As I said, I dismantled mine and its in pieces in my kitchen. I’ve removed the beveled glass panels to get in to all the creases because there’s a lot of old crusty polish residue. I also have to replace the front castors because I don’t think they’re original. They’re all pitted and the metal is not brass. It’s a cheap steel or something. I was a bit disappointed to discover that. I’m surprised that since it was listed on 1stdibs that the owner didn’t take the time to polish it up properly. Maybe he/she would have had better luck selling it. I’ll post more photos tomorrow after I download them from my phone.

Again, thank you all SO MUCH for taking the time to answer my post. This is really a super community and I hope I can contribute to it.