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Elegant Victorian Burr Walnut Canterbury Whatnot Table
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Elegant Victorian Burr Walnut Canterbury Whatnot Table

19th century
Description

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An excellent quality Victorian burr-walnut Canterbury whatnot.

c1860.

The rectangular top with the most lovely ornate fret carved sides, with matching fret carved side supports.

Below are three divisions, which were originally for sheet music, but for modern day use are excellent as a magazine or book tidy. Surrounding the divisions is open fretwork, carved with foliate and naturalistic designs.

To the base is a very useful drawer, of fine dove-tail construction, with the original turned handles.

Lovely rich colour and figuring to the walnut, having developed a warm patina. Cleaned and waxed in our workshop.

Standing on bulbous turned legs with porcelain castors.

In excellent antique condition.

Solid, sturdy and strong.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about this item.

The dimensions are taken at highest, widest and deepest points.

Height to fret carving-88.5cm. Height to top of whatnot-82cm

Width-55.5cm.

Depth-40.5cm.

VIEWING.

Viewings are available at our showroom in Kent, please contact us to make an appointment-thanks.

COLLECTION.

Collection in person is very welcome, we are happy to assist with loading.

DELIVERY.

If courier delivery is required we are happy to give you a quote.

Physical Dimensions
Height
88.5cm (34.84")
Width
55.5cm (21.85")
Depth
40.5cm (15.94")
Declaration

Mersham Manor Antiques has dated this Burr Walnut Canterbury Table to the Victorian era.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1179739
Description
-Welcome to Mersham Manor Antiques-

An excellent quality Victorian burr-walnut Canterbury whatnot.

c1860.

“
The rectangular top with the most lovely ornate fret carved sides, with matching fret carved side supports.
Mersham Manor Antiques
fig 1. A Victorian burr walnut Canterbury table featuring a top shelf with pierced fretwork, lower magazine compartments, a single drawer, and turned legs with ceramic castors.
fig 1. Elegant Victorian Burr Walnut Canterbury Whatnot Table

Below are three divisions, which were originally for sheet music, but for modern day use are excellent as a magazine or book tidy. Surrounding the divisions is open fretwork, carved with foliate and naturalistic designs.

fig 2. A Victorian burr walnut Canterbury table featuring a top shelf with pierced fretwork, lower magazine compartments, a single drawer, and turned legs with ceramic castors.
fig 2. Elegant Victorian Burr Walnut Canterbury Whatnot Table

To the base is a very useful drawer, of fine dove-tail construction, with the original turned handles.

Lovely rich colour and figuring to the walnut, having developed a warm patina. Cleaned and waxed in our workshop.

fig 3. A Victorian burr walnut Canterbury table featuring a top shelf with pierced fretwork, lower magazine compartments, a single drawer, and turned legs with ceramic castors.
fig 3. Elegant Victorian Burr Walnut Canterbury Whatnot Table

Standing on bulbous turned legs with porcelain castors.

In excellent antique condition.

Solid, sturdy and strong.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about this item.

The dimensions are taken at highest, widest and deepest points.

fig 4. A Victorian burr walnut Canterbury table featuring a top shelf with pierced fretwork, lower magazine compartments, a single drawer, and turned legs with ceramic castors.
fig 4. Elegant Victorian Burr Walnut Canterbury Whatnot Table

Height to fret carving-88.5cm. Height to top of whatnot-82cm

Width-55.5cm.

Depth-40.5cm.

VIEWING.

Viewings are available at our showroom in Kent, please contact us to make an appointment-thanks.

COLLECTION.

Collection in person is very welcome, we are happy to assist with loading.

DELIVERY.

If courier delivery is required we are happy to give you a quote.

Height
88.5cm (34.84")
Width
55.5cm (21.85")
Depth
40.5cm (15.94")
Date of Manufacture

Mersham Manor Antiques has dated this Burr Walnut Canterbury Table to the Victorian era.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1179739
Mersham Manor Antiques
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Archive I A Victorian burr walnut Canterbury table featuring a top shelf with pierced fretwork, lower magazine compartments, a single drawer, and turned legs with ceramic castors.

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Archive II A Victorian burr walnut Canterbury table featuring a top shelf with pierced fretwork, lower magazine compartments, a single drawer, and turned legs with ceramic castors. View II
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Archive V A Victorian burr walnut Canterbury table featuring a top shelf with pierced fretwork, lower magazine compartments, a single drawer, and turned legs with ceramic castors. View V
Archive VI A Victorian burr walnut Canterbury table featuring a top shelf with pierced fretwork, lower magazine compartments, a single drawer, and turned legs with ceramic castors. View VI
Archive VII A Victorian burr walnut Canterbury table featuring a top shelf with pierced fretwork, lower magazine compartments, a single drawer, and turned legs with ceramic castors. View VII
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Archive IX A Victorian burr walnut Canterbury table featuring a top shelf with pierced fretwork, lower magazine compartments, a single drawer, and turned legs with ceramic castors. View IX
Archive X A Victorian burr walnut Canterbury table featuring a top shelf with pierced fretwork, lower magazine compartments, a single drawer, and turned legs with ceramic castors. View X
Archive XI A Victorian burr walnut Canterbury table featuring a top shelf with pierced fretwork, lower magazine compartments, a single drawer, and turned legs with ceramic castors. View XI
Archive XII A Victorian burr walnut Canterbury table featuring a top shelf with pierced fretwork, lower magazine compartments, a single drawer, and turned legs with ceramic castors. View XII
Archive XIII A Victorian burr walnut Canterbury table featuring a top shelf with pierced fretwork, lower magazine compartments, a single drawer, and turned legs with ceramic castors. View XIII
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Mersham
Ashford
Kent
TN25 6NR
United Kingdom
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A Victorian burr walnut Canterbury table featuring a top shelf with pierced fretwork, lower magazine compartments, a single drawer, and turned legs with ceramic castors.
Elegant Victorian Burr Walnut Canterbury Whatnot Table
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A Victorian burr walnut Canterbury table featuring a top shelf with pierced fretwork, lower magazine compartments, a single drawer, and turned legs with ceramic castors.
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Cataloguer’s note

Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing
  • ObjectCanterbury Tables
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialBurr Walnut, Walnut, Ceramic, Brass
  • ColourWarm Brown
  • MotifsPierced fretwork, Turned spindles, Drawer knobs, Ceramic castors
  • SizeH 88.5 cm (35 in) x W 55.5 cm (22 in) x D 40.5 cm (16 in)

This Victorian burr walnut Canterbury whatnot table combines a top shelf with ornate fret-carved galleries, three lower magazine divisions, and a single drawer at the base fitted with two small turned wooden knobs. The piece uses richly figured walnut wood showing a warm brown colour and a waxed finish, complemented by bulbous turned legs ending in white ceramic castors mounted on brass fittings. Foliate and naturalistic carved pierced fretwork decorates both the upper gallery sides and the lower magazine compartment panels, while slender turned spindles frame the compartments and corners. Measuring 88.5 cm high, 55.5 cm wide, and 40.5 cm deep, this multi-functional item serves as an occasional table or magazine stand in a living room, positioned easily beside a sofa or chair to hold periodicals on the lower tier and display decorative objects on the upper surface.

FAQs

Originating in the late 18th century and popularised during the Victorian era, a Canterbury is a mobile piece of furniture with vertical partitions intended to hold sheet music, bound folios, or periodicals, frequently combined with a top shelf or whatnot surface for display.

Victorian Canterburys were typically constructed using fine hardwoods such as walnut, burr walnut, mahogany, and rosewood, often complemented by solid brass fittings and ceramic castors.

Authentic period examples often display hand-cut joinery, intricate scrollwork or fretwork, turned corner supports, original brass or ceramic castors, and natural oxidisation on the underside of drawers and timber bases.

In modern interiors, a Canterbury functions effectively as a side table or sofa end table, providing practical storage for contemporary magazines, books, and tablets alongside traditional display space.

Keep the wood away from direct heat sources and sunlight to prevent shrinkage and bleaching, dusting regularly with a soft dry cloth and applying beeswax annually to maintain the natural patina.
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