Victorian Oak Extending Dining Table & 4 Leaves, C.1860, 10ft/seats 12

A beautiful mid Victorian extending dining table in golden quarter-sawn oak with four additional leaves and dating to c.1860. It has a rectangular top with a moulded edge and rounded corners and stands on four attractive turned legs with brass caps and brown pottery castors. The table smoothly extends from 6ft to 108ft by means of a winding mechanism allowing it to seat 10 to 12 people if using all four leaves - the leaves can be added in any order of combination. Recently repolished and rewaxed but still showing signs of age and use including a long filled and repolished scratch to one end, with a good deep honey oak colour to the top and legs it comes with a winder handle. Unusually, the mechanism on this table is stamped J. Fitter, Birmingham and the late S. Hawkins (Samuel Hawkins first produced mechanical winders in 1846 and filed a patent in 1861, his business was taken over by Joseph Fitter in 1864).

Extended Length - 10ft / 119 ¼in (303cm)

Closed Length - 5ft / 60in (152.5cm)

Width - 4ft 3 / 51in (129.5cm)

Height - 29 ½in (75cm)

Leaves - 16 ?in, 17in, 17in and 9in (41cm, 43cm, 43cm and 23cm)

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Ref: 0470

Delivery can be arranged to most UK destinations for £120

When buying it is important appreciate antiques have long histories of daily use and as such, over time they gain minor scratches, marks, knocks, shrinkage splits, signs of old woodworm, lifts and losses to veneer, which combine with care and years of polishing to create an individual character and patina. We describe the main flaws and those that fall outside of this bracket but cannot describe each marks separately and therefore suggest you do take the time to request extra photos. We do offer a 14 day money back guarantee if you are unhappy with your purchase but cannot refund the return shipping cost. If you are not sure please do not buy without clarifying or take the view that the only way to have it as near to new as possible is to have it fully and comprehensively restored.

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