Interesting late 17th century / early 18th century oak drop-leaf table. white elephant minor chips to the veneers

minor chips to the veneers and minor marks where stacked

Stamped "E

two of the legs rotating 90 degrees outwards to support the large and shaped flaps

Oxidised metal straps are used to lock next-door stacks

Here we have a 19th-century pine table still in

Interesting late 17th century / early 18th century oak drop-leaf table. white elephant minor chips to the veneersSuper. Not too big, not too small and not cut down so you can still get your legs under it. A useful table with an impressive hinge mechanism for the gate legs which I haven't seen before and can't find anything similar so far online, so maybe quite rare. The top may be very slightly later but still in keeping with the whole, above a single draw (with a later drawer pull but still old), moulded sides, above a bobbin turned base and bobbin turned