A MID-VICTORIAN OAK SIDE TABLE

CIRCA 1872

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A MID-VICTORIAN OAK SIDE TABLE
Circa 1872
The serpentine shaped top with an entwined oak leaf edge and densely carved foliate scroll frieze centered by an armorial crest surmounted by a wolf and issuing foliate scrolls above a carved motto IN PORTU QUIES, on similarly-carved cabriole legs headed by a ruffled cabochon with foliate-carved cabouchon feet, back with later 2in. patch to back edge
37in. (95cm.) high, 95in. (241.5cm.) wide, 34in. (86cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Wilbraham of Woodhey, Chestershire, impaling those of Wilbraham, possibly for Sir George Barrington Baker Wilbraham, 5th Bart. and Katharine Frances, only child of the late Gen. Sir Richard Wilbraham, married in 1872.