AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING TABLE

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING TABLE

The top with a double moulded edge, on inverted reeded and moulded extended lotus legs terminating in castors, bearing a label on the winding mechanism Samuel Howkins Patentee, 54 Bishop Gate St., London and numbered 3 x 200, each end support for the mechanism stamped S. Howkins Patent, 54. Bishop Gate. S, without London
including five extra leaves contained within a contemporary case with a three quarter galleried top, on extended moulded and fluted lotus supports and turned feet with brass caps and castors
166in. (422cm.) long extended, 29¼in. (74.5cm.) high, 57½in. (146cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A table bearing this patent label was sold in these rooms on 29th November 1995, lot 244

The patent number 1430 taken out by S. Howkins on June 6th 1861 refers to the winding mechanism for extending the table, the patent abridgement describes "a series of concentric screws is so arranged that by operating one screw motion is transmitted to the other screws, which then move outwards or inwards from the ends of the first screw". This is then explained fully with an annotated diagram.

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