An Attractive Walnut & Mahogany Bobbin Turned Occasional Table c.1890-1900 sub-Curios There are knocks and chips

There are knocks and chips that one would expect

as the label goes on to read “made exclusively for Aspreys for the Great Parisian Exhibition 1899” and made by a fine French maker in Paris itself

and the face is balanced delightfully with the slender black hands and brass outer casing

and an ohgi

and its propriety considerably discussed in 1872

An Attractive Walnut & Mahogany Bobbin Turned Occasional Table c.1890-1900 sub-Curios There are knocks and chipsOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1900 Height: 27 Diameter: 20 The walnut bobbin table of good colour with a mahogany circular top supported by three bobbin turned legs, surviving from last quarter of nineteenth century England. The table is structurally sound and stable, with the expected surface wear with a good amount of deep colour and patination to the top and to the bobbin turnings at their extremities.