Impressive Victorian mahogany extending dining table, c. 1840, the rounded rectangular top raised on four scrolled cabriole legs and a central baluster turned leg, on brass castors, with four additional leaves, winding mechanism, labelled 'Samuel Hawkins, Patentee, 54 Bishops gate, London', height 76 cm, width 144 cm, depth 156 cm, each additional leaf 77 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Martyn Cook, Sydney