A good mid-Victorian mahogany extending dining table, 1860s/'70s, possibly Scottish, the top (with two spare leaves) with semi-circular ends above a plain frieze raised on a pair of baluster supports, each on a pair of out-swept feet with foliate-carved knees and scrolling feet with brass castors, the winding screw with plate stamped'J. Fitter, Patentee, Birmingham'. Height 74 cm. Length 280 cm. (extended) width 131 cm. Notes: Joseph Fitter's winding mechanism, for which he applied for a patent in 1861, was particularly well regarded. The extending bearers of this table are in ash, suggesting Scottish, or Northern English, origin