A Large Victorian Period Oak Writing / Library Table c.1890 sub-Antiques In the British Museum there

In the British Museum there is a fragment encrusted with gold

Published by Herbert & Jenkins

five feet long (as this chest is)

alluding to the age old adage ‘Waste not Want Not’

A Large Victorian Period Oak Writing / Library Table c.1890 sub-Antiques In the British Museum thereOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1885 1895 Depth: 44. 5 inches Width: 72 inches Height: 28 inches The six foot wide solid oak writing desk having the original black leather inset top and two frieze drawers with the original pressed metal cup handles, locks and key, standing on turned baluster tapered legs and brass castors survives from the late Victorian period. The condition is mainly good, though the