A 19thC Chinese Lacquered Circular Dining Table sub-Antiques which hitherto had been a

which hitherto had been a vernacular product used largely in the homes of its makers on the Orkney Islands in the north of Scotland

but are Victorian additions so have a nice patination to them in their own right

The makers mark incised twice to the underside of the carcass of ‘S

And purposes of life

A 19thC Chinese Lacquered Circular Dining Table sub-Antiques which hitherto had been aOrigin: Macau, China Period: Late 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1900 Height: 33 Diameter: 57. 5 The good quality and rather unusual circular table, of two sections interlocking together, the thick top displaying a super chestnut plum colour and showing the joints, an especially hard skill to undertake, standing on six tubular legs united by stretchers, the whole with a glowing lacquer, and surviving from late nineteenth century China and