AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY 'JUPE' CIRCULAR EXTENDING DINING-TABLE

AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY 'JUPE' CIRCULAR EXTENDING DINING-TABLE
BY ROBERT JUPE, CIRCA 1840-50
The segmented extending top on a fluted ring-turned baluster support and quadripartite base on lappet-carved paw feet, the stem stamped 7782, with two sets of eight leaves, each stamped thrice with numbers 1-8 and the larger leaves stencilled with numbers 1-8, some leaves with printed depository label JOSCELYNE'S DEPOSITORY BISHOP'S STORTFORD and pencil inscription 'COLVIN / 66 / 14-2-41', the metalwork ribs of the mechanism each stamped ‘JUPE’S PATENT’ and stamped to the central brass boss
28 ½ in. (73 cm.) high; 86 ¼ in. (219 cm.) diameter, fully extended; 74 ½ in. (189.5 cm.) diameter, with smaller leaves; 60 in. (152.5 cm.) diameter, closed

Provenance

Anonymous sale (A Palm Beach Collection); Christie's, New York, 2 June 2015, lot 83.