A Decorative Provincial Painted Oak Side Table c.1900 sub-Religion & Relics and one of the knob

and one of the knob handles is a later replacement

and behind these shelves

indicating sterling silver

"This must surely be the King of Tortoises

There is a good deal of consistent craqulure to the top japanned surface which is beautiful displaying the nice worn patination to the ebonized surface which has been gathered over two hundred years

A Decorative Provincial Painted Oak Side Table c.1900 sub-Religion & Relics and one of the knobOrigin: French Period: Late 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Width: 42. 25 Height: 28 Depth: 28 The rustic painted oak carcass showing the wonderful original paint layers of blue and gold, each layer worn thoroughly and consistently with age, with a four plank top, worn to the oak almost entirely, over a single drawer with knob handle, the whole raised on square tapering legs, surviving from the zeniths of nineteenth century France. The rustic