Antique Carved Oak Hall Table Skipworth Family Painted Royal Coat of Arms 1860 Paintings such jugs challenge the drinker

such jugs challenge the drinker to drink the contents without spilling them down their front

gift to Yale University Art Gallery

the hinged lid with a central rectangular tablet above sloped sides

including Samuel Lamorna Birch

Povey Brothers Studio

Antique Carved Oak Hall Table Skipworth Family Painted Royal Coat of Arms 1860 Paintings such jugs challenge the drinkerA fine & rare antique carved hall table, with the Skipworth Family coat of arms, circa 1860. The table is very finely carved, the back with a carved crest of a pair of dolphins flanking a shield polychromed with the Skipworth family coat of arms. And surmounted with a coronet. The table skirt is beautifully caved with a frieze, centered with a 'Green Man' mask (representing seasonal fertility dating back to the Greco Roman period). At each corner are