An early Victorian pollarded oak and walnut rectangular gallery tray

An early Victorian pollarded oak and walnut rectangular gallery tray, the gallery of flared form with carved scrolls, 27 x 19in (68.5 x 48cm.) Probably the top of a work table. Gillows produced tables with the same measurements in various woods. Minor chips and veneer cracks Provenance: Sir Francis Oppenheimer K.C.M.G, purchased from Christie's, 26th April 1956