Rare 17th Century Oak Credence Table, English Circa 1650.
Rare 17th Century Oak Credence Table, English Circa 1650.
Rare 17th Century Oak Credence Table, English Circa 1650.
Rare 17th Century Oak Credence Table, English Circa 1650.
Rare 17th Century Oak Credence Table, English Circa 1650.
Rare 17th Century Oak Credence Table, English Circa 1650.
Rare 17th Century Oak Credence Table, English Circa 1650.
Rare 17th Century Oak Credence Table, English Circa 1650.
Rare 17th Century Oak Credence Table, English Circa 1650.
Rare 17th Century Oak Credence Table, English Circa 1650.

Rare 17th Century Oak Credence Table, English Circa 1650.

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Rare 17th Century Oak Credence Table. The planked six sided demi-lune top standing on three ball & reel turned legs united by channel moulded frieze rails with initials “IB” carved to two of the tenon blocks and peripheral stretchers, rear swing leg support when the table is open; English circa 1650.1 2

height: 29 in. 73.5 cm., width: 42.5 in. 108 cm., depth: 20.5 in. 52 cm. (open 41 in. 104 cm.)

Further readings and sources:

  1. A credence (crédence) table is a serving table, sideboard or ledge on which the bread, wine, etc, are placed before being consecrated in the Eucharist. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credence_table ↩
  2. credence Table or shelf (called prothesis) on the south side of the sanctuary of a church, near the altar (where the Sacred Elements were placed before the Oblation), often given architectural treatment, and sometimes associated with the piscina. The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture by James Stevens Curl, Susan Wilson, ©2016 p. 208 ↩

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Open depth

41 in., 104 cm.
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Consistent with age and use;

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