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| Notice the drop leaf. Lift up the leaf and slide the bar forward. |
This tea table was made in the early 1800's and passed down through 4 generations of a Southern family, named Kirk. The last Kirk owned it in the 1950's
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| I love silver. I always have it to sell. |
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| This is a brass plaque on the front top of the table. Between the two dates was a relative in Virginia, in the civil war, who served tea (on this table) to Union soldiers, while her farm hands hid her horses the forest. |
Leslie, I love the silver items on the table,one of my favorite things to buy! Have a good weekend! hugs,, judy
ReplyDeleteJust noticed the "Barbie Diary" reference at the topof your blog page. Omg, I had a black one. I hid it under the matress and found my little brother reading one day and had a hissy! Good Memories! judy
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness what a fabulous piece of history. I just adore that it has been documented!
ReplyDeleteLove the table and the history!
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