AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY 'JUPE' CIRCULAR EXTENDING DINING-TABLE, BY ROBERT JUPE, CIRCA 1840-50, The segmented extending top on a fluted ring-turned baluster support and quadripartite base on lappet-carved paw feet, the stem stamped 7782, with two sets of eight leaves, each stamped thrice with numbers 1-8 and the larger leaves stencilled with numbers 1-8, some leaves with printed depository label JOSCELYNE'S DEPOSITORY BISHOP'S STORTFORD and pencil inscription 'COLVIN / 66 / 14-2-41', the metalwork ribs of the mechanism each stamped ‘JUPE’S PATENT’ and stamped to the central brass boss, 28 ? in. (73 cm.) high; 86 ? in. (219 cm.) diameter, fully extended; 74 ? in. (189.5 cm.) diameter, with smaller leaves; 60 in. (152.5 cm.) diameter, closed