In historic country house condition consistent with age and the materials employed.
With damage and degradation to the relatively high polish including scratching. The pegging appears to have been replaced in part. Historic and attractive gouge marks in one of the flaps which adds character and does not detract. Evidence of re-polishing. Some elements may have been replaced or repaired which is entirely consistent with the age and nature of the piece. It seems likely that the base of the legs below the stretchers are shorter than they would have been originally, perhaps as a result of sitting on a damp stone floor.
