A George II style mahogany card table , the shaped top opening with a concertina action to reveal a baize-lined interior with candle stands and guinea wells, the hinges to the concertina action including the stamp of `H. Tibats', on boldly carved front cabriole legs headed by carved lion masks and acanthus brackets above leaf-carved knees terminating in carved hairy lion's paw feet, part 18th century , 73.5cm high, 92cm wide, 46cm deep Provenance : Sotheby's London, 20 Septemer 2011, lot 82. The stamp of H. Tibats on the hinges is thought to relate to Hugh Tibbats or Tibats (both spellings are recorded) 'hinge and sash fastening maker' of Bell Street, Wolverhampton, listed in 'The Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Bilston and Willenhall Directory, 1781'. The 'Tibats' stamped hinge has been recorded on a number of notable concertina-action tables (see P. Thornton, `A Signed Hinge', Furniture History, 1966, pp. 44-45). A comparable table is illustrated in Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1965, 3 vols., vol. III, p.197.