the mahogany rectangle constructed from only two planks, stabilised to each end with cross-grain end-battens,

This large table-top was known to have been saved from Lloyds Bank in central Birmingham, by one of the managers there, a few decades ago. We assume it served as a boardroom table but came with a larger sibling of the same width – this may be an extension to the other (see 45825).

Subsequently, that manager and his family have enjoyed the use of the two table-tops for many years at family weddings and gatherings – bringing them out and supporting them on trestles.