Show the wine table the wine table of the eighteenth century was called by cabinet makers a social table it was always narrow and of semi cir cular or horseshoe form the guests sitting around the outer circumference metal wells for bottles and ice were sunk in the surface of the table and were equipped with brass lids in later examples the tables were fitted with a revolving wine wine carriage bottle holder or tray working on a balanced arm which enabled n the bottles to be passed w without it h shaking |