Featured Vintage Game Table ????

So I picked up this vintage game table and we cannot, for the life of us, figure out how to effectively attach the top to the base.
So, the top folds open on hinges, and also swivels to expose the inside compartment (w the top in the closed position I'm assuming).
Theres a hole in the brace bar and also in one of the "tabletop" pieces for a bolt (??) to go through so it can swivel....but it's super weird. One hole is bigger than the other, and regardless there would have to be a screw head at least on the exposed top side. Strange. Has anyone ever seen one of these? I used Google lens to no avail to try to find a similar table so I could at least see the orientation of it all fitting together....

 

Do you think it's a homemade piece, because that might account for it being a puzzle piece. Are there any labels on it?

 

Nope, no labels! possibly home made...might explain the bizarro factor

 

Is it put together like this one?

 

The holes are missing the "swivel" pieces that go into them?

 

ahhhh.....maybe!!! I didn't think about that orientation to open and close the top. I was always terrible at spacial stuff like this!

 

Yes no screw or whatever was in there....

 

This might be similar to the piece you are missing - at least just to show you what you may be able to use. I'm just guessing it would tight fit into the small hole then loose fit into the larger hole to swivel. And it may be wood or metal?

Remember this is just to show you the shape of the piece you may need

 

Just search "Flip top game table" - lots of examples to give you a better idea.

 

It is worth contacting professionals for restoration or furniture repair.

 

is it ?
how much ?

 

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