New England Federal Inlaid Cherry Tilt Top Candlestand

Attributed to Massachusetts, circa 1790-1810, rectangular top with cut corners, central elliptical satinwood inlay within book-matched oval flamed veneer, underside battens, block support, well turned and reeded standard, tripod base, edge of standard with notch, tall spider legs with spade foot. Accompanying the Lot is a copy of the purchase receipt from Gooseneck Antiques in 1970.

26.75 x 23 x 15.5 in.

From the Estate of Marion and Mitchell Sams, Virginia

Elizabeth R. Daniel, Gooseneck Antiques, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Magazine Antiques, February 1969, pg. 181.

Wear and marring to top surface; natural wood shrinkage crack to top of standard (but stable); one ankle with break and repair; overall retains and old alligatored surface.