Southern Queen Anne Mahogany Tilt Top Tea Table

Attributed to Edenton, North Carolina, circa 1770, circular top with underside battens, dovetailed mahogany box support, bulbous turned standard, molded tiered lower disc, underside with applied disc and drop finial, tripod base with pierced underside of knee with applied boss, raised pad feet.

28 x 35 x 34 in.

Similar examples of round tea tables and candlestands from the Edenton area, with the distinctive pierced legs and carved boss element, are included on pages 33-42 in the definitive text by Thomas R. J. Newbern and James Melchor, Edenton Furniture and Culture: Colonial and Federal Periods. See fig. 35, 36, and 38 for closely related examples.

Top reset with central crack and repair; one ankle with hairline crack, original (now repaired); lacking casters; one foot original but with repaired crack and later pad.