Tea Table, Miniature
Date1740-1760
MediumMahogany
DimensionsOH: 8 3/8"; OW: 13 1/4"; OD: 9"
Credit LineBequest of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hennage
Object number1990-277
DescriptionMiniature tea table with porringer top. Rectangular top with turret corners and cyma returns on all four sides, the edge a rounded bevel, the apron joins the legs with cyma shaped brackets, straight skirt, rounded turned legs tapering into slender ankles over platformed wafer pad feet.Construction: skirt tenoned to legs; top held to frame with 4 angled glue blocks and 4 metal fasteners from the center of each side of the skirt into the underside of the top.
ProvenanceDescended in the Brown-Ives family of Providence, RI.
Ex-collection of Robert Lee Gill
Donors purchased from srael Sack, Inc. in 1984
ca. 1765
1725-1750
ca. 1765
ca. 1740
1735-1750
1765-1790
Ca. 1725
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1745-1755
1760-1790
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ca. 1780