A CLASSICAL CARVED MAHOGANY TRIPOD STAND

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A CLASSICAL CARVED MAHOGANY TRIPOD STAND
NEW YORK, 1805-1815

The rectangular tilting top with canted corners above a feather-carved vasiform pedestal surmounted by a cylindrical drum and flared neck, over three waterleaf-carved downswept legs ending in carved animal paw feet, on wooden and flattened ball castors, appears to retain original catch--28in. high, 17 5/8in. wide, 23 3/4in. deep

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, October 23, 1982, lot 195.

Lot Essay

A related stand with carved urn, legs and animal carved feet, attributed to Duncan Phyfe and listed as one of the finest candlestands of the period, is illustrated in American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. IX, 1989, P6180, p. 2527.