Rare late Colonial Edenton North Carolina mahogany tilt top birdcage tea table, American circa 1750-80. Plain round top tilting with two full length battons and rotating on an open ended box-form birdcage with exposed dovetails. Tripod legs dovetailed into the turned pedestal base. The underside of each arched leg has stylized scrolled cut-out decorative carving, with small turned bosses sprig-nailed on the volutes on the legs which sit on raised broad pad feet. The mahogany retains a rich original colour and bears original hardware.
Literature:
The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina, The Colonial Williamsburg Collection, by Ronald Hurst and Jonathan Prown, illustration #99 (pages 315-318)
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Photo #S-12173, File location NCE-12-22
Size in inches: 29 h x 30 w x 30 d
A19810