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Candlestands
18th Century Candlestand, Scalloped Top, Old Finish, Connecticut
Date/Period: 1760-1780
Measurement: Height: 25.75"; top: 17" x 16"
Material: Cherry
Condition: Displays beautifully; top or cleat may be an early period retrofit
Additional Information: The beautifully shaped scalloped top with canted sides
is raised on a turned standard resting on graceful cabriole legs ending in pad feet
$2,550.00
621-153
Table, Drum Form, Side, Turned Pedestal, Two Working Drawers, Branded “IR”
Anonymous
Date/Period: 1801-1820
Measurement: Height: 25.5"; top: 18" x 17.5"
Material: Walnut, ash, and white pine
Condition: Very good
Additional Information: Small Side/Center Table. The applied molding
created a dished octagonal top featuring two working-drawers [frieze],
and two faux drawers above a baluster and reel turned standard continuing
to cabriole legs resting on ridged snake feet.
$2,900.00
1085-33
A Fine Queen Anne Candlestand, Attributed to the Townsend School, Newport, RI
Date/Period: Circa 1750-1770
Measurement: Height: 27.75"; top diameter: 19.5"
Material: Mahogany
Condition: Fine
Additional Information: The deeply dished round top featuring molded and inwardly
tapered rim on a baluster turned standard raised on classic Newport cabriole legs.
A closely related table [top not dished] was sold by Northeast Auctions
(August 6 – 8, 2010) lot 855.
$11,850.00
1345-22
Queen Anne Candlestand, Concave Corners, Applewood and Cherry
Date/Period: Circa 1770-1780
Measurement: Height: 25.75"; top: 15.75" x 16.25"
Material: Applewood top, cherry base
Condition: Very good
Additional Information: The top featuring concave corners above a baluster turned
shaft raised on delicate cabriole legs continuing to snake feet resting on full pads.
$1,250.00
1079-37
Chippendale Candlestand, Connecticut, Tray Top
Probably Windsor, Hartford County; Possibly Timothy Loomis
Date/Period: 1760-1775
Measurement: Height: 27"; top: 15.5" x 16.25"
Material: Mahogany
Condition: Very good, retaining old if not original surface that has been polished.
Additional Information: Beaded edge tray-top above ring and ball-turned pedestal
raised on Chapinesque cabriole legs resting on pads. References for closely related
tables available.
$1,800.00
621-156
Pennsylvania Candlestand, Crossed Shoe Feet, X-Form Base Lighting Stand
Date/Period: Circa 1725
Measurement: Height: 27.5"; top diameter: 15.75"
Material: Walnut
Condition: Fine
Additional Information: A fine example…round top on chamfered cleat above
outstanding elegantly turned standard raised on X-form shoe feet resting on pads.
$10,375.00
843-336
Candlestand, Classical, Tilt-top, Outstanding Wood Grain, Likely Albany, NY
Date/Period: Circa 1825
Measurement: Height: 28.25"; top: 28" x 17.5
Material: Mahogany
Condition: Fine original condition
Additional Information: A carved tilt-top candlestand featuring a rectangular top
having shaped [notched and rounded] corners; boldly turned and acanthus carved
standard raised on waterleaf-carved and scrolling legs [tripod base].
$1,700.00
1327-4
Early Candlestand, X-Form Base, Great Surface
Boston…
Date/Period: 1700-1730
Measurement: Height: 24"; top: 13.5"
Material: Walnut with some figure, base: poplar
Condition: Very good, commensurate with age and use; base retains original red, top,
Cleat and column appear to be in original surface, good color, and patina.
Small expertly crafted patch to edge of top that does not distract. Minor
pesting limited to underside of base.
Additional Information: Round top attached to typical robust early style cleat pierced
by turned standard featuring sagged baluster…chamfered shoe feet.
$6,950.00
843-362
Candlestand with Candle Drawer, Hartford, Connecticut
Date/Period: Circa 1780
Measurement: Height: 26"; top: 16.5" x 15.5"
Material: Cherry and white pine
Condition: Very Good
Additional Information: Nearly square top with applied molding on a frame with canted
ends containing a single drawer, the urn-turned standard raised on cabriole legs resting
on pad feet.
$3,500.00
271-76
Antique Dished Top Country Candle
or Kettle Stand New England,
Probably early 19th Century
Cherry, fruitwood top
The dished and molded top affixed to chamfered cleat continuing to the turned standard featuring octagonal
terminus with large acorn shape drop finial; raised on scrolled slab-cut feet.
(Original dry surface, top
displays a shrinkage crack.
(Height: 23.5", 11.5" top diameter)
$1,275.00
925-29
Candlestand, Queen Anne, Spurred cabriole Legs,
Slipper Feet, Candle Drawer
Connecticut, Circa 1800
Cherry
Square top featuring molded edge and dovetailed drawer above turned pedestal raised on spurred cabriole legs resting on slipper feet. (Good condition, minor imperfections; two wood pins added to top, shrinkage cracks, old surface displays good color. H: 26.25": top: 16.5 by 16.25")
$2,550
843-239
Chippendale Candlestand, Northshore, Massachusetts
Possibly Newburyport, in the circle of Joseph Short
Date/Period: Circa 1775-1790
Measurement: Height: 26.25"; top: 19.5" x 20.25"
Material: Cherry
Condition: Excellent
Additional Information: The round top above and urn-turned standard, raised on
cabriole legs continuing to ribbed slipper feet. Wonderful surface.
$1,400.00
1079-19
Candle-Stand
Serpentine Top
Connecticut River Valley
Circa 1790 to 1800
Cherry
As depicted...the serpentine top with tight lines is crisply chamfered at sides and is affixed to cherry cleat that receives the tapered column with urn above spool turnings; raised on ridged cabriole legs terminated by pad feet. The legs and pedestal are notched and shaped where joined at base. A successful Chippendale expression made during the Federal period...perhaps Deerfield, Massachusetts. Excellent condition; old refinish. (Height: 26"; top: 18.25 x 17.75".)
$7,250
MLT-33
Antique, Fine Federal Inlaid Candle Stand
North Shore, Massachusetts
Circa 1800 to 1815
Mahogany, birds eye maple panel
Exceptional oval-tip-top inlayed table; the top pivoting on delicate ring-turned standard raised on lovely tall notch carved cabriole legs with ridged snake feet retaining full pad height. (Height: 28.25"; top: 22 x 15.75".)
$975
270-75
Federal Candle Stand
North Shore, Massachusetts
Circa 1810
The cross-banded mahogany tilt top with oval inlay, raised on the turned column, continuing to spider legs with spayed feet. Fine condition.
Dimensions: 28" high, 16 by 18.75" top.
$750
270-46
An Early Hudson River Valley Table
Mahogany, butternut and gumwood
Circa 1730-1740
The 18.5" round mahogany top is nailed to the chamfered gumwood cleat that receives the tapered trumpet column; nicely shaped slab-cut legs are mortised to shaft with bell shaped drop-finial. In very good condition and having good color; each leg tightened by installing a screw from the underside to the column, all else fine. The height is 24.5".
$895
843-14
Candlestand, Chippendale, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Elegant
Date/Period: 1770-1800 - SOLD
Measurement: Height: 28.5"; top: 17" x 16.5"
Material: Cherry
Condition: Excellent; probably original surface
Additional Information: Delicate octagonal top raised on elegantly turned standard
featuring perfectly proportioned vase turning. The base of standard displays beautifully
executed gouge carved double-fluting flanking each leg. Ridged cabriole legs resting on
slipper feet retaining full pads.
Reference: See Portsmouth Furniture – Masterworks from the New Hampshire
Seacoast, organized and edited by Brock Jobe; a closely related stand (No. 71) is
pictured on page 281, discussed on pp. 281/282.
SOLD
843-455
Tabletop Turned Mahogany Candlestand, Tidy, Weighted Base, Historic Surface
18th Century; rare square top w/ applied bead, turned column on circular base - SOLD
(H: 10.5”, top: 5.5 by 5.75”)
SOLD
492-138
Antique Candlestand, Samuel Dunlap, New Hampshire, Circa 1800-1810
Salisbury, New Hampshire
Date/Period: Circa 1800 - SOLD
Material: Maple and birch
Additional Information: A fine classic example featuring a delicately shaped top
having cusped corners; the underside of top is sharply chamfered; cleat affixed to shaft
featuring hexagonal base and top which center urn, ring, and vase turnings. The table is
raised on arris molded cabriole tripod base [simplified version of snake feet]. The
underside of legs where morticed to standard are notched and scrolled with ogee
curves.
SOLD
210-289
Antique Candlestand, Candle Drawer, Molded Top
Connecticut, Hartford Area, Circa 1780-1810 - SOLD
Cherry: the wonderfully mahoganized surface is likely original
The beautifully molded tray top above a candle drawer traversing the ogee shaped cleat
atop the urn-turned column raised on cabriole legs resting on slipper feet.
(16.75" x 16.75" x 25.5")
SOLD
1273-2
Chippendale Cherry Tripod Candlestand, Serpentine Top
Connecticut River Valley, Probably Wethersfield – Harford Vicinity
Date/Period: 1760-1780 SOLD
Measurement: Height: 27.75"; top: 16.25" x 17"
Material: Cherry
Condition: : Very good, traces of original red wash under thinning varnish and old
black paint. As depicted, one lobe.
Additional Information: An outstanding scalloped top over ring and urn turned
pedestal raised on cabriole legs resting on beautiful, ridged slipper feet retaining full pads.
SOLD
621-157
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