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Description:
Paint-decorated Birch Octagonal Tilt-top Candlestand, probably Massachusetts, c. 1800, the top with painted border of floral garlands, on an elaborately turned and part-ebonized post, and floral-painted tripod base, ht. 30 1/4, wd. 21 1/2, dp. 16 in.
Literature: American Antiques from the Israel Sack Collection, Vol. 2, Highland House Publishers, Inc., p. 322, no. 805, illustrated.
Estimate $1,200-1,500
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Stephen L. Fletcher
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Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
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