Rare Eldred Wheeler inlaid cherry snake foot candle stand in the 1770-90 style. Two board cherry top with maple and ebony fan inlaid corners framed by line inlay. Measures 16" square x 25" high. Please see "Eldred Wheeler / A Collector's Guide" by Emmett W. Eldred, page 230, for reference to this table. Eldred Wheeler made the finest reproductions of period American furniture. It is no longer in business.
Howard and Sons, London, mahogany Georgian style games table. Hand built from heavy single stock mahogany. Single hand cut dovetailed drawer, cut-out wells for game chips or coins, and corner wells for drinks (in the 18th century the corner wells would have held candles). Measures 32.5" square x 28.5" high. The label states: Howard & Sons Manufacturers 25,26,27, Berners St, London, W. Earlier pieces are signed Howard & Sons, Berners Street, prior to the company's expansion. The business was opened in 1820. Howard sofas and chairs became popular during the Victorian era amongst the upper class. They collaborated with Gillows of Lancaster. They supplied furniture to the Savoy Hotel in London. Howard & Sons received a number of Royal Warrants of Appointment. Some authentic designs of Howard & Sons furniture nowadays are in the State Hermitage museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Their pieces are highly coveted by collectors.
19th century English mahogany dumbwaiter with three graduating cylindrical trays to a turned stem supported on tripod legs with pad feet. Dumbwaiters were traditionally used to display desserts. Diameters are 15, 20 and 24 inches; 43 inches high. Lovely patina and excellent condition.
D. R. Dimes Windsor bow back child's high chair in honey pine. Excellent condition. Measures 35" high to the back, 28" high to the arms, 20" high to the seat, 17.25" wide at the arms, and 14" deep.
Victorian walnut miniature drop leaf table circa 1875. This is either a salesman's sample or a child's toy. It measures 12" long by 7.5" wide with leaves down and 15" wide with leaves up, and is 7.5" high. Perfect with a doll or teddy bear collection.