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Miniature tea table

Object number

RIF5408

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

5 1/2 × 7 × 5 1/2 in. (13.97 × 17.78 × 13.97 cm)

Date

1790–1810

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany (primary); white pine (secondary)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

vernacular style

Provenance

Sumpter Priddy III, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia; sold to Thomas A. Gray, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; given to the Old Salem Toy Museum Collection, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 2002; consigned by the parent museum, the Old Salem Museums and Gardens, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, October 30, 2010, lot 156

Associated names

Sumpter Priddy III, Inc.
Thomas A. Gray
Old Salem Museums and Gardens
Northeast Auctions

Bibliography

Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, N. H., Important Auction of Miniature Decorative Arts from The Old Salem Toy Museum: Including Property from the Personal Collection of Thomas A. Gray, sale cat. (October 30, 2010), 62, lot 156.