Fine American New England Federal Curly Maple Drop-Leaf Pedestal Table faience Plate with crazing and hairline

Plate with crazing and hairline crack (back)

Shrinkage cracks

Founders: Thomas Gibbons Hawkes (Irish

tripod base

Fine American New England Federal Curly Maple Drop-Leaf Pedestal Table faience Plate with crazing and hairlineDETAILS An antique New England table with a fine, crisply carved pineapple stem on four splayed legs with brass casters. The single, wide plank top with matched, drop D shape leaves. Note the superb highly figured wood. LITERATURE Thomas Deneberg et al, Rich and Tasty: Vermont Furniture to 1850 MAKER Attributed to James Richardson (Poultney, Vermont) PLACE OF ORIGIN New England United States STYLE Federal PERIOD Late 18th century DATE Circa 1790