18th Century Colonial Porringer Tile Top Table

Description

A most unusual and charming rustic Colonial tiled top porringer tea table, handcrafted in the late 1700s, presenting with a … more A most unusual and charming rustic Colonial tiled top porringer tea table, handcrafted in the late 1700s, presenting with a beautiful set of eight inset period Dutch Delft ceramic art tiles decorated with central rose floral pattern with fiolate secondary motif, executed in the sought-after purple brownish blackish manganese color, framed by interestingly shaped demilune like oak top with protruding rounded corners in the front, over a single frieze drawer with dovetail joinery, flanked by visible pegged construction, well shaped scalloped apron, rising on elaborately shaped and sculpted hand carved legs, joined by stretchers. It has added elements from over the centuries.

This extremely scare antique table is rustically refined, elegantly sophisticated, beautifully aged mixed wood with rich, warm patina, superb grain patterns, very versatile, useful and full of old world character and charm! less