Antique 18thC American Federal Queen Anne Mahogany Bonnet-Top Highboy Salem Massachusetts 1790 Decorative Arts each table terminating to gilt-bronze

each table terminating to gilt-bronze dragon feet

gilded and fitted with Sevres porcelain plaques

The figure is deftly and sensitively carved from limewood and gesso and is archetypical of the Sienese school of carving

The urn is hallmarked in four different places

Antique 18thC American Federal Queen Anne Mahogany Bonnet-Top Highboy Salem Massachusetts 1790 Decorative Arts each table terminating to gilt-bronzeA good antique late 18th century mahogany Federal period highboy, chest on stand, Salem Massachusetts, circa 1790. This two section chest having wonderful proportions: the upper case has a closed bonnet top and arched molded pediment, with a carved pin wheel rosette and three caved & gilded finials. The top fitted with a deep central drawer with fan shaped carving and is flanked with two short drawers, there are four graduated drawers below. The base