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Dunlap candle, octogonal shaped top, ca. 1780, early red paint over original blue
Dunlap candle stand, octogonal top, ca. 1780, early red paint over original blue
Dunlap candle stand, octogonal top, ca. 1780, early red paint over original blue
Dunlap candle stand, octogonal top, ca. 1780, early red paint over original red
Dunlap candlestand, octogonal top, ca. 1780, early red paint over original blue

Dunlap Candlestand, attributed to John Dunlap, circa 1780.  Likely birch, the octogonal shaped top is chamfered on a slender, turned staff that ends in graceful snake legs and feet.  Very early, possibly original, red paint.  Rare form, surface, and condition.  Provenance:  David Good; John Walton; Mr. and Mrs. James O. Keene Sale, Sotheby’s January 1997. Dimensions:  height 25-1/4", top 16-1/2" x 16-1/8". 

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