George II Adjustable Reading Stand In Mahogany
England, c,. 1740
The hinged top supported on a folding easel back, the front with a shaped ledge. A pair of swing-out candle stands below. The height adjusted with a sphere-handled "set-screw". Supported on a turned Doric column above 3 downswept legs to pointed pad feet, the junction of the legs to the column nicely scalloped.
Minimum h: 31 1/4" Top: 18 1/4" X 16"
 
See Regional Furniture, 2004, p. 41, for similar pieces offered by Potter, working in London, c. 1740.