An important group of objects demonstrates the Walker carver's awareness of the style transition taking place from the late baroque to the early rococo. These include a tea table made for the illustrious Carter family at Cleve Plantation in King George Country, Virginia (Figs. 1, 1a). Its elaborately shaped top is a tour de force of carving, the design of which may have been inspired by a silver salver made by the London silversmith John Swift (free 1725) in 1753/54 and owned by the Spotswood family. (11) A very similar top is found on the kettle stand made for the Semple family (Figs. 6, 6a). On both the tea table and the kettle stand, the carvings on the knees flows in two directions, rather than simply cascading down the legs as seen on the earlier Lee family tea table (see Figs, la, 5a). Altogether, these pieces convey a lightness verging on asymmetry that heradls the arrival of the rococo taste. (12)

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