Surry or Mecklenburg County, Virginia, probably the Deloney family shop, late 18th century, in rich mellow brown color, two case construction, upper case with two eight pane doors with bone inlaid escutcheon opening to a deeply scalloped shelved interior, lower case with two scratch beaded dovetailed drawers with inlaid bone escutcheon, two paneled doors, set on distinctive shaped bracket feet, yellow pine secondary throughout, undisturbed backboards with cut nails, 90 x 42 x 19 in.

The distinctive feet of this press place it in a known group of related examples from Mecklenburg County associated with the third generation of the Deloney family makers who began in Surry and James City County, then worked in Williamsburg before securing a major land grant in Mecklenburg County, where the third generation of the family set up shop and continued to adopt the styles of their father and grandfather.

brasses replaced (no plugged holes), some repinning and other possible repairs to door frames with some scars from previous braces (now removed), hinges replaced, original feet with some later blocking, other scattered minor patches, repairs, and surface flaws consistent with age and use