1810 American Jam Cupboard-Hand Dovetailed Cabinet-Rosehead Nails-Square Pegged

Description

Being offered for your consideration is this Early American Jam Cupboard Circa 1810. Perhaps one of the earliest American Jam/Jelly Cupboards ever listed on Ebay . From our research, we could only find a handful of cabinets as old as this one offered anywhere on the Web. This piece is completely handmade,consisting of hand hewn & cut boards, hand forged nails (Rosehead), square pegs, hand dovetailed case, hand dovetailed drawers, hand camphored panels and drawer bottoms, with no circular saw marks on any wood in the cabinet. The hand dovetailed case is still tight and strong. The piece is made entirely of solid wood and is very heavy. We are uncertain of the type of wood used in its construction. We have found no evidence of any major repairs excluding a small piece of wood replaced on corner of one drawer front, and repair on left rear foot approx 3 to 4"(both shown in photos)The hardware is NOT original to this piece, as somewhere approx 100 years ago, it was  replaced with turn of the century handles and door catches. The hinges however ARE original to the piece.We have found no evidence of added nails, screws or board replacements. Drawer runners are original and in excellent shape. Drawer bottoms are original and drawers are tight. Inside boasts original shelving, attached to outer casing with beautiful square pegging, all original (shown in photo.) A very old key escutcheon was used to tighten a front door, repair probably done around 1850-1860's using the escutcheon as reference (shown in photo). Finish is original on sides, however somewhere back in time, stain or varnish was applied to the front and top of cabinet. This was probably done around the same time the hardware was replaced, as it is very old. Coloring was added on repair on front drawer and rear foot, and blends nicely with original finish. These repairs were done recently, as evidence of new wood used in repair of left foot(shown in photo). These two repairs are tight and virtually seamless when viewing the piece. The cabinet measures 45 1/4" tall, 43 1/2" wide and 17 1/2" deep. From the best that we could ascertain, this item hails from Virginia, and is truly a piece of American history. This item is offered for local pickup. We are proud to offer this one of a kind  cabinet!
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