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  • Kentucky Sugar Chest - circa 1820
  • Item 1152
  • $8,000

Sugar chest, Kentucky, c. 1820, cherry, secondary wood – poplar
-     box over single drawer
-     applied molding around top
-     possibly original knobs that have been reset
-     inset brass escutcheons
-     turned feet
-     deep waist molding
-     single interior divider
 
WOA – 28”
DOA – 17”
HOA – 33”

Repairs:
-     new hinges
-     new narrow rear board on top
-     patched breakout on left rear hinge
-     refinished with stain added on interior and under sides
-     drawer runners pieced out

Construction comments: 
-     extreme multiple dovetailed box
-     mortise and tenon frame
-     top molding pegged in place










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