12
Tin Blue Piesafe
Circa:
Mid 19th C., Virginia
A nice primitive blue 12 tin piesafe with remnants of salmon
splatter decoration
Original blue paint and salmon decoration, original hand punched
tins outside mounted
Double pegged and mortised joinery, three wide board shelves,
three board back
Poplar and pine woods, small splash back at top, square cut nails
Note:
This was the most sought piece at a large country auction. Jim
believes this was because it is so representative of an authentic
country primitive piece. It was not 'professionally' made,
rather he suspects it could have been a 'winter' project for a
country family; the father doing the carpentry with his wife and
children punching the tins and then painting and decorating the
piece. Jim scraped away four coats of paint to get to the blue
paint and salmon decoration: a yellow, brown and two shades of
green. Only traces of the salmon 'splatter' decoration remains
as shown on the splash back photo.
Condition: Good, very solid. There is rust on tins and rusted
through on bottom
two right tins. A screen was applied to the bottom tin
Dimensions: 40" wide, 18 1/2" deep; 54
1/2" high
Two 21" d shelves, one 14" d
Price: $2200,
Item Nr: 7709
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