Walnut Cellaret on Stand
Roanoke River Basin, 1790-1810, dovetailed box with original dividers for 12 bottles, conforming original stand set with drink slide over a single dovetailed drawer, pierced knee returns on finely tapered legs, yellow pine secondary, 37 x 19 x 15-1/4 in. very good condition overall, top with minor shrinkage cracks and one strip at front (possibly a shrinkage repair or as made), original rear corner brackets, front brackets replaced, brass bail handle replaced (no plugged holes). Notes: Illustrated in John Bivins, [The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina 1700-1820,] catalog No. 6.42, p. 278; documented by MESDA; see research file 3760.. Provenance: By descent in the Connor Family, Rich Square, North Carolina
Condition
very good condition overall, top with minor shrinkage cracks and one strip at front (possibly a shrinkage repair or as made), original rear corner brackets, front brackets replaced, brass bail handle replaced (no plugged holes)