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Lot 3307
Southern Painted Punched Tin Food Safe
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Attributed to North Carolina Piedmont, mid 19th century, poplar and yellow pine primary, with yellow pine secondary, all over original dark paint (black), rectangular top with applied molding to underside, two side-by-side flush mounted drawers above two raised panel hinged cabinet doors, shelved interior above one long bottom drawer, the side with triple panels, the center featuring a punched tin with fillfought and heart motif, the whole raised on turned legs with scrolled spurs, center drop.

48.75 x 44 x 18 in.

Private Collection, Charlotte, North Carolina

Paint with losses and wear; pulls old but later; base molding on left side missing.