$3,555
Painted Pine Carved Barrel-back Shell-top Glazed Corner Cupboard, New England, mid-18th century, the molded cornice centering a keystone above the arched glazed door opening to the interior with concave shell dome and drop pendant and three shaped shelves flanked by engaged fluted pilasters, all above a cupboard door with four fielded panels, (altered), ht. 93, wd. 48, dp. 22 in. Literature: Wallace Nutting, Furniture Treasury, Volume 1, Old America Company, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1928, fig. 542. The cupboard was previously built-in. The lower portion and side panels are not original, the glazed door is not currently attached. The cornice has been altered but it appears the pieces are old. The cupboard is the same one pictured in the Nutting book.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-03-06