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Antique handmade & homemade pine wood wall box with the worn remains of it's rounded cut top backboard, original hand made T head nails, two original hand made rose head nails, single exposed T head old repair nail, fine & original box interior utensil storage usage wear and retaining it's exceptional original old natural dry and prolonged attic crawl space storage surface, as found . Maine , 1760. Guaranteed old and original; this is not a fake or reproduction Actual weight 2 lbs . 12 1/2" wide by 6 7/8" tall to the top of the exposed T head nail by 5 3/8" deep. Antique handmade & homemade pine wood wall box with the worn remains of it's rounded cut top backboard, original hand made T head nails, two original hand made rose head nails, single exposed T head old repair nail, fine & original box interior utensil storage usage wear and retaining it's exceptional original old natural dry and prolonged attic crawl space storage surface, as found. The one area the old matron never went, nor directed us during our purchase bid tour, was the space above the squat original homestead that now was the join or universal joint of the farm. Its ground floor, retaining the original colonial kitchen was the passage between the "old house", the 1850's addition and the outbuildings including the summer kitchen, hired man's quarters, attached sheds onward to the barns. This space, above the kitchen, milk room and buttery rooms, was reached from a door from the second floor of the "old house". It's floor was two layers of loose rough cut boards. The roof rafters were whole round small white pine trees. Triangular in vertical shape, one proceeded down the center in a very stooped-at-the-waist position negotiating eleven generations of stored objects. The matron probably never entered this area after her childhood if she did even then. She made no mention of it and only let us look inside the opened door after we prompted her during our inspection. We, of course, saw great potential for this space with just this brief flashlight shine around examination. This box is from the bottom & foundation layer of this space. Simply, objects from the homestead had been stored in that space from an extremely early date with very few ever visited again and âe¦more and moreâe¦ piled on top. Excavation was by layer with the most recent additions compacted back toward the door and the earliest layer at the very bottom off to the sides and pushed toward the rear. This box was in this bottom layer, near the chimney w a ceiling hole from the old kitchen below provide the original access to this space. The wall box is wondrously early with it's particularly telling two-rose-head-nails-hidden-on-the-rear construction. T heads look finer but were harder to make so more costly. A rough rose head nail would be placed "out of sight" to save money. That is the most telling detail of age on this box; the nail type and the sensitivity of their placement. Second, of course, is the back board with it's appropriate-to-actual-colonial-usage but very long ago broken off hanging holes. Gone, gone and gone very, very, very long ago inclusive of the T head nail indicating a very early repair now perishedâe¦ the whole remains of the holesâe¦ with their wear, patina and darkened surfaceâe¦ is just perfection of "old". We just do not find wall boxes this old and untouched so don't miss out. It is a remarkable survival that was preserved by long attic burial. Very good as found condition. The box, noting again that it was found in an ancient farm attic with the old back board broken off as describe above and it's old untouched attic surface, is in very good condition for those who respect this singular & scarce state of a colonial Maine wall box. It is usage and attic soiled and we have not cleaned it in any way and recommend that nothing be done to it. All and all, truly as found condition in the earliest attic on an old Maine farm, untouched. Right out of the attic, the wall box has appropriate surface oxidation and soiling for it's age ... 
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