Pie Safe 16 Tins Tombstone Design Original Paint Red over Mustard 1840 NC Rare
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We are very pleased to be able to offer for auction this Rare, Outstanding Pie Safe! This 16-tin Pie Safe in Original Paint Decoration is exceptional! One for the Purist, in original, no apologies condition . This is circa 1840 and made of Southern Heart Pine. It is paint decorated in wonderful Original Red over Mustard paint , 95% intact. The 16 tins are all original , in beautiful tombstone design, each one original and individually hand done. The tins are in amazing condtion. This pie safe is pegged and mortised, two doors over two drawers with original pulls. The drawers are dovetailed with hand chamfered bottoms. The wood was hand planed, backboards are hand chamfered . Two shelves inside are single boards 21" wide. Even the wooden latches appear to be original. This Pie Safe comes from the Jarratt Plantation in Yadkin County, North Carolina. Capt. Isaac A. Jarratt was a Confederate Civil War Captain in Company C, 26th Infantry Regiment. He purchased the Davis Durrett plantation in 1835. This Pie Safe was in the plantation house and purchased from the plantation at the estate sale in the mid-1980's by a collector and has been in his private collection until very recently. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The pie safe measures 52" wide x 60" tall x 23 1/2" deep. The legs are 15" tall and have no
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