Chester County Spice Box in Curly Cherry

Great job. Particularly like the curly cherry and your period hardware.

P.S. The through dovetails on the top for the sides is really cool.

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Fabulous job!!!

Lee

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Very nice. Love those hinges.

-- Use it up, Wear it out --------------- Make it do, Or do without!

Bill,

This is another exquisite heirloom-to-be. Did you make the hand wrought hinges? Thanks for posting.

L/W

-- “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Benjamin Franklin -- Jesus is the ONLY reason for ANY season.

Amazing work! It is a real inspiration for all of us. Thanks for sharing it.

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Excellent craftsmanship, beautiful work.

-- "I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The point is to bring them the real facts." - Abraham Lincoln

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to look at my latest work and for commenting.

The hinges were made by a blacksmith in the Poconos of Pennsylvania: “Seven Pines Forge”. I could not find rat-tail hinges small enough for the box, so I had them made. $55 for both – very good price for custom work!

This was my first ‘tombstone’ panel door, and it took me forever to get it all together. The top molding on the box I roughed out mostly on the table saw. It has a very deep cove, which I scraped largely with a heavy chunk of metal that I ground to the curve and scraped by hand.

The period of this piece would be early. ca. 1730-50 maybe. More Wm. and Mary than Chippendale. I used a pattern I saw at Wintertur for the inlay design inside the door. The outside of the door was my own design, but following closely to common patterns seen in Chester County, PA.

Thanks again,

—Bill

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Bill,

Very nice work. I love the line and berry embellishments and I would love to try them sometime. I have a great spot for a line and berry chest in the house if I can convince my wife that it’s worth the time and effort.

Congrats on a great project and thanks for posting. CH

Apologies to Calvin….

I just found your reply. Did not know it was there. Thank you, belatedly, for the kind comment.

I’m doing a Southern sugar chest now in curly maple with some nice inlay – I’ll post it when completed.

I’d love to get back to your dad’s for another class. Hope he is well.

—Bill

-- Traditional Woodworking & Carving classes at my shop in Coastal Maine: http://www.MaineCoastWorkshop.com

Exceptionally fine work!

-- --Dale Page

Thanks very much Dale.

Notice the back right ball foot – needs two felt pads :)

-- Traditional Woodworking & Carving classes at my shop in Coastal Maine: http://www.MaineCoastWorkshop.com