Mid 19th Century Oval Pantry Box with Unusual Double Fingered Lap and Square Head Nails dovetail with a range of sizes

with a range of sizes and varieties

crinkles or wrinkles

The company seems mostly to have stuck to its guns

Green house: 3 3/8" w x 3 3/4" d x 3 1/4" t

Mid 19th Century Oval Pantry Box with Unusual Double Fingered Lap and Square Head Nails dovetail with a range of sizesI will never be the sort of dealer who chases pantry boxes and can tell you just where one was made and exactly when, but I do often covet them, and occasionally one calls to me loudly. (Sometimes those loud callers are gorgeous early painted ones of the most insanely precious variety and I have to ignore the call but happily I was able to listen to this one!) It dates to the mid 1800s I believe and has accrued a gorgeous patina, but it is the unusual