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Elaborately carved birch corner cup

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Elaborately carved birch corner cup
Elaborately carved birch corner cupboard, cove-molded cornice with shaped frieze molding above two doors, each with five carved panels in rayed rectangular design with oval centers, above three matching cockbeaded and dovetailed drawers and two frame-and-panel doors below, original shaped feet with returns, interior with three shelves with grooved plate lips, back with original tongue-and-groove vertical boards with cut nails, doors lock with wooden pin engaged by spring lock activated by string around back of cupboard, poplar secondary, 85-1/2 x 43 x 24 in. Interior with scattered candle burns, cornice with several separations, brass pulls replaced, old refinishing, some losses to old lock mortises. Provenance: Descended in Bowman family, Bradley County, Tennessee; Burbage Collection. See MESDA File No.S-11909. Reserve: $10,000