Mid 19th Century Oval Pantry Box with Unusual Double Fingered Lap and Square Head Nails dovetail adding up to really lovely

adding up to really lovely and unusual set

I can't find any others out there quite like these

crinkles or wrinkles

The company seems mostly to have stuck to its guns

I've not seen another like this one

Mid 19th Century Oval Pantry Box with Unusual Double Fingered Lap and Square Head Nails dovetail adding up to really lovelyI 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