Southwest Virginia Cherry Pie Safe

[Rboyd]

Another tin

[Rboyd]

Square Head Nail on Drawer. Can see the darkening of the wood from age here.

[Rboyd]

Pic of the back of the pie safe. Can also see wood aging here.

[jacon4]

Yeah, it's difficult to evaluate with pics alone but i think it's mid 19th century, it's been refinished and tins painted.

[Rboyd]

That is so true. The old home but in the 1920s. It was around a 4k square foot farm house. And i learned that this was cleaned up after the fire due to somoke damage in the 1920S

[mart]

This does show the detail much better !!   Perhaps it was just the pics !!  Looks more accurate to that date now !!  Except for the tins !!  Paint will close the ventilation holes !! 

[Rboyd]

That's true thank you

[jacon4]

LOL, the old woman FINALLY put her glasses on! Photo's are notoriously misleading on furniture, i don't really know why but, the third pic down at start of thread shows bottom of drawer and hand plane tool marks so i took that pic as definitive and basically ignored the other pic's.

[mart]

LOL !!  Well pardon me Jacon4 !!  Too much going on here,, maybe I was not as observant as I should be !!  Hopefully things will calm down soon !!  If not,, I may be a bald old woman when I finish pulling my hair out !!