The pie safe arrived tonight, it's pretty cool, definitely interesting. I tried to get a few detail shots, but the lighting isn't too good at night and my camera is acting up.
Here's the front left side of the door that Wayward was asking about. It has an old skeleton key lock. There is a crack in the wood next to it, but it doesn't go all the way through. The screens are interesting. I've never seen anything quite like them. They are not wire, but machine punched out metal sheets. Looks like they are original to the pie safe.
The back of it is in bad shape. It's water damaged and made of several layers of thin peeling veneer wood. On the inside of it, someone put a layer of some kind of white foam stuff. I may replace the back with a piece of old barn wood or something. It's not noticeable from the front, but since the foam stuff as been adhered to the original backing which is itself falling apart. I'll get some photos tomorrow.
The nails are all different shapes and sizes, square and round head. They look homemade. The wood is blackened around all the nails, and it looks like they've been in there for a long time. Probably whatever was handy when it was made.
Lock from the outside and some screen up close:
Lock from the inside:
The spinning latch is cast iron. A magnet sticks to it:
Here it is in the kitchen
