ANTIQUE PRIMITIVE FOLK ART PIE SAFE APOTHECARY ORIGINAL WHITE ALLIGATOR PAINT. Up for sale is this amazing old pie safe / apothecary cabinet. This is the real deal!! It’s old, it’s Primitive and it’s fabulous! H x 42.5 W at the top x 17.75 D at the top. We’ve had people take their time getting their shipper to come and get the items and it dings our ratings. And no, the barber pole is not for sale. It’s a nice two door pie safe above, with what appear to be the original screens and 5 drawers and one door down below. The hardware, hinges, and latches all match and appear to be original, which is rare! The doors each have little spring latches with a metal knob. The hinges are small butterfly hinges. The doors work well, but the left door hangs down a little bit so there’s a gap at the top and you kind of have to wiggle the latch a little to get it to latch. The right doors works fine. The drawers have cup-handle pulls on them. All of the hardware is old, worn, rusty and in places painted. The top of the cabinet is made from one big 7/8 thick board. The board has warped over the years and is raised in the center and at the front and back as you can see in the pictures. The top is not painted and you can see water marks and stains on the wood if you get up above the cabinet. There have been some newer screws added to the top. You cannot see the top when just looking at the cabinet unless you are really really tall. There’s also a good sized chunk of wood out of one part of the top and we took a close-up picture of that too. The bottom has some wear to it and the right side may need a shim. You can see some of the wear in the bottom picture on the right side. The back is made from boards and thin little battens. Some parts of the battens have broken off as you can see in the pictures but the cabinet is still sturdy. And, this cabinet is heavy for its size. Most of the main wood on this cabinet is 7/8 thick. It’s an old white paint and is a little more off-white inside and the shelves are not painted. Some of the shelves come out and the one in the bottom is kind of in there crooked. It looks to be the way it was built! The doors are held together with little cabinet corner braces. There are also some scratches, nicks, chips, surface rust, paint loss, alligator paint, crackle, hand rub wear, edge wear, paint marks and patina. These are all things you want to see in a true antique – don’t you just love it? ! ? ! It’s a very nice piece for your collection. Thank you for looking at this item. Please see photos for accurate detail and description. The pictures are pretty good for the color, especially the close up ones. It’s a great old cabinet / cupboard!! We can also recommend a couple of shippers. Nwtransport at a o l. This is a great dry sink! We regularly put up new items so check out our other items. We will do our best to answer your questions. We will do the same. We couldn’t sell anything if it wasn’t for you and the time you have taken to spend looking at our items. As a very small business we strive to keep you as our customer! We GUARANTEE that your item(s) will be received as described. We work hard to describe them correctly and in detail (note that the pictures are part of the description) with all flaws (if any) exposed. The item “AMERICAN ANTIQUE FOLK ART PIE SAFE APOTHECARY ORIGINAL WHITE ALLIGATOR PAINT” is in sale since Monday, September 6, 2021. This item is in the category “Antiques\Primitives”. The seller is “americas-place” and is located in Riverside, California. This item can’t be shipped, the buyer must pick up the item.
- Region of Origin: US-Northeast
- Color: White
- Style: Naive, Primitive
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Material: Wood / Metal
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Date of Creation: 1800-1899
- Category: Antiques
- Featured Refinements: Antique Folk Art
- Type: Cabinet / Pie Safe