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Dovetail by Joshuawon posted Mar 10, 2019 at 2:40 PM

Cherry chest by Joshuawon posted Mar 10, 2019 at 2:33 PM

Can anyone date this sugar chest?

 

Welcome, Joshuawon. What makes you think this is a "sugar chest?" Looks like a 2-drawer work table.

Chests for sugar have a bin for sugar storage (top lifts for access), not drawers.

 

The locking mechanisms I know sugar was stolen when it was highly valued in the earlier times

 

That's the last thing you should be looking at for intended function, not the first.

 

Yep, I am goin with Bakers on this one, 2 drawer stand, Sheraton style & looks to be period.

 

could be a night table...night stand...if the right size...

 

Take a look at these pictures of actual sugar chests. See how deep the storage space is and how the owner accesses that space through a lid that lifts?

https://www.google.com/search?q=sug...HWIdCowQsAR6BAgEEAE&biw=1536&bih=730&dpr=1.25

 

1830-1840 Sheraton or late Federal style. As noted by @Bakersgma , not a sugar chest, it's a 2 drawer stand with what looks like poplar secondary wood and breadboard ends on the top which is unusual for a stand.
Very nice example, you did well for $175.

 

Lid up by Joshuawon posted Mar 10, 2019 at 3:18 PM

Side view by Joshuawon posted Mar 10, 2019 at 3:17 PM

Side view and lip up.

 

LOL, TOTALLY different piece! with the new pics added, it would have been helpful to see all the pics at once.
It's a desk box on a stand, the breadboard ends make sense now!

 

Everything else stays the same, Sheraton style, 1830-40 poplar secondary.

 

I'm confused. . .so the first set of pictures is the stand and now we see the desk box top put on it? And where did you see the price of $175 being paid for it?

 

It’s all one piece guys has a drawer comes out

 

The first 2 pics we could not see the slant lid. The last 2 pics we can.
The $175 may have been in a duplicate post OR in photo gallery.
AGREES, it's been a bit disjointed & confusing thread!

 

Like item by Joshuawon posted Mar 10, 2019 at 3:39 PM

Like item by Joshuawon posted Mar 10, 2019 at 3:39 PM

Look at this one I found on google images like mine. I think this is an old sugar chest used to be locked when sugar was valued

 

U R sooooo right !!!!

 

Joshuawon, it's going to be very hard to get to a sugar chest with your piece, it's just to small.

 

I found the piece you used as an example and the interior, like many food-related pieces of furniture, has compartments. All the sugar chests I've seen in books (never saw one in person) are larger than yours. I agree with James Conrad. Yours is too small.

 

Yeah, i noticed it was passed at auction as well which means, no buyers.

Here is a sugar desk but, this is not what you have