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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 4283731, member: 5066&quot;]A couple of concerns I had about my new cupboard while researching before the sale.</p><p>The number of &quot;lights&quot;, if you notice there are 5 rows of lights &amp; 15 altogether and most of the known examples have 4 rows &amp; 12 altogether.</p><p>I found this early example at Williamsburg, 5 rows of lights and double doors!</p><p>It seems reasonable the lady of the house was clearly large &amp; in charge! and there are different versions of this same form, not only in construction but colors to decorate. Customer preferences matter, even back then.</p><p><br /></p><p>C 1740s - notice the double doors &amp; QA tombstone lower door panels</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]344056[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The second concern was the hinges, they are iron &amp; made locally by a blacksmith and not imported brass from GB. Even if replaced as most all the imported brass hinges have been on known cupboards, there is no photo evidence they were ever anything but iron.</p><p>My thinking on this is, my cupboard is one of the earliest known, 1730s perhaps? OR more likely, there was some GREAT calamity in England, perhaps the revolutionary war? and the limeys cut off our supply of brass hardware.</p><p>Mama doesn&#039;t care a wit about any of that, she wants her cupboard and she wants it RIGHT NOW!</p><p><br /></p><p>click to enlarge</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]344058[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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