Superior
Paint Decorated
Watch Hutch
so good!

Pennsylvania, ca. 1800-1825.

With a REMARKABLE degree of precision and skill in its making and a sensational dry untouched surface.  Stunning untouched original condition.

Basswood, featuring a black and white hex spiral (compass rose) and highly oxidized bittersweet paint overall. The “tombstone” top formed by cutting kerfs into its underside so it could be bent into the round. The hinges are made in a Pennsylvania (Lancaster) tradition incorporating tin-tabs piercing the side wall. The original wavy glass is held in the corners by tin “points”. Joinery by square wooden pegs and hide glue. About 9 inches tall x 3 5/8 wide x 1 ¾ deep.

Although known as a watch hutch to display a prized timepiece (and function as a wall clock), this hutch could have also displayed a choice piece of jewelry.

Important provenance includes the historic William Koch collection, Courcier and Wilkins, and exceptional private Connecticut collection.