Two small carved oak boxes for sale
I finished both of the small boxes I’ve been working on. It’s been a few years since I’ve worked on this scale - they aren’t much quicker than a full-sized box. Sometimes fiddling around with smaller parts makes it more difficult, the tills especially. But I’m very happy with how they came out. The first one is a close copy of the Thomas Dennis box I showed last week that’s part of the upcoming auction next month at Brunk’s.
Its dimensions are H: 5 1/4” W: 14” D: 8 1/2”. I substituted a pine bottom instead of the oak bottom on the original box. I just couldn’t bring myself to use up another nice oak panel for a box bottom…
Iron wrought nails and hinges, blacksmith-made. And the till inside.
The lid decoration is fun to do - one gouge, one molding plane and you’re done.
The other box is based on a 1930s photograph of a box whose present whereabouts are unknown. Irving P. Lyon recorded its size when he illustrated it -
I didn’t paint it this time, I have in the past. Made a couple of changes, glued & pegged rabbets instead of nailing them. A bit slower, but it saves me a dozen or so nails and makes things easier when trimming the assembly box body and adding the gouge-cut decoration at the ends. Some boxes were made this way in the period, but not Thomas Dennis’s - his were nailed. Pine bottom again too.
I used the wooden hinges that Lyon mentioned. I’ve only seen one box from Thomas Dennis’s shop that uses this arrangement, but I do it a lot.
Its size is H: 6 1/4” W: 13 3/4” D: 8 1/2”.
Both boxes are for sale - $1,000 including shipping in the US. Send me an email or leave a comment if you’d like one. Let’s call the top one the 4-scroll box and the bottom one the 6-scroll box. Email is PeterFollansbee7@gmail.com
I do still have a full-sized carved box for sale as well…see the post from Feb 13
Very nice! Wish I could see them in person. Maybe some day I will get to see your work close up.