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ITEM #JC101

UKRAINIAN PINE LARGE TRUNK, ST. MICHAEL AB

CLEAN INTERIOR, DETAILED METALWORK; ORIGINAL HEAVY LOCK & KEY !

CANADIANA PINE UKRAINIAN TRUNK

Huge pine trunk c. 1890. Original paint & shaped metalwork.

52″ wide 28.5″ deep 26.5″ high, 1-piece top !

PRICE: $795.

Note: top has natural shrinkage filled decades ago.

LARGEST TRUNK I HAVE EVER FOUND ! BROUGHT FROM ALBERTA IN 1989.

ITEM #7603

MAHOGANY TILT TOP TABLE

English mahogany rotating tilt-top table (“tip-and-turn”) c. 1840, with primitive “bird-cage” support.

Two-board top 35.75″ x 34.25″, perfect dimensions to prove age shrinkage !

Supported by simple rotating box on heavy turned column on 3 curved pad-foot legs, each with beautifully pierced knee !

PRICE: $575.

ITEM #0766

HUTTERITE WOOL WINDER

A pine wool winder, Canadian Hutterite origin with original bright orange paint.

(For detailed analysis, see “Selected Canadian Spinning Wheels…”, National Museums of Canada 1980, pps. 260-2).

Obtained from a Canadian picker (not Sheldon nor Scott) in Edmonton, Alberta.

PRICE: $275.

ITEM #755

CANADIANA PINE HIGH CHAIR

Canadian pine high chair obtained from central Saskatchewan 30 yrs ago.

Refinished 60 yrs ago in “honey pine”, as was highly desired then !

PRICE: $175.

Note: pegged construction c.1880.

ITEM #JC91

ICELANDIC SPINNING WHEEL

All original paint. Brought to Gimli, MB from Iceland 75 years ago.

38″ HIGH, 18″ DIAM. WHEEL TURNS FREELY; HARD-TO-SEE MINIMAL WARP.

PRICE: $325.

All intact, ready to spin your hand-made yarn!

ITEM #3024

Hanging Mennonite corner cupboard c.1910.

MENNONITE CORNER CUPBOARD

Original grain-painted surface over yellow undercoat with traditional black trim. Obtained near Russell, MB c.1994.

Note raised centre-panel door, drawer from soap-box construction ! Back foot added c.1940 to convert to floor-standing. Missing gallery replaced c.1998, ref. figs 463, 465, p.279 “Canadian Country Furniture” 1994.

PRICE: $1,495.

Height 42″ plus 5″ gallery; requires 20″ corner.

ITEM #0796

UKRAINIAN CUPBOARD

Ukrainian 1-piece pine kitchen cupboard, 76″ high, 42″ wide.

Old robin’s-egg blue & yellow over original white, Alberta origin.

2 chamfer-panel doors to bottom, tongue & groove multi-board back.

PRICE: $1,600.

ITEM #0352

UKRAINIAN PINE CUPBOARD

Incredible Canadian Ukrainian pine 1-piece cupboard with scalloped top, original light- green surface, hand-painted yellow/ brown grain-paint design !

Size is 74″ high, 40″ wide, bottom 24″ deep; bottom part is 43″ high with 31″ upper cupboard with glazed doors. Chamfer-panel lower doors.

Superb oxidation to inside & to back !

PRICE: $2,000.

ITEM #0353

TAVERN TABLE

A country-made table, but designed to look “formal” !

Fruitwood tilt-top 27″ x 43″ oval, inlaid with many different woods, on oak gate-leg stand with chip-carved designs; 47″ high folded.

Rose-head nail construction. c. 1840.

PRICE: $1,500.

ITEM #4632

NOVA SCOTIA TWO-PIECE CUPBOARD

Canadian 2-piece flat-to-the-wall cupboard of maple and pine c.1880, Nova Scotia.

Base is 30″ high, 52.5″ wide, 24″ deep.
Top is 58″ high, 49″ wide body with deep heavy cornice 57″ wide.

Sold by Hillside Antiques, Lunenberg N.S.

PRICE: $3,200.

ITEM #4351

ENGLISH DRESSER / PEWTER CUPBOARD

18th C oak 2-piece dish dresser or pewter cupboard.
Back with 3 shelves; on base with 3 drawers, arched arcades over pot-board shelf; all on through-stile legs. Original back-boards.

Base is 58″ wide, 31″ high, 78″ high overall. Probably Yorkshire c. 1770.

History: in Eaton’s Winnipeg main store since 1935 as pieces to display “goods”, bottom on 2nd floor, top on 1st floor !!

Reunited Oct. 12, 1999.