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I have an old 4 board sugar chest I bought from a Habitat in Greensboro NC that was donated for sale by a family who said it was very valuable . It has the original key and locks very well. That's all the history I have on it. I have been told it could be pine or walnut although it is very heavy for pine. It looks as though the hinges have been replaced and the chain looks newer perhaps.
This would appear to be a…
This would appear to be a late example of a "Sugar Chest on Stand", the "Jenny Lind" style spooled edging treatment pn began to appear in the 1830's and to peak in the 1850's after Singer Jenny Lind's image was used with furniture of this type.
Jenny was the first international superstar of the musical world. The hoopla in the press over her visit to the United States in 1850 surpassed that of the “British Invasion” of the Beatles a century later. Yet those who met the “Swedish Nightingale” described her as being incredibly modest and generous. She gave large sums of money to charities and the poor, and regularly gave free concerts to Swedish churches in America—including one at Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’ Church), in the Philadelphia suburb of Southwark (now Queen Village).
Values for pieces like this last peaked in the 1990's, to more accurately date this one please remove the screws from the lock and post some images of them.
Wow Thank You How Interesting
Thank you for this information and your time …it’s very intriguing to me. I never would have guessed someone as famous as the Beatles could be so popular at such an early time in our history. Considering the way it looks, it does make sense that this would be attached to or produced in conjunction with someone from that nationality. I will upload the pictures that I have taken of the screws, but it does look like that the catch on the lid that works with the lock has been replaced and the lock itself could’ve been also.. there are older positions for the hinges and the latch mechanism that can be seen.
Pictures of Screw Posted
I have added pictures of the screws. I posted the pics at the bottom(last pis on the scroller) of the pics of the sugar chest. Thanks
The screws are of a type…
The screws are of a type that were not invented until 1849, so this one dates from the 1850's at the earliest. The drawer construction and repair indicates it's not a reproduction.
What is the Value
What would be the value or value range for this sugar chest?