ANTIQUE MINIATURE CHILDS BENCH MADE PEGGED TAVERN TABLE

Description: I RECENTLY WENT TO AN AUCTION AND WAS ALERTED BY THE AUCTIONEER ABOUT A PARTICULAR GROUP OF CONSIGNMENTS THAT HAD COME FROM THE ESTATE OF FRANCIS BIDDLE. FRANCIS BIDDLE WAS A FORMER US ATTORNEY UNDER TRUMAN AND A JUDGE AT THE NUREMBURG TRIALS. HIS ESTATE IN WELLFLEET CAPE COD WAS JUST RECENTLY SOLD TO THE LAND TRUST OF THE CAPE AND WILL PRESERVED AS PART OF THE NATION SEASHORE. YOU CAN READ ABOUT THIS AND THE HISTORY OF THE ESTATE AT http://www.wickedlocal.com/wellfleet/news/enviroment/x868517770/Biddle-property-acquisition-is-plum-for-Park#axzz1Oo3NDPyk. THE AUCTIONEER TOLD ME THAT THIS STUFF CAME FROM ONE OF THE CABINS ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT AFTER THE TRANSACTION WAS COMPLETE. ABOUT AS FRESH AS YOU ARE GOING TO FIND. SOME GREAT EARLY AMERICANA FROM A PROMINENT CAPE COD ESTATE. THIS AUCTION IS FOR:: ORIGINAL ANTIQUE 19TH CENTURY BENCH MADE SMALL TAVERN TABLE THIS IS A GREAT TABLE. I DONT KNOW WHETHER IT WAS A CHILD'S TABLE, A MINIATURE, OR JUST A SMALL TABLE. WHICHEVER IT IS, IT IS AN EXCELLENT ANTIQUE 19TH CENTURY TABLE. BENCH MADE WITH WOOD PINNED JOINTS HOLDING THE LEGS IN. THE TOP IS MADE OF A SINGLE BOARD MEASURING 30 3/4 X 17 1/4 INCHES. IT HAD A SPLIT ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH THAT WAS REPAIRED WITH GLUE MANY DECADES AGO. IT IS AN OLD REPAIR. THE TOP ALSO SHOWS QUITE A FEW EARLY HAND MADE NAILS IN TWO SPOTS ALONG ONE OF THE EDGES. SHOWS PLENTY OF LIFE AND WEAR WITH GREAT PATINA. I BELIEVE THESE PIECES BELONG TOGETHER AS CREATED BUT I AM OPEN TO THE ARGUMENT THAT THIS IS A VERY EARLY MARRIAGE. THE LEGS ARE 18 INCHES TALL AND PEGGED INTO THE SKIRTS. THERE ARE 5 HAND FORMED RINGS WITHIN THE WOOD ABOUT 7 INCHES DOWN. THE SKIRT AND LEGS ARE ORIGINAL TO EACH OTHER. THEY WERE CONSTRUCTED THIS WAY WITH DUG HOLES FOR THE NAILS TO BE CONNECTED TO THE TOP. THERE ARE EARLY FLAT HEAD SCREWS WHICH I BELIEVE WERE ADDED LATER TO SOME. THE EMPTY ONES SHOW WHERE THE ORIGINAL NAILS WERE. REALLY JUST A GREAT LITTLE AMERICAN ANTIQUE TABLE. A WONDERFUL PACKAGE WITH TOTAL TABLE MEASURING 18 3/4 INCHES TALL WITH THE 30 3/4 X 17 1/4 INCH TOP. CHECK THE PICTURES ON THIS EXCELLENT PIECE!!! MAKE SURE YOU CHECK MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR THE PIECES THAT COME FROM THE BIDDLE ESTATE. SOME GREAT 19TH CENTURY ANTIQUES. SHIPPING AND HANDLING AND INSURANCE CAN BE CALCULATED. ALL ITEMS ARE BEING SOLD AS IS. PICTURES ARE AN EXCELLENT INDICATION OF CONDITION. CHECK MY FEEDBACK AND YOU WILL SEE THAT MY CUSTOMERS ARE HAPPY. I GENERALLY SHIP ONCE A WEEK SO PLEASE BE PATIENT. IT TAKES TIME TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THIS ART AND ANTIQUES ARRIVE SAFELY. PLEASE DONT HESITATE TO EMAIL ANY QUESTIONS. THANKS FOR LOOKING AND HAPPY BIDDING.On Jun-09-11 at 17:31:00 PDT, seller added the following information: Get more for your items with eBay Market Research.On Jun-09-11 at 17:31:33 PDT, seller added the following information:

Price: 877.5 USD

Location: Holliston, Massachusetts

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