Antique Mahogony Three-Drawer Salesman's Sample / Apprentice Chest - Reserved for SS five holes with a couple of tiny

with a couple of tiny spots visible only with close inspection

I think the purple

shiny facets are enamel

The box measures 6" long x 3 1/4" wide and each walnut measures 1 5/8"long x 1 3/8" wide x 5/8" tall

Florida and at art shows and galleries throughout the eastern United States and Canada

Antique Mahogony Three-Drawer Salesman's Sample / Apprentice Chest - Reserved for SS five holes with a couple of tinyThis gorgeous three drawer mahogany salesman's sample chest would have been used by a furniture maker as a visual aid to help make sales. Tabletop chests like these were also often "apprentice chests," created by furniture makers in training before undertaking full sized versions. Just stunning, I believe this one dates from the 1830s 1850s. It features three drawers (numbered in pencil on the back) with dovetailed corner joints and turned mahogany