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Mint Julep Cabinet just pulled from an old plantation house in Alabama. All original.
Mint Julep Cabinet just pulled from an old plantation house in Alabama. All original.
Inside is a cellerette for holding the liquor bottles. Under the marble top is an ornately tooled leather pull-out serving tray. I think the style is Empire-Rococo
A bit of the veneer is missing on each side where a gentleman would rest his foot. I like the authenticity of that.
This would probably date 1830s-1840s. Most likely made in New Orleans and purchased either there or in Mobile and brought "up the river" to the Black Belt region of Alabama. It's very heavy even without the marble top.
This is only the third one I have seen since going to my first auction in 1968 as a teenager. One was in Roanoke, Alabama , at the Grandview Auction a couple of years ago. The other was at the Flomaton Auction on the Gulf Coast. It's 39 inches tall and three feet wide at the top.
There are some things ( like pedal sewing machines) that I can buy and sell all day long, but I have learned to recognize that, every so often, a keeper will come along that needs to live here for a while until the right person comes along. Knowing the difference is sometimes tricky.
As I have mentioned before, I don't want to be filmed for Hoarders 1860 , ( that's my little joke) , but the reason I buy and sell antiques and collectibles is, like many of you, buying and selling gives me the ability to upgrade what I keep.
Some people have the energy to do that with houses. They buy , restore, sell, and buy better, then do it again, until they have worked themselves into a grand place to live. I never had the patience for that ( many of you did), but I can do it with what goes in the house.
So, some things I keep, and some things I take to the antique shops that I help to supply. Of course, if someone makes me an offer I can't refuse, I'll have to let it go, but I'll be sure to take the same money and look for something else spectacular. Anticipating that will ease the pain of departure!
As I have mentioned before, I don't want to be filmed for Hoarders 1860 , ( that's my little joke) , but the reason I buy and sell antiques and collectibles is, like many of you, buying and selling gives me the ability to upgrade what I keep.
Some people have the energy to do that with houses. They buy , restore, sell, and buy better, then do it again, until they have worked themselves into a grand place to live. I never had the patience for that ( many of you did), but I can do it with what goes in the house.
So, some things I keep, and some things I take to the antique shops that I help to supply. Of course, if someone makes me an offer I can't refuse, I'll have to let it go, but I'll be sure to take the same money and look for something else spectacular. Anticipating that will ease the pain of departure!
Wow! I have never seen anything like that!
ReplyDeleteNice find! it would look great in your cabin
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love this. I have never in all my days of dealen and collecten seen this. What a great find. I think it would be great in My Old Historic House, you could always come by for a drink or two or three. I have a yard full of mint. Waiting for your visit. Richard at My Old Historic House.
ReplyDeleteOh i am dreaming of living in a southern plantation home sitting out on the lawn drinking mint juleps with ya all
ReplyDeleteI found you on My Old Historis House that Richard & Sissy writes
a southern gal at heart
Thank you for leaving such kind words at my blog! It is a pleasure to "meet" you! Looks like we have a great deal in common!
ReplyDeleteAndie
That is a great find! I like it and it is so hard to find a Southern peiace like this. Thanks for sharing.....Julian
ReplyDeleteYour furniture is beautiful throughout your blog. Alabama seems like a neat place to live. I love the photo's of the cotton and gourds. -Steph-
ReplyDeleteBeautiful dolls and furnishings. I love how you display them in the cabinet. They look like they are at a party. I have antique dolls but no cabinet to display. They are all standing in one corner. :)
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