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Peaseware Lidded Container

Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Peaseware Lidded Container
Probably Ohio, ca. 1850
Poplar
Over-all in excellent condition, faint traces of red-wash and varnish finish.
Provenance: Audree and Bryce Chase, Port Royal, South Carolina; Garth’s Auctions, Ohio.
This wonderful example has a well-defined turned bulbous form with concentric rings at the neck and base with pronounced foot. The lid has a crisp edge with a turned urn-form finial.
This form of turned, covered treenware also became known as “Peaseware,” taken from David Mills Pease family who moved form the Connecticut River Valley around 1838 and settled in the Western Reserve of Northeastern Ohio. The Pease and Brown families continued to produce covered treenware for over 125 years and were considered industry leaders.

Dimensions: 8 ½” h., 8” - 8 ¾” dia.

Item ID: FA-TREEN 388

More Information

Origin:	United States
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Turned Poplar
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Turned Wood, Americana, Traditional
Patterns:	Handmade
Dealer Reference #:	FA-TREEN 388
Incollect Reference #:	816851

Dimensions

H.	8.5 in;	Diam.	8.75 in;
H.	21.59 cm;	Diam.	22.23 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.