HERE'S A RARE FIND. A SOMERSET COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA PAINTED PINE WALL CUPBOARD CIRCA 1835. I HAVE ALWAYS TOLD THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER THAT ALL THE RELICS ARE NOT IN THE GROUND. SOMETIMES THEY ARE IN THE BASEMENT AS WE SEE HERE. THESE TYPE OF CABINETS WERE MADE BY LOCAL CRAFTSMEN AND THEY USUALLY USED THE WOODS IN THE AREA. SOMERSET COUNTY, PA IS STILL PRETTY RURAL AND YOU CAN JUST IMAGE WHAT IT WAS LIKE BACK IN WHAT THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER CALLS THE LATE 1820'S-EARLY 1830'S- THE END OF THE COLONIAL ERA AND THE BEGINNING OF THE PRECIVIL WAR PERIOD IN WHICH STEAM BOATS AND TRAINS RAPIDLY SPEEDS THE GROWTH OF THE UNITED STATES. BUT, THIS PIECE REFLECTS THE LIFE STYLE OF THE COLONIAL ERA WITH ITS HANDCRAFTED CONSTRUCTION AND ORNATE PAINTED SURFACES. THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF FURNITURE TO THE PEOPLE OF THAT TIME. YOU WOULD STORE YOUR DISHES AND SOMETIMES FOOD TO PROTECT THEM FROM DUST, INSECTS AND VERMIN. A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH FOR SURE, BUT, AN ORIGINAL PIECE THAT STILL HAS ITS ORIGINAL ART WORK-THE TIME SEARCHER.
