Cupboard

Object number2015.115.1 a-e

Artist Bakewell

Datec. 1835

MediumCherry; Glass; Brass; Metal

Credit LineMuseum Purchase with funds from the Hillman Foundation

DescriptionCupboard consisting of top furniture section with sixteen panes of Bakewell pressed glass, bottom furniture section, pull-out drawer, metal key to drawer, and metal key to upper and lower cupboard doors. Late Federal period. DimensionsOverall: Height 89.625, Width 44.5, Depth 23.25;
(a) Height 43.438, Width 42.25, Depth 18.625;
(b) Height 47.188, Width 44.5, Depth 23.25;
(c) Height 5.875, Width 36, Depth 22;
(d) Height 1, Length 2.5, Depth 0.25;
(e) Height 1, Length 2.563, Depth 0.25.
InscriptionsEach glass pane is stamped "Bakewell" backwards on the exterior; the text is consistently around the center of the pane but exact location varies.
Historical NotesLate Federal period cupboard with Bakewell impressed "Lacy" Glass Panes. The cupboard was made in Harrodsburg, KY and the glass panes made in Pittsburgh, PA, circa 1835. Purchased at the Beaumont Inn, Harrodsburg, Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1935 by Mrs. Rosetta M. Means of Kansas City, Missouri. Descended in the Means family to the present owner. The museum purchased it at auction from Freeman's in 2015.

Previous owner Rosetta M. Means (1901 - 1997)

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