Table

Object Name:

Table

Object ID:

1983.075

Creator:

Cox, Jeremiah W. (1800-1882)Carpenter

Place of Origin:

Holderness, NH

Date:

1820-1840

Description:

Work table. Maple, pine, and other woods. Two-drawer stand with brass drawer pulls, ring-turned legs, and ball feet. Stamped "J. W. COX." in reserve on edge of table top; name is in a trapezoidal box, with dentition along all edges. Table is grain painted over a red ground, with birds-eye maple drawer fronts, and figured maple back. Ring turnings and feet are painted dark green. Drawers of dovetail construction except for the fronts, which are nailed (rosehead nails).
Number "6" written in pencil on interior of backboard. "No 6" written in pencil on underside of table top. Numbers and fractions scribbled on underside of table top. Drawer fronts heavily crazed; some crazing on legs.

Material:

Wood
Maple
Pine

Dimensions:

H-27.75 W-16 D-15.5 inches

Provenance:

The table was sold at the estate auction of Miss Charlotte Pease, Plymouth, NH, June 16, 1983, (Richard Withington auction) to Joanne Cadarette. In the same year, Cadarette sold the table to Kenneth Robb, Lebanon, NH. Robb sold the table to the NHHS, September, 1983. Table is marked J.W. Cox, which is probably Holderness carpenter Jeremiah Ward Cox (1800-1882). It is unclear if Cox's mark indicates that he made the table or that he owned it.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

People:

Cox, Jeremiah W. (1800-1882), Pease, Charlotte (1915-1982)