Antique Scandinavian Baroque Folk Art Carved Pine Dowry Chest / Trunk / Coffer, circa 1780 Sculpture Antique American Empire Period Cast

Antique American Empire Period Cast Iron Clock

5 cm X 71 cm (low: 56 cm

While a student in Chicago he was influenced by the artists Ray Yoshida and Richard Keane

The bronze having the original patina and is in excellent condition

The barometer housed in the original sharkskin case

Antique Scandinavian Baroque Folk Art Carved Pine Dowry Chest / Trunk / Coffer, circa 1780 Sculpture Antique American Empire Period CastA very good antique Scandinavian carved Baroque Folk Art dowry chest, circa 1780. The chest having a gently domed top with a hinged lid having the original 'snipe' hinges, the edge of the lid having carved gadrooning. To the front of the chest there are large and deeply carved geometric devices, to the center is a large hand cut steel lock and hasp. Both sides of the chest having hand forged iron carrying handles within a deeply carved lozenge design