Early
Painted Dovetailed
Coffee Mill    

Northeast America, ca. 1840.
In rich warm red paint on what appears to be poplar. A precursor of a later common form, this early example has cut-nail and dovetailed joinery. The bowl is made from pewter, the handle of iron with a turned-wood knob. The thumbnail molded drawer retains its original wood pull.

About 7 ½ inches square x 5 ¾ to the top of the case x the handle adding another 4 inches in height.