No. 5 Shaker Oval Box

Description

The Shakers produced oval boxes with uniformly slender sides, symmetrical joints, and neat, tight-fitting lids. Shaker Workshops oval boxes are unique because we make them on reproductions of the original forms and templates used at the Mt. Lebanon, New York Shaker community during the mid-19th century. Like the Shakers, we produce our oval boxes in eleven different sizes and we use the original Shaker numbering system (No. 11 being the smallest box and No. 1 being the largest box). We handcraft them of select Pennsylvania cherry wood, secured by solid copper tacks. Tops and bottoms are fastened with wooden pegs. We hand rub them with several coats of oil finish and buff them until they "glow". The Shakers used oval boxes for sewing and quilting notions and for kitchen dry goods. Today, their uses are unlimited. Hand made in USA. This is the No. 5 size Shaker Oval Box, which measures 9 3/8" x 6 1/2" x 4" high. It is also available on this web site as part of a nest of six or nine Shaker Oval Boxes, for a special price.