Step Back Cupboard, True Antique Salesman Sample/Apprentice Piece stencil painted playing cards I've had a couple of

I've had a couple of old pink composition pigs

where the silver of the tin shows through

with some loss to the red paint decorating the spine but the painted cartouche on the face just perfect

including unity and prosperity

Step Back Cupboard, True Antique Salesman Sample/Apprentice Piece stencil painted playing cards I've had a couple ofI'm not very knowledgable about furniture, tabletop or full scale, but I do know, from looking at a whole lot of tabletop scale chests, that this is of a different ilk than most described as salesman samples; it is truly that, or an apprentice piece, not a piece of doll furniture, and a rare one in my experience for being what I think would correctly be called a step back cupboard, with three drawers below and glass doors encasing three shelves above.