19TH CENTURY ANTIQUE COUNTRY PRIMITIVE COBBLERS BENCH
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We're delighted to offer for sale this exceptional 19th century antique country primitive cobblers bench. We're advertising this as a cobblers bench for visibilty but believe it had a much more specific use. This is certainly an unusual piece with tenoned legs, a 4 section work tray and a heavy center column with an iron banding and iron blank. We believe this is an early nail forging bench. Nail cutting was a big business in the 18th & 19th century, so much so many of our founding fathers were in nail production as they were an always in demand commodity. The center columns features a lambs tongue carving on each corner adding to the overall aesthetic appeal of the piece. This is a very rare primitive piece we can seeing being used in a multitude of ways decoratively.
