Shaker Oval Boxes Pegboards Milk Paints

Barn Lanterns Hurricane Candle Lanterns Pierced Tin Votive Candle Holders Votive Candle Stands Beeswax Candles

Oval Serving Trays Cherry Dovetailed Tray Candle Boxes Salad Bowls Folding Salad Tongs Fancy Brooms

Shaker Oval Boxes

The Oval box manifested the Shaker insistence on nothing less than perfection. Our hand-made boxes and carriers are carefully measured from original patterns on display at the Shaker Museum, Old Chatham, New York. They are fashioned from Cherrywood, or Birdseye Maple, utilizing tiny hardwood dowels and copper tacks to secure the thinly-planed sides and swallowtail joints or "Fingers". The skill and patience required to produce faithful reproductions of this quality are rarely found today and these boxes could easily be confused for the originals, except for our brand mark. Each has been finely finished in natural hand-rubbed oil. A descriptive text is included.

Our original Shaker Music Box which plays the Shaker melody "Simple Gifts" is available in No.1 Cherry.
Includes lyrics ($45.00)
BXOMC

	(larger view)		Item      Description     Cherrywood     Birdseye Maple      BXO1 No.1    4 5/8" L x 3" W x 1 3/4" H $31.00 $40.00     BXO2 No.2    6" L x 4" W x 2 1/4" H $37.50 $47.00     BXO3 No.3    7 3/8" L x 5" W x 3" H $41.25 $54.00     BXO4 No.4    8 5/8" L x 6" W x 3 1/2" H $46.00 $59.50     BXO5 No.5    10" L x 7" W x 4" H $54.00 $73.00     BXO6 No.6    11 1/4" L x 8" W x 4 3/4" H $62.00 $88.00     BXO7 No.7    12 1/2" L x 9 1/4" W x 5 1/2" H $82.00 $108.00     BXO8 No.8    13 5/8" L x 10 1/4" W x 5 3/4" H $90.00 $120.00

The Shaker desire for order inevitably led to the efficient use of wall space. Clothes, clocks, cupboards, even chairs during housecleaning, were hung from the pegs that lined the walls of Shaker dwellings and shops. From the many varieties of pegboard design, we have chosen this graceful pattern. Our pegboards exactly duplicate those in the 1830 brick dwelling at Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts. Pegboard may be extended to fit your space requirements, and may be easily mounted with finishing nails to most walls. Install them anywhere in your home. They are also an ideal wall system for a ski cabin, beach house, or sauna. As in the originals, hardwood pegs are carefully fitted, making gluing unnecessary. This permits removal to allow secure mounting of accessories which may not fit over a fixed peg. Maple pegs included. Unfinished, ready to stain or paint.

	(larger view)		Item     Description     Price PE12 12" (2 pegs) $13.00   PE18 18" (3 pegs) $14.00   PE24 24" (4 pegs) $17.50   PE36 36" (6 pegs) $24.95   PE48 48" (8 pegs) $32.00   PEP Pegs can also be ordered without a board for .. ..  or in a bag of 100 or more for .. 65¢ea 55¢ea

Much early American furniture and woodenware, including Shaker, was painted in distinctive colors. Milk added to paint increased durability. This traditional milk paint comes in dry powder form and is non-toxic and environmentally safe. Just add water to create a paint that reproduces the authentic rough-textured surface quality and subtle color of antiques. Dries to a flat finish which may be burnished to a deeper satin sheen by wiping with oil finish. Full instructions included.

			Item     Description     Price FIPMP Pint $12.95   FIPMQ Quart $18.95   Milk paint color-chart.

Fine tinsmithing is a vanishing art. These examples of utilitarian tinware follow patterns commonly found in Shaker rooms during the early 19th century. Attractively finished to duplicate the appearance of the originals, these decorative accents will lend brilliance and charm to any room.




"No one may enter a closet, garret, or clothes room...with a lighted lamp or candle, unless it be enclosed in a lantern".
-- Shaker Millenial Laws.

Our punched tin Barn Lanterns cast a warm patterned glow on the stormiest of nights. Candle included. Available in 3 sizes.

	(larger view)		Item     Description     Price TILB10 10" H $38.00   TILB12 12" H $41.95   TILB15 15" H $45.15

	(larger view)		Lantern with glass globe. Item     Description     Price TIHCLP Height 8 1/2" - Diameter 7 1/4" $28.50

In earlier times, Shaker rooms and shops were brightened each evening with the warm glow of candlelight. Inspired by early American pierced tinware, this takes a standard votive candle.

	(larger view)		Item     Description     Price TIVCH Height 3" $13.50

	(larger view)		A beautiful centerpiece to brighten your home. Item     Description     Price MEVS Wrought iron stand includes 11 glass votive cups,   9 1/4" H x 12 1/2" W $39.95   Votive candles sold separately, 75¢ea

Beeswax is marvelously complex, our most advanced technology has never been able to reproduce it in the laboratory. It posesses the subtle fragrance of honey and burns longer, brighter and cleaner than ordinary paraffin wax. 100% pure beeswax.

	(larger view)		Shown clockwise from upper-left Item     Description     Price ACCNBW9 Round Pillar, 9" H x 3" W $43.75   ACCNBWHP Hexagonal, 4" H x 3" W $21.50   ACCNBWHL Heart, 2 1/2" H $15.95   ACCNBWT8 Tapers (pair), 8" L (not shown in photo) $6.95   ACCNBWT10 Tapers (pair), 10" L $7.25   ACCNBWT12 Tapers (pair), 12" L $8.25

We've simply taken a fine Shaker oval box lid with its elegant swallowtail joinery, applied a hand-rubbed finish that's water & alchohol resistant, and the result is a Cherrywood serving tray of exquisite beauty. Any size will compliment your food or beverage presentation.

	(larger view)		Item     Description     Price BXTOCP Small, 13 1/4" L x 10" W $38.00   BXTOCS Medium, 16 1/2" L x 12 1/4" W $45.00   BXTOCL Large, 20 1/4" L x 15 1/4" W $49.50

This contemporary design is based upon Shaker standards of utility and workmanship.

	(larger view)		Item     Description     Price ACTD 18 1/2" L x 13 1/4" W $106.00

Candles were the principal means of illumination in the 18th and 19th centuries, and required secure and convenient storage. Boxes like these served this need, approaching perfection in the hands of the Hancock and New Lebanon Shaker woodworkers. The precise open dovetail joinery is typical. Many uses today for this beautiful cherrywood box.

	(larger view)		Item     Description     Price BXCN 15 3/4" L x 6 1/2" W x 5 1/2" H $149.50

Plain and simple hardwood bowls were among the many functional items crafted by the Shakers for the "Kitchen Sisters". Each handsome bowl is turned from a solid block of hard maple and the rich integrity of the wood is preserved by a special Natural finish.

	(larger view)		Item     Description     Price BONS10 Bowl, approx. 10" Diameter $28.95   BONS12 Bowl, approx. 12" Diameter $59.75   BONS15 Bowl, approx. 15" Diameter $99.75

Traditional steam bending skills are used to create a spring action from the wood itself. A solid brass hinge pin is the only metal used. Simply unfold the handle for use, then flip it back to transform it to its compact flat form for easy storage. The ingenious construction and design of this Kentucky-made kitchen tool would please their Shaker neighbors of earlier times at Pleasant Hill. Handcrafted in Cherry. Food-safe clear mineral oil finish. (Shown with 15" Salad Bowl, BONS15).

	(larger view)		Item     Description     Price KITF 11" Length $19.95

Our Fancy Brooms reflect variations in style found in early 19th century Shaker flat brooms (a Shaker innovation). Natural broomcorn straw is harvested, plaited onto solid hardwood handles, and bound with linen cord by American craftsfolk whose skills recall old-fashioned quality.

	(larger view)		Item     Description     Price BRFB Fantail broom, approx. 15" length $34.85   BRH Short broom, approx. 33" length $22.00   BRKS Kitchen Sister's broom, approx. 52 1/2" length $49.75   BRHB Hearthsweep broom, approx. 28" length ** ** (with multi-color bristles only) $58.00   * Brooms are shown from left to right