19th Century Pine Dresser with Shield Doors and Porcelain Handles
Pine dresser, mid 19th century, two shield doors and drawers with porcelain handles and leather escutcheons, original red oxide finish, height 55.12 in., length 44.88 in., depth 20.08 in.
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- Escutcheons - An escutcheon is a plate, made of brass, wood, ivory or ebony, which fits into or over the h keyhole, to protect the edge of the timber keyhole from damage by continual insertions of the key. As a general rule you would expect these escutcheons to be sympathetic in design to the handles of the piece. From the early 19th century escutcheons were sometimes made from ivory, ebony, bone or contrasting wood, often cut in a diamond or shield shape and inlaid into the front. Ivory, in particular, will tend to discolour with age, and certainly should not show up as brilliantly white.
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