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Early Lehnware Sugar Bucket

19th C. paint-decorated sugar bucket by Joseph Lehn (1798-1892). White oak. 9 ½”h x 8”d. Lehn spent his early life as a farmer in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, PA, but in his 50s became a turner and cooper, producing a wide variety of woodenwork and decorating each piece in the style that has made him one of the most collected folk artists of the 19th C. Although he continued to work up until the last year of his life, the cut nails used in the cleat beneath the lid mark this sugar bucket or sugar stand as one of his earlier pieces, probably made between 1855 and 1870. Entirely original, and the oxidized surface is untouched and gorgeous.

$2,550

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