A Carved and Paint Decorated Watch Hutch New England, Mid 19th Century White pine
11 3/4 x 3 x 2 inches

With scrolling top, carved and paint-decorated elements, turned side supports and star-carved base.
Pocket watches, with their delicate mechanisms, needed to be kept upright to maintain their working condition; watch hutches were devised to store pocket watches either at night or whenever their owner didn't want to carry them.
This particular example demonstrates carved elements - fans and stars - that are frequently associated with scrimshaw and other nautical antiques. The presence of these characteristics may indicate that this hutch was made along the New England coast.

Provenance:
Collection of Howard Feldman

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