Antique Mahogony Three-Drawer Salesman's Sample / Apprentice Chest - Reserved for SS B&G Denmark I believe using traditional mineral

I believe using traditional mineral dyes

winding its way up and around the R from its cross-hatched pot below would be the perfect thing to hang in the room of a child with a first name starting with "R

its bottom side

with a 1 1/2” inch sewn loop at the top for easy hanging from a dowel

with its eyebrows

Antique Mahogony Three-Drawer Salesman's Sample / Apprentice Chest - Reserved for SS B&G Denmark I believe using traditional mineralThis gorgeous three drawer mahogany salesman's sample chest would have been used by a furniture maker as a visual aid to help make sales. Tabletop chests like these were also often "apprentice chests," created by furniture makers in training before undertaking full sized versions. Just stunning, I believe this one dates from the 1830s 1850s. It features three drawers (numbered in pencil on the back) with dovetailed corner joints and turned mahogany