Middle Tennessee or Kentucky sugar chest, poplar throughout with case having an old red wash, hinged top with breadboard ends and ogee molded top edge and middle molding, lifting to reveal one large compartment. Dovetailed case and a scratch beaded dovetailed drawer, turned legs ending on conical spikes. 40" H x 34" W x 18 3/4" D. CIrca 1830. Provenance: Collection of Wilma and Jack Murray, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: Older surface with general wear and light scratching to top. Spike conical tips of feet appear to be old dowels possibly from a later period. Some insect damage to feet tips, losses to tip of back right foot.