A RARE AUSTRALIAN EUCALYPT FOOD CUPBOARD, CIRCA 1829

the carcase and doors are of mortice and tenon construction, the doors with hand cut eucalypt straps (latticed), opening to reveal original iron meat hooks and an arrangement of shelves, the lower section of similar construction

Prospect Villa (originally called Acacia Cottage), Hamilton,Tasmania was built for James Triffett circa 1824.

Condition consistent with age some replacement panel
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this cupboard and its companion piece (now in the collection of the National Museum in Canberra) were built into a skillion-roofed extension and fixed with iron pegs into the stone wall.  In all probability a skilled artisan working at  the property with basic tools under frontier conditions prepared the timber and constructed this cupboard from a eucalypt grown on the property.

reference: 'Australian Country Furniture' Cover and pl. 21, Fahy. K, and Simpson A.

'Nineteenth Century Australian Furniture' Kevin Fahy Fig. 90

photographs available of the original site where the cabinet was situated at Prospect Villa