Finished Shaker Oval Boxes
The Shakers produced oval boxes with uniformly slender sides, symmetrical joints, and neat, tight-fitting lids. These oval boxes are unique because they are made on reproductions of the original forms and templates used at the Mt. Lebanon, New York Shaker community during the mid-19th century. Like the originals, these are produced in eleven different sizes and we use the original Shaker numbering system (No. 11 being the smallest box and No. 1 being the largest box).
Handcrafted from select Pennsylvania cherry, secured by copper tacks. Tops and bottoms are fastened with wooden pegs. Hand rubbed with several coats of oil finish and buffed until they "glow". The Shakers used oval boxes for sewing and quilting notions and for kitchen dry goods. Today, their uses are unlimited.