Olde Hope

Decorated Two-Part Dutch Cupboard Soap Hollow, Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Dated "1875" The upper section with two glazed doors and central glazed panel below a cove molded cornice, flanked by quarter columns. The base with three drawers and bracket feet. Retaining the original red, black, and yellow-painted decoration with gilt stencils and decal decoration. Original iron and porcelain hardware Stenciled "Manufactured by John Sala" Ht. 87 ½ in., W. Of cornice 77 in., W. Of case 71 ¼ in. Literature: C. Muller, Soap Hollow: The Furniture and Its Makers (2002), p. 19.