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English Painted Potboard Dresser Base
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English Painted Potboard Dresser Base

19th century
For Sale by Arcadia Antiques
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Good 19th Century English 4 drawer painted potboard dresser base. 1880

Date of Manufacture

Arcadia Antiques has dated this Painted Potboard Dresser Base to the 19th Century.

Physical Dimensions
Height
82.5cm (32.48")
Width
214cm (84.25")
Depth
54cm (21.26")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1236850
Dealers Internal Reference
9627
Description
Good 19th Century English 4 drawer painted potboard dresser base. 1880
Date of Manufacture

Arcadia Antiques has dated this Painted Potboard Dresser Base to the 19th Century.

Height
82.5cm (32.48")
Width
214cm (84.25")
Depth
54cm (21.26")
Reference Numbers
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SA1236850
Dealers Internal Ref
9627
Arcadia Antiques
Arcadia Antiques
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An antique dark grey painted English potboard dresser base featuring four drawers with brass handles, turned legs, and an open lower shelf.
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Archive I An antique dark grey painted English potboard dresser base featuring four drawers with brass handles, turned legs, and an open lower shelf.

English Painted Potboard Dresser Base

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Archive III An antique dark grey painted English potboard dresser base featuring four drawers with brass handles, turned legs, and an open lower shelf. View III
Archive IV An antique dark grey painted English potboard dresser base featuring four drawers with brass handles, turned legs, and an open lower shelf. View IV
Archive V An antique dark grey painted English potboard dresser base featuring four drawers with brass handles, turned legs, and an open lower shelf. View V
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Archive VIII An antique dark grey painted English potboard dresser base featuring four drawers with brass handles, turned legs, and an open lower shelf. View VIII
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Archive X An antique dark grey painted English potboard dresser base featuring four drawers with brass handles, turned legs, and an open lower shelf. View X
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Arcadia Antiques

Arcadia Antiques
Telephone 07768 666 833 or 01926 611923
Location
Westfields Farm
Fosse Way
Radford Semele
Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
CV31 1XL
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/arcadia
Verified Since Jun 2009
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Location: Westfields Farm, Fosse Way, Radford Semele, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1XL,
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An antique dark grey painted English potboard dresser base featuring four drawers with brass handles, turned legs, and an open lower shelf.
English Painted Potboard Dresser Base
Ref: SA1236850
An antique dark grey painted English potboard dresser base featuring four drawers with brass handles, turned legs, and an open lower shelf.
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Cataloguer’s note

Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing
  • ObjectDresser Bases
  • Period19th century
  • StyleEnglish Country
  • MaterialPainted Wood, Brass
  • ColourDark Grey
  • MotifsTurned legs, Potboard shelf, Brass swan-neck handles, Four-drawer front
  • SizeH 82.5 cm (32 in) x W 214 cm (84 in) x D 54 cm (21 in)

This nineteenth-century English country painted potboard dresser base is made from painted wood and brass, finished in a dark grey colour. The rustic farmhouse piece has a rectangular top over a four-drawer front fitted with brass swan-neck handles, supported on turned legs above an open lower potboard shelf. Visible details include simple linear mouldings along the drawer tiers, subtle surface wear showing lighter wood undertones on the dark paintwork, and shaped block feet beneath the lower shelf. Practical dimensions are 82.5 cm high, 214 cm wide, and 54 cm deep. The dresser base suits a country kitchen, utility room, or hallway as a sideboard or console table with generous surface display space and concealed storage.

FAQs

A potboard dresser base is a traditional long wooden table or sideboard featuring an open shelf near the floor, designed historically in regional British homes to hold large iron pots, pans, and pottery.

Dresser bases were typically constructed using solid native hardwoods like oak or softwoods like pine, often joined with pegged mortise and tenon joints and fitted with cast brass handles.

Authentic period examples feature hand-dovetailed drawer construction, visible wear on the lower shelf from historical usage, irregular turnings on the legs, and evidence of original paint layers or naturally aged patina.

A dresser base functions well as an entryway console or dining room server, providing surface space for lamps or art while using the open lower potboard to display large ceramics, stoneware, or woven baskets.

Maintain painted period finishes by dusting regularly with a dry microfibre cloth and applying clear neutral beeswax sparingly, avoiding chemical cleaning agents that could strip historical paint layers.
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