Dry sink

1800-1850

Measurements

33 in x 42 in x 16-3/8 in

Materials

Probably white pine, tinned sheet iron (liner)

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of Mrs. Alfred C. Harrison

Accession Number

1969.236

Comments

The rectangular dry sink has shaped end boards that support a low shelf and the bottom board of the tray top.  That board has ends cut into rectangular tenons that pierce the end boards and are wedged from the outside.  The wedges are parallel to the long sides, not diagonal.  The tray sides are nailed onto the end boards.  The front board has decorative moldings cut into the top and bottom edges; the rear board is scalloped, being composed of serpentines flanking a straight center section.  The lower shelf sits on strips of wood nailed to the ends.  the end boards have half-round undercutting that creates smaller feet.  The dry sink has a blue-green paint over a red wash.

The tray liner is made of tin-coated sheet iron and may be original to this dry sink.