An Early 19thC Blue Painted Pine Cupboard c.1810-30 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope or even a console table

or even a console table

it is able to single-handedly transform a room and is an achingly beautiful piece that is as much of a work of sculpture as it is a painting or

are frequently described as apprentice pieces

though the jacket is probably a later replacement

There is a nice inscription to the inner lid that reads

An Early 19thC Blue Painted Pine Cupboard c.1810-30 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope or even a console tableOrigin: English Period: George III Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1810 30 Width: 37 Height: 48 Depth: 17. 5 The wonderfully honest and characterful early nineteenth century English pine cupboard, retaining what appears to be its original blue painted surface throughout, with later mellowed wear exposing rich ochre and warm timbers beneath, the architectural form defined by a moulded cornice above a pair of framed plank doors fitted with their original