Antique food cupboard

Also known as a meat or food safe, and regarded as a uniquely Australian contribution to the world's heritage of furniture design. The cabinet, usually with panelled doors and , and zinc or tin sides, pierced or punched into decorative designs and patterns, is raised on legs, generally turned but sometimes square. One style, usually of cedar, is about the proportions of chiffonier, and has a shaped chiffonier back, usually decorated with applied machine-made carving, with the cupboards below. The other type is in the form of a narrow two door cabinet, made from cedar or kauri pine.

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A 18th century oak food cupboard, fitted with perforated metal…

18th Century Oak Food Cupboard with Perforated Metal Panels

A 18th century oak food cupboard, fitted with perforated metal panels, raised on four turned tapering legs united by stretchers, height 141 cm, width 130 cm, depth 55 cm. Key available.

A primitive Colonial chiffonier food safe, solid blackwood…

Tasmanian Colonial Blackwood Chiffonier Food Safe

A primitive Colonial chiffonier food safe, solid blackwood throughout, Tasmanian origin, circa 1840 128 cm high, 107 cm wide, 48 cm deep. Provenance: The Rodney Pemberton Collection

Australian Colonial cedar food safe, second half of the 19th…

Colonial Cedar Food Safe Cabinet

Australian Colonial cedar food safe, second half of the 19th century, the shaped back above rectangular top with moulded edge, over a pair of panelled doors enclosing shelves, with mesh sides, height 134 cm width 104 cm depth 47.5 cm. Provenance: The…

Australian Colonial cedar food safe, N.S.W. Origin, c. 1850,…

Colonial Cedar Cupboard, c. 1850

Australian Colonial cedar food safe, N.S.W. Origin, c. 1850, with two pairs of doors enclosing shelves and two short drawers, missing mesh to sides and doors, height 157.5 width 107 cm depth 48 cm. Provenance: The collection of Robert Hutchinson, Sydney,…

A European food safe, in green paint finish, two doors with…

Green European Food Safe with Lattice Panels, c. 1850

A European food safe, in green paint finish, two doors with lattice panels above shaped panels. C. 1850. Height 101 cm, width 80 cm, depth 53 cm.

A pine food safe with original zinc alum panels, width 102 cm

Antique Pine Food Safe with Zinc Panels - 102cm

A pine food safe with original zinc alum panels, width 102 cm

A red painted food hutch, Australian, 19th century. 100 cm high,…

Red Painted Australian Food Hutch, 19th Century

A red painted food hutch, Australian, 19th century. 100 cm high, 71 cm wide 40 cm deep

Early 19th century oak Trident food cupboard, the four doors…

19th C. Oak Trident Food Cupboard with Religious Carvings

Early 19th century oak Trident food cupboard, the four doors carved with religious figures flanking a central fretwork geometric panel. Geometric panels to the sides over an open platform base. Height 171 cm. Width 134 cm. Provenance: Gerhard Friese Estate

Early South Australian red gum and baltic pine Germanic food…

SA Red Gum & Baltic Pine Germanic Food Cabinet

Early South Australian red gum and baltic pine Germanic food cabinet

A late Georgian English food Safe with two cupboard doors and…

Georgian Food Safe with Worn Patina and Wire Mesh

A late Georgian English food Safe with two cupboard doors and domed lid. The wooden frame with worn patina and wire mesh. Height 116 cm. Width 76 cm. Depth 55 cm