🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Home made jester cabinet from '1800's?

[Bill Wonders]

The Jester cabinet stands little over 3ft. the Jester head is movable to set in any direction.
or can be removed. cabinet has two attached shelves inside.All hand made and painted.
What period is this from what was this made for? Iis this considered like folk art collectable?
All information is Greatly welcome and much appreciated. Thank You

 

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[Bill Wonders]

Interesting. I found one of these last week going through my deceased uncle's estate.

Here so far since I posted the cabinet..others are popping up here...now I realize after years
I thought rare one of a kind...Ill keep searching Thank You

 

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Here so far since I posted the cabinet..others are popping up here...now I realize after years
I thought rare one of a kind...Ill keep searching Thank You

A rabbit hole that doesn't want to tell me who made/makes them!
I do very little wood work. Making saw dust might be my skill with it.
Making heads that hold up would be the hardest part for me.
Wouldn't surprise me if mass produced , (if) to farm that job out. Or makes runs of heads only.
One seller states N.C. area? Or N.Y. or someplace in an antique store. I only noted that thinking multiples were offered in different adds by the same seller. A couple maybe , but trying to find a source. And they turned up over seas... Also without listing a source ;country of manufacture.

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[Bill Wonders]

Possibly Indonesian but more likely Thailand, where furnishings like these along with other styles are still made today, completely hand-carved, hand-planed, and with pegged mortise and tenon joints, old hardware, with an artificial antique finish.

This is a Thai cabinet from the 1980s that's currently in my kitchen. A couple decades ago it even fooled some supposed furniture 'experts'. But these were never made to deceive, they're made purely to be decorative.

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Hi The aged wood the paint colors hinges and nails are signs this is not a replica..what time period exactly? way older then 1980's

 

[Emil W]

Hi The aged wood the paint colors hinges and nails are signs this is not a replica..what time period exactly? way older then 1980's

Sorry, I think you've misunderstood my post. The current pieces use old hardware, including hand-made nails, so you can't go by the hardware as a sign of age. Your piece isn't old and they're still made today, with an artificial patina, old hinges and locks, and often using old wood. It was made to be decorative, made to look old.

 

[Bill Wonders]

If you find any Latin inscriptions on that cabinet, don't read them. If you do it'll probably come alive and go on a killing spree.

Ha ha yes the eyes are strange the look....folks could feel the stare of the jester..
you can turn head to face any direction...yes it is spooky... Ha