15th c. German Sideboard (Credenza) with Carved Hunting Scenes

Furniture

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

15th c. German Sideboard (Credenza) with Carved Hunting Scenes

Entry/Object ID

HM-36

Tags

Beauport

Description

15-16th c. black oak German credence/sideboard with double doors carved with hunting scenes: hunter and dog on left, boar and dog on right; drawers and overhang decoratively carved, hidden compartment in top shelf. Double locks. "Acquired by Henry Davis Sleeper (1878-1934) about 1907 and installed in 1908 in Beauport’s Medieval Hall (present-day China Trade Room). Described variously as “a wondrously carved Gothic cabinet, not later than 15th century... from Ravenna, Italy,” and “an Italian dresser of the early Gothic type.” Photographed in situ in Beauport in December 1909 and again by Thomas Marr in 1910. Sold or gifted to JHH Jr in Summer of 1922 when HDS dismantled the Medieval Hall. Photographed in Bungalow by Thomas Marr in 1922 (Negative No. 23100) and referenced there in North Shore Breeze on 20 October 1922. Citations: “Unique Gloucester House,” New York Sun, 21 November 1909: 35; “ ‘The Most Attractive Small House in New England’ on Gloucester Rocks,” Boston Herald Magazine, 26 December 1909: 25; Thomas Marr Photograph, Beauport Medieval Hall (Negative Nos. 17018 & 17019), Historic New England; Bungalow Point Radio Photo Album, 1923-1929, Hammond Papers, HCM; and “Wealth of Antiques and Unique Features Abound in John Hays Hammond, Jr’s ‘House Built Around An Organ’,” North Shore Breeze, Vol. 22, No. 42 (20 October 1922): 3-4. [2025 P Hayden]"

Collection

Furniture

Acquisition

Accession

36

Made/Created

Place

Location

German (Bavarian)

Notes

Date: ca. 16th c.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cupboard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Storage & Display Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Provenance

Notes

Given as gift to John Hays Hammond Jr. from Henry Davis Sleeper between 1915 and 1921.

General Notes

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HM36 16th c. German Cupboard-Sideboard info

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HM36 German cupboard w carved hunting scenes info 2

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1977 Hammond Castle Souvenir Guidebk by N R Kline, J J Bolten (17)

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1966 Corinne Witham Guidebook (18)

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1986-11-20 to B Deluca, p1 (Mussey restoration for HM 34, 292. 1&2, 36, 308)

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1990-04-06 to B Campbell & S Conner (restore HM 36, 74, 123, 95, 40, 127)

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2006-02-03 artifact list w 1983 values, copy (1)

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1970ca Handwritten Inventory p(23) - Great Hall

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1951 Tour Manual 006

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1980 ca tour script p(6) Great Hall

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2025 P Hayden HCM-Sleeper Objects List