Step Back Cupboard, True Antique Salesman Sample/Apprentice Piece mauve 4 1/2" t x 2

4 1/2" t x 2 7/8" diameter and in very good condition

and I especially love the bit of bleed around the edges of the black black paint

It looks there may be a name carved into the wood but it is hard to discern

3 1/4" across at lip and 2 5/8" across at base

5" tall with handle

Step Back Cupboard, True Antique Salesman Sample/Apprentice Piece mauve 4 1/2" t x 2I'm not very knowledgable about furniture, tabletop or full scale, but I do know, from looking at a whole lot of tabletop scale chests, that this is of a different ilk than most described as salesman samples; it is truly that, or an apprentice piece, not a piece of doll furniture, and a rare one in my experience for being what I think would correctly be called a step back cupboard, with three drawers below and glass doors encasing three shelves above.