With the best old painted surface and 7 hand hewn pegs, this is truly an exceptional early primitive peg rail!

The manner in which the board was mitered on all four edges will indicate that this piece was assuredly not cut down from a longer piece.

The original hanging hardware remains and is in good sturdy condition.

It is 27 3/4 inches in length x 3 1/2 inches tall, which is a really nice workable size!

This piece is in great condition, considering it is an early 19th century utilitarian primitive. The only apology that I can find is that the tip of the right hand peg is broken off and has obviously been gone for many years. Fortunately the previous owner was able to utilized this particular peg to hang an early candle box. Had the peg been complete, the candle boxes' hanger hole would have been too small to fit over the peg.

This piece came out of a dealers collection and was out of the Oley Valley area of Pennsylvania.

This is undoubtedly a rare find!