Lots of "history" behind this piece. I'll try and get it all together when I get back working on this site. We saw it in 1969 in an antique shop in southwestern Virginia. It had come right out of the hills of Appalachia. It was quite a bit of money, so we passed on it. Went home and dreamed about it for months ...finally called the dealer back - he still had it, so we bought it over the phone and went back a few months later and picked it up. The story of how it was being used at the time the dealer picked it up, is pretty interesting.