08-14-201008-15-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 14, 2010 03:00 PMCalender
845

Five Tartanware Items

Sell one like this
$237$200
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2509Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 15, 2010 10:00AM

Description:

Five Tartanware Items, late 19th/early 20th century, a vinaigrette in the Caledonia tartan containing a stoppered bottle, a hexagonal spool holder box in Prince Charlie with "Clark's Spool Cotton" paper label lining the interior of the hinged cover, two cylindrical covered boxes with applied cut-out photographs of sculptures with Classical figures in Stuart and McPherson, and a small cylindrical box in a red-based tartan, (wear, small losses),ht. 2 1/4-3 1/4 in.
Estimate $250-350

Spool box with 1/2 x 3/4 in. loss to tartan paper, the smaller cylindrical box with several small losses around the base, larger box has a vertical shrinkage crack, other boxes with small losses of paper around top and bottom edges.

Keywords

Charlie