10-28-200110-28-2001
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2134
October 28, 2001 10:00 AMCalender
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Turned and Painted Maple Lehnware Covered Spice Jar

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$978$850
Auction: Sale #2134 - 2134Location: BoltonDate / Time: October 28, 2001 10:00AM

Description:

Turned and Painted Maple Lehnware Covered Spice Jar, Joseph Long Lehn, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, c. 1870, blue-painted knop on lid painted with strawberries, the side painted with flowers, green, red, and black borders on a pink ground, ht. 4 1/2 in. Note: Joseph Long Lehn (1798-1892) lived in Hammer Creek Valley, Elizabethtown Twp., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was a farmer and woodworker. He decorated chairs and small turned wooden objects from 1850 into the 1890s.
Estimate $500-700

Keywords

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Hammer Creek Valley