Five Paint Decorated Tinware Items

Description:

Five Paint Decorated Tinware Items, America, early 19th century, including three dome top trunks, each with a band of white painted with red, green, and yellow stylized leaves and flowers across the front, further embellished with various yellow twisted ribbon, four-point stars, and striping motifs; an apple basket with polychrome stenciled floral design and gilt highlights on a black ground; a tea cannister with a band of leaves on the shoulder with a band of fruit below on a black ground, (scattered paint loss),ht. 2-8 1/2, lg. 4 1/4-11 3/4 in.

Literature: These items are illustrated in American Country: FOLK ART. Created by Rebus, Inc., published by Time-Life Books, 1990, p. 150.
Estimate $600-800

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