11-04-200611-05-2006
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2337Boston
November 4, 2006 03:00 PMCalender
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Miniature Wallpaper Covered Dome-top Box

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$2,115$1,800
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2337Location: BostonDate / Time: November 04, 2006 3:00PM

Description:

Miniature Wallpaper Covered Dome-top Box, probably New England, early 19th century, rectangular covered box with wire hinged lid covered with brown leaf and dot patterned wallpaper, the interior lined with white paper, the lid affixed with a paper heart inscribed Asenath Phillips, the box containing four early 19th century and Civil war era receipts, handbill, and a ballad, ht. 2 3/8, wd. 2 1/2, lg. 4 in.

Provenance: Ex Bertram K. Little and Nina Fletcher Little collection, retaining auction label for their collection sold at Sotheby's in New York, October 21 and 22, 1994.
Estimate $400-600

Keywords

Wallpaper Covered Dome, New England, Bertram K. Little, Nina Fletcher Little