Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2384Location: BostonDate / Time: November 04, 2007 11:00AM
Description:
Paper Applique Decorated Covered Box, attributed to George Lawton, Rhode Island, early 19th century, the cardboard notions box exterior ornamented with applied watercolor on cut-paper fish, chicken, guinea hen, star, and duck motifs, with star, dot, and "X" cut-out paper accents and borders, the interior cover applied with a lithograph advertisement for iron cooking utensils, ht.3 1/2, 8 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.
Estimate $1,500-2,500