11-08-200911-08-2009
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2482Boston
November 8, 2009 11:00 AMCalender
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Small Shaker Striped Wooden Pail

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$1,541$1,300
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2482Location: BostonDate / Time: November 08, 2009 11:00AM

Description:

Small Shaker Striped Wooden Pail, probably Rufus Crossman or Elder Daniel Boler, Mount Lebanon, New York c. 1875, made to commemorate a terrible fire at Mount Lebanon, New York in 1875, these decorative pails were made from the cedar posts of a fence that survived the fire, sumac, and other contrasting light and dark woods, with pine bottom, iron hoops, bail, and coffin-shaped bail plates, and hardwood handle, ht. to top of rim 4 7/8, dia. 7 1/4 in.

Literature: For similar examples see Shaker Woodenware Vol. II, by Sprigg & Johnson, 1992, pp. 132-3.
Estimate $600-800

Keywords

Mount, Lebanon, Rufus Crossman, Daniel Boler