11-08-200911-08-2009
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2482Boston
November 8, 2009 11:00 AMCalender
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Nine Assorted Chinese Export Items

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$1,422$1,200
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2482Location: BostonDate / Time: November 08, 2009 11:00AM

Description:

Nine Assorted Chinese Export Items, 19th century, a pair of painted zinc wall pockets issuing white porcelain flowers on sheet iron stems, a box containing carved ivory chess pieces, a typewritten note tucked inside indicates it was brought home to Fairhaven, Massachusetts, on the clipper ship Flying Cloud in 1861; three gilt-lacquered tea caddies, one containing a porcelain teabowl, both decorated with the same monogram and eagle motif; a watercolor on ivory portrait miniature of a lady in an ornately carved wooden easel frame, two small oval lacquered bowls centered with wiggling carved tortoiseshell turtle figures under glass, ht. 1 3/4-11 1/2 in.
Estimate $400-600

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Fairhaven, Massachusetts