Dome-top Box with Interior Decoration

Description:

Dome-top Box with Interior Decoration, America, early 19th century, the box covered with faint diamond pattern on black canvas, trimmed with brass-tack-studded black leather, with brass swing handle and latch, the interior ornamented with compass-drawn floral, circular, and heart designs, with faint ink inscriptions on either end: "Foster Feb. ---- 14 Ae 1826/The nightingale doth sweetly sing/to welcome in the cheerful Spring" and "Though so lovely and so fair a winding sheet we soon must wear," ht. 5 3/4, wd. 10, dp. 6 in.
Estimate $100-125


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