Shaker Covered Oval Box

Description:

Shaker Covered Oval Box, Mount Lebanon, New York, c. 1840, pine top and bottom with bent maple sides joined with three fingers fastened with copper tacks, light brown stained surface, containing numerous small copper tacks used in the making of oval boxes, and a small paper packet secured with string, ht. 1 3/8, wd. 2 1/2, lg. 3 5/8 in.

Literature: Gather Up the Fragments, p. 306.

Estimate $400-600


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