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October 20, 2014 02:00 PM - October 27, 2014 04:00 PMCalender
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Five Leather Wallets

Sell one like this
$369$300
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2753TLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 20, 2014 2:00PM

Description:

Five Leather Wallets, America, 18th and 19th centuries, the smallest marked by maker CA Cobb, Lancaster, Massachusetts, and inscribed "Adelbert Boynton Pepperell, Mass.," presumably the owner; another inscribed "Cyrus Osborn, Boston," with indistinct mark; another marked by Cobb; a leather case with pad and pen sleeve, inscribed "Wm. F. Reed Police Office Boston" and with an 1854 calendar; the largest with brass clasp, dated "1730" inside, (wear, especially to largest),lg. to 7 3/4 in.
Estimate $500-700


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Keywords

Massachusetts, Lancaster, CA Cobb, F. Reed Police Office Boston