06-04-201606-04-2016
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
June 4, 2016 10:00 AMCalender
137

Scrapbook

Sell one like this
$584$475
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2898MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: June 04, 2016 10:00AM

Description:

Scrapbook, contents include a cabinet card of a Harvard, Massachusetts, street scene, image ht. 4 3/4, wd. 7 1/2; eight postcards from Canterbury, New Hampshire, Sabbath Day Lake, Maine, and Harvard, Massachusetts; four-page catalog Reduced Price List of Herbs, Roots, Barks, Powdered Articles from Harvard, Massachusetts, ht. 7 5/8, wd. 3 3/8; five labels for herb tins including Unicorn Root, Marjoram, two different Savory labels and Thyme; broadside: "Reduced Price List Herbs, Roots, Barks, Powdered Articles," Harvard, Massachusetts, ht. 14 1/2, wd. 8 1/2; fourteen seed packets from Shirley, Massachusetts; an uncut sheet "Preserved Quince and Tomato" labels, Harvard, Massachusetts; an uncut sheet "Preserved Quince and Peach Marmelade," Harvard, Massachusetts; two herb wrappers: Catnip and Red Clover, Riker-James Drug Store, Boston, Massachusetts; two broadsides: "A Man of Kindness to His Beasts is Kind," ht. 7 1/4, wd. 9, and "Table Monitor," ht. 9 7/8, wd. 6 1/2 in.
Estimate $250-350


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Keywords

Kindness, Shirley, Canterbury