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Four Early Chip-carved Items

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$4,613$3,750
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3023TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 04, 2017 12:00PM

Description:

Four Early Chip-carved Items, 17th/18th century, each with geometric designs including a busk initialed and dated on the back "MT 1785"; a slide-lid box with four legs opening to two compartments, a small book-form slidelid box; and a small book-form slide-lid box opening to a mirrored interior, lg. to 11 3/4 in.

Provenance: The mirrored box from the collection of Kathryn Prentice Murphy, acquired from Charlotte and Edgar Sittig, Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pennsylvania.
Estimate $300-500


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Keywords

Kathryn Prentice Murphy, Charlotte Sittig, Edgar Sittig