Shaker Collections Online
Description:
Small Shaker Oval Three-finger Pantry Box, C. 1830-50, old natural surface, ht. 1 3/4, lg. 4 5/8 in.
Provenance: Suzanne Courcier & Robert W. Wilkins, March 27, 1993.
Note: A pencil on paper note inside this box reads: "This box was given to my father when he was about 10 years old (1857) by the Shakers, a religious sect living near New Lebanon N.Y. ... S.L. Dren..."
Estimate $400-600
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Keywords
Robert W. Wilkins, Suzanne Courcier
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