Lot 5
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RARE ASSEMBLED STACK OF EIGHT OVAL LIDDED BENTWOOD SHAKER BOXES 19th Century

Estimate
8,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • birchwood
  • Height of tallest 6 5/8 in.
Each with finely cut swallow tails fastened with copper pins, comprising:
A round, varnished, natural box with three swallow-tails, inscribed on base Willard M. Joslin, Pittsfield, Mass, Oct. 1892
A red-painted example with three swallow-tails
A large chrome-yellow oval with five swallow-tails
A long unvarnished natural oval box with four swallow-tails initialed EH on bottom
A large, unvarnished natural oval box with six swallow-tails
A small oval box with red-painted body and green top with three swallow-tails 
Two gray-green oval boxes each with four swallow-tails, each stamped S. MACY

Provenance

Willis Henry Auctions, Marshfield, Massachusetts and others.