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Property from the Brooklyn Museum | March 20, 2024

Wed, Mar 20, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 100

A Labeled Thomas Trask Dome Top Trunk, with Another

Estimate: $100 - $300

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

19th century, leather covered and brass studded dome top trunk with initials "ADB", interior label "Thomas Trask, South Danvers, Mass, Saddles and Harnesses...", 12 x 30 x 14-1/4 in.; together with a dome top Saratoga trunk with fitted interior, 26 x 32 x 19-1/2 in.

Provenance: Thomas Trask trunk Bequest of H. Randolph Lever, New York, NY, 1964; Saratoga trunk Gift of Mrs. Charles Iseley, Alexandria, VA, 1964; Property from the Brooklyn Museum

Condition

Trask trunk with extensive losses and dry rot to leather, losses to paper interior; Saratoga trunk with losses at carrying handles, surface dust, wear and leather cracking

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Thomas Trask trunk Bequest of H. Randolph Lever, New York, NY, 1964; Saratoga trunk Gift of Mrs. Charles Iseley, Alexandria, VA, 1964; Property from the Brooklyn Museum