American & Southern | March 13, 2025
Thu, Mar 13, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Lot 1050
Compass Artist Painted Dome Lidded Box
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
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 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, early 19th century, dovetail construction, in red and white pinwheel decoration atop light blue ground, with iron latch, 4 x 5-3/8 x 4 in.
Provenance: Pennypacker Auction Centre, Reading, Pennsylvania (accompanied by copy of receipt dated May 21, 1973 for $525); Private Collection, McLean, Virginia
Note: A similar example is pictured in The Compass Artist of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania by Wendy A. Cooper, Patricia Edmonson, and Lisa M. Minardi, Figure 1a, see: https://chipstone.org/article.php/597/American-Furniture-2009/The-Compass-Artist-of-Lancaster-County,-Pennsylvania.
Another similar example sold at Sotheby's New York, Important Americana: The Charles and Olenka Santore Collection, January 19, 2023, lot 184 for $9,450.
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Pennypacker Auction Centre, Reading, Pennsylvania (accompanied by copy of receipt dated May 21, 1973 for $525); Private Collection, McLean, Virginia
scattered loss to painted decoration, cracks to domed lid, chip and loss to underside at one corner, some slight separations, minor warping, rust, and corrosion to iron, surface dirt/accretion
