Vander Sande Collection | Session I | March 12, 2025
Wed, Mar 12, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Lot 517
Extremely Rare Massachusetts Pilgrim Century Paneled Oak Valuables Cabinet
Estimate: $100,000 - $150,000
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 |
Boston, attributed to the Mason-Messenger shop tradition, with turnings attributed to the Edsal shop tradition, circa 1660-1690, oak with walnut and possibly cedar, original wrought iron butterfly hinges, traces of early surface, hinged door opening to seven interior drawers, 16-1/2 x 18 x 8-1/2 in.
Provenance: Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts
Note: While several related Salem attributed cabinets survive, this exceptionally rare cabinet is one of perhaps only two examples from 17th century Boston.
Featured in The Cabinetmaker & the Carver, Boston Furniture from Private Collections, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, 2013, page 117, along with exhibit placard; see also Follansbee and Trent, "Reassessing the London-Style Joinery and Turning of Seventeenth Century Boston" in American Furniture, 2010, edited by Luke Beckerdite, page 222 figure 31.
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Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts
excellent condition, appears to retain all but two original applied molding elements, original applied spindles, three original interior drawers (four are replaced), does not appear to have ever been fitted with feet, lacking lock, minor chips and losses at side moldings
