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Sat, Sep 11, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 912

Fine Connecticut Queen Anne High Chest in Old Surface

Estimate: $7,000 - $10,000

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

Woodbury, Connecticut, 1760-1775, with two deeply carved shell drawers, C-scroll carved cabriole legs and pad feet, pierced brasses, retaining an early original dry painted or varnished surface, dovetailed construction with oak and white pine secondary, original dry Spanish brown painted surface, 80 x 41 x 21 in., Provenance: C.L. Prickett, Yardley, Pennsylvania, 1989; The Ann and Joel Finn Collection; Note: Illustrated in the Jeffery Tillou Antiques catalog,ÿThe Ann and Joel Finn Collection, pg. 20-21 (lot accompanied by copy of catalog).

Condition

in fine original condition, brasses replaced, one acorn drop possibly replaced (some variation in size), one long drawer of upper case with some possible finish work (lightly dry scraped?), typical minor molding bumps and surface wear, some shrinkage cracks, old loss at one lower drawer lip, other minor surface wear and flaws