circa 1740, scrolled frame with pierced Prince of Wales crest, shell to apron, original overlapping beveled mirror plates, original red pine backboards (by micro analysis), 49-3/4 x 22-1/8 x 1-1/4 in.
Provenance: Webber Estate, Boston, Massachusetts; John Walton, Jewett City, Connecticut; Marcus Estate, The Ebenezer Alden House, Union, Maine; Barker Estate, Cleveland, Ohio; Wayne Pratt, Marlboro, Massachusetts, January 1991 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $38,000); Collection of Dr. George and Connie Manger
Literature: Illustrated in Israel Sack Inc., Opportunities in American Antiques (October 1, 1992), p. 19, no. P-6435; "Living with Antiques: A Middle-Atlantic Collection of Collections" by John C. Newcomer, Antiques Magazine, May 1999, p. 741, pl. XV.
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Webber Estate, Boston, Massachusetts; John Walton, Jewett City, Connecticut; Marcus Estate, The Ebenezer Alden House, Union, Maine; Barker Estate, Cleveland, Ohio; Wayne Pratt, Marlboro, Massachusetts, January 1991 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $38,000); Collection of Dr. George and Connie Manger
in a fine state of preservation, crest with well executed repairs to cracks and scattered repairs to breaks in scrolled carvings, proper right upper sight corner with repair to break and later color, mirror plates with typical desilvering and corrosion
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