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Important Historic Americana | October 17, 2024

Thu, Oct 17, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 1091

New Hampshire Painted Dome Top Document Box

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

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circa 1825, rectangular form with dome form top with old leather strap hinges, white painted ground with green and brown tree decoration, interior tag inscribed "Mrs. Gilbert Page/Pittsfield, NH" at lid underside, 9 x 21-1/4 x 11-1/2 in.

ew Hampshire, 2019, pg. 31

 

Provenance: Steenburgh Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, sold 2010 for $6500; Private New England Collection

Note: Pictured in New Hampshire Folk Art: By the People For the People by Gerald Ward, Portsmouth N

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Steenburgh Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, sold 2010 for $6500; Private New England Collection

lid detached (leather strap hinges broken), scattered chips and losses to painted surfaces, scattered surface scratches, bumps, and edge roughness, scattered cracks, iron elements with some rust