Vander Sande Collection | Session II | November 13, 2025
Thu, Nov 13, 2025 10:00AM EST
Lot 1067
Rare Boston Pilgrim Century Walnut Paneled Chest
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for
$6,500
Sold Price excludes BP
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 |
Attributed to the Mason-Messinger shop tradition, 1670-1700, walnut and poplar with oak and pine secondary, some elements possibly a tropical exotic (see side panels), four side-hung drawers, paneled sides and turned front feet, 37-1/2 x 39-1/4 x 29-1/4 in.
Provenance: Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts
Note: Trained in London, immigrant joiners Ralph Mason and Henry Messinger and their sons and apprentices dominated the joinery trade in Boston in the late 17th century. The chest offered here is closely related to several other surviving examples associated with this shop tradition, including a very similar example in the collections of Historic New England (see Jobe and Kaye, New England Furniture: The Colonial Era page 130, catalog number II.
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Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts
top replaced, brasses are period replacements, front feet are likely period but possibly associated (see color variation), crack at one front foot attachment, applied moldings appear to be original (varnished surface with some fine crackle and minor distress).
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