Yarmouth, Massachusetts, circa 1813, punched and pierced tin box with drawer, impressed "MR PETER THATCHER YARMOUTH AUGUST THE 28 1813", with six clay pipes included, 11-1/8 x 4-3/8 x 3-1/2 in.
Provenance: Charles Woolsey Lyon, New York, October 1920; Christie's, Property From the Collection of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, January 21, 2006, lot 597, $12,000; Elliott & Grace Snyder Antiques, South Egremont, Massachusetts, September 2006 (accompanied by copy of sale confirmation letter); From the Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
Note: Peter Thacher (also spelled Thatcher) appears in the 1800 and 1830 census records of Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Masachusetts.
Literature: Illustrated in Furniture Treasury, Wallace Nutting, 1928, p. 1400, fig. 4027.
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Charles Woolsey Lyon, New York, October 1920; Christie's, Property From the Collection of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, January 21, 2006, lot 597, $12,000; Elliott & Grace Snyder Antiques, South Egremont, Massachusetts, September 2006 (accompanied by copy of sale confirmation letter); From the Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
fine overall condition with light surface rust throughout, slightly loose knob possibly resoldered; pipes with breaks to ends of stems and signs of use
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