Boston, circa 1810, attributed to John Seymour (1738-1818) and/or Thomas Seymour (1771-1848), with ivory key hole escutcheons, white pine and mahogany secondary, appears to retain its original cast brass stamped "HJ" for Hands and Jenkins, together with four early 19th century hand blown rectangular engraved glass bottles, 42-1/2 x 71-1/4 x 27-1/4 in.
Provenance: Descended in the Pratt Family of Roxbury and Dedham, Massachusetts; Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York; Virginia F. White Interiors, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1984, (accompanied by copy of receipt for $28,500); The Furnishings from Historic Iris Court: An Important Edward Vason Jones Interior
Note: This sideboard was illustrated in Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., Distinguished American and English Antiques, vol. 3, p. 49.
A related sideboard owned by Richard Crowninshield Derby of Salem, Massachusetts, is illustrated in Robert Mussey, The Furniture Masterworks of John & Thomas Seymour, catalog no. 40.
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Descended in the Pratt Family of Roxbury and Dedham, Massachusetts; Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York; Virginia F. White Interiors, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1984, (accompanied by copy of receipt for $28,500); The Furnishings from Historic Iris Court: An Important Edward Vason Jones Interior
good overall condition, shrinkage cracks to veneer on doors and to top, with two keys and one loose glue block, minor patching to string inlay and corners of drawers, wear commensurate with age and use
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