$28,440
Carved and Red-stained Pine Box, probably Massachusetts, late 17th century, the cleated hinged overhanging top with chip-carved sides and molded front and back edges opens to an interior with a compartment, the facade with chip-carved ends and scratch-carved with the initials "E" and "A" bordered by punchwork designs centering a scratch-carved diamond and the date "1694," on applied molded base, original surface, (minor imperfections), ht. 9 1/2, box wd. 23 1/2, dp. 16 1/2 in. Provenance: B.A. Behrend, according to Wallace Nutting. Purchased by a Massachusetts collector from Roger Bacon, Exeter, New Hampshire, c. 1970. Literature: This box is illustrated in Wallace Nutting, Furniture of the Pilgrim Century, 1620-1720 , as catalogue #157, p. 156, and is discussed on p. 176. top has a crack, snipe hinges are loose, left hinge with old nailed tin repair, right front corner with tin repair where side meets front, lacks lock, general age-consistent wear to hinges.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-08-12
