$390
Eagle-decorated Reward of Merit Trinket Box, and a Hat-maker's Pincushion/Box, early 19th century, the first oblong, the lid papered with two lithographed images of the Great Seal of America, a bird, and a flower, two sides with a printed reward of merit for "Miss Solina Nixon" dated "Feb. 1833," with a rose depicted in watercolor painted on the interior lid; and an oval cardboard box with pincushion top with a lithographed eagle on a monument and Boston hat-maker "John M. Peck" advertisement, the front with a blue-printed advertisement for "Thomas Hotchison, New York," with allegorical figures of Liberty and Justice, and eagle and shield motifs, (age wear), ht. 4 1/2, 6 in. Provenance: Purchased from Jeannine Dobbs. Reward of Merit box- some of the hand-stitched seams are coming apart, at the top, toning. Pincushion, fraying and tears to the pincushion top, rim trim is very worn, with losses, toning on the box,
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-10-28
