A PAINTED AND DECORATED TRINKET TRUNK

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A PAINTED AND DECORATED TRINKET TRUNK
LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, 1800-1840

The rectangular blue-painted box with domed lid and punched-tin hasp decorated with white and red compass drawn and freehand floral and foliate decoration--5 ½in. high, 7 ¼in. wide, 4 5/8in. deep

Lot Essay

With their compass drawn flowers and free-hand decoration, this and the proceeding lot are from a known group of boxes attibuted to Lancaster County. A few examples are lined with Lancaster County newspapers dating from 1812 to 1826. A slide lid box in the Winterthur Museum is inscribed with pencil "February 12, 1814,/Lancaster Jonas H..." Barons, p.151.