A WILLIAM AND MARY PAINTED BIBLE BOX

COASTAL CONNECTICUT, 1700-1740

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A WILLIAM AND MARY PAINTED BIBLE BOX
Coastal Connecticut, 1700-1740
The rectangular thumbmolded hinged lid above a conforming frame with scrolled decoration and painted A R in white, red and green, all on a red-painted ground, all over a molded base, on turned ball feet (lid an early replacement, feet replaced)
12¾in. high, 26in. wide, 13½in. deep

Lot Essay

A chest of similar form with the same style of freehand painted scrollwork is exhibited in the Hempstead House in New London and illustrated in Ronna L. Reynolds, Images of Connecticut Life (Hartford, CT, 1978), p. 21.

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