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A PAIR OF FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY KNIFE BOXES
BALTIMORE, 1800-1820
Each urn-shaped, with ball finial above a stepped-domed circular lid ribbed with line inlay and embellished at the edges with crossbanding, lifting to reveal a conforming case with compartmented interior fitted for flatware, the line-inlay ribbed exterior tapering to a cylindrical shaft on a spreading circular foot, the whole on an angle-veneered square base with crossbanded edges above flaring conical feet--27 ½in. high, 11 5/8in. diameter of top
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BALTIMORE, 1800-1820
Each urn-shaped, with ball finial above a stepped-domed circular lid ribbed with line inlay and embellished at the edges with crossbanding, lifting to reveal a conforming case with compartmented interior fitted for flatware, the line-inlay ribbed exterior tapering to a cylindrical shaft on a spreading circular foot, the whole on an angle-veneered square base with crossbanded edges above flaring conical feet--27 ½in. high, 11 5/8in. diameter of top
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Provenance
Robert Gilmor Family, Baltimore
John Schwartz
John G. Danz, Jr.
John Schwartz
John G. Danz, Jr.