TWO WALLPAPER-COVERED BOXES

NEW HAMPSHIRE, CIRCA 1835

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TWO WALLPAPER-COVERED BOXES
New Hampshire, circa 1835
Each oblong, with an ovoid lid opening to a paper-lined interior above a conforming body, the exterior with a beaver in a landscape in brown, green and black, the first on a blue ground with pencil inscription on lid Sarah Dwight/Portsmouth NH/from C.Brooks/[illegible]; the second on a yellow ground with ink inscription [illegible]/Portsmouth/New H
8in. high, 12in. wide, 10in. deep (2)

Lot Essay

An identical fragment of this circa 1835 wallpaper pattern used for this box is in the collection of the Shelburne Museum and is illustrated in Carlisle, Hat Boxes and Band Boxes at Shelburne Museum (Shelburne, VT, 1960), p. 41, Panel No 31.

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