Lot Essay
For a comparable example including polychrome flowers and fruit on a tauped banded ground, see Kauffman, Early American Copper, Tin & Brass, p. 60, as well as Garvan, p. 149, fig.41, and p. 151, fig. 49.
Details
A PAINTED AND DECORATED TOLEWARE TRAY
PENNSYLVANIA, 1820 - 1840
The rectangular tray with canted corners centering a conforming crystalline interior surrounded by meandering tulips and leaves on a taupe ground, the conforming raised sides with rolled edges and yellow-painted leaf decoration--12¼in. wide, 8½in. deep
PENNSYLVANIA, 1820 - 1840
The rectangular tray with canted corners centering a conforming crystalline interior surrounded by meandering tulips and leaves on a taupe ground, the conforming raised sides with rolled edges and yellow-painted leaf decoration--12¼in. wide, 8½in. deep
Provenance
The Bohnes, Newmanstown, Pennsylvnia, September 14, 1968