Lot Essay
A note accompanying the piece states that this box is from the Bucher Family from Denver, Pennsylvania. A similarly decorated box is pictured in Garvan, p. 11, fig. 7.
Details
A PAINTED AND DECORATED BENTWOOD "BUCHER" BOX
BERKS OR LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The oval black-painted box with fitted lid decorated with various stylized red, yellow, green, and white-painted flowers--8in. high, 16½in. wide, 11 1/8in. deep
BERKS OR LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The oval black-painted box with fitted lid decorated with various stylized red, yellow, green, and white-painted flowers--8in. high, 16½in. wide, 11 1/8in. deep
Provenance
Hattie Brunner, January 14, 1961