A GROUP OF FOUR CARVED NESTING BOXES

PROBABLY RHODE ISLAND, DATED 1842

细节

A GROUP OF FOUR CARVED NESTING BOXES
Probably Rhode Island, dated 1842
Each circular with applied conforming lid, the largest with compass, pinwheel, brass tack and chip-carved decorated lid above chip-carved sawtooth and heart decorated sides inscribed E*B 1842 82 YEARS; the second largest similarly decorated with hearts, sailing ships and compass-pinwheels, also initialled EB; the next similarly decorated with long boats and whales; the smallest with chip-carved decoration

2¼in. high, 4¼in. diameter the largest; ¾in. high,2½in. diameter the smallest (4)

拍品专文

According to tradition, these boxes have a history of ownership in the Bliss Family of Newport, Rhode Island. For a larger box with similar decoration, see Little, Neat and Tidy: Boxes and Their Contents Used in Early American Households (New York, 1980), p. 159, fig. 161, right box.