AMERICAN OR ENGLISH, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Details

A CHIP-CARVED AND COMPASS-STAR INLAID MAHOGANY SLIDE-LID BOX
American or English, late 18th century
2½ in. high, 4 3/8 in. wide, 7 7/8 in. long

Provenance

Purchased from Harry Arons, Ansonia, Connecticut, 16 July 1964

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This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

A similar chip-carved box, with heart cut-out, compass-star inlay and sliding lid was made by an American prisoner of war in Mill Prison, Devon, England in 1777. With a similar design, the box offered here was probably made around the same time in either England or America. See Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 18-19 August 2007.

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