Photo: Courtesy Skinner, Inc., Boston and Marlborough, Mass.
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Object numberRIF3532 |
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MakerMaker, formerly attributed to John Colvin, 17941869Maker, attributed to George Robert Lawton, Jr., 18391883 |
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Dimensions20 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 6 in. (52.07 × 31.75 × 15.24 cm) |
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Date186970 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in New Hope, Wisconsin(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumPine |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceRachel Young (19171982), North Scituate and West Warwick, Rhode Island; sold to Robert Grabosky, Strasburg, Pennsylvania; consigned to Skinner, Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts (sale held Bolton, Massachusetts), January 67, 1983, lot 99B |
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Associated namesSkinner, Inc.Rachel Young Robert F. Grabosky |
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NotesThe box retains painted decoration. |
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BibliographySkinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Mass., An Auction of Americana, sale cat. (January 6 7, 1983), lot 99B, ill.Jane Katcher and Alan Andersen, Expressions of Innocence and Eloquence: Selections from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana, eds. David A. Schorsch and Ruth Wolfe, 2 (Seattle: Marquand Books, 2011), 186. |