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Box

Object number

RIF3883

Maker

Maker Unknown
Maker, possibly by S. T. Gore, active 1820

Dimensions

7 × 17 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (17.78 × 43.815 × 20.955 cm)

Date

1800–1820

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Pine

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

"S. T. Gore," inscribed, on lid

Provenance

Patty Gargarin Antiques, Southport, Connecticut; sold to Bertram K. (1899–1993) and Nina Fletcher Little (1903–1993), Brookline, Massachusetts; consigned by their estate to Sotheby's, New York, January 29, 1994, lot 363. Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire (sale held Manchester, New Hampshire), August 3–4, 2002, lot 326

Associated names

Patty Gagarin Antiques
Nina Fletcher Little
Bertram K. Little
Sotheby's
Northeast Auctions

Bibliography

Sotheby's, New York, The Bertram K. Little and Nina Fletcher Little Collection, sale cat. (January 29, 1994), lot 363, ill.
Northeast Auctions, Manchester, N.H., New Hampshire Weekend Auction, sale cat. (August 3–4, 2002), 13, lot 326, ill.