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From: David A. Schorsch, "Living with Antiques: A Collection of American Folk Art in the Midwest," Antiques 138 (October 1990): 782
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Spice chest

Object number

RIF6467

Maker

Maker George Robert Lawton, 1813–1885

Dimensions

20 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 6 in. (52.07 × 31.75 × 15.24 cm)

Date

ca. 1840

Current location

Private collection

Geography

Made in Scituate, Rhode Island
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Medium

Pine

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Midwestern private collection 1990

Bibliography

David A. Schorsch, "Living with Antiques: A Collection of American Folk Art in the Midwest," Antiques 138, no. 4 (October 1990): 782, pl. 10.