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Board chest |
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Object numberRIF6511 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions24 3/4 × 45 1/2 × 17 1/4 in. (62.87 × 115.57 × 43.82 cm) |
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Date175070 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyProbably made in(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumPine |
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MarksNone |
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Inscriptions"OWEN[N reversed] / O. / 1792," in paint on back board; "Mercy Phettyplace [illeg.] / Oliver Owen / OOMM," in chalk, on underside of lid |
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ProvenancePossibly Mercy Phettyplace, Rhode Island. Oliver Owen (17631825), Providence and Glocester, Rhode Island; possibly by descent in the Whipple family to Mrs. Walter Raymond Turner (née Marjorie Frances Boss 18951972), Scituate, then Riverside, and later Foster, Rhode Island; by descent to her daughter Mrs. Frederick Cottrell Clarke (née Dorothy Eaton Turner, 19302009), Jamestown, Rhode Island; thence by descent in her family |
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Associated namesDorothy Eaton Turner ClarkeMercy Phettyplace Oliver Owen Marjorie Frances Boss |