American Furniture & Decorative Arts

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Grain-painted Pine Dome-top Box, New England, original mustard

and burnt sienna paint, (paint wear), ht. 14, wd. 30 1/4, dp. 15 in.

$400-600

283.

Paint-decorated Slide-lid Box, America, 19th century, rectangular

box, the slide-lid decorated with the name “CORA” in yellow with black

foliage, with creamy white Aesthetic Movement-style linear borders on

an orange-red ground, ht. 4 3/8, wd. 4, dp. 12 in.

$400-600

284.

Band Box, probably Massachusetts, second quarter 19th century,

deep oblong covered box with blue wavy line and white floral diamond

varnishes on an ivory-colored ground, (minor edge losses, light stains),

ht. 11, wd. 14 1/2, lg. 1 1/2 in.

$150-250

285.

Green-painted Pine Candle Box, America, 19th century, with pierced

arched back and make-do wire repairs to cracks on side panels,

containing ten beeswax candles, old green paint over earlier blue and

green, (age cracks, paint loss), ht. 11 1/4, wd. 7 3/8, dp. 5 3/8 in.

$250-350

286.

Folk Art Carved and Painted Figures in a Box, 19th century,

depicting a man and woman seated on a bench, he wears a red cap

and an apron with an object on his lap which he is hammering, he holds

the hammer in the hand of his articulated arm, she is seated beside

him wearing a white cap and apron over a brown dress, the figures

are mounted inside a wood box with red-painted exterior with leather-

hinged rear door, (paint wear, losses), overall ht. 10, wd. 9, dp. 7 1/2 in.

$400-600

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