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Painted Box with Inset Lid, signed Burton A. Davenport, Phillips, Maine, c. 1885
18 November 2022, 10:00 EST
Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsSold for US$765 inc. premium
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Painted Box with Inset Lid,
signed Burton A. Davenport, Phillips, Maine, c. 1885
Wide case constructed with butt joints and cut nails, fitted inside with applied rails supporting fixed panels at sides and loose lid comprised of a through-tenoned and pinned panel with brass knob, inscribed on reverse "Burton A Davenport / Phillip / Franklin / County / Maine / Age 15 years..." in black ink, and "Cora Daisy Davenport / Phillips / Maine / Aug 18th 1889" in pencil, exterior grain-painted in dark red with simulated figured wood around border and center panel, unfinished bottom drilled through with three holes, (chipped), 43cm wide, 20cm deep, 12cm high (17 3/4in wide, 8 1/4in deep, 5 1/8in high).
Wide case constructed with butt joints and cut nails, fitted inside with applied rails supporting fixed panels at sides and loose lid comprised of a through-tenoned and pinned panel with brass knob, inscribed on reverse "Burton A Davenport / Phillip / Franklin / County / Maine / Age 15 years..." in black ink, and "Cora Daisy Davenport / Phillips / Maine / Aug 18th 1889" in pencil, exterior grain-painted in dark red with simulated figured wood around border and center panel, unfinished bottom drilled through with three holes, (chipped), 43cm wide, 20cm deep, 12cm high (17 3/4in wide, 8 1/4in deep, 5 1/8in high).



