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Lot 7
Oval Band Box, marked Bella F. Hersey (1817-1879), Hingham, Massachusetts, dated 1838.
18 November 2022, 10:00 EST
Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsSold for US$318.75 inc. premium
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Oval Band Box,
marked Bella F. Hersey (1817-1879), Hingham, Massachusetts, dated 1838.
Maple walls are lapped and secured with iron tacks, pine bottom and lid attached with square wooden pegs, impressed mark on lid reads "Bela.F.Hersey" and inscribed on underside, "Made by Cotton Hersey / for Lydia Hersey / in 1838" in pencil, (old repair to lid), 12cm wide, 7cm deep, 5cm high (5 1/4in wide, 3 1/2in deep, 2in high).
Maple walls are lapped and secured with iron tacks, pine bottom and lid attached with square wooden pegs, impressed mark on lid reads "Bela.F.Hersey" and inscribed on underside, "Made by Cotton Hersey / for Lydia Hersey / in 1838" in pencil, (old repair to lid), 12cm wide, 7cm deep, 5cm high (5 1/4in wide, 3 1/2in deep, 2in high).



