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The Massachusetts Collection of Maryellen and Brendan O'Toole
Lot 95

Six Paint-decorated Wood Items and Candlestick,
New England, 19th century.

18 November 2022, 10:00 EST
Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

Sold for US$408 inc. premium

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Six Paint-decorated Wood Items and Candlestick,

New England, 19th century.
Includes a cutlery box with canted corners; carved black cat figure with hinged tail; drying rack; diminutive hearth brush gilt and painted on a green ground, with natural bristles; bellows with tacked leather and brass fittings, stencil-decorated in red, green, and bronze on a yellow ground; and a miniature bureau labeled "Litchfield & Holbrook, / Hand Made / MINIATURE FURNITURE / AND TOYS. / FREE STREET, / SO. HINGHAM, MASS." on the back; and a tinned sheet iron candlestick with ring handle soldered to square drip pan, (paint loss, chips), largest, 43cm wide, 17cm deep, 71cm high (17 3/4in wide, 7 1/2in deep, 28in high).

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Candle dryer, Susan H. Wirth, Union, Connecticut, 2008; miniature chest, "found in Johnson, Vermont."

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