$999
Two Small Painted Tinware Items, Maine and America, early 19th century, a yellow book-form box with red and green floral sprig decoration and "G" monogram, attributed to Stevens Plains, Maine, together with a rectangular trunk with hinged lid, painted red with a white, green, and yellow floral spray, yellow linear borders, (minor scattered paint losses), book-form 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. , trunk ht. 2 5/8, wd. 6 3/4, dp. 3 7/8 in. Literature: The book-form box is illustrated and attributed to Stevens Plains in American Painted Tinware, Vol. II, by Gina Martin and Lois Tucker, Historical Society of American Decoration Inc., New York, p. 20.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-02-20