Sold for:
$15,210
$15,210
Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania dower chest by Christian Selzer, ca. 1780 , the lid decorated with 2 floral panels, over a case, the front with 2 rectangular panels with potted tulips within a foliate scroll border, the left pot is signed indistinctly, flanked by sides with black and white pinwheels, all on a stippled ground supported by short bracket feet, 20" h., 43 3/4" w. A similar example is pictured in Garvan, The Pennsylvania German Collection , fig. 11. Another work by Selzer is illustrated in Fabian, The Pennsylvania German Decorated Chest , plate 210. Provenance: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2007-04-21
