Sold for:
$76,050
$76,050
Heinrich Bucher, Berks County, Pennsylvania, late 18th/early 19th c. , painted and decorated oval bentwood ribbon box, the fitted lid with elaborate potted flowers and dot and sawtooth border, the sides with profuse floral decoration on a blue/black ground, 7 1/2" h., 16 1/2" l., 11 1/2" d. An exceptional example of this man's work. For similar examples, see Garvan, The Pennsylvania German Collection , pg. 11; and the collection of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Scott, Jr., Christie's, June 1994, lot 426. Provenance: George Horace Lorimer.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2007-04-21
