$2,585
Polychrome Paint Decorated Tin Shoeshine Box, America, 19th century, oval tin container with cast iron shoe rest affixed to the top, the side painted with a smiling black man wearing a red jacket surrounded by red lettering on a yellow ground "LAPALMA HOTEL SHOE SHINE & BRUSH. 5 (cents)." (minor dents, paint loss), ht. 9 1/4, dia. 10 1/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-08-14