$2,115
Miniature Wallpaper Covered Dome-top Box, probably New England, early 19th century, rectangular covered box with wire hinged lid covered with brown leaf and dot patterned wallpaper, the interior lined with white paper, the lid affixed with a paper heart inscribed Asenath Phillips, the box containing four early 19th century and Civil war era receipts, handbill, and a ballad, ht. 2 3/8, wd. 2 1/2, lg. 4 in. Provenance: Ex Bertram K. Little and Nina Fletcher Little collection, retaining auction label for their collection sold at Sotheby's in New York, October 21 and 22, 1994.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-11-04