$1,410
Small Paint Lap Desk, "Nathaniel M. Sargent Lynn 1823", Massachusetts, the rectangular dovetail-constructed box with wire hinged lid, decorated with green and black leaf and flower designs on a salmon-painted ground, the interior with three small compartments with similar decoration, ink inscription to interior lid, (imperfections), ht. 6 1/4, wd. 12, dp. 6 1/2 in. Provenance: Jim Richardson, Connecticut.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-02-18