$2,625
FOLK ART STONE INKWELL/AFRICAN AMERICAN INTEREST; Incised "1790" and "Cato Freeman" and with Masonic eye, snake and other decorative elements, marble; 2” x 4” x 2 1/2; Note: Card affixed to bottom connects inkwell to Cato Freedom (a.k.a. Freeman), an African-born man who lived in New York, fought in the Revolutionary War as a patriot and died in 1828.
Auctioneer:
Rago Auctions
Date:
2013-12-07