$984
Shaker Oval Covered Box, Mount Lebanon, New York, c. 1840, pine top and bottom with bent maple sides joined with three fingers fastened with copper tacks, light brown varnished surface, the interior lid with penciled presentation inscription from a Shaker sister, (mineral deposits on surface of cover), ht. 2 1/4, wd. 4, lg. 6 1/8 in. Literature: Gather Up the Fragments , p. 308. A lengthy gift inscription appears on the inside of the lid of this box: "Presented/By Betsy Crosman/to Sarah Crother/June 30 1874/Truely I love the Giver/her life is one of/sweet Contentment." Betsy Crosman was born on February 27, 1804, in Wilmington, Vermont. She was one of a group of converts made at Wilmington by New Lebanon Shaker Calvin Green. She moved with her family to New Lebanon in 1819. She lived at the North Family and then the Church Family, where she served as a Deaconess. Crosman was a weaver and a tailoress; she died on November 24, 1892, aged 88.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-06-15
