Sold for:
$563
$563
Two Penwork-decorated Pine Boxes, by Emily Ruth Cossitt (1813-1897), Claremont, New Hampshire, c. 1849, rectangular boxes with hinged lids, decorated about the top and sides with flowers, cornucopia, and scrolled foliage, one signed and dated "E.R. Cossitt, Claremont, N.H., April 20, 1849" on the bottom, the other probably used as a sewing box, with a poem inscribed on the bottom in tribute to Emily's younger sister Harriet E. Cossitt (1826-1903), ht. 3 1/2, wd. 12, dp. 8 3/4 in. Minor wear, coated with a clear varnish, one barely used.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-08-12
