Sold for:
$184

Brass-mounted Leather-clad Trunk, Boston, 1830-36, the lid mounted with oval plaque engraved "Boston Wharf Company," the interior clad with blue and white polka dot wallpaper, and paper label "James Boyd, Saddler, Military Cap Trunk & Harness Maker, No. 27 Merchants Row, Boston," with original iron and brass hardware, ht. 10, lg. 18, wd. 12 in. Note: A similar trunk by the same maker is pictured in Nina Fletcher Little, Neat & Tidy , p. 37.


Skinner

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2011-07-28