$652
Three Paint-decorated Tinware Items, America, early 19th century, a small dome-top trinket box, the front decorated with red and green flowers painted on a white band, the bottom indistinctly inscribed "Lu---us Brown/Albion/Me. /1844"; a small wall pocket decorated with a stylized blossom and leaf in red and ochre; and a small tea cannister ornamented with a flowering vine, (paint losses, hinge separation on box), ht. 2 5/8, 7 5/8, 2 3/4 in., respectively. Normal scattered paint losses associated with age and wear.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-07