Sold for:
$237
$237
Paneled and Carved Walnut Puzzle Box, Boston, 19th century, the box top with applied diamond-shaped reserve ornamented with cruciforms and arrows, the sides with applied raised chamfered panels and rippled molding, the blue-painted pine interior with three lift-out compartments, the lid of one is inscribed "Miss Emma C. Jenness./Old Hancock House/South Side of Faneuil Hall Boston Mass. No.1 Corn Court./In care of John Jenness," (losses to applied decoration), ht. 13 1/2, wd. 19 3/4, dp. 12 in. Literature: The 1870 Illuminated and Illustrated Business Directory of Boston lists "Hancock [House] J. Jenness 1 Corn ct." on p. 76.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-08-15
