Lot # 800
The Michael Schnall Collection of American Folk Art, August 2, 2008
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LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA PAINTED AND DECORATED DOME-TOP BOX, ATTRIBUTED TO THE COMPASS ARTIST, 1800-1840.
Sold: $23,400.00 ($20,000)
Of dovetailed construction with red and white compass decoration over a blue ground. Pine and poplar with a punched sheet-iron hasp. Height 10 inches, width 14 inches, depth 9 inches.
Literature: For closely related examples see American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Collection, pp. 172 and 459; and Pook & Pook, The Dr. And Mrs. Donald Shelley Collection, April 20, 2007, lot 210.
Literature: For closely related examples see American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Collection, pp. 172 and 459; and Pook & Pook, The Dr. And Mrs. Donald Shelley Collection, April 20, 2007, lot 210.
