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American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
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- Sale 6113
Live
| Philadelphia
Nov 13 | 10:00 AM EST
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 6113
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$1,500 – $2,500
Including an oval, chip-carved box decorated with flowerheads, banding and the initial "B" enclosed in a coiling snake reserve, incised, "April 19, 1781" on underside; a watchman's rattle branded, "W.R."; a gentleman's folding leather wallet embossed with eagles on urns and landscape with Mt. Vernon; and a powderhorn with handwritten inscription "Samuel Capen's horn 1785."
L: 15 in. (horn)Samuel Billings Capen (1842-1914) was born in Boston to Samuel Childs and Ann Billings Capen. A merchant, Capen was active in the greater Boston community and served as President of the American Board of Foreign Missions. A direct descendant of the Capens that arrived in Massachusetts in 1630, his great-grandfather, Christopher Capen of Stoughton, enlisted in the Boston militia immediately after the Battle of Lexington. Finding it impossible to maintain his farm while in the military, his 15 year old son Samuel, took his place. The powderhorn may have belonged to him.
Provenance: Deaccessioned by the Board of Directors of the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center for acquisition funds.
The wallet accompanied by a handwritten note: "This wallet belonged to Samuel Billings Capen & came to me through his son's personalia through Dr. Edward Warren Capen my friend."
