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Lot 106
Sale 2816 - Americana
Apr 12, 2006
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$8,000 -
12,000
Lot Description
Carved and painted document box and diaries benjamin p. robinson, jr. , rhode island, 1834
The rectangular box with sliding lid painted green, the top incised with cannons, American flags, tents and stars; the case similarly decorated, the flags heightened with red , the front, carved with the inscription "United We Stand, Divided We Fall" above the date "1834" ; the sides Inscribed "Benjamin Robinson Jr," "1776," and "Washington" together with Robinson's diaries from 1850 to 1909.
H. 9 in. L. 18 1/4 in. 10 in.