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Lot 213
Sale 3009 - The Forbes Collections
Dec 14, 2016
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$600 -
800
Price Realized
$1,600
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Lot Description
An American ebony-inlaid tiger oak cash register National Cash Register Co., Dayton, Ohio, circa 1891
Of typical form, the case and drawer inlaid with Greco-Roman anthemion and wave motifs, the main section mounted with a dedication plaque reading: "Presented to Malcolm and Bertie Forbes with appreciation for a September weekend their NCR guests will long remember. Robert S. Oelman, R. Stanley Laing"; several tabs and keys humorously altered; the drawer with modeled gargoyle pull.
H: 19, W: 16, D: 15 in.