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Lot 206
Sale 5248 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Nov 15, 2017
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$2,300
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Copper and brass money box made for Ebenezer Clough (1767-1848) of Boston, Massachusetts Made by Coppersmith Nathan Alley, Boston, MA, circa 1820
Ledger sheet hand-written by Ebenezer Clough affixed to underside of lid with detailed accounting of $415 deposited in box in 1820. The lengthy inscription begins "Boston Jan. 1st 1820. This day I got Mr. Nathn Alley the Coppersmith to make me this trunk give him $0.25 for it...Very good doings for this year May I do as well in the next."
H: 6 1/2 in. L: 15 1/2 in. D: 10 in.