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Lot 43
Sale 6128 - American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Apr 27, 2021
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$8,000 -
12,000
Lot Description
An Irish stitch pocketbook of John Stevens, Jr. Possibly Perth Amboy, NJ, dated "1774"
Worked with polychrome wool yarns in an overall carnation pattern, and closing with engraved shaped silver clasp, the interior bearing the name, "John Stevens junr November 19, 1774"; together with a tune book with paper wrappers inscribed in ink, "Esther Freebody/her book 1786," with four pages of handwritten music.
8 in. x 4 1/4 in.