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Lot 9_2
Sale 6128 - American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Apr 27, 2021
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$4,410
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A patch box made from William Penn's "Treaty Elm" early 19th century
The lid set with a silver medallion engraved with monogram "WMP"; with paper label to interior, inscribed in ink, "This Box was made from a part of the celebrated Elm tree under the shade of which William Penn the Founder of Pennsylvania made a Treaty with the Indians in the year 1682."
Dia: 3 in.