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Lot 661
Sale 916 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Lots 1-410
Sep 30, 2021
6:00AM ET
Lots 411-816
Oct 1, 2021
6:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$4,000 -
6,000
Price Realized
$2,500
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Queen Anne Cherrywood and Maple Flat Top High Chest with Cornice Drawer
Massachusetts, Circa 1735
bearing chalk inscriptions to the back boards of the upper section: 1820 / Presented to … / by his Grand mama Lydia Melon (OR ALDEN?), the upper right drawer inscribed in chalk on the back board Lydia Melon 1820 Aged 87 years old, the underside of the top case is inscribed C.B. Swift AD 1733.
Height 68 1/4 x width 39 1/2 x depth 20 1/2 inches.
Height 68 1/4 x width 39 1/2 x depth 20 1/2 inches.
Property from the Estate of Paul Thomas Griffith, Dayton, Ohio