Early Red Painted 9 Drawer Spice Chest in Original Condition, circa Late 19^th – Early 20^th Century. The Drawers still have Original Paper Spice Labels, some fully worn. In many instances when the drawers are opened another spice name is written on the side. In addition, the drawers have their Original Porcelain Pulls which add character to the piece, and the Back of the Chest is covered with a Tin Sheet. Construction throughout is with Small Cut Nails giving some guide to the Late 19^th Century Origin. The Tin Sheet uses slightly larger nails with wide heads. The Original Red Paint displays Good Age; there is In-use Wear to the Edges and Top of the Chest. One minor mouse chew to the inside of a bottom box (see photo). It measures 14” in width, 7” in depth (8” with the drawer pulls included), and 11” in height. A Wonderful Example of an Early Wooden Spice Chest.

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Price $995 plus shipping

“Boats Docked, Cape Ann” An Oil-on-Canvas Board, Artist Marguerite Elliot Peaslee (1901 – 1961), Massachusetts, circa 1940s. Peaslee was engaged as an Art Supervisor in the Berlin, Massachusetts, schools among others and was an active artist working in Landscape, Still Life, and Marine Painting. Information on verso was taken from “Artists of the Rockport Art Association”, 1940, providing a photo of the artist at work and the wide range of activities in which Peaslee was engaged. (See Photographs) Image Size 15 ½” x 11 ½”; Frame Size 19’ x 15”. Painting is identified on verso; Signed in lower right front. Painting is in Excellent Original Condition with a New Complementary Frame. Appealing Cape Ann Painting representing Women in the Arts.

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Nice 19^th Century Hand Made Oak Splint Storage Basket with Notched Bow Handles and Alternating Blue Dyed Weavers, possibly Native American in Origin. A double rim with single wrapping was used at the top and the bottom splints were left open, so the basket could breathe. It may well have been used to hold dry herbs. Aside from Minor Age Wear and a Small Split to the Edge of one of the Bow Handles (not a full break), the Basket is in Excellent Condition. Measurements: 11” in length, 7 ½” in width, and 4 ½” in height (the handles come up another 1 ¼”).

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Exceptionally Well-Designed New England Marking Sampler, believed to be Massachusetts in Origin, circa 1820s – 1830s. While Early Marking Samplers are common in New England, this Example is rather Exceptional. A Silk on Linen Sampler, it is Larger than the Typical Design; Displays Good Contrast of Colors; includes Six complete Alphabets in Different Sizes and Stitch Patterns; Uses Decorative Bands Separating the Alphabets in Different Colors and Stitch Patterns; and is Embellished with a Surrounding Multicolored Flowering Vine Uniquely Linked to the Final Band of the Sampler. In Very Good Condition, the Sampler Size is 12” wide and 15 ½” in height; Placed in Newer Maple Frame, the total Size is 13 ½” in width and 17” in height.

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Price $575 plus shipping