03-07-201003-07-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2494Boston
March 7, 2010 11:00 AMCalender
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Group of 19th Century Ephemera

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$356$300
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2494Location: BostonDate / Time: March 07, 2010 11:00AM

Description:

Group of 19th Century Ephemera, including fourteen printed rewards of merit, six printed merchant advertisements, three from Providence, Rhode Island, an 1805 handwritten deed to property located in Preston, Connecticut; an ink sketch on paper of "A Chinese Temple," a small graphite on paper sketch of a village road with orchards, a church, and a covered bridge; a lithographed silk pincushion depicting "Queen Caroline/Born May 17th 1768" with a verse on the reverse, five carte-de-visites, three depicting paintings of Chinese port scenes, two portraits of a girl; and a woven silk Centennial ribbon.
Estimate $200-250

Keywords

Preston, Caroline, Connecticut, Rhode Island