Shaker Oval Covered "CREAM TARTAR" Box

Description:

Shaker Oval Covered "CREAM TARTAR" Box, Mount Lebanon, New York, c. 1840, pine top and bottom with bent maple sides joined with three fingers fastened with copper tacks, natural finish, with remnants of applied printed label "CREAM TARTAR" on one side of the box, ht. 2 3/8, wd. 4, lg. 6 1/8 in.

Literature: Gather Up the Fragments, p. 308.

Estimate $600-800


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