Comb Box

Description:

Comb Box, Harwinton, Connecticut, 18th century, the shaped back with narrow pocket for holding a comb, old surface, ht. 7, wd. 6 in.

Elliot & Grace Snyder, 1987.

Note: Inscription on back reads "Presented/by Belinda Bartholemew/89 years old Sept. last 1875/the oldest person living in the/Town of Harvinton, Conn./gift by her grandmother."
Estimate $1,500-3,000


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