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Description:
Three Make-do Bowls, 19th century, including a large red-washed turned bowl with tin repairs and added lug handles, and smaller slightly oblong bowl with metal and stitched repairs, and a turned bowl with stitched repair reportedly done by Joshua Bussell, the colony cobbler at the Alfred, Maine, Shaker community, lg. 22, 10, 8 1/2 in., respectively.
Estimate $400-600
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Stephen L. Fletcher
Partner/Executive Vice President and Chief Auctioneer
Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3000
Christopher D. Fox
Vice President
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3200
Paul O’Hara
Business Administrator, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3224
American Furniture & Decorative Arts
From the heart of New England, the American Furniture & Decorative Arts department regularly uncovers treasures with rich and enduring history and hosts auctions to world-wide renown.