Margaret Albert’s Decorated Slide-Lid Box

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American decorated slide-lid box

Tear Sheet


Adams County, Pennsylvania

c. 1795

Pine dovetailed box with sliding lid retaining the original decoration of a pot of flowers and sponging

Ht. 6 ¼”, W. 20 ¼”, D. 11 ½”

Inscribed on the lid “Margared Alberd 1795”

Provenance: Descended in the Albert family of Adams County and Philadelphia; Private Texas Collection

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