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THBRare Pierpont Family Pilgrim Century Lift Top Chest
About Seller
PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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About Auction
LiveMar 12, 2025
Featuring fine and rare Pilgrim century furniture, including a paneled oak valuables cabinet from the Mason-Messinger shop; works by North Shore cabinetmakers and joiners such as James Symonds of Salem, Thomas Chase of Newbury, and Thomas Dennis of Ipswich; Boston furniture including a Japanned Queen Anne high chest; decorative arts including 17th-century British ceramics, Nottingham carved mugs, Wrotham, Elers, Ralph Simpson, British Delft, Staffordshire, Westerwald, needlework jewelry caskets, mezzotints, and a rare Boston shell-framed coat of arms. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
attributed to Cambridge or Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1680, with original hinged lid and open interior, paneled back and sides, original lock and hinges, 25 x 46 x 17-1/2 in.
Provenance: Descent in the Pierpont family; Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts
Note: An old handwritten note inside the lid records that "This chest was brought from England by the Pierpont family who came to America in 1640. It was in the family of Ebenezer Pierpont, who was the son of Samuel Pierpont, eldest son of Joseph Pierpont, the first of the name that settled in North Haven. Said Joseph was one of the sons of Reverend James Pierpont of New Haven. This chest was given by Ebenezer Pierpont to Rufus Pierpont, son of his cousin Daniel Pierpont in 1854, with a request that it be kept in the Pierpont family..."
- Provenance
Descent in the Pierpont family; Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts
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- Condition
survives in an excellent state of preservation, appears to retain its original lid, battens, lock, and moldings, minor pest damage at foot bottoms, stains and finish wear, especially at top, other very minor surface flaws
