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THBCarved Oak and Pine "MH" Hadley Chest
Lot 2050
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Bonhams Skinner
274 Cedar Hill Street
Marlborough, MA 01752
United States
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Timed Auction in Progress ... Currently on Lot Estimate:
$30,000 - $50,000
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By Bonhams Skinner
Aug 3, 2020 - Aug 12, 2020
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2020-08-03 12:00:00
2020-08-12 19:00:00
America/New_York
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Bidsquare : The Kolar Collection
https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/skinner/the-kolar-collection-5378
Carefully assembled over decades by collector, scholar, and author John Kolar, the collection is an impressive grouping of painted furniture, Windsor chairs, folk art, pottery, and weathervanes from 18th and 19th century America Bonhams Skinner bidsquare@bonhamsskinner.com
Carefully assembled over decades by collector, scholar, and author John Kolar, the collection is an impressive grouping of painted furniture, Windsor chairs, folk art, pottery, and weathervanes from 18th and 19th century America Bonhams Skinner bidsquare@bonhamsskinner.com
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- Lot Description
Carved Oak and Pine "MH" Hadley Chest, Hadley, Massachusetts, area, late 17th/early 18th century, the hinged pine top above a fully carved joined case of panels above two drawers, the initials "MH" surrounding by repeating star, foliate, and tulip motifs, and a single heart below, old surface, ht. 38 3/4, wd. 42 3/4, dp. 18 1/2 in.
Provenance: The initials on this chest may relate to Miriam Hovey, the daughter of Lieutenant Thomas and Sarah Cook Hovey, who was born August 27, 1689, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony; Mrs. George C. Bryant, Ansonia, Connecticut; Spencer and Judd, Essex, Connecticut; to a Boston area collection.
Literature: In Clair Franklin Luther, The Hadley Chest, 1935, this chest is described as No. 40, p. 137.
The Newtown Bee in 1973 ran an article headlined "Rare Hadley Chest to be featured at the Connecticut Show."
Estimate $30,000-50,000
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