Lot 150: Cherry Desk on Stand

SOLD: $1,947 (includes Buyer’s Premium)
Estimate: $800 – $1,200

19th c. New England, slant lid, desk on stand, cherry, old refinish, inlaid mariner’s compass rose star on lid, lipped drawer under with stamped oval brasses, original separate base with square tapered legs, banded cuffs, five-drawer interior, five cubbyholes, small dovetailed secret drawer (2″ h, 6″ l) hidden behind middle drawer, signed in pencil “John A. Brown, Albany, VT.” and “$10,000 cash box” underneath, 29 1/2″ writing h, (ex. Archibald estate, Powder Point, Duxbury, MA).