Lot 111: Sister’s Sewing Box

SOLD: $2,700 (without buyer’s premium)
Estimate: $1,200 – $1,800

Bird’s-eye maple, two cherry wood dovetailed inset trays, box with finely dovetailed construction, brass swing handle on lid, rectangular bone escutcheon on front, filled with Shaker sewing implements, bone buttons, bobbins, thread holders, tomato pincushion, turned mushroom shaped darner, knitting needles, thimble, scissors, yellow leather and silk cushion with chrome yellow emery, 4″ h, 12″ w, 7″ d.