拍品专文
A similar example from the Bernard M. Barenholtz collection was sold at Northeast Auctions, November 12, 1989, lot 556.
Property of COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION
Sold to Benefit Future Acquisitions
Like many other American museums, Colonial Williamsburg has been and continues to be in a state of evolution. As each generation strives to represent its view of the past most honestly, perspectives tend to change and focuses tend to narrow. With more than sixty years of study devoted to the city of Williamsburg and its context, we have learned much. As today's caretakers of this remarkable place, we work to insure that this informs the decisions we make for its preservation and presentation. As our understanding has evolved, some of the antiques acquired during the heady days when this collection was first assembled no longer seem relevant to current interpretations. Choosing not to hoard this material selfishly, the Foundation has deaccessioned redundant artifacts after a rigorous process of screening and review. Proceeds from these sales will be used for the acquisition of artifacts more in keeping with our current understanding of life as it was lived in eighteenth-cntury Williamsburg. Through continued study and collecting, we hope to maintain a fresh vision and understanding of this important place and its critical role in America's formative history.
A RED-PAINTED PINE STEP-BACK APOTHECARY'S CUPBOARD
细节
A RED-PAINTED PINE STEP-BACK APOTHECARY'S CUPBOARD
POSSIBLY VERMONT, 1750-1800
In two parts: the upper section with a rectangular top above a conforming case fitted with two panelled doors opening to an interior with two shelves over eighteen thumbmolded short drawers, each drawer front with illegible labels; the lower section with a rectangular top with molded edge above six thumbmolded short drawers over five thumbmolded medium drawers above two panelled doors, each drawer front with illegible labels
73½in. high, 42½in. wide, 17¾in. deep
POSSIBLY VERMONT, 1750-1800
In two parts: the upper section with a rectangular top above a conforming case fitted with two panelled doors opening to an interior with two shelves over eighteen thumbmolded short drawers, each drawer front with illegible labels; the lower section with a rectangular top with molded edge above six thumbmolded short drawers over five thumbmolded medium drawers above two panelled doors, each drawer front with illegible labels
73½in. high, 42½in. wide, 17¾in. deep
来源
Mink Hill Farms, Henniker, New Hampshire, 1965
展览
Williamsburg, Virginia, McKenzie Apothocary Shop, 1968-1985