April 26, 2024
c.1840 BOX -NY STATE GENERAL STORE BROADSIDE INTERIOR
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YOU EITHER FEEL THIS PIECE OR NOT! IT IS A TABLETOP DOMETOP BOX MEASURING 20" WIDE WITH AN EARLY GENERAL STORE BROADSIDE ATTACHED TO THE INTERIOR - BOTH ON THE LID AND IN THE BOX ITSELF. IT IS DATED MAY 11, 1837, AND IS AN ADVERTISMENT FOR A 'NEW STORE - NEW GOODS' OPPOSITE 'MR. RUSSELL'S TAVERN' IN THE TOWN OF SCOTT, NY. SUCH STORES SELLING A FULL LINE OF SUPPLIES TO THE WAVES OF PEOPLE TRAVELLING ON THE ERIE CANAL TO POINTS WEST WERE BOOMING IN THE 1830'S IN NEW YORK STATE. MR .WALDO, THE PROPRIETOR, ALSO EMPHASIZES THAT HIS NEW STORE OFFERS GOODS'AS LOW AS CAN BE PURCHASED WEST OF ALBANY' - THUS HOPING TO CATCH THE BUSINESS OF THOSE WHO LOOKED TO STOCK-UP AS FAR WESTWARDS AS POSSIBLE. CONDITION: THE BROADSIDE LINER HAS SUFFERED AND HAS LOSSES. THE REMAINDER IS STABLE HOWEVER. THE BOX ITSELF HAS ONE COAT OF LATER 19TH C. LEAD PAINT IN A DARK RED. HINGES ARE REPLACED. ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION IS SQUARE NAILED.EVEN THOUGH I DON'T NORMALLY CONSIDER OBJECTS WITH DAMAGE - THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF THE BOX'S INTERIOR CHARMS ME. THE BOX WOULD DISPLAY WONDERFULLY OPEN, ALONG WITH OTHER OBJECTS OF THE PERIOD - AS THE BLUE BROADSIDE IS VERY ELECTRIC AND THE BLACK LETTERS QUITE BOLD. QUESTIONS ARE WELCOME AND PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER AUCTIONS THIS WEEK!
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