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Blue Stool with Polychrome Star
Estimate:
CA$800 - CA$1,200
Sold
CA$11,000
Live Auction
Canadiana
Size
8.25" x 18.5" x 8.25".
Category
Description
An early 19th-century footstool in original blue paint with a deeply carved red, white and blue star at the centre of the top that also has a scalloped border carved in relief. The maker's name "A.E. Bowden." is lettered in two-tone paint on the front skirt. Constructed with square nails and having chamfered bootjack ends. Likely Nova Scotia, mid-19th century.
Condition
Very good condition.
Provenance
From the Wendy B. Hamilton and late Bill Hamilton Lifetime Collection.
