Lot 36: Rare Small Oval Carrier

$500.00

Lot 36: Rare Small Oval Carrier

$500.00

With child’s drawings on the carrier, maple and pine, natural finish, swing handle with carved ends, and with copper rivets peened over with a flat washer inset inside, two fingers set with round head copper tacks, inscribed on bottom “To Brother Josie from Brother Maurinus”, extensive journal entry information by Dr. McCue, 2″ h (to rim) 4 1/2″ h (to top of handle), 5 3/4″ l.

Provenance:

Purchased from J. Brown (Lee, Mass.) in 1951 for $2.50

(Dr. McCue’s Journal Entry #145)

Estimate: $1,000-1,500