AMERICAN PAINT-DECORATED TIN / TOLEWARE ARTICLES, LOT OF FIVE, various decorations, comprising three chest/document examples with hinged covers consisting two domed with wire handles and one flat with a brass handle, a compressed cylinder-form chamberstick with burner, and a spool-form shaker. Flat top example repainted surface, remaining retain original painted surface. 19th century. Chests 3" x 4 3/4" to 6 1/8" x 10".
Good overall condition with expected moderate to heavy wear, light denting; dome chest with some minor repairs to hinges; smallest chest with significant losses to decoration and a small hole to one corner.
Provenance: The estate collection of Alan R. Shirkey, Harrisonburg, VA.

Good overall condition with expected moderate to heavy wear, light denting; dome chest with some minor repairs to hinges; smallest chest with significant losses to decoration and a small hole to one corner.