The John Brown Group of Chinese Export Armorial Reticulated Baskets18th/19th C. With Brown Family Monograms, "JB" for John Brown. Comprising, four baskets and three underplates in two sizes.
Chips, repairs, losses. surface distress.
Provenance: John Brown (1736-1803), Providence, Rhode Island;
To his daughter, Sarah Brown Herreshoff (1773-1846);
To her son Charles Frederick Herreshoff (1809-1888);
Thus by descent in the Herreshoff Family line.
Literature: Wendy Ann Cooper, “The Furniture and Furnishings of John Brown, Merchant of
Providence, 1736-1803,†University of Delaware, Master’s Thesis, 1971, pp.94-95 and 106. Not Illustrated.
Largest: 4 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (12.1 x 23.5 x 21 cm.)
Condition
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