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Labeled: John Selby
English
George II
1727–60
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Pine, leather, brass tacks and hardware
Dimensions
Overall: 54.6 x 109.9 x 58.4 cm (21 1/2 x 43 1/4 x 23 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Adelaide Sargent Poor in memory of Adelaide Joanna Sargent
Accession Number47.1360
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsBoxes
Furniture – Case furniture and boxes
Furniture – Case furniture and boxes
DescriptionLeather on wood studded on top and sides with brass nail heads forming tulips, fleur-de-lis, etc. Bound on front edges with pierced brass straps. Brass escutheon with crown above. On underside of hinged lid is the engraved paper label of John Selby, trunk maker to George II at Winsor Castle and London. Iron handles on both ends.
Marks
On underside of hinged lid is the engraved paper label of John Selby, trunk maker to George II at Windsor Castle and London.
ProvenanceProbably by descent through Captain John Bulkeley (b. 1740 - d. 1799), Boston, to his daughter, Mary Bulkeley (Mrs. Robert) Hewes (b. 1778 - d. 1879), Boston; to her daughter, Mary Ann Bulkeley Hewes (Mrs. Robert C.) Bacon (b. 1800 - d. 1867), Boston; to her daughter, Adelaide Joanna Bacon (Mrs. George D.) Sargent (b. 1838 - d. 1931), Boston [see note]; 1931, to her daughter, Mary Adelaide Sargent (Mrs. Clarence Henry) Poor (b. 1863 - d. 1962), Boston; 1947, gift of Mary Adelaide Sargent Poor to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 18, 1947)
NOTE: The chest was first lent to the MFA in 1916 by Mrs. George D. Sargent. When it was made a gift in 1947, Mrs. Poor stated that it had "belonged to a line of Bulkeley ancestors and my beloved mother Adelaide Joanna Sargent." She indicated it had come from the Bulkeley mansion in Boston, where her grandmother, Mary Ann Bulkeley Hewes, was born.
NOTE: The chest was first lent to the MFA in 1916 by Mrs. George D. Sargent. When it was made a gift in 1947, Mrs. Poor stated that it had "belonged to a line of Bulkeley ancestors and my beloved mother Adelaide Joanna Sargent." She indicated it had come from the Bulkeley mansion in Boston, where her grandmother, Mary Ann Bulkeley Hewes, was born.