Inaugural Antiques Auction
The molded arched crest with clock opening above a molded frieze with scalloped border, the door flanked by applied fluted columns and opening to a listing of various rooms and porches. Height 26 1/4 inches, width 20 inches, depth 5 inches. From the Rocks, Bethlehem, NH. With label for Mrs. Lee. Frances Glessner Lee (1878-1962), was a pioneer of modern criminology. She was best known for her “Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death,” in which she would build extraordinarily detailed dioramas of real crime scenes and invited prosecutors, detectives and other investigators to a week long summit to study the scenes and hone their observational skills.
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