Fall Americana Auction
Lot 485:
Height 5.5 inches, width 10 inches, depth 5.75 inches. Inscribed on each end of the inside of the chest, on one end: "Foster, Feb 14 1826, The nightingale doth sweetly sign to welcome in the cheerful spring." On the other: ‘Though so lovely and so fair, a winding sheet we soon must wear.’ Purchased in Wallingford Connecticut in March 1946.
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