Lot 35: Chippendale Mahogany Serpentine Chest

Chippendale Mahogany Serpentine Chest
having shaped molded top over conforming chest of four drawers with original brasses, center carved fan drop flanked by ogee feet
likely Boston circa 1760, note in drawer reads: “This bureau belonged to my mother’s father Eboneezer Beckford of Salem, Massachusetts who died in 1817 then into my mother’s possession from hence to me many years since Hannah H.B. Webb 1889 my mother was Mrs. Nathan Robinson of Salem, Massachusetts” second note reads: “Bureau belonging to my Grandfather Ebenezer Beckford who died in 1907 HHBW”
height 32 1/4 inches, width 36 inches, top 23 3/4″ x 39 1/2″

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Estimate: $2500- $4500

Auction Date: October 24, 2026