Property of a Private Collector
The Hall Family Pine Paint Decorated Dollhouse, Circa 1860
Lot Closed
January 24, 08:08 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Kendra and Allan Daniel
The Hall Family Pine Paint Decorated Dollhouse
Early 19th Century
Inscribed on the back A Birthday Present Cara & Theresa Hall from their Grandmama Hall Oct. 1st 1855. Also the letter G painted on back.
Height 59 1/2 in. by Width 37 in. by Depth 20 1/2 in.
Morgan James Hall (1800-1830) m. Elsie Lansing Oakey (1799-1884), Albany, New York;
Abraham Oakey Hall (1826 - 1898) m. Lydia A Nicholas (b. 1853), New York;
given as a birthday present to their daughters, Cara De La Montagnie Hall (1850-1938) and Maria Theresa Hall (1852-1891);
descended in the Hall family.
This dollhouse is an early 19th century cupboard that was subsequently paint decorated as a dollhouse in 1855. It descended in the family of Mayor Abraham Oakey Hall (1826-1898). Inscribed on its back is the name Cara for his daughter Cara de la Montagnie Hall (1850-1938) and Maria Theresa Hall (1852-1891). Cara married Thomas Holdup Stevens III (1848-1914) on April 29, 1903.
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