The Dennett Family Chippendale Mahogany Cradle, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Circa 1798

Please note, this lot will be offered without a reserve

Back of hood inscribed Presented to Col. John Dennett of Exeter by his Patriotic friends in the Town of Portsmouth, 1798.

Mrs. Rundlett, Malden, Massachusetts;
Daughters of the American Revolution, Exeter, New Hampshire Chapter

The American Monthly Magazine, edited by Mrs. Elroy M. Avery, Vol. 31, (July-December 1907), (Washington, DC: National Society, D.A.R.), 258.

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