Connecticut, Likely Colchester – Norwich Area with an East Hadam History
This carved cherrywood bonnet-top-chest-on-chest relates to other Colchester and Norwich area chests.
In three parts, the top case with rosetted swans’ neck crest and three beautiful finials
above a case featuring inset fluted-quarter-columns flanking the fan-carved drawer centered by two pair of short drawers above four graduated drawers: the lower section with three graduated drawers sits within a molded and valanced frame raised on bandy legs resting on claw and ball feet.
An old note inside the top center drawer documents the early ownership of this chest to East Hadam, Connecticut.
East Haddam is one of the oldest and largest towns in Connecticut. The town is situated on the Connecticut River, about 16 miles north from Long Island Sound, or Saybrook Point, about 32 miles south from Hartford, and fourteen below Middletown. It is bounded on the north by Chatham and Colchester, on the east by Colchester and Salem, on the south by Lyme, and on the west by the Connecticut and Salmon Rivers; the last named divides the town from Haddam Neck, which is a part of Haddam, lying west of the Connecticut River.
Captain Doctor John Percival (1705-1786) and Hannah Whitmore (1711-1803) of East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut. Percival had fourteen children. Several sons served in the Revolution and were doctors.
Dr. Gordon Percival (1749-1825) was born in East Haddam and married Sarah Chapman (1762-1830) in October 1778.
Jabez Chapman Percival (1787-1872) born in East Haddam married Anna Burham (1793-1875)
Charlotte Maria Percival (1833-1910) born in New York married Hiram Bangs Smith (1831-1893)
Item Date: Circa 1785
Measurement: Height: 83.5"; Lower Case: 42.5" x 20.75"; Upper Case: 36" x 17.25"
Material: Cherry, white pine
Item Condition: Very good, original hardware and finials, chip to base of one finial. Although very difficult to see there is a very old repair of a drawer lip that may be an in-the -making repair or was facilitated during the chests’ very early period.
Price: $21,750
SKU 270-208
For More Information, Please Contact David Hillier at 978-597-8084 or email drh@aaawt.com.
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