Furniture
John Shearer (Maker)
Frederick, Maryland, United States, North America
1809
2015.0002
Object Number2015.0002 |
Chest of drawers
Furniture
Museum purchase with funds drawn from the Centenary Fund.
John Shearer (Maker)
Frederick, Maryland, United States, North America
1809
1. Inscription; Top drawer interior proper left; "Shearer"
2. Inscription; Top drawer interior back; "By Shearer 1809"
3. Inscription; Top drawer exterior back; "by Shearer Joiner 1809"
4. Inscription; Top drawer exterior proper right; "Shearer"
5. Inscription; 2nd drawer interior inside back; "Shearer 1809"
6. Inscription; 2nd drawer exterior back; "Shearer a joiner from Edinburgh"
7. Inscription; 3rd drawer exterior bottom; "By Shearer to Miss Sarah Cramer 1809"
8. Inscription; Interior case behind 3rd drawer; "Made to Miss Salome Kramer & payed for by me John Shearer Sept 1809"
9. Inscription; Center lozenge of the top drawer; "Victory to the Great Duke Charles of Austria"
10. Inscription; In the crowned banner above the lozenge; "The Immortal Lion AdLd Nelson"
11. Inscription; In the pendant below the lozenge; "Ad Cochron"
12. Inscription; Above the masks from which the center pendants hang, proper right; "Colenwood"
13. Inscription; Above the masks from which the center pendants hang, proper left; "Northest"
14. Inscription; Boss inlaid at the center of the top's front edge; "To Miss Salome Krammer"
15. Inscription; Banner suspended from swags on the second drawer; "By Shearer"
16. Inscription; On the lozenge inlays drawn with fouled anchors, above the drawer pulls on the top drawer, proper left; "Glory and Death"
17. Inscription; On the lozenge inlays drawn with fouled anchors, above the drawer pulls on the top drawer, proper right; "Death and Glory"
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