2015.0002 Chest of drawers, view 1
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Chest of drawers

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Creator (Role):

    John Shearer (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Frederick, Maryland, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1809

  • Museum Object Number:

    2015.0002


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Object Number

2015.0002

Object Name

Chest of drawers

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds drawn from the Centenary Fund.

Creator (Role)

John Shearer (Maker)

Place of Origin

Frederick, Maryland, United States, North America

Date

1809

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

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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