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Chest of drawers
John Shearer
1809
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Shearer (Maker)
Place of Origin
Maryland; Frederick; United States; North America
Museum Object Number
2015.0002
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds drawn from the Centenary Fund.
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Object Number
2015.0002
Object Name
Chest of drawers
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
John Shearer (Maker)
Place of Origin
Maryland; Frederick; United States; North America
Date
1809
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Top drawer interior proper left
Inscription: "Shearer"
Type: Inscription
Location: Top drawer interior back
Inscription: "By Shearer 1809"
Type: Inscription
Location: Top drawer exterior back
Inscription: "by Shearer Joiner 1809"
Type: Inscription
Location: Top drawer exterior proper right
Inscription: "Shearer"
Type: Inscription
Location: 2nd drawer interior inside back
Inscription: "Shearer 1809"
Type: Inscription
Location: 2nd drawer exterior back
Inscription: "Shearer a joiner from Edinburgh"
Type: Inscription
Location: 3rd drawer exterior bottom
Inscription: "By Shearer to Miss Sarah Cramer 1809"
Type: Inscription
Location: Interior case behind 3rd drawer
Inscription: "Made to Miss Salome Kramer & payed for by me John Shearer Sept 1809"
Type: Inscription
Location: Center lozenge of the top drawer
Inscription: "Victory to the Great Duke Charles of Austria"
Type: Inscription
Location: In the crowned banner above the lozenge
Inscription: "The Immortal Lion AdLd Nelson"
Type: Inscription
Location: In the pendant below the lozenge
Inscription: "Ad Cochron"
Type: Inscription
Location: Above the masks from which the center pendants hang, proper right
Inscription: "Colenwood"
Type: Inscription
Location: Above the masks from which the center pendants hang, proper left
Inscription: "Northest"
Type: Inscription
Location: Boss inlaid at the center of the top's front edge
Inscription: "To Miss Salome Krammer"
Type: Inscription
Location: Banner suspended from swags on the second drawer
Inscription: "By Shearer"
Type: Inscription
Location: On the lozenge inlays drawn with fouled anchors, above the drawer pulls on the top drawer, proper left
Inscription: "Glory and Death"
Type: Inscription
Location: On the lozenge inlays drawn with fouled anchors, above the drawer pulls on the top drawer, proper right
Inscription: "Death and Glory"
Mark/Signature: No
Dimensions (inches)
38.31 (H) x 36.19 (W) x 24 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
97.307 (H) x 91.923 (W) x 60.96 (D)