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Lot  140 is paint decorated tulip poplar box with sliding lid. Depicting a painted peacock, rooster, and vases of tulips, this dates probably to South Eastern Pennsylvania, 1764. It is initialed and dated on sliding lid "BS 1764". An analysis of the paint was perform November 2010 by Jennifer L. Mass, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Scientific Research and Analysis Laboratory, Conservation Department, Winterhur Museum. h. 5 3/4 in., w. 17 in., d. 11 5/8 in. Estimate: $20,000 to $40,000.