Fine Group
of Painted Oval
Opposing-Finger Boxes  

New England, probably Hingham, Massachusetts, ca. 1840.

Original paint on pine top and bottoms with maple sidewalls. Ranging in length from 4 to 6 ¼ inches. The smallest box engraved “CH”, likely for Cotton Hersey, a prominent Hingham maker. The largest box has the lid interior signed, it appears to read “Ephriana Hildrethe Bank”.

For reference, see Bucket Town: Woodenware and Wooden Toys of Hingham, Massachusetts 1635-1945 by Derin T. Bray.