Antique 18thC American Federal Queen Anne Mahogany Bonnet-Top Highboy Salem Massachusetts 1790 Sculpture Pascin painted his surroundings and

Pascin painted his surroundings and friends

atop the elephant is her driver seated on a lion's pelt with the driver's ankus (a tool with a long handle & sharp metal point used by a Mahout to direct the elephant) resting on the lion's head

he married Sara Agatha Miles (1799-1830) in 1828

the front of the coffer with four deeply carved panels and an engraved brass escutcheon/lock plate above and the carved initials "C M"

A rare and unusual antique Anglo Indian carved side table

Antique 18thC American Federal Queen Anne Mahogany Bonnet-Top Highboy Salem Massachusetts 1790 Sculpture Pascin painted his surroundings andA good antique late 18th century mahogany Federal period highboy, chest on stand, Salem Massachusetts, circa 1790. This two section chest having wonderful proportions: the upper case has a closed bonnet top and arched molded pediment, with a carved pin wheel rosette and three caved & gilded finials. The top fitted with a deep central drawer with fan shaped carving and is flanked with two short drawers, there are four graduated drawers below. The base