Decorative Arts
1723 American Miniature Blanket Chest
Appraiser
Ronald Bourgeault
Updated Value (2020)
$4,000 - $6,000 Auction
APPRAISED VALUE (2006)
$3,000 - $5,000 Auction
Update: May 18, 2009
In this segment, Cassie, the owner of the miniature blanket chest, says the inscription on the front of the piece — "Joseph Baldwin, 1723" — refers to her ancestor, born on September 14, 1702, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. After this episode aired, a viewer wrote in claiming lineage to the same Joseph Baldwin (his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather), who he says was born on the same day but in Billerica, Massachusetts — not Uxbridge. It is difficult to say exactly whose inscription is on the box, as there were numerous Joseph Baldwins living in Massachusetts at that time. Information from the Massachusetts Vital Records Project does record a Joseph Baldwin born in Billerica, Massachusetts, on September 14, 1702. Birth records for Uxbridge, Massachusetts, do not seem to exist for dates prior to its incorporation as a town in 1727.
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