(MASSACHUSETTS) Seymour; engraver Early trade card for John

Sale 2533 - Lot 150

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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

(MASSACHUSETTS.) Seymour; engraver. Early trade card for John H. Merckell's Variety Fur-Store in Boston. Illustrated card, 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, on laid paper; toned and lightly foxed, untrimmed. Boston, circa 1790s

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John Henry Merckell's store at 69 Newbury Street offered "all kinds of Muffs & Trimmings in the neatest manner, and at the most reasonable terms." He appeared at this address as a furrier in the 1796 and 1798 Boston directories; he had moved on to a different address by 1800. The trade card is illustrated with a fur muff, as well as the measuring tools of his trade. The engraver was probably Joseph H. Seymour, who was active in Boston during this period.