AMERICAN GRAIN-PAINTED LIFT-TOP BLANKET/DOWER CHEST,Late 18th - early 19th century. Weathered ochre paint; molded banded edge - L: 48 in. Estimate $400-600
PROVENANCE: From personal property owned by the William Bradford Bishop family, Bethesda , MD, and sold at Col. James Auction Gallery in Silver Spring, MD, in July 1976. William Bradford Bishop murdered his wife, mother and three sons on March 1, 1976 in what is considered "one of the most heinous crimes in Montgomery County history" (The Man Who Got Away, Bethesda Magazine) and he was added to the FBI List of Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives in April 2014
