[Wooden chart box]
[c1790].
Polychromed wooden chart chest, decorated on the front panel in a ribbon banner, " J.R. Hobbs & Sons Cartographers Charts & Maps".
785 by 185 by 116mm (30.75 by 7.25 by 45.75 inches).
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Rare and fine chart case, probably made by the American chart maker, mapseller, and cartographer James R. Hobbs, active in the late eighteenth century. The box is finely painted with a banderole and monogram of an 'H' surmounted by a pair of compasses.
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