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Lot 517

Framed Bodice with Savannah Provenance, 18th Century

Estimate: $150 - $250

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$0 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
$300,000 $10,000
Property from a Savannah Estatein a shadowbox frame, with label that reads: 'Rev. Grandmother, Mary (Sharp) Low gave twenty of her silk dresses to the cause of the Revolution - This is the waist of one of them- She was the mother of Eliza Green Low Robarts and the wife of Maj. Philip Low Rev. War'. Mary Sharpe Jones Low was the widow of John Jones (1749-1779) who died in the Siege of Savannah. Jones Street was named for him. Size of shadowbox: H. 19 1/2 in. x W. 32 1/4 in. x D. 4 3/4 in.