Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
American Furniture, Decorative & Folk Art
Auction: April 19, 2016 11:00:00 AM EDT
Top of desk with handwritten inscription, "John Owen Miner Sept. 1818 Groton Conn."
H: 83 1/2 in. W: 43 1/2 in. D: 21 in.John Owen Miner was born in New London, Connecticut in 1762. A medical doctor, he died in Groton in 1851. His son, John Owen Miner, Jr. (1795-1868) spent his entire life in Groton.