3/8″ double-boxed side bead by Benton, Evans, & Co Rochester

Description

Made between 1834 and 1838 by a short-lived partnership in Rochester, NY.  Both principals ended up working for D.R. Barton.

This one’s in crisp condition and pretty clean; there’s ring on the face that looks for all the world like somebody set a drink down on it.  Not bad for something that’s just short of two centuries old.  There are the usual micro-dings on the head of the wedge from adjustment.  A nice one, with a two-star rarity rating from Pollak.