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VOL. 44, NO. 48 FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2013
The 53rd Annual Thanksgiving Americana Auction Tradition At Garth’s Continues On Friday, Nov. 29 by six views of Vermont local locations, including “Views of the hills at Marshfield,” “A Curiosity at Norwick,” and the comparative heights of the Green Mountains. An assortment of other maps includes an early Map of Ohio including the I n d i a n Reservations drawn by A. Bourne and J. Kilbourne, engraved century. by A. Reed, 1820; an The twoearly map of America piece chest “Eine Neue Charte has six drawAn inlaid Federal von America....” by ers flanked by Pembroke table attributed to the Herman Moll, fluted quarter Goddard family Germany, 1744; and columns and of Newport, R.I., another early map of rests on bold, circa 1810. the Americas which ogee bracket Estimate: $7,000depicts California as feet. At 66 1/2 $9,000. an island (estimate inches high, it $800-$1,200). A is a very usable schoolgirl watercolheight. Estimated or map of The United States from at $3,000-$6,000, it also carries a provenance ex. the Martins’ collection, showing Maud (d. 1942) and Herbert (d. the eastern states to the 1927) Patteson, who lived in the Mississippi River with floral Schuyler/Van Ness house and The arches enclosing the maker’s name and title of map, “A Map of Olde Mill in Riverdale, N.J. A set of six Federal mahogany (Continued on page 6) chairs, attributed to Annapolis or Baltimore, Md., includes five side chairs and one armchair, each with round backs and bellflowerinlaid backs and legs. Estimated at $1,500-$2,500, the set relates to a chair in “Baltimore Furniture: The Work of Baltimore and Annapolis Cabinetmakers from 1760 to 1810,” catalog entry 54. A classic form, a Federal inlaid tilt-top candlestand will also be sold. Boston, ca.1790, this example has an octagonal top with crossbanding and central panel of flame birch surrounded by inlaid lunettes, on an urn shaft and tripod base. Although many cabinetmakers used lunette inlay, it was most famously used in the shop of John This Connecticut sampler also and Thomas Seymour (estimate includes a silhouette of the maker. $1,000-$2,000). The sampler is signed “Mary It is the art of cartography that Sheldon / Aged 10 May / 26th 1810,” estimate $600-$1,200. assisted the Pilgrims in their navigations to Plymouth, Mass., for the first documented modern Thanksgiving; then it is apropos that this auction offers several quality maps. The variety is great, from an early map of the New World by Tomaso Porcacci, “Descrittione Dell’isola et Terra, di Santa Croce, oueroMondo Nuouo,” Venice, 1572 (estimate $600-1,200), to a folk art handpainted student’s wall map of Vermont, probably from a Windham County Academy, dated 1841. Estimated at $800$1,600, the linen-backed paper, hand-drawn watercolor inscribed “Map of Vermont / projected / by / Melvin This schoolgirl watercolor map of the United States, Wright / Londonderry The titled “A Map of the United States Delineated by Vt / [illegible] 20 AD Chippendale chest-onSchooner Maria Jane, attributed to William Hare Charolott Doughty AD. 1824,” is estimated at $1,000- 1841” details counties, chest, late 18th century, is towns and waterways bordered (American, 1815-1865). Estimate: $2,000-$3,000 $2,000. estimated at $3,000-$6,000.
marked with rows of s Garth’s presents alphabet letters worked the 53rd annual in decorative stitches Thanksgiving and boldly signed Americana Auction “Sarah Converse Blue / on Friday, Nov. 29, it’s Zanesville / Ohio” (estivery appropriate to give mate $800-$1,600). thanks for all the treasured Another sampler and clients that Garth’s has silhouette of its maker gathered throughout those from Connecticut is years. Beginning at 10 expected to reach a.m. on what is traditional$600-$1,200. The ly known as Black Friday, Suffield, Hartford Garth’s staff will proudly County, 1810, silk on welcome a standing-roomlinen marking sampler only crowd of bidders to pair of silhouettes by W.H. Brown dated 1847, idencelebrate the collection of This tified as “Mr. & Mrs. Wm. J. Florag, Boston with lines of decorative stitches separating the Edward and the late Jane Anthemeum,” are estimated at $1,500-$2,500. rows of letters and numMartin, longtime friends bers was made by and colleagues of many of “It all began with inks,” those active in the world of explained Ed Martin. One day in “Mary Sheldon / Aged 10 May / antiques. the mid-1970s, Jane Martin bought 26th 1810.” A poem and silhouette her first ink bottle, a rather com- inscribed “Mary Sheldon 1820” is mon aqua umbrella costing less mounted on the back. The fine art from the Martins than $10, and announced that she might start collecting ink bottles. should be hotly competed for as Her interest soon led her to collect well. A portrait of Henry over a hundred ink bottles and Burroughs by Henry Williams inkwells. In 1979, Jane sold most (1787-1830) is estimated at of her inks collection and began $1,000-$2,000 and was illustrated buying period American furniture in Early American Life, February and decorative arts. Jane went on 20, 2006, p. 36. A marine portrait study decorative arts under the of the schooner Maria Jane is likes of the late Adelaide Briggs, a attributed to William Hare (1815longtime and well-respected dealer 1865). The oil on canvas, estimated from Cleveland, Ohio, as well as at $2,000-$3,000, shows the the late Gary Ludlow. In addition schooner flying the American flag. A large oil on board landto the guidance provided by Jane’s mentors, the Zuni frog jar, estimate: Martins began to ful$2,500-$3,500. fill their passion for scape by Jack Van collecting by joinRyder (1898ing the Western 1968) is titled R e s e r v e “Arizona Historical Desert” on the The Ohio sampler is estimated at Society and The frame, signed A m e r i c a n $800-$1,600. lower left, and F u r n i t u r e measures 22 by 22 Collectors Club, inches. It is estimatwhere they had the ed at $2,000-$3,000. opportunity to associA fine assortment of ate with others with simAmerican furniture will be ilar collecting interests and to learn from the curators and schol- offered, including an 18th-century New York Chippendale tall case ars in the field. The Martins’ collection repre- clock of walnut and poplar with an sents the formal to the folksy. eight-day brass movement with a American full-length cutout silhou- brass and silvered dial marked for ette portraits by W.H. Brown dated Thomas Learsall, New York (esti1847 (estimate $1,500-$2,500) are mate $2,000-$3,000). An inlaid one of the highlights of the many Federal Pembroke table attributed to silhouettes by Edouart, King, the Goddard family, Newport, R.I., Brown, and Honeywell to be ca. 1810, of typical form with urn offered. Among the multiple sam- and bellflower inlay with period plers to be sold, an example from brass pulls, is estimated $7,000Zanesville, Ohio, is sure to draw $9,000. Two Chippendale side Portrait of Henry Burroughs by the bidders’ Henry Williams (1787-1830). attention. The Estimate: $1,000-$2,000. sampler is
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chairs, both from Massachusetts, will also cross the block. The latter, a mahogany side chair with an owl’s eye splat and shell crest is expected to sell for $1,500-$2,500. A Chester County, Pa., Chippendale chest-onchest dates to the late 18th