American Furniture, Silver, Decorative & Folks Arts

American Furniture, Silver, Folk & Decorative Arts 04/30/12

American Furniture, Silver, Folk & Decorative Arts 04/30/12

American Furniture, Silver, Folk & Decorative Arts Sale 1427

Exhibitions:

Bidding:

Wednesday, April 25th through Friday, April 27th 10am to 6pm

bids department bridgette bonner tel: 267.414.1208 fax: 215.599.2240 bbonner@freemansauction.com

Monday April 30th at 10am Inquiries: lynda cain direct tel: 267-414-1237 lcain@freemansauction.com amy parenti direct tel: 267-414-1223 aparenti@freemansauction.com whitney bounty direct tel: 267-414-1254 wbounty@freemansauction.com

Printing by Brilliant Studio Exton, Pennsylvania

Saturday, April 28th and Sunday, April 29th 10am to 5pm or by appointment Catalogue $30

Inside Front Cover: Lot 536 (detail) Inside Back Cover: Lot 4 (detail) Color images of every lot are available at www.freemansauction.com

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Important Information for Buyers Registration

All potential buyers must register for the sale prior to placing a bid.

Registration information may be submitted in person at our reception desk, by fax or through our website at www.freemansauction.com. We will require proof of identification and residence and may require a credit card and/or a bank reference. By registering for the sale, the buyer acknowledges that he or she has read, understood and accepted Freeman’s Terms and Conditions of Sale.

Buyer’s Premium

A Buyer’s Premium will be added to the successful bid price and is payable by the buyer as part of the total purchase price. The Buyer’s Premium shall be: 25% on the first $20,000 of the hammer price of each lot, 20% on the portion from $20,001 through $500,000, and 12% on the portion of the hammer price exceeding $500,000.

Sales Tax

All items in the catalogue are subject to the 8% Pennsylvania and Philadelphia sales tax. Dealers purchasing for resale must register their tax numbers on current PA forms. Forms should be submitted to our Client Services office on the second floor.

Catalogue Descriptions

All item descriptions, dimensions and estimates are provided for guidance only. It is the buyer’s responsibility to inspect all lots prior to bidding to ensure that the condition is to their satisfaction. If potential buyers are unable to inspect lots in person, our specialists will be happy to prepare detailed Condition Reports on individual lots as quickly as possible. These are for guidance only, and all lots will be sold “as is” as per our Terms and Conditions of Sale.

Bidding

Payment

At the sale Registered bidders will be assigned a bidder number and given a paddle for use at the sale. Once the first bid has been placed, the auctioneer asks for higher bids in increments determined by the auctioneer.

To place your bid, simply raise your paddle until the auctioneer acknowledges you. The auctioneer will not mistake a random gesture for a bid.

By phone A limited number of telephone lines are available for bidding by phone through a Freeman’s representative. Phone lines must be reserved in advance. Requests must be submitted no later than 24 hours prior to the scheduled start of the sale.

In writing Bid forms are available in the sale room and at the back of the catalogue. These should be submitted in person, by mail or by fax no later than one hour prior to the scheduled start of the sale. The auctioneer will bid on your behalf up to the limit indicated, but is not responsible for errors or failure to execute bids.

On the internet A fully-illustrated catalogue is available on-line at www.freemansauction.com. Registered bidders may leave absentee bids through the web site and will receive email confirmation of their bid.

Freeman’s is not responsible for errors or failure to execute bids.

Lots purchased will not be released until we have received full payment.

Payment may be made in cash, by check, money order, or debit card.

Payments by check must clear the bank before goods will be released.

Removal of Purchases

Deliveries will not be made during the time of the sale unless otherwise indicated by the auctioneer. All items must be paid for and removed within ten (10) working days of the sale. Purchases not so removed may be turned over to a licensed warehouse at the expense and risk of the purchaser.

Shipping and Packing

Responsibility for packing, shipping and insurance shall be exclusively that of the purchaser. Upon request, Freeman’s will provide the purchaser with names of professional packers and shippers known to us.

SILVER lots 1-87 Monday, April 30th, 2012 at 10am

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04/30/12 1 121090/16 Sterling tankard 18th century Slender egg and urn form finial to domical lid with reed and scrolled thumb grip, plain flaring body with lyre form handle having a molded frame hinge terminating in a hemispheric butt, molded base, bottom inscribed with the name “J.Clarke” in script (partially worn).

H: 8 5/8 in. Weight: 25 1/2 troy oz. $1,000-2,000

2 11-2490/129 Coin silver ladle matthew cluff, norfolk, va, early 19th century Having a tapered handle with coffin handle end, monogram.

L: 14 1/8 in. Weight: 4 troy oz. provenance: Property from a prominent Virginia family. $500-700

3 11-2441/21 Silver coffee pot and matching covered sugar bowl chaudron and rasch, early 19th century Baluster forms with pineapple finials, rims engraved with circles, chased midband with stars, leaves and intertwined rib bands, ring base engraved with loops and fans. Pot has an ebonized handle carved at the bottom.

H: 11 1/2 in. (pot) Total weight: 65 troy oz. $1,500-2,000

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4 121207/1 An assembled Classical sterling silver tea service thomas fletcher, sidney gardiner and anthony rasch, philadelphia, pa, circa 1815 A very high style service including a hot water pot, teapot, covered sugar bowl, waste bowl and creamer. The form is a rectangular body on a plain pedestal and a rectangular plinth raised on winged lion head and claw feet.

The lids have cast rose and leaf finials; a thin star chased band at the top; and a rose and leaf midband on stiple, line and plain fields, this is mirrored on the edge of the plinths. The pot spouts are paneled and round terminating in vigorous eagle head tips and the handles are square, reeded “C” mahogany handles terminating in cornucopia mountings. The creamer has a loop handle with bearded mask head and the waste bowl and sugar bowl have twin “U” shaped handles, grape bunch and two bird head ends below which is a cast ram’s head and shell. The teapot and creamer are by Fletcher and Gardiner; the covered sugar bowl and waste bowl are by Anthony Rasch; and the hot water pot is unmarked.

H: 10 1/2 in. (hot water pot) Total weight: 171 troy oz.

provenance: This tea service belonged to Dr John Conrad Otto (1774-1844) of Philadelphia , the son of Dr. Bodo Otto, Senior Surgeon of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Descended in the family to the present owner. note: Otto graduated from Princeton in 1792 and from the Univeristy of Pennsylvania in 1796. He was the first modern physician to write about hemophilia, publishing “An Account of an Hemorrhagic Disposition in Certain Families,” in 1803. He succeeded Dr. Benjamin Rush as physician and clinical lecturer of the Pennsylvania Hospital and held the position for 21 years. Dr. Otto was well known throughout the United States and revered in Philadelphia. He served as physician to the Philadelphia Orphan Asylum and worked to establish sanitary measures and hospitals throughout the city during epidemics. Otto married Elizabeth Tod, daughter of prominent Philadelphia merchant, Alexander Tod in December of 1802. $7,500-10,000

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04/30/12 5 121064/9 Large silver covered sugar and creamer r & w wilson, philadelphia, pa, 19th century Both of urn form with foliate banding, the covered sugar with an acorn finial and twin “C” scroll handles. The creamer with a “C” scroll handle, both on a stepped circular foot.

H: 10 1/4 in. (sugar) Weight: 24 troy oz. $500-700

6 121064/8 Coin silver butler dish with lid gorham corporation, providence, ri, mid to late 19th century Of oval form, the lid with a putto finial, pierced star tray insert and Classical medallions to each end, engraved “Geo. W. Webb, 18651893.,” monogram.

H: 5 1/2 in. L: 7 7/8 in.

Weight: 18 troy oz. $500-700

8 11-2441/19 Sterling silver footed fruit compote bailey & co., mid 19th century Of circular form with gadrooned border on flaring pedestal, conforming base.

H: 6 1/2 in. Diam: 9 in.

Weight: 21 troy oz. $450-550

9 11-2490/116 Sterling silver tray frank m. whiting co., attleboro, ma, late 19th/early 20th century Of circular form with chased Classical decoration; together with a sterling silver circular bread basket having an openwork body and a sterling silver oval bread basket with an openwork border and melon reeding, monogram.

Diam: 13 1/4 in. (tray) Weight: 38 troy oz. provenance: Property from a prominent Virginia family. $800-1,200

7 11-2331/66 Large sterling silver basket gale & willis, new york, ny, mid 19th century Of oval form with a beaded border and swing handle, acanthus chasing to interior on a conforming foot, monogram.

H: 10 7/8 in. Weight: 36 troy oz. $800-1,200

10 11-2223/2 Sterling silver bowl whiting mfg. co., providence, ri, early 20th century Having a scalloped edge decorated with applied pansies and a tulip pattern body and paneled lower section.

Diam: 13 in. Weight: 24 1/2 troy oz. $500-700

11 11-2490/120 Sterling silver basket lebkuecher & co., newark, nj, late 19th/early 20th century Of oval form with an openwork border and swing handle on cartouche form feet; together with an oval sterling silver footed dish by Meriden Britannia Co. having a reticulated border and body on an oval beaded foot, and two reticulated plates and a reticulated oval bread basket.

H: 9 in. (basket) Weight: 40 troy oz. provenance: Property from a prominent Virginia family. $1,000-1,500

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04/30/12 12 11-2440/11 Two sterling silver covered vegetable dishes william b. durgin co., concord, nh, late 19th/20th century Of oval shape with a scalloped border and paneled body with overall cartouche and floral garland decoration to lid and body.

L: 11 1/4 in. (largest) Weight: 62 troy oz. $1,200-1,500

13 121064/11 Four sterling silver candlesticks j.e. caldwell & co., philadelphia, pa, late 19th/early 20th century Each of vasiform having an egg & dart and beaded border to the candle cup, knop and to the circular base, weighted.

H: 12 in. $700-900

14 11-2018/4 Sterling silver chocolat pot and sugar caster jacobi & jenkins, baltimore, md, and galt & bro., washington, d.c., early 20th century Both pieces with all-over floral and leaf decoration on textured fields; the chocolat pot is pyriform with a rattan bound handle, on three leaf and claw feet; the sugar caster is oval shaped.

H(s): 7 1/2 in. (chocolat pot) and 4 1/2 in. (sugar caster) Total weight: 18 1/2 troy oz. $400-600

15 12-8015/8 Two sterling silver repoussé dishes s. kirk & son, baltimore, md, early 20th century One a candy dish and the second a serving dish; together with a sterling silver repoussé wine coaster, all with a foliate and foliage border, monogram.

Diam: 9 in. Weight: 21 troy oz. $500-700

16 12-8015/6 Sterling silver repoussé platter s. kirk & son, baltimore, md, early 20th century Of oval form with a foliate and floral border.

L: 17 in. Weight: 36 troy oz. $800-1,000

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17 121173/5 Sterling silver “Chinese Chippendale” mixed metal bowl retailed by bailey, banks, & biddle, late 19th/early 20th century A shaped rim with an openwork border and applied gold tone medallions and chased bowl, above an openwork and shaped foot, monogram.

H: 3 1/4 in. Diam: 9 1/4 in.

Weight: 19 1/2 troy oz. $500-700 18 11-2490/130 Sterling silver pitcher s. kirk & son co., baltimore, md, early to mid 20th century Of helmut form with a foliate chased body and scroll handle on a stepped circular foot; together with a silverplate pitcher.

H: 14 1/4 in. Weight: 40 troy oz. provenance: Property from a prominent Virginia family. $800-1,200

19 11-2440/4 Sterling silver repoussé ewer j.f. fradley & co., new york, ny, mid 19th/early 20th century Of urn form, having a “C” shaped branch handle and an over-all vine and berry pattern, engraved with coat of arms, raised on a circular foot.

H: 14 1/2 in. Weight: 38 troy oz. $900-1,200

22 12-8015/10 Large sterling silver repoussé tray and sterling silver repoussé plate s. kirk & son, baltimore, md, 20th century Both of circular form with a foliage and floral decorated border, monogram.

Diam: 13 in. (tray) Weight: 53 troy oz. $1,200-1,500

20 121109/46D Sterling silver dish black, starr, & frost, new york, ny, early 20th century Of rectangular form having a floral, cartouche, and scroll border.

L: 15 in. Weight: 26 troy oz. provenance: Estate of James M. Seabrook, Mannington, New Jersey. $600-800

23 12-8015/3 Sterling silver repoussé basket s. kirk & son, baltimore, md, 20th century Of circular form with a floral and foliage decorated border, swing handle, and circular base, monogram.

H: 10 in. (handle up) Weight: 33 troy oz $800-1,200

21 121109/46F Sterling silver repoussé dish reed & barton, taunton, ma, 20th century Of oval form, in the “Francis I” pattern, on four shaped feet, monogram.

L: 15 1/4 in. Weight: 31 troy oz. provenance: Estate of James M. Seabrook, Mannington, New Jersey. $70-900

24 12-8015/9 Six sterling silver repoussé bread and butter plates s. kirk & son, baltimore, md, 20th century Of circular form with a floral border, monogram; together with a sterling silver repoussé bread and butter plate by A. Jacobi.

Diam: 6 in. Weight: 30 troy oz. $800-1,000

25 12-8015/13 Group of sterling silver repoussé serving pieces s. kirk & son, baltimore, md, 20th century Comprising two circular footed candy dishes, a circular salver, and an oval bread tray; together with a sterling silver repoussé dish by J.F. Fradley, monogram.

L: 12 in. Weight: 34 troy oz. $800-1,200 26 11-2440/10 Large sterling silver centerpiece bowl towle silversmiths, newburyport, ma, early 20th century Of circular form having a molded edge with a floral border, a cartouche chased and lobed body on a stepped conforming base.

Diam: 27 in. Weight: 27 troy oz. $700-900

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27 11-2018/3 Sterling silver tea service jenkins & jenkins, baltimore, md, circa 1921 Including a hot water pot, teapot, covered sugar bowl, creamer and waste bowl with twin handles, all-over floral and leaf repoussĂŠ decoration on textured field, plain round finials to lids, lyre form handles with repousse decoration, on flaring molded bases; together with an oblong silverplate twin-handled, footed tray.

H: 8 1/2 in. (hot water pot) L: 26 in. (tray) Total weight of service: 89 1/2 troy oz. $3,000-5,000

28 11-2275/3 Sterling silver tray redlich & co., new york, late 19th/early 20th century Of circular form having a wide pierced border with oval floral cartouches, foliage and ribbons, retailed by J. E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Diam: 18 1/4 in. Weight: 76 troy oz. $2,000-3,000

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04/30/12 29 11-2440/8 Twelve sterling silver repoussé goblets s. kirk & son, baltimore, md, 19th/20th century Floral and foliage decoration to body above a plain tapering stem and a conforming base.

H: 6 3/4 in. Weight: 60 troy oz. $1,500-2,000

30 12-8015/1 Five piece sterling silver repoussé coffee and tea service s. kirk & son, baltimore, md, early 20th century Of urn form comprising a coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar, creamer, waste bowl having all-over foliate and floral decoration with “C” scroll handles, inscription under foot together with a twin handled silverplate tray having a foliage and cartouche decorated border.

H: 11 1/4 in. (coffee pot) Total weight: 86 troy oz. $2,000-3,000

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31 121254/1 Impressive sterling silver centerpiece gorham corporation, providence, ri, late 19th century Having a square top with melon reeding and a centered chased floral and foliage medallion above four tall straight legs mounted with elephant heads and foliage festoon on a footed circular base.

8 7/8 in. x 8 7/8 in. (top) H: 6 7/8 in. Weight: 65 troy oz. provenance: Descended in the family to the present owner. note: By tradition, a custom made piece given as a wedding present to Howard Augustus Smith and his bride, on November 11, 1895 from Mr. John Gorham who was a personal friend of the family. $8,000-12,000

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32 11-8097/18 Pair of five-light sterling silver candelabra gorham corporation, providence, ri, 20th century The standard of trumpet form with scrolled arms on a stepped gadrooned, circular base, weighted, monogram.

H: 14 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

33 12-8008/3 Sterling silver bread basket gorham corporation, providence, ri, late 19th century Of oval form with a wide shaped and pierced border with scroll and cartouche decoration, monogram.

L: 12 3/4 in. Weight: 17 troy oz. $400-600

36 11-2490/35 Sterling silver pitcher gorham corporation, providence, ri, 20th century Scroll and floral decorated rim with a foliage a “C” scroll handle, pyrifom body, circular base, monogram.

H: 9 in. Weight: 32 troy oz. provenance: Property from a prominent Virginia family. $1,000-1,500

34 121214/1A Sterling silver serving repoussé dish gorham corporation, providence, ri, 20th century Of rectangular form with a shaped floral border, retailed by J. E. Caldwell & Co., monogram.

L: 12 7/8 in. Weight: 18 troy oz. $450-500

35 12-8008/1 Sterling silver footed bowl gorham corporation, providence, ri, 20th century Of oval form with a scroll and shell shaped border, fluted body and a vermeil interior, on a plain oval foot, monogram.

L: 11 in. Weight: 22 troy oz. $600-800

37 11-2331/68 Sterling silver part flatware service towle silversmiths, newburyport, ma, 20th century “Lady Diana” pattern comprising twelve dinner forks, twelve vermeil salad forks, twelve seafood forks, twelve hollow handle dinner knives, twelve flat handle butter spreaders, twenty-four teaspoons, twelve cream soup spoons, twelve vemeil fruit spoons, one tomato server, one bon bon spoon, two serving spoons, one gravy ladle, one pair of sugar tongs, one sugar shell, one serving fork, one lemon fork, one pickle fork, one salad serving spoon, one jelly spoon, one hollow handle pastry server, one hollow handle carving set, and one hollow handle cheese serving knife; together with a Gorham butter pick, monogram.

Weight: 117 troy oz. $2,500-3,500

38 121109/46C Partial sterling silver flatware service gorham corporation, providence, ri, 20th century “King Edward” pattern comprising fourteen dinner forks, eight salad forks, nine hollow handle dinner knives, six flat handle butter spreaders, seven teaspoons, seven soup spoons, eight cream soup spoons, one master butter, one sugar shell, one salad serving set, one hollow handle pastry server, and one serving fork.

Weight: 85 troy oz. provenance: Estate of James M. Seabrook, Mannington, New Jersey. $1,500-2,000

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39 121323/1 Fine five piece sterling silver tea service gorham corporation, providence, ri, 1869 Comprising hot water kettle on stand, teapot, covered sugar bowl, creamer, and waste bowl; each of urn form, the lids with heraldic lion finials, the shaped rims bearing masks and festoons with geometric chasing, the angular mounted handles with masks, and the circular bases with leaf chasing, monogram. The teapot with ivory insulators and male mask on underside of spout, the hot water kettle with putto stopper, retailed by Bailey & Co. H: 19 1/2 in. (hot water kettle on stand) Total weight: 197 troy oz. provenance: Descended in the family to the present owner. $5,000-7,000

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04/30/12 40 12-1006/98 Sterling silver punch bowl gorham corporation, providence, ri, 20th century Of circular form having a scalloped edge with a vigorous grapevine to the body, and foliate circular foot, vermeil interior.

Diam: 14 3/4 in. Weight: 128 troy oz. provenance: Estate of Marvin Lundy, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia. $4,000-6,000

41 12-8015/11A Large sterling silver tray gorham corporation, providence, ri, mid 20th century Of circular form with a shaped and threaded rim, monogram.

Diam: 14 3/8 in. Weight: 34 troy oz. $700-900 42 11-2331/77 Sterling silver fruit bowl gorham corporation, providence, ri, circa 1960 Of circular form having a fluted body on a stepped circular foot.

Diam: 12 3/8 in. Weight: 35 troy oz. $900-1,200 42A 121375/13 Pair of sterling silver covered vegetable stands gorham corporation, providence, ri, circa 1920 Oval serpentine form with removable handle to lid, leaf and scroll repoussé decoration about the lid, ornate leaf and scroll repoussé decoration to dish with cartouche reserves to sides and ends with conforming base.

L: 11 1/4 in. Total weight: 93 troy oz. $4,000-6,000

43 12-8012/7 Oval sterling silver tray gorham corporation, providence, ri, 20th century Together with a square sterling silver tray, and two sterling silver circular plates.

L: 14 in. Weight: 60 troy oz. provenance: Property from a Richmond, Virginia Estate. $1,200-1,500 44 12-8009/22 Two sterling silver bread trays gorham corporation, providence, ri, 20th century The first of oval form having a threaded scalloped edge and lobed body, the second of oval form with cartouche decorated handles; together with Gorham sterling silver circular plate with a gadrooned edge and an S. Kirk & Son square sterling silver tray with a shaped edge and body, some with monograms.

L: 13 1/4 in. (largest) Weight: 53 troy oz. provenance: Property from a Richmond, Virginia Estate. $1,000-1,500

45 11-2440/9 Set of twelve sterling silver repoussé bread plates s. kirk & son, baltimore, md, 20th century Of circular form with floral and foliage border.

Diam: 6 in. Weight: 48 troy oz $1,000-1,500 46 11-2490/113 Three sterling silver repoussé trays various makers, 20th century All with a floral and foliage border, one with ball and claw feet, and some with monogram.

Diam: 12 in. (largest) Weight: 46 troy oz. provenance: Property from a prominent Virginia family. $800-1,200 47 12-8015/4 Sterling silver footed bowl reed & barton, taunton, ma, 20th century “Francis I” pattern; together with two Gorham sterling silver bowls, the first having a shaped edge and carotuche decorated border and the second having floral border and a paneled body.

Diam(s): 11 1/2 in. and 10 1/4 in and 9 in. Weight: 48 troy oz. $1,000-1,500

48 12-8009/17 Four piece sterling silver repoussé coffee and tea service gorham corporation, providence, ri, early 20th century Comprising a coffee pot, teapot, twin-handled covered sugar, and creamer, all of squat form and each having all-over floral, foliage, and cartouche decoration, scroll handle, and oval foot, monogram.

H: 8 1/2 in. (coffee pot) Total weight: 44 troy oz. provenance: Property from a Richmond, Virginia Estate. $1,000-1,500 49 11-2275/8 Sterling silver repoussé bowl stieff, baltimore, md, 20th century Of oval form having a wide repoussé border; together with four International Company sterling silver goblets having an inverted bell form above a slender stem on a stepped circular base, monogram.

L: 8 in. (bowl) Weight: 28 troy oz. $600-800

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04/30/12 50 12-1006/114 Sterling silver flatware service wallace silversmiths, wallingford, ct, 20th century “Grand Baroque” pattern comprising twentythree dinner forks, twelve luncheon forks, thirtytwo salad forks, twelve seafood forks, twelve ice cream forks, twenty-four hollow handle dinner knives, eleven hollow handle luncheon knives, twelve hollow handle butter knives, twenty teaspoons, six tablespoons, twelve cream soup spoons, twenty soup spoons, gravy ladle, cold meat fork, pierced serving spoon.

Weight: 268 troy oz. provenance: Estate of Marvin Lundy, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia. $7,000-9,000 51 11-5052/14 Six piece sterling silver coffee and tea service j.e. caldwell & co., philadelphia, pa, 20th century Comprising a hot water kettle on stand, a coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar, creamer, and waste bowl. All of oval form with a slightly paneled body, and urn finials, monogram.

H: 14 1/8 in. (hot water kettle) Total weight: 129 troy oz. $3,000-5,000

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52 11-2490/17 Four piece sterling silver coffee and tea service s. kirk & son, baltimore, md, 20th century Comprising a coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar, and a creamer, having urn form finials; an urn form body with a chased cartouche; and “C” scroll handles on a stepped circular base, monogram.

H: 12 in. (coffee pot) Total weight: 100 troy oz. provenance: Property from a prominent Virginia family. $2,000-2,500

53 11-8097/15 Five piece sterling silver coffee and tea service 19th/20th century All of pyriform comprising a coffeepot, teapot, a twin-handled covered sugar, all with a stepped domical hinged lid with flame finial; a creamer with gadrooned rim and scroll handle; and a waste bowl with gadrooned rim, all on four paw feet.

H: 10 3/4 in. (coffee pot) Total weight: 94 troy oz. $2,000-3,000

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04/30/12 54 11-1977/2 Sterling silver flatware service reed, barton & company, taunton, ma, 20th century “Francis I” pattern, including twelve dinner forks, twelve salad forks, twelve seafood forks, twelve hollow handle dinner knives, twelve hollow handle butter spreaders, twenty-four teaspoons, twelve cream soup spoons, three hollow handle pie and cake servers, one hollow handle fish knife, two sugar shells, one gravy ladle, one sauce ladle, two serving spoons, two pickle forks, one large serving fork, one serving fork, one flat handle butter spreader, and a punch ladle of a similar pattern; together with an English silverplate salad service with mother-of-pearl handles.

Weight of weighable silver: 197 troy oz. $3,000-4,000

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04/30/12 55 11-4061/130 Partial sterling silver tableware stieff company, baltimore, md, 20th century “Rose” pattern comprising one dinner fork, eleven luncheon forks, twelve salad forks, twelve hollow handle dinner knives, twelve flat handle butter spreaders, seven cream soup spoons, five boullion spoons, seven teaspoons, five five o’clock teaspoons, twelve demitasse spoons, and one lemon fork.

Weight: 81 1/2 troy oz. $1,500-2,000

56 12-8008/5 Sterling silver porringer and a sterling silver page knife shreve, crump, & low co., inc., boston, ma, mid 19th to 20th century With a pierced side handle and the page knife having a floral and openwork handle; together with a pair of Whiting sterling silver vegetable dishes.

L: 10 7/8 in. (page knife) Diam: 5 in. (porringer) Weight: 36 troy oz. $800-1,200

56A 11-1144/11 Sterling silver candy dish ball, tompkins, & black, new york, ny, early 20th century Of leaf form with a curved stem handle; together with another hammered sterling silver candy dish of pod form with appllied foliage and stem handle.

Weight: 13 troy oz. $1,500-2,000

57 11-2382/24 Set of nine sterling silver mint julep cups 20th century Monogram.

H: 5 1/8 in. Weight: 47 troy oz. $800-1,200

58 11-1742/8 Vermeil sterling silver punch bowl 20th century Having a shaped rim with cast grapevines to the body and to the raised circular foot, obscured mark.

H: 7 in. Diam: 15 in.

Weight: 125 troy oz. $3,000-5,000

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59 12-1006/103 Twelve sterling silver plates f.m. whiting co., north attleboro, ma, early 20th century Having a scalloped gadrooned edge and a border chased with festoons and cartouches, monogram, retailed by J. E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia.

Diam: 11 in. Weight: 180 troy oz. provenance: Estate of Marvin Lundy, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia. $4,000-6,000

60 11-2382/23 Two pair of sterling silver weighted candlesticks 20th century Each having a hexagonal candle cup and tapering paneled shaft and base, stamped “Sterling,” monogram.

H: 9 in. $700-900

61 11-2490/58 Twelve sterling silver mint julep cups s. kirk & son, baltimore, md, 20th century Monogram.

H: 3 5/8 in. Weight: 47 troy oz. provenance: Property from a prominent Virginia family. $1,000-1,500

62 11-2490/118 Four sterling silver bowls various makers including wallace, frank m. whiting co., and meriden britannia co.

The first chased with Classical decoration to body and rim; the second with an apple and grape border; the third having a lobed body, and the last of plain form, monogram.

Diam: 12 in. (largest) Weight: 41 troy oz. provenance: Property from a prominent Virginia family. $1,000-1,500

63 12-8012/6 Four sterling silver bowls towle silversmiths, stieff co., and grogan co.

Including a small Stieff “Revere” style bowl, a Grogan floral form bowl, a large Towle bowl, and a chased footed bowl, some with monogram.

Diam: 11 in. (largest) Weight: 50 troy oz. provenance: Property from a Richmond, Virginia Estate. $1,000-1,500

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04/30/12 64 11-2460/1 Impressive sterling silver repoussé presentation bowl gorham corporation, providence, ri, early 20th century Having foliage and acanthus medallions along the rim and the body with a floral vine pattern on a stepped circular base raised on four leaf decorated feet and inscribed, “The Old Masters Fred Waring’s Band.”

H: 10 in. Diam: 14 7/8 in.

Weight: 124 troy oz. $3,000-5,000

65 11-2018/7 Pair sterling silver candlesticks empire, ny, 20th century Molded edge tops, plain vasiform standards on flaring molded weighted bases.

H: 10 1/2 in. $200-400

66 121214/2 Three pair sterling silver candlesticks retailed by bailey, banks, & biddle, 20th century Of baluster form on a circular base, one pair is weighted and chased with floral sprigs; together with a square tray with beaded border and canted corners.

H: 11 in. (tallest) Weight: 45 troy oz. $1,000-1,500

67 12-8015/18 Group of sterling silver repoussé matchbooks and ashtrays s. kirk & son, baltimore, md, 20th century Comprising six matchbooks and six ashtrays; together with a S. Kirk & Son etched glass jam pot having a sterling silver repoussé lid and a J. S. MacDonald Co. sterling silver repoussé creamer and sugar.

H: 3 14/ in. (sugar) Weight: 22 troy oz. $500-700

68 12-9032/5 Five piece sterling silver tea and coffee service frank whiting & co., early 20th century Of the “Orleans” pattern comprising a coffee pot, teapot, twin-handled covered sugar, creamer, and waste bowl; together with a Reed & Barton silverplate twin-handled footed tray.

H: 11 in. (coffee pot) Total weight: 102 troy oz. $4,000-6,000

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04/30/12 69 11-2331/67 Sterling silver coffee and tea service international silver co., meriden, ct, 20th century “Royal Danish” pattern comprising a coffee pot, teapot, twin-handled covered sugar, and creamer.

H: 9 1/4 in. (coffee pot) Weighable silver: 69 troy oz. $1,500-2,000

70 11-2275/7 Sterling silver water pitcher reed & barton, taunton, ma, 20th century “Hampton Court” pattern.

H: 8 7/8 in. Weight: 28 troy oz. $600-800

71 12-9032/18 Twelve sterling silver sherbets frank w. smith silver co., inc., gardner, ma, 20th century Of circular form, plain body, on a conforming foot.

H: 3 in. Weight: 36 troy oz. $800-1,200

74 12-8015/2 Sterling silver tray and a sterling silver vegetable dish reed & barton, taunton, ma, 20th century Each of a shaped oval form in the “Dublin” pattern.

L: 17 5/8 in. (tray) Weight: 48 troy oz. $1,000-1,500

75 11-8097/16 Sterling silver bowl reed and barton, taunton, ma, 20th century “Salem” pattern, monogram.

Diam: 12 in. Weight: 35 troy oz. $800-1,200

72 121232/5 Group of sterling silver serving pieces allan adler, studio city, ca, 20th century Comprising a pastry server, a gravy ladle, punch ladle, two serving spoons, a salad set, serving fork, sugar tongs, aparagus tongs, large cake knife, and a sugar shell.

L: 10 1/4 in. (longest) Weight: 29 troy oz. $800-1,200

73 12-8015/11 Large sterling silver tray towle silversmiths, newburyport, ma, 20th century Of circular form in the “Lady Constance” pattern; together with a sterling silver plate in the “Royal Rose” pattern and a small sterling silver Reed & Barton dish.

Diam: 14 1/4 in. Weight: 34 troy oz. $800-1,200

76 12-8015/15 Sterling silver bowl mexico, 20th century Of petal form on three feet, marked “PH”; together with a sterling silver plate having a shaped edge with repoussé flowers to border.

Diam: 10 1/4 in. Weight: 30 troy oz. $700-900

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77 11-8098/1 Twelve sterling silver plates machiel, mexico city, mexico, 20th century Each with a “C” scrolled border, monogram.

Diam: 11 1/4 in. Weight: 161 troy oz. $3,000-5,000

78 121173/4 Sterling silver basket tiffany & co., new york, ny, 20th century Of oval form with a swing handle, openwork border, and festoon chased interior on an oval foot.

H: 7 3/4 in. Weight: 12 troy oz. $300-500

79 121173/12 Small sterling silver bowl tiffany & co., new york, ny, late 19th/early 20th century Having a circular top with a gadrooned border and twin circular handles on a vine and floral repoussé decorated circular base, monogram; together with a sterling silver weighted cigarette holder having a gadrooned rim and stepped circular base and a sterling silver vine and floral decorated fish server.

H: 2 1/4 in. Diam: 3 3/8 in. (small bowl) Weight: 9 1/2 troy oz. $300-500

80 121173/3 Sterling silver cake plate tiffany & co., new york, ny, 20th century The circular scalloped edge with alternating acanthus and fleur-de-lis medallions above a pedestal and a conforming base.

H: 4 1/2 in. Diam: 10 5/8 in.

Weight: 26 troy oz. $600-800

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81 121278/2 Sterling silver tea and coffee service tiffany & co., new york, ny, late 19th century Comprising a coffee pot, teapot, covered twin handled sugar, creamer, and waste bowl having a bud finial, scroll handle, globular form body with a repoussé floral and foliage band on a circular foot, inscription under foot.

H: 9 1/4 in. (coffee pot) Total weight: 80 troy oz. $3,000-5,000

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82 12-8009/20 Twelve sterling silver bread plates tiffany & co., new york, ny, 20th century Of circular form, plain with molded rim, monogram.

Diam: 6 1/4 in. Weight: 63 troy oz. provenance: Property from a Richmond, Virginia Estate. $1,500-2,000 83 11-2440/5 Sterling silver bowl tiffany & co., new york, ny, 20th century Of circular form, plain body, and conforming foot, engraved underneath foot: “Reproduction Original by Joseph Conyers Boston About 1700,” monogram.

Diam: 9 in. Weight: 22 troy oz. $600-800

84 11-2440/6 Sterling silver divided serving dish tiffany & co., new york, ny, 20th century Of oval form.

Weight: 23 troy oz. $500-700 85 11-2410/39 Sterling silver repoussé hot water kettle on stand tiffany & co., new york, ny, late 19th century Having a bud finial on a domical lift lid above a paneled body with a floral and foliate border on a square base with four paw feet.

H: 14 1/4 in. Weight: 62 troy oz. provenance: Property of a Pennsylvania Collector $1,000-1,500

86 11-2264/17 Sterling silver pitcher tiffany & co., new york, ny, 20th century Engraved “Paul Revere Reproduction Circa 1800.”

H: 7 3/4 in. Weight: 20 troy oz. $500-700 87 121090/13 Sterling silver bowl tiffany & co., new york, ny, 20th century Having a scalloped molded edge and fluted body with a line band at midpoint on a conforming base.

Diam: 9 1/4 in. Weight: 25 troy oz. $700-900

87A 121375/5 Sterling silver tea service tiffany & co., new york, ny, circa 1880 Comprising teapot, hot water pot, covered sugar, creamer, and waste bowl, all of squat form, all with chased leaf and scroll band above a ring and leafy cross-chased midband, lids with “button” finials and leaf, scroll and diamond chasing, all on a ring base, teapot has plain “C” handle, the hot water pot and creamer have plain loop handles and the covered sugar bowl has angular handles. The handles to the pots have insulators, 5 pcs.

H: 9 1/8 in. (hot water pot) Total weight: 93 troy oz. $6,500-8,000

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JANET BROWN lots 88-107 Monday, April 30th, 2012

Janet Brown

For socialites and successful, busy women, the advice and assistance of the late Janet Brown on matters of fashion and style was invaluable. From her small, white-walled boutique in the unlikely town of Port Washington on Long Island, New York, she styled women from all ports of call including London, Paris, South America, New York, Greenwich and Long Island, to name a few, with a unique talent and vision that combined classic design, elegance, premier quality, and avant-garde taste. Ms. Brown understood the provenance of her customers as well as their world and inspired them to make something of themselves and always to be “ahead of the game.”

As a New York tastemaker, her clients relied on her for an introduction to the most current and influential European couture designers like Jil Sander, Miuccia Prada, and Loro Piana before they were ever accessible in the United States, let alone Manhattan’s most prestigious, high-profile stores. Ms. Brown believed in her sense of style and abided by her basic rule of only buying premium quality merchandise that exuded understated elegance. Following her death at 59 in March 2007, her eponymous shop closed that December after almost a quartercentury of profoundly influencing the taste and fashion sensibilities of her devotees.

Above all, she was selling the taste of Janet Brown, and that taste had its origins in her native Philadelphia. While still a student at Temple University, she had the good fortune to work with Nan Duskin at her elegant store on the 1700 block of Walnut Street. Her employment there served her well when she moved to New York and opened her shop in 1983, just in time to make her unique retail operation a triumph, as independent designer boutiques were disappearing because popular, couture designers were establishing their own shops, and department stores were in a flurry of expansion.

Brown’s vision to transpose the ordinary into the extraordinary made her a hugely successful business woman and she became the most elite in the retail women’s fashion industry. In her private life, these attributes were evident as well and are reflected in her furniture and silver featured in the Fine American Furniture, Silver, Decorative and Folk Arts Sale. Janet Brown’s taste is reflected in a striking sideboard from Gilbert Rohde, a graceful “Gazelle” chair by Dan Johnson, a unique center table by Johan Tapp, and a walnut “Klismos” chair by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings.

Freeman’s will be offering many more items from Janet Brown’s tasteful collection over the course of our spring and fall 2012 auction seasons. The May 12th Modern & Contemporary Art auction will include an outstanding suite of Brice Marden prints, a rare woodcut by Donald Judd along with twenty other outstanding examples by American and European artists of the 20th century. Additional works will be offered in the May 22nd Fine English and Continental Furniture and Decorative Arts Auction, the July 13th Estate sale, the September Fine Asian arts sale and the October Fine Photography sale.

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88 121035/138 Sterling silver tray tiffany & co., new york, ny, early to mid 20th century Of circular form with twin handles and a beaded rim with a conforming circular foot.

Diam: 11 1/2 in. Weight: 29 troy oz. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $800-1,200

90 121035/159 Small sterling silver tray tiffany & co., new york, ny, late 19th/early 20th century Of oval from with a floral and scrolled border; together with a sterling silver crumb tray having a beaded edge, both having monogram.

L: 6 3/4 in. Weight: 14 troy oz. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $400-600

91 121035/158 Sterling silver trumpet form vase tiffany & co., new york, ny, early to mid 20th century On a stepped circular base; together with a pair of Reed & Barton columnar form candlesticks on a stepped circular base, monogram.

H(s): 8 in. (vase) and 7 5/8 in. (candlesticks) Weight: 19 troy oz. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $800-1,200

92 121035/148 Two silver cigar boxes tiffany & co. and poole, 20th century Each of rectangular form with cedarlined interiors. The Tiffany box with engraved monogram on exterior of lid and inscription on interior.

H: 2 in. (largest) W: 7 1/2 in.

D: 3 3/8 in. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $800-1,200

93 121035/132A Three sterling silver serving spoons tiffany & co., new york, ny, 20th century One with a vermeil bowl; together with a pastry server and all with a strawberry vine handle, monogram.

Weight: 17 troy oz. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $500-700

89 121035/141 Sterling silver bowl tiffany & co., new york, ny, early to mid 20th century Having a shaped and threaded rim above a paneled body on threaded foot.

Diam: 8 5/8 in. Weight: 18 troy oz. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $500-700

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04/30/12 94 121035/140 Sterling silver bowl frank whiting co., north attleboro, ma, 20th century Of circular form with a scalloped rim and lobed body on a circular foot.

Diam: 7 3/4 in.

Weight: 29 1/2 troy oz. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $600-800

95 121035/142 Sterling silver bowl Of circular form with scroll decorated rim, monogram; together with a pair of silverplate wine coasters each having a floral and scroll decorated rim and a reticulated body with lion mask and garland.

Diam: 8 1/8 in. Weight: 11 troy oz. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $300-500

97 121035/147 Sterling silver coffee and tea service gorham corporation, providence, ri, 20th century Comprising a hot water kettle on stand, coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar, creamer, waste bowl, covered sugar cube bowl with spoon, some having a treen finial, lobed body and square “C” handles.

H: 11 1/2 in (hot water kettle) Total weight: 93 troy oz. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $3,000-5,000

96 121035/137 Paul Revere reproduction sterling silver presentation bowl n.g. wood & sons, boston, ma, 20th century Of circular form with a confroming foot, inscription; together with a silverplate shell form serving dish.

Diam: 11 in. (bowl) Weight: 44 troy oz. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $1,000-1,500

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04/30/12 98 121035/149 Sterling silver serving dish gorham corporation, providence, ri, 20th century Of rectangular form with a shaped edge and a paneled body; together with a silverplate teapot and a silverplate covered tureen, monogram.

L: 10 1/2 in. Weight: 18 troy oz. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $400-600

99 121035/156 Sterling silver teapot and twinhandled covered sugar bowl gorham corporation, providence, ri, late 19th century Of squat form with a bee hive finial and threading to rim and circular base; together with a Gorham sterling silver sauce boat with a thread decorated scrolled handle and shaped attached undertray.

H: 4 1/2 in. (teapot) L: 7 3/8 in. (sauceboat) Total weight: 28 troy oz. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $800-1,200

100 121035/164A Partial sterling silver flatware service gorham corporation, providence, ri, 20th century “La Scala” pattern comprising six dinner forks, five salad forks, six hollow handle dinner knives, six teaspoons, six soup spoons, one serving fork.

Weight: 42 troy oz. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $1,000-1,500

101 121035/164 Sterling silver flatware service wallace silversmiths, wallingford, ct, 20th century “Grand Baroque” pattern comprising twelve dinner forks, twelve salad forks, eleven seafood forks, twelve hollow handle dinner knives, twelve flat handled butter knives, eleven teaspoons,and twelve cream soup spoons.

Weight: 93 troy oz. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $3,000-5,000

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102 121035/71 East Indian laurel and rosewood sideboard gilbert rohde (1894-1944), for herman miller co., circa 1938 The shaped rectangular top over four concave doors above three pullout cutting boards, the left and central cupboards concealing four sliding shelves and the right cupboard concealing a single fixed shelf, the whole raised on a platform base.

H: 34 1/2 in. W: 72 in. D: 19 in. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. illustrated: Herman Miller Furniture Co. catalogue, c. 1940. $3,000-5,000

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103 121035/85 Japanese elm burl wood center table johan tapp, circa 1935 Having a circular brown leather top over three columnar supports, each with three graduated drawers, branded logo “Tapp Inc., Chicago.”

H: 28 1/4 in. Diam: 42 in. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $3,000-5,000

104 121035/60 Gazelle chair dan johnson, 20th century, circa 1958 Having a bronze frame with green patina, a cane back and seat, made

by Dan Johnson Studio, Rome, for Arch Industries Inc. H: 33 1/2 in. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. illustrated: Interiors, Sept. 1958, p. 36; Interiors, Oct. 1958, p. 166 $4,000-6,000

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04/30/12 105 121035/52 Set of three maple and glass nesting tables 20th century Having a rectangular top with a glass insert on free form tapering legs with a single stretcher.

H: 17 1/2 in. W: 27 in. D: 18 in. (largest) provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $300-500 106 121035/86 Walnut klismos chair t.h. robsjohn-gibbings (1905-1976), made for saridis, athens, circa 1961 Having a curved straight crestrail and plain splat above a woven leather seat on sabre legs.

H: 35 1/2 in. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. illustrated: Furniture of Classical Greece by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings and Carlton W. Pullin, Knopf: New York, 1963, p.48-49. $2,000-3,000

107 121035/27 Rock maple and glass top coffee table paul laszlo (1900-1993), circa 1937-8 Having a rectangular plate glass top above four rectangular legs, signed “Laszlo Inc, Beverly Hills.”

L: 58 in. D: 31 in. provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. illustrated: Paul Laszlo Interiors Exterior by Paul Laszlo, Beverly Hills, CA 1947, p.2. $1,000-1,500 END OF THE JANET BROWN COLLECTION

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108 121278/9 Rococo Revival child’s armchair mid 19th century The cresting with spray of flowers on carved and molded stiles continuing to arms, serpentine seat rail on cabriole legs.

H: 25 1/2 in. $600-8000

109 121271/1 Mahogany and gilt metal tall case clock first half 20th century Carved cresting with two urn finials, circular steel face with black Roman numeral chapter ring, open waist decorated with a git metal panel of a seated maiden and a cupid, base with a gothic gilt metal panel on bracket feet, 30 hour movement, hour strike.

H: 84 3/4 in. $4,000-8,000

110 121196/2 Renaissance Revival mahogany and mixed wood cabinet mid to late 19th century A demilune top having outset square corner above a floral and vine incised burl frieze, two sides having incised drops, flanked by two half floral incised and fluted columns surounding a single panel door with applied and incised scrolls enclosing an ebonized circular medallion on a shaped platform base.

H: 42 1/4 in. W: 49 in. D: 19 in. $800-1,200

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111 11-2284/8 Renaissance Revival mahogany walnut desk label of george j. henkels (1819-1883), philadelphia, pa Bears brass plate inscribed, “George J. Henkels Cabinetmaker 211 Sth 12th St. Phila.” The rectangular top with outset corners on egg and dart and basket weave-carved cornice supported by caryatids enclosing a paneled hinged front, which opens to a elaborately fitted bird’s-eye maple interior on base with drawer having “wolf-head” carved pulls, lion’s head and acanthus carved cabriole legs ending in paw feet.

H: 56 in. W: 44 in. D: 23 1/2 in. note: For a very similar desk please see walnut drop-front desk in the Packer library, illustrated,The Magazine Antiques, October 1973: p. 645, fig. 8. $4,000-6,000

112 121288/1 Two painted iron garden benches 20th century Having a shaped grapevine back over a geometric pierced seat above a vine decorated apron and legs, leaf feet.

H: 33 1/2 in. W: 41 in. $300-500

113 11-2223/23 Miniature burl walnut jewelry chest late 19th century Rectangular top with rounded corners and molded edge above four graduated molded drawers with turned pulls, molded base; together with miniature slate, cast iron, and brass coal fireplace model.

H: 13 in. W: 14 1/2 in. D: 9 1/2 in. $400-600

114 11-2202/11 Oak arts and crafts bench late 19th/early 20th century Having a rectangular needlepoint seat above two supports with keyed through tenons and open work medallions and a pierced stretcher.

H: 19 3/8 in. W: 33 in. D: 13 1/4 in. $400-600

115 11-1724/6 Two wrought iron and metal floor lamps The first having a lantern form amber colored shade suspended on a cylindrical black painted metal standard with foliage decoration to base on three wrought iron arched legs and reverse scrolled feet; the second with a copper patinated conical shade on an alternating square and spiral turned standard on three arched legs and reserve scrolled feet, both electrified.

H: 69 in. (tallest) $400-600

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04/30/12 116 11-2202/17 Walnut side chair attributed to herter bros., new york, circa 1874 A rectangular back with a spindle gallery having incised foliate and floral blocks and ring turned stiles with ring turned legs with floral carved block, box stretcher. $800-1,200

117 121196/1 Reverse-painted and bronze table lamp early to mid 20th century The domical shade with a reversepainted forest theme on a pod shaped base with floral decoration to base.

H: 22 1/2 in. Diam: 17 7/8 in. (shade) $400-600

118 11-2331/63 Reverse-painted and bronze table lamp late 19th/early 20th century A tall domical reverse-painted shade depicting a landscape scene above a ribbed vasiform standard on a shaped circual base.

H: 23 in. Diam: 16 in. $800-1,200

119 11-2331/33 Reverse-painted bronze table lamp late 19th/early 20th century The reverse-painted domical shade with a rose motif above a bronze urn form standard with vine and oval cartouche decoration, circular base with gadrooned edge.

H: 24 in. Diam: 14 1/4 in. $500-700

120 121199/1 Tiffany adjustable reading floor lamp tiffany studios, new york, ny, circa 1910 Slender reeded adjustable shaft on circular, impressed base, fitted with a tasseled silk shade. Bottom impressed “Tiffany Studios 833.”

H: 48 in. $500-700

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04/30/12 121 SF121087/1 Tiffany-style leaded glass chandelier 20th century Of domical form with fish scale pattern and beaded edge.

Diam: 17 in. $800-1,200

122 SF121126/1 Bronze and favrile glass harp desk lamp tiffany studios, new york, ny The green/gold pulled feather favrile shade with a ruffled edge signed, “L.C.T.” to the collar, the harp having a swivel socket with a gadrooned circular base on ball feet, stamped “Tiffany Studios/New York/419 and also engraved “Tiffany Studio -EW.” H: 14 1/4 in. Diam: 6 in. (shade) $3,000-5,000

123 11-8070/1 Leaded and stained glass floor lamp tiffany studios, new york, ny, early 20th century “Linen-fold” leaded amber glass shade above a gilt bronze bud and stem standard with a counter balance on a circular and scalloped base with “C” scroll feet, both stamped “Tiffany Studios.”

H: 55 1/2 in. Diam: 9 in. $5,000-7,000

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124 128026/1 Leaded and stained glass table lamp tiffany, new york, ny, circa 1915 The domical shade, of oriental poppy design, above a slender baluster and ring turned copper patinated standard with a stepped circular base, shade and lamp base bear mark, “Tiffany New York.”

H: 21 in. Diam: 18 in. (shade) $40,000-60,000

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125 121199/5 Group of favrile glassware tiffany, new york, ny, 20th century Including an ink stamp with three scarabs and a circular crimped edge base encompassing the initial “A” in glass; a bulbous iridescent rose and gold vase, marked “L.C. Tiffany Favrile 9313 K”; one blue nut dish, marked “L.C. Tiffany Favrile 1410;”a gold old favrile glass cup, bottom marked “LCT 216;” and two favrile glass open salts, one of gold and rose, original Tiffany paper label and the other with blue gold color, marked “L.C.T. 2302.”

H: 2 3/4 in. (cup) $700-900 126 121199/4 Blue favrile glass candy bowl tiffany, new york, ny, circa 1920 Circular form with scalloped rim and ribbed sides, marked “L.C. T. Favrile 1286.”

Diam: 5 1/2 in. $500-700

127 121199/6 Four gold favrile glass vases tiffany, new york, ny, first quarter 20th century One with a flaring scalloped rim marked “L.C.T. Favrile R 216”; the second with ribbed sides and pinched at the neck, marked “L.C.T.”; the third a gold bud vase with pulled feather decoration, marked “L.C.Tiffany Favrile 2201 K”; and the fourth with a hexagonal body on a wide flat circular base, bottom marked “L.C. Tiffany, Favrile, 10336205 m.”

H: 7 3/4 in. (tallest) $700-900 128 121199/3 Favrile bowl tiffany, new york, ny, circa 1920 Of circular form having a gold base with rose and blue iridescence with scalloped border and ribbed body, bottom marked “L.C. T. Favrile.”

Diam: 7 1/8 in. $700-900

129 11-1467/224 Iridescent favrile glass candy dish tiffany, new york, ny Having a ruffled edge and signed “L.C.T.” Diam: 6 1/8 in. $400-600

130 121199/2 Textured gilt patinated flower vase tiffany, new york, ny, circa 1910 Circular flaring lip on a conforming base with five raised arches each with three green enamel triangle and diamond inserts, bottom stamped with Tiffany “LCT” trade mark, “Louis C. Tiffany Furnaces Inc. Favrile, 166A.” H: 11 in. $300-500

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04/30/12 131 121019/2 Patinated bronze “Zodiac” inkwell tiffany studios, new york, ny, 20th century Hexagonal form with zodiac design, glass inkwell, and stamped “Tiffany Studios New York 1072.”

H: 4 in. Diam: 6 1/2 in. $400-600

132A 121083/1 Sculpted two door cabinet paul evans (1931-1987) The rectangular top with two panel doors with an all-over copper accented sculpted surface.

H: 48 in. W: 30 in. D: 15 in. $3,000-5,000

133 11-2331/69 Jukebox rock-ola, chicago, il, circa 1947 Having a wood veneered body enclosing a record player, push-button selection keypad flanked by ribbed colored plastic enclosing a scroll metal, wood veneer, and colored plastic front, model 1426, series F. H: 58 in. W: 29 1/2 in. D: 27 in. $1,000-1,500

132 11-2161/1 Pyrographic decorated wooden box charles demuth (1883-1935), lancaster, pa Of circular form with conforming lid having a colored pyrographic form of a young lady walking a small dog, signed lower right, “C. Demuth 1903.”

H: 4 1/4 in. Diam: 8 7/8 in. note: As a young man, Charles Demuth studied pyrography with Letty Purple. $1,000-1,500

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134 11-8068/2 James ‘Son Ford’ Thomas (1926-1993) “between a foot and a jackass,” dated 1980 Ink, poster paint, and marker on card stock, framed.

15 1/8 in. x 29 3/8 in. (sight) $1,500-2,500

135 11-8068/1 Bill Traylor (1854-1947) untitled, “doctor” Unsigned, pencil, gouache on paper, framed.

13 15/16 in. x 11 1/4 in. (sight) provenance: Luise Ross Gallery, New York, New York $20,000-30,000

136 11-1812/18 American School 20th century seven drawings of ladies in parlor rooms Prismacolor on paper, framed. Four with hand-written titles affixed to versoes: “Mrs. Pierce (2),” “Miss Mary,” and “Disturbed, how I wanted to eat my apple,” three untitled.

18 1/2 in. x 13 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Lady $500-1,000

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM R. WISTER lots 137-229 Monday, April 30th, 2012

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister

Hannah Elizabeth Willets Wister (1917-2011) and William Rotch Wister (1904–1993) lived in a gracious, restored colonial home in Oldwick, New Jersey with a magnificent garden and orchard. The home was filled with art and antiques that had been collected and inherited by the couple from their the two distinguished families.

Mrs. Wister was born to Samuel Willets and Ida Blackstone Riley Willets. She grew up in New York City, Long Island and Warrenton, Virginia. She loved nature, dogs, and as an accomplished horsewoman, loved to ride to the hunt. Mrs. Wister was active in many social organizations.

William Rotch Wister (1904-1993) was born to the prominent Philadelphia Wister family. His father, Owen Wister, was the author of the famous novel, The Virginian, and his mother, Mary Channing Wister, was a member of the

Philadelphia Board of Education and a founder of the Civic Club of Philadelphia, which sought to improve the lives of women through political and social reform.

The Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, built in 1744, on Germantown Avenue in historic Germantown, Philadelphia, is regarded as a paradigm of Pennsylvania German architecture and today, is a National Historic Landmark.

Additional property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister will be sold in the upcoming English and Continental Auction on May 22, 2012, the Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera Auction on May 31, 2012, and the Fine American Painting and Sculpture Auction on June 3, 2012.

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04/30/12 137 11-2226/103 Autograph letter signed, George Washington philadelphia, pa, january 7, 1795 To Pierce Butler, Federalist senator from South Carolina, relating to Butler's objections to expenditures for the construction of Naval frigates appropriated by the Washington Administration by the Act of March 27, 1794. The letter reflects the tensions between the Congress and the Executive branch over control of military spending under the new Constitution. The six frigates built under the Act included the U.S.S. Constitution. one page, 4 to (quarto) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Pierce Butler (1744-1822), the largest slaveholder in South Carolina, disinherited his only survivng son and passed his estate to his grandsons as long as they changed their surname to Butler from Mease. The letter descended to grandson Pierce M. Butler (1810-1867) who married the English actress Fanny Kemble (1809-1893).

Their oldest daughter, Sarah Butler married Owen Jones Wister. Thence to their son, Owen Wister (1860-1938), to his son William R. Wister to the present owners. $15,000-25,000

139 11-2226/11 George III mahogany and fruitwood banjo barometer 19th century Bears paper label of Charles Stewart Antiques Ltd., London.

H: 40 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $600-800

140 11-2226/1 Mahogany hanging pipe box 19th century The pierced and shaped cresting above hinged lid on tapering canted base.

H: 19 3/4 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $300-400

141 11-2226/2 Classical-style mahogany looking glass 19th century The molded and stepped cornice above entablature with applied vine and two mirror plates flanked by reeded and turned pilasters.

H: 47 in. W: 25 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $350-450

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142 11-2226/7A Large Federal-style giltwood and eglomisé mirror late 19th century The stepped cornice hung with spherules above frieze with eglomisé panel with ship and crossed quivers with arrows and horns above a mirror plate enclosed by carved and molded frame.

H: 46 in. W: 30 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to William R. Wister. The mirror may have hung in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $1,000-1,500

143 11-2226/88 Nicholas Pockock (British, 1740-1824) duel between the uss president and hms endymion Signed, “N. Pockcock,” bears printed paper label of “Kennedy & Co,” watercolor on paper, framed.

11 1/2 in. x 15 1/4 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. note: On January 15, 1815, the Endymion, regarded as the fastest ship in the Royal Navy, engaged the President in battle which resulted in the eventual capture of the American ship. $400-600

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144 11-2226/3 Late Classical marble top mahogany pier table probably philadelphia, pa, circa 1830 The rectangular marble top on an ogee molded apron and scrolled supports enclosing a mirrored back on ogee molded stepped base and feet.

H: 37 in. W: 42 in. D: 18 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $1,200-1,800

145 11-2226/61 Pair of bronze, marble and gilt metal three-light candelabra french, 19th century Each with two gilt metal candlearms on bronze figural support, squared marble base, glass and metal swag.

H: 13 1/2 in. W: 15 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners. The candelabra were part of the furnishings in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $800-1,200

146 11-2226/35 Late Classical mahogany card table 19th century The oblong hinged top on carved and gadrooned apron and carved scrolled supports centering a pineapple on shaped base and paw feet.

H: 30 in. W: 41 1/2 in. D: 21 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $300-500

147 11-2226/50 Adolph Konrad (1915-2003) the cello player Signed lower left, “Konrad,” oil on board, framed.

7 5/8 in. x 8 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $200-300 148 11-2226/30 Queen Anne-style mahogany dumb waiter 19th century Three molded circular tiers on turned supports and cabriole legs ending in pad feet, with casters.

H: 42 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $700-900

149 11-2226/31 Three patinated metal or painted table lamps The first of columnar form painted black and decorated with gilt NeoClassical devices, the second with three cast dolphins, and the third a cast bouillette with stenciled shade.

H: 21 in. (bouillette) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $300-500

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04/30/12 150 11-2226/29 Regency mahogany secretary breakfront bookcase early 19th century Cove molded and dentil carved cornice above glazed, mullioned doors enclosing shelves, above three drawers, the upper opens to fitted desk, flanked by two doors with applied molding, all on molded base.

H: 96 1/2 in. W: 83 in. D: 20 1/4 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $8,000-12,000

151 11-2226/37 Chippendale mahogany corner or roundabout chair late 18th century Shaped backrest on flattened arms and pierced splats, tapering ring turned supports, square turned legs joined by stretchers.

H: 32 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $800-1,200

152 11-2226/43 Group of English and Continental porcelain items 19th century Including a small Worcester covered sauce tureen, a reticulated Dresden plate, pair of polychrome floral Worcester-type dessert plates, a Coalport ink stand and two Imari palette oval platters.

L: 11 1/2 in. (platters) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $1,000-2,000

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04/30/12 153 11-2226/63 Group of three Staffordshire figural items 19th century Including a pair of spill vases in the form of swans and signets and a mantel grouping of a romantic couple.

H(s): 4 3/4 in. and 9 3/4 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $150-250 154 11-2226/63A Two Chinese Export porcelain soup plates 19th century “Orange Fitzhugh” decoration.

Diam: 10 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $300-500 155 11-2226/16 Chinese Export porcelain armorial tablewares late 18th/early 19th century The first a platter of octagonal form, the second a deep dish, each centering an armorial crest, enclosed by flowers, famille rose palette; together with a punch bowl decorated with floral sprays alternating with armorial crests and a leaf shaped dish, underglazed blue centering a polychrome crest.

L(s): 14 1/2 in. and 7 1/2 in.

Diam(s): 15 in. and 10 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $800-1,200

156 11-2226/16A Chinese Export porcelain cider jug early 19th century The domed top with foo dog finial and polychrome and gilt floral border, on jug with conforming border and two sepia oval reserves depicting landscapes, entwined handle.

H: 11 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $350-450 157 11-2226/16B Chinese Export porcelain blue and white tablewares first half 19th century Including oval platter and two open vegetable dishes, each decorated with ribboned reserves enclosing coat of arms.

L(s): 17 3/4 in. and 12 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $250-350

158 11-2226/42 Pair of Chinese Export porcelain hat stands 19th century Of pierced hexagonal form decorated in polychrome with Mandarin figures, fitted as lamps.

H: 27 1/2 in. (with harp) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $500-800 159 11-2226/46 Pair of Chinese Export porcelain hat stands 19th century Of pierced hexagonal form decorated in polychrome with figures of children at play, fitted as lamps.

H: 24 in. (with harp) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $500-800

160 11-2226/67 Group of Chinese Export porcelain tablewares 19th century Including Mandarin figured punch bowl, a small Famille Rose palette punch bowl, small oval stand, a sauce bowl decorated with grapevine, and a deep dish with love birds and floral swags. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $700-900 161 11-2226/99 Pair of Chinese Export toleware tins fitted as lamps 19th century The cannisters painted red and decorated in black and gold with landscapes.

H: 28 in. (with harp) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $100-200

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162 11-2226/17 Regency inlaid mahogany sideboard early 19th century The serpentine band inlaid top on conforming case with central drawer flanked by two deep drawers, all inlaid with corner fans, apron with oval inlay, squared tapering legs with conforming inlay, spade feet.

H: 37 1/4 in. W: 59 3/4 in.

D: 24 3/4 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $2,500-3,500

163 11-2226/63B Pair of etched uncolored glass decanters early 19th century Each etched with floral devices, replaced stoppers.

H: 10 1/2 in. (without stoppers) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners. The decanters are believed to have been used in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $200-400

164 11-2226/4 Pair of brass candlesticks with hurricane shades 19th/20th century The candlesticks of baluster form and squared base with canted corners.

H(s): 10 3/4 in. (candlesticks) and 20 in. (shades) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $400-500

165 11-2226/5 Pair of Continental brass candlesticks with blown glass hurricane shades 18th/19th century The candlesticks with tulip form candlecup on urn form stem and two tier circular foot, cast with leaves, masks and fish scale patterned ground.

H(s): 6 3/4 in. (candlesticks) and 21 3/4 in. (shades) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $800-1,200

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04/30/12 166 11-2226/9 Mourning picture for Captain Thomas Smalley hannah k. smalley, provincetown, ma, circa 1831 Eglomisé mat inscribed, “Hannah K. Smalley,” watercolor, graphite and ink on paper, the tomb inscribed, “Sacred to the memory of Capt Thomas Smalley who died June 17th, 1831, aged 70 years.”

15 1/4 in. x 20 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. note: Captain Thomas Smalley was born in Truro, Massachusetts in 1761 and died in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1831. His first wife, Elizabeth Nicholson, died in 1803. His second wife, Hannah Oaks (1776-1861) of Cohasset, may have painted the memorial. $2,000-3,000

167 11-2226/8 Brass and iron umbrella stand with canes 19th/20th century Including four wooden canes and one ivory handle carved in the form of a lioness with rabbit in jaws.

H: 24 in. (stand) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $250-350

168 11-2226/92 Pair of Chippendale-style easy chairs 20th century Each with arched back, shaped wings and outscrolled arms on square tapering legs. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $200-400

169 11-2226/47 Japanned cabinet 19th/20th century The molded cornice above double paneled door and sides, all decorated with polychrome Asian scenery and figures.

H: 36 in. W: 21 in. D: 21 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $200-400

170 11-2226/25 Pair of upholstered Renaissance Revival slipper chairs probably philadelphia, pa, circa 1865 Arched upholstered backs flanked by molded stiles, carved seat rail, trumpet form tapering feet, on casters. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $250-350 171 11-2226/102 Pair of Victorian foot stools bearing retailer’s paper label, “sloan’s new york” With circular needlepoint upholstered and fringed tops on scroll-carved legs joined by turned stretchers.

H: 15 in. Diam: 13 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $500-800

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04/30/12 172 11-2226/12 Queen Anne-style upholstered easy chair With straight cresting on shaped wings and arms on cabriole legs joined by turned stretchers. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $250-350

172A 11-2226/12A Pair of Queen Anne-style fruitwood side chairs Serpentine cresting above solid urn form splat and trapezoidal seat upholstered with 18th/19th century embroidered seat covers, on cabriole legs ending in pad feet. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $800-1,200

173 11-2226/81 Pair of Rococo Revival walnut side chairs circa 1875 Each with an open balloon back on a shaped overupholstered seat on cabriole legs ending in slipper feet. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners. The chairs were probably used in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $250-350

174 11-2226/34 Chinese Export porcelain tureen and underplate 19th century The oblong tureen with boar’s head handles with domed cover with floral knop on conforming stand, Famille Rose pallette.

L(s): 10 1/2 in. and 13 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners and was probably used at the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $800-1,200 See illustration on page 48

175 11-2226/38 Three Chinese Export porcelain vases late 18th/19th century The first of flattened baluster form with underglazed blue floral reserves filled with polychrome vase of flowers, the second of tapering form with flared rim in Rose Mandarin palette, and the third of Kangxi period, Famille Noire palette of baluster form with flaring rim, all fitted as lamps.

H: 17 3/4 in. (tallest) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $400-800

176 11-2226/41 Federal mahogany cellarette early 19th century The rectangular hinged lid with inlaid edge lifts to reveal a fitted interior on square turned tapering legs.

H: 26 in. W: 16 3/4 in. D: 11 3/4 in provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $300-500

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177 11-2226/13 Regency mahogany triple pedestal dining table 19th century In three parts, two with oblong ends, reeded edges, tapering ringed pedestals with molded downswept legs ending in brass caps.

H: 27 1/2 in. L: 72 in. D: 47 1/8 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $3,000-5,000

178 11-2226/123 Pair of silverplate candelabra gorham corporation, providence, ri, late 19th century Having scrolled borders to bobeches and candle cups with scroll arms on a foliate and scroll decorated baluster on a shaped circular base with a scroll border.

H: 16 7/8 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $400-600

179 11-2226/33 Two Chinese Export porcelain Rose Mandarin punch bowls 19th century The first very large, both decorated with panels of figures alternating with panels of flowers and insects.

Diam(s): 18 1/4 in. and 14 1/4 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. note: The largest punch bowl in the lot descended in the Wister family to the present owners and was probably used at the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $400-600

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04/30/12 180 11-2226/82 Chippendale mahogany bracket clock john childs (active 1813-1847) philadelphia, pa, circa 1825 The arched molded top above tombstone shaped door opening to painted moon dial face inscribed, “Jno Child Phila,” on molded base, cast brass ringed pulls and brass latticed glazed openings at sides, on brass paw feet.

H: 17 5/8 in. W: 12 in. D: 6 3/4 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners and used in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $3,000-5,000

183 11-2226/118 Small group of vermeil sterling silver flatware tiffany & co., new york, ny, late 19th century “Chrysanthemum” pattern comprising twelve ice cream forks, a fish server, berry spoon, and shell shaped serving spoon, monogram.

Weight: 27 troy oz. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $800-1,200

184 11-2226/119 Two sterling silver salad serving sets frank m. whiting co, north attleboro, ma, 20th century “Imperial Queen” pattern; together with a large serving sterling vermeil serving spoon by Gorham in the “King George” pattern, monogram.

Weight: 15 troy oz. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $300-500

181 11-2226/111 Partial set of sterling silver flatware tiffany & co., new york, ny, late 19th century “Wave Edge” pattern comprising eighteen dinner forks, twelve flat handle butter spreaders, eleven teaspoons, twelve vermeil cream soup spoons, eleven soup spoons, six serving spoons, ten vermeil demitasse spoons, twelve egg spoons, a vermeil sauce ladle, and a vermeil berry spoon, monogram.

Weight: 102 troy oz. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $2,000-4,000

182 11-2226/112 Sterling silver tableware service gorham corporation, providence, ri, late 19th century “Imperial” pattern comprising twelve dinner forks, ten luncheon forks, twelve hollow handle dinner knives, twelve hollow handle luncheon knives, seven teaspoons, four soup spoons, six serving spoons, one vermeil cracker spoon, monogram.

Weight: 89 troy oz. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $1,500-2,000

185 11-2226/120 Group of sterling serving pieces gorham corporation, tiffany & co., whiting mfg. co., and others, 19th/20th century Including a Tiffany sauce ladle and an asparagus server; a Gorham asparagus server, vermeil serving spoon, serving spoon; two Whiting vermeil repoussé serving spoons and a serving fork; and a tomato server.

Weight: 28 troy oz. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $700-900

186 11-2226/57 George II mahogany and parcel gilt pier mirror mid 18th century The shaped cresting with basket of flowers finial above mirror plate enclosed by molding and floral vine fillets, shaped pendant.

L: 49 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners. The mirror is believed to have hung in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $1,500-2,500

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04/30/12 187 11-2226/54 Silhouette of Owen Jones (1711-1793) late 18th/early 19th century Inscribed, “Owen Jones, A.E. 78/ born 1711. Died A.E. 82 Colonial Treasurer of Penna.”

8 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners. The silhouette hung in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. note: Jones was a Philadelphia merchant and last provincial Treasurer of Pennsylvania before the Revolution. He was the grandfather of Sarah (Sally) Wister. See lot 189. $400-600 188 11-2226/54A Silhouettte of Charles Jones Wister (1782-1865) augustus day (active south carolina and philadelphia), 19th century Inscribed, “Day Fecit Chas J. Wister,” hollow cut and heightened with watercolor, framed.

3 3/4 in. x 2 3/4 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners. note: Charles Jones Wister named the family home Grumblethorpe after a humorous book, Thinks I to Myself. He was known for his broad scientific knowledge and kept a weather diary for decades. The silhouette hung in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $400-600

189 11-2226/54B Life-sized silhouette of Sarah (Sally) Wister (1761-1804) philadelphia, pa, early 19th century Inscribed, “Sarah Wister b. july 20, 1761. d. April 21, 1804 Daugh. of Daniel and Lowry Wister. author of Sally Wister’s Journal of the Revolution.” cut -out backed with black paper, framed.

17 in. x 10 3/4 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

This silhouette descended in the Wister family to the present owners. The silhouette hung in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. note: Sarah Wister was the eldest child of Quaker merchant Daniel Wister and Lowry Jones. Her

Grandfather John Wister built Grumblethorpe as a summer house in Germantown in 1744. It became the Wister’s year around home after the yellow fever epidemic. It was the home to Sally Wister for most of her life. During 1777 and 1778 Sarah, called Sally, kept a journal in the form of letters to her friend Deborah Norris recounting the details of life under British occupation. The complete journal, “ A True Narrative: Being a Quaker Maiden’s Account of her Experiences with Officers of the Continental Army 1777-1778,” was published in 1902 and this silhouette, the only known likeness of Sarah Wister, was illustrated. A sampler worked by Sarah in 1773 is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and published in Betty Ring, Girlhood Embroidery American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850 (1993) p.337, Fig. 354. $2,000-3,000

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04/30/12 190 11-2226/15 Floral decorated porcelain dinner partial service continental, 19th century Each with impressed mark, crown over FBB, decorated with iron red and pink floral vine, with a beaded gilt band border, including: five platters, two urn form tureens with underplates, two covered vegetables, three squared serving dishes, two oval serving dishes, one centerpiece with stand, sixteen soup plates, nineteen dinner plates and fourteen dessert plates.

Diam: 10 1/2 in. (dinner plates) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $1,000-1,500 191 11-2226/51 Attributed to Vincenzo Camuccini (Italian 1771-1844) portrait of vincenzo camuccini and his wife, 19th century Oil on panel, verso bears label of the Fogg Art Museum, framed.

17 1/4 in. x 13 1/4 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $1,500-2,500

192 11-2226/26 Regency-style inlaid mahogany tray table 20th century Oval form with brass handles and gallery centering inlaid shell on tapering splayed legs joined by stretcher.

H: 21 in. W: 29 3/4 in. D: 20 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $200-300 193 11-2226/70 Painted fruitwood box late 19th century The lid of rectangular box painted with a landscape with two people and a dog.

H: 2 in. W: 1 in. D: 6 3/8 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $75-125

194 11-2226/69 Pair of Regency mahogany and marquetry side chairs 19th century Crestrail with marquetry tablet of Classical devices over three carved and reeded spindles, marquetry inlaid backrest on overupholstered seat and squared tapering inlaid legs ending in spade feet. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners. The chairs are thought to have been part of the furnishings of the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $250-350

195 11-2226/78 Federal mahogany two-drawer drop-leaf table circa 1810 The rectangular top with dropleaves above two drawers and ringturned tapering legs ending in ball feet.

H: 29 in. W: 18 1/2 in. (without leaves) D: 18 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $200-300 196 11-2226/96 Two gout stools 19th century One cast in metal in the shape of a horseshoe with velvet center, the second upholstered on tapering fluted legs. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $100-200

197 11-2226/56 Pair of French Empire painted metal urns 19th century With cast swan form handles, painted black with gilt highlights, fitted as lamps.

H: 26 in. (with harps) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners and thought to have been used in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $150-250

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04/30/12 198 11-2226/71 Carved mahogany tester bedstead circa 1830 and later Turned, reeded posts carved with swagged urn and faceted, turned foot, arched headboard.

H: 88 3/4 in. L: 81 1/2 in.

D: 67 3/4 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners. The bedstead was part of the furnishings in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $800-1,200

199 11-2226/52 Papier Mache tray on stand 19th century The tray top with serpentine edge decorated with polychrome floral spray and gilt flourishes, on outset flower-decorated knees and turned tapering legs ending in pad feet.

H: 19 1/2 in. W: 31 in. D: 24 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $300-500 200 11-2226/72 Federal walnut pembroke table circa 1800 The rectangular top with conforming leaves above frieze fitted with single drawer on squared tapering legs joined by cross stretchers.

H: 28 in. W: 22 1/2 in. (without leaves) D: 30 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners. Probably used in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historical Landmark. $800-1,200

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04/30/12 201 11-2226/45 Classical giltwood eglomisé banjo clock circa 1835 Brass eagle finial above face, eglomisé throat and panel decorated with figure of a lady, carved pendant.

H: 39 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $800-1,200

203 11-2226/75 Upholstered mahogany bench late 18th century Of rectangular form. needlepoint upholstered top on squared legs carved with cable-edge, joined by stretcher.

H: 16 in. W: 27 in. D: 14 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $200-400

205 11-2226/91 Mahogany shaving stand 19th century Oval mirror pivots on shaped supports and serpentine fronted case fitted with three drawers, bracket feet.

H: 22 1/2 in. W: 16 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $150-250

204 11-2226/40 Brass fireplace items 19th/20th century Including a pair of andirons of faceted baluster form, four fire tools in stand, most with steeple form finials, a molded and pierced fender with applied rope moldeing and a trivet.

H: 25 1/2 in. (andirons) L: 64 1/2 in. (fender) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $800-1,200

206 11-2226/60 Tray table with drawer 19th century A rectangular tray with canted sides above shaped drawer on urn shaped supports joined by medial shelf, trestle base.

H: 24 1/2 in W: 18 3/8 in.

D: 12 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners. Used in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $100-200

202 11-2226/73 Federal mahogany bowfront chest of drawers circa 1820 Fitted with two short over three graduated drawers, arched apron continuing to French Feet.

H: 36 1/2 in. W: 36 1/4 in.

D: 17 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $1,000-1,500

202A 11-2226/88A Two aquatints: After Lieut J. Mackellar, Royal Navy (late 18th century) “commencement of action between the french frigate la reunion and h.m.s. crescent” Engraved by J. Wells, framed.

12 1/4 in. x 18 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $300-500

207 11-2226/55 George III mahogany and parcel gilt looking glass mid 18th century The shaped and scrolled cresting pierced with a foliate-device above mirror plate flanked by shaped slip and carved filletl, shaped pendant centering a shell below.

L: 44 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners and believed to have hung in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $1,500-2,500

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04/30/12 208 11-2226/58 Chippendale walnut armchair philadelphia, pa, circa 1765 The serpentine crestrail centering a shell above a vasiform splat, shaped arms with carved handholds, trapezoidal seat with late 18th/early 19th century needleworked cover depicting vase of flowers enclosed by scrolls, cabriole legs with shell-carved legs ending in ball and claw feet. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners. The armchair was used in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $3,000-5,000 209 11-2226/59 Walnut etagere possibly philadelphia, pa, 19th century Turned finials on baluster-turned posts enclosing rectangular shelves, single drawer below, on tapering turned feet on casters.

H: 51 1/2 in. W: 18 1/2 in. D: 18 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners.

Once part of the furnishings of the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $800-1,200

210 11-2226/68 Federal inlaid mahogany card table mid-atlantic states, circa 1800 The demilune top on conforming line-inlaid apron and five tapering line-inlaid square turned legs.

H: 28 1/4 in. W: 35 1/2 IN. D: 17 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners. The table was part of the furnishings at the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark. $600-1,000 211 11-2226/22 Federal inlaid mahogany card table early 19th century The demi-lune hinged top opens to a felted surface on conforming line-inlaid apron on square tapering line-inlaid legs ending in spade feet.

H: 28 1/4 in. W: 36 in. D: 17 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $800-1,200

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04/30/12 212 11-2226/7 George III-style mahogany triple chair-back settee The carved serpentine crestrail above pierced urn form splats, shaped arms on upholstered seat, carved cabriole legs.

H: 36 1/2 in. W: 60 in. D: 19 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $2,000-3,000

213 11-2226/100 Rococo Revival suite of four side chairs and four armchairs circa 1860 The arm chairs with molded oval back, shaped and padded arms, serpentine seat rails and cabriole legs ending in casters, six upholstered in early mohair floral. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $600-1,000

214 11-2226/94 Federal/Regency library steps 19th century Three steps with leather tops and reeded edges on turned legs.

H: 27 in. D: 30 1/4 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $300-500

215 11-2226/80 Sailors’s shell-work valentine ann t. schmitt, 1994 Entitled, “A Game of Love,” octagonal frame, paper label on verso.

11 in. x 11 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $250-350

216 11-2226/98 American School 20th century two miniature portraits of girls Label on verso, “Early American by Marianana,” each cut-out figure of young girl embellished with paint, ink, fabric and colored paper, velvet frames.

3 1/2 in. x 3 1/4 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $150-250

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04/30/12 217 11-2226/93 George III inlaid mahogany dresser bookcase early 19th century Dentil molded cornice with “Gothic” drops above two “Gothic” mullioned glazed doors opening to three shelves on case fitted with three graduated beaded drawers on tall French feet, string inlay throughout.

H: 89 1/2 in. W: 47 in. D: 16 3/4 in. provenance: The Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey.

Descended in the Wister family to the present owners and probably used in the Wister family ancestral home, Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landscape. $1,500-2,500

218 11-2226/85 Two carved and painted bird figures 20th century A grouse and a wood duck, respectively, on wooden bases, mounted as lamps.

H: 13 in. (with harp) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $75-125

219 11-2226/64 Chinese Export glazed pottery figural garden seats 20th century The first in the form of an elephant, the second in the form of a dragon.

H(s): 20 in. and 20 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $400-600

220 11-2226/53 Wesley Elbridge Webber (1841-1914) river scene with boat Signed and dated lower left, “Webber 1876,” oil on canvas, framed.

23 1/2 in. x 43 1/4 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $1,000-2,000

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04/30/12 221 11-2226/90 Anglo/American School 19th century two portraits of race horses with jockeys Each signed, “F. Smyth”; the first entitled, “Crucifix, Winner of the Oaks, 1840, ridden by J.B. Day” and the second “Little Wonder, Winner of the Derby 1840,” oil on canvas, framed.

8 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $250-350

222 11-2226/27 James Loring Johnson (20th century) the elm tree Signed lower left, “Jimmy Johnson,” oil on canvas, framed.

17 3/4 in. x 13 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $200-300

223 11-2226/28 American School 20th century chickens and rooster eating vegetables Signed lower left, “Rentz,” oil on canvas, framed.

19 1/4 in. x 23 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $200-300 224 11-2226/65 Martha Cahoon (1905-1999) sandpipers and muscles on shore Signed lower right, “Martha Cahoon,” oil on panel, framed.

14 1/2 in. x 19 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $1,500-2,500

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04/30/12 225 11-2226/106 Four “Sculptura” wirework and iron chairs and table russell woodard, owosso, mi, circa 1965 The table with octagonal top.

H: 25 1/2 in. D: 48 in. (table) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $800-1,200

226 11-2226/20 Victorian red-painted cast iron hall tree marked “lawrence foundry” (1852-1900), toronto, canada Cast in the form of a grape vine with ten shaped hooks and umbrella stand at base.

H: 78 in. W: 37 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $400-600

228 11-2226/107 “Sculptura” wirework and iron settee and cocktail table russell woodard, owosso, mi, circa 1965 The table with a fiberglass circular top.

H(s): 28 1/2 in (settee) and 18 in. (table). L: 53 1/2 in. (settee) Diam: 36 in. (table) provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $400-600

227 11-2226/109 Large “Sculptura” fiberglass and steel dining table attributed to the woodard co., owosso, mi, circa 1965 The octagonal top on tubular splayed legs.

H: 26 in. Diam: 60 in. provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $400-600

229 11-2226/105 Pair of “Sculptura” wirework and iron loungechairs russell woodard, owosso, mi, circa 1965 provenance: Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wister, Oldwick, New Jersey. $400-600

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA H. KNAUER lots 230-331 Monday, April 30th, 2012

Virginia H. Knauer

Upon her passing late last year in Washington D.C., at 96, Virginia H. Knauer had received nine honorary doctorates and countless civic and industry awards for her tireless work as a public servant on behalf of the American consumer. Mrs. Knauer advised three Presidents, Nixon, Ford and Reagan – acting as a ‘pipeline to the President for consumers,’ while she directed the Office of Consumer Affairs. Her numerous and wide-ranging accomplishments had a lasting impact on American life.

Above all, her goal was to educate and empower the consumer and, most importantly, she provided businesses a blueprint for success through improved customer service.

Mrs. Virginia H. Knauer with Elizabeth H. Dole

An enduring part of her educational mission is the Federal Citizen Information Center which today distributes free or low-cost consumer publications. By 1981, it was mailing out 26 million pamphlets annually.

Mrs. Knauer, born Virginia Harrington Wright in Philadelphia in 1915, once told The Washington Post in 1970, “I’ve been a feminist for 20 years and I’m all for advancing women in public office.” She married Wilhelm F. Knauer in 1940, had two children, and became involved in politics while working on Dwight Eisenhower’s 1952 presidential campaign. In 1959 she became the first Republican woman elected to Philadelphia’s City Council Philadelphia’s City Council before heading Pennsylvania’s new Bureau for Consumer Protection just prior to her appointment by Nixon to the Consumer Affairs post in 1969.

Of course, Virginia H. Knauer is remembered for her distinguished career as a nationally renowned public advocate, yet her link to Philadelphia and art is particularly strong. She earned degrees in art from the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Freeman’s is extremely pleased to offer The Collection of Virginia H. Knauer. It is an opportunity to present fine examples of the 18th century antiques she and her husband began collecting in the early years of their marriage, and an occasion for the public to see Virginia H. Knauer as a passionate, informed collector with a discerning eye for beauty, detail and craftsmanship, along with her superb understanding of historical time and place. The sale will contain well documented examples of early Philadelphia furniture with impeccable provenance, many purchased at Samuel T. Freeman & Co. The furnishings are accompanied by photo copies of original bills of sale and catalogues. It will also include English furniture, Chinese export porcelain, and European paintings.

Virginia H. Knauer was a woman of remarkable achievement and served her country during her long life. One of Philadelphia’s own, Freeman’s is delighted to be a part of her legacy with the upcoming auction of so many historical pieces owned by a woman who made history, too.

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04/30/12 In 1759 "A Man Full of Trouble" Tavern and its adjoining neighbor, the "Paschall House," were built on 125-127 Spruce Street in Society Hill, on the banks of Little Dock Creek, shortly after the fall of Quebec in the French and Indian War. The tavern was used continuously as an inn for over 125 years. During this time, the tavern was owned by several famous Philadelphians, among them Colonel Blaithewaite Jones, who was charged with defending the Delaware River against British warships and later by John Wood, Jr. (1736-1793), the famous clockmaker and officer in Washington's Continental Army. Faced with demolition because of slanting walls and weakened foundations, "A Man Full of Trouble" Tavern and the Paschall House were restored to their original condition and opened to the public in 1965 by Bill and Virginia Knauer of The Knauer Foundation for Historic Preservation.

Mrs. Virginia H. Knauer with her husband Wilhelm F. Knauer and their daughter Valerie Burden

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04/30/12 230 11-2353/8 Large quillwork looking glass england, 18th century Rectangular frame with four quillworked panels of flowers and scrolls, each centering a vignette with castle, birds and flowers, figures and a nesting bird centering a mirror plate, worked with paper, shells, fabric and feathers.

33 1/2 in. x 29 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $8,000-12,000

231 11-2353/27 Tin-glazed pottery charger 18th century Manganese and blue, woolsack pattern.

Diam: 13 3/8 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $300-400

232 11-2353/28 Pair of tin-glazed pottery plates bristol, circa 1750 Decorated in blue and white with a couple in a landscape and building beside.

Diam: 9 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $250-350

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233 11-2347/43 Attributed to Allan Ramsay, the Younger (Scottish, 1713-1784) portrait of a gentleman Oil on canvas, framed.

38 3/4 in. x 28 1/4 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, April 18, 1950, lot 285. note: Allan Ramsay was the “Principal Painter to George III” in 1760 and the “Principal Painter in Ordinary” at the Royal Court by 1767. $4,000-6,000

234 11-2347/58 William and Mary maple and cane day bed new england, circa 1710 The shaped, molded and caned back enclosed by squared stiles surmounted by acorn finials, above caned frame supported on eight vase and blockturned legs joined by vase and reel-turned stretchers.

H: 40 in. W: 89 in. D: 21 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Max Webber, Inc., Middleton, Massachusetts, July 27, 1970.

The Fearing Tavern Museum, Elm Street, Wareham Historical Society, Marion, Massachusetts. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale. $2,000-3,000

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04/30/12 235 11-2347/40 Attributed to Sir Peter Lely (British, 1618-1680) portrait of a lady from the court of charles ii Oil on canvas, framed.

46 1/2 in. x 36 1/4 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, March 8, 1949, lot 324. $2,500-3,500

240 11-2353/10 Rare William and Mary painted mixed wood turned stretcher table probably massachusetts, late 17th century The double board top with batten ends on frieze with single drawer, equal ball turned and blocked legs joined by stretchers, old painted dark green surface.

H: 27 1/2 in. L: 37 in. D: 23 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., “Early American Furniture: Assembled by the late John Kenneth Byard, Connecticut”, March 3, 1960, lot 122, Ill. p. 19. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale.

A very similar table is in the collection of the New York Historical Society. $10,000-15,000

236 11-2347/33E William Hamilton, R.A. (England, 1751-1801) three figures and shepherd with sheep Two oval aquatints on paper, publisher, P.W. Thompkins, London, 1797, both framed.

12 7/8 in. x 10 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $400-600

237 11-2347/46 Jacob Backer (Dutch, 1608/9-1651) portrait of a preacher Charcoal and pastel on paper, framed.

13 in. x 10 1/4 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, November 29, 1948, lot 133. literature: Henry Oppenheimer. Catalogue of the famous collection of old master drawings formed by the late Henry Openheimer...which...will be Sold at Auction by Messrs Christie, Manson & Woods on (July 10-13-14, 1936). $2,500-3,500

238 11-2347/47 R.W. Van Boskerck (1855-1932) the meadows Signed lower right, oil on canvas, framed.

17 3/4 in. x 27 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, December 20, 1949, lot 299. $600-1,000

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04/30/12 241 11-2353/6 William and Mary walnut tavern table pennsylvania, circa 1750 Four boards overhanging rectangular top with cleats, above frieze with single drawer and scalloped sides, turned legs joined by box stretchers.

H: 27 3/4 in. W: 52 in. D: 32 in provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $500-1,000

242 11-2347/17 George ll walnut easy chair england, circa 1730 The arched cresting above shallow wings, outscrolled arms, loose cushion seat on squared cabriole legs with “hooved” feet.

H: 47 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, November 15, 1949, lot 309. note: The lot is accompanied by bill of sale. $1,000-1,500

243 11-2347/36 George Ill mahogany and upholstered easy chair england, circa 1770 Curved crestrail, deep wings with outscrolled rolled arms, curved seat rail with “T” cushion seat and molding below, leaf carved cabriole legs on pad feet.

H: 46 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., June 28, 1956. $5,000-10,000

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04/30/12 244 11-2347/3 George II carved mahogany marble top side table ireland, circa 1750 The rectangular marble top above a veneered apron with gadrooned molding, leaf-carved cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet.

H: 31 in. W: 37 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., Sale 1696: “Important American Furniture and Decorations: Property of the Estate of the late John Kenneth Danby, Wilmington, Delaware, Part One”, October 12, 1956, lot 433. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale. $1,000-1,500

245 11-2353/1 Queen Anne walnut dressing table philadelphia, pa, circa 1760 Rectangular top with wide lip molding and notched corners, one wide and three varisized small lip molded drawers, enclosed by chamfered and fluted corners, carved apron with center incised carved shell, cabriole legs with shell carved knees on trifid feet. Old bat wing brasses, probably original to the piece.

H: 29 1/2 in. W: 33 3/4 in. D: 21 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T Freeman & Co, “Collection of Captain Edward Wood Jr.”, 1930. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. illustrated: The Magazine Antiques, May 1930 and The Antiquarian, May 1930. $6,000-10,000

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04/30/12 246 11-2353/3 Queen Anne walnut chest-on-stand philadelphia, pa, circa 1760 The upper case with molded cornice above three short drawers and four graduated drawers, the stand with shaped apron and cabriole legs ending in trifid feet.

H: 63 1/2 in. W: 40 in. D: 22 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., “Pennsylvania Furniture: Property from the Estate of the late Arthur Sussel, Philadelphia, PA, Part One”, October 24, 1958, Lot 409, Ill. p. 83. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale. $6,000-10,000

247 11-2347/35A Queen Anne walnut candlestand and a kettle stand america, 1740-1760 Circular molded edge top fixed on a ring turned and slender vasiform shaft, cabriole legs with snake head feet; together with a kettle stand with circular molded top on tapering vase-turned support on cabriole legs ending in slipper feet.

H: 29 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $300-500

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04/30/12 248 11-2347/37 Chippendale mahogany easy chair america, circa 1795 Slightly arched crestrail, deep wings with outscrolled arms, curved seat rail, on square legs joined by “H” stretchers.

H: 47 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $2,000-5,000

249 11-2347/16 Chippendale walnut drop-leaf dining table philadelphia, pa, 1760-1780 The rectangular top with deep rectangular leaves, shaped ends, cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet.

H: 28 in. W: 19 in. D: 47 3/4 in. Leaves: 18 3/4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Ex-collection of Mr. Charles Lacey Hamilton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $800-1,200

250 11-2347/6 Chippendale mahogany looking glass bearing paper label of john elliott, jr. (1739-1810), philadelphia, pa, circa 1775 With scrolled cornice and pendant, molded liner enclosing original mirror plate.

H: 25 1/4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Israel Sack, Inc., New York, October 2, 1961. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale. $1,500-2,500

251 11-2353/5 Chippendale mahogany commode armchair philadelphia, pa, circa 1770 The serpentine crestrail above a pierced “Gothic” splat, curving arms with carved hand holds, trapezoidal seat, deep shaped apron on square turned legs.

H: 37 1/4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $1,500-2,500

252 11-2347/73 Chippendale walnut slant-front desk america, 1760-1780 The rectangular top above a slant front enclosing a fitted interior over four graduated drawers, ogival bracket feet.

H: 42 3/4 in. L: 37 3/8 in.

D: 22 1/4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $800-1,200

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04/30/12 253 11-2347/5 George III inlaid and figured mahogany breakfront bookcase england, circa 1785 The pierced architectural pediment above a molded, dentil-carved and reeded cornice and four parquetry glazed doors, the cabinet base with four paneled and oval-inlaid doors, short straight bracket base.

H: 104 in. W: 88 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Mr. Gilbert Stuart McClintock (1886-1959), of McClintock Hall, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, November 26, 1961, lot 346. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale. $5,000-8,000

254 11-2347/12 Chippendale mahogany side chair philadelphia, pa, circa 1780 The serpentine crestrail above a “Gothic” pierced splat on molded trapezoidal seat and square-turned and molded edge legs joined by stretcher.

H: 38 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., Sale 1696: “Important American Furniture and Decortions from the Estate of the Late John Kenneth Danby, Wilmington, Delaware, Part One”, October 12, 1956, lot 409. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $600-1,000

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255 11-2347/11 Pair of Chippendale carved walnut side chairs philadelphia, pa, circa 1780 Each with serpentine crestrail centering a shell above pierced urn form and volute-carved splat on trapezoidal seat with carved shell to front rail and shell-carved cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet.

H: 41 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, “Rare and Early American Furniture from the Estate of the late Ann Brown Ellis (Mrs. Thomas Ellis)”, December 13, 1955, lot 249. exhibited: The Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1924. note: Lot is accompanied by Freeman’s sale brochure, illustrating pair of chairs. $10,000-15,000

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04/30/12 256 11-2347/15 Pair of Chippendale shell-carved mahogany side chairs philadelphia, pa, circa 1770 Each with a beaded, serpentine crestrail centering a carved shell above a pierced urn form splat, on molded trapezoidal seat and shellcarved cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet. One chair with handwritten paper label, “Parlor chair of great grand father Elihia (sic) Etting, York, Pa.” H: 40 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. This pair of chairs descended in one of the most prominent early Jewish families of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Elijah Etting (1724-1778) was born in Frankfurt, Germany and arrived in York, Pennsylvania in 1758.

He is thought to be the first Jewish settler in the York County. Etting married Shinah Solomon (17441822) of Lancaster in 1759 and established a successful store. The couple was renowned for their hospitality and generosity and Elijah for his tireless will, honesty and remarkable business acumen. A portrait of Mrs. Elijah Etting, 1792,

by Charles Peale Polk (1767-1822) resides at the Baltimore Museum of Art (accession no. 68.14). In 1780, after the death of Elijah, Shinah Etting moved her family of eight children to Baltimore, Maryland.

Two of her sons, Solomon and Reuben, became especially prominent and influential in Baltimore business and politics and successful in advocating Jewish civil rights. The family papers are held in the American Jewish History Society Archives, New York.

The chairs descended from Shinah Etting to son Reuben Etting (17621848). Reuben, who joined the Revolutionary Army at 19, was wounded and captured at the Battle of Charleston, and became a

Captain of the Independent Blues in 1798. President Jefferson later appointed him Marshall of the State of Maryland. Reuben married Frances Gratz in 1794. The chairs descended to their son Benjamin (1798-1875), who married Harriet Marx in 1830, to their son Joseph Marx (1836-1915), who married Margaretta Emmelie Pope in 1864, to their son, Frank Marx Etting (1867- 1932), who married Clara Newman Fitzsimmons in 1907.

Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, March 9, 1955, lot 527 note: The lot is accompanied by bill of sale. $8,000-12,000

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04/30/12 257 11-2347/19 Queen Anne maple and pine tea table massachusetts or connecticut, circa 1760 The rectangular molded top above frieze with beaded edge, slender cabriole legs ending in pad feet. Hand-written and printed note attached to inside of side rail reads, “Mrs. Luke Vincent Lockwood Collection, lot 209,” printed, “Maple and pine Dutch-foot tea Table, Connecticut, XVIII Century.”

H: 29 in. L: 30 1/2 in. D: 20 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Collection of Mrs. Luke Vincent Lockwood, New York (see note below).

Collection of C. de Freitas-Valle, New York.

Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., Sale 2035: “English and American Furniture: Belonging to His Excellency C. de Freitas-Valle, the Van Cortlandt Mansion, New York”, April 29, 1961, lot 115. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale. literature: For similar examples see Luke Vincent Lockwood, Colonial Furniture in America, Vol. II, figures 734 & 736. note: This tea table comes from the personal collection of Luke Vincent Lockwood (1872-1951), an early scholar of American furniture, whose pioneering work “Colonial Furniture in America,” brought together exceptional masterpieces of regional cabinetwork. $4,000-7,000

258 11-2347/7 George III marble and carved mahogany pier table ireland, 18th century The rectangular gray marble top having molded edge and notched corners above egg and dart-carved and molded frieze with gadrooned apron centering a shell and “C” scroll carved pendant, on acanthus leaf-carved cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet.

H: 30 in. W: 49 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., Sale 1682: “Important American Furniture, Paintings, and Decorative Objects: Collected by the Late Russell J. Hoyt, New York”, May 19, 1956, lot 171, illustration page 50. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale. $2,000-4,000

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04/30/12 259 11-2347/74 George III mahogany double chair back settee english, circa 1770 The double serpentine crestrail above two pierced baluster form splats, shaped arms and molded seat rail on squared legs joined by stretchers.

H: 38 in. W: 57 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freemans & Co., “Rare and Early American Furniture from the Estates of the late Ann Brown Ellis (Mrs. Thomas Ellis),” December 13, 1955, lot 372. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. note: Lot is accompanied by photocopy of bill of sale. $1,500-2,500

260 11-2347/14 Chippendale carved walnut side chair philadelphia, pa, circa 1770 Serpentine crestrail centering a shell carved with volutes above a pierced splat on a trapezoidal seat, the front seat rail with carved shell, shell-carved cabriole legs on ball and claw feet. Rear seat rail bears brand, “Mrs. J. A. Haskell” and a handwritten note, “From Mrs. Loomis, Princeton, NJ brought through Richmond. March 1937.”

H: 40 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Collection of Mrs. J. Amory Haskell, Oak Hill Farm, Red Bank, New Jersey.

Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, November 29, 1954, lot 234. The lot is accompanied by Freeman’s sale brochure illustrating chair. literature: For companion pieces see William M. Horner, Jr., Blue Book, Plate 331.

Albert Sack, Fine Points of Furniture, page 33 (lower).

Wallace Nutting, Furniture Treasury, plate 2211.

note: Mrs. J. Armory Haskell (1864-1942) assembled one of the nation’s foremost collections of Americana, generously lending objects to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum and museum galleries at Harvard and Yale Universities as well as to the landmark “The Girl Scout Loan Exhibition,” at the American Art Galleries, New York, in 1929.

For today’s collectors, Mrs. Haskell is renowned for marking the objects in her collection with her name. With its prominent brand mark, this fine chair was from Mrs. Haskell’s personal collection and probably was sold during the Parke-Bernet Galleries sale of her estate in 1944. An exceptional example of Philadelphia craftsmanship, the restrained ornamentation is confined to the elegantly carved and scrolled “C” and “S” curves and explains why William Hornor, Albert Sack and Wallace Nutting chose to illustrate companion chairs in their pioneering publications. This chair reflects Mrs. Haskell’s commitment to Americana as objects of art, rather than quaint relics of the nation’s past. $6,000-9,000

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261 11-2347/21 Chippendale carved and figured walnut dressing table philadelphia, pa, circa 1760 Rectangular top with applied lip molded edge, one wide above three varisized small drawers, all lip molded, carved apron on plain cabriole legs ending in claw and ball feet. Old, probably original, batwing brasses.

H: 29 3/4 in. W: 34 in. D: 18 5/8 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., “Select American Furniture and Decorations: Property of the Estate of the Late John Kenneth Danby, Wilmington, Delaware, Part Two”, December 14, 1956, lot 500, illustrated page 78. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale. $7,500-12,000

262 11-2347/27 Queen Anne walnut corner chair philadelphia, pa, circa 1760 Flat “U” shaped arms with molded cresting, twin inverted vase splats and turned posts, deep scalloped aprons on plain cabriole legs with pad feet. Included pewter pot.

H: 33 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., “Important Eighteenth Century Cabinetwork Decorative Objects: Property of the Estate of the Late Reginald M. Lewis”, March 25, 1961, lot 238. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale. $3,000-5,000

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263 11-2347/26 Chippendale mahogany camel-back sofa america or england, circa 1785 The serpentine back with outscrolled arms, raised on molded square legs joined by a recessed stretcher.

L: 87 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., Sale 1696: “Important American Furniture and Decorations: Property from the Estate of the Late John Kenneth Danby, Wilmington, Delaware, Part One”, October 13, 1956, lot 646, illustrated on page 133. $6,000-10,000

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04/30/12 264 11-2347/23 “Crim Family” Chippendale walnut dressing table carving attributed to martin jugiez (d. 1819), philadelphia, pa, circa 1770 Rectangular lip molded edge top with deep notched corners, one wide and three varisized small drawers below, the centermost incised and shell-carved with applied leaf carving, all drawers are lip molded, flanked by quarter round fluted corners, on leaf and rosette carved cabriole legs, claw and ball feet. Old, pierced batwing brasses.

H: 28 7/8 in. W: 35 in. D: 21 1/4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Dr. William H. Crim, Baltimore, Maryland (1845-1902), Auctioneer O.A. Kirkland, “Catalogue of the Celebrated Dr. William H. Crim Collection of Genuine Antiques, Baltimore, MD”, April 22, 1903, lot 170, illustrated.

The dressing table was probably purchased by Robert Calvin Hall (1865-1914), a Pittsburgh financier and early collector of antique American furniture and Native American baskets. The dressing table descended to Hall’s daughter, Rosalie Hall Sheedy and thence to her sons of Scottsdale, Arizona.

Israel Sack, Inc., September 18, 1957. exhibited: Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. literature: Newton W. Elwell, The Architecture, Furniture and Interiors of Maryland and Virginia during the 18th Century (1897), illustrated plate XXXVII, caption, “Lowboy from Caroline Co., MD.” The Magazine Antiques, July 1957, illustration on page 1. note: Lot is accompanied by photographs of the Hall collection on exhibition, showing dressing table, and by bill of sale. Furniture historian, Alan Miller, has identified Martin Jugiez as the carver of this dressing table. In his experience, the small scale and oval form of the shell and extraordinary tendril appliques on the central drawer are without cognate and perhaps due to the small size of the drawer. Miller suggests that Jugiez was reaching for a vocabulary reflected more in his architectural work than in his customary furniture work. One may look at the organ case at St. Peters Church (1763) in Philadelphia by Jugiez and Nicholas Bernard for related vocabulary. $80,000-120,000

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265 11-2347/24 Chippendale carved mahogany and parcel gilt pier mirror possibly philadelphia, pa, circa 1770 The scrolled cornice with flowercarved terminals centering an eagle with outstretched wings perched on a sphere above mirror plate enclosed by gilt liner, egg and dart molding and flower and leaf fillets.

H: 60 in. W: 28 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Parke-Bernet Galleries. Inc., Sale 1847: “Pennsylvania Furniture including Important Works by Philadelphia Cabinetmakers: Estate of the Late Arthur J. Sussel, Philadelphia, PA, Part One”, October 25, 1958, lot 598, illustrated p. 136. note: The mirror frame is almost identical to a looking glass bearing a label of John Elliott Sr., illustrated fig. 255 in Joseph Down’s American Furniture Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods in the Henry Francis duPont Winterthur Museum (1952). $8,000-12,000

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04/30/12 266 11-2347/30 Chippendale figured walnut cheston-chest philadelphia, pa, circa 1775 The upper section with molded cornice above five small and three graduated and molded drawers, the lower section with three graduated and molded drawers, ogival bracket feet, fluted quarter columns to both sections.

H: 80 1/2 in. W: 43 in. D: 22 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction Sale: “The Dr. Frank Sullivan Hall Collection of Rare and Early American Furniture and Furnishings, Dover, Delaware”, June 17, 1953, lot 434. $8,000-12,000

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04/30/12 267 11-2347/31 Chippendale figured mahogany four drawer chest philadelphia, pa, circa 1800 Rectangular top with applied lip molding, four graduated beaded drawers flanked by fluted quarter columns, ogival bracket feet, ornate oval brasses.

H: 34 1/2 in. W: 41 in. D: 21 1/4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction Sale: “The Dr. Frank Sullivan Hall Collection of Rare and Early American Furniture and Furnishings, Dover, Delaware”, June 16,1953, lot 354. literature: For similar examples see Albert Sack Fine Points of Furniture, illustrated p.97 (top); William McPherson Hornor, Jr., Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture (1935), plate 100. $1,800-2,500

268 11-2347/28 Chippendale carved mahogany fire screen england or america, circa 1770 With spiral-turned ovoid finial on pole with rectangular frame enclosing tapestry depicting basket of flowers with parrot, on baluster turned support on acanthus and oval carved cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet.

H: 51 3/4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Teina Baumstone, New York, New York, April 12, 1958. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale and typed note from Baumstone, dated March 4, 1958. $4,000-6,000

269 11-2347/33 Chippendale mahogany and parcel gilt looking glass england or america, circa 1770 A broken pediment centering an urn finial with flowers above a gilt scrolled liner enclosing the mirror above a shaped base.

L: 51 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, November 30, 1954, lot 188, illustration in accompanying brochure. $2,500-4,500

270 11-2347/33D Chippendale cherrywood chest of drawers philadelphia, pa, circa 1780 The rectangular top with applied molding above four graduated, lipmolded drawers on ogival bracket feet.

H: 32 1/4 in. W: 38 in. D: 21 3/4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $800-1,200

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271 11-2347/32 Chippendale carved mahogany tester bedstead attributed to john goddard (1723-1785), newport, ri, circa 1770 Reeded tapering foot posts with acanthus-carved urns and Marlborough feet, pencil-turned tapering head posts joined by shaped headboard, with tester frame.

H: 89 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Israel Sack, Inc., July 29, 1955. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale.

Son of Daniel Goddard and purported apprentice to Job Townsend, Sr. (1699-1765), John Goddard stood as Newport’s leading cabinetmaker in the mid 18th century. Today, he, along with John Townsend (1733-1809), are recognized as colonial Newport’s preeminent craftsmen.

The bedstead’s attribution to John Goddard was made by Albert Sack in 1955, as reiterated on the bill of sale. $25,000-35,000

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04/30/12 272 11-2347/35 Chippendale walnut tea table philadelphia, pa, circa 1770 The circular molded top tilts on birdcage and tapering belted suppressed ball support on cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet.

H: 28 in. Diam: 34 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Ex-collection of Mr. Charles Lacey Hamilton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $4,000-6,000

274 11-2347/56 Chippendale mahogany tall post bedstead philadelphia, pa, circa 1790 The fluted tapering posts raised on Marlborough feet with casters, scrolled headboard.

H: 93 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. note: The bedstead was originally owned by Joshua Humphreys (1751-1838) of Haverford, Pennsylvania, ship yard owner and ship builder, sometimes called “The Father of the United States Navy.” Humphreys was commissioned in 1794 to design six frigates for the newly formed United States Navy that would rival any European ship. Humphreys’ design produced longer, broader, faster and more stable vessels and formed the core of the Navy during the War of 1812. The most famous of these six frigates was the USS Constitution or “Old Ironsides.”

Joshua Humphreys (1751-1838) and Mary Davids (married January 18, 1776) and thence by descent.

James Curran, The Antiquarian, 1160 Passyunk Avenue and 1625 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa., in business about 1880-1940.

Acquired from James Curran by Dr. Frank Sullivan Hall (died 1953), Woodburn, Dover, Delaware.

Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction Sale: “The Dr. Sullivan Hall Collection of Rare and Early American Furniture and Furnishings, Dover, Delaware”, June 17, 1953, lot 432.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm F. Knauer, Morelton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. literature: Delaware: A Guide to the First State. Delaware Federal Writers Project, June 1938, p. 190, which mentions the Humphreys’ bedstead in the historic Dover house, Woodburn. $3,000-5,000

273 11-2347/37A Chippendale mahogany easy chair america, circa 1795 Arched cresting, deep wings, outscrolled arms, loose cushion seat, straight seat rail on square legs.

H: 47 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $500-1,000

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04/30/12 275 11-2347/38D Chinese Export porcelain Rose Mandarin palette assembled garniture qianlong, circa 1775 Comprising a pair of baluster form vases, a pair of beaker form vases and an ovoid shaped vase with cover, all with reserve of court figures in a garden within a red imbricated field.

H(s): 10 1/2 in., 11 1/4 in., and 11 7/8 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $2,500-3,500

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276 11-2353/16 Chinese Export porcelain four piece Rose Mandarin palette garniture qianlong, circa 1775 Each vase of flattened baluster form, with underglaze blue floral reserves enclosing polychrome figures at various pursuits.

H(s): 11 1/2 in. to 12 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $1,000-1,500

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277 11-2347/37B Chinese Export porcelain molded Rose Mandarin vase qianlong, circa 1775 Of baluster form molded with leafy vine and squirrels, decorated with polychrome panels of figures at various pursuits, fitted as a lamp.

H: 11 1/2 in. (vase) provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $400-600

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278 11-2347/38A Chinese Export porcelain Famille Rose “Pseudo Tobacco Leaf” soup bowl and plate qianlong, circa 1785 Diam(s): 9 1/8 in. and 9 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $300-500

279 11-2347/38C Three Chinese Export porcelain Famille Rose “Pseudo Tobacco Leaf” platters qianlong, circa 1785 Of graduated, oval form decorated in open rose “tobacco leaf” pattern; together with a small plate.

L(s): 15 in., 13 in. and 11 1/2 in.

Diam: 6 1/2 in. (plate) provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $750-1,000

280 11-2347/38B Chinese Export porcelain “Tobacco Leaf” platter qianlong, 1765-1775 Oblong form with a scalloped edge.

L: 16 3/4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $1,800-2,500

281 11-2347/38 Group of Chinese Export porcelain Rose Mandarin palette tablewares late 18th century and later Including a teapot, creamer, tea caddy, covered sauce bowl, small fruit bowl, two tea cups with handles, two small square plates variously decorated with Mandarin figures, and a Japanese saucer. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $300-500

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282 11-2353/15 Chinese Export porcelain Famille Rose punch bowl late 18th century The interior decorated with a reserve of a man with a dog in a landscape, multicolor floral, imbrication and panel decorated rim, the exterior decorated with two large hunt scene reserves and two smaller figural reserves on red field.

Diam: 11 1/8 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., “Important American Furniture and Decorations: Property of the estate of the Late John Kenneth Danby, Wilmington, DE”, December 15 1956, lot 621. $700-900

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283 11-2347/38E Chinese Export porcelain Rose Mandarin punch bowl qianlong, 1770-1780 The exterior with two large and two small rectangular reserves of figures in landscapes on red field, the interior with a circular reserve of three figures in a garden and blue hexagonal band, and band with six reserves of birds on branches and red and gold panels.

Diam: 15 5/8 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $1,000-1,500

284 11-2347/38F Chinese Export porcelain Famille Rose “Hunting” punch bowl qianlong, circa 1790 Interior with center reserve of the “Master of the Hounds” and wide floral rim, exterior with all over hunt scene.

Diam: 11 1/4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $1,500-2,000 285 11-2347/38G Large Chinese Export porcelain Rose Mandarin palette bough pot qianlong, 1770-1780 Flaring quatrefoil shape, decorated with two large rectangular reserves of figures in a garden on red field, two applied spread wing phoenix bird handles, blue base. Fitted with a pierced lid.

H: 14 1/4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $800-1,200

286 11-2347/20 George IV figured mahogany secretary bookcase england, circa 1820 Flat top bookcase with cove and dentil molding above two Gothic glazed doors, base with deep secretarial drawer and three graduated wide drawers with cock beaded edges, on straight bracket feet.

H: 96 in. W: 40 1/2 in. D: 22 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Rowland’s Antiques, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, June 13, 1968. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale. $2,000-3,000

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04/30/12 287 11-2347/29A Federal inlaid mahogany card table mid-atlantic states, circa 1810 The serpentine top with reeded edge on conforming apron inlaid with contrasting diamonds on ringturned and tapering reeded legs ending in ball feet.

H: 29 1/2 in. W: 34 1/2 in.

D: 16 3/4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $1,000-1,500

288 11-2347/33A Federal mahogany card table philadelphia, pa, circa 1810 The shaped top with reeded edge on conforming apron on ring-turned and tapering reeded legs ending in tall peg feet.

H: 30 in. W: 36 in. D: 17 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, June 13, 1940, lot 706. $1,000-1,500 289 11-2347/33F Federal mahogany worktable new england, circa 1820 The rectangular top with outset corners above two drawers, the topmost fitted with writing surface, on reel-turned, punch decorated and tapering reeded legs ending in peg feet.

H: 28 in. W: 21 in. D: 18 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $400-600

290 11-2347/37C Silhouetted portrait of a gentleman bearing stamp of peale museum, philadelphia or baltimore, circa 1820 Hollow cut, framed.

4 3/4 in. x 3 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $100-200 291 11-2347/57 Pair of Chippendale carved mahogany armchairs possibly irish, circa 1770 and later Each with shaped crestrail carved with vine, leafage and “C” scrolls and punch-decorated, cable-carved stiles, above a pierced carved and baluster form splat, wing-carved arms, overupholstered seats on squared legs joined by stretchers.

H: 38 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $600-800

292 11-2347/9 Classical carved flame mahogany card table school of henry connelly (17701826), philadelphia, pa, circa 1810 The elliptical shaped top with reeded edge on conforming apron and turned, leaf-carved and tapering reeded legs ending in peg feet.

H: 29 1/2 in. W: 36 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Exhibition “Cedar Hill Farm,” Point Pleasant, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, May 19,1949, lot 343. $750-1,500

293 11-2347/78 Classical double pedestal dining table england or america, early 19th century The rectangular top above two baluster turned pedestals with three downswept legs ending in brass paw feet on casters, accompanied by two leaves.

H: 29 3/4 in. W: 49 in. (not including leaves) provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $700-1,000 294 11-2347/38H Federal mahogany drop-leaf table philadelphia, pa, circa 1815 The rectangular top with elliptical shaped leaves above apron fitted with drawer and reeded tapering legs ending in ball feet.

H: 28 1/2 in. L: 36 in. D: 21 1/4 in.

Leaf: 16 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, June 13, 1940, lot 650. $500-700

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04/30/12 295 11-2353/13 Attributed to Samuel F.B. Morse (American, 1791-1872) portrait of dolley madison (1768-1849) Oil on canvas, framed.

28 3/4 in. x 23 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Samuel T Freeman & Co, Public Auction, February 2, 1950, lot 338. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale. note: In 1844, Samuel Morse invited Dolley Madison to be present at the first public demonstration of his electric recording telegraph. With wires strung between Washington D.C. and Baltimore, the former first lady knew that her cousin, wife of U.S. Representative John Wethered, was present at the other end. She sent the first peronal message to her cousin, “Message from Mrs. Madison. She sends her love to Mrs. Wethered.” $10,000-15,000

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296 11-2347/70 Walnut corner cupboard pennsylvania, circa 1800 In two parts, the upper section with molded cornice above single glazed door opening to shelves, the lower section with raised panel door, bracket base.

H: 74 in. W: 35 1/2 in. D: 21 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $1,000-2,000

297 11-2353/9 Pair of fan-back Windsor side chairs philadelphia, pa, late 18th century Serpentine crestrail above turned stiles enclosing tapering spindles, saddle seat raised on vaseturned and tapering legs, retains traces of green paint.

H: 35 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $700-1,000

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04/30/12 298 11-2347/71 Federal painted hanging corner shelf circa 1800 The dentil molded cornice above open shaped salmon painted shelves, molded base.

H: 38 in. W: 28 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., Sale 2070: “Early American & English furniture belonging to Mrs. E. Hope Norton, Hopemont, VA, and others”, New York, New York, December 8-9th, 1961, lot 98. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $200-300

299 11-2353/17 English pewter cann ciirca 1800 Slightly flaring cylindrical form with molded midband, “C” scroll handle.

H: 5 3/4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $200-300

300 11-2353/18 Pewter bread plate possibly philadelphia, circa 1790 Marked “Love, London, and Crowned X,” probably J.A. Brunstrom, Philadelphia, 1783-1793.

Diam: 6 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $200-300

304 11-2347/8D Group of brass candlesticks 18th century and later All of baluster form; two pair with a scalloped base, the larger pair with an octagonal base, one single candlestick having a scalloped base and the other with an octagonal base; together with a candle snuffer and stand.

H: 13 3/4 in. (tallest pair) provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $300-500

301 11-2353/19 Early pewter deep dish attributed to j.a. brunstrom, philadelphia, pa, circa 1790 Plain wide lip with beading, marked on base.

Diam: 10 7/8 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $200-300

302 11-2353/20 Early pewter basin attributed to j.a. brunstrom, philadelphia, pa, circa 1790 Plain molded edge, stamp in center.

Diam: 8 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $200-300 303 11-2353/21 Pewter bed pan 18th century Plain with attached ring turned handle.

Diam: 11 3/8 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $200-400

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04/30/12 305 11-2353/23 Pewter resevoir meat plate english, early 19th century Plain, with two double loop hinged handles, marked on bottom “Edgar & Son.” Diam: 9 3/8 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $100-200

307 11-2353/25 Pair of pewter candlesticks english, 19th century Marked “G&A” plus a figure, turned and octagonal shaft on serpentine dome shaped bases.

H: 7 3/4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $200-300

306 11-2353/24 Pewter teapot circa 1835 Squat urn form with ebonized finial to lid, molded midband on circular foot with lyre handle, unmarked.

H: 8 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $200-300

308 11-2353/26 Large pewter candlestick english, 18th century Bottom marked with “B&P, Rose, Britannia, and Crowned X.” H: 9 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $200-300

309 11-2353/22 Five English pewter plates george beeton, london, mid 18th century Molded borders with impressed crown and “G R III.” Diam: 9 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $250-350

310 11-2347/61 Federal small pine tavern table circa 1800 The rectangular top above four tapering flared legs.

H: 28 1/2 in. W: 24 in. D: 19 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $400-600

311 11-2347/44 Attributed to Chester Harding (1792-1866) portrait of mrs. william king (ann nesbeth frazier), 1785-1859 Oil on cradled panel, framed.

31 in. x 25 in. (sight) provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, April 18, 1950, lot 296. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale.

William King was the first governor of Maine. In October 1880, William King married the nineteen-year-old Bostonian, Ann Nesbeth Frazier (1782-1857), and together they had two children: Mary Elizabeth (1817-1847) and Cyrus William (1816-1881). This portrait, one of the few likenesses to survive to the present, likely descended from Cyrus King and his wife Sarah Oakman Jameson (married October 19, 1853) to their daughter, Ann Nesbeth Frazier (born January 31, 1860), who received her grandmother’s full name. $3,000-5,000

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312 11-2347/10 Seven piece sterling tea and coffee service retailer’s mark for bailey banks and biddle, philadelphia, pa, circa 1930 Comprising a hot water kettle on stand, a coffee pot, a teapot, hot water pot with hinged lid, creamer, covered sugar bowl, and waste bowl with beaded edge, paneled body, and octagonal base, all lids with urn finials, the base of the hot water kettle on outscrolled feet, monogram.

H: 12 in. (hot water kettle) Total weight: 174 troy oz. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, March 7, 1949, lot 90E. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale. $2,500-3,500 313 11-2347/8E Pair of sterling silver four-arm candelabra gorham corporation, providence, ri, circa 1920 Each having bobeches with a scalloped edge, cartouche decorated candle cups, scrolled arms above a baluster form standard with cartouche, foliage and floral decoration and a stepped base with a floral vine border.

H: 16 in. Weight: 154 troy oz. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, January 20, 1955, lot 638. $3,000-4,000

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04/30/12 314 11-2347/63 Fine George III Welsh oak two-part cupboard circa 1780 The upper section having a rectangular top with a molded edges and scalloped frieze with three shelves and flanked by shaped supports and the lower section having a rectangular top over three short drawers above three center drawers flanked by two panel doors on straight bracket feet.

H: 84 in. W: 73 1/2 in. D: 19 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. exhibited: “A Man Full of Trouble” Tavern and the Paschall House, 125-127 Spruce Street, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $1,500-2,500 315 11-2353/7 Pair of Chippendale-style mahogany side chairs late 19th century The serpentine molded and leaf carved crestrail centering a flowerhead above a molded “Gothic” splat, enclosed by fluted stiles, trapezoidal seat rail carved with “C” scrolls and leafy device, on cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet.

H: 39 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $400-600 316 11-2347/8C Federal-style mahogany and band inlay double pedestal dining table america or england, circa 1900 Rectangular top with rounded corners and reeded edges, urn turned pedestals on three reeded splayed legs with brass paw caps on casters, with one leaf.

H: 28 1/4 in. L: 68 1/2 in. D: 42 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $1,000-1,500

317 11-2347/8A Queen Anne-style inlaid mahogany silver chest-on-stand 20th century The inlaid rectangular box with hinged lid and drop front revealing tray and drawers, on stand fitted with single drawer, cabriole legs ending in pad feet.

H: 40 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $200-400 318 11-2347/33C Louis XVI marble and ormolu clock garniture cachard successeur de charles le roy, paris, france, circa 1780 Comprising a columnar clock with eagle finial above a circular case, black on white enamel Roman numeral chapter ring, face inscribed “Cachard suc de Le Roi. rue de St. Denis, N. 56,” machine finished bezel, on four fluted rouge marble columns, bust in sunburst pendulum bob, white marble frame and base on brass feet; together with a pair of verte marble urns held aloft by twin cupids, figural and eagle decoration on four turned feet.

H(s): 21 3/4 in. (clock) and 17 1/4 in. (urns) provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction: “The Howard Paradee Collection”, March 7, 1950, lot 317. $800-1,200

319 11-2484/1 Impressive Classical gilt bronze eight light chandelier late 19th/early 20th century The central standard mounted with three ram’s heads and scrolled arms with all over cartouche and foliate decoration.

L: 19 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. By tradition this chandelier belonged to Childs D. Frick, son of Henry Clay Frick. $1,000-2,000 320 11-2347/1 Louis XV Ormolu mounted boulle bracket clock with matching wall bracket french, retailed by c.a. selzer, cleveland, ohio, 19th century Putto seated on a sphere above a cartouche shaped case with ormolu shell cresting, gilt metal face with individual porcelain blue Roman numeral chapter ring, the “VI” marked with “C A Selzer, Cleveland O.,” below is a gilt metal figure of a putto holding a torch, on claw and ball feet.

H: 44 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. note: Retailer’s mark for Young C.A. Selzer (1881-1931) located at 224 Euclid St. and later the Hickox and Buckley Buildings, Cleveland, Ohio. $1,500-2,000

321 11-2347/33B Louis XV-style brass and glass mantle clock french, signed J. Vernet, retailed by j.e. caldwell, philadelphia, pa, circa 1900 Circular face with blue enamel Arabic chapter ring, numerals joined by green and pink floral garlands, round pendulum bob set with a miniature portrait of a lady surrounded by brilliants, on short turned feet. Face with partial signature of retailer, J.E. Caldwell, the back of the movement is fully marked by Caldwell.

H: 14 1/4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, December 1, 1948, lot 434. $400-600

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322 11-2347/8B Nine Chippendale-style carved mahogany dining chairs america, circa 1900 Comprising a set of eight with an additional chair, each with a carved and shaped crestrail continuing to stiles enclosing a carved, molded and interlaced splat, on a trapezoidal shell-carved seat, carved cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet.

H: 37 3/4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, March 8, 1949, lots 245, 246 and 247. note: This set was modeled after a carved armchair made for Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress during the American Revolution, as illustrated in William M. Hornor, Jr., Blue Book, Plate 225. $1,000-1,500

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04/30/12 323 11-2347/2 Louis XV-style carved giltwood salon suite 1850-1900 Including settee, two arm and two side chairs, all with curvilinear molded frames, with flower-carved crestrail and shaped flower-carved seat rail and cabriole legs.

H(s): 46 in. (settee) and 42 in. (chairs) W: 76 in. (settee) provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, February 5, 1951, lot 501. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale. $2,500-3,500

324 11-2347/4A Dutch ebonized and repoussé brass mirror circa 1850 A rectangular beveled mirror plate within a foliate surround joined by cartouches and bounded by angled marginal plates, all surmounted by a pierced and scrolled pediment.

H: 56 in. W: 35 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $500-700

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325 11-2347/34 Venetian opalescent and pink glass six-light chandelier first half 20th century With a baluster form stem centering upright fronds, flowers and six shaped candlearms with bowl-form candlecups with sawtooth edge, stepped pendant.

L: 36 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, May 7, 1952, lot 430. note: Lot is accompanied by bill of sale. $1,000-2,000

326 11-2347/35B Pair of Louis XV-style brass chenets circa 1850 Having a bud finial above an urn with acanthus, festoon, and scrolled decoration on a rectangular stepped base having vine, leaf, and foliage decoration.

H: 20 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $300-500 327 11-2347/48 Pair of Kerman rugs southeast persia, circa 1930 7 ft. x 3 ft. 11 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $1,000-1,500

328 11-2347/49 Two Sarouk rugs west persia, circa 1925 5 ft. x 3 ft. 4 in. and 4 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 4 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $700-900

330 11-2347/54 Kayseri silk rug central anatolia, mid 20th century 5 ft. x 3 ft. 8 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $400-600

329 11-2347/53 Sarouk carpet west persia, circa 1930 Bears “Jerrehian Bros., Philadelphia” label.

18 ft. 2 in. x 11 ft. 7 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $2,000-3,000

331 11-2347/55 Hamadan carpet west persia, circa 1925 11 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 8 ft. 9 1/2 in. provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C. $800-1,200 END OF THE VIRGINIA H. KNAUER COLLECTION

AMERICAN FURNITURE, FOLK & DECORATIVE ARTS lots 332-583 Monday, April 30th, 2012

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04/30/12 332 121223/1 American School 19th century “the rice bird,” circa 1825 Watercolor and graphite on paper, framed.

10 1/2 in. x 14 1/4 in. (sight) provenance: Printed label on verso, “Collection of MacReynolds’ Old Print Shop at ‘Whitehill’ Route 202 Doylestown, Pennsylvania.” $800-1,200

334 121225/7 Carved and painted figure of a Hessian soldier The standing figure with articulated arms mounted on rectangular base.

H: 22 in. $300-500

336 12-8009/12 Chippendale walnut chest of drawers late 18th century The rectangular top with applied molded edge above four graduated and beaded drawers, fluted quarter columns, ogee bracket feet.

H: 38 3/8 in. W: 40 in. D: 19 1/4 in. provenance: Property from a Richmond, Virginia Estate. $1,500-2,500

335 12-8009/9 Chippendale mahogany and giltwood looking glass 18th century The scrolled cornice pierced with gilt phoenix above a molded frame enclosing cut-glass plate, scrolled pendant.

H: 23 in. W: 21 1/2 in. provenance: Property from a Richmond, Virginia Estate. $800-1,200

337 121320/3 Queen Anne cherrywood tea table new england, mid 18th century The rectangular tray top on a shaped apron and cabriole legs ending in pad feet.

H: 26 in. W: 28 1/2 in. D: 18 1/2 in. $3,000-5,000

333 11-2223/10 Mahogany candlescreen 19th century An urn form finial on post with shield shaped frame enclosing a small alphabet sampler, turned base.

H: 20 3/4 in. (overall) 9 3/4 in. x 9 1/4 in. (sampler, sight) $200-400

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04/30/12 338 121320/2 Chippendale carved mahogany tea table philadelphia, pa, circa 1770 The dished top tilts on birdcage and fluted, ruffled and urn form support, on cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet.

H: 30 in. Diam: 28 1/2 in. $5,000-10,000

339 121063/1 Diminutive Queen Anne walnut blanket chest-on-frame pennsylvania, circa 1760 The molded cotter pin hinged lid opens to well with till, on cabriole legs ending in trifid feet.

H: 31 1/4 in. W: 25 3/4 in. D: 15 5/8 in. $3,000-5,000

340 11-1762/26 Two needlework samplers and three white work caps late 18th/early 19th century The first sampler, by “Sarah Pearson June 28 1791,” worked with alphabet and a strawberry border; the second, by “Lucy Salter,” with alphabet and numerals, both worked with silk threads on linen grounds; together with three white worked baby caps, with notes, “This cap was made 1804. Worn

by Dr. L.P. Coleman and all his children. L.P. born 1804”; “Cap made by Susan Howell for her sister Margaret Howell (Saltars) baby Lawrence born Nov 1811- Susan Howell Fenwick”; and “This cap made by Sarah B. Coleman worn by all herre babies-last baby Elizabeth born 1810-July First.” A hand written geneology and geneological notebook of the family accompany lot.

L: 18 in. provenance: Descended in the Howell-Saltar family to the present owner. note: Lucy Saltar was the daughter of John Saltar and Margaret Howell Salter.

Sarah Beakes Pearson was the daughter of Job and Mary Beakes Pearson.

She married James Coleman. $600-800

341 12-8009/4 Chippendale carved mahogany side chair circa 1770 The serpentine crestrail with tapering pierced “Gothic” splat on serpentine seat rail on molded square turned legs joined by stretcher. provenance: Property from a Richmond, Virginia Estate. $1,000-1,500

342 11-2441/2 Queen Anne walnut tilting top candlestand philadelphia, mid 18th century Circular dish molded top, birdcage support, turned pedestal terminating with a suppressed ball on cabriole legs with snakehead feet.

Diam: 21 in. H: 27 1/2 in. $1,000-2,000

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343 12-1299/13 Chippendale walnut drop-leaf table new england, circa 1770 The rectangular top with conforming hinged leaves on straight frieze and squared legs having molded edge.

H: 27 1/2 in. L: 36 1/2 in. D: 13 in.

Leaves: 12 7/8 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

Pat Guthman Antiques, Southport, Connecticut, 1992. $1,000-1,500

344 121109/63 Walnut tall case clock griffith owen, philadelphia, pa, late 18th century Double scroll molded cresting with turned rosettes, center urn finial, arched face door flanked by slender columnettes, painted moon-phased face with black on white Arabic numeral chapter ring, subsidiary seconds ring, date crescent window above “Griffith Owen, Philad.”, floral and gillt corners, lip molded arched top waist door, plain base on French bracket feet.

H: 94 in. provenance: Estate of James M. Seabrook, Mannington, New Jersey. $2,000-3,000

345 121225/4 Queen Anne walnut candlestand circa 1780 The circular molded top tilts on a birdcage and urn and ring turned stand on cabriole legs ending in pad feet.

H: 28 in. Diam: 22 in. $600-800

346 121249/2 Group of silhouettes and a miniature portrait philadelphia, pa, 19th and 20th century The silhouettes include members of the Whelen and Frazer families, a cut-out silhouette of Israel Whelen (1783-1827) as a boy, a photograph of a silhouette of Whelen as a young man, a cut-out silhouette of Israel Whelen Sr. (b.1750), a cut-out silhouette of John Fries Frazer, (1812-1872, Assistant Provost of University of Pennsylvania), a printed silhouette of Mary Taylor Frazer (1745-1830 and Revolutionary War heroine) and a miniature portrait of James Nevins, (1790-1866) attributed to George Saunders.

4 3/4 in. x 3 3/4 in. (largest; sight) note: James Nevins was the father of Isabella Hubbard Nevins who married Edward Siddons Whelen. $400-600

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347 121332/1 Joseph Shoemaker Russell (1795-1860) interior of the j.s. russell whale oil and lamp store, 55 chestnut st., philadelphia Inscribed in pencil, “New Bedford Oil & Lamp Store No 55 Chestnut St kept & painted

by Joseph Russell,” watercolor and ink on paper.

7 1/2 in. x 9 in. provenance: Russell was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts but moved to Philadelphia in 1818.

That year he opened this store for the sale of New Bedford Whale oil at the north east corner of Strawberry and Chestnut Streets. Russell’s drawing of the exterior of the store was sold at Sotheby’s in the “The Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little Collection, Part II,” October 21, 1994, lot 670. It shows a trade sign with a whale above the door and a wagon painted “New Bedford Lamp Oil 55 Chestnut St.” $2,500-3,500

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348 11-2174/1 Queen Anne walnut foot stool philadelphia, pa, circa 1770 The molded rectangular frame on cabriole legs ending in pad feet.

H: 12 3/4 in. L: 19 1/4 in. D: 17 1/2 in. provenance: Collected in the early years of the 20th century by Dr. Everett P. Barnard, Class of 1900, University of Pennsylvania a prominent Rittenhouse Square physician. note: The First City Troop needlework upholstery was worked by Frances Barnard in 1965. $10,000-15,000

349 121222/3 William and Mary stretcher table new england, late 17th century The rectangular molded top above a single molded edge drawer, scalloped apron and turned legs, joined by conforming stretchers.

H: 26 in. W: 32 in. D: 22 1/2 in. $4,000-6,000

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350 12-1120/8 Queen Anne walnut chest-on-frame pennsylvania, 18th century and later The cove molded cornice above arrangement of eight molded drawers, flanked by fluted quarter columns on frame with shaped apron and cabriole legs ending in trifid feet.

H: 67 in. W: 40 in. D: 22 in. provenance: Property of a New York Lady.

From the Darlington Family, Chester County, Pennsylvania. $5,000-8,000

351 121146/3 Chippendale mahogany sofa Camel back, serpentine front, roll arms on square blind fret carved legs, needlepoint upholstery.

H: 37 in. L: 82 1/2 in. D: 28 1/2 in. $1,500-3,000

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04/30/12 352 121249/1 James Sharples (1751-1811) profile portrait of captain israel whelen (1752-1806) Pastel on paper, gilt frame.

8 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in. (sight) note: Hand-written note on label attached to verso, “Crayon portrait of Captain Israel Whelen (Son of Dennis & Sarah Thompson Whelen) Grandfather of Edward Siddons Whelen. Executed by Sharples” and

another note “Property of John Frazer, Jr., Dec 13 1959.”

A Philadelphia “fighting Quaker,” Whelen served as a Revolutionary soldier and later as Accountant to the War Department. In 1803, as “purveyor of public supplies” Whelen secured many of the scientific instruments and medicines for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. $3,000-5,000

353 121048/17 In the manner of Edmund Coates (1816-1871) boston harbor view with state house and bridge to charlestown Oil on canvas, framed.

23 1/2 in. x 31 1/2 in. (sight) note: Lot accompanied by letter from conservator Theodor Siegl, dated January 6, 1967. $3,000-5,000

354 121063/2 Chippendale-style mahogany and giltwood pier mirror The scrolled cornice centering a phoenix above gilded molding and liner enclosing mirrored plate, flanked by fillets, shaped pendant below.

L: 54 in. $3,000-5,000

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355 121320/1 Chippendale mahogany kneehole desk eastern massachusetts, circa 1760 The rectangular molded top with shaped front on conforming case fitted with long drawer, tray drawer and six short drawers, molded shaped bracket base, original brasses.

H: 32 in. W: 34 14 in. D: 20 1/2 in. $15,000-25,000

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04/30/12 356 121146/2 Chippendale walnut chest-on-chest philadelphia, pa, circa 1775 Vigorous double scrolled pediment terminating in turned rosettes, center finial with star inlay benearth, top of case with dentil molding and deep cove molding, three small above four graduated wide lip molded drawers flanked by quarter round fluted corners, base with two graduated wide lip modled drawers flanked by quarter round fluted corners, raised on ogival bracket feet. Large, pierced batwing brasses of a later date.

H: 83 1/4 in. W: 41 3/4 in. D: 22 in. $10,000-20,000

357 12-8009/1 Walnut tall case clock a fine replica of a philadelphia original, 20th century Double scroll molded cresting with pin wheel carved rosettes and three flame finials, arched face door flanked by slender turned columnettes, brass painted moon phased face with black enamel Arabic numeral chapter ring, half round monthly ring above, subsidiary seconds dial and crescent day date window beneath the post, gilt metal spandrels at the corners, rectangular lip molded waist door with cut out upper corners and flanked by quarter round fluted corners, plain basd on ogival bracket feet.

H: 91 1/2 in. provenance: Property from a Richmond, Virginia Estate. $1,000-1,500 358 11-2223/19 Miniature walnut four drawer chest early 19th century The molded rectangular top above two short drawers and two graduated drawers on a scalloped base continuing to bracket feet.

H: 13 in. W: 13 5/8 in. D: 6 5/8 in. $300-500

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04/30/12 359 10-2090/4 Chippendale walnut high chest philadelphia, pa, 18th century Double scroll molded top with floral carved rosettes, dental and blind fret carved bands below, three small and four graduated wide lip molded edge drawers, base with one wide and three small lip molded edge drawers, the centermost being carved with a shell, carved scalloped apron, acanthus leaf carved cabriole legs, ball and claw feet.

H: 91 in. W: 43 3/4 in. D: 22 1/4 in. provenance: Garvan collection, Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, Sale 3106, lot 172. $4,000-6,000

360 11-2223/18 Walnut hanging candle box 19th century The shaped and pierced cresting above hinged lid on box with drawer having turned ivory pull; together with two silhouettes, the first a figure of a standing lady indentified on verso, “Katherine Stewart, daughter of John Stewart of Stenton and....wife of Thomas MacRitchie Mrs. MacRitchie of Lieth Perth 20th Sept 1831,” and the second, a standing gentleman, identified on verso, “... Bayley Esq. ... of the ... Community for the National School Edinburgh 30 July, 1830.”

H: 17 1/2 in. $400-600

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04/30/12 361 12-1299/1 Federal mahogany easy chair massachusetts, late 18th century The serpentine crest enclosed by shaped wings and slightly outscrolled arms on molded legs joined by stretcher; together with an English mahogany stool . provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector. $1,200-2,200 362 12-1299/4 Queen Anne walnut candlestand chester county, pa, last quarter 18th century The dished top tilts on bird cage and vasiform turned support on cabriole legs ending in snake feet.

H: 29 1/2 in. Diam: 16 3/4 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

David R. Geiger, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1993. $700-900 363 12-1299/2 Chippendale mahogany easy chair new england, late 18th century Arched cresting, shaped wings scrolled arms, on squared legs with beaded edge joined by stretcher. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector. $1,000-1,500 364 11-2197/2 Chippendale walnut side chair philadelphia, pa, circa 1765 Serpentine crestrail centering a shell above solid urn form splat on a molded trapezoidal seat and shellcarved cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet. provenance: Collected in the early years of the 20th century by Dr. Everett P. Barnard, Class of 1900, University of Pennsylvania, a prominent Rittenhouse Square physician. $4,000-6,000

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365 11-2415/1 Walnut tall case clock samuel breneiser, adamstown, pa, circa 1800 Slender molded double scroll cresting with turned rosettes and single urn and acorn finial, arched face door flanked by slender columnettes, moon phased face, black on white Arabic numeral chapter ring, subsidiary seconds ring, “Samuel Brenheiser” above a crescent date window, floral and cornucopia painted corners, rectangular cock beaded waist door, applied molded base panel, both waist and base have spiral carved quarter round fluted corners on straight bracket feet.

H: 98 in. $2,000-3,000

366 11-8097/1 Cherrywood inlaid corner cupboard late 18th century The scrolled pediment with rosettes centering plinth and finial above arched glazed door opening to shelves on base with long drawer and paneled door on bracket base.

H: 83 1/2 in. $2,000-3,000

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367 11-1958/9 School of John Singleton Copley (1737-1815) portrait of the duchess of albermarle Oil on panel, framed.

11 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: Private Collection.

Purchased from an estate in Youngstown, Ohio in 1946 $2,000-3,000

368 121048/10 Attributed to George Bacon Wood, Jr. (1832-1910) “freddy frechinstine, old germantown character” Oil on canvas, accompanied by letter from conservator stating that verso was inscribed, “Painted by G.B.Wood Jr., 1869,” before relining.

14 in. x 12 in. (sight) note: Lot is accompanied by letter from Theodor Siegl, conservator, dated October 21, 1966. $300-500

369 11-2223/28 Group of English ceramic tablewares late 18th/19th century Including a molded spherical creamware teapot, silver lustre pitcher, pearlware mask pitcher, transfer printed lustre pitcher printed with “The Gypsies Pastime” and the “Farmer’s Arms,” and pearlware teabowl and saucer and cup and saucer, and a creamware teapot. $400-600

370 12-1299/9 Maple and chestnut corner or roundabout chair probably massachusetts, mid 18th century The shaped backrest on flattened arms with shaped handholds, arched slat back on vase and ring turned posts, rush seat on vaseturned front leg.

H: 29 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

Bradley W. Allen Antiques, 1996. $400-600

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371 121146/1 Chippendale carved walnut dressing table philadelphia, pa, circa 1770 Rectangular top with lip molded edge and rounded front corners above a wide drawer and three varisized small drawers, all lip molded, flanked by fluted chamfered corners, rosette carved apron centering a large shell, on acanthus leaf and rosette cabriole legs terminating in vigorous claw and ball feet. Old bat wing brasses probably original to the piece.

H: 29 in. W: 32 1/2 in. D: 19 7/8 in. $35,000-65,000

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04/30/12 372 11-2299/1 American School 19th century the first westtown school building, west chester, pa, early 19th century Watercolor and ink on paper, verso bears inscription identifying building, framed.

8 in. x 10 in. (sight) $500-800

373 12-8009/39 Pair of Chippendale carved mahogany side chairs late 18th century The molded and carved serpentine crests above pierced and festooned splat, overupholstered seat, blind fret carved legs and stretchers. provenance: Property from a Richmond, Virginia Estate. $3,000-5,000

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04/30/12 374 121144/1 Cherrywood tall case clock jacob diehl (1776-1858) reading, pa, circa 1800 Double scroll cresting with three urn and acorn turned finials, arched face door flanked by slender turned columnettes, moon phased face, black on white Arabic numeral chapter ring with subsidiary seconds ring, crescent date window and “J Diel, Reading” below, rectangular rounded edge waist door flanked by chamfered corners, rectangular recessed panel below, flush base.

H: 94 1/2 in. $2,000-3,000

375 121181/4 Cherrywood tall case clock mid-atlantic states, early 19th century Flat deep molded cresting, arched face door flanked by slender turned columnettes, painted arched face with bird and branches above, black on white Roman numeral chapter ring with crescent date window below post, floral painted corners, twin arched lip molded waist door, serpentine rectangular recessed panel base on ogival bracket feet.

H: 88 1/2 in. $1,000-2,000

376 11-2441/3 Chippendale mahogany folding top games table newport, ri, last quarter of the 18th century Having a rectangular top over a straight apron with fret carved corner brackets and stop fluted squared legs.

H: 28 3/4 in. W: 35 1/4 in. D: 16 1/4 in. $1,500-2,500

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04/30/12 377 09-8119/4 Chippendale mahogany slant front desk early to mid 19th century The rectangular top over a slant front opening to a fitted interior including a hidden compartment above an arrangement of two lip molded short drawers flanked by two small lip molded drawers and three graduated lip molded drawers on ogee bracket feet.

H: 43 3/4 in. W: 41 3/4 in. D: 23 1/4 in. provenance: From a Private Naples, Florida Collection.

Originally Dr. William Bryant Duffield Philadelphia Physician, Graduate of Penn Medical School, and original member of College of Physicians, 1790.

Descended in the family. $2,000-4,000

378 121289/1 Federal inlaid fruitwood secretary desk mid-atlantic or southern states, circa 1800 Inlaid and cove molded cornice above two doors opening to shelves on a slant lid desk, opening to a fitted interior above four graduated drawers, flanked by chamfered inlaid corners, scalloped apron on french bracket feet.

H: 94 in. W: 42 1/2 in. D: 22 in. $3,000-5,000

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380 121278/1 Pair of Queen Anne walnut side chairs possibly virginia, 18th century The serpentine cresting above pierced urn form on trapezoidal splat and cabriole legs ending in pad feet. $2,000-3,000

381 121067/1 Chippendale-style chest-on-chest late 19th/20th century The upper case having a molded top over two small cockbeaded drawers and three long cockbeaded drawers; the lower section with three cockbeaded graduated drawers on ogival bracket feet.

H: 67 1/2 in. W: 31 in. D: 16 /4 in. $2,000-3,000

379 121304/2 Chippendale walnut dressing table mid-atlantic states, late 18th century The rectangular top with applied molded edge above case fitted with four beaded drawers, shaped and fretted apron, squared legs ending in Marlborough feet.

H: 31 1/2 in. W: 35 1/2 in. D: 20 1/4 in. provenance: Collected in the early years of the 20th century by Dr. Everett P. Barnard, Class of 1900, University of Pennsylvania, a prominent Rittenhouse Square physician. literature: William M. Hornor, Jr, Blue Book, Philadelphia Furniture (1935), pl.

283. $10,000-15,000

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382 11-2415/2 Walnut tall case clock henry ober, elizabethtown, pa, circa 1820 Slender double scroll cresting with turned rosettes and an urn finial, arched face door flanked by slender columnettes, painted moon-phased face with black on white Arabic numeral chapter ring, subsidiary seonds ring with curved date window, “Henry Ober Elizabeth Town” in script, floral painted corners, rectangular cockbeaded waist door flanked by rope carved quarter round corners, base with molded framed panel flanked by rope carved quarter round corners on straight bracket feet.

H: 88 in. $1,500-2,500

383 121304/1 Mahogany inlaid tall case clock nathan gulick (1777-1826) easton, pa, circa 1800 Double scroll cresting with inlaid rosettes, fluted finial posts with urn and spire finials, arched face door flanked by slender columnettes, painted moon phased face with black on white Arabic numeral chapter ring, sweep second hand, half round date ring above moon phased, “Nathan Gulick” below post, fan and leaf painted corners, serpentine top, lip molded and band inlaid waist door, flanked by quarter round fluted corners, fan inlaid panel below, pencil line and oval panel inlaid base on straight bracket feet.

H: 94 1/2 in. provenance: Collected in the early years of the 20th century by Dr. Everett P. Barnard, Class of 1900, University of Pennsylvania, a prominent Rittenhouse Square physician. $3,000-5,000

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384 11-5052/3 Staffordshire Gaudy Dutch teawares early 19th century “War Bonnet” pattern including teapot, hot water pot, covered sugar bowl, creamer, milk pitcher, one round and one flaring tea bowl, two saucers, two mugs, two footed salts, plate and cup plate; together with a pair of Gaudy Welsh milk pitchers in the same pattern. $1,400-2,000

384A 121146/4 Impressive Federal mahogany inlaid sideboard circa 1790 Serpentine front with conforming superstructure mounted with a brass gallery fitted with hooks for drapery, the superstructure is fitted with five simulated small drawer facings, two slide behind the center panel, the case is fitted with three graduated small drawers flanked by two deep bottle drawers, on square tapering legs with blocks below. The superstructure inlaid with four draped urns and two shells, pencil line and dart inlay to base, the conforming case inlaid with leaf panel to tops of legs and bell flowers below.

H: 59 3/4 in. W: 90 in. D: 34 in. $5,000-10,000

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04/30/12 385 121090/35 Chippendale mahogany and giltwood looking glass bearing printed label of john elliott (1713-1791), philadelphia, pa The scrolled cresting pierced with a gilt phoenix above molded gilt liner, scrolled pendant.

L: 43 1/2 in. $2,000-3,000

386 121281/3 Pair of brass steeple top andirons late 19th/20th century Each having a steeple top above a belted ball on a hexagonal support, scrolled legs and ball feet.

H: 22 in. $300-500

387 12-1120/18 Chippendale corner or roundabout chair late 18th century The shaped backrest with flattened arms on pierced urn form splats, tapering ring turned posts molded squared legs joined by stretchers. provenance: Property of a New York Lady. $400-600

388 12-1120/19 Chippendale mahogany side chair pennsylvania, late 18th century The serpentine cresting above a trapezoidal seat on squared legs joined by a stretcher. provenance: Property of a New York Lady. $400-600

390 121281/4 Pair of brass and iron belted lemontop andirons circa 1800 On faceted plinths and shaped legs ending in penny feet.

H: 23 in. $800-1,200

389 121090/51 Chippendale walnut slant front desk late 18th century The rectangular top above molded and hinged slant top opening to a fitted interior with tombstone raised panel prospect door, four graudated lip molded drawers below, on ogee bracket feet.

H: 42 1/2 in. W: 41 in. D: 21 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

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391 121259/1 American School 19th century portrait of luther lawrence (1778-1839) Oil on canvas, framed.

35 1/2 in. x 28 1/2 in. (sight) note: Hand-written note previously attached to verso, “Luther Lawrence of Groton and Lowell. Son of Major Samuel Lawrence B- Sep 28 1778.

Graduated at Harvard 1801 was elected to the Mass General Court in 1812. Elected speaker in 1822. Elected mayor of Lowell in 1838 & reelected in 1839. On April 17 1839 while inspecting the new water wheels of the Middlesex mill he sliped (sic) and fell in the wheel pit and was almost instantly killed. He left no issue.” $2,000-3,000

392 121063/3 Chippendale walnut slant front desk late 18th century The rectangular top above molded hinged slant lid opening to a highly developed interior with serpentine front drawers and shell carved prospect door, on two short drawers and two long drawers, bracket base.

H: 43 in. W: 38 in. D: 20 in. $3,000-5,000

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04/30/12 393 11-2429/2 The Charles Carroll Chippendale mahogany metamorphic architect’s desk anglo/irish, circa 1770 The rectangular molded hinged top lifts to form writing or drawing surface, above an apron with handle and square turned legs that pulls out revealing an adjustable drawing/painting surface, with pull out fitted tray to side, the back and one side fitted with drawers, faux and functioning, all on casters.

H: 32 in. W: 42 in. D: 26 in. provenance: This desk was owned by Charles Carroll (1737-1832) of Carrolltown, Maryland, the last surviving Signer of the Declaration of Independence.

It was purchased from Carroll descendants at Doughoregan Manor, Carroll’s country home in Howard County, in the early 20th century and thence to the present owners. exhibited: The desk was included in the exhibition, “Anywhere So Long as There Be Freedom, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, His Family & His Maryland,” The Baltimore Museum of Art, September 30 to December 1, 1975, and illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p.279, cat. no.

123. note: The lot is accompanied by correspondence with The Baltimore Museum of Art, concerning the loan of the desk to the exhibition, an exhibition catalogue and a letter outlining provenance of the piece.

In his time, Charles Carroll was one of the country’s richest and most prominent citizens. He served as a member of the Maryland Committee of Correspondence and Committee of Safety, and with

Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Chase and John Carroll traveled to Canada to lobby for support for the American cause. He served as a member of the Maryland delegation to the Continental Congress. Carroll was eventually elected, with John Henry, as one the first senators from Maryland. An excellent man of business, Carroll was a founder of the First National Bank, the B. & O. Railroad and the C & O. Canal Company. $15,000-25,000

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04/30/12 394 11-8097/2 Federal inlaid mahogany secretary bookcase late 18th/early 19th century The upper case having a rectangular molded top above inlaid eagle and two glazed and mullioned doors enclosing shelves; the lower section having a slant front enclosing an arrangement of drawers and a prospect door over four graduated drawers with a “broken” line inlay on bracket feet.

H: 87 1/2 in. W: 45 1/2 in. D: 21 3/4 in. $2,500-3,500

395 121181/1 Cherrywood slope front desk new england, late 18th century Rectangular top with batten end folding writing surface, cubby hole interior above four graduated wide lip molded drawers on straight bracket feet. Bat wing brasses.

H: 40 in. W: 37 1/2 in. D: 19 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500 396 11-4018/6 Chippendale mahogany carved armchair philadelphia, pa, circa 1770 Serpentine crestrail centering a shell above pierced vasiform splat, shaped arms with carved knuckles, slip seat, deep scalloped apron, cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet, a closed chair. provenance: Estate of William H. Chandlee, III $800-1,200 397 11-2223/1 Federal-style mahogany four drawer chest late 19th/early 20th century Having a rectangular top over four graduated drawers, bracket feet.

H: 33 in. W: 44 1/2 in. D: 18 1/2 in. $600-800 398 121047/1 Late Federal mahogany card table philadelphia, pa, mid 19th century Having a serpentine top with a reeded edge above apron with a centered oval inlay on fluted legs, peg feet.

H: 28 1/2 in. W: 37 1/2 in. D: 16 in. $600-800

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04/30/12 399 11-2223/3 Federal mahogany sideboard mid-atlantic states, early 19th century Having a shaped rectangular top above an arrangement of two short and one long drawer over four doors on slender tapering legs.

H: 36 3/4 in. W: 47in. D: 21 1/2 in. $3,000-5,000

400 121048/16 After Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868) general philip schuyler’s wife burning the wheat fields Oil on canvas, framed.

18 1/2 in. x 16 in. note: A hand-written note accompanies the lot, “General Philip Schuyler’s wife burning the wheat fields at their home in Schuylerville N.Y. upon approach of General Burgoyne _ean’s Archives Phila” $1,000-2,000

402 121311/13 Eleven green and gold painted rush seat Fancy side chairs circa 1820 Having a foliate and floral painted scrolled back above a floral painted tablet, painted ribbed seat rail on saber legs with a box stretcher and a floral painted front stretcher.

H: 32 1/2 in. provenance: Descended in the Waln Family, Philadelphia and New Jersey. $1,000-2,000

403 SF121039/1 American School 19th century portrait of a young man Oil on canvas, framed.

29 in. x 23 in. (sight) $800-1,200

401 11-2271/15 Federal mahogany folding top games table philadelphia, pa, early 19th century Bow shaped fold-over rounded edge top, ring turned and swirl carved vase shaped pedestal, four splayed leaf carved and reeded tapering legs terminating in brass paw caps and caster feet.

H: 30 1/2 in. W: 36 in. D: 17 3/4 in. $600-800

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404 11-1724/14 Figured maple and cherrywood secretary bookcase pennsylvania, circa 1825 In two parts, the upper section with molded cornice and two reeded paneled doors opening to shelves on base with slant top opening to fitted interior above two short drawers and two recessed long drawers flanked by turned pilasters, turned feet.

H: 80 1/2 in. W: 42 1/2 in.

D: 19 3/4 in. $1,000-1,500

405 12-1120/20 Federal cherrywood slant front desk mid-atlantic states, circa 1800 Rectangular top, small drawer, cubbyhole and reeded document slides above four graduated wide cockbeaded drawers, deep scrolled apron on tall French bracket feet.

H: 44 in. W: 37 3/4 in. D: 20 3/4 in. provenance: Property of a New York Lady. $1,000-1,500

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406 121275/4 In the manner of Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860) portrait of francis scott key (1779-1843) Oil on canvas, framed.

27 1/2 in. x 19 1/4 in. (sight) note: Inspired by his experiences in the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key—a lawyer and author—wrote the lyrics to “The Star Spangled Banner,” which was adopted as the United States’ National Anthem in 1916/1931. $8,000-12,000

407 121067/8 Federal cherrywood card table philadelphia, pa, early 19th century The shaped top with molded edge above conforming apron on tapering turned legs ending in peg feet.

H: 30 in. W: 35 in. D: 17 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

408 11-1747/3 Federal walnut pembroke table pennsylvania, late 18th century Rectangular top with conforming leaves, frieze fitted with single drawer, tapering legs joined by stretchers.

H: 27 3/8 in. W(s): 19 1/4 in. (closed) and 36 3/8 in. (extended) D: 30 3/4 in. provenance: Estate of Eunice Lazin $700-900

409 121326/1 American School 18th/19th century portrait of a young new england gentleman Oil on canvas, unframed. Inscribed on verso, “Joseph Tompkins Born in Little Compton. R.I. December _6th 1787.”

24 in. x 20 in. $600-1,000

410 12-8009/2 Federal-style inlaid mahogany sideboard 20th century Rectangular top with serpentine front above conforming case above three drawers and four doors on squared tapering legs.

H: 38 1/2 in. W: 66 in. D: 25 1/2 in. provenance: Property from a Richmond, Virginia Estate. $1,000-1,500

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04/30/12 411 121309/1 Federal inlaid mahogany games table philadelphia, pa, circa 1800 Of kidney form top with inlaid ends on conforming apron and five square turned tapering legs, line inlay throughout.

H: 29 in. W: 34 1/2 in. D: 15 1/4 in. $3,000-5,000

412 11-2490/13 Pair of Federal-style inlaid mahogany knife boxes late 19th century Each having a sloping and hinged lid with a centered oval inlay enclosing an urn, a crossbanded serpentine front and conforming base, fitted interior.

H: 15 1/2 in. provenance: Property from a prominent Virginia family. $1,000-1,500

413 11-2490/83 Federal inlaid mahogany serpentine chest of drawers baltimore, md, or philadelphia, pa, circa 1815 The rectangular top with elliptical corners above five graduated and conforming drawers, scalloped apron and tall French feet. provenance: Property from a prominent Virginia family. $3,000-5,000

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04/30/12 414 11-2490/85 Late Federal mahogany sideboard early 19th century Having a shaped back splash and side panels over a rectangular top with a centered outset section above two short drawers and one long cockbeaded drawer, each separated by reeded uprights above an arrangement of four single and one double door on ringed peg legs.

H: 53 1/4 in. L: 79 1/2 in.

D: 26 1/2 in. provenance: Property from a prominent Virginia family. $2,000-3,000

415 121293/1 Robert Street (1796-1865) portrait of a young gentleman Signed and dated top left, “R. Street 1836,” oil on canvas, framed.

30 in. x 25 in. $3,000-5,000

416 121225/2 Set of seven Federal mahogany side chairs philadelphia, pa, circa 1810 Having a straight crestrail above an open backrest on saber legs. $800-1,200

417 121304/4 Federal pillar and scroll shelf clock e. terry & sons, plymouth, ct, early 19th century Of typical form with three brass urn form finials on broken cresting, painted face above an eglomisé panel with large house and river, tall bracket base, retains most of printed label.

H: 30 in. provenance: Collected in the early years of the 20th century by Dr. Everett P. Barnard, Class of 1900, University of Pennsylvania, a prominent Rittenhouse Square physician. $800-1,200

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418 11-2202/6 Federal inlaid mahogany cylinder desk baltimore, md, circa 1800 The rectangular top above cylinder top inlaid with American eagle, lifts to a fitted interior, three drawers below, string inlaid throughout, the shaped apron inlaid with shell device, French bracket feet.

H: 49 1/2 in. W: 44 in. D: 22 3/4 in. $3,000-5,000

419 121281/2 Chinese Export porcelain Rose Mandarin Gu form vase 19th century Decorated in polychrome with figures, drilled at base.

H: 13 1/4 in. $400-600

420 121281/5 Miniature Chinese Export Rose Mandarin fish bowl 19th century Of squat circular form, the interior well painted with goldfish and pond weeds and the exterior painted with court scenes and floral motif, gilt rim.

H: 6 3/4 in. Diam: 8 1/4 in. $300-500

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04/30/12 421 121329/1 Chinese Export enameled blue and white porcelain vase 18th century Square baluster form, the body enameled to show urns of flowers with some gilt highlights, within an underglazed blue floral border, twin qilong gilt highlighted handles to neck.

H: 11 1/4 in. $800-1,200

423 11-2223/12 Chinese Export porcelain Famille Rose vase 19th century Figural and panel decoration, gilt handles and lizards abut the neck, mounted as a lamp.

H: 23 1/4 in. (lamp) $200-300

422 11-2002/1 Chinese Export porcelain cider jug late 18th/early 19th century The jug decorated with polychrome Masonic devices, the lid and border decorated with grapevines.

H: 10 in. $3,000-5,000

424 121329/2 Chinese Export porcelain “Mandarin palette” teawares 18th century Comprising a small bowl painted with pair of horses in landscape on one side and pair of fu lions on the other, teabowl painted with pair of horses playing in landscape and a saucer of the same motif.

Diam: 5 1/2 in. (bowl) $800-1,200

429 121064/12 Three pieces Chinese Export porcelain “Quaker Farmer” teawares early 19th century Comprising two teabowls and a twin-handled covered sugar bowl, each painted in grisaille with a farmer, his cow and his dog in a pastoral setting, all with gilt edged rims.

H: 7 in. (covered sugar) note: The “Quaker Farmer” pattern is most readily associated with the Morris family of Philadelphia. Mary Hollingsworth Morris, to whom the design is attributed, and her husband Isaac Morris were both Quakers. Mary’s brother, Henry, was involved in the China trade and purportedly had two porcelain services decorated with his sister’s design in the early 1800’s. $1,000-1,500 430 11-2223/27 Group of Chinese Export porcelain tablewares 19th century Including tea caddy, drum form teapot, and a teabowl and saucer in grisaille, two famille rose deep dishes, helmet creamer, three teabowls and saucers, a scalloped tea stand decorated with urn and blue swags, and two demitasse cups, one saucer. $400-600

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425 11-2441/15 Group of Chinese Export porcelain Rose Medallion tablewares early 19th century Comprising two shrimp dishes, two small oval trays, and a scalloped bowl with short foot, all decorated in polychrome with figural and floral scenes.

Diam: 10 in. (bowl) $500-700 426 11-2441/14 Chinese Export porcelain Rose Medallion punch bowl and Gu-form vase early 19th century H: 13 3/4 in. (vase) Diam: 11 1/4 in. (bowl) $300-500

427 11-2490/11A Group of Chinese Export porcelain in varying “Butterfly” patterns late 19th century and later Comprising reticulated fruit basket with reticulated underplate, large oval platter, and an oval footed fruit bowl, all painted with butteflies and other insects in central medallion and around rim; together with six luncheon plates featuring central medallion painted with butterflies and flowers.

L(s): 15 in. (platter) and 14 in. (diamond platter) Diam: 8 1/2 in. (plates) provenance: Property from a prominent Virginia family. $600-800 428 No lot

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431 121222/2 Set of ten Classical carved mahogany chairs philadelphia, pa, circa 1820 Including eight side chairs and two armchairs, each with tablet crestrail with volute-carved ends above backrest carved with fan and scrolling vines on saber legs. $4,000-6,000

432 125025/7 Classical marble top ormolu mounted mahogany pier table attributed to jospeh b. barry & son, philadelphia, pa, 1810-1815 The rectangular marble top on flat frieze ornamented with ormolu mounts in the form of wreaths, putti and Classical devices, supported on free-standing brass-capped columns, shaped plinth, gilt ball feet.

H: 34 3/4 in. W: 43 in. D: 19 in. $3,000-5,000

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433 12-1120/16 Late Federal mahogany upholstered settee philadelphia, pa, circa 1820 The slightly backscrolled crestrail enclosed by leaf-carved and molded stiles continuing to arms and seat rail, reeded, tapering legs ending in ball feet.

H: 35 in. L: 75 1/2 in provenance: Property of a New York Lady. $1,500-2,500

434 11-2477/14 Classical mahogany and stenciled work table new york, circa 1825 The rectangular top above bolection drawer and two recessed drawers flanked by three quarter round stenciled posts on leaf-carved urn and leave and hairy dog paw feet on casters.

H: 31 in. W: 22 1/2 in. D: 17 1/2 in. $800-1,200

435 11-4068/77 American School 19th century portrait of a young gentleman Oil on board, framed.

29 1/2 in. x 23 1/2 in. (sight) $800-1,200

436 11-2441/10 Pair of Chippendale cherrywood rush seat side chairs new england, late 18th/early 19th century With serpentine crestrails on pierced vasiform splat and painted rush seat on squared legs with molded edge, joined by stretchers. $400-600

437 11-2202/23 Pair of woolworked pictures circa 1820 The first depicting a young man fishing by a stream, the second depicting a fisherman with a net, both worked with polychrome wool yarns and paint on fabric ground, gilt frames.

16 1/2 in. x 19 1/2 in. $400-600

438 121225/6 Classical carved figured mahogany sideboard early to mid 19th century The rectangular top surmounted by a backsplash with two carved pineapple finials above three short drawers over two panel doors flanked by two large carved columns with “Corinthian”-style capitals and diaperwork/diamond on carved paw feet.

H: 53 in. W: 75 in. D: 25 in. $2,000-2,500

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439 125025/8 Classical mahogany and giltwood pier table attributed to joseph barry, philadelphia, pa, circa 1815 The rectangular marble top on molded frieze ornamented with giltwood scrolls on brass-capped turned columns, mirrored back, shaped plinth inset with oval of white marble, all on carved giltwood paw feet.

H: 39 1/2 in. W: 48 1/2 in. D: 20 in. provenance: Illustrated in The Magazine Antiques, May 1989, Pl XI with the caption, “This example was acquired from descendants of Louis Clapier.. but it is thought to possibly have belonged originally to another branch of the family.” The caption continues with Barry’s will lists “a wine cellar and pier table” possibly identifying this type of pier table. $7,000-10,000

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04/30/12 440 121364/1 American School 19th century portrait of a little boy in a blue, circa 1830 Oil on canvas, unframed.

22 1/2 in. x 19 5/8 in. $2,000-3,000

441 11-2058/67 Attributed to Ezra Ames (1768-1836) portrait of a lady believed to be betsy mulford sutliff (1792-1871) Oil on canvas, framed.

30 in. x 25 in. provenance: The Estate of Gerald M. Bordman, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. $2,000-3,000

442 125025/3 Robert Street (1796-1865) portrait of a young lady Signed and dated, “By R. Street, 1832,” oil on canvas, framed.

30 in. x 25 in. (sight) $2,500-3,500

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04/30/12 443 121288/3 Pair of painted and gilded rush seat Fancy chairs circa 1820 Each with a foliate painted scrolled crestrail above a a floral painted tablet backrest, on a rush seat with painted front stretcher, saber legs. $500-700

444 121288/2 Three painted and decorated Classical chairs mid 19th century Comprising one armchair and two side chairs having a straight crestrail decorated with grapes over a pierced horizontal slat, saddle seat above turned legs with box stretcher, peg feet. $1,000-1,500

445 121181/5 Federal mahogany fold-over top games table philadelphia, pa, circa 1815 Bow shaped fold-over top with swing leg support, reeded edge top, ring turned and round reeded tapering legs on ball feet.

H: 28 1/2 in. 36 in. x 36 1/4 in. (open top) $400-600

446 11-2441/1 Federal mahogany inlaid sideboard mid-atlantic states, first quarter 19th century Having a shaped rectangular top over an arrangement of four short drawers and one long drawer above four doors and two deep drawers, two doors with oval inlay flanked by long oval satinwood inlay on reeded and tapering legs, peg feet.

H: 39 3/4 in. W: 77 in. D: 21 5/8 in. $2,000-3,000

447 121181/3 Federal maple fold-over top games table new england, circa 1810 Bow shaped fold-over top with swingout leg support, the folding leaf with a “C” molded edge and the fixed leaf with a half rounded edge, the bottom edge of the apron with a narrow “barber pole” inlay, ring turned and tapering reeded round legs on tall turned feet.

H: 28 1/4 in. 37 in. x 38 1/2 in. (open top) $1,000-1,500

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04/30/12 448 121090/36 Federal mahogany lolling chair The arched upholstered back with shaped arms continuing to molded supports and squared tapering legs. $1,000-1,500

449 121188/1 American School 19th century landscape scene with canoe in river Signed lower right, “M.K. 1891,” oil on canvas, gilt frame.

29 1/2 in. x 39 1/2 in. (sight) $400-600

450 121005/2 Pair of Federal brass andirons early 19th century Urn tops on hexagonal shafts, cabriole legs with ball feet.

H: 18 1/2 in. provenance: Illustrated: Peter, Nancy and Herbert Schiffer, The Brass Book: American, English, and European Fifteenth Century through 1850 $600-800

452 121263/1 American School 19th century portrait of merchant james brundige (1786-1862) of baltimore, maryland Oil on canvas, framed.

29 1/2 in. x 23 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: A watercolor of James Brundige seated in a Windsor chair was done by St. Memin about 1804. The watercolor remains in a private collection.

Brundige married Rebecca Worthington in 1808. $1,500-2,500

453 121263/2 American School 19th century portrait of thomas vose brundige (1820-1903) of baltimore, maryland Oil on canvas, framed.

30 in. x 24 3/4 in. (sight) $4,000-6,000

454 121048/9 American School 19th century white horse with stable boy in barn Oil on canvas, unframed.

17 in. x 21 3/8 in. (sight) $250-350

451 121289/2 Late Classical drop leaf table circa 1815 Rectangular top with “D” shaped leaves on frieze with single tiger maple drawer having turned pull, ring and reeded tapering legs ending in peg feet.

H: 27 1/2 in. W: 22 1/2 in. D: 39 in. $700-900

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04/30/12 455 121276/1 George W. Pettit (1838-1910) hamlet and ophelia Signed and dated lower right, “G.W Pettit 1870,” oil on canvas, framed.

59 1/2 in. x 47 1/4 in. (sight) provenance: Plaque affixed to frame, “Hamlet and Opehlia by George Pettit.

Presented to the City of Philadelphia by the Fairmount Park Art Association 1894.” note: George W. Pettit hailed from England but resided in Philadelphia, where he exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts between 1862 and 1887. Known for his portraits and figure studies, he also exhibited at the Art Club of Philadelphia and at the National Academy of Design. Today, one of his prominent works is on exhibition and in the permanent collection of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. $10,000-12,000

456 11-2469/1 American School 19th century portrait of a seated lad wearing brass button coat and black bow tie Oil on canvas, framed.

27 in. x 21 1/2 in. (sight) $750-1,500

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04/30/12 457 121273/1 Classical-style mirror robert whitely (b. 1924), bucks county, pa Having a molded top with gilt gadrooning above a gilt eagle and branch over a mirror plate flanked by split alternating plain balusters and floral carving, gilt scrolling.

H: 74 in. W: 30 3/4 in. $3,000-5,000

458 121273/2 Cherry rocking chair robert whitely (b. 1924), bucks county, pa Having a curved crestrail above nine spindles with shaped arms.

H: 40 in. $2,500-3,500

459 11-2200/3 Mahogany Classical-style sewing cabinet attributed to robert whitley (b. 1924), bucks county, pa The oblong top with rectangular outsets enclosing a work table flanked by two wells above a tambour door fitted with two drawers on an urn pedestal with three leaf carved downswept legs, paw feet, on casters.

H: 29 1/4 in. W: 25 3/8 in. D: 13 5/8 in. $2,000-4,000

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460 125025/6 Chippendale-style mahogany secretary bookcase alexander maranca (1891-1978), philadelphia, pa In two parts, the pedimented cornice enclosing bust of Benjamin Franklin above paneled doors flanked by fluted pilasters, the lower section with slant lid opening to fitted interior on a blockfront case, bracket base.

H: 102 in. W: 41 in. D: 23 in. $3,000-5,000

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461 121067/4 Set of eight Centennial mahogany chairs 19th century Comprising two armchairs and six side chairs each with a serpentine crestrail and ribbon back with outscrolled arms above scroll and foliate carved cabriole legs and a carved acanthus scrolled foot. $1,500-2,500

462 125025/9 Chippendale mahogany and parcel gilt pier mirror The scrolled cornice centering a phoenix above mirror plate with molded liner, flanked by carved fillet, scrolled pendant below.

L: 61 in. $1,500-2,500

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04/30/12 463 11-2430/1 Set of Chippendale-style chairs Comprising two armchairs and six side chairs having a shaped crestrail above a vasiform splat, cabriole leg, and slipper foot. provenance: Copy of American chairs in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $1,500-2,500

464 11-5052/18 Mahogany Centennial fall front secretary bookcase mid 19th century Broken arch cove molded cresting, two arched glazed doors with small drawers at bottom of the interior, candle slides, the desk wi9th a developed interior of fan carved and block front small drawers, reeded document cases, door and cubby holes, secret drawers, two small and three graduated wide drawers, all drawers are lip molded, ogival bracket feet.

H: 97 in. W: 38 in. D: 23 in. $3,000-5,000

465 11-2477/15 Large needle and turkey-worked picture dated 1878 Rectangular form worked with landscape with figures, a large reserve contains The Lord’s Prayer, inscribed, “ Worked for my son Charles in 1878,” polychrome wool yarns, framed.

29 1/2 in. x 36 in. (sight) $500-800

466 121048/8 American School 19th century the boat, “mercury,” on a pleasant sail Oil on artist board, framed.

12 1/4 in. x 9 1/2 in. (sight) $300-500 467 121048/18 American School 19th century two views of maine: georgetown scenery and mouth of the kennebeck Each inscribed with title on verso, oil on artist board.

20 in. x 24 1/2 in. $800-1,200

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468 12-1299/28 Miniature painted and decorated bench 19th century Grain painted and decorated with green dots and oval reserve inscribed, “R B.” H: 3 3/4 in. L: 6 7/8 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector. $300-500

469 12-1299/17A Painted and decorated wooden box new england, “sarah little her box 1889” Inscription under lid, painted yellow and decorated in the manner of toleware polychrome floral spray and leafy, berried vine.

H: 4 5/8 in. L: 9 in. D: 6 3/4 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector. $300-500

470 12-1299/17B Amish painted and stencildecorated trinket box attributed to mary lapp, dated 1930 Inscribed inside lid, “Hannah 1930,” the rectangular form painted deep pink and decorated with rose spray and stenciled swags and tulips.

H: 3 3/8 in. W: 12 1/4 in. D: 5 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector note: Lot is accompanied by note, “attributed to Mary Lapp based on top and border design... Clyde Montz Estate. Purchased at the J. Elmer and Sadie Lapp farm Sale Rt 340, Lapp Lane, Chester County, PA 2/13/92.” literature: See Patricia Herr, Amish Arts of Lancaster County, (1998), pp 111-113. $300-500

471 12-1299/17C Amish painted and decorated trinket box attributed to leah lapp, lancaster county, dated “1941” Of rectangular form with hinged lid painted medium green and, decorated with yellow and red flowers.

H: 3 1/2 in. W: 12 1/2 in. D: 5 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector. literature: See Patricial Herr, Amish Arts of Lancaster County, (1998), pp. 111-113 for other work by Leah Zook Lapp. $300-500

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472 121182/1 Miniature brown painted rush seated side chair 19th century Having an arched crestrail and matching horizontal splat with turned stiles, rush seat, and a box stretcher.

H: 14 1/4 in. $400-600 473 12-1299/27 Painted and decorated tinware document box and hanging match box 19th century The document box decorated with floral swag, pomegranate flowers and flourishes in red, pink, yellow, green and white, the match box decorated with white band and green and red vine.

H(s): 5 1/2 in. and 2 7/8 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

Document Box: Olde Hope Antiques, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1998. $800-1,200

474 12-1299/11 Two carved and painted hanging bird plaques pennsylvania, early 20th century The first with two birds on a nest, the second a single bird, mounted on metal legs, naturalistic plaques.

L: 7 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector. $400-600 475 121260/3 Cobalt decorated stoneware jug a. white & son, utica, ny With a geometic design; together with a large stoneware crock wth cobalt blue bird decoration.

H: 14 in. $300-500 476 11-2202/13 Turned and painted barber pole late 19th century With acorn shaped ends painted red, white and blue, iron hanging bracket.

L: 46 in. $300-500

477 Two sackback Windsor armchairs and a Windsor stand pennsylvania, late 18th/early 19th century The Windsor armchairs with bamboo turned legs and bulbous strechers, the stand with circular top and splayed bamboo-turned legs joined by stretchers.

Diam: 16 in. (stand) provenance: Property of a New York Lady. $600-1,000

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04/30/12 512 478 121311/6 Green painted woven seat ladder back side chair pennsylvania, late 18th/early 19th century Having a shaped ladder back splat with cylindrical stiles above a woven seat on turned legs and a box stretcher with a turned ball front stretcher, on squat ball feet. provenance: Descended in the Waln family to the present owners. $300-500 479 121311/9 Rush seat ladder back side chair pennsylvania, late 18th/early 19th century Having a shaped ladder back with cylindrical stiles with pear finials above a rush seat turned legs, box stretchers and a vigorously ball turned front stretcher on ball feet. provenance: Descended in the Waln family to the present owners. $300-500 480 121246/1 American School 19th century house view with women on bridge over stream Pastel on paper laid on board, framed.

17 3/4 in. x 19 1/2 in. (sight) $1,500-2,500 481 12-1299/15 Birdcage Windsor side chair john wire (active 1791-1813), philadelphia, pa, circa 1800 Branded “Wire” underside of seat. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

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482 121048/19 Group of pewter items late 18th/early 19th century Including a pair of candlesticks, marked “R. Hunhail”; a coffeepot; a cann marked with a clover and “YWR13”; and a commode chair vase. $200-300

483 12-1299/10 Copper “Blackhawk” weathervane 19th century The flattened full bodied figure with verdigris surface.

W: 25 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector. $3,000-5,000

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484 12-1299/19 Sheet metal standing stag weathervane oley, berks county, pa, last quarter 19th century The silhouetted form with weathered surface, mounted on iron stand.

H: 25 in. W: 27 in. (without stand) provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

Carol and Gene Rappaport, Millersville, Pennsylvania, 2006.

From the Kauffman-Bertolet family, of Oley, Pennsylvania.

By tradition made by a Kauffman ancestor. $2,500-4,500

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04/30/12 485 125026/3 Joseph F. Reynolds (1861-1925) cottage interior with sleeping figures Signed and dated lower right, “Jos. F. Reynolds, 1881,” oil on canvas, framed.

13 1/2 in. x 19 1/2 in. (sight) $500-700

486 121304/3 Braced bow-back Windsor armchair new york, late 18th century Crestrail continuing to arms on vase turned supports, shield-shaped seat, vase turned and tapering legs joined by bulbous turned stretchers. provenance: Collected in the early years of the 20th century by Dr. Everett P. Barnard, Class of 1900, University of Pennsylvania, a prominent Rittenhouse Square physician. $800-1,200

487 12-1120/9 Needleworked sampler “elinor s.frame’s work done in her 11th year, 1827” A meandering flower vine enclosing potted flowers, trees, inscription and names and initials of family members, worked with polychrome silk threads on a linen ground, ribbon border, framed.

16 3/4 in. x 18 in. (sight) provenance: Property of a New York Lady. $1,000-1,500

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488 12-1299/8 Comb-back Windsor armchair thomas gilpin (1700-1766), chester county and philadelphia, circa 1760 Branded “T. Gilpin,” the cresting with carved volutes above nine spindles, flattened back rest and shaped handholds on vase turned supports, D-shaped seat on vase and ball turned legs joined by turned stretchers. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

H.L. Chalfant, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1998. $4,000-6,000

489 12-1299/5 Federal red-stained candlestand branded twice “m.w.”

The squared top with rounded corners, on ring and vase turned support on three arched legs.

H: 26 3/4 in. W: 16 3/4 in.

D: 17 1/4 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector. $500-700

490 12-1299/6 Painted sack back Windsor armchair new england, circa 1800 Retains old painted surfaces of green, red and black-green. The flattened arms on vase turned supports, oval grooved seat, vase, reel and tapering splayed feet. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector. $600-1,000

491 11-2461/3 Late Federal tiger maple workstand 19th century Having a rectangular top and a lower drawer on turned legs, peg feet.

H: 31 5/8 in. W: 21 1/4 in. D: 18 7/8 in. $400-600 492 12-1120/4 Cherry step-back cupboard pennsylvania, 19th century In two parts, the molded cornice above two glazed doors opening to three shelves on base with two recessed panel doors, bracket base, both parts with chamfered corners.

H: 82 in. W: 44 in. D: 18 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a New York Lady. $1,000-1,500

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493 121300/1 Walnut spice cabinet probably pennsylvania, 18th/19th century The rectangular molded top over a single panel door enclosing an arrangement of six small drawers surrounding a larger centered drawer over two small drawers and one long drawer.

H: 19 1/4 in. W: 16 1/4 in. D: 10 1/4 in. $3,000-5,000

494 12-8012/2 Bamboo-turned Windsor bench circa 1800 The molded crestrail above bamboo turned spindles, shaped seat on bamboo turned legs joined by bulbous stretchers.

L: 80 in. provenance: Property from a Richmond, Virginia Estate. $1,500-2,500

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495 121331/1 Carved and painted hardwood panel early 20th century Of rectangular form carved with two exotic birds above a sunflower on a star-filled field.

H: 21 1/2 in. W: 31 1/4 in. $800-1,200

496 121048/5 Painted pine fireboard new england, first half 19th century Recessed panel painted with landscape including a long fenced road, church, and tree with other houses beyond.

31 1/4 in. x 34 in. (overall) $2,500-3,500

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497 12-1120/17 Queen Anne walnut drop leaf table pennsylvania, 18th/19th century Rectangular top with conforming leaves on shaped apron and tapering turned legs ending in button feet.

H: 29 1/4 in. L: 37 in. D: 16 1/2 in.

Leaf: 12 in. provenance: Property of a New York Lady. $400-600

498 11-1938/1 Pair of carved and painted ringbill decoy Sleepers robert white (b. 1939), tullytown, pa Signed, “Bob White 5/26/2000,” and “6 /1/2000.”

L(s): 11 1/2 in. and 12 in. $1,000-1,500

498A 11-1938/11 Pair of red-throated loon decoys robert biddle, media, pa, 20th century Both signed, “Bob Biddle” and engraved “RGB.” L: 17 in. $1,000-2,000

499 11-1938/3 Carved and painted curlew shorebird decoy nantucket, ma, circa 1910 With carved wings and tack eyes.

L: 12 in. $3,000-5,000 500 11-1938/4 Painted and carved curlew decoy attributed to joe king, manahawkin, nj L: 13 1/4 in. provenance: Ex-Collection: Noyes Museum, Oceanville, New Jersey. $1,000-2,000

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501 11-2177/1 American School 19th century country fair buildings with race track in foreground, circa 1865 Signed, “G.T.D,” oil on canvas, framed.

19 1/4 in. x 29 3/4 in. (sight) provenance: Found in Pennsylvania. $10,000-15,000

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04/30/12 502 121061/1 Painted and decorated fireboard late 19th century Painted with mare with foul within an oval reserve.

H: 18 in. W: 24 in. provenance: James and Judy Milne, New York, New York. $3,000-5,000

503 121181/2 Early pine kas pennsylvania, circa 1740 Having a flat molded edge and paneled front cornice, above two doors with ten raised panels in each door, center and side panels with raised panels to match the doors, the base fitted with three plain drawers, the sides with three raised panels, raised on large “turnip” feet.

H: 84 in. W: 70 in. D: 19 1/2 in. $4,000-6,000

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04/30/12 504 121222/1 Green-painted punched tin hanging pie safe probably berks county, pa 19th century The tin panels punched with circle and arch patterns.

H: 34 in. W: 29 in. D: 20 1/2 in. $2,000-3,000

505 121222/4 Carved and painted wood and bird’s-eye maple desk/table vermont or new york, 19th century The superstructure with carved and painted book form drawer fronts on rectangular top with hinged leaf, turned legs ending in peg feet.

H: 39 in. W: 30 in. D: 16 in. provenance: A note accompanying desk inscribed, “Made in 1859 by Alonzo Stowe, Books painted by Truman Town.” $2,500-3,500

506 121251/2 American School 19th century portrait of james k. polk (1795-1849) Entitled, “J.K. Polk,” reverse painted on glass, framed.

12 3/4 in. x 9 1/4 in. (sight) $500-800

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04/30/12 507 121253/1 Pennsylvania two-part corner cabinet late 18th/early 19th century Flat cove molded top with dome shaped glazed door, “H” brass hinges, the base with two raised cabinet doors with “H” brass hinges, thin quarter round corners, on straight bracket feet.

H: 80 3/4 in. W: 42 1/2 in. $3,000-5,000

508 121272/1 Red-painted kas late 18th/early 19th century Having a molded top over two paneled doors flanked by black painted pilasters, rat tail hinges, molded base and block feet.

W: 52 1/2 in. D: 21 1/2 in. $2,000-3,000

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509 509 11-2459/1 Amish “Diamond in the Square” quilt pennsylvania, early 20th century With feather, floral spray, star, diagonal line and flowerhead handquilting, the outer border machine sewn.

74 1/2 in. x 77 in. $1,000-1,500 510 11-2459/2 Amish pieced “Sunshine and Shade” quilt pennsylvania, 20th century Worked with various shades of blue, purple, green, salmon, black and burgundy and heightened with conforming and feathered quilting.

80 1/2 in. x 78 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500 511 11-2459/3 Amish pieced cotton quilt pennsylvania, 19th/20th century Worked in an overall grid pattern enclosing squares comprised of octagon and triangles, heightened with scroll, diamond and four-petal patterned quilting.

80 in. x 77 in. $1,000-1,500

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512 12-1299/20 Amish “Log Cabin” variation pattern quilt pennsylvania, late 19th century Worked with wool and satin patches in bold colors, enclosed by a double triangle border.

72 in. x 68 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

Carol and Gene Rappaport, Millersville, Pennsylvania, 2003.

Found in Berks County, Pennsylvania. $700-900 See illustration on page 148 513 11-2459/4 Amish “Bow Tie” pattern quilt pennsylvania, early 20th century Worked with sateens and polished cotton, variously colored bowties on a black field heightened with cable, diamond, and conforming quilting.

92 in. x 88 in. $1,000-1,500

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514 11-2459/5 Amish “Bars” pattern quilt pennsylvania, 19th/20th century Worked with polished cotton in green, blue, brick red, lavender and heightened with cable, diamond, basket, and floral quilting.

83 in. x 78 in. $1,000-1,500

515 11-2459/6 Amish “Log Cabin” pattern quilt late 19th century Worked with satin, tafetta, and silks in solid and patterns.

70 in. x 71 in. $1,000-1,500

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04/30/12 516 121048/4 Hutch table pennsylvania, 19th century Circular top on turned uprights tilts to seat ending in turned and tapering feet.

H: 27 in. Diam: 51 3/4 in. $800-1,200

517 11-2223/15 Carved and painted hanging match safe 19th century In the form of an American Indian’s head wearing feather headdress on a molded heart-shaped backboard.

H: 12 in. $1,500-2,000

518 12-1120/6 Small needleworked sampler “made by mary keene about the year 1835” Worked with bands of spot devices, flowers, sprigs, birds and trees, in polychrome silk threads on a gauze ground, accompanied by handwritten note with above inscription, framed; together with an alphabet sampler inscribed, “work done in the year 1848,” framed.

7 3/4 in. x 9 1/2 in. (sight) and 4 in. x 19 in. provenance: Property of a New York Lady. $300-500

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04/30/12 519 121308/1 Printed cotton nine-patch pattern quilt second half 19th century Yellow, green, red and pink printed cotton pieces arranged in small, nine patch pattern within a green, yellow and red border, mounted on muslin and framed for hanging.

68 in. x 64 in. provenance: M. Finkel & Daughter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $2,000-3,000

520 121308/2 Nine-patch pattern crib quilt last half 19th century Of rectangular form worked with printed cotton pieces in red, yellow and green arranged with twelve ninepatch squares on a red ground within a wide border, framed for hanging.

36 in. x 33 in. (sight) provenance: M. Finkel & Daughter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $800-1,200

521 121048/14 Fraktur: Birth and baptismal record of Henerick Gring of Berks County printer, johann ritter, reading, pa, dated 1795 Printed and hand-decorated in watercolor and inks on paper, framed.

13 in. x 15 5/8 in. (sight) $300-500

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04/30/12 522 12-1299/31 Fraktur: Reward of merit for Conrad Gilbert circa 1800 Watercolor and ink on paper, grain painted frame.

5 1/4 in. x 2 7/8 in. (sight) provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

Horst Auction Center, November 20, 1999. $800-1,200

523 12-1299/31A Fraktur: Reward for Rebecca Bechold attributed to henry young, south eastern, pa, dated 1858 “Presented to Miss Rebecca Bechtold. AD 1858,” watercolor and ink on paper, grain painted frame.

4 7/8 in. x 3 in. (sight) provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

Racoon Creek Antiques, L.L.C. $600-800

524 121048/3 Step-back glazed cupboard pennsylvania, 18th century The molded cornice above upper case with canted facade having two glazed doors opening to shelves, the lower case with two drawers over single paneled door, bracket base.

H: 77 in. W: 50 in. D: 17 1/2 in. $2,500-3,500

525 12-1299/24 Henry Lapp (1862-1904) “cherries,” circa 1875 Watercolor on paper, framed.

7 1/4 in. x 5 in. (sight) provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

Susan Berman Sale, June 14, 1998. note: Henry Lapp, an Amish artist from Mascot, Leacock Township, Lancaster County, was active between the years 1872-1879. $300-500

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526 121048/1 Painted and grain painted dower chest pennsylvania, early 19th century The molded lid decorated with compass drawn flowerheads, opens to a well with till on case decorated with flowerheads and tombstone devices in blue and brick red graining with yellow highlights, molded base.

H: 23 1/4 in. W: 49 1/2 in. D: 22 1/4 in. $8,000-12,000

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527 11-2292/1 Walnut corner cupboard first quarter 19th century Having an arched glazed lattice door over two drawers and twin paneled door, ball feet.

H: 88 in. W: 42 in. D: 23 in. $1,500-2,500

528 11-2176/1 Chippendale walnut and grain painted tall case clock “philip maus, lebanon, no. 56,” circa 1785 Molded broken cornice with floral terminals centering a plinth with turned finial above a glazed door with painted moon dial face, arched waist door with conforming grain painted panel, flanked by fluted quarter columns, the plinth with raised grain painted panel, flanked by fluted quarter columns, ogival bracket feet.

H: 94 in. $20,000-30,000

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529 121197/1 Carved wooden eagle probably continental, 19th century Standing on a plinth, applied narrow shelf to back.

H: 19 1/2 in. $400-600 530 12-1120/15 Small Federal mahogany and eglomisé looking glass 19th century Molded cornice above panel with house, molded frame; together with a hanging box with shaped and pierced cresting and slanted hinged lid.

H: 19 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a New York Lady. $300-500 531 12-1120/5 Group of household objects pennsylvania, 19th century Including a large wicker buttocks basket, small poplar slide lid box, a turned mortar and pestle and two wallpaper covered boxes.

H: 12 in. W: 15 in. (basket) provenance: Property of a New York Lady. $500-800

532 12-1299/29 Two iron candlesticks and snuffer 18th/19th century Including a “wedding ring” hogscraper candlestick, a footed candlestick with finger hold and a pair of scissors snuffer.

H: 8 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector. $300-500 533 11-2202/18 Turned and painted boot-form trade sign 19th century In the form of a lady’s boot, painted brown.

H: 14 in. $400-600

534 12-1299/17 Painted and grained slide lid candlebox northampton county, pa, early 19th century The coffered lid slides into molded edge of grain painted box, molded base.

H: 5 in. L: 13 1/2 in. D: 5 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

From the Newburg family, Northampton, Pennsylvania. $600-800

535 12-1299/26 Iron and brass Betty lamp with wooden candlestick shelf pennsylvania and new england, 18th/19th century The lamp with a fish form brass finial on cover, with pick; the shelf with shaped and incised back board.

L: 11 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

Shelf: John Thomas, 1999. $1,000-1,500

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536 121297/1 Painted and decorated yellow pine blanket chest attributed to johannes spitler (1774-1837), massanutten, page county, va, circa 1800 The rectangular hinged top opens to a well with till, the case painted Prussian blue and decorated with hearts, flowers, birds and circular devices in white, red and black, the molded base painted in blocks of color, bracket feet.

H: 24 in. W: 50 in. D: 21 1/2 in. provenance: Descended in the Latham family of Rappahannock County, Virginia to the present owners. According to family history, the chest was owned by Armistead Clifford Latham (1881- ) who married Mary Anderson in June of 1917. Latham’s parents, Thomas Richard Latham (1847-1895) and Mary Ellen Corbin (b. 1850) were married in Culpeper, Virginia in 1880.

Mary Ellen Corbin’s parents, Armistead Corbin (17851856) and Juliett Ann Luttrell (1810-1856) of Culpeper,

Virginia, were married in 1850. Armistead Corbin married his first wife Sally Ann Bywaters (1782-1842) in 1807. literature: For related examples and information on Spitler, see: Ronald L. Hurst and Jonathon Prown, Southern Furniture 1680-1830, The Colonial Williamsburg Collection (1997) ill. 107.3 p. 340, pp 337-343, Walters, Donald, “Johannes Spitler, Shenendoah County, Virginia, furniture decorator,” The Magazine Antiques, Oct. 1975, pp. 730735. note: The known furniture decorated by Johannes Spitler dates from the 1790’s to about 1810, when he relocated with his family from Virginia to Ohio. During these approximately 20 years, Spitler worked in three distinct styles of decoration. This chest falls into Spitler’s second style due to its nature motifs: birds, tulips, hearts and compass-drawn flower heads. $80,000-120,000

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04/30/12 537 11-1747/4 Federal inlaid walnut tall chest pennsylvania or maryland, circa 1800 Molded cornice above three short drawers, the centermost inlaid with flowers above five long drawers all with line inlay, shaped apron centering inlaid butterfly, flared bracket feet.

H: 72 in. W: 45 in. D: 22 7/8 in. provenance: Estate of Eunice Lazin $4,000-6,000

538 12-1299/25 Walnut stretcher table with drawer 19th century The rectangular top with breadboard ends above apron with single drawer, squared legs with molded edge joined by conforming stretcher.

H: 29 1/4 in. W: 48 in. D: 29 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector. $300-500

539 12-1120/2 Fraktur drawing “tulip pott made by john henry 1823,” york county, pa Signed and dated, watercolor and ink on paper, inscribed with the verse, “John Henry is my name America is my nation York County is my dwelling place and Christ is my salvation. When I am ded(sic) and in my grave and all my bones have been rotten its this you see remember me lest I shall be f’gotten.”, framed.

10 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: Property of a New York Lady. $2,000-3,000

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04/30/12 540 11-1724/4 Two brass skimmers 18th/19th century The strainers having a flat shaped bowl; together with one brass dipper and one brass ladle with a loop handle, stamped, “E.” L: 22 1/4 in. (longest, strainer) $200-400

543 12-1120/10 Group of tinware items 19th century Including a pair of mirrored oval candle sconces, a coffeepot, mold, large figural cookie cutter of a man, an oval cookie cutter enclosing many forms, and a sewing bird.

H: 12 1/2 in. (sconces) provenance: Property of a New York Lady. $500-800 544 12-1299/14 Red-stained bucket bench pennsylvania, 19th century The shaped sides joined by wide shelf and medial shelf.

H: 29 1/2 in. W: 38 1/2 in. D: 16 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

Pook & Pook, 1999. $600-800 545 12-1299/30 Group of redware and stoneware items pennsylvania, 19th century Including redware cann and pitcher, both with manganese splotches, a redware pitcher with brown glaze, and a cobalt decorated stoneware jug, impressed “C. Hart, Sherburne”.

H: 17 in. (jug) provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector. note: The redware cann from the Stoner family of Hanover, Pennsylvania. $1,000-2,000

541 12-1299/21 Pieced “Kaleidoscope” pattern quilt greencastle, pa, circa 1880 Various plaid and check cotton pieces arranged in an all-over star and diamond pattern creating a central hexagon enclosed by conforming bands.

82 in. x 81 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

Stella Rubin, Potomoc, Maryland, 1998. literature: Illustrated in “The Quilt Engagement Calendar, 1998.” no. 12. $300-500 See illustration on page 148

545A 12-1299/30A Cobalt decorated stoneware presentation pitcher remmey pottery, philadelphia, pa, mid 19th century Inscribed “Peter Saffer,” and decorated with fronds and tulips.

H: 8 3/4 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

Greg K. Kramer & Co., Robesonia, Pennsylvania, 2003.

Ex Collection: Paul Flack. $800-1,200

542 11-2308/1 Shaker rocking chair and foot stool mt. lebanon, new york, late 19th century The number “4” production rocking chair with three arched slats below shawl rail; together with a foot stool bearing “Shaker’s Trademark Mt. Lebanon, New York,” with rectangular top with rounded corners on turned legs.

H: 7 in. W: 11 3/4 in. D: 11 1/4 in. (footstool) $300-500

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04/30/12 546 12-1299/3 Scrub top pine tavern table late 18th/early 19th century The rectangular top with bread board ends on a straight apron with splayed tapering legs ending in penny feet.

H: 27 in. W: 36 1/2 in. D: 29 5/8 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector. $400-800 547 12-1299/12 Carved and painted bird tree pennsylvania, circa 1940 Six birds mounted on branches, turned base.

H: 9 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

Gemini Antiques LTD, Bridgehampton, New York, 1999. $1,500-2,500 548 12-1299/18 Painted and stenciled cutlery tray pennsylvania, 19th century Painted yellow and stenciled with floral sprays in black.

L: 13 in. W: 10 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

Racoon Creek Antiques, Bridgeport, New Jersey, 1999. $500-800

549 12-1299/7 Green-painted dough cupboard 19th century The rectangular hinged lid lifts to well above two doors, bracket base.

H: 41 3/4 in. W: 36 in. D: 16 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

Found in a home in southwest Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. $400-600

550 12-1120/11 Needleworked sampler “mary buchwalter millerstown sept 14th” A flowering vine encloses rows of alphabet, inscription and panel with building, basket of fruit, animals and various spot devices, worked with silk threads on a linen ground, framed.

16 in. x 15 1/4 in. (sight) provenance: Property of a New York Lady. $1,000-1,500

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04/30/12 551 12-1120/21 William and Mary mixed wood ladder back arm chair pennsylvania, late 18th century Five graduated arched slats, bulbous turned finials atop stiles, flat curved arms, needleworked seat, turned legs with turned stretchers, the front stretcher vigorously turned, on ball and turned feet.

H: 44 in. provenance: Property of a New York Lady. $400-600

552 12-1299/16 Hooked rug lebanon county, pa, early 20th century Rectangular form with black horse on a polychrome field, mounted for hanging.

21 in. x 37 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector. $1,000-2,000

553 11-2223/8 Painted sheet metal weathervane late 19th century In the form of a running horse, painted black.

L: 44 in. $700-900

554 11-1724/1 American School 19th century portrait of a boy holding a red book Oil on canvas, framed.

22 1/2 in. x 17 5/8 in. (sight) provenance: Patricia Barque, Fairfield, Connecticut.

Descended in the family of actor Gordon McRae, purchased from the Short Hills, New Jersey home of his sister. $3,000-4,000

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04/30/12 555 11-1724/8 Figured maple and mahogany chest of drawers pennsylvania, first half 19th century Rectangular top having two recessed drawers in a gallery, above two small and four graduated wide drawers with turned half round corners on bulbous turned feet, all drawers are cockbeaded and faced with mahogany.

H: 52 1/4 in. W: 43 1/2 in. D: 23 in. $1,000-1,500

556 121246/2 Group of carved and painted wooden buildings probably pennsylvania, first half 20th century Including a church, bridge, two houses, corn crib, silo, chicken coop, garage, outhouse and screened pen, some wired for electricity.

H: 18 in. (church) $800-1,200

557 121511/2 American School 19th century a hudson river view Oil on canvas, framed.

17 1/2 in. x 23 in. (sight) $500-700

558 121515/2 Barbara Moment (1928- ) “the troublemaker” Signed lower left, “BCM,” oil on canvas, framed. Hand-written note on verso, “‘The Troublemaker’ for Joey from Barbie May, 1988.”

15 3/4 in. x 19 3/4 in. (sight) $1,000-1,500

559 121260/1 Anglo/American School 19th/20th century landscape scene with river and fort Oil on canvas, framed, stretcher retains worn gallery label.

18 1/4 in. x 23 3/4 in. (sight) $700-900

560 121105/2 American School 19th century slaver ship Unsigned, oil on board, framed.

12 3/4 in. x 23 1/4 in. (sight) provenance: RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company Corporate Collection, WinstonSalem, North Carolina. note: Proceeds benefit The Arts Council, Inc. of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, Winston-Salem, NC. $800-1,200

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561 11-1942/1 Edmund Montague Morris (Canadian 1871-1913) two portraits of native american leaders Initialed, both inscribed on verso, “Drawn by Edmund M. Morris after photo.,” sitters identified on verso: “Mis-ta-hah-mus-gua. Big Bear. was council for his tribe...” and “Chapo-Mexico, Crowfoot. Chief of the Blackfeet Indians...,” watercolor and ink on paper, framed.

15 3/8 in. x 11 1/2 in. (sight) $2,000-3,000

562 121225/5 Carved and painted “Hampshire Wagon Co.” trade sign With a two dimensional covered wagon flanked by two painted medallions, inscribed “The Hampshire Wagon Co.” and “Since 1802.”

H: 31 1/2 in. W: 37 1/2 in. $500-700

563 121116/12 Carved and painted automaton tom harvey Signed “Tom Harvey 01,” the figure of a woman with bird on a string moves on platform when crank is turned on box inscribed, “I knew a girl who found a baby robin that had an injured leg. She took him in and tended to him for weeks. When the robin was well enough, and assured he would not fly away before he was ready she tied a string around his good leg and gently “flew” him around her yard. When she was certain he was able she set him free.”

H: 21 in. (overall) 16 3/4 in. x 16 3/4 in. (box) $800-1,200

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04/30/12 564 121225/1 Shadow box of the ship Moshulu 20th century Of carved and painted wood and mixed media, labeled, “Moshulu 1914.”

H: 28 in. W: 40 in. provenance: Zabar’s Restaurant $500-700

565 121048/2 Parcel gilt oval mirror second half 19th century Surmounted by an eagle with a leafy branch above a foliate edge enclosing a star and beaded border enclosing a mirror plate.

L: 41 in. $600-800

566 121279/1 Commemorative stoneware pitcher millington astbury & poulson, trenton, nj, circa 1865 In molded relief with gilt accents depicting the death of Colonel Ellsworth, first reported casualty of the Civil War, impressed underneath, “M.A P Trenton NJ.” H: 8 in. $800-1,200

567 121225/3 Half-hull ship model of the clipper ship “Flying Cloud” american, 19th/20th century Painted inscription, “Clipper ShipFlying Cloud Built East Boston 1851 Length 225 Beam 41 Dept 21.”

H: 18 1/2 in. W: 73 in. $500-700

568 11-2202/20 Painted and decorated military drum 19th century Painted red and decorated with a gilt and black crown.

Diam: 28 in. $400-600

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04/30/12 569 121224/6 Henry Alexander Ogden (1856-1936) uniform of the army of the united states, from 1774 to 1889 Folio with original gilt lettered pebbled cloth. With 44 colored prints. [NY]: Quatermaster General, [1890]. $600-800

570 11-8097/9 Alexander Charles Stuart (1831-1898) two masted racing ship Signed lower left, “Stuart.” and dated lower right, “1897(?),” oil on canvas, framed, printed gallery label on stretcher.

22 in. x 35 1/2 in. (sight) $3,000-5,000

571 11-2202/19 Brass glass and wood binnacle “trademark viking” Spherical top on wood base.

H: 20 in. $200-250

572 11-2202/12 Large iron anchor andirons early 20th century A curved standard with an anchor form end.

H: 27 1/2 in. $300-500

573 11-2202/7 Half-hull ship model 20th century Mounted on board; together with a wooden rolling pin with ivory tipped handles.

L: 50 in. (ship model) L: 17 1/2 in. (rolling pin) $300-500

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04/30/12 574 121257/1 Arthur N. Disney, Sr. (1904-1993) u.s. frigate “constellation” Signed lower right, “Arthur N. Disney,” oil on board, framed.

Hand-written curatorial account number and art card number from “Navdept” on verso.

23 in. x 35 in. (sight) note: Arthur N. Disney, Sr. loaned his paintings of the Constellation and other battleships to the White House, Pentagon and Navy Department. He allowed his paintings of the Constellation to be reproduced on the ship’s souvenirs from which all sale proceeds go directly to the conservation of the ship. note: Lot is accompanied by five postcards from the U.S.F. Constellation featuring Disney’s art. $400-600

575 121224/2 John James Barralet (1747-1815) After William H. Morgan (19th century) “launch of the steam frigate fulton the first, at new york, 29th oct. 1814” Engraving, first state, published by Benjamin Tanner, New York, Gloria Gilda Deak, #289, framed.

11 3/4 in. x 15 5/8 in. (sight) $800-1,200

576 121224/3 Engraver, Robert Havell (English, 1769-1832) “attack on fort oswego, lake ontario, n. america, may 6th, 1814, noon” Published, “London May 1, 1815,” hand-colored aquatint, framed.

17 1/2 in. x 22 1/4 in. (sight) $300-500

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577 121224/4 Alexander Lawson, After Thomas Birch (1779-1851) “perry’s victory on lake erie,” circa 1814 “Published by William Smith, Printe Seller, 702 South 3rd St. Phila,” hand-colored engraving, framed.

20 3/4 in. x 27 in. (sight) $1,500-2,000

578 121224/1 Engraving “explosion of the british frigate guerriere...after her capture by the u.s. frigate” Published by William B. Acock, Philadelphia, PA, 1818, framed.

11 1/4 in. x 15 in. (sight) $300-500

579 121187/1 David St. Johns (British) sunset at sea Signed lower right, oil on canvas, gilt frame.

10 1/2 in. x 25 1/2 in. (sight) $3,000-5,000

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580 121048/15 American School 20th century a ship under full sail Signed lower right, “A. Toro,” pen, ink and graphite on paper, framed.

15 in. x 19 1/2 in. (sight) $300-400

581 11-2202/15 Carved and painted eagle plaque early 20th century In the form of a gold painted eagle with outstretched wings on a red and blue painted shield and crossed American flags.

H: 9 1/2 in. W: 27 1/4 in. $800-1,200

582 121069/1 Brass and painted iron transit c. l. berger & sons, boston, ma, circa 1900 Includes fitted walnut case with Berger label.

H: 13 in. (transit) $300-500

583 11-2202/21 Cased model of a two masted sailing ship late 19th century Painted wood and mixed media.

H: 29 in. W: 38 in. D: 11 1/2 in. $400-600 END OF SALE

Historic USS Constitution Colors from the Collection of H. Richard Dietrich Jr. 04/30/12

Auction:

Monday, April 30th at 6pm Exhibitions Wednesday, April 25th - 10am to 6pm Thursday, April 26th - 10am to 6pm Friday, April 27th - 10am to 6pm Saturday, April 28th - 10am to 5pm Sunday, April 29th - 10am to 5pm

Inquiries: col. j. craig nannos aus (ret.) direct tel: 267.414.1260 cnannos@freemansauction.com

Catalogue $25

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Rare 4-5-4 pattern, 8 stripe 13-star American naval flag late 18th century/early 19th century From 1777 to 1818 both the number of stars and stripes were mutable and a variety is found in period paintings.

Overall 6ft. 1in. x 10ft. 10in.

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English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts 05/22/12 including a prominent private collection of Continental furniture and decorative arts from the 16th-18th centuries

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One of a pair of 16th/17th Century Italian renaissance marquetry and ivory inlaid walnut armchairs, $2,000-3,000 (£1,250-1,875); Fine and Large Spanish walnut Vargueno on stand, late 16th/early 17th century, $8,000-12,000 (£5,000-7,500); One of a pair of 18th Century carved and gilt angels, $2,000-3,000 (£1,250-1,875); Italian majolica dish, “Hog Hunting”, 17th/18th century, $5,000-7,000 (£3,125-4,375); One of a pair of 16th/17th Century Italian renaissance parquetry inlaid walnut ‘Dante’ chairs, $2,000-4,000 (£1,250-2,500); Fine and Large Italian polychrome painted and parcel gilt terracotta figure of a standing female saint, possibly 17th century, $2,000-4,000 (£1,250-2,500)

Auction: Tuesday, May 22nd at 10am

Exhibitions Friday, May 18th Saturday, May 19th Sunday, May 20th Monday, May 21st Please contact the department or www.freemansauction.com for further details

Inquiries: david walker direct tel: 267.414.1216 dwalker@freemansauction.com benjamin fisher direct tel: 267.414.1215 bfisher@freemansauction.com Catalogue $35

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Modern & Contemporary Art 05/12/12 including the Estate of Janet Brown

Auction Saturday, May 12th at 2pm Exhibitions Sunday, May 6th to Friday, May 11th Please contact the department or www.freemansauction.com for further details

Inquiries: anne henry direct tel: 267.414.1220 ahenry@freemansauction.com aimee pflieger direct tel: 267.414.1221 apflieger@freemansauction.com Catalogue $35

BRICE MARDEN (american b. 1938) ‘SUZHOU I-IV’ The complete set of four etchings with aquatint, drypoint and scraping, each pencil signed, annotated and numbered 39/45 Executed in 1998 Each S. 25 7/8 x 18 3/4 in.

(65.72 x 47.63cm) provenance: Property from the Estate of Janet Brown, Oyster Bay, New York. $60,000-80,000 (£37,500-50,000)

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7 If the auctioneer determines that any opening or later bid or any advance bid is not commensurate with the value of the Property offered, he may reject the same and withdraw the Property from sale.

8 Upon the fall of the hammer, title to any offered lot or article will immediately pass to the highest bidder as determined in the exclusive discretion of the auctioneer, subject to compliance by the buyer with these Conditions of Sale. Buyer thereupon assumes full risk and responsibility of the property sold, agrees to sign any requested confirmation of purchase, and agrees to pay the full price, plus Buyer’s Premium, therefore or such part, upon such terms as Freeman’s may require.

9 No lot may be removed from Freeman’s premises until the buyer has paid in full the purchase price therefor including Buyer’s Premium or has satisfied such terms that Freeman’s, in its sole discretion, shall require. Subject to the foregoing, all Property shall be paid for and removed by the buyer at his/her expense within ten (10) days of sale and, if not so removed, may be sold by Freeman’s, or sent

by Freeman’s to a public warehouse, at the sole risk and charge of the buyer(s), and Freeman’s may prohibit the buyer from participating, directly or indirectly, as a bidder or buyer in any future sale or sales. In addition to other remedies available to Freeman’s by law, Freeman’s reserves the right to impose a late charge of 1.5% per month of the total purchase price on any balance remaining ten (10) days after the day of sale. If Property is not removed by the buyer within ten (10) days, a handling charge of 1% of the total purchase price per month from the tenth day after the sale until removal by the buyer shall be payable to Freeman’s by the buyer; Freeman’s shall charge 1.5% of the total purchase price per month for any property not so removed within 60 days after the sale. Freeman’s will not be responsible for any loss, damage, theft, or otherwise responsible for any goods left in Freeman’s possession after ten (10) days. If the foregoing conditions or any applicable provisions of law are not complied with, in addition to other remedies available to Freeman’s and the Consignor (including without limitation the right to hold the buyer(s) liable for the bid price) Freeman’s, at its option, may either cancel the sale, retaining as liquidated damages all payments made by the buyer(s), or resell the property. In such event, the buyer(s) shall remain liable for any deficiency in the original purchase price and

will also be responsible for all costs, including warehousing, the expense of the ultimate sale, and Freeman’s commission at its regular rates together with all related and incidental charges, including legal fees. Payment is a precondition to removal. Payment shall be by cash, certified check or similar bank draft, or any other method approved by Freeman’s. Checks will not be deemed to constitute payment until cleared. Any exceptions must be made upon Freeman’s written approval of credit prior to sale. In addition, a defaulting buyer will be deemed to have granted and assigned to Freeman’s, a continuing security interest of first priority in any property or money of, or owing to such buyer in Freeman’s possession, and Freeman’s may retain and apply such property or money as collateral security for the obligations due to due to Freeman’s.

Freeman’s shall have all of the rights accorded a secured party under the Pennsylvania Uniform Commercial Code.

10 Unless the sale is advertised and announced as “without reserve”, each lot is offered subject to a reserve and Freeman’s may implement such reserves by bidding through its representatives on behalf of the Consignors. In certain instances, the Consignor may pay less than the standard commission rate where Freeman’s or its representative is a successful bidder on behalf of the Consignor. Where the Consignor is indebted to Freeman’s, Freeman’s may have an interest in the offered lots and the proceeds therefrom, other than the broker’s Commissions, and all sales are subject to any such interest.

11 No “buy” bids shall be accepted at any time for any purpose.

12 Any pre-sale bids must be submitted in writing to Freeman’s prior to commencement of the offer of the first lot of any sale. Freeman’s copy of any such bid shall conclusively be deemed to be the sole evidence of same, and while Freeman’s accepts these bids for the convenience of bidders not present at the auction, Freeman’s shall not be responsible for the failure to execute, or, to execute properly, any pre-sale bid.

13 A Buyer’s Premium will be added to the successful bid price and is payable by the buyer as part of the total purchase price. The Buyer’s

Premium shall be: 25% on the first $50,000 of the hammer price of each lot, 20% on the portion from $50,001 through $1,000,000, and 12% on the portion of the hammer price exceeding $1,000,000.

14 Unless exempted by law from the payment thereof, the buyer will be required to pay any and all federal excise tax and any state and/or local sales taxes, including where deliveries are to be made outside the state where a sale is conducted, which may be subject to a corresponding or compensating tax in another state.

15 Freeman’s may, as a service to buyer arrange to have purchased property posted and shipped at the buyer’s expense. Freeman’s is not responsible for any acts or omissions in packing or shipping of purchased lots whether or not such carrier recommended by Freeman’s.

Packing and handling of purchased lots is at the responsibility of the buyer and is at the entire risk of the buyer.

16 In no event shall any liability of Freeman’s to the buyer exceed the purchase price actually paid.

17 No claimed modification or amendment of this Agreement on the part of any party shall be deemed extant, enforceable or provable unless it is in writing that has been signed by the parties to this Agreement. No course of dealing and no delay or omission on the part of Freeman’s in exercising any right under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other right and waiver on any one or more occasions shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy of Freeman’s on any future occasion.

18 These Conditions of Sale and the buyer’s, the Consignor’s and Freeman’s rights under these Conditions of Sale shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Consignor and Buyer agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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25% on the first $50,000 of the hammer price of each lot, 20% on the portion from $50,001 through $1,000,000, and 12% on the portion of the hammer price exceeding $1,000,000.

All lots.must be paid for and removed within 5 days.

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maximum bid please adhere to the bidding increments $10 until $200 is reached $25 until $500 is reached $50 until $1,000 is reached $100 until $3,000 is reached $250 until $5,000 is reached $500 until $10,000 is reached $1,000 until $30,000 is reached $2,000 until $50,000 is reached $5,000 until $100,000 is reached over $100,000 auctioneer’s discretion

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I hereby confirm thet I have read and am bound by the “Terms of Sale” presented by the auction house and which govern all auction purchases made by me. Although every attempt is made to execute your bid(s), the auctioneer is not responsible for errors and omissions.

signed (signature required to execute your bids)

Samuel T Freeman & Co. 1808 Chestnut Street Philadelphia PA 19103 Tel-215.563.9275 Fax-215-599-2240 e-mail: info@freemansauction.com www.freemansauction.com

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JUNE

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Decorative Arts & Design Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh

25

Scottish Contemporary & Post-War Art Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh

30

30

American Furniture, Silver & Decorative Arts Freeman’s, Philadelphia Historical Naval Colors from the Collection of H. Richard Dietrich Jr. Freeman’s, Philadelphia

03

Fine American & European Paintings & Sculpture Freeman’s, Philadelphia

04

Fine Jewelry & Watches Freeman’s, Philadelphia

13

Scottish Design Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh

27

Fine Antiques Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh

28

Fine Asian Arts Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh

MAY 02

Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh

12

Antiques Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh

12

Modern & Contemporary Art Freeman’s, Philadelphia

22

Fine English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts Freeman’s, Philadelphia

23

Rugs, Carpets & Tapestries Freeman’s, Philadelphia

30

Fine Jewellery & Silver Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh

JULY 11

Jewellery & Silver Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh

12

Jewelry & Accessories Freeman’s, Philadelphia

13

Furniture & Decorative Arts Freeman’s, Philadelphia

21

Saturdays @ L&T Paintings, Prints & Watercolours Antiques Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh

AUGUST

31

Fine Paintings Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh

14

Scottish Silver & Accessories Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh

31

Rare Books, Manuscripts & Posters Coins, Currency & Medals Freeman’s, Philadelphia

14

Wemyss Ware Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh

29

Scottish Contemporary & Post-War Art Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh

Sale dates are subject to change - please check before travelling.

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Samuel T Freeman & Co. 1808 Chestnut Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19103 Tel-215.563.9275 Fax-215.563.8236

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Samuel T Freeman & Co. 1808 Chestnut Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19103 Tel-215.563.9275 Fax-215.563.8236