American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts

American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts including Property Deaccessioned by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association

April 19, 2016

American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts including Property Deaccessioned by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association Auction Sale 1541 Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 10am 1808 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia PA 19103 Exhibitions Thursday, April 14 Friday, April 15 Saturday, April 16 Sunday, April 17 Monday, April 18

10:00am-5:00pm 10:00am-5:00pm 10:00am-5:00pm 12:00pm-5:00pm 10:00am-5:00pm

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American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts Department

Lynda Cain Vice President | Head of Department lcain@freemansauction.com 267.414.1237

Samuel M. Freeman II Chairman | Specialist beaufreeman@freemansauction.com 267.414.1200

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’m excited to announce a new era at Freeman’s. After more than 200 years of family control, the company will continue under the stewardship of our senior management team: Vice Chairman Alasdair Nichol, Chief Operating Officer Hanna Dougher, and President Paul Roberts.

We have held the proud distinction of being a family-owned and operated business for six generations, which is unheard of in today’s age. This senior management team has been with Freeman’s since 1999, and they have been instrumental in shaping the company into the vibrant, world-class institution that it is today. With Hanna, Alasdair, and Paul running the show at Freeman’s for the past sixteen years, I feel as though

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we are keeping the business in the family, and I am confident they are the right group to lead the company into the future and to continue the Freeman’s legacy.

The Freeman family will maintain an interest in the company, and I will continue in my role of Chairman of the Board of Directors.

I want to thank our clients, friends, and staff for making Freeman’s who we are today. I am truly an auctioneer at heart, and I will continue in that role as well. I look forward to our ongoing work together and to what the future brings to Freeman’s.

American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts lots 1-242 Property Deaccessioned by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association lots 1-71 Phrenology Collection of Dr. Leroy “Roy” Egan, Sewickley, Pennsylvania lots 203-226

Lot 145 (detail)

Lots 1-71

George and Martha Washington’s Mount Vernon: Building a Future for the Past

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erhaps no historic home in America has held as long and as vivid a place in the nation’s consciousness as Mount Vernon, the spacious Mansion on the banks of the Potomac that George and Martha Washington called home for nearly four decades. George Washington’s intense attachment to this place is well known; during the many years he spent away from Mount Vernon, first on military campaign and later as president, he repeatedly professed his fervent desire to be at home, “under the shadow of my own Vine & my own Fig-tree.”

From the beginning, Miss Cunningham embraced a far-sighted vision –not only to save Mount Vernon, but also to restore the house, gardens, and grounds “as nearly as possible to the condition in which they were left by the GREAT PROPRIETOR” – a vision that remains at the core of Mount Vernon’s identity. The estate continues to be owned and operated independently by the MVLA, which remains, to this day, an all-female organization composed of Vice Regents, each representing a different state, and headed by a Regent/Chair.

The story of Mount Vernon’s preservation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is also a compelling tale, blending patriotism with perseverance. After Martha Washington’s death in 1802, the Mansion and surrounding acres passed to George’s nephew, Supreme Court Justice Bushrod Washington, and then to subsequent generations of the Washington family. Even as it remained a private home, Mount Vernon was already becoming a national shrine. Tourists flocked to the estate, paying homage at Washington’s tomb, strolling through the gardens, and admiring the view. Some even gained entrance to the Mansion.

Cunningham’s lofty goal of returning Mount Vernon to its appearance in Washington’s lifetime presented considerable challenges. Almost all of George and Martha’s furniture, pictures, tablewares, and other furnishings had been dispersed after their deaths, either bequeathed in their wills or sold at estate sales. Subsequent owners redecorated and refurnished according to the tastes of the day, but, fortunately, did not alter the basic structure. When John Augustine Washington III departed in 1860, he took his furnishings with him, leaving only a handful of original Washington items that he had inherited. Several of these remain among Mount Vernon’s most cherished treasures: Washington’s terrestrial globe, Jean-Antoine Houdon’s 1785 clay bust of Washington, and the key to the Bastille, sent by the Marquis de Lafayette.

Mount Vernon’s fortunes took a dramatic turn in the 1850s, as the nation lurched closer to civil war. Like so many Virginia plantations, Mount Vernon had ceased to be economically profitable. The Washington descendants found it ever more difficult to maintain the house and grounds that their ancestor had so carefully created – and that their countrymen, both in the north and in the south, increasingly looked to as a talisman of American ideals.

In 1853, Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham of South Carolina launched America’s first large-scale historic preservation campaign, calling specifically upon the women of the country to save “his home and grave as a SACRED SPOT for all coming time.” In less than a decade, the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union (MVLA), raised the astonishing sum of $200,000 to purchase 200 acres of Washington’s estate, including the Mansion, tomb, gardens, grounds and river wharf.

The MVLA took ownership on the 228th anniversary of Washington’s birth, February 22, 1860.

The echoing emptiness of the Mansion’s rooms in the Association’s early years meant that the task of preserving Washington’s house and grounds “in the state he left them,” really meant, restoring them to their eighteenth-century appearance. The first step consisted of determining how he had left them. In answering that question, Mount Vernon has benefitted immeasurably from Washington’s probate inventory, a detailed, room-by-room listing of household furnishings, compiled shortly after his death in December 1799 and published in 1860. Still, many questions remained. As the Ladies’ aspirations of authenticity ran far ahead of existing knowledge about early American household furnishings and art, virtually anything made prior to 1840 fell into a broad and indistinguishable catch-all category of ye olde antiques.

Even as they sought to identify and bring back authentic furnishings, the Ladies recognized a pressing need to create homelike interiors that would feel comfortable and appealing to visitors. Nancy Wade Halsted, Vice Regent for New Jersey, devised an innovative furnishing strategy whereby each room in the Mansion was adopted by a particular state, whose Vice-Regent was responsible for filling it. That strategy fostered a room-by-room perspective that continued to guide furnishing practices throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Today, the MVLA continues to pursue Ann Pamela Cunningham’s goal of authenticity, energetically tracking down original items passed down in the Washington and Custis families or preserved in private collections, and ‘bringing them home’ whenever possible, either by gift, loan, or, when necessary, purchase. If original Washington items cannot be identified or are not available, comparable period pieces have long been used to provide appropriate aesthetic and interpretive settings.

been formally deaccessioned from the permanent collection. Some pieces post-date the Washingtons’ lifetimes, while others represent forms they did not acquire or geographic centers of production that they did not patronize.

Making these items available to new owners, who can use and preserve them, is a vital way of recognizing and honoring the pioneering early leaders of the MVLA and their generous supporters. It also offers presentday opportunities to support Mount Vernon’s future by acquiring a piece of its past. Proceeds realized through this sale will be restricted exclusively for the acquisition and conservation of items for the fine and decorative arts collections, as Mount Vernon continues its efforts to offer its visitors – more than one million each year – a memorable and inspiring experience of George Washington’s world.

Barbara B. Lucas Regent, Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association

George Washington’s probate inventory remains the keystone for furnishing the Mansion, but our understanding of it has been vastly enhanced by increasingly sophisticated scholarship on American fine and decorative arts; a more nuanced understanding of eighteenth century social history, regionalism, and consumer patterns; and more detailed and comprehensive research on the evolution of the Washingtons’ furnishings from the 1750s through the 1790s. A new chapter in the Mansion’s rich history opened in 2014, with the restoration and reinterpretation of the New Room, returning that impressive space (long represented as the Large Dining Room) to its original name and function as a grand reception room and picture gallery. Drawing upon the wholistic approach used in the New Room, Mount Vernon’s curatorial team has embarked on an ambitious project to create a comprehensive furnishing plan for the Mansion, based on a longitudinal history of the Washingtons’ furnishings, and the assembling of all relevant primary references into a Washington furnishings database.

The current sale is another important outcome of ongoing research on Mount Vernon and the Washingtons. Selections include a number of furnishings gathered by early Vice Regents to fill the Mansion and create a homelike atmosphere. Many pieces were long displayed in the Mansion, but are now known to be historically inappropriate and have

All historic images courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association

“Those who go

to the Home in which he lived wish to see in what he lived

and died, and died!�

Proceeds from the sale to benefit future acquisitions and conservation.

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Alice Mary Longfellow (1850-1928) A daughter of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Fanny Appleton, “Grave Alice” of The Children’s Hour, Miss Alice Mary Longfellow lived her entire life at 105 Brattle Street, Craigie House (now the National Historic Site Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was appointed Vice Regent for Massachusetts of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association at the age of 29 and served for a record 48 years in that position. Longfellow purchased many items for Mount Vernon,

including Washington’s secretary bookcase and numerous rare books in an effort to reconstruct the President’s personal library. A tireless fund raiser, lecturer, and philanthropist for historic preservation and education, Longfellow was a founding member of Radcliffe College, and a supporter of Tuskegee and Hampton Institutes. She led the effort to make her family home, Craigie House, used from July 1775 to April 1776 as General George Washington’s Revolutionary War headquarters, a historic site.

1 152516/14 Late Classical carved mahogany center table circa 1840 A typed paper note affixed to underside of table top reads, “Table provided for the Library by Miss Longfellow. Removed to the Quarters by order of the Regent,” February 28, 1928.

H: 28 3/4 in. Diam: 44 3/4 in. provenance: According to the 1887 minutes, “This piece was presented by Miss Alice Longfellow, Vice Regent for Massachusetts, for use in Washington’s Library.” $800-1,200

2 152516/11 Louis XVI-style carved and painted fauteuil late 19th century H: 36 3/4 in. provenance: The chair was exhibited in the Study (Massachusetts Room) in the late 19th century, strongly suggesting that is was presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association by Miss Alice M. Longfellow, Vice Regent for Massachusetts (1879-1928). $600-800

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Washington’s Study (Massachusetts Room): showing lots 1 & 13

The Front Parlor (Illinois Room): showing lots 24, 26 & 54

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Washington’s Study (Massachusetts Room): showing lot 4

3 152516/9 Pair of Federal inlaid mahogany shield-back side chairs massachusetts, circa 1800 H: 37 in. provenance: Presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1886 by Miss Alice M. Longfellow, Vice Regent for Massachusetts (1879-1928).

The chairs were exhibited for years in the Study at Mt. Vernon. $1,000-1,500

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4 152516/5 Federal inlaid mahogany demilune card table massachusetts or rhode island, circa 1800 The apron with linen fold inlay and stringing throughout.

H: 28 in. W: 36 1/2 in. D: 17 3/8 in. provenance: Engraved plate affixed to rear rail, “This table was the property of Capt. Elisha May, Attleboro, Mass., who fought at Lexington, Concord & Bunker Hill. Presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association by his great grand daughter Harriet Elizabeth (Fairbrother) Burrough. A daughter of the American Revolution Gaspee Chapter — Rhode Island. 1897.”

By descent in the May/Marsh family to his great granddaughter, Harriett Elizabeth Fairbrother Burrough (1844-1924).

Mrs. Burrough lived on Benefit St. in Providence, Rhode Island for many years and presented the table to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1897. $2,000-3,000

5 152516/1 Cherrywood writing lap desk probably new england, mid 19th century With brass bail handles at sides, opening to hinged and removable writing surface and drawers, bearing several inscriptions in graphite, including “Brayton, Pa, Mch 13.”

H: 9 5/8 in. W: 24 1/2 in. D: 13 5/8 in. provenance: Purchased in 1949 by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association from Town and Country Shop Antiques. $400-600

6 152516/17 Two inlaid mahogany dressing glasses 19th century The first, with molded rectangular frame on turned uprights and rectangular case fitted with drawers, shaped apron, turned feet; the second, with rectangular frame on square-turned uprights and rectangular case fitted with drawers.

H: 27 in. W: 24 1/4 in. D: 7 1/4 in. provenance: The second dressing glass was acquired by Elizabeth Watkins Rosson of Alexandria, Virginia and presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1970. $400-600

7 152516/37 Chippendale figured walnut chest of drawers pennsylvania, late 18th century Molded top above four beaded drawers, ogival bracket feet.

H: 35 1/2 in. W: 40 1/2 in. D: 21 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500

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8 152516/39 Chippendale-style mahogany and giltwood looking glass 19th century L: 27 3/4 in. W: 14 in. provenance: Purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1953. note: History of the mirror from catalogue card is as follows: “The mirror came from a barn floor of an abandoned road west of Winchester [VA]. My recollection is it cost 3 or 4 dollars. Repairs to the frame were made at Mount Vernon’s Shop. Randolph Neitzey, son of Wilfred Neitzey, carved the eagle. As a model the bird on an eighteenth century U.S. coin was blown up on graph paper from the coin size to the mirror size. Randolph Neitzey at the time worked in the shop here.” $600-800

9 152516/21 Federal-style mahogany bowfront chest of drawers mid-atlantic states, 19th century Bearing many inscriptions to undersides and sides of drawers: “Repaired by A. McClellan 54 Mulberry St. Baltimore and sold to Mrs. Egerton June 8th, 1875”; “T.P. Scott”; and “T. Parkin Scott,” and on back of case: “Miss E. Harper,” and “Bureau belonged to Chas. Thomson Secty of State.”

H: 41 1/2 in. W: 43 in. D: 22 in. provenance: Miss Emily Harper, Vice Regent for Maryland (1866-1891), facilitated Mount Vernon’s acquisition of the chest in 1877. It was used in the Maryland Room.

Acquired by Mrs. Edgerton or Egerton.

Probably acquired by Thomas Parkin Scott (1804-1874).

Possibly owned by Charles Thomson (1729-1824).

The late date of the chest makes it unlikely to have been owned by Charles Thomson, Secretary to the Continental Congress (1774-1789).

Thomas Parkin Scott, Chief Justice of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, was, therefore, the probable owner. $600-800

10 152516/28 Federal inlaid mahogany demilune five-leg card table probably new york, circa 1800 H: 28 3/16 in. W: 36 in. D: 17 3/4 in. provenance: Acquired by Helen Ellery Sedgwick Mead (18611947) and presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1942.

By tradition, this card table and a pair of girandole candlesticks were supposedly won in a wager by Robert Sedgwick, first speaker of the House of Representatives, from George Washington. $800-1,200

11 152516/43 Rosewood grain painted and giltstenciled rush seat fancy chair circa 1830 H: 33 7/8 in. provenance: Acquired by Mrs. Frank L. Babbott of Bernardsville, New Jersey and presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1970. $250-350

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13 152516/15 Pair of Federal carved and inlaid mahogany heart-back side chairs maryland, circa 1800 H: 38 3/4 in. provenance: Probably presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1877 through Miss Emily L. Harper, Vice Regent for Maryland (1866-1891), and were displayed in the Study.

Four individuals are known to have donated chairs through her including: Mr. Robert Goodhue Harper Carroll, Mrs. William C. Pennington, and Henry Jenkins and his son, all of Baltimore, Maryland. $3,000-5,000 14 152516/22 Chippendale-style mahogany and giltwood looking glass 19th century L: 55 in. W: 26 5/8 in. provenance: Acquired by Miss Emily L. Harper, Vice Regent for Maryland (1866-1891), and presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1877. $800-1,200

12 152516/58 Federal demilune inlaid mahogany card table circa 1800 The apron inlaid with a basket of flowers.

H: 30 in. W: 36 3/4 in. D: 17 7/8 in. provenance: Copper plate on rear fly rail engraved, “Presented by Mrs. T.B. Lee, Austin, Texas.” note: Ada Beall Cochran Lee (1844-1922) was born in Missouri and married Rev. Thomas Booth Lee in 1873. Thomas, an Englishman, served as Rector of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Austin.

Mrs. T.B. Lee served as President of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Texas for many years. $1,000-2,000

Emily Louisa Harper (1812-1892) Emily Louisa Harper served as Vice Regent for Maryland from 1866 to 1891. Miss Harper was the daughter of General Robert Goodloe Harper and granddaughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland.

Famous in society as well as in charity causes, Miss Harper received the Golden Rose award from the Pope. Her papers are in the collection of the Maryland Historical Society.

The Nelly Custis Bedchamber (Maryland Room): showing lots 9 & 14

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15 152516/7 William & Mary carved maple and leather-upholstered side chair new england, early 18th century with later alterations Together with a bannister-back rush seat side chair.

H(s): 47 1/2 in. and 39 5/8 in. provenance: Bequeathed to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1950.

According to family history, the William & Mary chair was originally owned by Mrs. Ironsides, supposed daughter of Oliver Cromwell, and acquired by Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis (Mrs. George Washington Parke Custis, 1788-1853). It was given to John Rogers Murray (18111881) and descended to his adopted niece, Elizabeth du Bois Vail Ledyard (Mrs. Lambertus Withers Ledyard, 1840-1901), thence to her daughter, Elizabeth Murray Ledyard Burr (Mrs. Jacob Henry Ten Eyck Burr, 18681950). $1,000-1,500

16 152516/34 Pine copy press new england, first half 19th century H: 20 3/4 in. W: 20 3/4 in. D: 15 1/2 in. provenance: Purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1936.

Acquired by Horace W. Davis, Eaton Paper Corporation, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. $200-300

17 152516/54 Queen Anne carved walnut and maple high chest new england, second half 18th century The fan-carved center drawer bears graphite inscription, “Laban Aug 1770.”

H: 70 1/2 in. W: 39 1/2 in. D: 22 in. provenance: Gift of Mrs. Frank L. Babbott, 1972. $3,000-5,000

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18 152516/31 Red-painted tulip poplar and pine tester bedstead mid-atlantic area, early 19th century With tester.

H: 85 3/8 in. W: 38 in. L: 78 in. provenance: Acquired by Mrs. William Stone and presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1878. $400-600 19 152516/30A Federal inlaid mahogany dressing glass first half 19th century With shield-shaped mirror frame on shaped arms and bowfront case.

H: 27 in. D: 8 3/4 in. W: 24 in. $250-350

20 152516/30 Two late Federal inlaid mahogany dressing glasses 19th century Each with rectangular mirror frames on turned uprights and rectangular cases fitted with drawers flanked by turned pilasters.

H: 24 in. W: 19 1/2 in. D: 7 1/4 in. provenance: The first dressing glass presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1896 by Mrs. Fanny Baker, Vice Regent for Florida. $400-600

21 152516/53 Queen Anne walnut high chest base new england, 18th century and later With shell-carved knees and pointed slipper feet, silver plated hardware.

H: 37 1/2 in. W: 44 3/4 in. D: 22 1/4 in. provenance: Bequest of Miss Martha G.B. Clapp of Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1931. It was inherited by Miss Clapp through her grandfather, Mr. Moses Baldwin, of New Haven, Connecticut. $800-1,200

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Martha Washington’s Garret Bedchamber (The District of Columbia Room): showing lots 18, 20 & 28

Northeast Garret Bedchamber (The Connecticut Room): showing lots 29 & 48

Martha Washington’s Bedchamber showing lots 27 & 32

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The Blue Bedchamber (New Jersey Room): showing lot 47

Washington’s Study (Massachusetts Room): showing lots 1, 2 & 3

The Lafayette Bedchamber (Pennsylvania Room): showing lots 45 & 46

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Nancy Wade Marsh Halsted (1816-1891) Nancy Wade Marsh Halsted of Newark, New Jersey served as Vice Regent for New Jersey from 1868 to 1891 and was the wife of merchant Nathaniel Norris Halsted, who served as a Union General during the Civil War. Husband and wife were both philanthropists, and Mrs. Halsted was a founder of Knox Presbyterian Church in Newark and Mr. Halsted donated funds for Princeton’s astronomical observatory, which bears his name.

22 152516/28A Federal mahogany wash basin stand circa 1815 Rectangular top with backsplash and galleries, medial shelf with drawer, turned legs.

H: 36 in. W: 16 3/4 in. D: 16 1/2 in. provenance: Acquired by Nancy Wade Marsh Halsted (Mrs. Nathaniel Norris Halsted), Vice Regent for New Jersey (1868-1891), and presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1885. $150-250

23 152516/35 Federal mahogany and mahogany veneer demilune five-leg card table circa 1800 With square tapering legs.

H: 28 5/8 in. W: 35 1/2 in. D: 17 3/4 in. provenance: Acquired by Nancy Wade Marsh Halsted (Mrs. Nathaniel Norris Halsted), Vice Regent for New Jersey (1868-1891), and presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association at an unknown date. $800-1,200 24 152516/8 Two Federal carved mahogany urn-back side chairs new england, circa 1800 The first, with square turned legs and slip seat; the second, with tapering legs and overupholstered seat.

H(s): 37 1/2 in. and 38 3/8 in. provenance: Acquired by Nancy Wade Marsh Halsted (Mrs. Nathaniel Norris Halsted), Vice Regent for New Jersey (1868-1891), and presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association before 1891. $600-1,000

25 152516/12 Federal string-inlaid cherrywood card table with ovolo corners massachusetts, circa 1800 H: 28 7/8 in. W: 36 in. D: 16 1/2 in. provenance: Paper adhered to inner rear rail inscribed, “Vernon/Massachusetts Room.” $1,000-1,500

26 152516/10 Chippendale mahogany tilt-top tea table pennsylvania, last quarter 18th century With a dished top on tapering and ballturned support, cabriole legs ending in claw and ball feet.

H: 28 in. Diam: 33 3/4 in. provenance: Acquired between 1858 and 1902 by Martha Reed Mitchell (Mrs. Alexander Mitchell), Vice Regent for Wisconsin (1858-1902). $1,000-1,500

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Martha Reed Mitchell (1817-1902)

Susan Edwards Johnson Hudson (1825-1913)

Martha Reed Mitchell was born in Wisconsin and married Alexander Mitchell, a banking and railroad mogul from Milwaukee. In 1866, the Mitchells purchased 140 acres along the St. John’s River in Jacksonville, Florida, and built a mansion called “Villa Alexandria.” Its opulent interior was filled with paintings and furniture purchased on numerous European trips. Mitchell entertained frequently at the home, raising money for All Saints Episcopal Church and St Luke’s Hospital Association.

Susan Edwards Johnson Hudson, Vice Regent for Connecticut (1870-1913), served for many years as Secretary for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.

She wrote a twelve-page pamphlet, Washington’s Home, History of the Mount Vernon Association, in 1908. Mrs. Hudson provided Mrs. Tobias Richardson of Louisiana with the model and chair maker for thirty piazza Windsor armchairs (see pp.

38- 39). In another effort, Hudson “supplied a hive of Italian bees for the kitchen garden, and also five young pea fowl.”’

27 152516/29 Chippendale-style mahogany chest of drawers late 19th century With three thumb-molded drawers above a shaped and shell-carved apron raised on claw and ball feet.

H: 38 3/8 in. W: 47 5/8 in. D: 22 7/8 in. provenance: Acquired by Martha Reed Mitchell (Mrs. Alexander Mitchell), Vice Regent for Wisconsin (1858-1902), and presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association before 1902.

The chest was on view in the rooms allotted to Edwine Blake Danforth (Mrs. Henry Gold Danforth, 1894-1961), Vice Regent for New York (1922-1948), and also in Mrs. Washington's Bedchamber. $500-800

28 152516/13 Queen Anne mahogany tilt-top candlestand 18th century The circular dished top on turned support with urn at base.

H: 28 3/4 in. Diam: 20 1/4 in. provenance: Presented in 1880 by Mary Thurston Fauntleroy Barnes (Mrs. Joseph K. Barnes, 1824-1912), Vice Regent for the District of Columbia. note: A popular Washington, D.C. hostess during the Civil War and Reconstruction, Mary T. Fauntleroy was the wife of Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes. Dr. Barnes was the attending physician at the deathbed of President Abraham Lincoln and directed the autopsy. $500-800

29 152516/26 Pair of Queen Anne walnut compass seat side chairs possibly rhode island, third quarter 18th century H: 38 1/4 in. provenance: Probably presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association by Susan Edwards Johnson Hudson, Vice Regent for Connecticut (1870-1913).

The chairs are visible in an image of the Connecticut Room (now the Northeast Garrett Chamber) in An Illustrated Handbook of Mount Vernon: The Home of Washington (1899). $1,000-2,000

The Dining Room (South Carolina Room): showing lots 30 & 31

30 152516/46 Classical mahogany breakfast or library table baltimore, md, circa 1825 H: 30 in. D: 38 3/4 in. W(s): 24 in. (leaves down) and 53 1/2 in. (open) provenance: Bears printed paper label, “L.Z. Leiter Chicago no. 69,” and two hand-written paper labels: “Martha Washington’s tea table used by her at Mount Vernon on the Potomac,” and “Martha Washington tea table purchased from Mrs. George Washington Ball in 1881 by Mary T. Leiter.” $800-1,200

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31 152516/32 Four Classical Revival mahogany “Klismos� chairs late 19th century Including two armchairs and two side chairs.

H(s): 36 in. and 33 in. $600-800

32 152516/13A Federal mahogany tilt-top candlestand 19th century The top bearing polychrome Washington Family coat-of-arms.

H: 29 1/4 in. $400-600

33 152516/56 Federal inlaid mahogany bowfront chest of drawers southern states, early 19th century Rectangular top above three drawers and flared bracket feet.

H: 33 1/4 in. W: 35 3/8 in.

D: 17 1/2 in. provenance: Gift of Mrs. Frank L. Babbott, 1972. $2,000-3,000 34 152516/20 Federal mahogany demilune dining table end circa 1800 On square tapering legs.

H: 27 3/4 in. W: 43 in. D: 21 in. $400-600

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35 152516/55 Pair of Rococo giltwood looking glasses continental, 18th century L: 34 in. W: 31 in. $3,000-5,000

36 152516/52 Federal walnut chest of drawers alexandria, va, possibly by john muir (c.1770-1815), early 19th century With beaded drawers and shaped apron, raised on flaring French feet.

H: 37 3/4 in. W: 39 3/8 in. D: 21 1/2 in. provenance: Presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1970.

Acquired by Mary Ellen Brown Watkins (18251906) of Alexandria and Falls Church, Virginia, then by descent to her son, John Henry Watkins (18491907) of Alexandria, Virginia, thence to his daughter, Elizabeth Watkins Rosson (1883-1977). $1,000-1,500

37 152516/38 Chippendale mahogany chest of drawers last quarter 18th century Rectangular top above two short drawers and three graduated long drawers on bracket base.

H: 38 3/4 in. W: 40 1/2 in. D: 20 3/8 in. provenance: Acquired by Cogar, Lewis and Geiger Inc., antique dealers in Williamsburg, Virginia and purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1949. $600-800

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38 152516/50 George III carved mahogany chair frame 18th century and later Bears an unassociated printed paper label, “Thos. Burling Cabinet 7 Chair Maker No. 36 Beekman Street, New York.”

H: 44 3/8 in. provenance: Presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 2003.

Acquired by Joseph Bocowski, Washington, D.C., antique dealer and decorator. $1,000-2,000

39 152516/27 Federal mahogany pole screen early 19th century With a silk embroidered screen on vasiform turned support, arched feet.

H: 56 3/8 in. (overall); 18 1/2 in. x 14 1/2 in. (frame) provenance: Gift of Mrs. Henry Norris Platt, Vice Regent for Pennsylvania, in memory of her mother, Mrs. Jefferson Randolph Anderson, Vice Regent for Georgia, 1957. $800-1,200

40 152516/45 Federal mahogany demilune sideboard probably baltimore, md, 19th century Bears red chalk inscription on interior of backboard, “From Gunther & Co. Balto MD.” H: 36 3/8 in. W: 76 1/2 in. D: 30 7/8 in. provenance: Presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1984 through Jane Carew Cotton Rice Lee (Mrs. Robert E. Lee, IV), Vice Regent for Maryland.

Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas Dixon Gibbs. note: Gunther & Co. were antique dealers at 227 Richmond St., Baltimore, Maryland, listed in City directories in 1901 and 1903. $3,000-5,000

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Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat (1823-1908) Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat was born in Portland, Maine, the daughter of John Mussey, a prominent judge, and Mehitable Smith Rana. Educated in Portland and later Roxbury Massachusetts Latin School, she married Lorenzo de Medici Sweat in 1849. A lawyer and graduate of Bowdoin College, Lorenzo served in the Maine House of Representatives as a Democrat, and later as a delegate to several Presidential conventions. Margaret began writing and publishing poetry at an early age, and became a noted literary critic and contributor to the “North American View.” She was a great friend of New York author and poet Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard. A Portland socialite and world traveler, Sweat was fluent in French, German, Italian and Russian. She published a number of travel articles and books and translations of Classical works. Her papers, including photocopies of a scrapbook of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association that Sweat compiled in 1896, are found in the Maine Women Writers’ Collection at the University of New England. At her death, Sweat donated her mansion and $100,000 to the Portland Society of Art to construct a building adjacent to the house. It is now part of the Portland Museum of Art. Sweat served as the Vice Regent for Maine from 1866 to her death in 1908.

42 152516/25 Pair of Federal square-back mahogany side chairs new england or new york, circa 1800 H: 36 5/8 in. provenance: Probably presented by Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat (Mrs. Lorenzo M. Sweat), Vice Regent for Maine (1866-1908), to furnish the Maine Room. $1,500-2,500

41 152516/16 George III mahogany serpentine chest of drawers england, late 18th century With a baize-covered writing slide.

H: 32 3/8 in. W: 38 7/8 in.

D: 21 9/16 in. provenance: Acquired by Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat (Mrs. Lorenzo M. Sweat), Vice Regent for Maine (1866-1908), and presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1886. $800-1,200

43 152516/42 Federal inlaid mahogany card table circa 1800 Of rectangular form with ovolo corners on five square tapering legs, the apron inlaid with centered eagle, bears inscription “Resident Willard Frances Combs.”

H: 29 1/4 in. W: 35 1/2 in.

D: 17 3/16 in. provenance: Acquired by Elizabeth Bassett French Babbott and presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1972. $1,500-2,500

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The Nelly Custis Bedchamber (Maryland Room): showing lot 44

44 152516/18 Federal carved mahogany high-post bedstead new england, circa 1800 With reeded columnar posts and leaf-carved urns and capitals.

H: 92 1/8 in. W: 61 1/4 in. L: 79 in. provenance: Acquired by Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat (Mrs. Lorenzo M. Sweat), Vice Regent for Maine (1866-1908), and presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1886. $3,000-5,000

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The Lafayette Bedchamber (Pennsylvania Room): showing lot 45

45 152516/23 Queen Anne walnut chest-on-frame pennsylvania, circa 1760 H: 66 1/4 in. W: 42 1/4 in. D: 23 1/8 in. provenance: The chest, which was exhibited in the Lafayette Bedchamber (Pennsylvania Room) from 1932 until 2002, was probably presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association by Mrs. Lily Lytle Macalaster Berghmans Laughton, Vice Regent for Pennsylvania (1859-1891) and second Regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association (1873-1891). $5,000-8,000

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46 152516/24 Queen Anne walnut dressing table philadelphia, pa, circa 1770 The molded top with notched corners, shell-carved knees on tall stockined trifid feet.

H: 29 5/8 in. W: 36 in. D: 20 3/4 in. provenance: Acquired by Lily Lytle Macalester Berghmans Laughton Vice Regent for Pennsylvania (1859-1891). $8,000-12,000

47 152516/6 Pair of Federal mahogany heart-back armchairs mid-atlantic states, circa 1800 and later H: 38 3/8 in. provenance: The chairs were acquired for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association by Mrs. Lily Lytle Macalester Berghmans Laughton, Vice Regent for Pennsylvania (1859-1891), and used in the Lafayette Bedchamber (Pennsylvania Room) as early as 1885.

According to tradition, this pair of chairs was owned by Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) of Burlington, New Jersey, who served as commissary general for American prisoners under General Washington during the Revolutionary War and later as the President of the Continental Congress from 1782-1783. $1,000-1,500

Lily Lytle Macalester Berghmans Laughton (1832-1891) Lily Lytle Macalester Berghmans Laughton served as the second Regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, from 1873 until her death in 1891. Eliza “Lily” was the daughter of one of Philadelphia’s wealthiest and most influential citizens, Charles Macalester. Macalester, a merchant and director of the Second Bank of the United States, was a friend and advisor to seven Presidents. Lily inherited the family estate, Glengarry (now historic Glen Foerd) at her father’s death. A famous Washington and Philadelphia hostess and socialite, Lily married the Secretary of the Belgian Legation at Washington, Alfred C. Berghmans, in 1860. After his death, she was briefly married to James Scott Laughton. With social, financial and political connections, Mrs. Lily Macalester Berghmans Laughton was successful in asking Jay Gould to purchase and donate substantial acreage to Mount Vernon in 1887.

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48 152516/19 Rococo carved giltwood looking glass northern european, mid 18th century L: 38 1/24 in. W: 21 1/4 in. provenance: Purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1884.

Acquired by Elizabeth Lytle Haines Broadwell (1835-1890), Vice Regent for Ohio and wife of prominent attorney and philanthropist Samuel J. Broadwell. $1,000-1,500

49 152516/48 Three Federal carved mahogany side chairs circa 1800 Including two shield-backs and one squareback.

H(s): 36 1/4 in., 39 in., and 36 3/8 in. provenance: Purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association from Sotheby’s, New York, January 16-17, 1999, Sale 7253, Lot 625. $1,000-1,500

50 152516/49 Federal three-part mahogany dining table possibly virginia, circa 1800 H: 29 7/8 in. W: 98 1/2 in.

D: 28 1/4 in. (overall) provenance: Sold to Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1943 by Meta Randolph Turpin of Crozet House, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquired by Historic Crozet House operated by the National Park Service, from J.K. Beard, antique dealer, Richmond, Virginia.

Originally owned by John H. Tabb (1807-1871) of Gloucester, Virginia, who built “Newstead” in 1865. $2,500-3,500

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51 152516/3 The Justice Samuel Chase pair of fine Chippendale carved mahogany tassel-back side chairs philadelphia, pa, circa 1760 The chairs marked, “II” and “V,” respectively.

H: 41 in. $150,000-250,000

provenance: This pair of chairs was formally presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association in 1894 by actress and philanthropist, Jean Margaret Davenport Lander (18291903).

Lander purchased them from Justice Samuel Chase's granddaughter, Mrs. William H. Rogers (1813-1887) of Washington, D.C., who had acquired them from her mother and Chase's daughter, Mary Chase Barney (1785-1872). Barney had passed away at Rogers's home in 1872.

By tradition, the pair was originally owned by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase (1741-1811) and his wife Ann Baldwin Chase (d. 1776) of Annapolis, Maryland.

A lawyer and politician, Chase had a long and tumultuous career in Maryland and in national affairs. He served as a Representative from Maryland to the First and Second Continental Congresses and was a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

by George Washington in 1796. In 1820, John Quincy Adams, recorded the following in his diary, "I considered Mr. Chase as one of the men whose life, conduct, and opinions had been one of the most extensive influences upon the Constitution of this country. He not only signed the Declaration of Independence, but was an active and distinguished member of Congress during an early and most critical period of the Revolution. He was a man of ardent passions, of strong mind, of domineering temper…” note: According to furniture scholar Morrison Heckscher, chairs of this type “represent the Philadelphia scrolledstrapwork-splat type at its refined best.” With their ball-and-claw feet, stop-fluted stiles, carved knees, gadrooned shoe, and exceptionally well-carved crestrail, these chairs exhibit almost every additional option available in 18th century Philadelphia. Their presence in Maryland reflects not only the importance of Philadelphia as a major style center, but also the urbane ambitions of a young jurist defining his social position in the American colonies.

Additional chairs from the same set can be currently found in the collection of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the Department of State and at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The chair in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts shares a related provenance with the present pair from Mount Vernon: A family tradition of having been originally owned by Samuel Chase and his wife Ann Baldwin Chase. The chair thence descended in the Chase family to Mrs. Arthur Addison (Caroline Harrington Steele Addison, 1859-1935) of Washington, D.C., a great granddaughter of Samuel Chase and daughter of Franklin B. Steele and Annie Eliza Barney (1825-1881). Thence to Mrs. Addison's niece, Mrs. Henry Wise Garnett (Maude Vincent), daughter of Addison's sister, Rosa P. Steele and Charles Vincent. It was then purchased in 1939 from Mrs. Garnett for The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth Century American Arts.

The New Room (New York Room)

The New Room (New York Room)

The New Room: showing lot 54

52 152516/63 Classical carved mahogany tilt-top candlestand circa 1825 H: 27 1/2 in. W: 19 1/2 in.

D: 27 1/2 in. $400-600

53 152516/36 Federal inlaid mahogany three-part dining table southern states, circa 1800 End: H: 30 in. W: 43 7/8 in.

D: 22 3/16 in. Center: D: 67 in. (leaves up); 19 1/4 in. (leaves down) provenance: Purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 2003.

Sold at Christie’s, New York, January 17, 2003, Sale 1189, lot 435. $4,000-6,000

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54 152516/4 Pair of Federal mahogany square-back side chairs early 19th century Bearing fabric label, hand inscribed in ink, ”Benj Harrison...”

H: 34 3/8 in. provenance: The chairs were presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1896 by Ella Bassett Washington (Mrs. Lewis William Washington), Vice Regent for West Virginia (18701898). Mrs. Washington was the great granddaughter of George Washington’s only sister and great granddaughter of Martha Washington’s sister as well as a cousin to the Harrison family. According to tradition, the chairs were owned by Benjamin Harrison V (1726-1791) of Berkeley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia. It is more likely that the pair were used by his son, William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) of Washington, D.C. $1,000-1,500

Ella Bassett Washington (1834-1898) Ella Bassett Washington served as Vice Regent for West Virginia from 1870 to 1898. She was married at her family home, Clover Lea Plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1860 to Colonel Lewis William Washington. Colonel Washington was the great grandson of George Washington’s brother. The couple lived at Beall Air Plantation, Jefferson County, West Virginia. Mrs. Washington’s important diary of 1864 records life at her parent’s plantation during the Civil War, as well as her dealings with George Armstrong Custer, a West Point classmate of her stepson, for protection during the conflict.

55 152516/47 Classical mahogany sideboard mid-atlantic states, circa 1830 With stepped splashboard.

H: 51 in. W: 66 3/4 in. D: 27 1/4 in. provenance: Presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1998 by Eleanor K. Johnson. $1,500-2,500

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56 152516/31A Red painted low-post bed pennsylvania or maryland, early 19th century W: 49 1/8 in. provenance: Purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1970.

Kenneth Mundis, York, Pennsylvania through Joe Kindig. $300-500

57 152516/44 Sack-back Windsor rocking chair and a bamboo-turned Windsor side chair late 18th/early 19th century H: 33 1/2 in. provenance: The first chair was given to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1979, by the Reverend and Mrs. Murray W. Dewart, in honor of both their mothers, Mrs. Submit Tewsbury Clarke Dewart Staube (the chair’s previous owner) and Rosamond Randall Beirne, former Regent and Vice Regent for Maryland.

The second chair was purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1935 from an antique dealer near Hagerstown, Maryland. $400-700

58 152516/41 Red-painted Colonial Revival low-back Windsor settee pennsylvania, 19th/early 20th century H: 28 5/8 in. L: 61 in. D: 19 1/4 in. provenance: Purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1965.

Herbert Schiffer, Whitford, Pennsylvania. $1,000-2,000

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59 152516/33 Yellow pine settle lancaster area, pa, 19th century With wrought iron strapwork.

H: 52 3/8 in. W: 58 1/8 in.

D: 18 1/4 in. provenance: Purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1938.

McLoughlin Antique Shop, Alexandria, Virginia.

According to the catalogue card, this settle came from the vicinity of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. $1,500-2,500

60 152516/57 Pine drop-leaf table second half 19th century Rectangular top with conforming leaves having rounded corners, turned and tapering legs.

H: 28 7/8 in D: 36 in.

W(s): 18 1/2 in. (leaves closed) and 41 13/16 in. (leaves open) $200-300

61 152516/2 Two slat-back children’s chairs shenandoah valley, 19th century The first, a side chair with two shaped slats above a rush seat, with traces of paint; the second, an armchair with arched slats above a leather seat.

H(s): 26 7/8 in. and 21 7/8 in. provenance: The first, purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in 1952.

The second, purchased in Edinville, Virginia, April 15, 1962, for 75 cents. $250-350

The Piazza Chairs of Mount Vernon At the 1889 Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association Grand Council, Ida Ann Slocum Richardson (Mrs. Tobias Gibson Richardson), Vice Regent for Louisiana, proposed to “Restore ‘thirty Windsor chairs’ to the East portico, similar to those used there during Washington’s Life.“ She quoted Washington’s probate inventory which lists “30 Windsor chairs “...”in the Piazza,” making this a very early direct use of an inventory as a blueprint for furnishing the Washington home and what is more, the first instance of the Association attempting to recreate Washington’s furniture. The Council approved Mrs. Richardson’s proposal to reproduce the Windsors based upon a drawing in her possession that was reported to have illustrated a Windsor known to have been owned by the Washingtons. Unable to find a physical model and a firm to produce the chairs, Mrs. Richardson asked Susan Edwards Johnson Hudson (Mrs. William Henry Hudson), Vice Regent for Connecticut, for assistance (see pg. 21). Hudson owned an antique Windsor that had descended in her family for over 100 years and closely resembled Richardson’s illustration— a Philadelphia comb-back made in the second half of the 18th century. The two Regents chose Chamberlain & Co., “Dealers in First Class Furniture,” of New Haven, Connecticut to reproduce the chairs. The chairs were produced at $15.00 apiece, so, including shipping to Mount Vernon, the Vice Regent of Louisiana spent $462.00. The chairs were secured together in groups of four with runners along the front and back feet and a brace under the seats. The chairs occupied Mount Vernon’s Piazza from 1891 until 2013.

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62 152516/60 Two painted Colonial Revival combback Windsor armchairs chamberlain & co., new haven, ct, 1890-1891 H: 43 in. $1,500-2,500

63 152516/61 Two painted Colonial Revival combback Windsor armchairs chamberlain & co., new haven, ct, 1890-1891 H: 43 in. $1,500-2,500

64 152516/62 Two painted Colonial Revival combback Windsor armchairs chamberlain & co., new haven, ct, 1890-1891 H: 43 in. $1,500-2,500

65 152516/59 Two painted Colonial Revival combback Windsor armchairs chamberlain & co., new haven, ct, 1890-1891 H: 43 in. $1,500-2,500

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66 152516/66 Pair of black painted Regency-style strapwork iron benches late 19th/early 20th century H: 36 in. L: 63 in. $1,000-1,500 67 152516/67 Group of three painted Regencystyle strapwork iron benches 20th century In two forms, one a Winterthur reproduction.

H: 38 in. L: 63 in. (largest) $800-1,200

68 152516/69 Pair of black painted Regency-style strapwork iron benches late 19th/early 20th century H: 35 1/2 in. L: 63 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500 69 152516/65 Three white painted Regency-style strapwork iron benches late 19th/early 20th century H: 35 1/2 in. (approx.) L: 63 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

70 152516/68 Pair of black painted Regency-style strapwork iron benches late 19th/early 20th century Each with reeded strapwork frame.

H: 42 in. L: 63 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

71 152516/64 Three black painted Regency-style strapwork iron benches late 19th/early 20th century Each with reeded strapwork frame.

H: 42 in. L: 63 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500

American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts lots 72-242 72 152023/6 After Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) Attributed to Robert Street (1796-1865) portrait of george washington (1732-1799) Oil on canvas, framed.

25 in. x 19 in. (sight) provenance: By descent to Robert W. and Eleanor O. Hill, New Jersey.

Collection of Robert H. Hill, Jr. and Daisy K. Hill, Cleveland, Ohio and New Castle, Delaware. $3,000-5,000

73 152482/6 Frederick James (1845-1907) “planning the attack,” dated “1882” Signed, dated and inscribed, “Fred. James Phila. 1882” (lower right), the stretcher verso with pencil inscription and partial label, oil on canvas, framed.

22 1/4 in. x 27 in. (sight) provenance: Property of Philadelphia Hospitality Partners, LLC. Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. exhibited: National Academy of Design, New York, New York, 1882, no. 102. illustrated: Philadelphia Collection LVII, Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, plate 12. $4,000-6,000

74 158110/1 Queen Anne walnut slant-front desk-on-frame pennsylvania, circa 1750 With cabriole legs ending in carved stockined trifid feet.

H: 43 3/8 in. W: 38 in. D: 22 1/4 in. provenance: Private Collection.

Christie’s, New York, Sale 6074, January 25, 1986, lot 367.

Joe Kindig, Jr. $5,000-8,000

75 151744/2 Queen Anne walnut tilt-top tea table probably lancaster, pa, 1760-1780 The circular dished top tilts on birdcage on suppressed ball support, cabriole legs, snake head feet.

H: 28 in. Diam: 33 in. $2,500-3,500

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76 160152/2 American School 18th century portrait of rachel hill (1734-1796) of philadelphia, pa, at the age of 16, circa 1750 Oil on canvas, laid on board, framed; together with the Quaker wedding contract of Rachel Hill and Richard Wells, dated April 17, 1759, Philadelphia Monthly meeting, signed by numerous witnesses, ink on vellum, framed.

29 in. x 24 1/2 in. (sight)

77 160152/1 Queen Anne carved walnut high chest philadelphia, pa, circa 1760 With shell-carved knees and tall trifid feet, appears to retain original hardware.

H: 75 in. W: 41 1/2 in. D: 23 in. provenance: Descended in the Wells Family to the present owner.

By tradition, originally owned by Rachel Hill (17341796) and Richard Wells (1734-1801), who married at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting in 1759. Hand-written paper label affixed to backboard, “Property of John Drew Wells Address 6364 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia.” note: Merchant of European and Indian goods and an inventor, Wells was active in Quaker and civic affairs, and served as Director of the Library Company and Secretary of the American Philiosophical Society. His life is detailed in Bell, Whitfield Jenks.

Patriot Improvers: Biographical Sketches of Members of the Philosophical Society (1997). $8,000-12,000

provenance: Descended in the Wells Family to present owner.

The backboard bears two labels: “Portrait of Rachel Hill daughter of Richard Hill of Madeira, born-1734. Married Richard Wells at Philadelphia (father of Gideon H. Wells) in 1759. Died in May 1796 aged 62. This picture was painted in 1750 when she was 16 years old.” The second label: “Gideon Hill Wells was the father of Richard Waln Wells who was the father of Guilliam...Wells.” note: An engraving of this portrait of Rachel Hill Wells was printed by John M. Butler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1854. $3,000-5,000

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78 152603/1 Fine early silver tankard peter david (1707-1755), philadelphia, pa The lid with scalloped front edge and applied thumbpiece with inset twisted rope detail, the scroll handle bearing engraved initials, “RA*C” terminating in cast cherub’s head, marked four times to shoulder.

H: 8 1/8 in. Weight: approx. 26 1/2+ troy oz. provenance: Emily Detwiler Uhl, Redding, Connecticut.

Mr. and Mrs. John Hamilton Uhl, Kingston, Pennsylvania. note: French Huguenot Peter David (1707-1755) trained as a silversmith in New York under Peter Quintard (1699-1762). He married Jeanne Dupuy (17151752), circa 1733, and moved to Philadelphia prior to the birth of his son, silversmith John David, Sr. (1736-1798). Another tankard of a different form

by Peter David is in the Mabel Brady Garvan Collection, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. $6,000-10,000

79 158153/40 Fine silver tankard philip syng, jr. (1703-1769), philadelphia, pa, circa 1755 With stylized shell-form thumbpiece, marked twice to underside.

H: 6 1/4 in. Weight: approx. 20 1/2 troy oz. provenance: Private Collection, Virginia. $10,000-15,000

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80 160234/1 A silver spoon of Philadelphia historical interest joseph richardson, jr. (1752-1831), philadelphia, pa The bright cut-engraved stem continuing to terminus bearing engraved monogram, “JMR”; the verso with maker’s mark and engraved inscription, “Belonged to Chief Justice John Meredith Read Philadelphia (1797-1871) inherited by his only son General John Meredith Read” beneath crest.

L: 8 3/4 in. Weight: approx. 1 3/4+ troy oz. provenance: Property of a Connecticut Gentleman Collector. note: Following the political and legal career paths forged by his father and grandfathers, John Meredith Read, Sr. (1796-1874) was admitted to the

Bar in 1818, elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1822, and appointed United States District Attorney of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1837. A founder of the Free Soil Party, Read resolutely opposed the expansion of slavery into new states. His strong stance elicited diametrically opposing responses: he received such animosity from the Southern states that he asked to withdraw his 1845 Senatorial nomination, but later in 1858, helped to found the Republican Party when he was elected judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He was thereafter

81 152622/17 Queen Anne cherrywood slantfront desk chester county, pa, circa 1750 With a stepped serpentine interior.

H: 42 1/4 in. W: 38 in. D: 22 1/4 in. provenance: Property of a Delaware Collector.

H.L. Chalfant, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1995. $2,000-3,000

briefly considered a candidate for Presidency (with Abraham Lincoln as Vice President), but Mr. Lincoln ultimately received the nomination.

Read was appointed Chief Justice of Philadelphia a few years before his death in 1874.

John Meredith Read, Sr. married Priscilla Marshall (1808-1841) on March 20, 1828 and together, they had two children who survived infancy: Emily Marshall Read (18301851) and General John Meredith Read, Jr. (1837-1896).

After graduating from Albany Law School in 1859, Read, Jr. served as New York State Adjutant General

from 1860-1866. He was a supporter of the Republican Party who helped organize the “Wide Awake” clubs, and his active political career was marked with years of distinguished diplomatic and foreign service. He also received recognition as a published scholar and historian. Read, Jr. married Delphine Marie Pumpelly (18341902) on April 7, 1859 and they had four children.

The John Meredith Read, (Sr.) Papers are currently in the collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania while the John Meredith Read, (Jr.) papers are presently in the collection of the University of Rochester. The Society of The Cincinnati Medal of General John Meredith Read sold at Skinner, Inc., Marlborough, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments, May 03, 2014, lot 92. $2,000-3,000

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82 152651/2 Chippendale walnut tall chest pennsylvania, last quarter 18th century H: 62 in. W: 42 1/2 in. D: 21 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500

83 160274/6 Two Staffordshire figures of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) england, early 19th century One figure mislabeled as “Washington.”

H(s): 15 5/8 in. and 14 1/4 in. $1,000-2,000

84 160274/4 Neoclassical carved giltwood looking glass with jasperware portrait medallion of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) continental, late 18th century The portrait medallion marked, “Dr. Franklin” and “Wedgwood” on verso.

H: 38 in. W: 18 in. note: The portrait medallion of Dr. Franklin appeared in the Wedgwood catalogue of 1787 under the heading "Illustrious Moderns." It was available in basalt or blue on white jasperware. $4,000-6,000

85 152280/7 Chippendale walnut chest of drawers delaware valley, pa, third quarter 18th century The molded top above four thumbmolded drawers, the top drawer fitted, flanked by fluted quarter columns, all raised on ogival bracket feet.

H: 33 7/8 in. W: 39 in. D: 21 3/4 in. provenance: Property of a Moorestown, New Jersey Estate. $2,000-3,000

86 152518/1 Rare embroidered plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia susanna wilkinson atkinson, aged 14 years, alexandria, va, dated, “1807” After a plan of the city drawn by Pierre Charles L’Enfant and Andrew Ellicott, published by James Thackara and John Vallance of Philadelphia, 1792, worked with silk threads, watercolor and ink on a silk ground, the needles inserted below inscription, framed.

21 in. x 35 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: By descent in a Virginia family to the present owner. note: A Susanna W. Atkinson married Jesse A. Bonner in Brunswick, Virginia, January 3, 1816.

The fourth known Plan of the City of Washington embroidery; others are found in the collections of Dumbarton House—The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, Winterthur Museum and Colonial Williamsburg. literature: Allen, Gloria Seaman. Columbia’s Daughters: Girlhood Embroidery from the District of Columbia, (2012), pp. 58-67. $15,000-25,000

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87 152280/2 Chippendale walnut chest of drawers delaware valley, 18th century Rectangular molded top above arrangement of two short drawers and three graduated drawers, raised on ogival bracket feet.

H: 37 in. W: 41 in. D: 23 in. provenance: Property of a Moorestown, New Jersey Estate. $1,500-2,500

89 152023/11 Jean-Baptiste Nini (Italian, 1717-1786) terracotta portrait medallion of benjamin franklin (1706-1790), france, circa 1777 With inscribed border, “B. Franklin Americain,” the bust with raised crowned cartouche mark and “1777” and further signed and dated, “Nini F 1777,” framed.

Diam: 3 7/8 in. (sight) provenance: By descent to Robert W. and Eleanor O. Hill, New Jersey.

Collection of Robert H. Hill, Jr. and Daisy K. Hill, Cleveland, Ohio and New Castle, Delaware.

Purchased from Otto M. Wasserman, New York, New York, 1962.

Lot accompanied by letter of correspondence between Wasserman and present owner. note: Jean-Baptiste Nini created this commemorative medallion at the bequest of Jacques Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont (1726-1803), businessman and personal friend and supporter of Franklin’s. It, along with subsequent versions, were incredibly popular in France during Franklin’s ambassadorial stay there in the late 1770s. $1,000-1,500

88 152482/7 American School 19th century portrait of a blonde haired gentleman Oil on canvas, framed.

34 1/2 in. x 27 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: Property of Philadelphia Hospitality Partners, LLC. $1,000-1,500

90 160272/3 Relief carved oval profile plaque of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) circa 1876 H: 15 in. W: 12 in. $800-1,200

91 160274/9 Carved standing figure of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) 19th century H: 20 in. $1,500-2,500

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92 158153/19 Fine silver coffee pot joseph richardson, sr. (1711-1784), philadelphia, pa, circa 1755 Marked twice to underside with additional engraving, “Andrew Elliot to Margaret McCall 1759.”

H: 12 1/2 in. Total weight: approx.

40 3/4+ troy oz. provenance: Private Collection, Virginia. note: According to the marriage records of Christ Church, Philadelphia, Andrew Elliot (1728-1797) married Eleanor McCall (1732-1756) on October 31, 1754.

Eleanor’s sister, Margaret McCall (1731-1804), married Joseph Swift (17311806) on February 3, 1759, and it is likely that this coffee pot was gifted to Margaret in honor of her nuptials and then descended in the family.

Margaret and Joseph’s son, Samuel Swift (1771-1842) married Mary Shippen (1773-1809) on February 11, 1793. One of Samuel and Mary’s children was Joseph Swift (1799-1882), who married Eliza Moore Willing (1800-1840) in

1831. The larger engraved initials on the present pot could be those of their daughter, Emily Swift (1835-1917), who married Thomas Balch (1821-1877) on October 5, 1852. It would then follow that the smaller engraved initials are those of their daughter, Elisa/e Willing Balch (1853-1913), who could have received pot from her grandfather, Joseph Swift (d. 1882).

The Balch Family papers are presently in the collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. $15,000-25,000

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93 152616/50 School boy map of the world “alexander johnston ae 9yrs,” wiscasset, me, dated, “febry 23, 1825” Calligraphy and watercolor on paper, laid on wood board, framed.

13 1/2 in. x 21 in. (sight) provenance: From the Estate of Dr. Leroy “Roy” Egan, Sewickley, Pennsylvania. note: Alexander Johnston, Jr. (Dec. 20, 1815-Oct. 4, 1890) is listed as a member of the Class of 1835 and as a ship-builder in Wiscasset in General Catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine, 1794-1889, p. 39.

Johnston was also known as a surveyor and his surveying compass is currently in the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments at Harvard University, no. 5203a. He built the Gothic Revival Rosewood Cottage on Mouse Island near Boothbay Harbor, circa 1865. $600-800

94 160292/1 Needlework sampler made by elizabeth moore guild, hemlock, pa, june 18th, 1839 Worked with polychrome silk threads on a linen ground, framed.

16 1/2 in. x 17 1/2 in. (sight) note: Eliza Moore Guild of Hemlock, Columbia County, Pennsylvania was born October 20, 1824 to Aaron and Sarah Bouck Guild. She married John Hartman and had six children. She died in 1915. $2,500-3,500

95 152651/1 Chippendale walnut tall chest delaware valley, late 18th century Arrangement of nine thumb-molded drawers on bracket feet, appears to retain original hardware.

H: 62 1/4 in. D: 21 1/2 in. W: 42 in. $2,500-3,500

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96 160274/10 Group of assorted printed Philadelphia judaica 18th and 19th century Including printed sheet music, “Highland Fling Schottisch” by Mark Hassler, 1855; a printed receipt for Congregation Mickve Israel, Rosh Hashanna service, for 1866; a copy of ”New-York Enquirer, for the Country,” August 4, 1826, published

by Mordecai Manuel Noah; “The Independent Gazetteer or, The Chronicle of Freedom,” September 17, 1782, with a notice for Haym Salomon’s Brokerage; and a small book, “Elisama: or, the Captivity and Restoration of the Jews: including The Period of Their History from the Year 606 to 408, B.C” by the author of Selumiel, published in Philadelphia by the American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street.

5 3/4 in. x 5 1/2 in. (book)

note: The Mark Hassler Orchestra was a famous Philadelphia group in demand up and down the east coast from about 1870 to 1900. Hassler was credited with introducing the waltzes of Strauss to America and was the musical director for the Arch Street Theater.

Mordecai Manuel Noah (1785-1851) was born in Philadelphia and was a journalist—the founder and editor of four newspapers—diplomat, playwright and utopian who attempted to found a Jewish homeland on Grand Island in the Niagara River.

97 152616/2 Early bronze sundial of Pittsburgh historical interest marked “jno n. craig,” possibly for john neville craig (1793-1870), “pittsburgh, pa, 1815” The bronze plate with incised Roman numerals and decoration, the face bearing Latin inscription, “Fungor officio splendente sole” and further marked with abovementioned name, location and date, all mounted on a wood slab.

11 in. x 11 in. provenance: From the Estate of Dr. Leroy “Roy” Egan, Sewickley, Pennsylvania. note: Major Isaac Craig (1741-1826), a Revolutionary War officer, married Amelia Neville (1763-1849) in 1785 and together they settled in Pittsburgh, then much more a frontier town than an established industrial city (in 1795, Craig, in partnership with James O’Hara, built the first glassworks west of the Alleghenies). Together, the couple had ten children, including John Neville Craig (17931870) and notably, Neville B Craig (1787-

Philadelphia broker Haym Salomon (1740-1785) played a vital role in ensuring that the fight for independence from the British was maintained by brokering a number of large financial transactions that kept American soldiers clothed, fed, and armed. $1,000-1,500

1863), Pittsburgh historian and former editor of the Pittsburgh Gazette.

A newspaper article from the Pittsburgh PostGazette, September 5, 1915, p. 13 not only speaks of the high regard bestowed upon the Craig Family, but also refers directly to the present sundial: “Taken all in all the Craig family may be considered for three generations among the most distinguished citizens of our county. The old Craig homestead on the island was formerly owned and occupied by Robert Phillips. The widow of Maj. (Isaac) Craig survived until 1848, when the estate was divided among the heirs.

Thomas P. Fleeson, a relative, was an old resident of the island. For years he had in the yard of his residence there a sun dial, a family heirloom, which bore the following inscription: “Jno. N. Craig, Pittsburgh, 1815,” and the motto, “Fungor Officio, Splendente Sole,” freely translated, “While the sun is shining I perform my duty.” The Maj. Craig residence on Neville Island was for many years occupied by the late John M. Chaplin as a residence. It is now the site of a manufacturing plant...” $2,000-3,000

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98 152616/4 Two theorems two still lifes: a basket of fruit and a basket of flowers The first, a watercolor and ink on paper, framed; the second, signed, “Nancy Heels her painting done in the 15 year of her age Pittsburgh 1891,” watercolor and ink on velvet, framed.

9 3/4 in. x 13 3/4 in. (sight) and 10 3/4 in. x 16 1/4 in. (sight) provenance: From the Estate of Dr. Leroy “Roy” Egan, Sewickley, Pennsylvania. $1,500-2,500

99 160316/2 Federal inlaid walnut slant-front desk mid-atlantic states, dated, “1805” The slant-front opening to a writing surface and compartmentalized interior, the prospect door with pyrographic date, “1805,” flanked by three pigeonholes above three small drawers.

H: 46 1/2 in. W: 43 1/2 in. D: 18 in. $1,500-2,500

100 160316/1 Federal inlaid cherrywood chest of drawers possibly berks county, pa, circa 1800 The bottom of third drawer bears chalk signature.

H: 37 in. W: 41 3/4 in. D: 20 1/2 in. provenance: Formerly from a private Wyomissing, Pennsylvania Collection. $600-800

101 158110/2 Pair of Federal bell metal andirons philadelphia or new york, circa 1800 H: 25 1/2 in. provenance: Private Collection.

Christie’s, New York, Sale 6074, January 25, 1986, lot 290. $1,000-1,500

102 160230/2 Six silhouette portrait miniatures philadelphia, pa, or baltimore, md, 19th century Sitters identified in ink: Thomas Pim Cope (1768-1854), Rachel Reeve Cope, Edward Drinker Cope (18401897), Ruthanna Cope (b. 1832); and in graphite: E. Yarnell; all hollow-cut, the last with impressed “Museum” mark; together with a silhouette inscribed, “John Head, Jun. Born in 1762, Died in 1791, aged 29.”

4 3/4 in. x 3 3/4 in. (sight) $1,000-2,000

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103 160153/1 Pieced and appliquéd presentation album quilt probably made by mary worrall parry (1824-1905), ridley, delaware county, pa, 1844-1845 Comprised of seventy-six squares enclosing larger central square, worked with variously printed red and green cotton pieces arranged in floral, geometric or figural patterns and inscribed and decorated in ink with flourishes, various drawings, and the names of family and friends of the Parry family. The square for Parry’s father, Jacob, is political, inscribed with the name of Henry Clay and his campaign’s log cabin.

Other surnames, many Quaker, include: Johnson, Bonsall, Hill, Worrall, Ivadell, Patterson, Nobel, Lane, Trimble and Miller.

Accompanied by a copy book owned by Mary W. Parry, dated “1847,” for the Ridley School, which includes the names of pupils, attendence, and poems, including “On the return of Honorable John Quincy Adams to his seat in Congress, Feb 13th 1847,” and a list of expenditures.

92 1/2 in. x 108 in. (without fringed border) note: Mary Worrall Parry (1824-1905) was the daughter of Quakers Jacob and Edith Worrall Parry of Ridley, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. She married William Penn Lukens (18271900) on February 4, 1851, and together they had five children. $4,000-6,000

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104 160272/1 Paris porcelain plate from the James Monroe Presidential dinner service france, circa 1815 With central emblazoned eagle within circle of twenty stars, the rim with gilt heraldic shield bearing the initial “M.” Diam: 9 1/4 in. note: An example of this plate is illustrated: Klapthor, Margaret Brown. Official White House China: 1789 to the Present, Second Edition (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1999), p. 291. $3,000-5,000

105 152616/23C John B. Binon (French, active Boston c. 18181820) plaster bust of new hampshire governor john taylor gilman (1753-1828) Incised to side of socle, “J.B. Binon Boston 1820,” retains traces of paint.

H: 25 in. (overall) provenance: From the Estate of Dr. Leroy “Roy” Egan, Sewickley, Pennsylvania. note: French sculptor John B. Binon is best known for his plaster portrait bust of John Adams (17351826), 1818, currently in the Boston Athenaeum.

John Taylor Gilman (1753-1828) represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783 and served as Governor of New Hampshire from 1794 to 1805, and then again, from 1813 to 1816. $400-600

106 160295/1 Pair of signed brass andirons marked “wmriddle,” philadelphia, pa, circa 1835 Each with urn finial on a columnar support and arched legs on penny feet.

H: 20 1/2 in. note: A similar pair of marked andirons by Riddle can be found in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum (67.22 a-b) $2,000-3,000

107 152280/3 Federal cherrywood linen press new jersey, circa 1800 With shaped recessed paneled doors opening to shelves, above four graduated beaded drawers, tall bracket base.

H: 87 1/2 in. W: 48 1/2 in. D: 19 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a Moorestown, New Jersey Estate. $2,000-3,000

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108 160304/8 American School 19th century henry clay as the “mill boy of the slashes” Oil on canvas, framed.

19 1/2 in. x 15 in. (sight) note: After a painting by George Caleb Bingham, The Mill Boy, 1844, which depicted Henry Clay as a little boy riding the family horse to Mrs. Darricott’s mill across the Virginian swampy lowlands known as the “slashes.” The image was used on a banner to rally delegates at the Whig convention: The Whig Clarion, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 15,

1844, describes said banner: “With the Milford delegation came a banner on one side of which was represented “the Mill Boy of the Slashes returning from the Mill...On the other side was a wreath with thirteen silver stars above it, an Eagle grasping with his talons a shield and spears, and holding in his beak a ribbon, on which was inscribed, ‘E. Pluribus Unum!” At this point of the procession was a boy on horseback, with a meal bag, intended to represent Henry Clay in his early youth...” $2,000-3,000

109 160274/1 After Jean Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828) white marble bust of benjamin franklin (1706-1790) H: 18 in. $4,000-6,000

110 160272/2 Eight pressed brass Benjamin Franklin drawer pulls first quarter 19th century Each bearing inscription, “Ben Franklin L.L.D” Diam: 1 3/4 in. $1,500-2,500

111 152622/10 Alexander Charles Stuart (Scottish/American 1831-1898) port of philadelphia Signed, “Stuart” (lower left), oil on academy board, bears printed label of “E. Weber & Co., Philadelphia,” framed.

14 1/2 in. x 20 1/2 in. (sight) $1,500-2,500

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112 160198/1 Historic American colors: Navalstyle flag 1820-1850 Wool bunting, cotton appliquéd stars in a four-five-four pattern, linen hoist, all hand-sewn.

48 in. x 64 in. provenance: By descent in the Symonds Family, Utica, New York. $1,000-1,500 113 160198/2 Thirteen star American flag first half 19th century Comprised of wool bunting with linen hoist, appliquéd cotton stars in four-five-four pattern, entirely handsewn.

47 in. x 76 in. provenance: By descent in the Symonds Family, Utica, New York. $800-1,500

114 160286/4 American School 19th century portrait miniature of a sea captain Watercolor on paper, framed.

2 7/8 in. x 2 1/2 in. (sight) $400-600

115 160033/3 Three Chinese Export porcelain blue and white ‘Nanking’ variation pattern octagonal platters early 19th century L: 16 1/2 in. (largest) $1,000-1,500

116 152179/2 Group of Chinese Export porcelain orange ‘Fitzhugh’ pattern tablewares 19th century Comprising a pair of gu-form vases, two plates, and a covered warming dish.

H: 15 5/8 in. (vases) L: 10 7/8 in. (warming dish) provenance: Proeprty of a Philadelphia Area Collector.

Warming Dish: Elinor Gordon, Villanova, Pennsylvania. $1,200-1,800

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117 160033/3A Unusual Chinese Export porcelain armorial teapot made for Allen B. Strong early 19th century Together with an oval green ‘Fitzhugh’ pattern platter.

H: 10 in. (teapot) $600-800 118 160054/2 Set of seven Chinese Export porcelain armorial plates early 19th century Comprising two soup plates and five dinner plates, each bearing the initials, “DFHC” within beribboned, oval reserve.

Diam: 9 3/8 in. $800-1,200

119 160286/1 Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active 1850-1880) woodblock triptych: world flags and famous foreigners The two seated figures in the central panel identified as “America” and “England,” colored ink on paper, framed.

14 1/2 in. x 9 3/4 in. (each panel, sight) $2,500-3,500

120 152526/2 Raffaele Corsini (Turkish, active 1830-1880) “portrait of the bark stamboul capt. kingman, smyrna, 1851” Signed, “Raffaele Corsini” (lower right), watercolor and gouache on paper, framed; together with Captain Simeon Kingman’s Journal for 1856.

17 1/2 in. x 23 in. (sight) provenance: Property from a New Jersey Collection.

Purchased from Tepper Galleries, New York, March 19, 1988.

Pencil inscription to verso, “Bought 11/23/71 Marine Art Co. Salem, MA.”

note: The Bark Stamboul was built in Medford, Massachusetts in 1843 by Waterman & Ewell for Turkish Consul General Joseph Iasigi and Thomas A. Goddard of Boston. The Stamboul was 106.2 feet in length, 25 feet in breadth and 14.5 feet in depth. Captain Simeon Kingman (1817-1860) of Orleans, Massachusetts commanded the bark from 1851 to 1856. In 1860, Kingman died at sea aboard the Bark Rebecca Goddard. Newspaper notices of his death are pasted in the Journal. Also accompanying lot is a typed history of the voyages and commanders of the Stamboul. $4,000-6,000

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121 168022/1 Three piece silver tea service simmons & alexander/samuel alexander, philadelphia, pa, circa 1800 Comprising a teapot, covered sugar bowl and creamer, each with engraved monogram, “LEE,” the teapot marked, “S&A” to underside, the creamer marked, “S. Alexander” to underside, and the covered sugar, “Simmons & Alexander” to foot rim.

H: 8 1/2 in. (covered sugar); Total weight: approx. 46 1/2+ troy oz. $1,800-2,200

122 158153/2 Pair of silver master salts edward lownes (1792-1834), philadelphia, pa, circa 1820 Each with gilt washed interior, marked twice to underside.

H: 2 in. Diam: 3 1/4 in. Total weight: 18 3/4 troy oz. provenance: Private Collection, Virginia. $700-900

123 158153/10 Two silver plates edward lownes (1792-1834), philadelphia, pa, circa 1820 Both marked twice to underside.

Diam: 9 in.

Weight: 20 3/4 troy oz. provenance: Private Collection, Virginia. $800-1,200

124 160048/8 Group of Chinese Export porcelain wares late 18th/early 19th century Including a wash basin and matching water bottle, each decorated in polychrome with figures in a landscape; two covered, twinhandled sugar bowls; three shaped stands; and one small plate.

Diam: 10 in. (basin); H: 9 1/8 in. (bottle) provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Area Collector. $1,000-2,000

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125 152495/1 Chinese Export porcelain charger late 18th century The central floral bouquet enclosed within stylized border.

Diam: 13 3/4 in. provenance: Descended in the family to the present owner.

The present owner’s paternal ancestors were Dutch and British merchants, including Dutch merchant, Cornelis Pietersen van der Louw (1670-1748) and Malcolm Low, a possible previous owner and purchaser of this charger, who traveled extensively in the far East in the early 20th century. $2,000-3,000

126 151557/10 Group of five gilt and enameled porcelain items tucker and hemphill china factory (active 1826-1838), philadelphia, pa, dated, “1828 Including near pair of pitchers of Walker shape, each handle inscribed in gilt, “Affection,” with gilt monogram and date beneath spout, “NSJ 1828”; a near pair of pitchers in the Grecian shape, each with incised “C” to underside, one retains paper label; and a mug on a square base, with gilt monogram, “T.T” possibly for Thomas Tucker, within a laurel wreath, retains multiple typed and hand-written labels.

H(s): 4 5/8 in. to 6 1/4 in. provenance: Estate of Philip H. Hamerslough, Jr. (1920-2013) and Edith Hamerslough (1921-2015), Rye, New York.

Formerly in the Collection of Philip H. Hammerslough (1894-1978), Hartford, Connecticut. note: The first item: Illustrated: “Rarities in Tucker Porcelain in the Collection of Philip H. Hammerslough,” The Magazine Antiques, September 1958, p. 241.

Referenced in the description of a related pitcher ascribed to Tucker and Hulme, Philadelphia, 1828: see Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. American Porcelain 1770-1920, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1989), pp. 92-93.

The second pair: Exhibited: Probably items 372-373, Tucker China 1825-1838, Philadelphia Museum of Art, May 4-September 9, 1957, as listed on p. 27.

Third item: Exhibited in aforementioned exhibition, item 451, p. 29 and published in accompanying exhibition catalog of the same name. $2,500-3,500

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127 152299/37 American School 19th century portrait miniature of a young man Watercolor on ivory, gilt metal locket case with glazed aperture.

2 3/8 in. x 1 7/8 in. (sight) provenance: Property of a New York Collector.

Verso bears printed sticker from the Collection of Charles Fleischmann of Cincinnati. $600-800 128 152299/36 American School 19th century portrait miniature of a young man Watercolor on ivory, gilt metal locket case with hair inset on verso.

2 5/8 in. x 2 1/4 in. (sight) provenance: Property of a New York Collector. $600-800

129 152299/35 Nathaniel Rogers (1787-1844) portrait miniature of a gentleman Signed, “N. Rogers” (lower right), watercolor on ivory, gilt foliate metal locket case with hair inset at back, in a fitted green leather case.

3 in. x 2 3/8 in. (sight) provenance: Property of a New York Collector. $1,000-1,500

130 160286/3 American School 19th century two portrait miniatures of young men Watercolor on ivory, gilt locket frames; the first, engraved, “G.A.H.” and dated, “1836” (verso); the second, inset with hair and engine turned on verso.

2 1/8 in. x 1 3/4 in. (sight) and 2 1/8 in. x 1 7/8 in. (sight) $600-800

131 160286/6 James Ferguson (Scottish, 1710-1776) portrait miniature of a gentleman Plumbago on vellum, framed.

2 1/2 in. x 1 7/8 in. (sight) $600-800

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132 160286/2 American School 19th century three portrait miniatures of children Watercolor on ivory, two of oval form in gilt metal locket cases; the third, rectangular in gilt frame; together with a 20th century miniature of a little girl holding a doll, entitled, “Jean” and dated, “1919.”

2 3/8 in. x 2 in. (sight); 2 3/8 in. x 2 1/4 in. (sight); and 3 3/4 in. x 2 3/4 in. (sight) $800-1,200

133 152616/6A John Ritto Penniman (1782-1841) portrait of a seated lady Inscribed, initialed and dated, “April 1835,” watercolor and ink on paper, framed.

10 1/8 in. x 7 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: From the Estate of Dr. Leroy “Roy” Egan, Sewickley, Pennsylvania. $800-1,200

134 160310/1 American School 19th century portrait of a mother and child of the goodell family, new york, circa 1825 Oil on canvas, framed.

40 1/4 in. x 34 1/2 in. (sight) $2,000-3,000

135 160275/1 Classical mahogany marble top bidet baltimore, md, circa 1825 H: 30 1/2 in. W: 23 3/4 in.

D: 23 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500

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136 152023/2 American School 19th century view of mount vernon Oil on canvas, framed.

23 in. x 31 in. (sight) provenance: By descent to Robert W. and Eleanor O. Hill, New Jersey.

Collection of Robert H. Hill, Jr. and Daisy K. Hill, Cleveland, Ohio and New Castle, Delaware. $2,000-3,000

137 160274/2 Bronzed metal George Washington and the Constitution mantel clock probably france, retailed by robbins, clark & biddle, philadelphia, pa, circa 1876 Retains original Japy of Paris movement, slate base.

H: 26 in. W: 28 in. D: 9 in. $2,500-3,500

138 152023/3 American School 19th century view along the hudson river at verplanck’s point Signed, “Fritz” (lower left), oil on canvas, framed.

27 1/2 in. x 41 in. (sight) provenance: By descent to Robert W. and Eleanor O. Hill, New Jersey.

Collection of Robert H. Hill, Jr. and Daisy K. Hill, Cleveland, Ohio and New Castle, Delaware. $3,000-5,000

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139 160274/3 Copper plate printed cotton bedspread “Apotheosis of Washington and Franklin” printed in england, circa 1785 Comprised of three panels of sepia printed cotton, the reverse comprised of red copper plate printed cotton patterned in a pastoral scene, heightened with diagonal quilting.

90 in. x 83 in. $3,000-5,000

140 152622/11 Classical carved mahogany “Eagle” bed mid 19th century H: 58 in. W: 56 in. (headboard) provenance: Bears typed note on back of headboard, “Duncan Phyfe bed used by President Monroe during repair of White House incurred during the War of 1812. Lent throught the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Flood.” $1,500-2,500

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141 158119/4 American School 19th century Attributed to Cephas Thompson (1775-1856) pair of portraits: captain chester and eliza holmes dickinson Oil on canvas, framed, the portrait of the Captain bears indecipherable inscriptions on letters (lower right).

29 1/2 in. x 24 1/2 in. (sight) note: The sitters are identified by oral tradition.

A Chester Dickinson and Eliza Holmes were married in Boston, Massachusetts on March 23, 1817.

Eliza is listed as a member of the Park Street Church, Boston, Massachusetts, in May of 1815. $3,000-5,000

142 160200/2 Classical carved mahogany recamier new york, circa 1825 H: 31 3/4 in. L: 69 in. D: 29 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a New England Collector. $1,500-2,500

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143 168000/1 American School 19th century portrait of a young lady in a shawl Oil on canvas, framed.

36 in. x 30 in. (sight) $3,000-5,000

144 132001/5 Empire mahogany secretary bookcase circa 1840 Ogee molded cornice above two glazed doors opening to two shelves retaining tooled leather border, above case with two recessed paneled doors, conforming base.

H: 87 1/2 in. W: 48 in. D: 18 in. $2,000-3,000

145 160048/10 Painted and stenciled toleware waiter 19th century Painted with a lush still life of fruit within a stenciled border.

30 1/4 in. x 21 7/8 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Area Collector.

Robert Thayer, Woodbury, Connecticut. $1,000-2,000

146 160200/1 Set of ten Classical mahogany “Klismos� side chairs philadelphia, pa, circa 1810 H: 33 in. provenance: Property of a New England Collector. $1,000-2,000

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147 152482/10 Seymour Joseph Guy (1824-1910) portrait of a gentleman Signed, “S.J. Guy, 1850,” (lower left), oil on canvas, framed.

35 1/2 in. x 28 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: Property of Philadelphia Hospitality Partners, LLC. exhibited: Bears label for Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Connecticut, “Masterworks from Private Connecticut Collections,” 10/30/1993 to 1/2/94. $1,500-2,000

148 160317/1 American School 19th century, possibly Alexander Woodside portrait of a gentleman Oil on canvas, framed, bears stenciled Philadelphia retailer’s mark.

29 1/2 in. x 24 in. (sight) $800-1,200

149 152482/8 John L. Harding (1806- 1882?, active Philadelphia, 1840-1845) portrait of a seated gentleman wearing spectacles Signed on verso, “J.L. Harding, Pinxt, Phila, June 12th, 1840,” oil on canvas, framed.

33 in. x 26 in (sight) provenance: Property of Philadelphia Hospitality Partners, LLC. Verso retains printed label, The Chieffo Collection. $1,500-2,000

151 160230/4 Two taxidermy bird groups under glass domes late 19th century H: 19 in. (larger) $1,000-1,500

150 160274/5 Neoclassical bronze sinumbra lamp with etched glass shade bears applied plate of louis vernon & co., philadelphia, pa, first third 19th century H: 29 in. $1,500-2,500

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152 160235/1 Iron silhouetted trade sign in the form of a bellows camera dillon photography, philadelphia, pa, 20th century Traces of gilding.

14 7/8 in. x 17 1/2 in. note: James L. Dillon and Co., Commercial Photographers, were located at 1017 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

The James Dillon Collection of photographs of Philadelphia buildings is currently located at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. $700-900 153 160225/1 Late Victorian walnut roll-top rotary desk wooton desk manufacturing company, indianapolis, in, late 19th century Applied brass plaque: “Wooton’s Rotary Desk patented.”

H: 54 in. W: 60 in. D: 34 in. $2,000-3,000

154 152616/3 American School 19th/20th century four still lifes of fruit The first two, each oil on artist’s board and retaining Pittsburgh retailer’s printed label; the third, by John Bower (19th/20th century), pastel on paper, signed, “Bower” (lower left), framed in the oval; and the fourth, a gouache on paper, signed and dated, “Edw. Boo?y, 1834” (lower right), framed.

9 1/2 in. x 12 1/4 in. (sight) and 7 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: From the Estate of Dr. Leroy “Roy” Egan, Sewickley, Pennsylvania. $600-800

155 160304/6 Pair of “umbrella” glass paperweight inkwells southern new jersey, circa 1900-1920 H: 9 1/2 in. $800-1,200

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156 160239/10 Tenth anniversary tinware ladies feathered hat and pair of shoes Mounted on a display stand.

L: 10 1/2 in. (shoe) provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $1,500-2,500

157 160239/8 Tenth anniversary tinware accessories: pie crimper, rosette and locket with photograph and mirror last half 19th century Mounted on a display stand.

L: 9 3/4 in. (pie crimper) provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $1,000-1,500

160 160239/12 Tenth anniversary tinware cradle second half 19th century H: 9 1/2 in. L: 11 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $800-1,200 161 160239/1 Tenth anniversary tinware looking glass last half 19th century Mounted on a stand.

14 1/2 in. x 18 3/4 in. provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $800-1,200

158 160239/6 Tenth anniversary tinware ladies slippers and an oversized brooch second half 19th century L: 8 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $1,000-2,000

159 160239/4 Tenth anniversary tinware bonnet and pair of ladies shoes last half 19th century Mounted on an iron stand.

H: 18 in. (overall, on stand) provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $1,500-2,500

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162 160239/19 Eight woven tinware baskets 20th century Various sizes; together with a tin horn, pressed tin hand mirror, and a metal plate hand-painted with a landscape and ornamented with a ray of spoons.

3 3/4 in. x 5 in. and 8 1/2 in. x 14 in. provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $600-800

163 160239/16 Tenth anniversary tinware vase and basket second half 19th century H: 7 in. provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $1,500-2,500

165 160048/26 Two decorative iron candle screens One above a fat lamp, both fitted on iron stands.

H(s): 16 1/8 in. and 22 1/4 in. provenance: Porperty of a Philadelphia Area Collector. $800-1,200

164 160239/17 Two tenth anniversary coiled tinware baskets late 19th/early 20th century H(s): 9 in. and 4 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $800-1,200

166 160239/18 Tenth anniversary tinware flower arrangement late 19th century Made out of a tinned metal can, with paper petals and mirrored base.

H: 12 in. provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $1,200-1,800

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167 160239/15 Painted wooden “Tinware� trade sign and a tinware top hat late 19th/early 20th century H: 5 3/4 in. L: 23 1/4 in. (sign) provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $800-1,200

168 160239/11 Tenth anniversary oversized tinware pistol late 19th/early 20th century L: 22 in. provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $1,500-2,500

170 160239/3 Tenth anniversary tinware shovel and trowel last half 19th century L(s): 37 in. and 27 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $1,500-2,500 171 160239/2 Tenth anniversary tinware walking stick last half 19th century Wrapped in copper wire.

L: 33 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $800-1,200

169 160239/14 Tenth anniversary tinware oversized pen quill second half 19th century L: 16 in. provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $700-900

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172 160239/9 Tenth anniversary tinware canteen and chain last half 19th century Diam: 6 in. L: 30 3/4 in. (overall) provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $1,000-1,500

173 160239/7 Tenth anniversary tinware top hat and a pair of genleman’s boots last half 19th century H: 14 in. provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $1,500-2,500

174 160239/5 Tenth anniversary tinware cuffs, watch and fob second half 19th century Cuffs and watch mounted on a display stand.

H: 13 3/4 in. W: 10 1/2 in. (overall) provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $1,000-1,500

175 160239/13 Tenth anniversary tinware gentleman’s broad brim hat and pipe second half 19th century Hat mounted on a stand.

H: 4 1/2 in. W: 15 in. (hat); L: 16 in. (pipe) provenance: Property of a pair of Philadelphia Area Collectors. $1,000-1,500

176 152526/4 Full-bodied copper Hackney or “Grecian Horse” weathervane late 19th century Mounted on a contemporary stand.

H: 30 in. (overall) L: 32 1/2 in. provenance: Property from a New Jersey Collection.

Purchased from Leonard Balish, Englewood, New Jersey, April 30, 1979. $4,000-6,000

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177 160233/1 Attributed to William Matthew Prior (1806-1873) portrait of a young lady Oil on artist’s board, grain painted frame.

13 1/4 in. x 9 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Collector.

Pook and Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania. $1,500-2,500

178 160318/1 Four cobalt-decorated stoneware items makers include john bell, waynesboro, pa Comprising a five gallon crock and cover, each bearing impressed mark “John Bell Waynesboro,” the crock with incised “5”; a jug with impressed mark of “James Ryan, Pittsburgh”; a two gallon crock, stenciled “Thomas Williams, Morgantown, W VA.”; and a two gallon jar decorated with cobalt leafage.

H: 13 in. Diam: 13 in. (Bell crock) $1,500-2,500

179 160231/1 American School 19th century portrait of a young man in a yellow vest seated in a painted chair Oil on canvas, framed.

27 in. x 23 in. (sight) provenance: Descended in the Morgan family to the present owner.

Ex-Collection: Theopolis J. Morgan (1873-1910), Sears & Roebuck Executive. $3,000-5,000

180 160048/9 Painted and polychrome decorated settee pennsylvania, circa 1835 Decorated with polychrome fruit and flowers on a yellow green ground.

H: 34 in. L: 75 in. D: 24 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Area Collector. $1,500-2,500

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181 152635/1 Appliquéd quilt kingston, ny, third quarter 19th century Solid red and printed green patches arranged in a floral spray and vine pattern with birds having embroidered legs, conforming quilting.

96 in. x 73 in. provenance: By descent in family of the maker to the present owner. $2,000-3,000

182 152223/7 Amish patchwork quilt variation on a nine patch quilt, 20th century Comprised of solid cotton patches heightened with conforming and flowerhead quilting.

75 in. x 73 in. provenance: From a Corporate Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $800-1,200

183 160274/7 Three printed Fraktur and a bookplate martin wetzler (active c. 1854-1888), scrivener, pa, dated, “1857,” “1859,” and “1863” The printed Allentown Taufschien forms filled in by Wetzler, two with additional Hebrew inscriptions and Star of David; the bible bookplate for Heinrich Keinert and his wife Elizabeth, dated, “November 25, 1857,” also with additional Hebrew inscription and Star of David.

17 in. x 14 in. $600-1,000

184 152179/56 Carved and red-painted tall chest albany area, ny, late 18th century With molded lift top above three faux drawers and three graduated long drawers, raised on bracket feet.

H: 56 in. W: 39 in. D: 20 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Area Collector. $3,000-5,000

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185 152616/5 Scherenschnitte Valentine 19th century Together with illuminated poem to “Miss Elizabeth Keim by D. Balzbaugh,” dated, “May 26, 1850,” watercolor and ink on paper, framed; and a needlework coat-ofarms of the Theis family, silk threads on cardboard, framed.

11 1/2 in. x 9 in. (sight) and 11 1/2 in. x 7 5/8 in. (sight) provenance: From the Estate of Dr. Leroy “Roy” Egan, Sewickley, Pennsylvania. $800-1,200

186 160274/8 Theorem Fraktur for Mary J. Solenday unity township, westmoreland county, pa, circa 1852 Watercolor and ink on paper, framed.

14 in. x 12 in. (sight) $1,500-2,500

187 160319/1 Painted and decorated pine blanket chest attributed to christian seltzer (1749-1831), jonestown, lebanon county, pa.

H: 22 3/8 in. W: 52 in. D: 23 in. $1,000-1,500

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188 152602/1 Group of “clasped hands” items 19th and 20th century Including a cast iron gate weight; a carved and painted bank inscribed, “Retired Men’s Association”; carved clasped hands; and three plaques.

H: 5 1/2 in. W: 15 1/2 in. (bank) $1,500-2,500

189 152526/3 Carved and painted ‘Spanish Lady’ ship’s figurehead 19th century H: 43 in. provenance: Property from a New Jersey Collection.

Purchased Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, Sale 4369, May 3, 1980, lot 697. $2,500-3,500

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190 160048/25 Three hooked rugs late 19th/early 20th century The first, patterned with an elongated hexagon; the second, patterned in the manner of an Oriental rug; and the third, patterned with a Dalmatian within a floral wreath.

36 in. x 71 1/2 in.; 40 1/2 in. x 39 in.; and 33 1/2 in. x 50 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Area Collector. $1,500-2,500

191 152622/13 Pair of painted bow-back Windsor side chairs early 19th century H: 37 in. $800-1,200

192 152622/16 Two painted stands early 19th century Each with rectangular top and turned legs, one fitted with a drawer.

H: 28 1/2 in. W: 19 1/2 in.

D: 18 3/4 in. and H: 26 in.

W: 27 1/2 in. D: 19 in. $1,000-1,500

193 152622/18 Carved and painted swan decoy maryland, early 20th century With pencil inscription to underside.

H: 23 in. L: 31 in. $1,000-1,500 194 152622/15 Federal grain-painted one drawer stand early 19th century H: 28 1/4 in. W: 19 in. D: 17 in. $800-1,200

195 152622/14 Tall painted bamboo turned rodback Windsor armchair circa 1800 Together with rod-back side chair.

H: 43 in. $800-1,200

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196 160262/1 Carved and painted bird tree 20th century With painted metal leaves.

H: 45 in. W: 25 in. $800-1,200

197 160262/2 Group of four painted and carved birds 20th century Each mounted on a wooden plaque for hanging.

L: 16 in. (largest) $500-800

198 152622/12 School of seven carved and painted ice fishing decoys leroy howell, hinkley, minnesota and others Including a frog and two suckers.

L: 9 in. (largest) $1,000-2,000

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199 152179/36 American School 19th century “liberty�

Gouache on paper, framed.

3 1/4 in. x 4 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Area Collector. $300-500

200 160007/1 Marquetry inlaid work table circa 1850 Inlaid throughout, the rectangular top inlaid with flowers, vine, swags, geometric devices, an American shield and flags, above two fitted drawers, and medial shelf with lift lid opening to fitted compartment, foot stool pulls out at cross stretchers.

H: 28 in. W: 24 1/4 in. D: 14 1/2 in. $2,000-3,000

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201 160215/1 Carved and painted folk art box early 20th century Carved with animals, American Indian and Egyptian motifs and figures, with polychrome highlights, inscription under lid.

H: 10 1/2 in. W: 14 in. D: 9 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500

202 160015/1 Intricately carved polychrome walking stick jose dominigo batz (1856-1936), california, dated, “1881” Inscribed, “182 wood cuts carved by J.B. Batz 1881,” with numerous figures of indigenous people of the world, birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects, all identified and carefully labeled.

L: 39 1/4 in. provenance: Purchased by consignor’s mother in the 1980s.

The cane was shown on the Antiques Roadshow, filmed in Rapids City, South Dakota, July 14, 2012.

note: Lot accompanied by photocopies of newspaper articles, which concern J.D. Batz’s daughters who cite their father’s carved canes, family history items and a Batz family photograph that includes J.D. Batz.

One of six known walking sticks carved by J.D. Batz. Immigrants from the Basque region of France, the Batz family once owned a 3,300 acre ranch northeast of Los Angeles in the area of the California State College. A sheep herder, Batz carved during the winter months in California.

According to the Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society, Batz exhibited his canes in 1882, 1883, and 1884, and was awarded a prize in 1882. $3,000-5,000

The Phrenology Collection of Dr. Leroy “Roy” Egan Sewickley, Pennsylvania lots 203-226

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203 Two rare French pressed burlwood snuff boxes early 19th century Each with cover depicting three numerically labeled phrenology skulls, entitled, “Cranologie du Docteur Gall,” the underside with corresponding key entitled, “Systeme Des Organes Cerebreaux Du Docteur Gall,” one box thrice branded with the initials, “RH”; together with a framed lithograph, “Gall Dedie a Son Excellence le Compte Pozzo di Borgo,” artist: Carlo Carloni, lith: C. Motte, Paris, 1826.

Diam: 3 1/4 in. (snuff boxes); 15 1/8 in. x 11 in. (sight) note: Another example of these snuff boxes is illustrated in Curtis, Mattoon M. The Book of Snuff and Snuff Boxes (New York: Bramhall House, 1935), Fig. 23.

According to “Conversations with Prince Metternich,” Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 61, January 1860, the Russian Diplomatist, Count Pozzo di Borgo (1764-1842), became such a fan of Gall during his ambassadorial stay in Paris, that he not only employed him as his physician, but also “always reserved [a place] for him at the table.” $1,000-1,500

204 Human skull inscribed for phrenological demonstration The cranial sections demarcated and labeled in red.

H: 6 5/8 in. L: 8 1/2 in. $500-700

205 Collection of six cast plaster phrenology heads 19th/20th century Comprising two heads by phrenologist James DeVille (1777-1846), one stained to imitate wood, each inscribed, “Publ’d..by J. DeVille 367 Strand London April 1821”; another head with hand-written cranial labels, entitled, “Fowler’s Bust,” and further inscribed, “Made and Sold by G.W. Twiss Practical Phrenologist”; another with polychrome facial highlights, hand-written cranial labels, and inscription,”Marked and Approved by Wm Fowler Practical Phrenologist”; and two related busts, one larger in size, each inscribed, “Spurzheim Gall” with cranium sectioned in green with hand-written labels; together with a copy of Outlines of Phrenology as an Accompaniment to the Phrenological Bust (London: J. DeVille, 1824).

H(s): 9 3/4 in. to 13 in. $1,000-1,500

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206 152616/21C Lavater, John Caspar. Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind (London: John Murray, 1789-1798) Three volumes in five; large 4to; contemporary black morocco backed, gilt paneled diced brown calf, with binder’s ticket: J. Lansdown, Bristol, with plates, text engravings, head & tail pieces, presumed complete; together with Okley, William. Pyrology; or, the Connexion Between Natural and Moral Philosophy...(London: J. Johnson, 1797). provenance: The Swiss pastor Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801) theorized a true relationship between a person’s exterior and interior, maintaining that a person’s physiognomy—their physical features, qualities and traits—could give indications as to their internal nature, disposition and character. This idea would be built upon by the adherents of phrenology, namely Franz Joseph Gall (1758–1828) and his collaborator, Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (1776-1832). $300-500

207 152616/22 Group of books on phrenology and related subjects 19th century Please refer to online catalog for complete listing. $300-500

208 152616/23 Collection of books on phrenology and related subjects 19th century Please refer to online catalog for complete listing. $400-600

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209 152616/23A Collection of approximately forty phrenological character charts 19th and 20th century Including a framed chart by Dr. T.S. Andrews, dated, “May 14, 1870,” and assorted charts by Madame Adolph, Prof. Albert Bausch, D.C. Campbell, H.E. Corman, E.W. Eagar, W. Felch, Frank Wm. Hawkins, James Howarth, J.B. Keswick, E. Koyl, J. Melrose, David Miller, A. O’Leary, Charles Pinkham, Thomas Pons, Prof. N.N. Riddell, Wm. Seymour, Thomas Sim, Jr., Thomas Chittenden Taplin, J. Palmer Webster, U.S. Weirick, Marcia Greene Wellington, Samuel Wells, Prof. Wm. Windsor, A.J. Wright and others.

16 3/4 in. x 11 3/4 in. $800-1,200

210 152616/21A Rare glass and cast iron George Washington phrenological head inkwell second half 19th century The underside of the lid impressed, “See Washington Manual by John Hecker NY,” the pen cup ring bearing patent, “Dec. 11, 1855.”

H: 6 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500

211 152616/10 Carved and painted phrenology head late 19th century The head raised on a painted and decorated wood plinth inscribed, “Josiah Knox Phrenologist.”

H: 18 3/4 in. $2,000-3,000

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212 Two cast plaster phrenology heads 19th/20th century Both with inscribed title, “Idiot”; one smaller, stained green with numerous inscriptions in French to recto and verso; together with a stained plaster head entitled, “The Character Baby,” copyright by Ricci 1915 and signed by A.B. Farmer (probably Prof. Arthur Black Farmer, Phrenologist), 192(?)2.

H(s): 7 1/4 in. to 11 3/4 in. $600-1,000

213 Group of five cast plaster phrenology heads 20th century Each bearing applied printed paper labels to cranial sections/plinths, comprising two stained heads, each with printed label for A.L. Vago, London; one stained head with label for D.P. Butler (late Fowler, Wells & Co.); one glazed head with label for R. Wells & Co.; and one head with label for S.R. Wells & Co. H(s): 5 3/4 in. to 10 in. $700-900

214 Hardwood walking stick mounted with carved phrenology head late 19th century The tapering wooden shaft mounted with sterling silver collar topped with carved phrenology head inscribed with numerical sections and corresponding key.

L: 38 3/4 in. (overall) $800-1,200

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215 Large cast plaster phrenology head 19th century H: 19 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500

216 Group of six cast plaster phrenology heads 19th/20th century Three bearing inscriptions to verso: the first,”this Bust Approved by Dr. Spurzheim RWH” with additional embossed plaque affixed along interior, “Manufactured by Reuben W. Hoit Boston”; the second, “Approved by O.S. Fowler”; and the third, “J. DeVille Ft Pubd March 14 1825 367 Strand London.”

H(s): 9 3/4 in. to 15 3/4 in. $800-1,200

“On brackets, on tables, on shelves, all about the room, stood marble-white busts, hairless, every inch of the skull occupied by a shallow bump, and every bump labeled with its imposing name, in black letters.” ~ Mark Twain describing his visit to Fowler’s office

217 Collection of seven porcelain phrenology heads 19th and 20th century Comprising three larger busts, each entitled “Phrenology by L.N. Fowler”; two smaller busts, one entitled, “Fowler’s Improved Phrenological Bust”; and two inkwells: one entitled, “Phrenology,” the other, gilt decorated and impressed, “F. Bridges Phrenologist”; together with a porcelain palmistry dish/ashtray.

H(s): 5 3/8 in. to 12 in. $600-800

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218 152616/22B Group of ephemera related to Fowler & Wells, Phrenologists and Publishers Including a framed, hand-written letter dated, “March 27, 1851,” and signed, “Yours for Human Science, O.S. Fowler”; a framed broadside, “Phrenology Practically Applied to the Development and Delineation of Living Characters and Talents, By O.S. & L.N. Fowler and Dr. J.A. Brevoort...April 24th, 1837”; Wells, C.F. and Nelson Sizer. Catalogue of

Portraits, Busts, and Casts, in the Cabinet of the American Institute of Phrenology (New York: Fowler & Wells, 1885); assorted phrenological character charts and guides, including Fowler’s New Chart and Wells’ New Descriptive Chart, some with hand-written readings; Certificates of Agency for the American Phrenological Journal as well as assorted issues of the publication; two lithograph Fowler portrait trade cards; along with

other assorted printed matter, including handbills, pamphlets, etc.

10 1/2 in. x 7 5/8 in. (sight; broadside) note: The Fowler brothers, Orson Squire (1809-1887) and Lorenzo Niles (1811-1896)—arguably the most highly influential advocates of phrenology in the United States— began as itinerant phrenologists, performing a traveling show comprised of lectures and complimentary head readings throughout New England.

The brothers— who would be later joined in practice by their sister, Charlotte (1814-1901), her husband, Samuel R. Wells (1820-1875), and Lorenzo’s wife, Lydia Folger Fowler (1822-1879)—established offices in Philadelphia, New York City and Boston. Referred to as Phrenological Museums, these offices were both places for professional examinations as well as tourist destinations; the New York office, located at 389 Broadway, housed the Phrenological

Cabinet, “where may be seen some thousands of Busts, Skulls, Portraits, etc. of distinguished Personages, living and dead” as well as other medical specimens, paraphernalia and artifacts.

They also established the prolific publishing house of Fowler and Wells, which produced myriad phrenological books, pamphlets and periodicals, including the American Phrenological Journal (1838-1911), as well as accoutrement and collectibles, including charts and symbolical heads, all in an effort to promote phrenology and fully integrate its principles and practice into everyday American culture. $800-1,200 219 152616/22A Group of Fowler & Wells phrenology publications, including various “Self-Instructor” manuals and guides 19th/20th century Please refer to online catalog for complete listing. $250-350

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220 152616/20 Cast plaster figural phrenology sculpture “phrenology at the fancy ball,” john rogers, ny, patented sept. 7, 1886.

With inscribed signature and patent date to base; together with a glass leech jar, crystal ball and a collection of assorted late 19th/early 20th century issues of Phrenological Journals, including bound volumes of The Phrenological Journal (1870 & 1878) and The Popular Phrenologist (18961904), and assorted issues of Human Faculty (1899-1902) and Human Culture (c. 1904).

H: 20 in. note: Rogers’s sculpture is discussed in Colbert, Charles. A Measure of Perfection: Phrenology and the Fine Arts in America, (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1997), pp. 213-215, and illustrated, fig. 6.2 and cover. $800-1,200 221 152616/21 Large collection of books on phrenology and related subjects late 19th/20th century Please refer to online catalog for complete listing. $250-350

222 152616/23B Group of printed phrenological ephemera 19th and 20th century Consisting of broadsides, including one by A.O’Leary, framed; handbills; a receipt for admission to the Boston Phrenological Society; and other assorted advertising material, as well as printed transcripts for lectures directly or indirectly related to phrenology, including Combe, George.

An Address Delivered at the Anniversary Celebration of the Birth of Spurzheim, and the Organization of the Boston Phrenological Society December 31, 1839 (Boston: Marsh, Capen, Lyon &

Webb, 1840); and Follen, Charles. Funeral Oration: Delivered Before the Citizens of Boston Assembled at the Old South Church Nov. XVII at the Burial of Gaspar Spurzheim, M.D... (Boston: Marsh, Capen & Lyon, 1832).

13 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in. (sight) note: The birth of the phrenology movement in the United States is often linked to the formation of the Boston Phrenological Society, which was founded by Nahum Capen (1804-1886) on the day of Johann Gaspar Spurzheim’s funeral, November 17, 1832. $500-700

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223 152616/21D Large phrenology broadside advertising lectures by Dr. J.P. M’Lean s.r. wells publishers, circa 1865 Matted and framed.

41 in. x 27 1/4 in. (sight) $1,000-1,500

224 152616/21B Group of assorted phrenology books, pamphlets and ephemera 19th and 20th century Please refer to online catalog for complete listing.

9 3/4 in. x 7 1/2 in. (game) $800-1,200

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225 152616/18 Group of six unconventional phrenology heads 20th century Of various sizes and materials, comprising two painted papier mâché heads, one modeled as a bank; one carved wood head with polychrome highlights; one painted composition head; one small silvered metal head marked for “Ted Arnold Ltd”; and a bronzed metal paperweight advertising for Paxipam.

H(s): 4 1/2 in. to 12 3/4 in. $400-600

226 152616/21E Group of phrenology ephemera 19th and 20th century Including a hand-drawn, mixed media palmistry/phrenological reading within a folding portfolio by Alexander Jehl; a late 19th century folio calligraphic, Delineation of the Character of Miss Edith Haselwood, Upper Weedon, with numerous pen and ink illustrations, either cut-out and applied or drawn-in; various illustrated postcards, framed colored engravings, sterograph cards, etc. $800-1,200

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227 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition colored woodblock railroad tour poster publisher: philadelphia & reading railroad, printer: allen, lane & scott, philadelphia, 1876 Framed.

38 in. x 53 1/2 in. (image) and 39 1/2 in. x 55 1/8 in. (sheet, sight) note: Allen, Lane & Scott Railroad & Mercantile Printing Company was located at 233 S. 5th Street in Philadelphia. The company printed the timetables for the Pennsylvania Railroad. $1,500-2,500

228 Independence Hall miniature silk thirteen star American flag sarah m. wilson, philadelphia, 1909 Hoist with hand-written ink inscription, “Made by Sarah M. Wilson, great grand-daughter of Betsey Ross, East Wing of Independence Hall, Philadelphia, November 22, 1909,” hand-sewn and embroidered canton, framed.

5 7/8 in. x 10 1/8 in. note: Sarah M. Wilson’s mother, Rachel Wilson Albright, began selling hand-made souvenir flags to visitors at Independence Hall in 1898. She was joined by her daughter in 1902. Sarah produced the flags until 1913. $1,000-2,000

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229 Group of American Indian pottery late 19th/20th century Comprising two large Zia polychrome pottery olla, a Zia polychrome pottery canteen, a decorated redware pitcher, a Cochiti painted pottery canteen, and a Southwest redware handled bowl.

H: 10 in. (tallest) $1,000-2,000

230 San Ildefonso Pueblo redware bear effigy tony da (1940-2008), santa fe, nm Inset with four turquoise cabochons and turquoise eyes, the midsection wrapped with strands of melon shell securing black stone arrowhead, with incised signature to rear left leg, “Da.” H: approx. 4 in. L: approx. 6 in. provenance: Estate of Janice M. Wolf, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. $8,000-12,000

231 Large San Ildefonso Pueblo redware bear effigy tony da (1940-2008), santa fe, nm Inset with four turquoise cabochons and turquoise eyes, the midsection wrapped with strands of melon shell securing black stone arrowhead, with incised signature to rear left leg, “Da.” H: approx. 4 1/2 in. L: approx. 7 in. provenance: Estate of Janice M. Wolf, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. $10,000-15,000

232 Two miniature San Ildefonso Pueblo redware bear effigies tony da (1940-2008), santa fe, nm The first inset with two turquoise cabochons and turquoise eyes, with incised signature to rear left leg, “Da”; the second inset with two coral cabochons and four smaller turquoise cabochons and turquoise eyes, with incised signature to rear right leg, “Da.” H: approx. 2 in. L: approx. 3 in. provenance: Estate of Janice M. Wolf, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. $8,000-12,000

“I'm probably a little crazy…

You have to be to produce something original.”

- Gene Moore, Tiffany & Co.

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233 155055/10 Group of sterling silver and enamel circus figures: elephants gene moore (1910-1998) for tiffany and co., new york, ny, circa 1990 Comprising six caparisoned elephants, one with seated lady wrapped in its trunk; two balancing on plinths; one with parasoled ballerina standing on its back and trailed by baby elephant; and one wearing dragon cape, rampant in front of trainer, all marked “Tiffany & Co.” and “Sterling 925,” most further marked, “Made in Italy.”

H: 6 in. (tallest) provenance: Estate of Janice M. Wolf, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. $8,000-12,000

234 155055/9A Group of sterling silver and enamel circus figures: animals and their trainers gene moore (1910-1998) for tiffany and co., new york, ny, circa 1990 Comprising a snake charmer; a kangaroo holding a baby bottle with a performer in its pouch; a seal balancing a ball on its nose; two horses: one rampant on decorated stand, the other galloping with ballerina standing on its backside; a tiger

balancing on a ball with trainer, a lion tamer, a rearing zebra with clown; and an acrobat arched over the backside of a camel, each marked “Tiffany & Co.” and “Sterling 925,” some further marked, “Made in Italy.”

H: 6 3/4 in. (tallest) provenance: Estate of Janice M. Wolf, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. $10,000-15,000

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235 155055/8 Four sterling silver and enamel circus figures gene moore (1910-1998) for tiffany and co., new york, ny, circa 1990 Comprising a yeti standing atop a ball while balancing three others; an acrobat riding a Triceratops; a duo of acrobats performing on a rug; and an acrobat performing a handstand on the backside of a giraffe, each marked “Sterling 925,” “Tiffany & Co.” and “Made in Italy.”

H: 7 in. (giraffe) provenance: Estate of Janice M. Wolf, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. $8,000-12,000

236 155055/9 Group of sterling silver and enamel circus figures: acrobats gene moore (1910-1998) for tiffany and co., new york, ny, circa 1990 Comprising a stilt walker; a tower of three stacked strong men standing atop a rug, the topmost holding a dumb bell; an acrobat in an octagonal wheel; two men performing handstands; a female acrobat balancing on her chin; and two stacked accordion players, the topmost balancing a ball on its back, each marked “Tiffany & Co.” and “Sterling 925,” one further marked, “Made in Italy.”

H: 10 in. (tallest) provenance: Estate of Janice M. Wolf, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. $8,000-12,000

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238 155055/10A Group of sterling silver and enamel circus figures: monkeys and harlequins gene moore (1910-1998) for tiffany and co., new york, ny, circa 1990 Comprising three mischievous monkeys climbing a ladder; three harlequins: one dancing, one playing the accordian, the other posing with monkey, trumpet and parasol; a monkey crouched on a barrel playing a flute; and a trainer on a barrel with monkey leaping through hoop, all marked “Tiffany & Co.”, and “Sterling 925,” most further marked, “Made in Italy.”

H: 8 1/2 in. (ladder with monkey) provenance: Estate of Janice M. Wolf, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. $6,000-10,000

237 155055/8A Group of sterling silver and enamel circus figures: clowns and bears gene moore (1910-1998) for tiffany and co., new york, ny, circa 1990 Comprising a clown riding a pig; a bear on roller skates; a clown riding a unicycle; a clown pushing a baby carriage; a jack-inthe-box; a bear driving a red car; a standing harlequin clown; a clown in a barrel; two clowns on balls; and a clown car, all marked “Tiffany & Co.” and “Sterling 925,” some further marked, “Made in Italy.”

H: 4 3/4 in. (tallest) provenance: Estate of Janice M. Wolf, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. $8,000-12,000

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239 155055/11 Allan Houser (1914-1994) “the night song” Incised date and signature to verso, “Allan Houser 85.”

H: 11 5/8 in. provenance: Estate of Janice M. Wolf, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. $5,000-7,000 240 160270/2 James Castle (1899-1977) untitled (barn exterior) Soot and spit on found paper, doublesided glazed frame.

4 3/4 in. x 6 3/4 in. (sight) provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Lady.

Retains label for Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $5,000-10,000

241 160270/1 James Castle (1899-1977) untitled (patterned portrait) Soot and spit on found paper, framed.

5 3/4 in. x 3 1/4 in. (sight) provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Lady.

Retains label for Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $2,500-5,000

242 152505/1 Minnie Evans (1892-1987) untitled, abstract flowers Mixed media on paper, framed. provenance: Private Collection.

Purchased December 29, 1968, The Art Image in All Media, Dorothea Silverman, Dir., New York, New York; lot accompanied by photocopied bill of sale. note: According to an article published in Newsweek, August 4, 1969, photographer Nina Howell Starr helped to curate a solo exhibition and retrospective of Minnie Evans’s work at the Art Image Gallery, New York in 1969. The Gallery’s director at the time, Dorothea Silverman, was a known collector of Minnie Evans’s work and gifted examples of her work, entitled “My Very First” and “My Second,” to the Whitney Museum of Art. $4,000-6,000 END OF SALE

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Purchase removal, shipping and offsite storage information To ensure the safety of your property Freeman’s requests removal within 10 business days of the sale date. Collection hours are Monday–Friday, 9:30am–4:30pm. For larger items, please email bmobbs@freemansauction.com to schedule a loading dock appointment. For purchase release to persons not listed on your contract or invoice, 3rd party authorization is required. Please mail or fax, 215.599.2240, a signed letter stating receipt/item(s) or sale/lot(s) and name of third party collecting property.

Freeman’s does not handle packing or shipping.

The shippers listed have worked with Freeman’s clients in the past and will be happy to provide you with quotes for the packing and shipping of your property.

Art In Transit Nick Clarke 314 North 12th Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 540.550.7080 nclarke@artintransit.net

Malca Amit ‡ Christine Duke 153-66 Rockaway Blvd New York, NY 11434 718.525.6100 | Fax: 718.425.3703 maa.nyc@malca-amit.com

Atelier Art Services ‡ Lynn Smith 1330 North 30th Street Philadelphia, PA 19144 215.235.0402 | Fax: 215.235.0421 info@atelierartservices.com

A. Mastrocco Jr. Moving & Storage Roseanne Gebler 1060 Louis Drive Warminster, PA 18991 215.491.0346 | Fax: 215.444.9327 mastroccomovers@snip.net

Aiston Fine Art Service ‡ Mark Aiston P.O. Box 3434 Grand Central Station New York, NY 10163 212.715.0629 | Fax: 718.361.8569 info@aistonart.com

The Packaging Store ‡ Duane Freed 2333 Welsh Road Lansdale, PA 19446 215.361.6940 | Fax: 215.361.6941 hello@packandshipnow.com

Cadogan Tate Fine Art ‡ Stacey Ferguson Cadogan House 41-20 39th Street Sunnyside, NY 11104 718.706.7999 | Fax: 718.707.2847 s.ferguson@cadogantate.com Crozier Fine Arts Jennifer Norton 525 W 20th Street New York, NY 10011 212.741.2024 transportation@crozierfinearts.com Mr. C’s Charles Cohen 1615 North 10th Street Philadelphia, PA 19122 267.977.9567 mrcees61@gmail.com

UPS Store ‡ John Bohach 51 North 3rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 215.629.4990 | Fax: 215.629.4992 store4242@theupsstore.com U.S. Art ‡ Jessica Pierce 37-11 48th Avenue Long Island City, NY 11101 800.472.5784 | Fax:718.472.5785 jpierce@usart.com VG Packaging LLC ‡ Gordon G Murray II 12 Salem Road Schwenksville, PA 19473 484.552.8741 | Fax: 484.552.8744 quotes@vgpackagingllc.com FURNITURE & LARGE ITEMS For larger pieces when delivery time is not a rush, we suggest: www.plyconvanlines.com www.nwdelivery.com www.freightquote.com ‡ Shippers that can fulfill international deliveries

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Terms & Conditions All property offered and sold (“property”) through Samuel T. Freeman & Co, (“Freeman’s”) shall be offered and sold on the terms and conditions set forth below which constitutes the complete statement of the terms and conditions on which all property is offered for sale. By bidding at the auction, whether present in person or by agent, by written bid, telephone, internet or other means, the buyer agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions.

1 Unless otherwise indicated, all Property will be offered by Freeman’s as agent for the Consignor.

2 Freeman’s reserves the right to vary the terms of sale and any such variance shall become part of these Conditions of Sale.

3 Buyer acknowledges that it had the right to make a full inspection of all Property prior to sale to determine the condition, size, repair or restoration of any Property.

Therefore, all property is sold “ASIS”. Freeman’s is acting solely as an auction broker, and unless otherwise stated, does not own the Property offered for sale and has made no independent investigation of the Property. Freeman’s makes no warranty of title, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or any other warranty or representation regarding the description, genuineness, attribution, provenance or condition to the Property of any kind or nature with respect to the Property.

4 Freeman’s in its sole and exclusive discretion, reserves the right to withdraw any property, at any time, before the fall of the hammer.

5 Unless otherwise announced by the auctioneer at the time of sale, all bids are per lot as numbered in the printed catalogue. Freeman’s reserves the right to determine any and all matters regarding the order, precedence or appropriate increment of bids or the constitution of lots.

6 The highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer shall be the buyer.

The auctioneer has the right to reject any bid, to advance the bidding at his absolute discretion and in the event of any dispute between bidders, the auctioneer shall have the sole and final discretion either to determine the successful bidder or to re- offer and resell the article in dispute. If any dispute arises after sale, the Freeman’s sale record shall be conclusive in all respects.

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 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 $200,000 of the hammer price of each lot, 20% on the portion from $200,001 through $3,000,000, and 12% thereafter.

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 is 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. v2.2016

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European Art & Old Masters David M. Weiss dweiss@freemansauction.com Jewelry & Watches Michael Larsen, GIA GG mlarsen@freemansauction.com Virginia B. Salem, GIA GG vsalem@freemansauction.com

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Prints Anne Henry ahenry@freemansauction.com Silver & Objets de Vertu Sarah Blattner sblattner@freemansauction.com

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