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10th Anniversary

3 Masterpiece Collections The Best in American Furniture and Folk Art

The Rhythm of Design Modernist William Hunt Diederich’s Noble Beasts

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: Four Centuries of Collecting in New England Outsider Art

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Miniature Portraits of Children American Impressionist Clark Greenwood Voorhees Silvered Brass China Trade Paintings

Modeling Grace: Two Centuries of American Sculpture ON VIEW THROUGH FEBRUARY 6, 2010

I look to the formation of a pure school of Art in our glorious country. We have surpassed already the Republics of Greece in our political institutions, and I see no reason why we should not attempt to approach their excellence in the ďŹ ne arts, which as much as anything, has secured undying fame to Grecian genius.

Thomas Crawford, 1843

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C. L. PRICKETT Fine Authenticated American Antiques

M ATTHEW EGERTON

New Brunswick, New Jersey, circa 1788–1802

The Liberty Cap has long been a symbol of freedom. On rare occasions it was incorporated into the inlay schemes of some finer examples of Federal furniture.

Rare and Outstanding Federal Inlaid and Figured Mahogany Tall Case Clock highlighted by a swans-neck pediment retaining its original carved and gilded “flower” rosettes above a pierced scrollboard centered by a “liberty cap on a pole” inlay, fan inlaid door and base, original straight bracket feet and retaining an outstanding old surface.

Height: 96¼" Case made by Matthew Egerton, New Brunswick, New Jersey, circa 1788–1802.

Literature: The Magazine Antiques, January 1980, page 143; The Magazine Antiques, October 1997, page 409; and C. L. Prickett’s 1998 catalogue, page 21.

Note: Of the five known Egerton cases of this type (having inlay, straight bracket feet, and punch-work scrollboards) this one is clearly the finest example, blending a fine compliment of fan and line inlays and outstanding proportions.

The inlaid “liberty cap on a pole” adds a great deal of historical significance to this already rare and outstanding case.

930 Stony Hill Road, Yardley, (Bucks Co.), PA 19067 Telephone: (215) 493-4284 Website: www.clprickett.com Email: info@clprickett.com

Clarence, Craig, and Todd Prickett Located just 25 minutes north of Philadelphia and 75 minutes south of NYC at the Newtown Exit, #49, off I-95.

Hours: By appointment or by chance.

Peter H. Tillou - Works of Art 17th- and 18th-century American and European Furniture, Antique Carpets, American Folk Art, Arms and Armor, Early African Sculpture, Chinese Han and Tang Dynasty Pottery, Pre-Columbian Art, European Old Master Paintings, American Paintings and Sculpture, Classic Cars 1928 –1934, Rare Coins and Medals, Early American Blown Glass, and Native American Art.

Thomas Chambers (American, 1808–1869) Castles on the Hudson, ca. 1845–1860 Oil on canvas, 22 x 30 inches Antique painted frame

109 Prospect Street, Litchfield, CT 06759 ♦ 860.567.5706 Sanibel Island, Florida 33957 www.antiquesandfineart.com/ptillou ♦ Established 1953 ♦ By chance or appointment suggested

Peter H. Tillou - Works of Art 17th- and 18th-century American and European Furniture, Antique Carpets, American Folk Art, Arms and Armor, Early African Sculpture, Chinese Han and Tang Dynasty Pottery, Pre-Columbian Art, European Old Master Paintings, American Paintings and Sculpture, Classic Cars 1928 –1934, Rare Coins and Medals, Early American Blown Glass, and Native American Art.

John Vanderlyn II (American, 1805–1876) Santa Claus Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches Signed and dated 1845. Original frame, canvas unlined.

Painted for the cabin of the Hudson River steamer Santa Claus, owned by Ezra Finch which operated on the Hudson between Roudout the port of Kingston and New York.

109 Prospect Street, Litchfield, CT 06759 ♦ 860.567.5706 Sanibel Island, Florida 33957 www.antiquesandfineart.com/ptillou ♦ Established 1953 ♦ By chance or appointment suggested

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Table of Contents 10th Anniversary (Winter/Spring 2010)

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212 Dedication to Preservation, One Couple’s Mission

by Steven M. Pulinka photography by Erik Kvalsvik lifestyle

228 Adventures in Collecting, A Way of Life

by Nancy N. Johnston photography by J. David Bohl 10th Anniversary

George Luks (1867–1933)

Nova Scotia Guides, Lake Rossignol, 1919, Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm), Signed lower right: George Luks

100 Chetwynd Drive, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010 Telephone: (610) 896-0680 Fax: (610) 896-8749 Website: www.averygalleries.com Email: info@averygalleries.com

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259 Informed Collecting: Portrait Miniatures of Children

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264 Anthony Christian and the French Plating Trade in Eighteenth-Century London

by Peter Cameron winter[antiques[show loan[exhibit

272 Four Centuries at Historic New England

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by Frank Maresca

242 William Hunt Diederich: Forging His Noble Beasts

by Sandy Pearl and Bernard Goldberg

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280 Reverse Paintings on Glass

248 African Americans: Seeing and Seen, 1766–1916

by Mary McGinn, Anne Verplanck, Noel Fahden Briceño, Amanda Rosner, and Ron Fuchs

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Parlor detail of a Rhode Island shield-back side chair, from Lifestyle: Dedication to Preservation, pages 212–227.

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Adelson Galleries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5 AddArts LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 American Illustrators Gallery . . . . . . .88–89 American Marine Model Gallery . . . . . . 179 Andersen & Stauffer Furniture Makers, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Anderson Ltd., Stephen T. . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Arader III, W. Graham . . . . . . . . . . . .46–47 Arons at The Gilded Lion, Leo. . . . . . . . 142 Artfact, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Avery Galleries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Babcock Galleries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Bertoia Auctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176–178 Blum, Mr. & Mrs. Jerome . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Bogart, Joan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Bradley Co. Antiques, Philip H.. . . . . . . 109 Brock & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26–29 Brownstein American Folk Paintings, Joan R. . . . . . . . . . 74–75

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Brunk Auctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Cambridge Art Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Chait Gallery/Auctioneers, I.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180–181 Chalfant Antiques, H.L.. . . . . . . . . .80, 124 Clark Graves Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Chinese Art Gallery, The . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Constant, Inc., Douglas . . . . . . . . .128–129 Crocker Farm, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Dail Fine Art, Catherine. . . . . . . . . . .56–57 David & Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 DeRu’s Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Dowling Walsh Gallery . . . . . . . . . . 91, 105 DuMouchelle, Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . 172–173 Eaton Antiques, Inc., Peter H. . . . . . . . . . 76 The Englishman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138–139 Equinox Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Fine Art Dealers Association. . . . . . . .60–61 Finer, Peter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Finkel & Daughter, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Flather & Perkins, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Fletcher/Copenhaver Fine Art . . . . . . . . 108 Freitas, Roberto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Garth's Auctions, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Gecker American Folk Art, Sidney . . . . 153 10

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Giampietro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 197 Glass International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Glazer, James & Nancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Godel & Co. Fine Art, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Goldberg Fine Arts, LLC, Bernard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC, 31 Gratz Gallery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102–103 The Greenwood Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Hagan, John G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Haradin Toys of Yesteryear, Ray. . . . . . . 171 Hawthorne Fine Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Heller Gallery, Julie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Heller Washam Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 The Herrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Hill Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Hindman Auctioneers, Leslie . . . . . . . . . 167 Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IFC Holland Antiques & Art, Raymond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130–132

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Huber, Stephen & Carol. . . . . . . . . . .38–39 Hyland Granby Antiques . . . . . . . . . . 32-33 JAGR : Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98–99 Jere’s Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Jewett-Berdan Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Jones Early American Antiques, Folk & Fine Art, Christopher H.. . . . . . . . 152 Julia, Inc., James D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Just Folk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Katz Americana, Allan . . . . . . . . . . . .70–71 Keno American Antiques, Leigh . . . . . . 151 Kilvington, James M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Kinzle Antiques, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115, 117, 119, 121, 123 Koman Fine Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100–101 Kramer & Co., Greg K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Latham Asian Art, Polly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Levy, Inc., Bernard & S. Dean . . . . . . 12–13 Liverant & Son Antiques, Nathan . . . . . . 49 Madron LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Manhattan Art & Antique Center . . . . . 104 Manko American Folk Art . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Mazzei Art & Antiques, P. Gerard . . . . . 169 McClard Americana & Folk Art, Peggy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Mennello Museum of American Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84–85 Miller American Antiques, Inc., Austin T.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 MME Fine Art, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Newman, Ronnie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Newsom & Berdan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Nichols American Antiques, Thurston. . .140 Northeast Auctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144–145 Nye & Co. Auctioneers & Appraisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158–159 The Old Print Shop, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 50–51 Olde Hope Antiques, Inc.. . . . . . . . . .34–35 Oriental Rugs, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . 116, 118, 125 Outsider Folk Art Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146–147 Pantry & Hearth at the 1775 Barn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Pap Oriental Rugs, Inc., Peter. . . . . . . . . . 17 Penna Staffordshire, Elinor. . . . . . . . . . . 187 Pollack, Frank & Barbara . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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Pook & Pook, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Prickett, C.L.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Priddy III, Inc., Sumpter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Profiles in History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174–175 Puckett, Charles Edwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Questroyal Fine Art, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Raccoon Creek Antiques LLC at Oley Forge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Ricco/Maresca Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Riehlman Fine Art, Franklin . . . . . . . . . . 18 Rothstein & Company . . . . . . . . . . 162–163 Roughton Galleries, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . .64–65 Sallea Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Sawyer Antiques, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Schorsch American Antiques, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Score, Inc., Stephen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72–73 Shushan, Elle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 41 Skinner, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Slotin Folk Art Auctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Spanierman Ltd., Gavin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Sullivan Antiques, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Tambour Maj Antiques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Thomsen Asian Art, Erik . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Tillou Antiques, Jeffrey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Tillou Works of Art, Peter . . . . . . . .2–3, 40

Trace, Jonathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Vallejo Gallery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62–63 Vareika Fine Arts, Ltd., William . . . . . . . 95 Vintage Interiors II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Volk LLC , Cynthia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Weiss Collection, Stanley . . . . . . . . . 59, 141 West Antiques, Madeline . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Whitlock Textiles & Interiors, Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126–127 Wiggins, David Bradstreet . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., D. . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Willauer Antiques, Lynda. . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Williams American Art Galleries . . . . . . 134 Williams Antiques, Taylor B. . . . . . . . . . . 48 Wilson Antiques & Folk Art, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Winterthur Museum & Country Estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Woodbury Antiques Dealers Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

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45 Objects Priced-to-Sell . . . . . . . 283–287 UPCOMING SHOWS

The 23rd Street Armory Antiques Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 The American Antiques Show. . . . . . . . 67 Antiques at the Armory/ Americana & Antiques at the Pier/ The Pier Antiques Show . . . . . . . . . 191 Antiques in Alexandria . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Baltimore Summer Antiques Show . . . 113 Charleston International Antiques Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Chester County Antiques Show . . . . . 189 FADA Los Angeles Art Show + IFPDA Fine Print Fair. . . . . . . . . . . 193 Fort Lauderdale Antique, Art & Jewelry Show . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Heart of Country Antiques Show . . . . 194 New York Ceramics Fair . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Outsider Art Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 The Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show . . . . . . . 288–IBC Philadelphia Antiques Show . . . . . . . . 196 Winter Antiques Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 10th Anniversary

Frank Weston Benson (1862–1951) The White Canoe, 1927 Watercolor and pencil on paper 19 3 ⁄4 x 24 5 ⁄ 8 inches (sight size) Signed and dated lower right: F. W. Benson ’27

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PAINTED TOLE TRAY OF THE “SHIP BELISARIUS” Probably Salem

Circa 1815

20¼ by 25 inches

WHITE SILK BACKGROUND W EMBOIDERED PICTURE OF A GIRL BY ANNE HOSMER Attributed To Miss Patten’s School Hartford, Connecticut Circa 1800 Silk on Silk 17 by 13½ inches

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