American Furniture & Decorative Arts | Skinner Auction 2538B

SKINNER American Furniture & Decorative Arts Sale 2538B

March 6, 2011

Boston

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The rigorous beauty and logic of the First Church, the Fifth Meeting House, in Lancaster has withstood almost two centuries.

This building is widely recognized as the crowning expression of the architectural genius of Charles Bulfinch, America’s first professional architect, and is thought to be the most unadulterated example of his work.

Created in 2008, The Bulfinch Fund, a separate nonprofit organization, has begun the work of restoring the Fifth Meeting House in Lancaster, a National Historic Landmark. The Bulfinch Fund also seeks to educate current and future generations about the importance of American architecture and the historic time in which it was created.

The cost of the entire project is estimated to be $2 millon. The project has raised $320,000 and gained national recognition, initially receiving a Getty Foundation grant, and recently a Crystal Eagle Award from Freedom’s Way in 2010.

The Bulfinch Fund is asking for financial support to ensure that this historical treasure, the “Bulfinch Church,” is protected and preserved for future generations.

Become a friend of The Bulfinch Church - DONATE NOW!!

The Bulfinch Fund P.O. Box 94 Lancaster, MA 01523 or online: www.theBulfinchFund.org email: info@TheBulfinchFund.org

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Provenance

Col. Rockwell Campbell Tenney Descendants of Capt. Benjamin F. Gibbs of Fairhaven, Massachusetts Historic Winslow House, Marshfield, Massachusetts Descendants of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morse of Boston Descendants of the Simes Family of Portsmouth, New Hampshire An Early Massachusetts Family A Massachusetts Antiquarian A Rhode Island Estate A Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Estate Cape Cod Estates Property from Collections in Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington

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Miniature Running Red-breasted Merganser Drake, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, ht. 2 3/4, lg. 5 7/8 in.

$1,000-1,500 2.

Miniature Running Atlantic Brant, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, (chip to bill), ht. 2 3/8, lg. 5 1/4 in.

$800-1,200 3.

Miniature Wood Duck Drake, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, ht. 2 1/2, lg. 3 5/8 in.

$800-1,200

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Miniature Northern Shoveler Drake, attributed to A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, ht. 2 1/2, lg. 3 1/2 in.

$800-1,200 9.

Miniature Hooded Merganser Drake, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, ht. 2 1/2, lg. 3 in.

$800-1,200 10.

Miniature Running Red-breasted Merganser Hen, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, ht. 1 5/8, lg. 4 5/8 in.

$800-1,200

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Miniature Greater Scaup Drake, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, ht. 2 1/2, lg. 3 1/8 in.

$800-1,200

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Miniature Ruddy Duck, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, faintly inked impressed rectangular mark on base, ht. 2, lg. 2 5/8 in.

$800-1,200

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Miniature Lesser Scaup Figure, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, (chip to bill), ht. 2 3/8, lg. 3 1/8 in.

$800-1,200

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Miniature Ruddy Duck, attributed to A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, species identified in a penciled inscription on the base, ht. 2, lg. 2 1/4 in.

$600-800

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Miniature Goldeneye Drake, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, ht. 3 1/8, lg. 4 1/8 in.

$1,000-1,500

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Miniature Bufflehead, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, ht. 2 1/4, lg. 2 1/2 in.

$800-1,200

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Miniature Old Squaw Drake, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, ht. 2 1/2, lg. 4 1/8 in.

$800-1,200

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Miniature American Baldplate Wigeon Drake, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, faintly inked impressed rectangular mark on base, ht. 2 3/8, lg. 3 7/8 in.

$800-1,200

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Miniature American Merganser Drake, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, (chip to bill), ht. 2 5/8, lg. 4 3/4 in.

$600-800

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Miniature Green Wing Teal Hen, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, ht. 2 1/2, lg. 3 3/8 in.

$600-800

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Miniature Canvasback Drake, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, ht. 2 1/2, lg. 4 1/8 in.

$1,000-1,500

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Miniature Goldeneye Hen, attributed to A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, ht. 2 1/4, lg. 2 3/4 in.

$800-1,200

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Miniature Running Black Duck Drake, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, ht. 2 1/2, lg. 5 3/8 in.

$1,000-1,500 18.

Miniature Red Head Hen, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, ht. 2 5/8, lg. 3 5/8 in.

$800-1,200 19.

Miniature Pintail Drake, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, (tail tip chip), ht. 3 5/8, lg. 5 1/4 in.

$1,000-1,500 20.

Miniature Red Head Drake, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, ht. 3 3/8, lg. 4 1/8 in.

$800-1,200

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Miniature American Baldplate Wigeon Hen, attributed to A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, ht. 2, lg. 3 1/4 in.

$800-1,200 24.

Miniature Green Wing Teal Hen, attributed to A. Elmer Crowell (18621951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, (small paint losses on bill, crack on base), ht. 2 1/8, lg. 3 in.

$600-800 25.

Miniature Blue-Winged Teal Drake, A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, inked impressed rectangular mark on base, ht. 2 3/4, lg. 3 7/8 in.

$800-1,200 26.

Miniature Duck Figure, attributed to A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, possibly a red-breasted merganser hen, (superfluous paint smear on one side), ht. 2 1/4, lg. 3 1/4 in.

$600-800

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Tiger Maple and Walnut Compass Inlaid Spice Box, probably Chester County, Pennsylvania, c. 1750-70, the central compass design in walnut, red cedar, locust, and holly stringing with corner berry motifs centering the initials “DH,� and framed by double herringbone borders of red cedar and locust, the door opens to an interior of ten tiger maple drawers centering a single walnut drawer, all with brass knobs, old surface, (minor imperfections), ht. 21 7/8, cornice wd. 18 1/4, cornice dp. 12 1/4 in.

Literature: The Pennsylvania Spice Box: Paneled Drawers and Secret Doors, Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1986, plate 44, shows a stylistically similar example.

$30,000-50,000

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Lot of Two Books, The Pennsylvania Spice Box: Paneled Doors and Secret Drawers, essay and catalogue by Lee Ellen Griffith, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Chester County Historical Society, 1986, soft cover, 160 pages, with illustrations; and Eastern Shore, Virginia Raised Panel Furniture 1730-1830, by James R. Melchor, N. Gordon Lohr, and Marilyn S. Melchor, Trustees of the Chrysler Museum, 1982, soft cover, 135 pages, with illustrations.

$200-250 29.

Walnut Carved Tall Case Clock, probably Pennsylvania, c. 1800, the arched dial showing the moon’s age, calendar aperture, seconds indicator, and floral-painted spandrels, brass eight-day weight-powered movement, pendulum with brass-faced bob, two iron weights, winder, and two replacement finials, (restoration and imperfections), ht. 90 in.

$2,000-3,000

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Carved Walnut Tall Case Clock, George Hoff, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, c. 1774, brass dial with silvered chapter ring engraved “George Hoff Lancaster,” brass and iron weight-powered thirty-hour pull-up movement, the waist door with decorative carving and initials and date “JK/1774,” old surface, with pendulum and two small cast lead weights, (imperfections, restoration to base), ht. 88 1/2 in.

$3,000-5,000 31.

Framed Fraktur Birth Certificate, Union County, Pennsylvania, 1817, watercolor and ink on paper inscribed with the vital statistics in ink for Samuel Spotts, b. January 24, 1817, son of Peter and Maria (Geyer), White Deer Township, surrounded by eight reserves depicting stylized flowers, leaves, and bowknot and star motifs, sight size 11 1/2 x 15 in., in a mitered pine frame. Condition: Toning, creases, stains, repaired losses, not examined out of frame.

$200-300 32.

Rare Painted Pine and Maple Chest on Frame, Edmund Titcomb, Newbury, Massachusetts, c. 1700, the rectangular molded top above a single-arched case of two short drawers and three graduated long drawers, set into a lower section with mid-molding, single arched frame, long drawer and S-scrolled legs joined by shaped stretchers on turned feet, retains one original pull and original escutcheons, old surface, the backboards of the upper section with painted signature “Made by Edmund Titcomb,” ht. 51 1/2, wd. 42, dp. 21 3/4 in.

Provenance: Historic Winslow House, Marshfield, Massachusetts, proceeds to benefit the maintenance and conservation of the collection.

Literature: American Furniture, 1620 to the Present, Jonathan Fairbanks and Elizabeth Bidwell Bates, Richard Marek Publishers, New York, 1981, p. 52, illustrated. Fairbanks writes, “As recently as 1969, the location of this key specimen of the cabinetmaker’s art in New England was not known to furniture historians. It was recognized as one of the rare signed and documented examples of the second major style of furnituremaking in this country. The chest’s design shows a dramatic movement toward vertical composition. It is lifted off the ground with a curvilinear stand that reflects the energy of Baroque art.

The flat S-scrolls of its base suggest that the maker, Edmund Titcomb, must have been well aware of fashionable London design, which by the 1660s had been strongly influenced by immigrant designers and craftsman from the Low Countries. The Anglo-Flemish traditions reflected in this piece are remarkably sophisticated, considering the town in which it was made was a very modest rural village well into the eighteenth century... The chest’s strong silhouette and dramatic base make the work successful.”

The Magazine Antiques, September 2001, “Careswell: the Historic Winslow House in Marshfield, Massachusetts,” John P. Hermanson, pp.

312-19, illustrated.

$100,000-150,000

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Pair of Portraits of a Husband and Wife. Unsigned, both with paper label fragments with indistinct Germanic names and inscriptions. Oil on oval copper panels, 7 x 5 1/2 in., housed in oval molded giltwood frames. Condition: Surface grime.

Provenance: Reportedly by family descent in the Dearborn family of New York City and New Orleans.

$2,500-3,500 35.

Diminutive Dutch Brass Six-light Chandelier, 18th century, elongated brass S-hook supporting fixture with six spurred, rounded, scrolled arms, terminating with ring-turned candle cups over drip pans, (drip pans drilled for electricity), overall ht. 24, dia. 18 1/2 in.

$300-500 36.

Pair of Dutch Cast Brass Candlesticks, c. 1650, each with elongated candle cup with pierced holes, bluster shaft with mid-drip pan on round domed base, ht. 9 1/2 in.

$300-500 37.

Six Brass and Iron Early Lighting Items, late 18th/early 19th century, five brass: a candlestick/tinder box with copper handle on the cover, a push-up hogscraper-form candlestick, a Paktong square-based columnar candlestick, a spout lamp with removable cylindrical font with cover issuing a spout with conforming channel drip-catcher on a D-shaped weighted base, and a taper jack with spring-activated pincers supported on a slender shaft and pierced round base with scroll handle and chain-attached snuffer; and a wrought iron tabletop candlestand with spring-activated candleholder, shaped drip pan, and tripod feet, ht.

2 7/8-11 1/4 in.

$300-500 38.

Two Olive-Amber Blown Glass Wine Bottles with “S Colton 1767” Seal, England or America, late 18th century, reportedly made for Samuel Colton, a merchant who lived in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, who owned three schooners, and was involved in trade with England and the West Indies, the bottle lip with a laid-on ring finish, cylindrical body with applied round seal with raised “S Colton/1767,” (one with small lip chip and a loss on the seal), ht. 9 1/2 in.

$400-600

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Queen Anne Japanned and Reverse-painted Looking Glass, China, 18th century, molded frame with beaded border and arched cornice with gilt lacquer designs of flowers and foliage, enclosing two-part glass, the mirrored tablet ornamented with a reverse-painted bird and flowers, (scattered paint losses), 26 x 14 5/8 in.

$3,500-4,500

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Two Colored Blown-molded Glass Historical Flasks, New England, early 19th century, an amber Willington Glass Company “Liberty” Eagle pint flask, Willington, Connecticut, one side depicting “LIBERTY” over a spreadwing eagle and shield and laurel wreath, the reverse with raised letters “Willington Glass, Co West Willington, Conn.,” with applied laidon lip ring, ht. 7 5/8; an olive-amber Masonic/Eagle pint flask, Keene, New Hampshire, one side with Masonic decoration, the reverse with a banner over an eagle with American shield and oval reserve inscribed “KEENE,” (McKearin GIV-17), ht. 7 5/8 in.

$300-500 40.

Six Colorless Blown Glass Covered Storage Jars, America, early 19th century, various size cylindrical vessels with tin covers, (one with cracked shoulder segment), ht. 7 1/4-14 3/4 in.

$300-400 41.

Three Blown Glass Storage Jars and Two Wooden Trenchers, America, early 19th century, cylindrical jars with tin lids, ht. 8 1/2, 9 1/2, 9 1/2, trencher dia. 7 1/2, 8 in.

$400-600

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Silver Tankard, Nathaniel Hurd (1729-1777), Boston, c. 1760, urn and flame finial on a stepped domed lid over a tapered cylindrical body with applied band at lower body, the front engraved with bird surmounting a coat of arms within a rococo cartouche, surrounded by cornucopia and flower sprays over the inscription “S. P. Parrot”; hollow scroll handle with scroll thumb-piece with a rounded drop at upper joining, and with engraved monogram N over J+M, the maker’s mark with initial and surname with a pellet between in a cartouche with straight lower edge, located on the body to the left of the upper handle terminal, (minor imperfections), ht. 8 3/4 in., approx. 28 troy oz.

Note: Nathaniel Hurd was the son of the prolific Boston silversmith Jacob Hurd (1702-1758). He was a noted silversmith, engraver of prints, trade cards, and bookplates.

A typewritten note accompanies the tankard which was written in 1928 by noted antiques dealer, Miss Katrina Kipper, of Accord, Massachusetts. It is addressed to a Mr. Robert Morse of Boston. She writes that the tankard belonged to the Newhall family of Concord and was handed down to members of the family of S.P. Parrot and Susan Parker of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

$15,000-25,000

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Silver Cream Jug, Bartholomew LeRouix II (1717-1763), New York, c.

1750, bulbous body below flaring scalloped rim, double scroll handle, three cabriole legs with pad feet with shell joinings, maker’s mark B LR with the last name initials conjoined in an oval on the bottom, (imperfections), ht. 4 in., approx. 4 troy oz.

$1,000-1,200 44.

Silver Pitcher, Lewis Cary (1798-1834), Boston, baluster-form with reeded rim and base band, hollow angled handle, marked “L. CAREY” on an engrailed scroll with rosettes on base and “LC” touchmark to interior base, under the spout with engraved presentation “Presented by the Boston Soap Stone Company-to their Agent- Mr. Thomas Patten.

-1826.-,” the base with engraved names “Caroline M. Patten Shillaber/ William Green Shillaber,” (dents), ht. 6 1/4 in., approx. 14 troy oz.

$500-700 45.

Framed Washington Mourning Engraving, “T. Clark Sculpt. 1801 Boston,” stipple engraving depicting the tomb of George Washington with weeping figures of a woman and a man, and Columbia with her arm upraised and an anchor beside her, above an inscription “Sacred to the Memory of the Illustrious G. Washington/T. Clarke, Sculpt. 1801, Boston.,” 8 3/4 x 8 1/2 in., in an old, but later, line-inlaid wood frame, (toning, minor foxing, and small stains).

$600-800

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Federal Paint-decorated Figured Maple and Pine Work Table, decorated by Sarah Eaton-Balch, Dedham, Massachusetts, at Mrs. Rowson’s School, Boston Neck, Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 17981810, the landscape view with figures, a mill, and trees within an oval reserve above a similarly decorated case fitted with a compartmented drawer and a slide, lacking its bag, on fluted legs ending in turned feet, original surface, (rectangular section of backboard was repaired), ht. 28 1/2, wd. 18 1/4, dp. 17 3/4 in.

Provenance: The drawer includes the following written information: “Given to me in 1914, this table was painted by Sarah (Eaton) Balch of Dedham, who was at one time a student of Miss Rowson’s Ladies Seminary in the vicinity of Boston about 1810. Mrs. Balch was a sister of Luther Eaton whose son Luther Holland Eaton was my grandfather, signed Francesca Eaton Walker.” This piece went from the family to Nina Fletcher Little, who sold it to the consignor at Sotheby’s, The Bertram K. Little and Nina Fletcher Little Collection Part II, October 21-22, 1994, New York, lot 990.

Literature: The table is pictured on p. 217, plate 291, of Little by Little: Six Decades of Collecting American Decorative Arts, by Nina Fletcher Little, E.P. Dutton, Inc., New York, 1984.

$15,000-25,000

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Wool Canvaswork Needlework Roll-up or Huswif, America, 1763, long rectangular pocket, worked in an Irish stitch, zigzag, and diamond pattern with initials “LP” and “1763,” in shades of red, green, blue, yellow, and brown, bound with green twill silk tape, woven brown and green floral silk lining with drawstring pocket, (some wear and fiber losses), wd. 3 1/8, lg. 13 1/4 in.

Literature: For similar examples see Labors of Love: America’s Textiles and Needlework 1650-1930, by Judith Reiter Weissman and Wendy Lavitt, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1987, p. 114-115. They describe the roll-ups, also called huswifs or housewife, as “an oblong pouch for needles, pins, and other smalls that rolled up and could be carried in the larger pocket...” that 18th and 19th century women wore under their skirts.

Note: Further research has revealed that a needlework pocketbook with nearly identical color arrangement and stitching is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, illustrated in Art of the Embroiderer, translated by Nikki Scheuer with additional commentary

by Edward Maeder, Boston, Massachusetts, 1983, fig 119. The LACMA example is stitched with “EP/1763,” and those initials have been identified as Elizabeth Parker’s of Westchester County, Pennsylvania.

According to Edward Maeder at Historic Deerfield, the present lot, signed “LP/1763,” was almost certainly made by a relative of Elizabeth Parker, perhaps a sister.

$6,000-7,000

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Collection of 18th-20th Century Bookplates, the majority engraved with a coat of arms, two are for George Washington, one is for Isaiah Thomas, reportedly engraved by Paul Revere, approx. 154 bookplates total.

$300-500

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Schoolgirl Paint-decorated Maple Slide-lid Box, “Nancy B. Green/Hartford, VT/June 7th 1827,” rectangular box, the lid painted with a scene of a house beside a river, the front painted with a basket of flowers on a book, the back with a bowl of fruit, one side depicting a scene with a farmhouse, girl, chickens, birdhouse, and trees, the other side with a lady strolling by a manor beside a river with figures in a sailboat, each scene bordered with blossoms and leaves, the interior of the cover with a floral bordered oval reserve inscribed “Nancy B. Green/Hartford/VT/June 7th 1827” over a verse “When true hearts are withered, and fond ones are flown/Ah! Who could inhabit this bleak world alone?,” the interior with two compartments, (scattered paint losses), ht. 2 7/8, wd. 5, lg. 8 in.

$3,000-3,500

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American School, 19th Century Pair of Portraits: Elisha Wales with a New England Church Bass Viol and Lucy Bates Wales Holding a Book.

Unsigned, both identified on labels affixed to the reverse.

Oil on panel, 27 1/2 x 22 in., in matching period molded giltwood frames. Condition: Good; panels bowed, vertical splits and cracks to panels, craquelure.

Provenance: Descended through the family of the sitters and then consigned to Skinner in 1997.

Note: Elisha Wales was born April 25, 1777, in Braintree, Massachusetts. He died in Weymouth, Massachusetts, in April of 1823. He married Lucy Bates September 25, 1801, in Weymouth. They had seven children. Elisha’s ancestor, Nathaniel Wales, arrived in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1635. Elisha was the seventh generation. Lucy Bates was born March 3, 1785, and died May 17, 1817. She was a direct descendant of John Alden.

$15,000-25,000

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Paint-decorated Fireboard, Maine or New Hampshire, early 19th century, rectangular panel, the center painted with a large blue classical urn ornamented with gold griffins, swags, with guilloche and leaf borders, filled with red roses, on a blue plinth with gold classical wave motif, flanked by large and small painted trees, on a gray-blue/green ground, in a black-painted molded frame pierced with square andiron billet bar holes, overall ht. 38, wd. 56 in.

Note: This fireboard last sold at Christie’s Fine American Furniture, Silver, Folk Art and Decorative Arts auction, October 21, 1989.

$20,000-25,000

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Susanna Paine (ac. Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, 1792-1862) Portrait of George Morillo Bartol, Aged 6 Years 7 Months. A paper label inscribed on the reverse reads: “George Morillo Bartol aged 6 years 7 months. Executed by Mrs. Paine 1827.” Pastel on paper, 25 x 19 3/4 in., housed in a likely original giltwood frame. Condition: Minor creases c.l., small stain u.c.

Note: George Murillo (or Morillo) Bartol was born September 18, 1820, in Freeport, Maine. He attended Brown University, graduating in 1842. He was ordained a minister in 1847 and served for 59 years at the First Church of Christ Unitarian, Lancaster, Massachusetts, the building designed by Charles Bulfinch of Boston. He married Elizabeth H. Washburn of Salem in 1856. George died June 20, 1906, and is buried in the Eastwood cemetery in Lancaster, Massachusetts.

Literature: See Folk Art, “Roses and Thorns: The Life of Susanna Paine,” by Michael R. and Suzanne R. Payne, Winter 2005/2006, pp. 62-71. The article discusses the difficult life of the itinerant portrait artist Susanna Paine, as was revealed in her autobiography Roses and Thorns, or Recollection of an Artist: A Tale of Truth, for the Grave and Gay, written in 1854 at the age of 61. The portrait of George Morillo Bartol is illustrated on p. 64.

$5,000-8,000

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Queen Anne Carved Mahogany Desk on Frame, Rhode Island, c. 1740-60, the hinged lid opens to a valanced and compartmented stepped interior with central shell-carved drawer and blocked drawer, with flanking split-baluster document drawers and two drawers, and three drawers below, replaced brasses, old refinish, (minor imperfections), ht. 42 3/4, base wd. 29 1/4, dp. 20 1/2 in.

$6,000-8,000

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Maple Fan-carved Tall Chest of Drawers, probably Rhode Island, late 18th century, replaced brasses, old varnished surface, ht. 61 1/2, wd.

35 3/4, dp. 18 in.

$3,000-5,000 55.

Chippendale Upholstered Mahogany Easy Chair, probably Newport, Rhode Island, last half 18th century, the serpentine cresting and shaped sides continuing to outward-scrolling arms on square stop-fluted front legs joined to the raking rear legs by square stretchers, old finish, (imperfections), ht. 45 1/2, wd. 34 1/2, dp. 30, seat ht. 18 in.

$10,000-15,000

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Rare Queen Anne Carved Walnut and Walnut Veneer High Chest of Drawers, attributed to Joseph Davis, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, c. 1735-50, with hidden drawer in cornice, brasses appear to be original, refinished, (restoration), ht. 80 3/4, wd. 43, overall dp. 24 3/4 in.

Provenance: Family descent within the Simes family of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. According to the consignor, who is a descendant of the Simes family, the high chest was originally owned by John Wentworth (1737-1820), who was the British colonial governor of New Hampshire from 1767 to 1775. During the Revolution, fearing for his safety, he packed up his wife and infant son and fled, eventually ending up in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1792, Wentworth was appointed governor of Nova Scotia and served until 1808. In 1776, with outstanding debts still in Portsmouth, the city fathers decided to auction the contents of Wentworth’s home. Members of the prominent Portsmouth mercantile family, the Simes, bought the high chest, with whom it has remained.

Literature: Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast, Brock Jobe, SPNEA, 1993, catalogue no.

17, p. 131 illustrates and discusses a dressing table with stylistic similarities attributed to Joseph Davis.

Note: Chalk inscription to inside right of case reads in part “Joseph...”

$50,000-75,000

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57.

Rare Queen Anne Carved and Inlaid Walnut High Chest of Drawers, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, c. 1735-60, old brasses, (19th century alterations, now fitted as two pieces of furniture), overall ht. 74, wd. 45 1/2, dp. 23 1/2 in.

58.

Schoolboy Map of United States/New England States, “By S. Webster Concord, N.H. 1820. M.F. White, Teacher,” signed l.c., watercolor and ink on paper, (toning, minor tear, not examined out of frame), sight size 16 3/4 x 25 in., in a later frame.

$800-1,200

Provenance: An early Massachusetts family with New Hampshire Durham family ancestry.

Literature: Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast, catalogue no. 18, p. 138, illustrates and discusses a dressing table most likely made by the same cabinetmaker.

That dressing table was sold at Christie’s sale of the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Nicholson, January 28, 1995, as lot 1046.

$3,000-5,000

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Needlework Sampler, “Nancy Laighton Durham, aged 14 years old/ Febu th4 1806,” New Hampshire, stitched with silk threads on a linen ground with flowering vines surrounding rows of alphabets, over a verse “The rose is red/the grass is green/the days are past that I have seen.,” (toning, stains), 27 x 12 1/2 in., in a period mahogany veneer frame.

$400-600

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60.

Queen Anne Maple Fan-carved High Chest of Drawers, southern New Hampshire, late 18th century, brasses appear to be original, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 73 3/4, wd. 38 1/2, dp. 19 1/2 in.

$6,000-8,000

60A. Red-painted Side Chair, attributed to the Dunlap family of cabinetmakers, early 19th century, three arched slats joining stiles with turned finials, the legs with double stretchers, old splint seat, ht. 39, seat ht. 16 in.

$300-500

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Federal Inlaid Mahogany Chest of Drawers, probably New Hampshire, c. 1810, brasses appear original, old finish, (imperfections), ht. 36, wd. 41, dp. 21 1/4 in.

Provenance: Durham family ancestry.

$1,200-1,500

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Federal Birch, Mahogany, and Bird’s-eye Maple Veneer Inlaid Chest of Drawers, New Hampshire, c. 1810, brasses appear to be original, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 35 3/4, wd. 40, dp. 21 1/2 in.

$1,500-2,500

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Carved Cherry Tall Case Clock, possibly Edward Moulton, Rochester, New Hampshire, and Saco, Maine, c. 1815, painted iron arched dial with rocking ship flying an American flag against the backdrop of a fort, seconds hand, calendar aperture, and brass eight-day weight-powered movement, pendulum with brass-faced bob, two different cast weights, winder, key, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 84 in.

$2,000-3,000

64.

Federal Birch and Bird’s-eye Maple and Wavy Birch Veneer Bowfront Chest of Drawers, New Hampshire, early 19th century, replaced brasses, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 38, wd. 38 1/2, dp. 20 3/4 in.

$2,000-3,000

65.

Rare Federal Flame Birch and Mahogany Veneer Reverse Serpentine Chest of Drawers, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, c.

1805-15, the shaped top with crossbanded and string-inlaid edge above a case of four cockbeaded drawers with ivory inlaid escutcheons and original brasses signed “HJ� on bails, on slightly flaring tall French feet centering the inlaid drop panel, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 38 1/4, dp. 20, wd. 39 3/4 in.

Provenance: Descended through the Simes family of Portsmouth to the present owner.

Literature: Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast, plate 11, p. 114, illustrates a bowfront chest with stylistic and structural similarities.

$20,000-30,000

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Pair of Federal Carved and Turned Mahogany and Bird’s-eye Maple Inlaid Card Tables, probably Portsmouth, New Hampshire, c.

1815, refinished, (very minor imperfections), ht. 29 1/2, wd. 35 3/4, dp.

17 1/2 in.

$10,000-15,000

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Assembled Set of Twelve Teaspoons, ten made by Samuel Drowne (1749-1815), Portsmouth, New Hampshire, two by his son Thomas Pickering Drowne (1742-1849), each handle with gadrooned edges terminating with an engraved swan’s head, impressed maker’s marks on handles, lg. 5 1/4 in., approx. 5.5 troy oz.

$800-1,200

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Federal Carved and Inlaid Mahogany Reverse Serpentine Chest of Drawers, attributed to Langley Boardman, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, c. 1802, brasses appear to be original, old refinish, (restoration), ht. 35 1/2, wd. 39 3/4, dp. 23 1/2 in.

Literature: A very similar bureau is illustrated and discussed in Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast, Brock Jobe, SPNEA, 1993, catalogue no. 8, pp. 106-08.

$4,000-6,000 69.

Sunqua (Chinese, 19th Century) Portrait Miniature of John Heard of Ipswich, Massachusetts, c.

1850. The back panel inscribed “SUNQUA.” Watercolor on ivory, 4 5/8 x 3 3/8 in., in original Chinese carved hardwood frame, (minor specks of paint loss).

Literature: This portrait miniature is illustrated and discussed in The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, by Carl L. Crossman, the Antiques Collector’s Club, publishers, 1991, pp. 150-51.

Note: John Heard, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, was reportedly a U.S. diplomat and in 1852 accompanied Admiral Perry to Japan to negotiate a trade treaty to open the isolated country to American commerce.

$2,500-3,500

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Sunqua (Chinese, 19th Century) Album of Seven Works of Floral Arrangements in Chinese Woven Rattan Baskets. The inside of album cover with paper label stamped “SUNQUA” in red letters under the year “1835” inscribed in pencil.

Gouache on pith paper, edged with silk ribbon and further applied to paper, in an album with woven floral silk cover, page approx. 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 in., accompanied by one framed work. Condition: Pages loose from binding, minor toning, two with losses, two with tears, framed work not examined out of frame.

$400-600 71.

Group of Chinese and China Trade Ephemera, 19th century, three trade cards, Astor House Hotel Guest Guide, at Tientsin and Peking; an engraved map “A Particular Map of the Entrance into Canton,” a c. 1810 receipt of payment to a Chinese merchant, several letters of correspondence, and an 1876 printed silk program commemorating the centennial anniversary of the American Independence at Shanghai.

$200-300 72.

Anglo/American School, 19th Century Our China Relations. Unsigned. Watercolor and ink on paper, depicting a 19th century genre scene with five American or British figures in a landscape, with a Chinese port city in the background, sight size 9 x 12 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Not examined out of frame.

$250-350

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Chinese Export Patriotic American Eagle Needlework, 19th century, silk and metallic threads on a silk ground depicting a spreadwing bald eagle with American flag and shield, and a banner inscribed “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” the padded eagle figure fitted with a ceramic eye, 19 1/2 x 28 in., in a period carved wood frame.

$400-600 74.

Chinese Brass-bound Rosewood Lap Desk, mid-19th century, rectangular Asian hardwood box with brass mountings, the top with a shaped brass cartouche, the interior with writing surfaces, silk-covered file compartment, small compartment for two glass ink bottles and writing utensils, lower panel with three small drawers, (age cracks), ht.

9, wd. 20 1/2, dp. 12 1/4 in.

$600-800 75.

Brass-bound Camphorwood Box, 19th century, rectangular with hinged lid, brass swing handles, the lock plate impressed “L BRAMAH” and three crowns, (shrinkage cracks), ht. 10 1/4, wd. 24 1/2, dp. 12 1/4 in.

$300-500 76.

Chinese Export Porcelain Celadon Ku-form Vase, late 19th century, enamel decoration about the sides with flowers and birds, ht. 13 1/4 in.

$200-400 69

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Rose Medallion Porcelain Well and Tree Platter, China, c. 1869, oval platter with Rose Medallion pattern of court figures and flowers, the center with a round reserve inscribed with conjoined gilt initials “FHB,” for Fanny Hazard Bond, ht. 2 1/2, 14 3/4 x 18 7/8 in.

Provenance: The platter reportedly was once part of a dinner service given as a wedding present to Fanny Hazard Bond, who in 1869 married Ephraim Ward Bond. Fanny is related to Colonel Augustus George Hazard, who was head of the Hazard Powder Company in Hazardville, a section of Enfield, Connecticut.

$800-1,200 78.

Twenty-one Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Decorated Table Items, late 18th century, the rim and cavetto decorated with a crest with a polychrome enameled shield surmounted with a griffin and a banner inscribed with the motto “I MEAN HARM TO NONE,” centered with a floral spray, with gilt spearhead and floral sprigged rim borders; comprising fifteen dinner plates, a soup plate, three dessert plates, and two small oblong platters, (rim chips), dia. 6 1/2-11 1/2 in.

$600-800 79.

Eleven Chinese Export Porcelain Table Items, late 18th/early 19th century, polychrome enamel and gilt decoration each with scalloped rim centered with a spreadwing dove with a monogrammed wreath suspended from its bill, comprising six dinner plates, three soup plates, and two bowls, (chips, hairlines), dia. 10, 9 7/8, 7 7/8 in.

$300-500 80.

Eleven Assorted Chinese Export Porcelain Table Items, late 18th/ early 19th century, two small plates and a bowl, each centered with armorial decoration with the motto “Garde Bien” (Watch Well), with gilt-starred cobalt borders; a drum-form teapot with gilt sepia American eagle motif with shield and stars, with a similarly decorated teacup and four saucers; with two small mugs decorated with a sepia landscape in a round reserve, with polychrome floral decorated rim bands, (imperfections), ht. 1 1/2-5 1/2 in.

$400-600

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Rose Medallion Porcelain Punch Bowl, China, late 19th century, (gilt and enamel wear), ht. 6, dia. 14 1/2 in.

$800-1,200 82.

Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Fruit Bowl, early 19th century, decorated around the sides with figures in a courtyard in shaped reserves, interrupted with bird and floral reserves, gilt spearhead interior rim border, (repaired crack, glaze losses), ht. 4 1/4, dia. 10 1/2 in.

$800-1,200 83.

Eight Chinese Export Porcelain Items, 19th century, a pair of small bud vases decorated with gilt underglaze blue dragon figures and flaming pearls, a Rose Medallion decorated mug and small teapot, Rose Canton small oval dish, two dinner plates decorated with birds, butterflies, and flowers, and a bowl with everted rim decorated with flowers, butterflies, birds, and insects, with pastel pink and blue scrolled vines on a yellow rim border, (minor imperfections), ht. 3 7/8-6 5/8, dia.

9 3/4-10 1/8 in.

$400-600

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Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Hunt Bowl, late 18th century, the bowl center and sides decorated with European hunters on horseback and hunting dogs in a landscape, with floral and diamond diaper patterned reserves, floral sprig borders, (repaired crack), ht. 4 5/8, dia. 11 1/4 in.

$1,500-2,000 85.

Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Sauceboats, late 18th/early 19th century, each with shaped rim and conforming reserves and cartouches depicting landscapes with figures and birds, with gilt scroll borders, ht.

3 5/8, lg. 10 in.

$400-600 86.

Enamel and Gilt-Decorated Porcelain Covered Vase, China, late 18th/early 19th century, elongated oval form, domed cover with lion finial decorated with four small reserves with painted landscapes, the vase decorated on the sides with two large oval panels with gilt bamboo borders depicting landscapes with figures in a courtyard, flanked by small shaped reserves depicting figures and landscapes, red, black, and gilt octagon and square cell background, (rim chip on cover, rim line), ht. 20 in.

$800-1,200

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Four Armorial-decorated Export Porcelain Table Items, late 18th/ early 19th century, three Chinese export items including a deep chamfered rectangular platter and a covered, footed oval tureen with matching blue mantle and monogrammed shield with underglaze blue diaper and spearhead rim borders; an oval platter centered with an armorial crest, with underglaze blue diaper and spearhead border; an English creamware platter with gilt wave, and blue transfer cell and butterfly baroque borders, (imperfections), ht. 1-8 1/2, dia. 10 3/4-15 3/4 in.

$400-600 88.

Eight Chinese Export Porcelain Table Items, late 18th century, assembled group comprising a teapot, cream jug, a mug, three demitasse cups, and two plates, polychrome enamel decoration with courtyard figures, flowers, and a waterway scene, ht. 2 1/2-4 5/8, plate dia. 9 1/8 in.

$400-600 89.

Near Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Garden Seats, late 19th century, barrel-form seats with pierced cashes and borders of bosses in relief, blue glaze ornamented with white flowers, birds, butterflies, bats, and precious objects on the sides, (minor wear), ht. 18 in.

$1,500-2,000 90.

Chinese Export Porcelain Rooster Figure, 19th century, white glazed rooster with red wattle and comb, mounted as a lamp base, ht. to top of comb 15 in.

Provenance: Formerly in the collection at Cheekwood, Nashville, Tennessee.

$800-1,200 91.

Famille Rose Covered Porcelain Ginger Jar, China, early 20th century, the sides decorated with two large oval cartouches, one with a peacock, the other with two blackbirds, both in floral landscapes, on a famille rose ground with lotus flowers, bats, and scrolled foliage, (cover knop repaired, hairline on base), ht. 9 3/4 in.

$200-400 92.

Two Rose Mandarin Porcelain Shrimp Dishes, China, early 19th century, (minor enamel wear, gilt losses), dia. 10 1/8 in.

$1,000-1,500 93.

Imari Palette Porcelain Umbrella Stand, China/Japan, mid-19th century, cylindrical form with Imari palette decoration with wide central band depicting an urn of flowers flanked by wide floral borders, ht. 23 1/4 in.

$400-600 94.

Small Canton Porcelain Covered Cider Jug, China, late 19th century, with foo dog finial and entwined strap handle, ht. 6 1/2 in.

$250-350 95.

Large Canton Porcelain Platter, China, late 19th century, chamfered rectangular form, 15 1/4 x 19 5/8 in.

$700-1,000

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Four Blue and White Chinese Export Porcelain Items, 19th century, two Canton pattern leaf-form dishes and a chamfered rectangular platter, with another chamfered rectangular platter with a waterway scene, (imperfections), dia. 7 1/2-15 1/8 in.

$300-500 97.

Nine Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Pattern Items, late 19th century, two octagonal warming plates, a small rectangular well and tree platter, a small chamfered rectangular platter, five egg cups, (minor rim chips), ht. 1 1/4-2 1/2, dia. 2-12 1/2 in.

$300-500 98.

Twenty-eight Canton Porcelain Table Items, China, late 19th century, a large and small oblong platter, two lozenge-form dishes, a shallow bowl, a cream jug, three luncheon plates, two soup plates, eight dessert plates, nine small sauce dishes, (imperfections), dia. 6-15 in.

$700-900 99.

Canton Oval Porcelain Platter, China, late 19th century, 14 1/2 x 18 1/4 in.

$300-500 100.

Two Blue and White Chinese Export Porcelain Serving Dishes, 19th century, a Nanking pattern bowl and a Canton pattern hot plate, ht. 4 1/2, 2 1/2, dia. 11, 10 3/4 in.

$300-500 101.

Canton Porcelain Punch Bowl, China, late 19th century, ht. 4 1/2, dia.

11 1/2 in.

$250-350 102.

Canton Porcelain Fruit Basket and Undertray, China, late 19th century, oval form with reticulated sides and rim, ht. 4 1/8, dia. 10 3/4, 11 in.

$250-350 103.

Canton Porcelain Compote, China, late 19th century, (rim chips), ht. 4 1/2, dia. 10 in.

$200-300 104.

Three Canton Porcelain Platters, China, late 19th century, chamfered rectangular platters, one with assembled drainer insert, (one with rim chip), dia. 1 3/4, 13 3/8, 14 in.

$300-500 105.

Two Canton Porcelain Covered Vegetable Dishes, China, late 19th century, rectangular with lobed corners, ht. 5, wd. 8, 8 1/4, lg. 9, 9 1/2 in.

$400-600

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106.

Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Dwarf Clock, Joshua Wilder, Hingham, Massachusetts, case attributed to Abiel White, Weymouth, Massachusetts, c. 1821-24, the removable hood with pierced fret joining plinths with turned gilt-gesso wooden finials, housing a whitepainted polychrome and gilt iron dial with a basket of fruit in the arch, urn spandrels, Arabic numerals, inscribed “J Wilder/Hingham,” with a brass eight-day weight-powered time and strike movement, the waist with molded door bordered by double-banded inlay and flanking brass mounted quarter columns on conformingly inlaid base and flaring French feet joining a scrolled apron, mellow patina, (minor imperfections), ht. 52 in.

Provenance: Mrs. Robert Morse, Milton, Massachusetts, acquired c.

1928.

Literature: In Harbor & Home, Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, Brock Jobe et al., University Press of New England, 2009, plate 105, pp. 325-327, a nearly identical clock is discussed by Gary Sullivan, who writes, “of the twenty known examples of this type, seventeen have cases ascribed to [Abiel] White’s shop.” Sullivan says that the clock shown in Harbor & Home “exemplifies the finest version of the form.”

Note: Other examples of this form include one sold at Christie’s, Property from the Collection of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, January 21, 2006, as lot 567. Another is discussed in Albert Sack, The New Fine Points of Furniture, Crown Publishers, New York, 1993, p. 145. In the entry, termed a “masterpiece” by Sack, he writes, “This is the highest level of form achieved in the group of grandmother clocks produced in the Hingham or Hanover area... This will always be recognized as one of the supreme clocks of this rare and desirable group.”

$30,000-50,000

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Set of Eight Federal Carved Mahogany Shield-back Dining Chairs, Salem or Boston, c. 1800, together with a similar armchair, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 38 1/4, seat ht. 18 in.

$6,000-8,000

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Portrait Miniatures of John Parker Rice and His Wife, Sally Crowninshield Rice, watercolor on ivory portraits, the portraits reportedly depicting Sally Crowninshield (1785-1847) by Sarah Lockhart (American, 1793-1877, ac. Salem, Massachusetts), 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in., housed in a hinged red leather case side by side with a portrait miniature of her husband, John Parker Rice, by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (French, 1797-1856); accompanied by a copy of the portrait of John Parker Rice by Hentz, housed in a similar red leather case.

Exhibitions: The portraits of John Parker Rice and Sally Crowninshield were on view at the commemorative exhibition One Hundredth Anniversary of the Building of “Cleopatra’s Barge” 1816-1916, held at the Peabody Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, July 17-September 30, 1916. The portraits are listed in the exhibition catalog on p. 31, which was published in 1916 by the Peabody Museum. The exhibition commemorated the building of the brig Cleopatra’s Barge, which was built in 1816 in Salem for owner George Crowninshield, Jr. (1766–1817), Sally’s brother. Two small identification placards which were inscribed for the portraits at the 1916 exhibition are included with the lot.

$1,500-2,500

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Federal Carved Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Work Table, probably Salem, c. 1810, the quarter-engaged, reeded, swelled legs with waterleaf carving, old refinish, brasses appear to be original, (imperfections), ht. 28 3/4, wd. 19 3/4, dp. 14 1/4 in.

$800-1,200

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Federal Inlaid Mahogany Tall Case Clock, probably southeastern Massachusetts, c. 1805, the arched painted dial with seconds hand, calendar aperture, and floral spandrels, brass eight-day weight-powered movement with skeletonized plates, refinished, pendulum with brass-faced bob, cast iron weights, three original brass finials, (restoration), ht. 88 1/2 in.

$3,000-5,000

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Federal Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Pillar and Scroll Clock, E. Terry and Sons, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1825-30, with weightpowered wooden movement, (imperfections), ht. 32 in.

$600-800 112.

Federal Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock, Norris North, Torrington, Connecticut, c. 1830, with thirty-hour weight-powered wooden movement, (imperfections), ht. 30 in.

$600-800 113.

Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Banjo Timepiece, New England, early 19th century, with white-painted dial housing an eight-day weightpowered movement, the throat and pendulum box with mahogany panels, replaced finial, (imperfections), ht. 33 1/2 in.

$600-800

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114.

Acorn Shelf Clock, Forestville Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1850, the laminated case with conformingly shaped flanking sidearms terminating in turned acorns, housing a brass fusee movement and white-painted zinc dial marked “Forestville Manufg Co. Bristol Ct USA.,” (restoration), ht. 23 3/4 in.

$800-1,200 115.

Painted Wood Wall Clock, Joseph J. Beals Company, Boston, 183874, round molded bezel, painted dial with Roman numerals and blackstenciled maker’s mark “J.J. BEALS & CO./Hay Market Sq./BOSTON,” (altered with quartz movement), dia. 22 in.

$300-500 116.

American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Young Woman in a Landscape, Wearing a White Gown. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1815, 18 x 14 1/2 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Craquelure.

$800-1,000 117.

Miniature Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Four-drawer Chest, probably England, early 19th century, with dovetail-constructed drawers, shaped skirt, turned pulls, (minor imperfections), ht. 19, wd.

13 1/4, dp. 6 7/8 in.

$400-600 118.

Hepplewhite-style Mahogany Veneer Doll’s Chest, 19th century, with inlaid crossbanding on four-drawer chest of dovetail-constructed drawers, shaped skirt and slightly flaring French feet, brass knobs, (minor small veneer losses, drawers slightly bowed), ht. 14 3/8, wd. 14 1/8, dp. 8 1/2 in.

$300-500 119.

Federal Gilt-gesso Mirror, labeled Kidder & Carter, Charlestown, Massachusetts, c. 1815, reverse-painted tablet showing a house at water’s edge and a sailboat against a mountainous landscape, (minor imperfections), ht. 27 3/4, wd. 16 1/4 in.

$800-1,200

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Federal Gilt-gesso Mirror, probably Massachusetts, c. 1810-15, the wooden tablet with carved drapery, (imperfections), ht. 36 1/2, cornice wd. 20 in.

$400-600 120A. Federal Gilt-gesso Eglomise Mirror, probably New England, c. 1815, the tablet showing floral garlands against a white and gray background, flanked by engaged pilasters, (imperfections), ht. 39, wd. 20 in.

$800-1,200 121.

Federal Carved and Inlaid Mahogany Sideboard, possibly New York, c. 1810-15, the case of five drawers above four hinged doors and two bottle drawers, on six ring-turned, reeded legs, refinished, (restored), ht.

40 1/4, wd. 74, dp. 25 in.

$3,000-5,000 122.

English Regency Silver-plated Hot Water Kettle, c. 1825-40, oval domed lid with ball finial, on urn-form vessel with fluted corners, engraved band of flowers and geometric devices, lion mask pendant handles, trumpet foot on rectangular base with banded hemispherical feet, the front with shaped cartouche engraved with the initials “GP,” interior cannister with iron heater, (imperfections), ht. 20 1/4 in.

Provenance: Descended in the Putnam-Lowell-Sturgis families, Massachusetts.

Note: George Putnam (1807-1878), was a graduate of Harvard, and became master of the Duxbury (Massachusetts) Academy. In 1831 he married Elizabeth Ann Ware, daughter of the Rev. Henry Ware, Sr., and upon graduating from the Divinity School he became minister of the First Church (Unitarian) at Roxbury, Massachusetts, from 1830 until his death in 1878.

$200-300

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Assembled Three-piece Silver and Silver-plate Tea Set, John Wolfe Forbes and William Garret Forbes, New York City, early 19th century, comprising, similar in form and decoration, a teapot and covered sugar, with bulbous oblong bodies with applied rim bands with engraved flowering vine and diamond diaper decoration, the sides with “MM” monogrammed wreaths, supported on ball feet; the teapot with hinged lid, angled hardwood handle, and S-curved spout, marked “W.G. FORBES” in a rectangle on base; the sugar bowl with applied angled strap handle, marked “I.W. FORBES” in a rectangle on base; a silver-plated creamer with rim band of stars in circles, applied medial band with flowering vine, strap handle with leafy vines, unmarked, (imperfections), ht. 6-7 3/8 in., teapot and sugar bowls approx. 35 troy oz. (with teapot handle).

$1,500-2,500 124.

Small Silver Bell with Engraved Memorial, John Mood (1816-1864), Charleston, South Carolina, c. 1848, the bell with memorial engraving “In Memory of Our Dear Emily/The beginning (26th Nov 1847) and the end (9th Ap’l 1848) of a Dream,” and embellished with an engraved family crest, and scrolled foliage, maker’s mark impressed “J MOOD” in a rectangle, ht. 3 1/2 in.

Provenance: The bell is reportedly in memory of the daughter of Rear Admiral Andrew H. Foote, by family descent.

$300-500 125.

One Plated and Seven Coin Silver Tablespoons, various makers, America, 19th century, two marked “P.H. SAGENDORF”; one marked “LOWES, BALL & COMPANY,” monogrammed; one marked “FOYE & GLEASON,” the handle engraved “HILL”; one marked “R.H. BAILEY/ WOODSTOCK VT,” with engraved monogram; one marked “THOS. J. HALL,” with monogram; one unmarked; one plated, approx. 10 troy oz. weighable silver.

$150-250

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Four Hand-painted and Gilt Porcelain Covered Apothecary Jars, Paris, early 19th century, the cylindrical jars inscribed with the contents of each, the two smaller jars with red stamped maker’s mark “HARIET & BOBIK PARIS RUE DE FOURCY,” ht. 4, 10 3/4 in.

$300-500 127.

Four Enamel-decorated Boxes, England and/or France, 19th century, two small enameled copper oval snuff boxes with hinged lids, one with en grisaille bird on nest inscribed “Efteem the GIVER,” on a pink enameled base; one depicting a garden planter inscribed “A Pledge of Love,” on a pastel green enamel base; a rectangular enameled pottery box with an angler painted on the cover, the sides ornamented with flowers; and an enameled porcelain oval box with chinoiserie figures painted on the cover, sides, base and interior cover, on a pink ground, marked “DV” in pink on the base, (imperfections), ht. 7/8-2 in.

$200-400 128.

Federal Inlaid Mahogany Sideboard, possibly Middle Atlantic States, c. 1810-15, the slightly projecting central drawer above two hinged doors flanked by maple inlaid panels and cupboard doors with fauxdrawer fronts, on six ring-turned, reeded, swelled legs, (imperfections and repairs), ht. 40 3/4, lg. 72, dp. 24 in.

$1,500-2,000

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American School, 19th Century Portrait of Two Children in a Landscape. Unsigned. Oil on wood panel, c. 1840, 48 x 35 in., in a period gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Minor spots of retouch, panel slightly bowed.

Provenance: Hope Goddard Iselin, Wolver Hollow, New York, the grandmother of the consignor.

$4,000-6,000 130.

Federal Gilt-gesso Eglomise Mirror, possibly Massachusetts, c. 1815, ht. 32, cornice wd. 20 in.

$800-1,200 131.

Federal Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Server, probably New England, c. 1820, the squared dovetailed gallery with scrolled sides above the case with two beaded drawers on a straight apron joining ring-turned tapering legs, refinished, (imperfections), ht. to top surface 32 1/4, wd. 44 3/4, dp. 21 1/2 in.

$800-1,200 132.

Federal Carved and Inlaid Mahogany Banquet Table, in three parts, with demilune ends, the center section with two deep drop leaves, refinished, (minor restoration), ht. 28 1/4, dp. 50, lg. 115 1/2 in.

$3,000-5,000

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133.

Set of Six Carved and Turned Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Dining Chairs, probably England, early 19th century, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 33 1/2, seat ht. 18 in.

$1,500-2,500

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Federal Mahogany and Bird’s-eye Maple Desk/Bookcase, northern New England, c. 1810, the top section with three short drawers and three hinged doors opening to multi-drawer and compartmented interior, set into projecting lower section with fold-out writing surface and three drawers on vase- and ring-turned legs, the case embellished overall with bird’s-eye maple panels bordered by crossbanding and checkered stringing, brasses appear to be original, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 50 3/4, wd. 42, dp. 20 in.

$800-1,200

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135.

Federal Mahogany and Tiger Maple Inlaid Bowfront Chest of Drawers, New England, c. 1800, replaced brasses, refinished, ht. 32 1/4, wd. 36 3/4, dp. 21 3/4 in.

$1,000-1,500

140.

Federal Mahogany Inlaid Bowfront Chest of Drawers, probably Massachusetts, c. 1810, the top with inlaid edge above four cockbeaded drawers and cutout base, brasses appear to be original, (imperfections), ht. 35, wd. 39 1/2, dp. 22 in.

$1,000-1,500

136.

Mahogany Veneer Wheel Barometer, probably England, early 19th century, mahogany case with a swan’s neck pediment and brass urn finial, over “dry/damp” window above a thermometer, small round mirror, barometer, and level window inscribed “D. Luvatte/Preston,” (dry/damp indicator hand loose, minor veneer lifting), ht. 43 1/2 in.

$600-800

141.

The Work of Many Hands: Card Tables in Federal America 17901820, by Benjamin A. Hewitt, Patricia E. Kane, Gerald W.R. Ward, 1982, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Connecticut, soft cover publication, 198 pages with illustrations.

$400-600

137.

Federal Inlaid Mahogany Pembroke Table, possibly Rhode Island, c.

1795, refinished, (restoration), ht. 29, wd. open 39 3/4, dp. 30 3/4 in.

$1,500-2,500

142.

Federal Gilt-gesso Eglomise Mirror, labeled Barnard Cermenati, Newburyport, Massachusetts, c. 1815, the tablet showing a flower-filled urn against a white background, ht. 34, cornice wd. 19 3/4 in.

$300-500

138.

Federal Inlaid Mahogany Pembroke Table, possibly New York State, c. 1800, the oval top with inlaid stringing on conforming apron bordered by stringing and ebonized banding and square tapering legs ending in cuffs, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 28, wd. 20, dp. 32 in.

$400-600 139.

Federal Mahogany Pembroke Table, probably Massachusetts, c.

1800, the rectangular top and drop leaves with ovolo corners on a straight skirt joining square tapering legs, refinished, ht. 28, wd. open 36, dp. 34 1/4 in.

$400-600

143.

Federal Cherry Inlaid Table, probably New England, c. 1810, the rectangular overhanging top centering an inlaid diamond and floral device bordered by contrasting stringing, on square tapering legs and straight apron, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 27 1/2, wd. 25, dp. 22 1/2 in.

$400-600 144.

Federal Inlaid Cherry Tilt-top Candlestand, New England, c. 1810, the oval top centering an inlaid pinwheel bordered by stringing, on a vase- and ring-turned support and tripod base of shaped legs on spade feet, ht. 28, wd. 12 3/4, dp. 19 3/4 in.

$600-800

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Federal Carved Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Work Table, New England, c. 1815-20, the rectangular top with ovolo corners above vase- and ring-turned, reeded, tapering legs and case of two cockbeaded drawers, original brasses, (minor imperfections), ht. 28, wd. 21 1/2, dp. 19 1/4 in.

$400-600

148.

Federal Mahogany Upholstered Back Stool, New England, c. 1790, the tall back with serpentine cresting and overupholstered seat and serpentine front on square tapering front legs and raking rear legs, (imperfections), ht. 41 1/2, seat ht. 12 in.

$600-800

146.

Federal Mahogany and Butternut Work Table, probably New England, c. 1815-20, the rectangular top with ovolo corners on quarterengaged, ring-turned, tapering legs joining the straight skirt with two drawers, old brasses, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 27 1/2, wd. 22, dp. 16 1/2 in.

$400-600

149.

Brass and Wire Serpentine Fire Fender, England or America, early 19th century, galleried rail with ring-turned lemon-form finials above brass rail and wirework accented with scrolled foliate feet, (solder reinforcement on lower molded panel, center foot loose), ht. 18 3/4, wd. 60, dp. 14 in.

$600-800

147.

Federal Carved and Upholstered Mahogany Easy Chair, Massachusetts, c. 1790, with serpentine cresting and sides on outward-scrolling arms, all on square molded tapering front legs joined to the raking rear legs by square stretchers, (imperfections), ht. 43 1/2, seat ht. 15 in.

$800-1,200

150.

Brass and Wirework Fire Fender, England or America, early 19th century, brass rail above vertical wires ornamented with bands of swagged, scrolled, and undulating wirework, (imperfections), ht. 9 3/4, wd. 60 1/2, dp. 19 1/2 in.

$400-600

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Brass and Wirework Serpentine Fire Fender, America or England, early 19th century, brass rail surmounted with three brass-belted double-lemon finials, over vertical wirework ornamented with undulating scrolled wire, (loss on one scroll), ht. 18 3/4, wd. 47 3/4, dp. 15 1/4 in.

$400-600 152.

Pair of Brass and Iron Steeple-top Andirons, New York, early 19th century, the steeple tops on belted balls and faceted columnar shafts, cabriole legs and ball feet, with conforming steeple log stops, ht. 23 1/2, wd. 11 1/2, dp. 22 1/2 in.

$600-800 153.

Pair of Classical Brass and Iron Andirons, America, c. 1830, ringturned finials and shafts on spurred cabriole legs and ball feet, ht. 20 1/4, wd. 10, dp. 20 1/4 in.

$400-600 154.

Andrew Johnson Indian Peace Medal, Anthony Paquet, engraver, 1865, struck bronzed copper medal, the obverse depicting a bust of Johnson facing right under the inscription “ANDREW JOHNSON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,” the reverse depicts Columbia and an Indian chief clasping hands before a monument, supporting a bust of George Washington, both sides signed “Paquet,” dia. 3 in.

$300-500 155.

Copper Swiss U.S. Grant Tribute Medal, by Hugues Bovy, Geneva, c.

1868, the obverse depicting a uniformed bust of Grant above date and signature reading: “(1868) HUGUES BOVY FECIT. GENEVE (SUISSE),” the reverse with Grant’s defiant quote: “I INTEND TO FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE IF IT TAKES ALL SUMMER.,” surrounding “PATIENT OF TOIL, SERENE AMIDST ALARMS, INFLEXIBLE IN FAITH, INVINCIBLE IN ARMS.,” dia. 2 3/8 in.

$200-250 156.

Group of Broadsides and Prints, including a lithograph titled Awful Conflagration of the Steamboat LEXINGTON In Long Island Sound on Monday Eve’g Jan’y 13th 1840 by which melancholy occurrence; over 100 PERSONS PERISHED., published by Nathaniel Currier, sheet size 20 7/8 x 13; a broadside: SPORTS OF ELECTION; a lithograph titled The Capture of Acote Hill and the Sacking of the Village of Chepatchet... on the 28th June 1842; a c. 1839 broadside of An Account of the Capture and Burning of the British Schooner “GASPEE”; a broadside of A Hap-Hazard Song For the People, and a printed silk elegy for Oliver Hazzard Perry 1785-1819, the “Hero of Lake Erie” for leading American forces in a decisive naval victory at the Battle of Lake Erie, (imperfections).

$400-600 157.

“A Campaign Paper for the Democracy” Printed Broadside, Beals, Greene & Co. publishers, Boston, March 1860, pre-Civil War broadside, 30 3/4 x 24 in.

$300-500

158.

Large Framed Oval Tintype Portrait of a Boy, Kingston, Massachusetts, late 19th century, the boy identified on the panel on the back of the frame: “Fredrick Ralph Foster, Kingston Mass.,” the back of the frame with stenciled inscription “S. D. HAMMETT’S Picture Frame And Photograph Room,” 7 x 5 in.

$200-300 159.

Lot of Civil War Related Carte-de-Visites, Photographs, and Two Drawings, two carte-de-visites of Union Generals, one of General Halleck, the other unidentified, and two of unidentified Union soldiers; an ambrotype of a Union soldier and one possibly a Confederate soldier; a photograph of an army camp; a stereocard and a 1911 published copy of “Professor Lowe’s balloon as it soars above the treetops at the battle at Fair Oaks, Virginia” (Lowe was Chief Aeronaut of the Union Army Balloon Corps under Lincoln, the original negative was by Matthew Brady); a photograph of a Union soldier possibly from a Zouave unit; two c. 1862 graphite on paper drawings by “W.T. Peters of the 36th Regiment, NYIV” (New York Infantry Volunteers); one depicting two ragtag Confederate soldiers “Members of the 1st N. Carolina Reg’t/Specimens to be seen at hospital-Portsmouth Grove R.I.,” the second depicting a hospital tent inscribed “Ministering Angels of Rhode Island.”

$400-600 160.

Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Rabbit Figure, late 19th century, the figure mounted on an oak wall plaque, overall ht. 12, wd. 5 3/4, dp. 3 1/2 in.

$300-500 161.

Queen Anne Figured Maple Drop-leaf Dining Table, probably Massachusetts, c. 1740-60, with rolled shaped apron, refinished, (minor restoration), ht. 28, dia. 41 1/2 in.

$1,000-1,500 162.

Queen Anne Maple Drop-leaf Dining Table, probably Massachusetts, c. 1740-60, the circular drop-leaf top on rolled shaped apron joining cabriole legs ending in pad feet on platforms, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 27 1/4, wd. 43 1/4, dp. 41 1/2 in.

$800-1,200 163.

Queen Anne Maple Chamber Chair, Massachusetts, mid-18th century, the shaped cresting continuing to scrolled handholds on vase and ring-turned stiles and vasiform splats, the slip seat on a frontal cabriole leg and three turned legs, refinished, ht. 31, seat ht. 17 1/2 in.

$1,000-1,500 164.

Queen Anne Mahogany Tilt-top Candlestand, probably New England, 18th century, the circular top on a vase- and ring-turned support and tripod base of cabriole legs with arris pad feet on platforms, old surface, (restoration), ht. 28 1/4, dia. 19 1/4 in.

$300-400

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Queen Anne Walnut Carved Side Chair, probably Massachusetts. c.

1740-60, refinished, ht. 40, seat ht. 17 1/2 in.

$1,000-1,500 166.

Hexagonal Inlaid Mahogany Veneer Covered Box, England, early 19th century, the box with hinged lid with shell inlay, with crossbanded, string, and vine motif inlaid borders, the three front inlaid panels inlaid with oak leaf and acorns and floral blossom motifs, the interior containing two velvet-lined lift-out trays, (minor imperfections), ht. 5, wd.

9 1/8, dp. 4 in.

$600-800 167.

Queen Anne Tilt-top Tea Table, probably America, late 18th century, the circular dished top tilts on a birdcage support, tripod cabriole leg base with paneled knees, ht. 27, dia. 32 in.

$800-1,200

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Chippendale Carved Mahogany Side Chair, Connecticut, late 18th century, the cresting with carved terminals above a pierced splat, frontal cabriole legs ending in arris pad feet, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 38, seat ht. 17 1/2 in.

$800-1,200

169.

Diminutive Chippendale Carved Walnut Blockfront Chest of Drawers, Boston, c. 1740-60, brasses appear to be original, old refinish, (restoration), ht. 31, case wd. 28 1/4, overall dp. 20 3/4 in.

Provenance: An inscription on the back of a drawer reads: “This block-front chest was the property of Edward and Eliza Killeran who were married in 1774 in Thomaston, Maine. It was bequeathed to their grand-daughter Nancy Hall in 1831, by her grandmother. Edward Killeran died in Cushing, Maine, May 23, 1828 at the age of 77. (signed) Eliza Burton/July 7, 1831.�

$8,000-12,000

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Diminutive Chippendale Carved Mahogany Card Table, probably Boston, c. 1770-85, the hinged molded top opens to the baise-lined playing surface on a conformingly shaped apron with blocked corners centering a thumb-molded drawer, on cabriole legs with acanthuscarved knees ending in pad feet on high platforms, old replaced brass, old refinish, (repairs), ht. 28, apron wd. 27 1/2, apron dp. 12 3/4, top wd. 30 1/2, top closed 15 in.

Provenance: Descended through a Massachusetts family.

$10,000-15,000

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Chippendale Carved Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Oxbow Desk, Salem or Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1790, with interior of drawers and compartments, brasses appear to be original, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 44 1/2, wd. 41, dp. 23 in.

Provenance: Tenney family, Massachusetts.

$1,500-2,500

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172.

Chippendale Carved Mahogany Drop-leaf Dining Table, c. 176080, the rectangular drop-leaf top on legs with molded blocks tapering to claw-and-ball feet, joined by a valanced apron, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 29, lg. 48, wd. 49 1/2 in.

$1,500-2,500

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173.

Chippendale Carved Mahogany Oxbow Slant-lid Desk, Massachusetts, c. 1770-80, old replaced brasses, redfinished, ht. 44, wd. 42 1/2, dp. 22 in.

$4,000-6,000

174.

American School, 18th Century Portrait of a Gentleman Wearing a Powdered Wig. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in., in a period molded frame. Condition: Three tears, u.l. and l.l., paint loss and mold bloom on lower edge, repaint to jacket lapel area, craquelure.

$400-600

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American School, 18th Century

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Portrait of a Young Woman Wearing a White Gown Trimmed with Light Blue Ribbon. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 30 1/4 x 25 1/4 in., in a later carved and molded giltwood frame. Condition: Relined, retouch to u.r. hair and left-facing cheek, surface grime.

$400-600

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Chippendale Walnut and Maple Slant-lid Desk, New England, mid18th century, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 41, wd. 35, dp. 18 1/2 in.

$1,200-1,500

177.

Chippendale Mahogany Card Table, probably Pennsylvania, c.

1780, the rectangular top with beaded edge on a straight apron with beaded edge and secret drawer, joining square molded legs with inside chamfering, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 28 3/4, wd. 34, dp. 16 3/4 in.

$500-700

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Paint-decorated Leather Fire Bucket, Charlestown, Massachusetts, c. 1820, painted black with red collar and handle, decorated with an oval reserve depicting a blazing sun around which is inscribed “No. 1/ MARSHALL JOHNSON/1820” over a banner inscribed “Ancient Fire Society,” with “Charlestown” inscribed on the reverse, (scattered paint losses), ht. to top of upright handle 19 1/4 in.

Note: Two notes accompany the fire bucket. One is inscribed: “Painted by the gd’son of the owner of the firebucket Marshall Johnson...” The other note is inscribed: “Fire bucket- one of several hung in the ---- of Hiram Johnson on the corner of Washington and Union Park streets. Given to F.P. Phipps by his daughter Mrs. Cora Russell May 1923.”

In the publication A Century of Town Life: A History of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1775-1887, by James Hunnewell, Boston, 1888, Hunnewell writes: “The old Fire Societies were formed and maintained for the public or social good... There were three organised after the Revolution, the Phoenix (1795), the Washington (1800), and the Jefferson (1810). The oldest was, however, the Ancient, instituted Nov. 8, 1743, composed of householders acting for mutual protection or aid, and maintained until paid public companies took the place of such early and more restricted associations...Each member was obliged to keep two leather buckets, two bags (1 1/2 x 3/4 yd.) with his name on them, and a bed-key and, on notice of a fire must ‘repair with his bucket, bags, and key, to the place where it happens’ and ‘use his best endeavors’ to save the property of the members.”

$1,000-1,500

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David Stoddard Greenough, Jr.’s Paint-decorated Leather Fire Bucket, fire bucket made by John Fenno, Boston, c. 1812, centered with a bowknot suspending an oval reserve painted with an erupting volcano over two banners, one inscribed “VULCANUS CEDAT NEPPUNO,” the other “D.S. GREENOUGH Jr.”; “No. 1” flanking the bowknot, on a brown-painted ground, black-painted collar and handle, the name “I.FENNO” impressed on either side of the back seam, (minor imperfections), ht. to collar 12 3/4 in.

180.

Pair of Paint-decorated Leather Fire Buckets, probably Charlestown, Massachusetts, early 19th century, the fire buckets depicting a flaming spreadwing eagle grasping a banner inscribed “FRANKLIN FIRE SOCIETY” over another banner inscribed with the owner’s name “ROBERT TODD,” on a black-painted ground with red-painted collar and handle, (one handle replaced, scattered paint losses, varnished), ht. to top of collars 12 1/4 in.

$2,500-3,500

Note: The depiction of a volcano, along with the year 1812, probably commemorates two volcanic eruptions occurring in 1812: Soufrier on St. Vincent Island in the Caribbean, and Awu on Sangihe Islands, Indonesia.

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Painted Leather Fire Bucket, America, early 19th century, red-painted bucket with a gilt outlined oval reserve with gilt lettering inscribed “VET.,” black-painted collar and leather-covered handle, applied iron hanging device on lower side, (minor paint losses), ht. to top of upright handle 17 1/8 in.

$300-500

David Stoddard Greenough, Jr. (David S. Greenough II) (1787-1830) was the son of David S. Greenough I, and Anne (Doane). David Jr., was a member of the Harvard College class of 1805, he practiced law, served as a Justice of the Peace in Massachusetts, and was lieutenant colonel of the Boston Independent Cadets. In 1813 he married Maria Foster Doane (1793-1843), daughter of Elisha and Jane (Cutler) Doane of Wellfleet and Cohasset, Massachusetts. They resided in Jamaica Plain (Roxbury), Massachusetts, and had five children.

$4,000-6,000

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Paint-decorated Fireman’s Stovepipe Parade Hat, c. 1825, painted molded cardboard, the crown with polychrome-painted and gilded spreadwing eagle flanked by the inscriptions “AMERICA” and “HOSE,” the back with gilt script monogram “AHC,” the top with gilt “W.H.C.” monogram in block letters, all on a dark green ground, (imperfections), ht. 6 1/4, dia. 13 3/4 in.

$3,000-5,000 183.

Painted Fireman’s Stovepipe Parade Hat, America, 1946, the hat made to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Philadelphia Fire Department, 1871-1946, composition hat painted red, the crown with gilt lettering “FA,” ht. 5 3/4, dia. 13 3/4 in.

$600-800

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Working Model of the Hand-drawn and Hand-pump Engine “Red Jacket,” New England, late 19th century, known as a “squirrel-tail” pumper, model is made of brass, nickel-plated, and polychromepainted metal, the sides with raised brass lettering “RED JACKET” and conjoined “VFA” for the Veteran Firemen’s Association, the rear painted “CAMBRIDGE,” the square dome cover painted with the Massachusetts state seal, two images of Indians, and a coat of arms; it is outfitted with buckets, a main engine lamp flanked by an eagle figure, rubber hose, lanterns, nozzles, and a spool of rope (which was used in conjunction with the draw bar for the men to pull the engine to a fire), overall ht. 13, lg. 36 1/4, ht. to top of brakes 6 3/4, wd. with brakes extended 12; housed in a glazed mahogany and brass case, ht. 16 1/4, wd. 14 3/4, lg. 45 in., and is mounted with a small brass-framed placard inscribed “FACSIMILE OF THE ENGINE OWNED BY THE RED JACKET VETERAN FIREMEN’S ASSOCIATION/CAMBRIDGE, MASS. This model has thrown a Horizontal Stream the distance of 48 Feet.

A CHALLENGE -I will play this Model against any other of its size for $100.00 a side. W.T. KING, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. February, 21st, 1898.”

Note: William T. King of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was a noted expert on steam fire engines and author of the book History of the American Steam Fire Engine, published by The Pinkham Press, 1896.

This model hand engine competed with other working models, similar in size, and of the same period. The reference on the placard “play this model” is synonymous with pumping the engine.

The original Red Jacket engine, with serial number 364, was made by L. Button & Co., Waterford, New York, in 1854. A late 19th century chromolithograph depicting the original Red Jacket engine (lot 184A) bears the inscription: “Engine of the Red Jacket Veteran Firemen’s Association, Cambridge, Mass./Champion of the New England League 1894./Awarded the Prize For Being the Handsomest Engine at N.E. League Tournament Held at Hartford, Conn. Sept. 12th 1895.” The original Red Jacket engine is in the collection of the Westborough, Massachusetts, fire department.

$40,000-60,000

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My father, Col. Rockwell Campbell Tenney, was serving in the U.S. Army Reserves when the Boston Police Strike of 1919 brought the city to a violent halt. As a child, I was captivated by photographs of him in uniform during this time and maintained for much of my early childhood that my father, to his great amusement, was actually a policeman. As indelible as this impression was on me, the experience left a similar mark on my father that was expressed through his collecting of memorabilia associated with civil service. The Red Jacket is such an acquisition which found its way into our home along with leather fire helmets, brigade buckets as well as early insurance plaques and beautifully cast brass fire hose nozzles, polished as bright as the flames they were meant to extinguish. As a result of yearly and much anticipated canoe trips with his father to Club St. Bernard in Quebec, my father’s love of fishing developed into an appreciation for the outdoors and, in particular, the lure and lore of Nantucket Sound. Success in the utility business allowed my mother and father to build a home in Hyannis Port after which his collecting expanded to reflect their enjoyment of the area with many examples of scrimshaw, halfhull models, marine paintings and whaling artifacts in addition to early Americana and colonial furniture. Of all the unique items collected by my parents, none were more eye-catching than the porcupine fish cleverly modified into a light fixture that still hangs in the front hall as a novel welcome to ‘one and all.’ The house and the life that they created together were filled with family and friends who delighted in sharing my parents’ sense of fun and eclectic style of collecting.

—Nancy Tenney Coleman

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184A. Brooks Bank Note Co., lithographers (Boston, 19th Century) Engine of the Red Jacket Veteran Firemen’s Association, Cambridge, Mass., c. 1895. Chromolithograph on paper, vignette, with additional inscriptions reading: “Engine of the Red Jacket Veteran Firemen’s Association, Cambridge, Mass./Champion of the New England League 1894./Awarded the Prize For Being the Handsomest Engine at N.E. League Tournament Held at Hartford, Conn. Sept. 12th 1895.,” sheet size 19 7/8 x 23 7/8 in., in a period molded wood frame.

Condition: Margin tears and losses, light stains from previous backing and moisture.

$1,000-1,500 185.

Firefighting Brass Hose Nozzle, Leather Helmet, and Leather Belt Plate, America, late 19th/early 20th century, the brass steamer composition nozzle with impressed manufacturer’s mark “HUNNEMAN & CO. BOSTON,” with two leather handles, lg. 49; an eight-comb leather ventilated fire helmet made by “CAIRNS & BRO,” New York, with embossed scroll brim, white cut-out letters “VETERAN/SAN FRANCISCO,” brass eagle front holder, and hanging ring, ht. 8 3/4; and a rectangular leather fireman’s belt plate, with white cut-out lettering “HINGHAM FD,” 2 1/2 x 5 in.

$500-700

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Two Fire Hose Nozzles, one tapered cylindrical brass, impressed “THE BOSTON COUPLING CO.,” the other brass with nickel-plated brass tip, lg. 16, 8 3/4 in., respectively.

$200-250 187.

Early “Philadelphia Contributionship” Fire Mark, late 18th/early 19th century, gray-green painted shield-shaped wooden plaque with beveled edges, mounted with four cast lead joined hands with thumb at the top, with traces of earlier gilding, the back inscribed “McAllister 211 Green St. Phila./Penna/Hand-in-Hand,” overall ht. 15 1/2, wd. 11 1/2 in.

$300-500 188.

Cast Iron Horse-drawn Toy Fire Pumper Wagon, America, late 19th/ early 20th century, triple team of one black and two white horses, with bell, black-painted wagon with gold-painted details, red wheels, (imperfections), ht. 7 1/2, lg. 18 3/4 in.

$300-500

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William Bradford (American, 1823-1892) The Whaleship Speedwell of Fairhaven Outward Bound off Gay Head, 1853. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in., in original ornate gilt-gesso frame; accompanied by the Speedwell’s daybook, kept by Benjamin J. Gibbs, Master, dated from September 1, 1857, through February 5, 1861, the ship’s final voyage.

Condition: Sparsely scattered specks of retouch.

Provenance: Descended in the family of Captain Benjamin J. Gibbs, the ship’s first and only master.

Literature: Exhibition catalogue William Bradford: Sailing Ships and Arctic Seas, by Richard C. Kugler, New Bedford Whaling Museum, 2003, p. 91, plate 4.

Exhibitions: William Bradford: Sailing Ships and Arctic Seas, New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts, May 22-October 26, 2003.

Note: An in-depth discussion of this painting by Richard Kugler in letters to the Gibbs family accompanies the lot.

According to the Ship Registers of New Bedford, Massachusetts, vol. II, 1851-1865, p. 243, the Speedwell was “built at Fairhaven, 1853, 475 49/95 tons, length 122 ft. 4 1/2 in., depth 16 ft. 4 in., two decks, three masts, square stern, no galleries, a billethead.” The entry goes on to list all of the owners of the vessel.

$100,000-150,000

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Carved Wooden Eagle Figural Bowsprit, probably America, c. 1880, full-body spreadwing figure mounted on rockery, weathered white-painted surface, ht. 21 1/2, wd. 47 1/2, dp. 24 1/2 in. $1,200-1,800

191.

Bellamy-style Carved and Painted Eagle Plaque, America, early 20th century, spreadwing figure carved in relief with American shield and banner inscribed “DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP,” ht. 10, wd.

29, dp. 5 1/2 in. $3,000-5,000

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192.

American School, 19th Century Portrait of Sea Captain Seth Nickerson of Providence, Rhode Island. Unsigned, sitter identified on the envelope he is holding partly inscribed “Capt. Ni----- Provide---/RI.” Oil on canvas, c. 1825, depicting the gentleman seated before a window with a view of a coastal scene with a sailing vessel in the distance, 28 x 24 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Retouch to hair and clothing.

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Provenance: Family descent.

$1,500-2,500

193.

Voorhees Carved and Painted Wood Narwhal Plaque, Clark Voorhees, Lyme, Connecticut, and Weston, Vermont, c. 1960, signed with impressed artist’s conjoined initials “CV” and “C. VOORHEES” on the reverse, (imperfections), ht. 4 1/2, lg. 22 3/4 in.

$800-1,200

194.

Brass Breech-Loading Whaling Gun, Eben Pierce, New Bedford, Massachusetts, c. 1880, integral cast skeletal-type stock within the frame, with hollow socket on underside of stock for mounting, impressed “E. PIERCE” and model number “4.09,” overall lg. 37, barrel lg. 19 1/2 in. $3,000-5,000

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Four Assorted Wooden Items, 19th century, a blue-painted double-sheave block, dia. 9, a blue and white painted carved wooden scoop, lg. 16, a paint-decorated billy club, lg. 18 1/4, and a rectangular pine panel sign with applied molding, white smalt numerals “212-5” on a black smalt ground, 8 x 20 1/4 in.

$300-500

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196.

Painted and Gilt-decorated “DRED” Sign, probably America, 19th century, beveled-edged pine panel with circular ends with gilt five-point stars, gilt lettering “DRED” on a black ground, 4 1/4 x 30 1/2 in.

$400-600

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Sextant, made by Benjamin King Hagger, South Street, Baltimore, 1822, 11-inch radius ebony vernier sextant with ivory scale divided 100-0, brass index arm with vernier, mirrors and colored filters, with engraved ivory label reading “HAGGER-South StreetBALTIMORE-1822-.”

$600-800

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198.

Carved and Painted “LEXINGTON” Quarterboard, America, late 19th century, long pine panel with carved lettering and foliate devices painted yellow over earlier gilding on a black ground, (repaired shrinkage cracks, old losses), ht. 8, lg. 92 1/4 in.

$800-1,200

199.

Painted Wood and Canvas Canada Goose Decoy, George Boyd (1873-1941), Seabrook, New Hampshire, canvas over frame body construction with wooden head, tail, and breast, tack eyes, ht. 13, lg.

26 3/4 in.

Note: A typed label on the base indicates the goose was purchased from well-known New Hampshire dealers Winthrop and Margaret Scott (Scotty) Carter in 1982, also with an impressed black ink duck stamp with “JACKSON PARKER” indicating it was once in the collection of avid decoy collector Jackson Parker.

$3,000-5,000

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Carved and Painted Merganser Decoy, Alexandria Bay, New Hampshire, late 19th century, with painted eyes, bill and breast lightly hit by shot, (imperfections), ht. 7 1/4, lg. 14 1/4 in.

$400-600 201.

Merganser Duck Decoy, America, early 20th century, painted hollow carved figure with delineated bill and wings, (head hit by shot, joinery separation, paint losses), ht. 5 3/8, lg. 19 3/4 in.

$200-300 202.

Brass Whaling Shoulder Gun, Selmar Eggers, New Bedford, Massachusetts, c. 1878, all brass breech loaded gun with open frame, patented locking breech block, with bomb lance, the maker’s name impressed on the barrel top “S.EGGERS N.BEDFORD MASS./PAT. FEB. 12, 1878,” overall lg. 35, barrel lg. 12 1/2 in.

$3,000-5,000

203.

Ten Assorted Scrimshaw Items, 19th century, a walrus tusk engraved with a figure blowing a horn, flowers, and a butterfly; three page turners, two carved ivory and one of bone; two bone fids, a bone knife rest, a turned bone-handled awl, a bone case containing three steel bloodletting fleams, one marked “BORWICK,” and a carved wood clothes peg, lg. 3 3/4-19 1/4 in.

$400-600 204.

Footed Mahogany and Brass Standish, probably Spain, c. 1800, three urn-form vessels mounted on a mahogany base with carved pen rest, brass feet, ht. 8, wd. 9 1/4, dp. 4 1/2 in.

Literature: A similar standish is illustrated in The Brass Book, by Peter, Nancy, and Herbert Schiffer, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., p. 294.

$250-350 205.

Camphorwood Desk Box, China, mid-19th century, the brass fitted case with ivory inlaid hinged lid, an exterior drawer opens the tambour panel, revealing a compartmented multi-drawer pop-up interior, (imperfections), ht. closed 9, wd. 19 1/2, dp. 15 in.

$800-1,200 206.

Mounted Half-hull Model, America, late 19th/early 20th century, laminated vessel, mounted on a painted wood panel, (joinery separation), ht. 5 1/4, lg. 30 1/4 in.

$700-900 207.

Iron and Wood Harpoon, 18th century, two-flue iron marked “TA” on shaft, with wooden pole, hemp whale line, iron lg. 44, pole lg. 76 in.

$800-1,200 208.

Large Wooden Caliper, America, 19th century, with incised numerals on the shaft, (repaired crack on shaft), ht. 37 3/4, wd. 19 1/4 in.

$150-250 209.

Eight Assorted Marine Related Items, 19th-20th century, a wrought iron whaling spade; two cast brass harpoon gun spear tips, one with manufacturer’s mark impressed “PERKO”; an iron eelspear indistinctly impressed “---RBANK CAST STEEL”; a carved wood and iron fish hook with lead weighted shaft; a turned wooden club-like device with a wrought iron hook on one end; a painted wooden sailboat model on stand, lg. 5-25 1/2 in.; and a framed engraving depicting A View of the Whale Fishery and the Manner of Killing Bears Near & on the Coast of Greenland, “Engraved for Middleton’s Complete System of Geography,” identified in inscriptions, sight size 7 3/4 x 11 1/2 in., in a period molded giltwood frame.

$300-500

209A. Painted and Gilded “HIGHLAND PARK” Plaque, America, late 19th century, rectangular pine panel with applied molding, with gilt lettering “221 ft. 4 in./HIGHLAND PARK/SEPT.17, 1898.” on a red-painted smalt ground, 10 x 24 in.

$400-600 210.

Mason Premier Grade Black Duck Decoy, Mason’s Decoy Factory, Detroit, early 20th century, the figure with glass eyes, incised details on bill, impressed owner’s name “W.C. MARSH” on base, (imperfections), ht. 7 1/2, lg. 20 3/4 in.

$200-300 211.

Pair of Carved and Painted Shorebird Decoy Figures, America, late 19th/early 20th century, with applied glass eyes, mounted on molded mahogany bases, (one lightly hit with shot, and loose bill), ht. 10 1/4, 11, lg. 20 1/2, 18 in.

$400-600 212.

Nine Assorted Shorebird Decoys, America, 19th and 20th century, three “tinnies,” one with an 1874 patent mark stamped in the interior, a sickle bill curlew “flattie,” a full-body bird with wire legs, and four gray and white painted shorebirds, three in sleeping position, (imperfections), ht. 4-12 3/4 in.

$600-800 213.

Five Painted Factory-made Duck Decoys, America, late 19th/early 20th century, two pairs of mallard drake and hen decoys and a Mason “Premier Grade” black duck, all with inset glass eyes, (imperfections), ht. 6 1/4-7, lg. 16 1/4-17 1/2 in.

$600-800 214.

Folk Carved and Painted Scarlet Tanager Bird Figure, possibly Louis Jobin (1845-1928), Canada, early 20th century, the figure with wire legs, mounted on red-painted base with perch, partial decal on base inscribed “[Can]ada,” (loss to beak), ht. 6 1/2 in.

$300-500 215.

Framed Glass Transfer Painting with Hunting Scene, “Painted by D. Gerolimo,” early 19th century, the painting depicting “PHEASANT SHOOTING/WOODCOCK SHOOTING,” (minor spots of varnish lifting), 10 x 14 in., in a period molded wood frame.

$300-500 216.

Cast Iron Sailor Figural Umbrella Stand, America, late 19th century, ht. 27 1/2, wd. 17 1/2, dp. 12 in.

$600-800

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217.

William P. Stubbs (American, 1942-1909) Portrait of the Schooner FRANK M. NOYES Off Nashawn Island with Distant Lighthouse. Signed “Stubbs” l.l., the vessel identified on a pennant. Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 in., in a period molded wood frame with gilt liner. Condition: Two tears u.c.

Note: The schooner Frank M. Noyes was built at Essex, Massachusetts, in 1879. Her home port was Baltimore, Maryland.

$6,000-8,000 218.

American School, 19th Century Portrait of the Schooner CHARLIE A. SPROUL with Distant Lighthouses. Signed “C.L. Bowman” l.l. Oil on canvas, 23 x 36 in., in a period gilt-gesso frame; accompanied by an 1893 bill of sale of the vessel, and an iron brand marked “C.A. SPROUL.” Condition: Very good.

Provenance: The consignor is a descendant of C.A. Sproul.

Note: According to the bill of sale accompanying the painting, the Charlie A. Sproul was built in Bristol, Maine, in 1878.

$5,000-7,000

219.

Engraved Whale’s Tooth with Ship and Figure of a Gentleman, c.

1850s, the obverse depicting a ship at sea flying an American pennant with stars and stripes below an arch of six five-point stars, heightened with red; the reverse depicting a full-length figure of a gentleman wearing a frock coat, striped vest and trousers, with a walking stick and carrying a top hat, flanked by a leafy vine with red blossoms, (age cracks), ht. 5 3/8 in.

$400-600 220.

Engraved Whalebone Busk, 19th century, depicting six whalemen in a whaleboat harpooning a sperm whale, (imperfections), 1 5/8 x 13 5/8 in.

$300-500 221.

Engraved Whalebone Busk, mid-19th century, one side with a checkered crest above a woman standing beneath tasseled drapery, over an indistinct scene with a lady and a gentleman, the other side with a lady beside a sailor holding a bonnet aloft, and indistinct sketches of two heads, (wear to engraving), wd. 1 3/4, lg. 9 1/8 in.

$600-800

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Three Graduated Ivory Memorandum Books, 19th century, probably sailor made, each with applied nickel shield motif and clasp, and six thin ivory leaves inscribed with the days of the week, lg. 2 1/8, 2 3/4, 3 in.

$400-600

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Scrimshaw Carved Wooden Busk, 19th century, relief-carved with stars, pinwheel, medallions, and vines with zigzag border, (small edge loss), wd. 1 7/8, lg. 13 1/4 in.

$400-600

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Scrimshaw Carved Maple Busk, mid-19th century, the busk with a round reserve with a panoply of flags and war implements, over the name “Lucy Jane Cutts,” a church, a ship, a tree, a compass medallion, a clock, oval reserve with vine border, and leafy branches, wd. 1 5/8, lg. 13 1/8 in.

$400-600 225.

Sterling Silver Letter Opener with Tiger Claw, c. 1861, the letter opener engraved “Fetich tiger claws/brought home from coast of Africa in 1861 by George Hamilton Perkins U.S.N.,” lg. 4 1/2 in.

$150-250 226.

Round Nantucket Basket, early 20th century, round form with two carved handles to the side, round mahogany base plaque with incised lines, (minor losses), ht. to top of handles 4 3/8, dia. 9 3/4 in.

$400-600 227.

Oval Nantucket Basket, Clinton Mitchell (Mitchy) Ray (1877-1956), early 20th century, the basket with carved swing handle, oval mahogany base, with printed paper label “MADE BY MITCHELL RAY NANTUCKET MASS.” affixed to the base with a penciled price of “$6.00,” (minor losses), ht. to rim 7 1/4, wd. 11 3/8, lg. 14 3/8 in.

$800-1,200 228.

Small Round Nantucket Basket, early 19th century, deep round basket with carved hardwood swing handle, round mahogany plaque base, (minor losses), ht. to rim 4 5/8 in.

$200-400

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Pictorial Hooked Rug with Ship and Anchors, America, early 20th century, composed of wool, cotton, and silk jersey segments, centered with a ship under full sail, flying an American flag in a diamond-shaped reserve, with anchor motifs in the corners, (flag repaired), 35 x 52 in.

$400-600 230.

Framed Woolwork Ship Portrait, England or America, 19th century, the vessel flying a British navy ensign off the stern, (minor moth damage), 10 x 14 in., in original molded bird’s-eye maple frame.

$200-300 231.

American School, 19th Century, After J.F. Kensett (American, 18161872) On the Beverly Coast, Massachusetts. Unsigned, inscribed “E. Hunt” on the back of the canvas. Oil on canvas, 21 x 28 in., unframed.

Condition: Repaint around edges.

$400-600 232.

Martha Farham Cahoon (American, 1905-1999) Sailor and Mermaid Families: “Is it Yours?” Signed and dated “[19]78” l.r. Oil on Masonite, 16 x 20 in., in a contemporary molded wood frame. Condition: Very good, minor foxing.

$1,000-1,500

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Clement Drew (American, 1806-1889) Yachts Leaving Marblehead Harbor. Signed, dated 1885, and titled on the reverse. Oil on paperboard, 4 1/4 x 6 3/8 in., unframed.

Condition: Paint loss l.l. corner.

$400-600 234.

Anglo/American School, 19th Century Smuggler’s Cove: Unloading the Contraband. Inscribed “WC” and with indistinct inscriptions on barrel cover, the date “1812” on the covered wagon canvas. Oil on canvas, 23 x 31 in., in a later frame.

Condition: Four patch repairs in sky and water with associated retouch, craquelure with spots slightly lifting.

$1,000-1,500

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Large Mounted Half-hull Model of the Schooner Lavinia Campbell, late 19th/early 20th century, laminated wood mounted on a pine backboard with applied molding, overall 15 1/4 x 81 in.

Note: The lot is accompanied by a framed letter dated May 20, 1931, containing the specifics of the vessel. The three-masted schooner Lavinia Campbell was launched August 2, 1883, at Kennebunk, Maine.

She was built by David Clark of that port. Her registered port was Greenport, New York, and was used exclusively in the coastwise coal trade. She was lost September 13, 1901, in Delaware Bay.

$3,000-5,000

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Large Mounted Half-hull Model, early 20th century, laminated wood vessel mounted on a painted pine panel, 12 1/2 x 63 in.

$600-800

235.

American School, 19th Century Coastal Scene with Ship, Steamer, and Lighthouse. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 9 x 13 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Small repair on rockery u.l.

$300-500

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Mounted Half-hull Model, early 20th century, laminated wood vessel painted green above the water line, mounted on a painted pine panel, (paint losses), overall 9 1/2 x 55 in.

$300-500

239.

Mounted Laminated Wood Half-hull Ship Model, America, late 19th/ early 20th century, composed of six lifts in contrasting light and dark wood with applied bowsprit and keel, mounted on a mahogany panel, (minor imperfections), 9 x 47 3/4 in. overall.

$600-800 240.

Carved Wooden Hull Model, America, 19th century, the vessel carved from a single piece of wood, (minor age cracks and abrasions), ht. 4 1/2, wd. 7 1/4, lg. 33 in.

$300-500 241.

Cased Model of the American Steam Tugboat BROOKLYN, attributed to the Lannon Ship Model Gallery, Boston, probably late 20th century, the vessel identified on the bow and pennant, the hull painted black and green below the waterline, with finely carved and painted wood furnishings with copper and brass details, mounted on a mahogany plinth with inlaid border, with brass-mounted glazed case, a plaque affixed to the plinth is inscribed “American Steam Tugboat ‘BROOKLYN’/Builder William Cramp & Sons/Launched: Philadelphia 1911/Owner: New York Dock Company/Length: 105 ft./Beam: 24 ft./ Tonnage: 194 Tons/Depth: 13 ft.,” overall ht. of case 21, wd. 13, lg. 33 in.

$600-800 242.

Cased Painted Model of the Lowestoft Sailing Trawler MASTER HAND, model made by William E. Hitchcock (1928-2006), vessel and maker identified on an engraved brass plaque, with cut-away views of vessel construction and interior on both sides of the hull, mounted on a mahogany base, overall ht. 12 3/4, wd. 9 1/4, lg. 35 1/4 in.

Note: The Master Hand was built in 1920 at Rye, Sussex, England.

She was 46 tons.

$400-600 243.

Large Two-masted Schooner Model, America, 20th century, the hull painted black and green, with scribed deck, carved wood and metal accoutrements, on a wooden stand, (some breaks in rigging), overall ht.

74 1/2, wd. 15, lg. 75 1/2 in.

$300-500 244.

Large White-painted Pond Boat Model, early 20th century, with wooden stand, ht. with sail furled 17 1/2, lg. 74 in.

$400-600 245.

Red- and Green-painted Wood Pond Boat Model, America, early 20th century, on a wooden stand, overall ht. 10, wd. 8 1/4, lg. 33 1/4 in.

$150-250 246.

Two Gimbaled Ship’s Lighting Devices and a Candle/Lantern Lighter, 19th century, a brass and glass candle sconce, with scrolled foliate brass wall mount supporting a gimbaled spring-activated push-up candle holder, with colorless glass globular shade; a pewter hand lamp with dish base, gimbaled font, and camphene burners; a brass and turned maple long-handled candle/lantern lighter, marked “HOUCHIN NO. 312” on the finial, ht. 12, 5, 31 1/2 in.

$400-600

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Mahogany Whale End Wall Shelf, America, late 19th century, with four shelves, ht. 34 1/4, wd. 27 1/2, dp. 7 1/2 in.

$300-500 248.

Two Inlaid and Carved Wood Nautical Wall Plaques, America, 19th and 20th century, a relief carved mahogany plaque commemorating the three-masted Down Easter clipper the H.B. Hyde, with a spreadwing eagle, skull and crossbones, and cannon, above a life preserver inscribed “HENRY B. HYDE” and “BATH. MAINE,” centered with a view of the vessel and lighthouse, flanked by flower blossoms and flags, (shrinkage crack), 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 in., a rectangular plaque with two inlaid schooners and lettering “FREDERIC HOWES JUNE 25 1842,” 9 x 24 in.

$400-600 249.

Twenty-four Books Related to Sailing, hardcover, titles published

by The Marine Research Society, Salem, Massachusetts, include: American Clipper Ships 1833-1858, Vol. I and II, by Howe and Matthews, 1926; The Pirates of the New England Coast 1630-1730, by Dow and Edmonds, 1923; Wrecked Among Cannibals in the Fijis, by Endicott and Jenkins, 1923; Voyages and Discoveries in the South Seas 1792-1832, copy on American vellum no. 63 of 87, by Capt. Edmond Fanning, 1924; Ship Model Builder’s Assistant, Charles G. Davis, 1926; The Frigate Constitution and Other Historic Ships, copy on all rag paper no. 32 of 97, F.A. Magoun, 1928; The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spitsail Topmast 1600-1720, R.C. Anderson, 1927; Shipping and Craft in Silhouette, Charles G. Davis, 1929; American Merchant Ships 1850-1900, series one and two, Frederick C. Matthews, 1930 and 1931; Ships of the Past, Charles G. Davis, 1929; Goin’ Fishin’, W.G. Pierce, 1934; Ship Models/How to Build Them, Charles G. Davis, 1925; The Built-Up Ship Model, Charles G. Davis, 1933; Sailing Ships of New England, Robinson and Dow, 1922; Slave Ships and Slaving, by George F. Dow, 1927; The Baltimore Clipper, Howard I. Chappelle, 1930; Sailing Days on the Penobscot, Wasson and Colcord, 1932; Ships and Shipping, painted by Roux, Alfred Johnson, 1925; The Sea, The Ship, and the Sailor, from log books and original narratives, 1925; and The Making of a Sailor, Frederick P. Harlow, 1928; with two published by The Mariner’s Museum, Virginia: Tobacco Coast: A Maritime History of Chesapeake Bay in the Colonial Era, by Arthur Middleton, 1953; Chesapeake Bay Bugeyes, M.V. Brewington, 1941.

$800-1,200 250.

Group of Maritime-related Ephemera, 18th-19th century, highlights include a log book of crew and duty assignments and routines attached to the U.S.S. Guerriere leaving New York, December 17, 1871, to join the European squadron; the ship J.L. Hale journal from Newburyport towards New Orleans, beginning October 20, 1857 and other destinations, ending March 28, 18--; “A journal of a voyage On board Ship Ann Maria, commenced June 21st, 1850...Kept by Edward Graves”; a booklet with poetry, remarks of the voyage, belonging to Benjamin S. Olney, “onboard ship ISIS AD 1810”; a 1795 handwritten account of a trial in St. Thomas of Captain Benjamin DeWolfe of the ship Polly in which he is accused of throwing a slave overboard and being inhuman; several letters of correspondence, ship rosters, manifests of cargo, etc.

$300-500 251.

Paul Revere’s Own Story: An Account of his Ride as told in a letter to a friend, together with a brief sketch of his versatile career, compiled by Harriet E. O’Brien, privately printed by Perry Walton, no.

276 of 500, 47 pages, hardcover.

$100-150

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Scrapbook of the Babbitt Family of Bristol, Rhode Island, with a Letter from a Slave, 19th century, the scrapbook containing numerous letters of correspondence and newspaper clippings related to the Jacob Babbitt family of Bristol, Rhode Island; most notable is a favorable letter written by a slave named Quashe Babbitt, whose last name he had taken from his master Jacob Babbitt, Sr., the letter is addressed “Dear Mistress,” referring to Bathsheba Babbitt, the wife of his master, and dated September 7, 1819; in it he thanks his mistress for her kindness to him when he was with her family and her care for him in sickness as she would her own child; and to his master for his many favors “ef[s] pecially for my learning and a houf[s]e-lot”; there are several articles regarding Major Jacob Babbitt, the son of Jacob and Bathsheba, who was a major of the Seventh Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteers who died at age 55 from wounds sustained at the battle of Fredericksburg; the scrapbook also contains clippings regarding other Bristol, Rhode Island, residents and various churches of Bristol.

$300-500 253.

Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907) The Yacht Squadron at Newport., 1872 (Conningham, 6816).

Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Large folio chromolithograph with hand-coloring on paper, with yacht identification key below, sheet size 22 x 30 7/8 in., in a later mitered frame. Condition: Margins of 1 1/2 in. or more, foxing, toning, oxidation discoloration.

$200-400 254.

Pen and Ink Cartoon Booklet and Loose Sketches, unknown artist, early 20th century, depicting the artist and family and friends in humorous sketches, twenty-three pages/items.

$300-500 255.

Lot of Stereocards and Photographs of East Coast Locales, late 19th century, approx. sixty-two stereocards and twenty-seven photographs of Boston, Newburyport, New Bedford, Nantucket, and New Hampshire views.

$400-600 255A. Twenty-three Maritime Related Photographs, highlights include views Providence Harbor, several New England vessels, views of Cape Ann, etc.

$300-500 256.

Lot of Photographs and Stereocards of Rhode Island Locales, second half 19th century, most of them of Providence and Newport buildings and scenic views, comprising thirty-seven stereo cards, and twenty-two assorted photographs.

$300-500 257.

Group of Photographs of Providence and Other Rhode Island Views, many of prominent houses, merchant buildings, street scenes, the Wakefield Mill, Robert Lawton farm, the Daniel Nason a Boston/ Providence locomotive, approx. seventy-two photographs total.

$400-600

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A Panoramic View From Bunker Hill Monument, engraved by James Smillie, after R.P. Mallory, Redding & Co., Boston, publisher, 1848, hardcover booklet, 16 pages with pull-out panoramic view, (toning, foxing, staining).

$300-500 259.

N. Currier and Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 19th Century) Two Small Folio Lithographs on a Single Piece of Paper, possibly printed from the original stones, one side depicting Constitution and Java, originally published in 1846 by Nathaniel Currier, with handcoloring, the reverse depicting a schooner, without a title, originally published in 1885 by Currier & Ives, uncolored, sheet size 12 3/4 x 17 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Toning, foxing, edge losses.

$200-250 260.

D.W. Kellogg & Co., publishers (Hartford, Connecticut, 19th Century) The Capture of H.B.M.’s Sloop of War JAVA by the U.S. Frigate CONSTITUTION, undated. Lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 10 1/8 13 3/8 in., in a later bird’s-eye maple frame.

Condition: Toning, repaired margin tear, and margin losses.

$300-500 261.

N. Currier, publisher (American, 1838-1856) Clipper Ship “Flying Cloud.,” 1852 (Conningham, 1163). Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Large folio lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 23 x 29 in., in a later molded wood frame. Condition: Laid down onto thin card, margins 2 5/8 in. or more, light toning, minor foxing.

$500-700 262.

John Harris (British, 1811-1865), After Thomas Sewell Robins (British, 1814-1880) Xarifa. Yachting. Scene off Cowes, Isle of Wight., 1851, published

by Mess’rs Fores, London. Hand-colored engraving, sight size 14 3/8 x 18 1/8 in., in. in a later molded giltwood frame. Condition: Laid down onto foamcore card, light mat stain.

$300-500 263.

German/American School, 19th Century Portrait of the Ship LISBON. Unsigned, the vessel identified on the stern. Watercolor on paper, depicting the vessel flying an American flag off the stern, with a pilot boat carrying a Belgian flag and inscribed “W HIN---,” sight size 17 3/4 x 27 in., in a later brass-bound lacquered frame. Condition: Minor toning, not examined out of frame.

$600-800

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Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Danish/American, 1850-1921) Portrait of the Screw-Steamer Keil of Germany. Signed and dated “A Jacobsen 1886 705 Palisade Av. West Hoboken NJ� l.r., vessel identified on the bow. Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Four small tears in sky, surface grime.

$8,000-12,000

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Thomas Luny (British, 1759-1837)

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Western Red Cedar, Cherry, and Fiberglass Sailing Canoe, Mac McCarthy, Feather Canoes, Orlando, Florida, early 21st century, with lee board in place of a centerboard, including sail, paddle, and two caned seats, lg. 162 in.

$3,000-5,000

H.M.S. “Perseus� in Plymouth Sound, passing Mount Edgcumbe.

Unsigned, artist, dated and title inscribed on a plaque. Oil on canvas, 25 3/4 x 45 1/2 in., in a later gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Relined, scattered retouch, craquelure.

$6,000-8,000

267.

Gilt-copper Ship Weather Vane, America, 20th century, with stand, ht. 25 1/2, lg. 28 3/4 in.

$800-1,200

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Presentation Cane with Engraved Gold-plated Eagle Head, America, c. 1889, the eagle head fitted with faceted red stone eyes, and engraved with the name “G.H. Benedict” in an oval reserve on one side, and inscribed “Presented May 13, 1889/Office of Public Printer/By Employes,” the finial mounted on an ebonized wood shaft, lg. 35 3/4 in.

Provenance: The Benedict Estate to the consignor.

269.

Carved, Gilded, and Painted Wood Federal Eagle Wall Plaque, attributed to the Artistic Carving Co., Boston, c. 1950, the spreadwing eagle holding a blue-painted banner inscribed “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” its talons clutching an American shield, ht. 26, wd. 71 in.

$5,000-7,000

$1,200-1,800

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Carved and Turned Ebonized Wood Eagle Architectural Ornament, America, 19th century, full spreadwing figure with incised surface detail, perched on a sphere with incised feet, mounted on a turned post, ht.

15, wd. 18, dp. 9 in.

$300-500

271.

Molded Gilt-copper and Cast Zinc Eagle-on-Sphere Weather Vane, possibly A.L. Jewell & Co. or the Boston Metal-Workers Company, late 19th century, full-body molded copper spreadwing figure with cast zinc head and feet, standing on a gilt-copper sphere, (imperfections), overall ht. 27 3/4, wd. 38, dp. 26 1/2 in.

Literature: A similar eagle-form weather vane is illustrated in A Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whirlygigs, by Bishop and Coblentz, p.

51, figure 78.

$1,000-1,500

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272.

Gilt-copper and Zinc Eagle Weather Vane, America, late 19th century, full-body spreadwing figure mounted on rockery and sphere, with stand, (dents), overall ht. 34, wd. 33, dp. 15 in.

$800-1,200 273.

Four Carved and Painted Miniature Songbirds, mid-20th century, three by A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1951), East Harwich, Massachusetts, a Baltimore oriole, a bluebird, and a goldfinch, each with rectangular stamp on base; with a kinglet by Jess Blackstone, New Hampshire, inscribed on base “229 Kinglet JB,” ht. 2-2 3/4 in.

$800-1,200 274.

Chip-carved Mahogany Spool Holder, America, 19th century, rotating three-tier stand with carved acorn finial, ht. 11 in.

$300-500 275.

Wooden Gearworks on Stand, 19th century, ht. 6 1/2, wd. 8, lg. 15 1/2 in.

$300-500

276.

Eight Colorless Pressed Pattern Glass Goblets, Portland Glass Company (1863-1873), Portland, Maine, in the Magnet and Grape Frosted Leaf and American Shield pattern, with octagonal stems on a round bases with rayed design, (one with base edge chips), ht. 6 1/2 in.

$300-500 277.

Turned Treenware Covered Cup with Five Assembled Silver Communion Tumblers, late 18th century, treen cover with acorn knop and engraved “ER” monogram on the rim, supported on a footed cup containing six tumblers by various Continental makers, with goldwashed interiors and engraved rim borders, “ER” monogram, each numbered from one to six, overall ht. 3 3/4 in.

Provenance: Purportedly once belonged to Elizabeth Ridgway of the colonial Long Island Ridgway family.

$800-1,200 278.

Miniature Green-painted Pine Three-drawer Bureau, probably New England, early 19th century, with slightly bowed top and skirt, bootjack sides, (minor paint losses), ht. 11 3/4, wd. 12, dp. 8 in.

$600-700

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Cast Iron Beehive-form String Holder, “PAT. APRIL 30 1861,” ht. 6 1/8, dia. 7 1/2 in.

$300-350 280.

Shaker Blue-painted Oval Covered Box, America, late 19th century, pine top and bottom with maple bentwood sides joined with three fingers fastened with copper tacks, (imperfections), ht. 2 1/2, dia. 6 5/8 in.

$300-400 281.

Hand-hewn Burl Pitcher, eastern United States, early 19th century, Atlantic white cedar vessel with pierced integral handle, (minor old losses), ht. 4 7/8, dia. 14 1/8 in.

$400-600 282.

Painted Cast Iron Black Cat Doorstop, America, early 20th century, cast in the form of a cat resting on a red, white, and black painted braided rug, (minor paint losses), ht. 3 5/8, wd. 7 3/8, dp. 3 1/2 in.

$800-1,200

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Miniature Grain-painted Pine Empire-style Bureau, America, early 19th century, two short over three long drawers, with bull’s-eye turnings on the sides, contrasting mahogany pulls, indistinct signatures on inside of one drawer, ht. 10, wd. 9, dp. 6 in.

$800-1,200 284.

Two Small Putty-painted Turned Treen Covered Jars, America, early 19th century, (one repaired), ht. 3 1/8, 3 3/4 in.

$400-600 285.

Seven Assorted Early Articles, America, early 19th century, a small Liverpool pottery pitcher with transfer decoration depicting THE PLOUGHMAN TURNED SAILOR and THE LUCKY ESCAPE or PLOUGHMAN’S RETURN; a stencil and smoke-decorated wood, brass, and leather bellows; a blown-molded blue-green glass medicine bottle with embossed lettering “FROM THE LABORATORY OF W. MERCHANT CHEMIST LOCKPORT N.Y.”; an 1804 printed Harvard University Order of Exercise for Commencement broadside, printed at the University Press, by W. Hilliard; a mother-of-pearl inlaid mahogany lap desk, the cover centered with a basket of fruit motif; a leather fire bucket with later taupe paint; and a small framed engraved miniature portrait of Thomas Jefferson, (imperfections), ht. 4 1/4-19 in.

$400-600

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Green-painted Firkin and a Tin Covered Treen Cake Plate, America, 19th century, stave and bentwood hoop constructed firkin with lid and swing handle (paint losses); and a turned maple plate/breadboard with a domed tin cover, ht. 9 3/4, 8 1/2 in.

$300-500

289.

Wrought Iron Chandelier, two-tier chandelier with three candle cups on the top tier and six on the bottom, overall ht. 16 1/2, dia. 10 1/2 in.

$800-1,200 290.

William Matthew Prior (American, 1806-1873)

287.

Large Tinware Strainer, America, late 19th/early 20th century, round form with canted sides, pierced with holes on the sides and bottom, with two handles, (some rust), ht. 5 3/4, dia. 23 in.

$300-500 288.

Two Painted Tole Trays, 19th century, one chamfered rectangular form with carrying handles decorated in the center with a basket of flowers in gold, red and green, signed “R.B. JONES,� on a black ground, (paint losses), 13 1/2 x 22; and a rectangular tray with central floral bouquet with gilt floral border on a black ground, (scattered retouch), 22 1/4 x 30 1/8 in.

$600-800

Portrait of a Baby in Blue. Unsigned. Oil on artist board, c. 1840, depicting the blue-eyed, brown-haired child holding a bunch of cherries, flanked by swagged and tasseled drapery, 15 x 10 3/4 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Minor retouch.

Provenance: A label affixed to the reverse indicates that the portrait was purchased from Marguerite Riordan.

$7,000-9,000 291.

Joseph Whiting Stock (American, 1815-1855) Portrait of a Baby Boy with His Rattle, Riding Whip, and Ball.

Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in., in an ornate gilt-gesso frame.

Condition: Relined, minor retouch, primarily to edges and background.

$8,000-12,000

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William Lydston, Jr. (Boston, 1813-1881) Portrait of a Young Boy in Red. Signed “Wm Lydston Jr. Pinxt Boston 1847� l.r. Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 29 1/4 in., in a period frame.

Condition: Minor retouch.

$8,000-12,000 293.

William Matthew Prior (American, 1806-1873) Portrait of a Young Gentleman. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1840, depicting the bearded man, flanked by swagged and tasseled drapery, 27 x 22 in., unframed, with an old Vose Gallery label affixed to the cardboard backing. Condition: Relined, minor retouch.

$1,500-2,500 294.

American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Gentleman. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1825, 28 1/2 x 25 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Relined, retouch, craquelure.

$800-1,200 295.

Attributed to Sheldon Peck (American, 1797-1868) 295

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Portrait of a Gentleman. Unsigned. Oil on paperboard, 6 5/8 x 4 5/8 in., in a molded grain-painted frame. Condition: Very good.

$3,000-5,000

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296.

Zedekiah Belknap (American, 1781-1858) Pair of Portraits of a Man and Woman. Unsigned. Oil on wood panel, 25 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. in period molded wood frames. Condition: Very good.

Note: A label affixed to the reverse of one panel is inscribed: “These pictures were painted about 1808. In 1853 they came into possession of daughter Adeline, Mrs. Burchard of Newfane, Vermont. Forty-one years later, in 1894 they came into possession of John J. Putnam of Worcester, for him and his son John Parkhurst. Twice they were snatched from burning buildings: first from the home in Chesterfield, N.H. about the year 1845, and again from Mrs. Burchard’s house in Nufane, Vt., about 1890. They were then exposed to a sleet storm till the next day.”

$2,000-3,000 297.

Attributed to Junius Brutus Stearns (American, 1810-1855) Portrait of Ela Underhill. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1838, 26 1/8 x 33 3/8 in., unframed. Condition: Relined, restoration.

Note: The portrait was previously sold at Skinner in March 1983. The description for the portrait stated that previous to restoration there was an inscription on the reverse that read: “Ela Daughter of I.N. Underhill Pinxit J. Stearns N.Y. 1835.”

$2,500-3,500 297

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Milton W. Hopkins (American, 1789-1844)

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Portrait of a Young Woman Wearing a Fancy Pink-Ribboned Lace Bonnet. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1835, 28 x 22 1/2 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Retouch to background of shoulder areas. $2,000-3,000

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Timothy Allen Gladding (Albany, New York, 1818-1864) Portrait of a Boy Holding a Hoop with His Dog in the Garden. Signed “T.A. GLADDING/ Painter/ALBANY/220 ELM� l.r. Oil on canvas, 41 3/4 x 51 1/2 in., in a mitered wood frame.

Condition: Relined, retouch. $3,000-5,000

300.

Ten Assorted Wooden Frames, America, 19th/20th century, the frames with inner aperture dimensions as follows: grain-painted gesso frame with gilt liner, 13 x 15 7/8; tiger maple veneer frame, 10 x 14; grain-painted ogee frame, 14 7/8 x 11; faux tiger grain-painted frame 10 7/8 x 15; grain-painted molded frame, 15 x 11 7/8; green-painted frame with red inner border, 8 x 18; molded giltwood frame, 9 5/8 x 9; dark-red painted frame, 10 x 14 1/8; molded mahogany frame with gilt liner, 12 1/4 x 15 1/2; and a tiger mahogany mitered frame, 14 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. $500-700

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Seventeen Assorted Wooden Frames, America, 19th/20th century, the frames with inner aperture dimensions as follows: a zigzag carved black-painted frame, 12 x 13 7/8; a grain-painted mitered frame, 14 x 10; a turned maple split-baluster frame, 10 x 12; a pair of black-painted ripple frames with gilt ripple liners, 10 1/4 x 6 1/8; a gilt-stenciled blackpainted molded frame, 7 3/8 x 5 3/8; a putty-painted frame, 10 1/4 x 8 1/4; a small black-painted frame with red-painted floral corner blocks, 9 x 7; a small square grain-painted frame, 5 1/2 x 5 1/2; a small yellowpainted frame with decorative red striping, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4; a pair of small molded giltwood frames, 3 3/4 x 3 3/8; a pair of small grain-painted mitered frames, 3 3/8 x 2 3/4; a pair of small black lacquer frames with oval gilt-brass liners, 2 3/8 x 2; and a small oval black-painted molded frame, 3 x 2 3/8 in.

$400-600

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Six Grain-painted Frames, America, early 19th century, apertures: 12 5/8 x 8 7/8, 14 x 10, 9 3/8 x 13 3/8, 9 1/2 x 7 3/4, a pair 10 x 14 1/8 in.

$300-400 303.

Large Woven Splint Basket, late 19th/early 20th century, round deep basket with two carved notched handles, ht. 19 3/4, dia. 27 in.

$1,000-1,500 304.

Woven Splint Basket, America, 19th century, round basket with tapered sides and small center dome, carved notched handles, (light moisture stains), ht. 6 1/2, dia. 14 3/4 in.

$600-800 305.

Woven Splint Basket, America, late 19th/early 20th century, round basket with domed center woven with tapered uprights and thin splint weavers, carved notched handles, ht. 6 5/8, dia. 16 3/4 in.

$400-600 306.

Two Woven Splint Baskets, America, late 19th/early 20th century, a deep round basket with slightly domed base with carved upright handle, a small deep nearly square basket with slender carved upright handle, ht. 13 3/4, 6 1/2 in.

$200-250 307.

Round Swing-handled Woven Splint Basket, America, 19th century, deep round form with slightly domed center, carved hardwood swing handle, ht. to top of rim 6 1/2, dia. 10 3/4 in.

$150-250 308.

Gilded and Painted Wood and Iron Jeweler’s Trade Sign, America, 19th century, in the form of a pocket watch, weathered surface, (imperfections), ht. including iron ring 31 in.

$800-1,200 309.

Scottish Highlander Countertop Tobacconist Figure, America or England, late 19th century, polychrome-painted carved wooden figure on integrally carved base, (losses on hands), ht. 28 3/4, dia. 9 1/4 in.

$800-1,200

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Painted Wood “L.L. PHILLIPS” Sign, America, late 19th/early 20th century, rectangular wood panel with gilt lettering outlined in red on a black ground with gilt border, (minor paint losses), 4 7/8 x 32 1/8 in.

$100-200 313.

Painted Wood “BARBER SHOP” Sign, found in eastern Tennessee, early to mid-20th century, rectangular double-sided painted panel with black lettering on a gray field, with red, gray, and blue striped background, (minor paint wear, two shrinkage cracks), 9 1/2 x 24 1/4 in.

$400-600 314.

Zinc “DIAMONDS” Trade Sign, America, late 19th/early 20th century, curved zinc sign with raised block lettering, with traces of earlier gilding, wd. 3 1/4, lg. 26 3/4 in.

$300-500 315.

Painted “METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. of N.Y.” Trade Sign, America, late 19th/early 20th century, rectangular wood panel, with creamy white lettering on a black ground, ht. 11 1/4, wd. 57 1/2 in.

$250-350 310

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Molded Zinc Horse Head Livery Trade Sign, America, 19th century, the wall-mounted molded zinc horse head with open mouth, the neck with flowing mane, (imperfections), ht. 20, wd. 15 1/4, dp. 15 in.

$800-1,200

311.

Painted Wood Paper-Hanging/Painting Trade Sign, America, late 19th century, arched panel with applied molding, with black lettering on a white ground “ROBERT M. ADAMS. PAPER-HANGING AND PAINTING,” (minor paint losses), ht. 18, lg. 68 in.

$600-800

316.

Painted Wooden Fitchburg, Massachusetts, C.C.C. Sign, early 20th century, possibly a sign for the Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Civilian Conservation Corps., double-sided rectangular panel with dark blue lettering outlined in white, inscribed “197th Co./C.C.C./FITCHBURG MASS.” on a red-painted ground, 6 3/4 x 36 in.

$300-500 317.

Painted Tin “LAUNDRY” Sign, America, early 20th century, painted sheet tin with applied wooden molding, red painted lettering on a yellow ground, (molding losses, paint losses with associated corrosion), ht. 24, lg. 97 1/2 in.

$800-1,200 318.

American School, 20th Century OZARK TIRE COMPANY, Neosho, Missouri. Signed and dated “- Thompson 1948.” Gouache on paperboard, 14 x 22 in., in a period molded wood frame. Condition: Minor foxing, toning, stains, and paint losses.

$300-500

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American School, 19th Century

320.

American School, 19th Century

The Farmstead in Winter. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 14 x 20 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Puncture at center.

$800-1,200

Genre Scene with a Black Couple at Their Waterside Log Cabin Homestead. Signed and indistinctly dated “J.G. Hulett 18-6� l.c.

Oil on canvas, 12 x 16 in., in a period gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Relined, minor retouch to sky.

$3,000-5,000

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321.

Alice Spooner (Michigan, ac. Late 19th Century)

324.

American School, 19th Century

Orange Cat Seated on a Chair. Signed l.l. Oil on canvas, 15 x 19 1/2 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Retouch to figure and background.

$800-1,200

Portrait of a Horse with Stable Yard Cat and Dog. Signed and dated with the initials “EC 1844” l.l. Oil on canvas, 19 3/4 x 24 in., in a period carved giltwood frame. Condition: Relined, repaired tear u.r. background with associated retouch, minor spots of retouch to sky and background.

$1,500-2,500

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Edward W. Merrill (New Hampshire, 1841-1910) Genre Scene: “Love in Blackville-The Wooing of the Twins.”

Inscribed “Drawn by E.W. Merrill Concord, N.H.” l.r., titled below.

Mixed media with ink, watercolor and gouache on birch bark, cut and pasted on black card, sight size 14 3/4 x 24 3/4 in., in a molded bird’seye maple frame with gilt liner. Condition: Very good, not examined out of frame.

Note: Edward W. Merrill was reportedly known as the “birchbark artist” of New Hampshire.

$300-500 323.

American School, 19th Century Townsend, West Village (Massachusetts). Signed and dated below in pencil “Sarah Jane Sampson Duxbury, Nov. 10th 1844.” Graphite on thin card, 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 in., in a period mahogany veneer frame.

Condition: Toning.

Provenance: Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch Collection, sold at Sotheby’s April 29, 1977, lot 353.

Exhibitions: Reflections of 19th Century America: Folk Art From the Collection of Sybil and Arthur Kern, the Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts, September 19, 1979-June 15, 1980.

$400-600

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Attributed to Henry de Valcourt Kip (New York State, 1830-1909) In the Nick of Time. Unsigned, artist identified and titled on a label affixed to the side of the frame. Oil with graphite outlining on canvas, 25 1/4 x 33 1/4 in., in a period grain-painted frame. Condition: Relined, scattered retouch.

Literature: See Canton by Linda A. Casserly, Julie Sherman Grayson, and Judith C. Liscum, Arcadia Publishing, 2005, p. 92. Henry de Valcourt Kip is pictured with his daughter with a brief biography. He was “the son of a blacksmith and father of artist Benjamin Kip. He was a painter, decorator of wagons...and painted frescoes on the interior walls of churches and other public buildings in Canton [New York].”

$2,500-3,500 325A. Folk Carved and Painted Wooden Diorama of a Cottage Interior, America, early 20th century with intricately carved furnishings, overall ht.

21 1/2, wd. 29 1/8, dp. 3 1/2 in.

$800-1,200 326.

Stoneware Jug with Incised Cobalt Bird Motif, probably Albany, New York, early 19th century, gallon-size ovoid jug, the side decorated with an incised stylized ring-neck bird perched on a leafy branch filled with cobalt blue, cobalt daubed handle terminals, (imperfections), ht. 11 in.

$2,000-4,000

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Stoneware Jar, attributed to Frederick Carpenter, Boston, early 19th century, two-gallon ovoid jar with open loop handles, brown bands around the shoulder and base, impressed “BOSTON” on the shoulder, Albany slip-glazed interior, (imperfections), ht. 12 1/2 in.

$800-1,200 328.

Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Leaf, “CLARKS & FOX/ATHENS,” New York, 1829-38, two-gallon ovoid jar with brushed cobalt blue leaf decoration and handle terminal, impressed maker’s mark on shoulder, (minor mouth chips), ht. 13 1/2 in.

$200-300 329.

Lanier Meaders Redware Pottery Face Jug, Lanier Meaders (19171998), Georgia, late 20th century, molded features with mottled and streaked greenish-brown “tobacco spit” glaze, pottery eyes and teeth, signed on the bottom in script, ht. 10 7/8 in.

$300-500 330.

Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Flower Decoration, America, late 19th century, two-gallon cylindrical jar with rounded shoulder, decorated with a cobalt blue stylized floral landscape, (hairlines, rim chip), ht. 13 1/2 in.

$250-350 331.

Diminutive Paint-decorated Tall Case Clock, Silas Hoadley, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1820, thirty-hour wooden weight-driven movement with brass bushings, gilt turned wood finials, old surface, ht.

76 1/2 in.

$1,500-2,500

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Grain-painted Glazed Desk/Bookcase, Pennsylvania or Ohio, c. 1825, the lift-top desk opens to a bittersweet-painted interior and four tiger-maple grain-painted drawers and open compartments, turned wooden pulls, original surface, (imperfections), ht. 87 1/2, wd. 43 1/2, dp. 23 1/2 in. $2,000-3,000 333.

Paint-decorated Pine Dower Chest, Pennsylvania, early 19th century, the interior with lidded till, salmon- and blue-painted surface, (minor imperfections), ht. 30 3/4, wd.

45 3/4, dp. 22 1/2 in. $4,000-6,000 334.

Split-baluster Mirror, New England, early 19th century, mustard yellow and black frame enclosing a reverse-painted tablet showing the Bull’s Head Tavern, (imperfections), ht. 33 3/4, wd. 15 1/2 in. $100-200 335.

Pair of Carved and Polychrome Painted Masonic Columns, found in Indiana, 19th century, the columns surmounted by celestial and terrestrial globes over baskets issuing floral and foliate devices, fluted columns, and square monument bases, (minor paint loss), overall ht.

9 ft. 4 in. $1,500-2,500

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336.

Sack-back Windsor Chair, New England, late 18th century, boldly carved knuckle handholds and saddle seat, old refinish, (minor imperfections), ht. 35, seat ht. 17 in.

$400-600 337.

Tiger Maple Lightstand, probably New England, 18th century, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 28, dia. 18 1/2 in.

$400-600 338.

Windsor Carved Fan-back Armchair, probably Nantucket, late 18th century, refinished, ht. 44, seat ht. 18 in.

$400-600 339.

Black-painted Windsor Bow-back Applied-arm Chair, New England, late 18th century, old black paint over earlier red and green, ht. 37 1/2, seat ht. 17 in.

$2,000-3,000 340.

Rare Windsor Bamboo-turned Crib, New England, c. 1810, original red-umber grain-painted surface, (minor imperfections), ht. 36, lg. 38, dp. 19 in.

$800-1,200 339

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Windsor Yellow-painted Bamboo-turned High Chair, New England, c. 1810, old surface, (paint wear), ht. 34 1/2, seat ht. 23 in.

$300-500 342.

Yellow-painted Windsor Sack-back Chair, New England, late 18th century, old surface of yellow paint with brown pinstriping over earlier blue, (height loss), ht. 35 3/4, seat ht. 16 in.

341

345.

Windsor Paint-decorated Arrow-back Child’s Chair, New England, c. 1825-30, old green paint with floral and foliate designs, original surface, (some paint wear), ht. 24 1/2, seat ht. 14 in.

$100-150

Note: An old handwritten label on the underside of the seat reads “Cadis B. Boyce.”

$400-600

346.

Large Mounted Wool and Cotton Figural Hooked Rug with Lion, America, late 19th/early 20th century, rectangular rug centered with a lion figure surrounded by flower garlands, mounted on a wood frame, (toning, fading, backing separating from frame u.c.), overall ht. 30 1/2 x 56 1/4 in.

$300-500

343.

Six Yellow-painted Windsor Chairs, New England, early 19th century, comprising three matching rod-back side chairs, two birdcage side chairs, and a bow-back side chair, old yellow paint over earlier colors, (height loss), ht. 30-36 1/2 in.

$600-800

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Wool and Cotton “FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY” Figural Hooked Rug, early 20th century, rectangular rug depicting George Washington holding the reins of a leaping white horse, with a cherry tree in the upper corner, titled l.r., (fading, losses, toning), 35 1/2 x 46 1/2 in.

$300-500

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Pair of Red-stained Sack-back Windsor Armchairs, New England, late 18th century, each with seven spindles and vase and ring turnings, later surface, (repairs), ht. 39, seat ht. 17 1/2 in.

$600-800

348.

Henry Collins Bispham (ac. Pennsylvania, 1841-1882) Portrait of a Gray Tiger Cat Seated on a Chair. Signed and dated “H.C. Bispham 1878 N.Y.” l.r. Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in., in a period gilt gesso frame. Condition: Retouch to paws and background.

$800-1,200

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348A. Takahashi Hiroki (Japanese, 1871-1949)

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White Cat with Red Ruffled Collar. Signed u.r.

Woodblock print, 10 1/2 x 14 3/4 in., unframed. Condition: Minor toning and tear u.l. corner.

$400-600

349.

Mahogany Patent Lighthouse Alarm Timepiece, probably Boston, c. 1825, the blown glass dome houses the painted iron dial, with eight-day brass weight-powered alarm movement, engraved brass alarm disc, the alarm sound a steel hammer on a rod, the case with hinged door and applied molding at base, ht. with dome 20 1/4, case wd. 8, case dp. 8 1/4 in.

$10,000-15,000

350.

Pair of Painted and Gilded Carved Wood Architectural Wall Elements, America, 19th century, scrolled foliate form, (paint and gilt losses), ht. 21 3/4, wd. 9 3/4 in.

$800-1,200

351.

Two Carved Wood Laurel Leaf Swag Architectural Wall Elements, America, 19th century, with traces of earlier gilding, (shrinkage cracks), ht. 12, 13, wd. 29 1/2 in.

$2,000-3,000

352.

Two Carved and Gilded Architectural Ornaments, late 19th century, high-relief-carved panels, one centered with the head of Bacchus flanked by festoons of flowers and ribbons, the other with similarly carved flowers and ribbons, ht. 8 1/2, 5 3/4, lg. 35, 51 1/4 in.

$1,000-1,500 349

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353.

Carved Vermont Marble Obelisk, 19th century, (minor edge chips), ht.

12 5/8 in.

$200-300

352

352

354.

Italianate Paint-decorated Wood Architectural Element, early 19th century, spire-topped column-shaped pine panel, polychrome decoration with simulated marble panels, (losses), ht. 47 3/4, wd. 8 1/4 in.

$400-600

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355.

Large Classical Giltwood Two-part Mirror, America, c. 1820-25, with acorn drops and floral corner blocks, ht. 59, cornice wd. 36 3/4 in.

$4,000-6,000

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Pair of Classical Bird’s-eye Maple Veneer Knife Boxes, America, 1830-45, rectangular box with concave top above ogee front, hinged lid opening to a velvet-lined pierced board for flatware, brass side handles, bone escutcheon, (veneer cracks, one with small veneer loss), ht. 12 7/8, wd. 13, dp. 7 3/4 in.

$1,000-1,500

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357.

Sterling Silver and Horn Spoon Rest, Redlich & Co., New York, late 19th/early 20th century, the spoon rest with a monogrammed well, impressed maker’s mark and “STERLING” on base, ht. 4 1/2, wd. 4 1/4 in.

Provenance: From the Benedict estate, Philadelphia.

$1,200-1,800

358.

Silver Porringer, Frank Walter Lawrence (1864-1929), Newark, New Jersey, and New York City, round vessel with saw-pierced hearts on the Gothic handle, the base with impressed maker’s mark “F. WALTER LAWRENCE,” and engraved presentation “Charlotte Gailor Cleveland,” ht. 1 7/8, bowl dia. 4 3/4, dia. with handle 7 1/4 in., approx. 6.5 troy oz.

Note: Charlotte Gailor Cleveland was the granddaughter of President Grover Cleveland.

$400-600 359.

Pair of Classical Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer “Egyptian” Marble-top Pier Tables, Boston or New York, c. 1820-25, with ogeemolded frame, scrolled supports and legs flanking the mirror glass, (imperfections), ht. 37 1/4, wd. 42, dp. 19 in.

$1,500-2,000 361

360.

Classical Carved Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Desk/ Bookcase, probably Massachusetts, c. 1825, the top section with scrolled cornice and reeded plinths above two hinged doors opening to drawers and bordered by reeded bands and two cockbeaded drawers below, on projecting base with fold-out writing surface, three drawers with flanking vase- and ring-turned spiral-carved posts continuing to vase- and ring-turned legs, replaced brasses, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 67, wd. 37 3/4, dp. 18 in.

$800-1,200

361.

Joseph Weidner (Austrian, 1801-1870) Portrait of a Gentleman. Signed and dated “1844” l.r. Oil on canvas, 25 x 19 3/4 in., in a later molded giltwood frame. Condition: Two patch repairs, u.r. and l.r., tear and small puncture u.l., paint loss c.l.

$1,000-1,500

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362.

American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Woman Holding a Letter. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c.

1825, the woman is portrayed seated holding an envelope addressed to “Mr. Charles Wheelock W. 210 Bow--- [New] York,” with a red drapery and view of a landscape in the background, 32 3/4 x 25 3/4 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Scattered paint losses around stretcher and frame edge, scattered retouch to comb, gown, and background.

$700-900 363.

Frederick Vultee (New York, ac. 1830-1838) “AMANDA” Before a Landscape. Signed and dated “Post Mortem/ F.L. Vultee/PINXT 1834” on the back of the canvas. Oil on canvas, 34 x 26 in., in a period gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Relined, scattered craquelure with inpainting.

Literature: See Groce, George and David Wallace, The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860, p. 759.

Vultee is listed as a portrait painter in New York City active 1830-38.

He exhibited at the Apollo Association. After 1835 he was variously listed in directories as a broker, boarding house owner, deputy sheriff, porter, lawyer, under sheriff, and secretary.

$500-700 364

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364.

Joseph Greenleaf Cole (Boston and Maine, 1806-1858) Portrait of a Boy in Blue Seated Beside His Dog on a Red Upholstered Sofa. Signed and dated “Joseph G. Cole Pinxit Boston July 5 1855” on the back of the canvas. Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Minor paint loss l.l.

$3,000-5,000 365.

Classical Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Polescreen, c. 1820-25, the octagonal framed screen panel with needlework showing a King Charles spaniel with glass eyes, on turned post and pedestal base with turned feet, ht. 55 in.

$800-1,200 366.

Carved and Faux Marble Painted Wood Pedestal, 19th century, round top above spiral-carved column with pronounced reeding and fluting, on a baroque molded square base, (paint losses), ht. 47 1/2, base dia. 12 3/4 in.

$400-600

367.

Famille Rose Chinese Export Porcelain Moon Flask, late 19th century, the round neck flanked by two gilt bats in relief above a flattened circular body with two cartouches showing birds amongst flowering branches, (minor gilt wear), ht. 15 5/8 in.

$300-500 368.

Classical Mahogany and Flame Mahogany Veneer Marble-top Pier Table, probably Boston, c. 1825-30, refinished, (minor imperfections), ht. 34 1/2, wd. 43, dp. of top 19 1/4 in.

$1,000-1,500 369.

John S. Bower (American, Late 19th/Early 20th Century) Lot of Two Works: Still Life with Fruit. One signed “Bower” l.l.

Pastel on card, 12 x 14 in., in original molded wood frames with gilt liners. Condition: Minor foxing on one, the other with some moisture stains on the edges.

$200-400

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Portrait Miniature of a Young Man, attributed to James H. Gillespie, British, b.1793, unsigned, the reverse indistinctly inscribed “Uncle Peter D--- Boston,” watercolor, ink, and graphite, on card 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in., oval portrait, in a chased gilt-brass pendant frame with small oval aperture on the reverse, (toning, light moisture halo).

Note: Born in England, Gillespie painted portraits in small towns there before moving to Canada in his late thirties. A few years later he began a decade-long itinerancy, painting portraits while traveling down the East Coast of the United States.

$300-500 371.

Portrait Miniature of Two Girls, Continental School, 19th century, unsigned, watercolor on ivory, round portrait, dia. 2 1/4 in., housed in a hinged case with gilt-brass foremat, (good condition).

$600-800 372.

Silhouette Portrait of Rebecca Armstrong Standing in a Landscape.

America, c. 1840, subject identified below, cut paper applied to card with ink-washed background, 10 7/8 x 7 1/4 in., in a period mahogany veneer frame, (light toning).

$600-800 373.

Silhouette Portrait of the Hon. Andrew Morton Standing in a Landscape, America, c. 1840, subject identified below, cut paper applied to card with ink-washed background, 10 7/8 x 7 1/4 in., in a period mahogany veneer frame, (light toning).

$400-600 374.

Framed Silhouette Portrait of a Young Man, New England, c. 1807, oval hollow-cut profile portrait of John Dutton Mann, approx. age 18, identified in inscriptions on the reverse, backed with black velvet, housed in an embossed gilt-brass frame, 3 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (sight).

Note: A note affixed to the reverse is inscribed: “Profile of J.D. Mann taken when about 18 years old./Born at Hebron, Conn. Feb. 15th/1789/Died at Hatfield, Mass./Feb. 20th 1878./AE 89 yrs./JH Mann AE 68.” A genealogy search includes the following information: John Dutton Mann was the son of John and Lydia (Dutton) Mann. He was born February 15, 1789, in Hebron, Connecticut. On January 19, 1809, he married Martha Phelps in Oxford, New Hampshire. They had one son, John Henry, b. circa 1810.

$300-500 375.

Child’s Walnut Mirrored Dressing Chest, America, last half 19th century, the mirror frame supported by shaped brackets above three small drawers on a case of three slightly serpentine drawers on scalloped base, old refinish, white porcelain pulls, (imperfections and repair), ht. to top of mirror 38 3/4, wd. 20, dp. 11 3/4 in.

$500-550 376.

Bentwood Doll High Chair, America, late 19th century, with cane seat, ht. 24, wd. 11, dp. 12 in.

$200-300 376A. Chippendale Mahogany Veneer Scroll-frame Mirror, New England, late 18th century, (veneer cracking and patching), ht. 37 3/4, wd. 21 in.

$400-600

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Near Pair of Pewter Whale Oil Lamps, Roswell Gleason (1822-1871), Dorchester, Massachusetts, lozenge-form lamps with whale oil burners, one base with circular mark “R. GLEASON” over eagle and stars, (base dent on one), ht. 7 7/8 in.

$300-350 378.

Brass, Etched Glass, and Marble Table Lamp, America, late 19th century, baluster-form frosted colorless glass shade with etched and cut harp, flower, and berry designs, on a cast floral and foliate gilt-brass shaft supported on a stepped marble base, with prisms, glass chimney, and brass kerosene burner, ht. 25 1/2 in.

$1,000-1,500 379.

Three Pairs of Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Brass Candlesticks, James Clews and Sons of Manilla Works, Birmingham, England, c. 1897, the push-up candlesticks with diamond-faceted knop and cut-corner square bases were designed to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, in three sizes, each size impressed on the base, “THE QUEEN OF DIAMONDS, THE KING OF DIAMONDS,” and “THE ACE OF DIAMONDS,” 11 1/2, 12 1/2, 14 in.

$400-600 380.

Two Pairs and a Near Pair of Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Brass Candlesticks, James Clews and Sons of Manilla Works, Birmingham, England, early 20th century, the push-up candlesticks with diamond-faceted knop and cut-corner square bases were designed to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, in two sizes, each size impressed on the base, a pair and a near pair of “THE DIAMOND PRINCESS,” and a pair of “THE DIAMOND PRINCE,” ht. 10 3/4, 12 in.

$400-600 381.

Six Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Brass Candlesticks, James Clews and Sons of Manilla Works, Birmingham, England, c. 1900, push-up candlesticks with diamond-faceted knop and cut-corner square bases designed to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, the size impressed on the base of some, a pair of “THE ACE OF DIAMONDS,” a near pair of “THE KING OF DIAMONDS,” one “THE QUEEN OF DIAMONDS,” and one “THE DIAMOND PRINCESS,” ht. 14, 12 1/2, 11 1/2, 10 7/8 in., respectively.

$400-600 382.

New England Pineapple Colorless Pressed Pattern Glass Stemware, Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1855-70, twenty-two goblets, ten wines, and six cordials, thirty-eight total, ht. 5 1/2, 5 1/4, 4 in., respectively.

$400-600 383.

New England Pineapple Colorless Pressed Pattern Glass Items, Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, Sandwich, Massachusetts, 185570, twenty tumblers and eleven egg cups, ht. 3 3/4 in.

$400-600 384.

New England Pineapple Colorless Pressed Pattern Glass Items, Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, Sandwich, Massachusetts, 185570, sixteen goblets and ten egg cups, ht. 6, 3 3/4 in.

$400-600

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385.

New England Pineapple Colorless Pressed Pattern Glass Items, Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, Sandwich, Massachusetts, 185570, a decanter, four compotes, a scalloped-rim spoon holder, a cream pitcher, covered footed sugar bowl, a castor set, two footed bowls, twelve small sauce dishes, and a small oval dish, twenty-four items total, ht. 1-9 3/4 in.

$400-600 386.

Six Colorless Pressed Bull’s-eye and Fleur-de-lis Pattern Glass Goblets, possibly Union Glass Company, Somerville, Massachusetts, mid-19th century, with hexagonal stems on disk bases, ht. 6 1/4 in.

$200-300 387.

Colorless Free-blown Bulb and Pressed Eye and Scale Pattern Glass Whale Oil Lamp, America, c. 1838, with threaded whale oil burner and pewter font cap, overall ht. 12 1/2 in.

$400-600 388.

Pair of Translucent Blue and Clambroth Glass Newel Posts, probably New England, c. 1860, ribbed clambroth-colored globes, on blue connector and baluster-form brass shafts, (minor chips to globe tops), ht. 6 3/4 in.

$400-600

389.

Polychrome-painted Wallpaper Mural “On the Banks of the Bosporus,” by the workshops of Joseph Dufour et Amable Leroy, France, early 19th century, paint on paper, mounted on linen, (wear, paint losses), ht. 59, wd. 9 ft. 8 1/2 in.

Provenance: The imported French wallpaper mural was reportedly from the house of Enoch Dow of Salem, Massachusetts, which was built in 1807 and removed c. 1820 by a gentleman named Charles Wellington who removed this paper from the house after many architects and artists were unable to do it. It reportedly took him three days using his own preparation to remove it. It was then mounted on linen.

Literature: Early Homes of Massachusetts (Architectural Treasures of Early American Serv.), 1977, Arno Press, p. 79. The same wallpaper is reportedly on a wall in Col. William Lee’s House in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

$800-1,200 390.

Six Lithograph Portraits of American Indians, Philadelphia, early 19th century, hand-colored and by various lithographers, STUM-A-NU/A FLAT-HEAD BOY, drawn, printed, and colored at J.T. Bowen, published

by D. Rice and A.N. Hall; four titles: TUSTENNUGGEE EMATHLA/A CREEK CHIEF, two titled CHIPPEWAY SQUAW & CHILD, and MAJOR RIDGE/A CHEROKEE CHIEF, lithographed, colored, and published

by J.T. Bowen; one titled O-POTH-LE-YO-HO-LO/SPEAKER OF THE COUNCILS, Rice Rutter & Co. publishers, (imperfections, not examined out of mats), sight size approx. 10 x 6 in., matted.

$600-800

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391.

F. W. Greenough, publisher (Philadelphia, 19th Century)

394.

Fisher, Carpenter & Gusthal, publishers (New York, 19th Century)

YOHOLO-MICCO. A CREEK CHIEF., c. 1836, from the History of the Indian Tribes of North America, from Alfred M. Hoffy, lithographer, after Charles Bird King (American, 1785-1862); drawn, printed, and colored at I. T. Bowen’s Lithographic Establishment, McKenney and Hall, publisher. Hand-colored lithograph on paper, sight size 16 x 10 1/8 in., in a later molded and silvered wood frame. Condition: Light toning and foxing, not examined out of frame.

$300-500

RURAL SCENERY. Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Lithograph with blue toned hand-coloring, sheet size 21 x 26 3/4 in., unframed.

Condition: Margins 3/4 in. or more, toning, applied to conservation paper, edge tears.

$800-1,200

392.

John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

American Farm Scenes No. 2. (Summer)., 1853 (Conningham, 135).

Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Large folio lithograph with handcoloring on paper, sheet size 118 3/4 x 25 3/8 in., mounted in a later bird’s-eye maple frame. Condition: Margins of 5/8 in. or more, toning, stain from previous wood backing.

$800-1,200

Lot of Five Hand-colored Lithographs, printed and colored by J.T. Bowen, Philadelphia, from Quadrupeds of North America, 8vo, sheet sizes approx. 6 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.; comprising: Townsends Rocky Mountain Hare, No. 1, plate III; Northern Hare (Old and Young), No. 3, plate XI; Northern Hare, No. 3, plate XII; Worm-wood Hare, No. 18, plate LXXXVIII; and Bachman’s Hare, No. 22, plate CVIII; mounted in matching contemporary molded giltwood frames. Condition: Cleaned, minor toning, only one examined out of frame.

$800-1,200 393.

Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907) Trotting Mare “American Girl...,” 1870 (Conningham, 6183).

Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Large folio hand-colored lithograph on paper, sheet size 24 3/4 x 33 in., with frame. Condition: Verso edges lined with 1 in. black paper tape, margins 3 1/4 in. or more, toned, foxing, 1 1/2 in. margin tear u.l.

$600-800

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Nathaniel Currier, publisher (American, 1813-1888)

396.

Painted Cast Iron USS Constitution Doorstop, A.M. Greenblatt Studios, Boston, c. 1924, depicting a foreshortened view of the vessel with “THE CONSTITUTION” inscribed below, the reverse with impressed “Copyright 1924/A.M. Greenblatt Studios,” (minor paint losses), ht. 11 1/2, wd. 8 1/2 in.

$300-500 397.

Horse Pull-toy, probably Germany, late 19th century, the wool-covered horse with tack eyes, leather ears, flax tail, leatherette tack and saddle with gilt-metal trim, feather plume headdress, mounted on a painted wood platform with cast iron wheels, ht. 12 1/4, lg. 13 1/4 in.

$800-1,200

398.

Painted Cast Iron Peter Rabbit Doorstop, made by Hubley Manufacturing Co., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, c. 1930s, the figure wearing taupe overalls with blue and yellow patches, and a light blue windowpane check shirt, (minor paint losses), ht. 9 1/2 in.

$300-500 399.

Mechanical Ladder Fire Truck Toy, America, late 19th painted pressed sheet metal and cast iron with ratcheted spring-loaded ladder, cast iron driver and wheels, wind-up propulsion under rear of carriage, (scattered paint losses, lacking horse/s), ht. to top of driver’s head 7 1/2, lg. 18 in.

$100-150 400.

Large Horse Pull-toy, probably Germany, 19th century, mohaircovered horse with glass eyes, horsehair mane, flax tail, leather tack and saddle on a later plaid blanket, mounted on an iron platform with cast iron wheels, ht. 22, lg. 25 in.

$600-800 401.

Cold-painted Bronze Figure of a Black Banjo Player Seated on a Bamboo-turned Stool, late 19th/early 20th century, (minor loss on hat ornament, scattered paint losses), ht. 15 in.

$800-1,000 402.

Painted Cast Iron Rabbit-in-Garden Doorstop, America, probably second quarter 20th century, depicting a rabbit wearing a maroon jacket and trousers picking carrots in a garden beside a picket fence and a basket of produce, (minor paint losses), ht. 6 1/4, lg. 8 1/2 in.

$500-700 403.

Two Papier-mâché Figural Squeak-toys, Germany, late 19th/early 20th century, one with springer spaniel holding a game duck, the other a feathered owl figure perched on rockery, when bellows squeezed its eyes roll up, bill opens, and wing flaps, (imperfections), ht. 7, 6 in.

$300-400 404.

Two Papier-mâché Squeak-toys, Germany, early 20th century, papier-mâché bellows-mounted figures, a flocked composition rabbit, the head bobs when squeezed, and a painted guinea hen figure which wiggles on its spring legs when squeezed, (losses, repairs), ht. 5 1/2, 7 in.

$300-400

407.

“FANNIE” and “TOM” Carved and Painted Racehorse and Jockey Figures, America, early 20th century, polychrome painted figures with iron mounts, ht. 5 1/2, lg. 15 1/4 in.

$1,000-1,500 408.

Painted Wood Wheel of Chance, America, late 19th/early 20th century, dia. 34 in.

$200-250 409.

Red- and Yellow-painted Wood Game Board, probably Canada, late 19th/early 20th century, rectangular panel with red-painted applied molding and carved geometric devices on the game piece fields on either side of the red and yellow painted checkerboard with 144 squares, (one end with molding and trim losses, paint losses), 28 x 18 1/2 in.

$700-900 410.

Painted Wood Toy Noah’s Ark and Framed Noah’s Ark Lithograph, Germany, late 19th/early 20th century, polychrome-painted rectangular ark with hinged roof, containing carved and painted wooden figures, approx. fifty-four quadrupeds, thirty bird figures, and six human figures, (imperfections), ht. 7, wd. 4 3/4, lg. 17; together with a small folio handcolored lithograph titled NOAH’S ARK, Currier & Ives, publishers, sight size 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in., in a molded wood frame, (toning, light stains, not examined out of frame).

$600-800 411.

Painted Pressed Steel and Wood “BON TON” Child’s Pedal Car, early 20th century, with windshield, iron steering wheel and bumper, wire spoke wheels, painted green with red and yellow striping, (imperfections), ht. 24 1/2, wd. 17 1/2, lg. 38 in.

$800-1,200 412.

Folk Art Tin Saxophone, America, early 20th century, possibly a parade prop, made from a tin kazoo, a funnel, a horn, and ice cream spoons, traces of gold paint, with stand, ht. approx. 26 in.

$400-600 413.

Folk Art Painted Tree Root Snake Figure, America, early 20th century, (scattered paint losses), lg. approx. 52 in.

$200-250

405.

Redware Face Bank, America, 19th century, round form with reliefmolded surface of the face of a black man, (minor glaze wear), ht. 2 5/8, dia. 3 1/2 in.

$250-350

414.

Paint-decorated Cast and Wrought Iron Balance Scale, W.S. Walsh and P.H. Walker, Boston, c. 1845, columnar shaft on square-stepped base supporting two stirrups with rectangular weighing platforms, painted black with red scrolled leaves painted on the beam, (minor paint wear), ht. 29 1/2, wd. 30 1/2 in.

$300-500

406.

Fish Decoy and a Mechanical Fish Toy, America, 20th century, a carved and painted wooden fish decoy, weighted, with applied painted tin fins; and a painted tin mechanical fish toy with glass eyes, the keywind mechanism projects the fish forward, its mouth opens, fins wave, and tail thrashes, (paint loss), ht. 3 1/4, 3, lg. 12 1/8, 17 1/2 in.

$400-600

415.

Pair Cast Iron Figural Andirons, America, 19th century, the andirons cast in the form of a pot-bellied gentleman standing on a rectangular platform, ht. 20 1/4, wd. 6 1/4, dp. 24 1/4 in.

$600-800

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Cast Iron Reclining Lion Figure, 19th century, halfround figure with hollow back, ht. 13 3/4, wd. 28 in.

$400-600

417.

Painted Cast Iron Countertop Coffee Grinder, “Enterprise Mfg. Philadelphia,� late 19th century, (minor paint wear), ht. 12 1/2 in.

$300-500

418.

Harness Sleigh Bell Strap, America, 19th century, leather strap with buckle with eight graduating brass bells, (repair to strap), lg. approx. 42 in.

$200-250

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419.

Gilt-copper Peacock Weather Vane, America, late 19th/early 20th century, flattened full-body figure with pierced eye, sheet copper crest and tail, zinc legs, mounted on a copper sphere and shaft, with stand, old gilt surface with verdigris, overall ht. 26 3/4, lg. 34 in.

$6,000-8,000

420.

Rochester Iron Works Cast Iron Horse Weather Vane, Rochester, New Hampshire, c. 1880, full-body figure with sheet iron tail, with weathered yellowpainted surface, mounted on an iron platform, ht. 26 3/4, lg. 36 1/2 in.

$6,000-8,000

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421.

Jewell Molded Copper Flying Horse Weather Vane, A.L. Jewell, Waltham, Massachusetts, late 19th century, flattened full-body figure with pierced eyes, molded sheet copper mane and tail, mounted on a copper sphere, gilt surface, with stand, (minor dents), ht. 26, lg. 36 1/2 in.

$4,000-6,000

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422.

Jewell Molded Copper Running Horse Weather Vane, A.L. Jewell, Waltham, Massachusetts, late 19th century, with corrugated sheet copper tail, mounted on a copper rod, the figure’s right side with impressed maker’s mark “A.L. JEWELL WALTHAM MASS.,” allover verdigris patina, with stand, (repair to tail tip), overall ht. 17 5/8, lg. 27 3/4 in.

$2,000-3,000

423.

Gilt-copper Steeplechase Weather Vane, America, late 19th/early 20th century, full-body horse and rider with sheet copper fence, gilded with traces of verdigris, mounted on a copper rod, with stand, overall ht. 21, lg. 30 1/2 in.

$7,000-9,000

424.

Painted and Gilded Copper and Cast Zinc Horse and Jockey Weather Vane, America, late 19th century, full-body weather vane, molded sheet copper with cast zinc heads, mounted on a painted copper rod, with metal stand, overall ht. 20 1/2, lg. 31 1/2 in.

$3,000-5,000

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425

425.

Sheet Copper Rooster Weather Vane, America, late 19th/early 20th century, made from two molded sheet-copper sides joined with copper rivets, corrugated sheet copper tail, weathered verdigris surface, with hewn wood stand, (dents), overall ht. 22, lg. 21 1/2 in.

$800-1,200

426.

Rochester Iron Works Cast Iron Rooster Weather Vane and Trade Sign, Rochester, New Hampshire, c. 1880, cast iron full-body figure with sheet iron tail, painted dark gray, the tail with white-painted lettering “COUNTRY ANTIQUES” on both sides, including stand, overall ht. 23 1/2, lg. 23 in.

$2,500-3,500

427.

Rochester Iron Works Cast Iron Rooster Weather Vane, Rochester, New Hampshire, c. 1880, two-part hollow cast iron full-body figure with cut-out sheet iron tail, traces of early gilding, no stand, (rusty surface), ht. 22 1/4, lg. 24 in.

$2,500-3,500

426

428.

Gilt Molded Copper Rooster Weather Vane, J.W. Fiske, New York, c. 1930, full-body figure with embossed sheet copper tail, red-painted comb and wattle, with stand, overall ht. 31, lg. 23 1/2 in.

$1,500-2,500

429.

Molded Copper Flying Goose Weather Vane, America, c. 1930s, flattened full-body figure with embossed sheet copper wings, old painted surface with traces of gilding and verdigris, with stand, overall ht. 31, lg. 37 in.

$1,500-2,500

430.

Edward John Russell (Canadian/American, 18321906) View of Boston Harbor. Monogram signed and dated “EJRussell 1896” l.l., illegible inscription l.r.

Watercolor on paper mounted to board, 17 x 31 1/2 in., unframed. Condition: Minor abrasion, pale foxing.

$1,000-1,500 427

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429

431.

American School, 19th Century

432.

American School, 19th Century

Autumn Canal Scene with Locomotive and Covered Bridge.

Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 13 3/4 x 20 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Very good.

$300-500

Hudson River View in Autumn. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 13 1/2 x 22 1/2 in., in a period gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Relined, minor scattered spots of retouch to sky and trees.

$800-1,200

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433.

American School, 19th Century New Hampshire Mountain View with Cows Watering. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in., in a later molded giltwood frame. Condition: Relined, repaired tears c.r. with associated retouch.

$700-900 434.

American School, 19th Century Mountain Lake Sunrise with Fisherman. Unsigned. Oil on paperboard, oval landscape, 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 in., in a period walnut frame. Condition: Retouch to areas in sky and mountains.

$200-300 435.

American School, 19th Century Picnickers at a Stonework Canyon Outlook. Unsigned. Oil on canvasboard, 10 x 14 in., in a period molded wood frame. Condition: Craquelure, scattered paint losses.

$250-300

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436.

Green-painted Pine Child’s Six-board Chest, New England, late 18th century, old green paint over earlier red stain, (minor imperfections), ht.

16 1/2, wd. 20 1/2, dp. 9 1/2 in.

$700-900

437.

Yellow Windsor Paint-decorated Armchair, New England, early 19th century, original surface, the crest painted with grapes and leaves, the spindles with fruited vines, ht. 33 1/2, seat ht. 17 1/2 in.

$400-500

438.

Polychrome Paint-decorated Dome-top Box, probably New York state, early 19th century, dovetail-constructed rectangular box with wire hinged lid, iron lock and swing handles, decorated with brushed and sponged red, green, and white flowers, stripes, and swirls on a pumpkin-colored ground, lined with c. 1866, Buffalo, New York, newspapers, (shrinkage crack on lid, minor paint losses), ht. 11 1/2, wd. 28, dp. 14 1/4 in.

$1,500-2,500

441

442

439.

Red-painted Poplar Child’s Blanket Chest over Drawer, New England, c. 1800, with demilune cutout ends, replaced turned pulls, (imperfections), ht. 23 1/2, wd. 23, dp. 13 3/4 in.

Provenance: Consignor purchased at Skinner. Previously found in Savoy, Massachusetts, site of a Shaker community.

$1,000-1,500

440.

Windsor Paint-decorated Comb-back Armed Rocking Chair, New England, early 19th century, original surface, the crestings painted with seashells and foliate designs, ht. 40 3/4, seat ht. 16 1/2 in.

$2,200-2,500 441.

Paint-decorated Dome-top Trunk, America, early 19th century, dovetail-constructed rectangular trunk with hinged lid, the top and sides painted with stylized gold thistles on a black ground, (imperfections), ht.

10 7/8, wd. 26 3/8, dp. 13 1/2 in.

$5,000-7,000

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445

442.

American School, 19th Century

446.

Gloria Welby Fisher (American, Mid-19th Century)

Moonlit Landscape with Boatman Poling. Unsigned, possibly by William Matthew Prior (American, 1806-1873). Oil on canvas, 25 x 29 5/8 in., unframed. Condition: Minor retouch l.c.

$400-800

Pair of Portraits of Samuel Bender and His First Wife, Margaret.

Samuel is signed and dated “G.W. Fisher 1850” l.r. Oil on canvas, 35 3/4 x 26 1/2 in., in period molded giltwood frames. Condition: Relined, minor retouch, paint losses around edges.

Provenance: By family descent from Samuel Bender.

443.

American School, 19th Century Churchyard Beside a Mountain Lake at Dusk. Unsigned. Charcoal and pastel sandpaper drawing with marble dust, sight size 19 1/2 x 26 in., in a later frame. Condition: A few subtle scratches in the sky, not examined out of frame.

$500-700 444.

American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Fancy Lace Bonnet. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 29 3/4 x 25 in., unframed. Condition: Minor scattered paint losses.

$800-1,200 445.

Schoolgirl Picture of Ceres in a Landscape, “Mary Frances Cox,” possibly Pennsylvania, early 19th century, the name “M.F. Cox” inscribed on the edge of the reverse, and “Mary Frances Cox” inscribed in gilt lettering on the eglomise mat, watercolor on paper, 15 x 19 in., in the original molded giltwood frame, (three repaired edge tears, toning, minor edge loss l.r.).

Note: The backing retains an old paper label from the American Folk Art Gallery, New York City.

$1,000-1,500

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Note: Genealogical research and family lore indicate Samuel Bender was born in 1812, in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania. He married Margaret Brisbin (b. about 1824, Boalsburg Centre, Pennsylvania), about 1843.

They resided in Philadelphia where Samuel was a saddler/carriage manufacturer. They had five children before Margaret died around 1854. The portraits were painted in Philadelphia, but the Benders moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, where they had their last child. Samuel Bender remarried a few years later to Emmaline Sowell, and had five more children, before he died at about age 54.

$5,000-7,000 447.

American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Gentleman and His Spaniel. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 32 x 24 in., in a gilt-gesso molded wood frame. Condition: Relined, scattered small spots of retouch, scratch l.c.

Provenance: The painting was formerly in the Maxim and Martha (Codman) Karolik collection and retains a Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, label. The painting was probably exhibited at the Museum’s bicentennial celebration, which featured the Martha and Maxim Karolik Collection of American Art in 1976.

$800-1,200

446 (2)

448.

American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Young Gentleman with Brown Hair. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1825, 30 x 24 3/4 in., in a period molded wood frame.

Condition: Small patched puncture c.r.

$500-700

449.

Large Hannah Davis Wallpaper-covered Wood Bandbox, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, c. 1831, covered oval wooden box, with pink, white, and green varnishes depicting the figures of Napoleon and one of his officers conversing in a field, against a yellow ground, with white scrolled foliate and floral borders, printed maker’s label affixed to interior lid, lined with newspapers from the Massachusetts Spy with ads dated 1831, (wear, stains, fading, losses), ht. 16, dia. 19 in.

$600-800 450.

American School, 19th Century Conway, New Hampshire, Mountain Valley View. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 14 x 20 in., in a period gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Small tear u.l. background, scattered superfluous flecks of gold paint.

$400-600 451.

Miniature Portrait of a Young Woman Wearing a Red and White Gown, America, c. 1810, unsigned, watercolor on ivory, bust-length portrait, 2 1/2 x 2 in., with embossed gilt-brass surround, (small loss to ivory u.r. corner).

$400-600 452.

Pair of Portrait Miniatures of Mr. and Mrs. Aldridge, American School, c. 1835, unsigned, sitters identified on labels affixed to the back frame panels, watercolor on paper, three-quarter length portraits, 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 in., housed in original matching gilt-gesso frames, (minor toning).

$600-800

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454.

Portrait Miniature of a Child, American School, 19th century, unsigned, watercolor on ivory, oval portrait, 1 3/8 x 1 1/8 in., in a giltbrass surround, (crack to ivory on left side of head).

$300-500 455.

Portrait Miniature of Mr. Dunning of New York, “By Geo. A. Art-, New York, November 16th, 1848,” artist, date, and name of sitter inscribed in pencil on the reverse, watercolor on ivory, bust-length portrait, sight size 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in., in a gilt-brass frame with oval aperture, further housed in a velvet-lined, hinged brown leather case, (very good condition).

$700-900 456.

Portrait Miniature of an Elegantly Dressed Young Woman, c. 1820, unsigned, watercolor on ivory with gilt highlights, sight size 2 1/2 x 2 in., housed in an engraved oval tortoiseshell pendant frame, (good condition).

$300-500 457.

Profile Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman, American School, c. 1825, watercolor on paper, sight size 2 5/8 x 2 1/4 in., housed in one half of an embossed leather case with brass foremat, (minor toning and foxing).

$400-600 458.

Small Profile Portrait Miniature of George Lee Magruder (18011863), Annapolis, Maryland, c. 1825, oval profile portrait of the gentleman with curly black hair wearing a white shirt with black jacket and stock, 1 1/8 x 1 in., in an oval gilt-brass pendant case.

461

453.

Profile Portrait Miniature of a Woman Wearing a Lacy White Bonnet with Blue Trim, American School, 19th century, unsigned, the back of the portrait inscribed “Jackson,” watercolor on card, c. 1840, 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in., in a period molded giltwood frame, (minor toning).

$200-300

462

Provenance: Family descent from the sitter. George Magruder’s marriage to Henrietta Sanford Randall united two of the most prominent Annapolis families, each having connections to 19th century Maryland politics.

$400-600

464

459.

Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman, American School, 19th century, unsigned, watercolor on ivory, c. 1820, 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in., housed in an oval gilt-brass pendant frame mounted in a hinged red leather case, (very good condition).

$250-350 460.

Portrait Miniature of a Young Man, Boston, 1828, indistinctly signed “--di Pinxit/March 8th 1828/63 Court st Boston” on the reverse, the sitter is reportedly Thomas Beddoe, watercolor on ivory, oval portrait, 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in., housed in a brass pendant case with floral engraved design on the back, further mounted in a glass domed case, (small paint loss u.l. of head).

$200-300 461.

American School, 19th Century Vase of Flowers. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, 6 1/4 x 3 5/8 in., in a later mitered wood frame. Condition: Creases, light toning and stains, small edge tears, not examined out of frame.

$800-1,200 462.

Large Hand-hewn Burl Bowl, America, early 19th century, oval form with pierced integral handles, ht. 7 1/2, wd. 15, lg. 19 1/4 in.

$8,000-12,000

465

463.

Engraved French and Indian War Powder Horn, “I[J]ACOB DV[U] NBAR HIS HORN/HINGHAM/APRIL 9 1761,” with carved ring on spout tip, the horn decorated with crosshatched compass medallion borders, extended tab for strap on butt end, domed pine butt plug, (minor small losses), lg. approx. 13 in.

Note: According to Hingham Military History, by Walter L. Bouvé, during the French and Indian War a private named Jacob Dunbar was listed in the company from Hingham, Massachusetts, commanded

by Jotham Gay in 1759. Bouvé writes of the enlistees: “at least fifty of these re-enlisted, fifteen served three times, four four times, and one man seems to have been a recruit on five different occasions...In glancing at these old company rolls we notice the frequent recurrence of certain family names having a large representation among the present inhabitants, while others, then borne by a considerable number of persons, have entirely disappeared from the town. Of the former, the Lincolns, with seventeen names on the lists, easily lead, while the Cushings and Dunbars each furnish nine...”

A genealogy search finds that Jacob Dunbar was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1741, he married Abigail Gardner (b. 1740, Hingham, Massachusetts). Their only known child was Mary Dunbar (b. 1765, Hingham, Massachusetts).

$800-1,200 464.

Dark Green-painted Pine Lantern and Painted Wooden Bucket, America, 18th/19th century, the lantern with hinged door, two glazed panels, wrought iron handle; stave and hoop constructed bucket with cover, wire bail with carved hardwood handle, (imperfections), ht. 15 1/4, 8 in.

$1,000-1,100

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465.

Black-painted Tin Oil Lamp, early 19th century, probably once a Rumford lamp, with conical tin shade over flattened oval Cardon-type font, columnar shaft and square weighted base, (electrified), ht. 16 3/4 in.

$1,000-1,100

474.

Chippendale Maple Tall Chest of Drawers, New England, late 18th century, the case of five thumb-molded drawers on bracket feet, replaced brasses, refinished, (minor imperfections), ht. 44, wd. 38, dp.

18 1/2 in.

$800-1,200

466.

Red-painted Oval Shaker Box, America, late 19th century, pine top and bottom with bent maple side joined with four fingers and copper tacks, ht. 4 1/4, dia. 10 1/2 in.

$400-600

475.

Tiger Maple One-drawer Stand, probably New England, c. 1825, the rectangular top on vase- and ring-turned legs joined by a straight apron, brass pull appears to be original, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 28 1/2, wd. 20, dp. 18 in.

$400-600

467.

Salmon-washed Pine Paneled Hanging Cabinet, probably New England, early 19th century, hinged door opens to interior shelf, ht. 17 3/4, wd. 14 5/8, dp. 6 1/4 in.

$150-250 468.

Turned and Carved Bannister-back Side Chair, probably Massachusetts, mid-18th century, the pierced, scrolled and Prince of Wales-carved cresting and four balusters on turned stiles, rush seat and block-turned legs joined by a bulbous front stretcher, refinished, ht. 49, seat ht. 17 in.

$400-600 469.

Red-painted Maple and Ash Child’s Slat-back Armchair, New England, 18th century, with three arched slats and turned finials, old red paint, (imperfections), ht. 24, seat ht. 6 in.

$400-600 470.

Turned Maple Roundabout Chair, New England, last half 18th century, with shaped backrest, outward scrolling handholds, singlearched splats, turned legs and double stretchers, refinished, ht. 31 1/2, seat ht. 16 in.

$400-600 471.

Turned Cherry and Ash Roundabout Chair, New England, late 18th century, shaped backrest and scrolled handholds on vase- and ring-turned stiles and legs joined by double stretchers, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 29, seat ht. 16 in.

$300-500 472.

Turned Cherry Vase-back Side Chair, possibly Long Island, late 18th century, with shaped cresting, vasiform splat, on vase- and ring-turned stiles and legs joined by double stretchers, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 39, seat ht. 16 1/2 in.

$300-500 473.

Black-painted Pine Dovetail-constructed Hanging Shelf, late 18th century, old surface of black paint with stylized white foliate devices, (imperfections), ht. 22 1/2, wd. 23 3/4 in.

$400-600

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476.

Federal Tiger Maple Pembroke Table, probably New England, c.

1800, rectangular drop-leaf top on square molded tapering legs joined by a beaded skirt and cross-stretchers, old brass bail pull, refinished, (repairs), ht. 26 1/2, wd. 31 1/4, dp. closed 20 1/2 in.

$800-1,200 477.

Chippendale Carved Figured Maple Tall Chest of Drawers, southeastern New England, late 18th century, the case with six thumbmolded graduated drawers, the topmost with three-drawer facade centering a carved shell, replaced brasses, refinished, ht. 51 1/2, wd.

36, dp. 18 in.

$700-900 478.

Diminutive Mixed Wood Blanket Box, probably New England, early 19th century, rectangular box with hinged lid, cherry top with applied maple molding, tiger maple front over two dovetailed drawers centered with bird’s-eye maple panels bordered with mahogany veneer crossbanding, mahogany sides and maple stiles on turned maple feet, ht. 13, wd. 17 14, dp. 10 5/8 in.

$400-600 478A. Carved and Painted Pine Barrel-back Shell-top Glazed Corner Cupboard, New England, mid-18th century, the molded cornice centering a keystone above the arched glazed door opening to the interior with concave shell dome and drop pendant and three shaped shelves flanked by engaged fluted pilasters, all above a cupboard door with four fielded panels, (altered), ht. 93, wd. 48, dp. 22 in.

Literature: Wallace Nutting, Furniture Treasury, Volume 1, Old America Company, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1928, figure 542.

$3,000-5,000 479.

Chippendale Cherry Upholstered Easy Chair, probably Massachusetts, late 18th century, with arched crest, shaped sides, scrolling arms and square legs joined by stretchers, (imperfections), ht.

49 1/2, seat ht. 14 1/2 in.

Provenance: Thaddeus Mason Harris (b. July 7, 1768), a Harvard graduate ordained in Dorchester in October 1793. A framed lithograph of Mr. Harris accompanies the chair.

$800-1,200

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480.

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden Needlework, made by a woman from a Monongahela Indian tribe, Pennsylvania, mid-19th century, fully worked in silk threads on a woven, possibly hemp, ground, ornamented with crystal beads, depicting the figures of Adam and Eve flanking the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, with encircling serpent, beside a river, surrounded by numerous plants, flowers, animals, and birds, (minor toning and fading), 21 x 19 in., in a later molded wood frame.

Provenance: A note written by a descendant of the needleworker reports information passed down in the family of the origin and history of this work. It was reportedly made by a Native American woman of one of the Monongahela tribes, who lived in Pennsylvania along the Monongahela River. It was said that she spun the threads and dyed them with local leaves and berries. It also says that the needlework was exhibited at the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, or The Great Exhibition, sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition, an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park, London, from May 1 to October 15, 1851.

$400-600 481.

Needlework Sampler, “Wrought by Eliza Hemenway aged 11 years Pepperell February 1835,” Massachusetts, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, with rows of alphabets surrounded by a flowering vine, (toning, fading), 16 x 21 1/4 in., in a later wood frame.

Provenance: Family descent of Eliza Hemenway.

Note: Eliza Hemenway was born May 24, 1824, in Pepperell, Massachusetts. She was the first child of six born to Artemas and Indiana (Fitch) Hemenway. Indiana stitched the sampler in lot 483.

$1,000-1,500

482.

Needlework Family Record, “Executed by Eunice S. Moody AE 1829,” Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, worked in silk threads on a linen ground with diamond pattern stitched border surrounding the vital statistics of Isaiah Moody, b. 1778, his wife Phila Alexander, b. 1781, and their nine children, (toning, minor stitch losses), 17 3/4 x 16 in.

$500-700 483.

Needlework Sampler, “Wrought by Indiana Fitch/Aged 12 years/ August 1- 1813,” Groton, Massachusetts, the sampler stitched with silk threads on a linen ground, with rows of alphabets over a house and a verse, surrounded by a geometric flowering vine, (toning, fading), 20 x 20 1/2 in., in a later molded wood frame.

Provenance: Descended through the family of the maker’s husband, Artemas Hemenway. Indiana Fitch was born May 24, 1801, in Groton, Massachusetts, the daughter of Zachariah Fitch and Amelia Blood.

She married Artemas Hemenway on December 6, 1821; they resided in Pepperell, Massachusetts. Together they had six children, one of whom, Eliza Hemenway, stitched the sampler in lot 481.

$800-1,200 484.

Needlework Family Record, “Mary Stone wrought this work salem september 7 AE 18--,” probably Salem, Massachusetts, worked in silk threads on a linen ground with a black sawtooth border surrounding the vital statistics of Daniel Stone, b. December 25, 1778, his wife Hannah, b. May 27, 1785, and their seven children, above two lower blossoms flanking a heart stitched with the maker’s name, Mary Stone, the fourth child of Daniel and Hannah, (stitch losses, toning), sight size 22 x 16 in., in a later frame.

Note: The backing paper is affixed with a label inscribed “Mary Stone was my Grandmother on my mother’s side. She married Amos Buxton.”

$400-600

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484A. Needlework Sampler, “Wrought by Lucinda F. Harrington born Oct. 30th 1808 Aged 11 1820,” Marlborough, Massachusetts, stitched with silk threads on a linen ground, with a flowering vine and basket of flowers enclosing alphabets and a pious verse, (losses and fading), 18 1/4 x 17 1/4 in.

Provenance: Family descent in the Captain William Harrington family of Marlborough, Massachusetts, then to the consignor.

486.

Pieced Cotton Compass Star Medallion Quilt, America, late 19th century, composed of nine radiating star medallions of pale green and red solid cotton fabric with red and green striped borders, edged in pale green, on a white cotton ground backed with white cotton homespun fabric, quilted with feathered wreaths, diagonal line, and waffle patterned stitches, (fading, minor wear), 70 x 72 in.

$300-500

Note: Lucinda Fisher Harrington was the daughter of William and Hannah (Fisher) Harrington. Captain Harrington reportedly lived in the historic Sherman Farm before he sold it and moved to town when he encountered financial difficulties. Lucinda married Horatio Warren on February 8, 1833. A genealogy of the Harringtons are included with the sampler.

$800-1,200

487.

Blue Transfer-decorated Arms of New York Staffordshire Pottery Dinner Plate, Thomas Mayer, Stoke, Cliff Bank Works, England, c.

1829, centered with the Arms of New York, with a floral and compass star border, impressed and printed eagle maker’s mark on base, dia.

10 in.

$600-800

485.

Woven Wool and Cotton Three-color Beiderwand Coverlet, “CHARLES YOUNG MECHANICKSBURG 1841,” Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, two-piece coverlet, the center filled with clusters of rose blossoms with leafy vine and diamond borders, two corner blocks inscribed with maker’s name, town, and date, in red, blue, and green wool on a creamy white cotton ground, fringed on two edges, (imperfections), approx. 88 x 82 in.

$300-500

488.

Blue Transfer-decorated Arms of New York Staffordshire Pottery Dinner Plate, Thomas Mayer, Stoke, Cliff Bank Works, England, c.

1829, centered with the Arms of New York, with a floral and compass star border, impressed and printed maker’s mark on base, (minor hairline), dia. 10 in.

$400-600

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Lots 501-514

489.

Historical Blue and White Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Dinner Plate, Enoch Wood & Sons, Burslem, England, 181946, depicting the steamboat Chief Justice Marshall of the Troy line, operating between Albany and New York, with shell border, (light scratches), dia. 10 in.

$400-600 490.

Boston State House Historical Blue Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Plate, England, early 19th century, depicting the State House with horse and carriage and strolling couple in the foreground, floral border, dia. 9 3/4 in.

$200-400 491.

Historical Blue Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Plate, Ralph Stevenson, Cobridge, England, 1815-40, depicting CAPITOL WASHINGTON, with printed title and impressed maker’s mark on the reverse, blue leafy border with raised white lacy edge, dia. 10 1/8 in.

$400-600 492.

Blue Transfer-decorated Arms of Rhode Island Staffordshire Pottery Plate, Thomas Mayer, Stoke, Cliff Bank Works, England, c. 1829, centered with the Arms of Rhode Island, with a floral and compass star border, impressed and printed maker’s mark on base, dia. 8 3/4 in.

$600-800

493.

Historical Blue Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Plate, Ralph Stevenson, Cobridge, England, 1815-40, depicting HOSPITAL BOSTON, with printed title and impressed maker’s mark on the reverse, blue leafy border with raised white lacy edge, dia. 8 7/8 in.

$200-400 494.

Historical Blue and White Transfer-printed Staffordshire Pottery Plate, Enoch Wood & Sons, Burslem, England, 1819-46, depicting a steamboat of the UNION line, which operated between Philadelphia and New York, with shell border, (light scratches), dia. 8 3/8 in.

$200-400 495.

Three Washington at Tomb Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Items, Enoch Wood and Sons, Burslem, 1819-46, a cream jug and tea bowl and saucer each depicting the figure of Washington standing beside a tomb with the name “WASHINGTON” in an oval cartouche, holding a scroll in one hand, the creamer and saucer with impressed maker’s mark, (glaze wear on rims and handle edges), ht. 1 1/4-6 in.

$400-800

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496.

Historical Blue and White Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Platter, J. & W. Ridgeway, Hanley, England, 1814-30, the chamfered rectangular platter depicting the ALMS HOUSE NEW YORK, from the “Beauties of America” series, with rose and leaf medallion border, printed title and maker on the reverse, (minor imperfections), 12 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.

$800-1,200 497.

Historical Blue Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Teapot, Enoch Wood & Sons, Burslem, England, 1819-46, the teapot depicting Lafayette at Franklin’s tomb with floral borders, impressed WOOD on base, (minor cover chip and glaze wear), overall ht. 8 3/8 in.

$200-300 498.

Historical Blue and White Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Serving Bowl, J. & W. Ridgeway, Hanley, England, 1814-30, large round shallow bowl depicting the CAPITAL, WASHINGTON, from the “Beauties of America” series, with rose and leaf medallion border, printed title and maker on the reverse, (repair on rim), ht. 2 1/2, dia. 13 in.

$600-800 499.

Historical Blue Transfer-decorated PASS IN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS Plate, Enoch Wood & Sons, Burslem, England, second quarter 19th century, small plate with printed title and impressed maker’s mark on the bottom, shell border, ht. 1 1/4, dia. 7 3/8 in.

$300-500 500.

Historical Blue Transferware VIEW OF TRENTON FALLS Plate, Enoch Wood & Sons, England, second quarter 19th century, the plate with printed title and impressed maker’s mark on the bottom, shell border, dia. 7 1/2 in.

$100-150 501.

Historical Blue and White Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Serving Bowl, J. & W. Ridgeway, Hanley, England, 1814-30, the shallow bowl depicting Mount Vernon Near Washington, from the “Beauties of America” series, with rose and leaf medallion border, printed title and maker on the reverse, (hairline, foot chip), wd. 9 3/4, lg.

11 1/4 in.

$600-800 502.

Historical Blue Transferware Library of Philadelphia Plate, J. & W. Ridgeway, Hanley, England, 1814-30, the scene from the “Beauties of America” series, with rose and leaf medallion border, printed title and maker on the reverse, (minor scratches),dia. 8 1/4 in.

$250-350 503.

Historical Blue Transfer-decorated Mendenhall Ferry Platter, Joseph Stubbs, Burslem, England, 1790-1829, oblong platter picturing the Mendenhall Inn on the left bank of the Schuykill River and a primitive rope ferry carrying two figures and a horse, with floral, foliate, and eagle border, printed title on reverse, 13 3/4 x 17 in.

$1,500-2,000

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504.

Historical Blue Transferware Plate Depicting the Stevens House, Hoboken, New Jersey, Joseph Stubbs, Burslem, England, 1790-1829, the plate picturing home of Colonel John Stevens, with floral, foliate, and eagle border, printed title Hoboken in New Jersey on the reverse, (light scratches), dia. 8 in.

Note: Colonel John Stevens built the Phoenix, the first steam-powered vessel to navigate the ocean.

$150-250 505.

Historical Blue and White Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Plate, Joseph Stubbs, Burslem, 1790-1829, the plate depicting Nahant Hotel near Boston, with printed title on the bottom, floral and eagle border, (glaze wear), dia. 8 1/4 in.

$150-250 506.

Historical Blue and White Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Platter, J. & W. Ridgeway, Hanley, England, 1814-30, the chamfered rectangular platter depicting the DEAF & DUMB ASYLUM HARTFORD CON. from the “Beauties of America” series, with rose and leaf medallion border, printed title and maker on the reverse, (a few minor scratches), 11 x 15 in.

$600-800 507.

Historical Blue Transferware Plate with Boston China and Glass Warehouse, William Adams, Stoke, England, 1827-31, the dinner plate depicting Mitchell & Freeman’s China and Glass Warehouse, Chatham Street, Boston, with printed title and impressed maker’s mark on the bottom, dia. 10 1/8 in.

$250-350 508.

Historical Blue Transferware VIEW OF TRENTON FALLS Bowl, Enoch Wood & Sons, Burslem, England, second quarter 19th century, small shallow bowl with printed title and impressed maker’s mark on the bottom, shell border, ht. 1 1/4, dia. 7 3/8 in.

$250-350 509.

Historical Blue Transferware Plate Depicting the Fishkill Landing on the Hudson River, unknown maker, early 19th century, with Butter Hill and Beacon Hill in the distance, floral border, printed title Near Fishkill on the bottom, (minor wear), dia. 7 7/8 in.

$200-250 510.

Historical Blue Transfer-decorated Boston State House Staffordshire Pitcher, Joseph Stubbs, Burslem, England, early 19th century, (minor rim line), ht. 6 5/8 in.

$800-1,200 511.

Historical Blue and White Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Soup Plate, J. & W. Ridgeway, Hanley, England, 1814-30, depicting the OCTAGON CHURCH BOSTON, from the “Beauties of America” series, with rose and leaf medallion border, printed title and maker on the reverse, (minor imperfections), dia. 9 7/8 in.

Note: The Octagon Church was designed by Charles Bulfinch and was constructed in 1814. It was located on Summer Street in Boston, and was demolished in 1868.

$200-400

Lots 515-523

512.

Historical Blue Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Boston State House Creamer, John Rogers & Son, Longport, England, 181542, with floral border, printed American eagle and shield mark on base, (minor base hairline), ht. 4 in.

$200-300

516.

Historical Blue Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Plate, Ralph Stevenson, Cobridge, England, 1815-40, depicting BOSTON HOSPITAL, with printed title and maker’s mark on the reverse, with leaf border, dia. 9 1/4 in.

$200-400

513.

Historical Blue Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery States Plate, James and Ralph Clews, Cobridge, England, 1819-36, the salad plate with a border of the names of fifteen states on banners separated by stars, surrounding a portrait of Washington and allegorical figures of Justice and Liberty representing America and Independence, and a central cartouche depicting a manor and sheep grazing, impressed maker’s marks on reverse, dia. 8 1/2 in.

$150-250

517.

Historical Blue and White Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Plate, Ralph Stevenson and Williams, Cobridge, early 19th century, depicting NAHANT HOTEL, with an oak leaf and acorn border, printed title on the reverse, (minor imperfections), dia. 8 5/8 in.

$300-350

514.

Blue Transferware Insane Hospital Boston Plate, John & William Ridgeway, Hanley, England, 1814-30, from the Beauties of America series, with a floral medallion border, printed title and maker on the reverse, (minor imperfection), dia. 7 1/4 in.

$200-250 515.

Blue Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Plate, Enoch Wood & Sons, Burslem, England, 1819-46, the plate depicting TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY LEXINGTON, with shell border, printed title and impressed maker’s mark on the reverse, (minor imperfections), dia. 9 1/4 in.

$300-500

518.

Historical Blue Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Dinner Plate, John Rogers & Son, Longport, England, 1815-42, depicting the BOSTON STATE HOUSE, with floral border, impressed maker’s mark on bottom, dia. 10 in.

$400-600 519.

Historical Blue and White Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Dinner Plate, Enoch Wood & Sons, Burslem, England, 1819-46, depicting the CITY OF ALBANY STATE OF NEW YORK, with shell border, printed title and impressed maker’s mark on reverse, dia. 10 in.

$400-600

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520.

Blue and White Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Dinner Plate, John & William Ridgeway, Hanley, England, 1814-30, the plate depicting CITY HALL NEW YORK, from the Beauties of America series, with a floral medallion border, printed title and maker’s mark on the reverse, (light wear), dia. 9 7/8 in.

$200-250 521.

Historical Blue Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Dinner Plate, Andrew Stevenson, Cobridge, England, 1805-29, the plate depicting NEW YORK from Brooklyn Heights, with floral border, dia. 10 1/4 in.

$400-600 522.

Historical Blue and White Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Dinner Plate, Ralph Stevenson and Williams, Cobridge, early 19th century, depicting PARK THEATRE NEW YORK, with an oak leaf and acorn border, printed title on the reverse, (minor imperfections), dia. 9 3/4 in.

$250-350 523.

Historic Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Landing of LaFayette Soup Plate, James and Ralph Clews, Cobridge, 1819-36, titled below scene “Landing of Gen. LaFayette at Castle Garden in New York, 16 August, 1824,” impressed maker’s mark on base, dia. 9 7/8 in.

$300-350

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Eight Blue Transfer-decorated Arms of the United States Pattern Plates, R. Hammersly, England, c. 1868, with geometric foliate borders, printed maker’s mark and pattern on base, dia. 8 3/4 in.

$600-800 525.

Historical Blue Transfer-decorated Pottery Boston State House Tureen Stand, John Rogers & Son, Longport, England, 1815-42, elliptical stand with floral border, (rim repair), ht. 3, wd. 12, lg. 17 in.

$500-700 526.

Blue Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Beehive Pattern Basin, Stevenson and Williams, Cobridge, England, c. 1825, centered with a beehive motif surrounded by scrolled foliate and floral reserves with large floral borders, printed maker’s mark on base, ht. 3 3/4, dia.

12 1/4 in.

$600-800 527.

Four Blue and White Arms of the United States Pattern Cups and Saucers, R. Hammersly, England, c. 1868, transfer-decorated with geometric foliate borders, printed maker’s mark and pattern on saucer bases, (one cup with base hairline), dia. 8 3/4 in.

$600-800

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528.

Blue and White Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Pitcher, Cauldon Pottery, England, late 19th century, the pitcher depicting a Near East port scene, blue printed “Cauldon England” maker’s mark on base, ht. 11 1/2 in.

$150-250 529.

Historical Blue Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Four-piece Tea Set, possibly Joseph Stubbs, Burslem, England, 1790-1829, depicting New York City Hall with rose and oak leaf border, comprising teapot, covered sugar bowl, creamer, and small bowl, the interior of the bowl depicting a couple strolling in a landscape, (imperfections), ht. 3 1/8-4 7/8 in.

$1,500-2,500 530.

Historical Blue Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Sauceboat, J. & W. Ridgeway, Hanley, England, 1814-30, depicting the Boston State House, from the “Beauties of America” series, with floral medallion border, printed title and maker’s mark on bottom, ht. 3 3/4, dia. 7 1/2 in.

$200-250 531.

Historical Blue Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Pitcher, James and Ralph Clews, Cobridge, England, 1819-36, titled under spout “Landing of Gen. LaFayette at Castle Garden in New York, 16 August, 1824,” with floral border, (spout chip, glaze wear on rim and handle edges), ht. 9 in.

$800-1,200

532.

Historical Blue Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Washington/Lafayette Jug, R. Hall & Sons, England, second quarter 19th century, pearlware jug with simulated bamboo handle and floral rim borders, one side depicting a bust of Washington with inscriptions: “WASHINGTON/ HIS COUNTRYS FATHER/FIRST IN WAR FIRST IN PEACE, AND FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS,” the other side depicting a bust of Lafayette with inscriptions: “[LA]FAYETTE/ THE NATIONS GUEST/IN COMMEORATION OF THE VISIT OF GEN. LA FAYETTE, TO THE U.S. OF AMERICA, IN THE YEAR 1824,” under the spout decorated with an American eagle and shield, with inscription “REPUBLICANS ARE NOT Always UNGRATEFUL,” with “Rt. Hall & Son” below, (glaze losses on sides of handle and spout), ht. 6 5/8 in.

$600-800 533.

Historical Blue and White Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Plate, Ralph Stevenson and Williams, Cobridge, early 19th century, depicting CITY HOTEL NEW YORK, with an oak leaf and acorn border, printed title on the reverse, (minor imperfections), dia. 8 5/8 in.

$300-500 534.

Blue Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Plate, Enoch Wood & Sons, Burslem, England, 1819-46, the plate depicting the “FALL OF MONTMORENCI NEAR QUEBEC,” with shell border, printed title and impressed maker’s mark on back, (minor imperfections), dia. 8 3/8 in.

$200-400

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535.

Historical Blue Transfer Gilpin’s Mills on the Brandywine Creek Plate, Enoch Wood & Sons, Burslem, England, early 19th century, the plate with printed title and impressed maker’s mark on the bottom, shell border, dia. 9 1/4 in.

$250-350 536.

Ridgway Asiatic Palaces Blue and White Transfer-decorated Dinner Service, England, c. 1835, the pearlware service comprising twelve dinner plates, twelve soup plates, eleven salad plates, eleven dessert plates, twenty-two butter plates, nine graduating platters, three vegetable dishes, a hexagonal covered dish, two hexagonal covered sauce dishes with ladles and undertrays, a small hexagonal dish, and two sauceboats, with blue underglaze stamp on the back inscribed “Ridgways Asiatic Palaces”; accompanied by a similar pattern chamber pot, and an unrelated flow blue ladle, eighty-eight pieces total, (imperfections), ht. 1 1/8-7 1/2, dia. 5 7/8-17 in.

$3,000-5,000 537.

“Quebec Harbor & Levis” Platter and Four “Texian Campaigne” Dinner Plates, mid-19th century, the platter transfer-printed in brown depicting “Quebec Harbor & Levis” titled below, with border of beavers and undulating vine of shamrocks, roses, and thistles, circular maker’s mark on the reverse “Cochran/St. Rollox/Glasgow/Quebec”; four dinner plates with light blue transfer decoration depicting the “Texian Campaigne” titled on the reverse and with “J.B.” mark, (one plate with rim chip), platter 14 5/8 x 18 3/8, plate dia. 10 1/4 in.

$300-500

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Partial Mandarin Pattern Pearlware Dinner Service, England, early 19th century, polychrome enameled, transfer-decorated pearlware pottery, with central scene of a landscape with a servant holding an umbrella over two figures seated at a table, the border with shaped cartouches depicting flowers and birds, on a blossom-patterned orange-red ground, comprising three graduating oval platters, an oval platter drainer, two covered square serving dishes, a square serving bowl, a sauceboat, three soup plates, seventeen dinner plates, and seven dessert plates, thirty-five pieces total, (imperfections), ht. 1-4 1/2, dia. 7 3/8-21 in.

$3,000-5,000 539.

Eight Enamel-decorated Creamware Plates and a Serving Dish, Herculaneum Pottery, Liverpool, England, late 18th/early 19th century, eight dinner plates and a rectangular serving dish, each centered with an urn within a wreath surrounded by flower sprigs, with blue featheredge rims, impressed “Herculaneum” on the bottom, dia. 10 in.

$400-600 540.

Mochaware Mug with Engine-turned Design, Britain, early 19th century, pearlware mug with applied handle with leaf terminals, molded base, thin rust and blue bands flanking black slip-filled engine-turned patterned bands, (base edge repaired), ht. 4 7/8 in.

$500-700

541.

Mochaware Beaker, Britain, early 19th century, green glazed reeded rim over a combed brown, black, and white slip field, ht. 3 7/8 in.

$500-700 542.

Liverpool Pottery Creamware Jug, England, early 19th century, the jug with mulberry transfer decoration, one side depicting “The Sailor’s Farewell,” the reverse depicting a ship at sea, a panoply, and banner inscribed “SUCCESS TO THE TRADE,” with a flower blossom under the spout, (imperfections), ht. 8 3/4 in.

$400-600 543.

Nine English Pottery Lustre Decorated Pitchers, early 19th century, one with polychrome decorated black transfer designs, one side depicting the “West View of the Cast Iron Bridge over the River Wear...,” the other side depicting a ship, several Masonic images under the spout, highlighted with pink lustre; two yellow glazed with silver luster borders and black transfer-decorated round reserves, one depicting the figures of HOPE and CHARITY, the other a manor and river landscape; one with silver lustre accents with zigzag rim border over a field of flowers and leaves on a yellow ground; two with silver lustre decoration on the body, one with flowers and bird motif, the other with a grapevine motif; one with pink, green, and white enameled flowers on a copper lustre ground; one with polychrome decorated red transfer depicting a woman reading the bible on one side, and a pious verse on the other, with a heart under the spout inscribed “Better Luck Than ever”; the last with both sides decorated with a black transfer scene with a manor, figures, and cows, accented with silver lustre, (imperfections), ht. 4-7 1/4 in.

$400-600 544.

Spongeware Plate with Flower Decoration, Longton, England, c.

1850, blue and green sponged border centered with hand-painted red, maroon, and blue flowers, impressed “Cotton and Barlow” on the bottom, dia. 8 3/4 in.

$200-250 545.

Spatterware Tea Bowl and Saucer with Reindeer Transfer Decoration, England, c. 1830, cup ht. 2 1/2, saucer dia. 5 5/8 in.

$300-500 546.

Staffordshire Pottery Figural Group, c. 1810, depicting a romantic couple seated on a garden bench, with bocage potted plant and pet dog figure, the base retains an old ‘‘D. M. & P. Manheim” retailer’s label, (losses), ht. 8 1/4, wd. 7 1/8 in.

$300-500 547.

Six Assorted English Pottery Items, 19th century, a figure of a man with his game basket slung on his side; a figure of a highlander with his spaniel standing next to a doghouse with a rabbit perched on the roof; a yellow-glazed pitcher with black transfer decoration of figures and sheep on the grounds of a manor, with silver lustre borders; a yellowglazed child’s mug with transfer decoration of a woman with her dog and her catch of game, with pink lustre borders; two transfer-decorated children’s plates, one with a little girl and her rabbit hutch, the other depicting “WILLIE AND HIS RABBIT,” (imperfections), ht. 2 1/4-10 1/2 in.

$300-500

548.

UNITED STATES HOTEL BOSTON Transfer-decorated Pitcher, Greenwood China, Trenton, New Jersey, late 19th century, with brown transfer rim band and handle one side with a belted oval inscribed “UNITED STATES HOTEL BOSTON” and “TILLY HAYNES” centered with a scene of Boston Harbor, impressed maker’s mark on base, ht.

6 1/2 in.

Note: King’s Dictionary of Boston (1883) says the United States Hotel is “one of the oldest of the established hotels of the city, and one of the best, enjoying an excellent reputation in every respect. Its seal dates back to 1826.” It was on Beach Street, between Lincoln and Kingston, in what is now Chinatown. In 1883 it took up the entire block and was three stories high. Daniel Webster lived there at one time, and Charles Sumner entertained Dickens there.

$300-500 549.

Heriz Carpet, Northwest Persia, second quarter 20th century, (small areas of wear), 11 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft.

$2,000-2,500 550.

South Caucasian Long Rug, late 19th century, (small areas of wear, minor moth damage, some re-piling repairs), 10 ft. x 3 ft. 10 in.

$1,500-2,000 551.

Kazak Rug, Southwest Caucasus, late 19th century, (small hole, crease glue to back, small areas of re-piling), 6 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft. 8 in.

$800-1,000 552.

Soumak Carpet, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, (outer guard stripe rewoven along both edges, light stain), 10 ft. x 5 ft. 10 in.

$1,500-2,000 553.

Heriz Carpet, Northwest Persia, second quarter 20th century, 13 ft. x 9 ft. 4 in.

$1,500-2,000 554.

Gendje Rug, South Central Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, (even wear, small end repairs, some glue to back), 4 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 2 in.

$1,000-1,200 555.

Luri Corridor Rug, Southwest Persia, early 20th century, (small areas of wear), 11 ft. 8 in. x 5 ft. 8 in.

$700-900 556.

Central Anatolian Rug, last quarter 19th century, (brown oxidation), 6 ft. x 3 ft. 9 in.

$1,000-1,200 557.

Mahal Carpet, West Persia, last quarter 19th century, (even wear, two patches, small hole), 10 ft. x 7 ft. 4 in.

$1,000-1,200

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South Caucasian Long Rug, last quarter 19th century, (some moth damage, small areas of re-piling, small rewoven area), 11 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft.

6 in.

$1,500-2,000

569.

Khamseh Rug, Southwest Persia, early 20th century, (even wear to center, selvage damage, several small holes, minor moth damage), 6 ft. x 3 ft. 3 in.

$700-900

559.

Ersari Main Carpet, West Turkestan, third quarter 19th century, (areas of wear), 11 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 6 in.

$1,000-1,200

570.

Khamseh Rug, Southwest Persia, early 20th century, 6 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft.

3 in.

$1,000-1,200

560.

Armenian “Cloudband” Karabagh Rug, South Caucasus, dated 1908, (light creases), 7 ft. 10 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.

$1,200-1,500

571.

Baluch Rug, Northeast Persia, last quarter 19th century, (small spots of wear, some brown oxidation, re-overcast), 5 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 4 in.

$500-700

561.

Heriz Small Carpet, Northwest Persia, early 20th century, (small spots of wear), 8 ft. 8 in. x 5 ft. 8 in.

$1,000-1,500

572.

Kazak Rug, Southwest Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, (small area of wear, small creases), 5 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft.

$700-900

562.

Armenian Kazak Long Rug, Southeast Caucasus, dated 1884, (two small spots of moth damage), 10 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. 8 in.

$800-1,200

573.

Kurd Long Rug, Northwest Persia, late 19th/20th century, (areas of wear in center, several small holes, some moth damage), 13 ft. x 3 ft.

8 in.

$700-900

563.

Alpan Kuba Rug, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, (brown oxidation, minor end fraying, flat-stitch restoration to some brown areas), 5 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. 8 in.

$1,000-1,200 564.

South Caucasian Long Rug, early 20th century, (minor reweaves along edges and ends, re-piled areas), 9 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 4 in.

$1,200-1,500 565.

Yuruk Rug, East Anatolia, last quarter 19th century, (slight end fraying), 6 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 10 in.

$800-1,200 566.

Talish Rug, Southeast Caucasus, late 19th century, (some moth damage, small end repairs), 6 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 4 in.

$800-1,000 567.

Serab Runner, Northwest Persia, late 19th century, (area of moth damage), 16 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 8 in.

$800-1,200 568.

Ushak Prayer Rug, West Anatolia, last quarter 19th century, (areas of wear, some selvage damage), 6 ft. 5 in. x 5 ft. 2 in.

$800-1,200

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Anatolian Village Prayer Rug, early 20th century, 4 ft. x 3 ft. 2 in.

$700-900 575.

Kurd Runner, Northwest Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, (small spots of wear), 7 ft. 9 in. x 2 ft.

$600-800 576.

Kuba Rug, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, (small areas of wear, black oxidation, end fraying), 4 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 4 in.

$700-900 577.

Fachralo Kazak Prayer Rug, Southwest Caucasus, second half 19th century, (areas of wear), 6 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 8 in.

$500-700 578.

“Cloudband” Karabagh Rug, South Caucasus, late 19th century, (small hole, creases), 6 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. 3 in.

$600-800 579.

Baluch Rug, Northeast Persia, last quarter 19th century, (small areas of wear, brown oxidation, re-overcast), 6 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 8 in.

$400-600

580.

Kuba Rug, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, (rewoven area), 5 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft.

$600-800 581.

Shirvan Kelim, East Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, (several small holes, small corner gouge), 9 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 4 in.

$500-700 582.

Baluch Prayer Rug, Northeast Persia, late 19th century, (even wear), 4 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 9 in.

$400-600 583.

Khamseh Small Carpet, Southwest Persia, early 20th century, (small spots of wear, small creases), 10 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 4 in.

$800-1,200 584.

Zejwa Kuba Rug, Northeast Caucasus, second half 19th century, (unfinished re-piling repairs, outer guard stripe partially missing from both edges and re-overcast, small patch, end fraying), 6 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft.

10 in.

$700-900 585.

Kurd-Bidjar Rug, Northwest Persia, late 19th century/early 20th century, (small spots of wear, re-overcast), 6 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 10 in.

$100-150

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Chairman of the Board - Nancy R. Skinner Richard Albright Barnet Fain Stephen L. Fletcher Karen M. Keane

President/Chief Executive Officer - Karen M. Keane Chief Financial Officer - Don Kelly Executive Vice President - Stephen L. Fletcher Vice Presidents- Gloria Lieberman, Carol McCaffrey, Kerry Shrives, Stuart G. Slavid, Stuart P. Whitehurst

American & European Paintings & Prints - Robin S.R. Starr Assistants: Kathy Wong, Elizabeth C. Haff American Furniture & Decorative Arts - Stephen L. Fletcher, Martha Hamilton Assistants: LaGina Austin, Karen Langberg, Chris Barber American Indian & Ethnographic Art - Douglas Deihl Asian Works of Art - James F. Callahan Assistant: Tianyue Jiang Books & Manuscripts - Stuart P. Whitehurst Assistant: Sara C. Wishart Bottles, Flasks & Early Glass - Stephen L. Fletcher Ceramics - Stuart G. Slavid Classic Automobiles & Motorcycles - Jane D. Prentiss Couture - Kerry Shrives Discovery Sales - Kerry Shrives Assistants: Garrett J. Sheahan, Harry B. McNabb, Melissa Riebe European Furniture & Decorative Arts - Stuart G. Slavid Assistants: Stuart P. Whitehurst, Sara C. Wishart Fine Wines - Marie Keep Jewelry - Victoria Bratberg Assistants: John Colasacco, Julie Khouri Judaica - Kerry Shrives Modernism: 1896–Present: Art Glass, Pottery, Metalwork & Furniture Jane D. Prentiss Museum & Collections Services - Martha Hamilton Musical Instruments - David Bonsey Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Gary Richards Science, Technology & Clocks - Robert C. Cheney Assistant: Chris Barber Silver - Stuart G. Slavid Assistant: Sara C. Wishart Toys & Dolls - Kerry Shrives Auctioneers - LaGina Austin, David Bonsey, Robert C. Cheney, Stephen L. Fletcher, Karen M. Keane, Marie C. Keep, Gloria Lieberman, Kerry Shrives, Stuart G. Slavid, Robin S.R. Starr, Laura V. Sweeney, Stuart P. Whitehurst

Exhibitions & Property Distribution

Finance Department

Subscriptions

Service Departments

Marlborough: Warehouse Manager - Jonathan Dowling, 508.970.3280

Property Manager - Samuel Combs, 508.970.3262 Boston:

Kerryn Murphy, 617.874.4329

Property Distribution Manager - Jessica R. Lincoln, 617.874.4308

Marlborough: Accounts Receivable - Denise Johnson, 508.970.3269

Accounts Payable - Kathleen Hayes, 508.970.3268

Credit Supervisor - Joe Monteyro, 508.970.3266

Marlborough: Karen Skinner, 508.970.3240

Appraisal & Auction Services - Patricia Walker King, Leah Skowron, Shannon M. Ames, Cory Shea Advertising Production - Pamela Van de Houten Boston Gallery Director - Laura V. Sweeney Assistant Gallery Director: Paige Lewellyn Gallery Assistant: Katharine E. Hampson Catalogue Production - Pamela Van de Houten, Kristina Harrison Consignment Services - Megan J. Blomgren, Carol Zeigler Customer Relations - Carol McCaffrey Institutional Relations - L. Emerson Tuttle Human Resources - Carol McCaffrey Information Technology & Internet Auctions - Kerry Shrives Assistants: Timothy Shaughnessey, Melissa Riebe Managing Director - Marie C. Keep Marketing & Public Relations - Kate de Bethune, Karen Skinner, Katherine Gargolinski Photographers - Stanley P. Bystrowski, Jeffrey R. Antkowiak Receptionists - Marlborough: Carol Tran Boston: Hadley Dinardo Transportation - Eric Jones Assistant: Mark McCaffrey

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Directions to Skinner’s Boston Gallery/63 Park Plaza, Boston, MA Telephone: 617-350-5400 From the West:

Take the Massachusetts Turnpike to the Prudential/Copley exit located in the Prudential tunnel.

Once on the exit ramp, stay in the right hand lane and follow the signs for Copley.

The ramp exits onto Stuart Street. Drive straight through five sets of lights and take a left onto Charles Street South. Take your first left off of Charles St. South onto Park Plaza.

Skinner is at 63 Park Plaza, one block up on the right.

From the South:

Take 93-N to Exit 20 for I-90 W toward Worcester. Follow signs for Chinatown/South Station.

Bear left at the fork to continue towards Kneeland Street. Turn left onto Kneeland Street. Kneeland Street becomes Stuart Street. Turn right onto Charles Street South. Turn left onto Park Plaza.

Skinner is at 63 Park Plaza, one block up on the right.

From Logan Airport:

Take the Ted Williams Tunnel. Take Exit 25 toward South Boston and bear left at the fork in the ramp. Bear right onto B St. Turn left onto Northern Ave which becomes Seaport Blvd. Turn left onto Surface Rd. Turn right onto Kneeland Street which becomes Stuart Street. Turn right onto Charles Street South. Turn left onto Park Plaza.

Skinner is at 63 Park Plaza, one block up on the right.

From the North:

Take I-93 South towards Boston. Take exit 26 towards Storrow Drive.  Merge onto MA-28 South via the ramp on the left. Turn left onto Beacon Street. Turn right onto Arlington Street. Turn left onto Boylston Street. Turn right onto Hadassah Way. Skinner is on the right at 63 Park Plaza.

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PARKING INDOOR PARKING GARAGES City Place Parking Garage Transportation Building 12 Charles Street Located at the end of Park Plaza Underground multi-level garage All day–closes at 2:30am First hr/$5, after 2 hrs/$14 AllRight Parking Boston Common Garage Located on Charles Street, on the Common, two blocks from Skinner 1 hr/$6, up to 24 hrs/$25, Evenings (4pm-10am)/$10 The Four Seaons Hotel Parking Garage 200 Boylston Street Adjacent to Skinner, valet drop-off and pick-up, up to 24 hrs/$30

The Taj Hotel Parking Garage 2 Newbury Street Located three blocks from Skinner, valet drop-off and pick-up Up to 24 hrs/$42 Back Bay Garage 222 Berkeley Street (entrance off St. James) One block from Skinner All day/$35, evening (5pm-7am)/$10 Radisson Hotel Parking Garage Stuart Street (near intersection of Charles) Two blocks from Skinner 1-2 hrs/$12, 2-3 hrs/$16, 3-12 hrs/$18, 12-24 hrs/$31

Motor Mart Garage 26 Park Plaza (Same building as Legal Sea Food) Up to 1 hr/$8, 1 to 2 hrs/$12, 2-3 hrs/$16, 3-12 hrs/$20, 12-24 hrs/$31, weekends up to 3 hrs/$8 OUTDOOR PARKING LOTS (recommended for trucks) Pin Stripe Parking Arlington Street 617-338-7984 All day/$14, after 6pm and weekends/$10, overnight/$15 Billy’s Parking 222 Stuart Street 617-423-7781 8am-5pm/$18, after 5pm/$20

BOSTON HOTELS

BOSTON HOTELS WITH SKINNER CORPORATE RATES

Boston Harbor Hotel 70 Rowe’s Wharf Boston, MA 02110 Tel: 800-654-2000 Fax: 617-345-6799

The Back Bay Hotel (formerly Jurys) 350 Stuart Street Boston, MA 02116 Tel: 617-532-3800

Eliot Hotel 370 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215 Tel: 617-267-1607

Radisson Hotel 200 Stuart Street Boston, MA 01740 Tel: 617-482-1800 Fax: 617-451-2750

Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro 25 Charles Street Boston, MA 02114 Tel: 617-723-1133

The Park Plaza 64 Arlington Street Boston, MA 02116 Tel: 617-457-7488 Fax: 617-426-2000

Four Seasons 200 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 Tel: 617-351-2036

The Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common 10 Avery Street Boston, MA 02111 Tel: 617-912-3315 Fax: 617-912-3375

The Colonnade 120 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02116 Tel: 617-424-7000 Fax: 617-424-0968

The Liberty Hotel 215 Charles St. Boston, MA 02114 617-224-4000

Taj Boston 15 Arlington St. Boston, MA 02116 617-536-5700

Marriott Copley Place 110 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02116 Tel: 800-228-9290 Fax: 617-236-5885

Westin-Copley Plaza 10 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02116 Tel: 800-228-3000 Fax: 617-424-7483

Fairmont Copley Plaza 138 St. James Avenue Boston, MA 02116 Tel: 617-267-5300 Fax: 617-375-9648

Nine Zero Hotel 90 Tremont St. Boston, MA 02108 617-772-5800

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RESTAURANTS

FINE DINING Aujourd’hui Four Seasons Hotel, 200 Boylston Street (between Arlington & Charles Streets) 617-351-2071 New American.

Dante Royal Sonesta Hotel 5 Cambridge Parkway 617-806-4200 Mediterranean restaurant with great views of the Charles River and Boston skyline.

Davio’s 75 Arlington St. 617-357-4810 Northern Italian steak house.

Grill 23 & Bar 161 Berkley Street (Stuart Street) 617-542-2255 Great steak, seafood, wine list, and service.

L’Espalier 774 Boylston St. 617-262-3023 French dining in an elegant townhouse with a wonderful prix-fixe menu.

No. 9 Park 9 Park St. 617-742-9991 Barbara Lynch’s bistro showcases inspired French and Italian influenced food and wine on Beacon Hill.

Radius 85 High St. 617-426-1234 Features a modern French menu focusing on seasonal ingredients accompanied by a thoughtful wine list.

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Scampo The Liberty Hotel 215 Charles St. 617-536-2100 Lydia Shire’s latest restaurant, featuring Italian fare produced in an open kitchen upstairs at the Liberty Hotel.

Troquet 140 Boylston St. 617-695-9463 French restaurant and wine bar perched at the edge of the Boston Common and the theatre district.

Via Matta 79 Park Plaza 617-422-0008 Elegant Italian fare and beautiful wines in a vibrant dining room - the best of Italy in Boston’s Back Bay creates an unforgettable experience.

MODERATE Aquitaine 569 Tremont Street 617-424-8577 Parisian bistro style fare.

The Bristol Lounge at Four Seasons Hotel 200 Boylston St. 617-338-4400 Breakfast, lunch, and dinner served in an elegant yet comfortable lounge setting with views of the Boston Public Garden.

East Ocean City 25-29 Beach St. 617-542-2504 Outstanding Chinese food restaurant highlighting seafood dishes with a fullservice bar.

Lala Rokh on Beacon Hill 97 Mt. Vernon Street 617-720-5511 Authentic regional Persian cuisine, hand-selected wine list, knowledgeable waitstaff.

McCormick and Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant 36 Columbus Ave 617-482-3999 Fresh seafood offerings that change daily.

Summer Shack 50 Dalton St. 617-867-9955 Jasper White serves well-executed seaside favorites in a casual Back Bay setting.

INEXPENSIVE Au Bon Pain 26 Park Plaza (across the street from Skinner) or 431 Boylston Street (at Berkeley Street) 617-338-8948 Casual café offers quick service.

Davio’s To Go 10 St. James Galleria Atrium 617-357-4810 Casual Italian take-out lunch spot with daily special pastas, soups, and salads.

Flash’s 310 Stuart St. 617-574-8888 American comfort food served with classic cocktails in a casual setting.

Parish Café 361 Boylston St. 617-247-4777 American restaurant with seasonal outdoor seating features sandwiches created by renowned local chefs.

Piattini 226 Newbury Street 617-536-2020 Italian wine bar with an eclectic menu; specializes in Italian-style tapas.

The Upper Crust 20 Charles Street 617-723-9600 Gourmet thin crust pizza.

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The Wayside Inn

Antiques Show May 13 - 15, 2011

A benefit show and sale for The Wayside Inn Historic Site, a 501(c)3 non-profit Massachusetts Historic Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places.

Preview Party and Reception

Friday, May 13, 6:30pm to 9:00pm

$125 by advance registration, $150 at the door

Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15 General Admission $10 10am to 5pm

N The Wayside Inn Historic Site (WIHS) is an internationally recognized 125-acre campus which operates the colonial-era inn and tavern known as Longfellow’s Wayside Inn. The WIHS offers educational tours of its village-like property to nearly 150,000 visitors annually, providing access to a waterpowered grist mill, an early one-room schoolhouse, as well as the Wayside Inn homestead itself. A non-profit since 1945, the WIHS remains dedicated to the preservation and stewardship of its role as an important 18th-century stagecoach stop, using museum-room settings and display cases to exhibit objects related to the four generations of the Howe family who ran a well-known innkeeping business on this site from 1716 to 1861.

The Wayside Inn Antiques Show offers a prime opportunity for area businesses to show their support, and helps ensure the preservation and future growth of one of America’s most notable icons.

Presenting Sponsor

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Auctioneers & Appraisers

For more information regarding sponsorship opportunities, Preview Party tickets or show guide advertising , contact Guy LeBlanc at (978) 440-9630 or e-mail history@wayside.org.

Please visit the official show website for additional information at www.TheWaysideInnAntiquesShow.org, including a current list of participating 2011 dealers, a click-flip version of the 2010 show guide, directions, and other valuable resources.

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