American Furniture & Decorative Arts
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Provenance Descendants of Sarah Phillips, Rowley, Massachusetts
Descendants of Miles Standish, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Descendants of Sarah Colburn, Lowell, Massachusetts
Descendants of Alexander Wadsworth, Duxbury, Massachusetts
Descendants of James Clark Todd
A New England Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain
A New England Collection of Portrait Miniatures
Collection of Jay Gaynor
Collection of the Valley Forge Historical Society
And property from private collections in Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, and the United Kingdom
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1 Yarn Sewn Rug, Sarah Colburn, Lowell, Massachusetts, dated 1836, the rug sewn in green, red, blue, white, and brown yarns, depicting a central eagle with a banner in its mouth “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” with red- and white-striped shield as its chest, and arrows and olive branches clutched in its talons, flanked by baskets of flowers each with a perched bluebird, the maker’s initials and date “SC1836” within a rectangular reserve at left, all surrounded by a floral and leafy border, tasseled fringe, (imperfections and repairs), 33 x 69 in. Provenance: Descended in the family of the maker. $6,000-8,000
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2 Paul Revere (American, 1735-1818) The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street, BOSTON, on March 5th 1770, by a Party of the 29th REGT. Boston: Engrav’d Printed & Sold by Paul Revere, March 1770., engraving with hand-coloring, Brigham, plate 14; this variant with small clock at left center reading 10:20 (Brigham notes a later variant altered to the more historically accurate time of 8:00). Printed on laid paper with watermark “W,” framed, sheet ht. 11 1/4, wd. 9 5/8 in.
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Provenance: John Fremont Hill (1855-1912), 45th Governor of Maine (1901-1905). A native of Eliot, Maine, he graduated from Maine Medical School of Brunswick in 1877, practicing for a year in Boothbay Harbor. Soon thereafter he helped establish the successful Vickery and Hill Publishing Company. He began his political career being elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1889 and served for three years before serving in the Senate from 1893-1897. Hill was elected Governor in 1900 and served that office for two terms. The Bloody Massacre print is documented in estate files as having hung in the governor’s mansion in Augusta, Maine.
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Upon Hill’s death in 1912, the print was inherited by his son-in-law John Merrill and his daughter Katharine Hill Merrill, who lived in the governor’s mansion through the 1960s. It then descended to their daughter, Mary Merrill of Saco, Maine, who preserved it until 2005 when it passed to her nephew, the present owner. Unfortunately, the details of when and where John Fremont Hill acquired Revere’s Bloody Massacre print are unknown. $100,000-120,000
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3 Full-length Carved Marble Statue of General George Washington, America, late 19th century, he stands facing slightly to his right, his right arm extended downwards holding a piece of paper, his left arm bent at the elbow with the handle of his sword in his hand, his right leg slightly bent and stepped forward, his hat resting on a small rectangular columnar plinth behind him, all on a square platform, (weathered, minor damage), ht. 44 1/2 in. $15,000-25,000
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4 American School, Late 18th Century, After Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) Portrait Miniature of George Washington as Colonel of the First Virginia Regiment. Unsigned. Oil on copper, showing the Colonel waist-length facing left, on a light brown background, 5 3/4 x 4 1/2 in., in a silvered molded wood frame.
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Note: The present lot is a faithful copy of the famous 1772 portrait of George Washington by the patriarch of the Peale family of painters, Charles Willson Peale, showing the Colonel in his uniform c. 1760-62, the first known likeness of the future first President. The artist here has rounded Washington’s face slightly, enlarged his eyes, and simplified the background from a landscape to a softened palette implying a depth of field. He has otherwise been very careful in reproducing the details, including a shirt buckle above the gorget and the inscription on the paper in the Colonel’s front left pocket, reading “Order of March.” $4,000-6,000
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5 George Washington Wine Bottle, England or America, c. 1792, the blown quart-sized olive green bottle of typical late 18th century form with down-tooled lip and string rim with rounded shoulder, rounded heel and dome-shaped pushup with sand pontil, bottle is corked and sealed with wax (possibly beeswax) bearing the applied paper label inscribed “Washington Wine/Imported in 1792/Rebottled in/1840,” contents of bottle evaporated leaving visible sediment inside, bottle ht. 9 1/8, dia. 3 7/8 in. Provenance: Descended in the family of Major Abraham Kirkpatrick (1749-1817). Kirkpatrick’s wife, Mary Ann Oldham, was a sister of Winifred Oldham, the wife of General John Neville. Mary Ann and Winifred Oldham were second cousins to George Washington and General Neville was a close personal friend of Washington. In 1794 during the Whiskey Rebellion there was an incident where General Neville was cornered in his home by 600 rebels. Major Kirkpatrick came to his rescue saving Neville. Kirkpatrick was captured, but later escaped. It is believed, because of the close personal associations with George Washington, that Washington gave a bottle or bottles of wine or spirits to Major Kirkpatrick for his bravery during this incident. The bottle and its contents were preserved by the Kirkpatrick family after Abraham’s death in 1817. In 1840, probably due to the cork needing changing, it was “rebottled.” Rather than actually putting the contents into a different bottle, rebottling often referred to simply resealing the contents with a new cork. It is believed that the inscribed paper label was applied to the bottle at that time. Note: In 2000 the consignor communicated with curatorial staff at George Washington’s Mount Vernon who offered the following insight: “With respect to the glass bottle in your collection with label reading “Washington Wine Imported 1792 Rebottled 1840,” I can offer few a insights. First of all, we know from George Washington’s correspondence and invoices that he imported a number of different wines including the following: Best, Old, Burgundy, Canary, Chaly Beale, Claret, Lisbon, Madera, Old, Port, Red, Rhenish, Sherry, Champagne. Yours is the first bottle we have seen which suggest that examples of this wine were rebottled in the 19th century following Washington’s death. We have, however, had other consumable goods come to our attention with similar labels, including whiskey and preserves. It may very well be, therefore, that your artifact represents a rebottling of an eighteenth century wine enjoyed at Mt. Vernon.” In addition to wines of various types being brought to Mount Vernon during Washington’s lifetime, George Washington’s ledger book for 1792 includes references to nearly 150 gallons of rum being purchased for his estate in May and September as well as multiple orders for corks presumably for bottling the rum. $10,000-15,000
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6 Bronze Bust of John Paul Jones, D. Godard, founder, Paris, France, 20th century, after Jean-Antoine Houdon cast in bronze and mounted on a green marble pedestal, signed in the casting behind the right shoulder “ATELIERS-DE-MOULAGE-DES-MUSEE NATIONAUX/D. GODARD FUNDEUR PARIS,” marked in the casting on the edge of the left arm “Houdon 1780” and marked on the inside behind the right shoulder “MUSEES/ NATIONAUX/FRANCE,” ht. 28, wd. 19, dp. 12 in. $2,500-3,500
7 American Militia Canteen, New England, c. 1830s, blue-painted “cheesebox”-style canteen with red-painted turned wood spout and iron wire suspension cord keepers, front of canteen has painted red oval cartouche bordered in white with white painted inscription “No 9,” (imperfections), dia. 7 in. $600-800 6
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8 Pewter Fluid Lamp Base with Memorial Engraving, America, early 19th century, the columnar top with molded foot on a stepped slightly canted square valanced base, decorated allover with engraved and wrigglework borders and stars, the four panels of the base depicting a cannon, crossed flags, a Union shield, and the initials “BB” over the date 1863 flanked by leafy sprigs, (imperfections), ht. 6 3/4, wd. 3 1/4, dp. 3 1/4 in. Note: This pewter lamp base, now used as a candlestick, is thought to have been engraved by its owner, in memory of a Union soldier with the initials B.B. killed during the Civil War in 1863, possibly at Gettysburg. $1,200-1,500
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9 Scrimshaw-decorated Walrus Tusk, America, 19th century, decorated with geometric designs, trees, a heart, and a threemasted vessel, (imperfections), lg. 15 in. $800-1,200
10 Engraved Powder Horn, America, c. late 19th century, gray/green horn engraved with a hunter firing a musket, fly fishing pole and creel, woman waving an American flag, eagles and rosettes, and a convex wooden base plug secured with five brass brads, all beneath a scalloped cartouche surrounding the upper end of the horn with the initials “O.W.R,” (imperfections), lg. 10 in. $500-700
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11 American School, Mid-19th Century Barnburner Politicking. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, depicting an interior scene with three politicians in the living room doorway at left, the most prominent of which may represent ex-President Martin Van Buren, who extends a card reading “POLK/DALLAS” to the seated homeowner whose wife stands behind him, her arms crossed, the room decorated with 18th and 19th century furniture and decorative arts rendered in uncommon detail, including depictions of an early 18th century black-painted cane-back chair, a high chest, a looking glass, two drop-leaf tables, a tall clock, painted tinware, and other decorations, 26 x 31 in., in likely original mahogany veneer ogee-molded and parcel-gilt frame. Condition: Spots and lines of retouch, two small repaired tears.
Note: Scenes like that represented here took place during the 1844 presidential campaign of James K. Polk and his running mate George Dallas. The foremost politician in the scene, thought to be Martin Van Buren, holds in his hand a printed card for the Polk/ Dallas campaign, the eventual winners of the election. The political landscape in 1844 was complicated and contentious, according to Jonathan H. Earle, in whose book Jacksonian Antislavery & The Politics of Free Soil, 18241854 (Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2004) this painting is reproduced. In the caption to the image, Earle writes “This intriguing image of New York politics in the 1840s features a trio of politicians—[one] bearing a strong resemblance to Martin Van Buren—soliciting the support of a folksy voter and his skeptical wife. The painting illustrates the rough-andtumble factionalism of Democratic politics in the age of Hunkers and Barnburners” (p. 64). $30,000-50,000
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12 Abraham Lincoln Ambrotype Campaign Button, photograph by Matthew Brady (1809-1865), c. 1860, depicting Abraham Lincoln as the presidential candidate in what is known as the “Cooper Union” portrait, within a stamped gilt-metal frame, the back with pin, clasp, and an orange printed card reading “FOR PRESIDENT/Hon. Abraham Lincoln./ MANUFACTURED BY/GEO. CLARK, Jr., & Co./AMBROTYPE ARTISTS/No. 59 Court Street./BOSTON.,” (minor imperfections), 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. Provenance: By descent through the family of James Clark Todd. $4,000-6,000
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13 Carved Applewood and 14kt Gold Jewelry Suite, Browne & Spaulding, Jewelers, New York City, 1865, comprised of a brooch and a pair of earrings depicting acorns and oak leaves with black enamel accents set in 14kt yellow gold, in original fitted box marked Browne & Spaulding, together with an 1865 letter addressed to the original owner William Cullen Bryant, a period Brown & Spaulding trade card showing a similar suite, and a 1908 Anderson Auction Company catalog of “A Portion of The Library of William Cullen Bryant” listing the suite as lot 407.
Note: According to a number of contemporary accounts, including their own, Browne and Spaulding made a suite of jewelry for General Ulysses S. Grant’s wife using wood from an apple tree at Appomattox, Virginia, under which General Robert E. Lee was sitting when he was asked to discuss the terms of surrender which would end the Civil War. The Grant set, which is apparently featured on the trade card included in the present lot, also consists of a larger piece, in addition to the earrings and brooch which are identical to the ones here. Thinking that William Cullen Bryant—the American romantic poet, staunch supporter of President Lincoln, and long-time (and current) editor-in-chief of the New-York Evening Post—or presumably, his wife, would also enjoy having such a suite, Browne & Spaulding sent one, unsolicited, to Mr. Bryant along with a letter dated November 27, 1865, which reads:
“Dear Sir, Accompanying, please find a trifling specimen of our art as constructors of jewelry, which it will afford us much pleasure, if you will kindly accept. It is in itself trifling but embodying as it does a little memorial of the closing scenes of the war, it will probably be looked upon as an object of interest. The wood employed we can guarantee to be portions of the tree at Appomattox, under which Gen. Lee commenced the negociations [sic] that terminated in his surrender. With great respect We are Dr. [dear] Sir, Yours Obliged, Browne & Spaulding.” Bryant clearly accepted the gift and cherished it, since it was sold at auction intact with the original jewelers’ letter in 1908. $5,000-7,000
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14 Half-plate Daguerreotype of The Colony House, Newport, Rhode Island, probably Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1850s, illustrating The Colony House, (light oxidation on the mat and image), 4 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. Note: The Colony House, completed in 1741, housed Rhode Island’s colonial and later state legislatures. The Declaration of Independence was read from its front steps on July 20, 1776, by Major John Handy. $4,000-6,000
15 Half-plate Daguerreotype of a Two-story Stone Building, probably Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1850s, the mid-19th century stone building possibly under construction with a probable uniformed guard in front, image housed in a pressed paper case with gilt floral and mother-of-pearl inlays, closing with two floral decorated brass clasps, interior of case below image has printed inscription inside: “Williams./Daguerrian Gallery.,” (case cover detached, light oxidation on mat, toning to image adjacent to mat), 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. $3,000-5,000 15
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16 Half-plate Daguerreotype of the Entrance to Touro Synagogue Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island, probably Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1850s, illustrating the entrance to the cemetery, (light oxidation on the mat and light toning on periphery of image), 5 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. Note: Prominent businessman and philanthropist Judah Touro was interred in this cemetery following his death in January 1854. $1,500-2,500
17 Half-plate Daguerreotype of a Winter Procession, probably Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1850s, depicting a number of white-robed Jewish leaders traveling by sleigh along a crowded street, (image toned at extremities), 4 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. $2,000-4,000
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18 English School, Late 18th Century Pair of Portrait Miniatures, Probably Brother and Sister. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, the boy wears a gray coat and holds a red book, with a chair, blue drapery, and window behind him; the girl, wearing a fascinator and a green sash, holds a bouquet, with a landscape beyond, 3 x 2 1/4 in., in gold pendant frames backed with foil under blue glass. $600-800 19 Attributed to Horace Hone (English, 17541825) Portrait Miniature of a Young Woman. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, 1 1/8 x 7/8 in., set in an etched gold ring. $400-600
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Portrait of a Curly-haired Woman in Blue. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in., in a gold pendant frame with chased designs centering the subject, the back further chased and centering a hairwork opening. Note: John Ramage was an accomplished goldsmith as well, and often made his own cases which are of consistent fine quality. $600-800
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21 Attributed to Samuel Collins (English, 17351768)
22 Edward Miles (act. England and Pennsylvania, 1752-1828)
Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Lace Bonnet, Red Bow, and Blue Dress. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, 1 1/2 x 1 in., in a frame with cobalt border, the back with braided hairwork border centering detailed beadwork of an urn on a plinth, surrounded by gilt lettering “The Lost To Sight To Memory Dear.” $300-500
Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in., in a gold pendant frame. $300-500
23 Henry Bone (English, 1755-1834)
24 English School, Late 18th Century Two Portrait Miniatures of an English Military Officer and His Wife. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, the officer wearing a blue coat with yellow collar and lapels and a white sash, his wife wearing a white bonnet and patterned shawl, 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in., mounted on either side of a pendant frame. $300-500
Portrait Miniature of George IV as Prince Regent. Signed in initials “HB” l.c., and reportedly signed on the reverse. Enamel on porcelain, the subject looking left in full regalia, on light brown background, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in., in a gold-tone pendant frame. $800-1,200
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Portrait Miniature of a Military Officer. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in., in a gold frame with chased designs, the back of elaborate woven hairwork centering the cipher “SML,” all bordered by white and light blue enamel. $300-500
26 John Smart (English, 1742/43-1811) Portrait Miniature of Major Richard Gomonde of Madras. Signed in initials “J.S.” l.r. Watercolor on ivory, 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in., in a gold pendant frame, further housed in a blue cloth-covered oval case. $400-600
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Two Portrait Miniatures of Girls in a Locket Frame. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, each 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in., mounted together in a gold locket pendant frame decorated with light blue enamel ciphers on the front and back. $300-500
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28 Two Upholstered Shell-carved Birch Open Armchairs, French Canada, late 18th/early 19th century, each with serpentine crest rail centering a shell above upholstered back, curving molded arms and concave supports, serpentine shaped and carved seat rails centering shells, overupholstered seats and carved front legs with scroll-carved feet joined to the shaped rear legs by double chapeau de gendarme-type cross-stretchers, (imperfections and repairs), ht. to 36 1/4, seat ht. to 18 in. Provenance: These chairs are from the same family as a French Canadian commode sold by Skinner on August 11, 2012, as Lot 1032. Literature: Jean Palardy, translated by Eric McLean, The Early Furniture of French Canada (St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1965). Note: The back seat rail on one chair is branded “POITRA.” $800-1,200
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29 Folk Art Glass Beaded Mirror, probably northern Europe, probably late 18th century, the central mirror framed in beaded mosaic set onto canvas (probably linen) depicting animals in a forest of trees and flowers in a faux tortoiseshell lacquered frame, (imperfections), ht. 18 1/2, wd. 17 3/4 in. $2,000-4,000
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30 The Phillips Family Needlework Picture, Sarah Phillips (b. Rowley, Massachusetts, 1656), Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1670, worked in red, blue, yellow, black, and white wool and silver and gold metallic threads on a blue/green linen ground, composed of two figures flanking the “Tree of Life” at center, the prodigal son at lower right, a brick building facade with mica “window” at right center, a cloud and partially obscured sun at upper left, and a rainbow at upper right, further stitched with a shepherd and his flock, leafy trees, flowers, a pomegranate, several birds, insects, and animals including a dog, a squirrel, a rabbit, a recumbent lion, a beaver, and a recumbent stag, under glass in a molded wood frame, (survives in a remarkable state of preservation, with minor losses, some discoloration), 17 1/4 x 24 1/4 in.
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Provenance: Preserved by the Phillips family for more than three centuries, the Sarah Phillips needlework picture has a long and well-documented provenance. Sarah Phillips (1656-1707) was a daughter of Reverend Samuel Phillips (1625-1696) who immigrated to America from Boxted, England, in 1630 on the ship Arbella with his parents Reverend George and Elizabeth Phillips, settling in Watertown, Massachusetts. Reverend George Phillips (c. 1593-1644) was the first minister of Watertown. Reverend Samuel Phillips graduated from Harvard College in 1650 and settled in Rowley, Massachusetts, in 1651. He married Sarah Appleton that same year and with her had eleven children including Sarah (1656-1707)1, who was reportedly educated at a private school in Boston where she likely stitched her needlepoint picture in the late 1660s or early 1670s.
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Sarah Phillips married Stephen Mighill (16511687) in 1680 and had at least three children together. The needlepoint picture descended through their son, Nathaniel’s (1684-1761) family passing to Nathaniel’s son Nathaniel (1715-1788) then to his daughter Hannah Mighill Perley (1753-1812), then to her daughter Hannah Perley (1772-1858). Hannah Perley is documented as having owned Sarah Phillips’ needlepoint picture in Thomas Gage’s The History of Rowley published in 1840. On September 5, 1839, the town of Rowley celebrated its second centennial anniversary of its settlement. Much of the festivities occurred in a pavilion erected in the town to host a dinner and several orations on the historic occasion.
In this pavilion were also displayed “relics” of Rowley’s past including “A piece of embroidery of curious workmanship, wrought by Sarah Phillips, (daughter of the Rev. Samuel Phillips, the second minister of Rowley), more than one hundred and sixty years ago, attracted much attention, and is now owned by Miss Hannah Perley, the said Sarah Phillips being grandmother to the said Hannah’s grandfather…”2 It may have been the needlepoint’s exhibition in Rowley that prompted the penning of its short history on the picture frame’s wooden backing board reading “This picture was/wrought at a boarding/school in Boston by/Miss Sarah Phillips/daughter of Rev. Sam./Phillips.”3 Shortly after the celebration, it seems, the needlepoint picture was transferred to Hannah Perley’s cousin Hannah Lancaster Sawyer (1754-1851), a great-granddaughter of Sarah Phillips. In December 1842 the picture was purchased from Hannah Lancaster Sawyer for thirty dollars by the Honorable Jonathan Phillips (1778-1860). Jonathan Phillips was a direct descendent of Sarah Phillips’ brother Samuel (1658-1722) and a celebrated Boston philanthropist. There is no doubt that the needlework picture purchased by Jonathan Phillips in 1842 is the Sarah Phillips needlework.
In a letter written to Jonathan Phillips on December 3 by Ann Tracy, a relative of Jonathan’s facilitating the sale, Tracy describes the picture and ponders its symbolism and iconography: “With how lordly a bearing do those portly sheep trample mid-air as if they were walking on this terrible earth! And that powerful beast – placed in the region of the clouds, & of the rainbow—is the showing fight to his neighbors, or scampering away in fear, while he throws a look of fierce menace, if not of defiance, behind him? We are permitted, in common with yourself to gaze, awe-stricken upon our far-off ancestor with his Spanish cloak, & in his knightly attitude, rejecting, with the extended arm of eloquent rebuke the fruit which the Lady Eve is plucking for him, in her Parisian costume of the Old-Court style of elegance. Can you or Mrs. P. resolve the problem which troubles our doubts respecting the building? Is it, with its nice pediment & supporting pillars, intended to represent the “bower of bliss” provided for the first pair—or, have the able-bodied birds surmounting it, made no mistake in taking it for a shelter for themselves? Certainly the most natural & affecting presentation is that of the poor Prodigal, still clad in his splendid garments, partaking of the husks which his valorous swine are devouring.”4
Phillips family oral history states that upon Jonathan’s death in 1860 the needlework picture was given to his only son William (1819-1873). Jonathan’s will supports this, noting that “All the remainder of my estate, real, personal, and mixed, I give and bequeath to my son William Phillips, to be at his free and absolute disposal forever.”5 Phillips family history also states that upon William’s death in 1873 that the picture was given to John Charles Phillips (1838-1885), a fact also supported by William Phillips’ will noting “I give unto John Charles Phillips now of New York, merchant, son of Reverend John Charles Phillips, now of said Boston, all my plate, pictures, statuary, engravings, books, household furniture, watches, jewelry, wines and ornaments.”6 After John Charles Phillips’ death in 1885 the picture descended to his son the Honorable William Phillips (18781968) a distinguished career United States Diplomat. In 1939 William Phillips’ wife, Caroline, lent the Sarah Phillips needlework picture to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts where it was photographed and documented, removed from its old frame and remounted by the museum’s textiles department. It was subsequently exhibited at the museum during the winters of 1945 and 1946. The needlepoint picture has remained in the family of William Phillips to this day.
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Note: This is one of a very few 17th century pictorial American needleworks known, though of course it follows English design somewhat closely. In a letter to Mrs. William Phillips, dated January 19, 1945, Gertrude Townsend, Curator of Textiles at the Museum of Fine Arts, remarks on “the use of the bluish wool ground, instead of white satin, and wool instead of silk, for the stitchery, is a deviation from the English custom. The result is delightful.” The letter goes on to include Ms. Townsend’s hope that the Museum be granted “the privilege of exhibiting this embroidered picture with our other New England embroideries,” and finishes by referring to Sarah Phillips’ work as “one of the few important surviving examples of seventeenth century work which can be attributed to New England.” Prior to publishing her exhaustive work Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers and Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850 (Knopf, New York, 1993), Betty Ring also examined Sarah’s work. She writes in Volume I, “Pictorial embroideries, like samplers, were surely made by seventeenth-century colonial schoolgirls, but only two authentic examples are known” (p. 30).
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In a footnote on the same page, Ring refers to the present lot specifically: “Unpublished is a pictorial embroidery of wool, silk, metal, and mica on a greenish-blue wool... It features a couple in seventeenth-century dress beside the Tree of Life and a rendition of the prodigal son amid many birds, beasts, and flowers. Inscribed on the reverse: ‘This picture was wrought at a boarding school in Boston by Miss Sarah Phillips daughter of Rev. Sam. Phillips.’ This fully documented and wonderfully colorful piece was loaned to the MFA [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston] in 1946.” On page 31, a needlework, probably made in Boston, by Rebeckah Wheeler of Concord, is pictured (fig. 30). Like Sarah Phillips’s needlework, Rebeckah Wheeler’s consists of little raised work, and is stitched in wool threads which, Ring tells us, like Gertrude Townsend reported in 1945, is different from most similar English work of the time, which was most often in silk. In Jonathan Fairbanks and Robert Trent’s work New England Begins, Linda Wesselman discusses Rebeckah Wheeler’s needlework as entry number 318 (Vol. 2, pp. 311-12). She mentions the lack of raised work also, as being in distinct contrast to most English needleworks of the period. More, Wesselman describes the “personal translations of pictorial sources”—animals, insects, etc.—apparent in Rebeckah’s work, citing two European pattern books from the early 17th century to which Rebeckah had access as source material, and to which Sarah Phillips, at her school, likely had access as well.
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From a purely compositional standpoint, Rebeckah’s needlework follows the English model - fully worked, with vertical figures overlapping horizontals creating the sense of a three-dimensional space, and the result, while beautiful, is restrained. Sarah’s work shows no such restraint, and profound imagination. Her figures, while carefully arranged to create an overall balance to the work, float freely and give the picture a sense of whimsy. 1. Phillips, Albert M., Phillips Genealogies; Including the Family of George Phillips (Auburn, MA, 1885), pp. 9-13. 2. Gage, Thomas, The History of Rowley (Ferdinand Andrews, Boston, 1840, p. xiii. 3. Until 1945 the Sarah Phillips needlepoint picture was mounted in a 19th century frame with a wooden backing board inscribed “This picture was/wrought at a boarding/ school in Boston by/Miss Sarah Phillips/ daughter of Rev. Sam./Phillips.” Photograph of the backing board and a transcription of note are on file at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Unfortunately, the backing board is not known to survive. 4. Ann Tracy to Jonathan Phillips, December 3, 1842 preserved in the Phillips family papers. 5. Suffolk Probate Record Books, Vol. 158, p. 114, microfilm on file at the Massachusetts State Archives. 6. Suffolk Probate Record Books, Vol. 463, p. 34, microfilm on file at the Massachusetts State Archives.
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Needlework picture by Rebeckah Wheeler (1645-1718), Courtesy Concord Museum
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31 John Stevens Jr. Woolen Needlework Pocketbook, possibly Perth Amboy, New Jersey, 1774, the envelope-shaped pocket book worked in Irish stitch in a zigzag diamond pattern in shades of yellow, red, pink, purple, green, orange, and brown, with two compartments and a large floralengraved silver clasp, the inner edge of the book embroidered in white woolen threads on a green background “Iohn Stevens junr November 19, 1774,” (minor losses and wear), together with a paper-bound tune book inscribed on the front cover “Esther Freebody/ her Book 1786” including four pages of handwritten music, pocketbook folded dimensions: ht. 4 1/2, wd. 8 in. Note: There are two possibilities for the identity of the original owner of this pocketbook. One is John Stevens, Junior (1715/16-1792) who settled in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, in the early 1740s. He served as paymaster of Colonel Peter Schuyler’s 1st New Jersey Regiment, the “Jersey Blues,” 1756-1760. He was a vocal opponent of the Stamp Act and was part of a committee formed to prevent the issue of the stamps in New York City. Stevens was elected VicePresident of Council of New Jersey in 1776 and served in that capacity until 1782. He also served as president of the convention of New Jersey when the state ratified the Unites States Constitution in 1787. The second possibility is John Stevens III (1749-1838) who was the son of John Stevens Jr. (1715/16-1792). He was an engineer and inventor who graduated from King’s College in 1768. During the American Revolution he served as the treasurer for the State of New Jersey and signed New Jersey currency “J Stevens Jun.” In 1791 he received a patent for a “boiler for generating steam” and later built a railroad between Trenton and New Brunswick, New Jersey. $3,000-5,000
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32 Silver Tankard, Jacobus Van der Spiegel, New York City, c. 1700, straight tapered sides on body with applied molded rim and base, with raised circular single-step lid with flat top, crenellated at the front, cast cocoon thumbpiece, five-segment cast hinge flanked by bands of wigglework, and a band of leaves, hollow C-curved handle with cast mask of a bearded face, the handle with engraved monograms “I*M” over “A*T,” and with maker’s marks “S/IV” in a trefoil, struck three times on the top of the lid, (imperfections), ht. 6 1/4 in., approx. 27 troy oz.
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33 Silver Handled Cup, Edward Winslow (16691753), Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1700, the cylindrical cup with maker’s mark “EW” within a fleur-de-lis just below the flared rim, applied molded band at base, scrolled strap handle engraved “P/ER,” the bottom engraved “John Robbinson,” ht. 4 in., 8.5 troy oz. Provenance: The true history of this cup is somewhat hard to figure. Family legend states that parts of the cup as currently constituted originally belonged to John Robinson, an early 17th century minister of the Pilgrims in Leyden, Holland. Robinson reportedly gave his cup to Miles Standish, who brought it to Plymouth aboard the Mayflower. Sometime in the early 18th century, goes the legend, the family approached Edward Winslow, a prominent Boston silversmith, to have him make a new bowl, and to incorporate the handle and the bottom from the original John Robinson mug. In 1926, the cup was offered at auction at Anderson Galleries as “An American Historical Silver Relic of First Importance.” The family legend, as related to Anderson Galleries by the consignor Thomas L. Page, is printed in the catalog. In 1987, in an attempt to confirm family legend, metal tests were performed at the Fogg Museum at Harvard. Samples were taken from the handle, bottom, and side of the cup, the hope being that the base and handle would have very different alloys than the side did. According to a letter written by Laurence Pizer, Director of the Pilgrim Society in Plymouth, the conclusion drawn by the Society from those tests was that indeed the side had a slightly different alloy from the base, and was therefore from a different time—supporting the long-held family belief, though not proving it. $4,000-6,000
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34 Silver Porringer, Samuel Edwards (17051762), Boston, Massachusetts, the pierced foliate handle engraved with initials, the bulbous bowl with convex bottom and maker’s mark in the center, ht. 2, bowl dia. 5 1/2, overall lg. 8 in. $1,000-1,500
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35 Four-piece Silver Tea Set, Joseph Lownes, Philadelphia, c. 1800, coffeepot, teapot, open bowl, and creamer, each with paneled urn-shaped body on a rectangular base with chamfered corners, ornamented with a wide shoulder band with engraved panels of decoration: floral and foliate wreaths, urns, and two shields, the shield on one side centered with the initials “LL,” the other side with engraved date “1808,” (open bowl not dated), the lower body tapered, and encircled with a band of lapped acanthus leaves, the coffeepot and teapot with conforming leaf ornament around the ball finial and top of hinged domed lid, both with carved scroll wooden handles with leaf grip, the creamer with silver scrolled strap handle, impressed maker’s marks on bases, the coffeepot base with engraved inscription “Lydia Leaming Smith 1808, Henry Hollinsworth Smith 1869, James Rundle Smith 1903,” (minor imperfections), ht. 5 to 12 1/4 in., approx. 96.5 troy oz. including handles. $2,000-4,000
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36 Large Hide-covered and Tack-decorated Dome-top Storage Trunk, America, late 18th century, the top with elaborate brass tack decoration incorporating hearts and geometric motifs, above the rectangular cloth-lined box with two iron locks on front centering a red leather heart outlined in tacks, (imperfections), ht. 20, wd. 41, dp. 20 in. $800-1,200
37 Appliqued Textile Fragment, probably England, first half 18th century, the fragment, apparently trimmed from a larger textile, perhaps a bed hanging, intricately decorated with a central basket with emerging flowers, the leaves and petals of which are cut from individual swatches of dyed plain weave broadcloth applied to form leaves, peonies, roses, and bellflowers, all stitched to a thin twill-woven woolen backing, (imperfections), ht. 13, wd. 24 in.
38 Pair of Brass Andirons, England, mid-18th century, each with round ball above a baluster shaft on low arched base with large penny feet and similar brass log stop, (imperfections), ht. 17 3/8, wd. 11 5/8, dp. 17 in. $800-1,200
Provenance: According to the consignor, “It was purchased in the 1990s at the sale of the contents of KITLEY HOUSE near PLYMOUTH, DEVON, the home of the Polloxfen and Bastard family since the C16th. The house is now a hotel. The textile was found in one of the attics when the auctioneers were clearing the house prior to sale.� $1,500-2,500
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39 Chippendale Carved Mahogany Side Chair, Boston, Massachusetts, with carving possibly by John Welch (1711-1789), the serpentine crest centering a carved shell with flanking acanthus leaves, on the vasiform splat and shaped stiles above the upholstered compass seat and shaped rails, the frontal cabriole legs with shell- and pendant-carved knees and webbed claw-and-ball feet joined to the raking chamfered rear legs by block-, vase-, and ring-turned stretchers, old refinish, (minor imperfections), ht. 39 1/2, seat ht. 18 in. Provenance: Israel Sack, Inc., New York, to William H. Coburn, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1930s. $4,000-6,000
40 Mahogany Upholstered Lolling Chair, attributed to Joseph Short, Newburyport, Massachusetts, c. 1800, the serpentine crest above half-serpentine arms ending in scrolled handholds on concave shaped, scrolled supports, and molded square front legs joined to the raking rear legs by stretchers, (minor repairs), ht. 45 3/4, seat ht. 17 in. Provenance: Ebenezer and Anna CoombsWheelwright, Wheelwright House, 75 High Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts, thence to Sylvia Lee by purchase. $4,000-6,000 41 Mahogany Hooded Cradle, possibly Massachusetts, late 18th century, dovetailconstructed, with canted sides, pierced handles, and scrolled rockers, ht. 28, wd. 23, dp. 47 in. Provenance: “Benjamin Weld born in Boston 1758, bred in Brunswick Maine 1839� on brass plaque; from the collection of the Valley Forge Historical Society. $200-300
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42 Chippendale Carved Mahogany Slant-lid Desk, Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1760-80, lid opens to a block- and shell-carved interior, with concave carved valance drawers above the case of graduated thumbmolded drawers on ogee bracket feet, some original brasses, refinished, (alterations), ht. 42 1/2, wd. 36 3/4, dp. 20 in. $4,000-6,000
43 Carved Tiger Maple and Cherry Card Table, Rhode Island, late 18th century, the overhanging folding top with carved fluted notched edge on a straight apron with molded edge and scratch-beaded side drawer joining square-molded legs with pierced corner brackets, old surface with remnants of graining, ht. 28 3/4, wd. 34 1/2, dp. 17 in. $6,000-8,000 44 Cherry Chest of Five Drawers, Rhode Island, late 18th century, the molded cornice above the case of thumbmolded graduated drawers, on cutout bracket base, original brass bail pulls, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 47 1/4, case wd. 35 1/2, case dp. 18 in. $1,500-2,500
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45 Walnut and Maple High Chest of Drawers, probably Massachusetts, c. 1740-60, the flat molded cornice above the two-part case of ten thumbmolded drawers, all on four cabriole legs continuing to pad feet on platforms joined by a valanced apron, original brasses, old surface, (minor imperfections), ht. 73 3/4, wd. 37 1/8, dp. 21 in. $2,000-4,000
46 Attributed to Moses B. Russell (act. Massachusetts/New Hampshire, 18091884) Portrait Miniature of “Garrie.” Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, 2 1/2 x 2 in., in an elaborate chased, engraved, and embossed gold pendant locket, the front cover with central oval reserve engraved “Garrie/Aged 23 months,” the reverse with a locket of blond hair above the date “Aug 19th 1852.” $400-600
47 American School, Late 18th/Early 19th Century Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in., in a gold pendant frame, the back centering a hairwork panel. Condition: Glass cracked on reverse. $300-500 48 Anglo/American School, Early 19th Century Two Miniature Paintings. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, the first with a young mother with child and a poodle in an interior with drapery, furniture, and a checkered floor, presented in a pendant designed as a bow above the oval frame, all set with yellow cut glass; the second with a woman seated at the seaside welcoming a ship home in a pendant frame; 3 1/4 x 2, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. $300-500
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49 Joseph Veyrier (act. Philadelphia, 18131817) Portrait Miniature of a Woman Wearing a White Dress and a Red Shawl. Signed and dated l.r. “J. Veyrier 1814.” Watercolor on ivory, 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in., in a beaded gold pendant frame with chased scalloping on the reverse. $800-1,200
50 American School, Early 19th Century Portrait Miniature of a Man with a Goatee. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in., in an engraved gold pendant locket frame. $300-500
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51 Melanie Bost (French, act. Early 19th Century) Portrait Miniature of a Child. Signed “M. Bost” in gold paint along right edge. Watercolor on ivory, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in., in a gold frame with etched floral devices and cobalt enamel set with cabochon stones, mother-ofpearl backing. Note: Melanie Bost was a student of the celebrated French miniaturist Jean Baptiste Augustin (1759-1832). $300-500
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52 American School, Early 19th Century Portrait of James Clark Todd (1806-1849). Unsigned, the subject identified in a modern inscription on the reverse. Oil on canvas, the boy shown full-length resting with his right elbow on a table, his left arm held at his side, a hat in his left hand, and his legs crossed, to his left a pedestal with an urn of flowers, all on a patterned carpet, 50 1/2 x 32 1/2 in., in a molded giltwood frame; together with three Todd family leather-cased daguerreotype portraits, one reportedly depicting James Clark Todd as a young gentleman. Condition: Laid down to aluminum, retouch throughout. Provenance: James Clark Todd was the father of Dr. Lyman Beecher Todd, who was a favorite cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln. According to the famiy, Dr. Todd was in attendence at President Abraham Lincoln’s deathbed. The portrait has descended in the family of the sitter. $4,000-6,000
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53 Red-stained Maple High Chest, probably Long Island, New York, 1770-1800, in two sections: the top case with molded cornice above two thumbmolded half-drawers over four graduated long drawers, and attached mid-molding, on a lower case with one long and three short drawers above a deeply valanced apron centering a carved pendant, joining four bold arris cabriole legs ending in pad feet on platforms, replaced brasses, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 72, lower case wd. 36, lower case dp. 18 1/2 in. $6,000-8,000
54 Carved Cherry Desk Bookcase, probably Connecticut, late 18th century, the top section with flat-molded cornice above two hinged doors with recessed panels, above a slant lid opening to an inlaid interior of drawers and valanced compartments, centering a prospect door and secret drawers, above a case of scratch-beaded drawers and fluted lambrequin corners, all on ogee bracket feet, (replaced brasses), ht. 85, wd. 41, dp. 20 in. $4,000-6,000
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55 Carved Cherry Slant-lid Desk, David Goodell, Pomfret, Connecticut, c. 1785, the lid opening to an interior of valanced compartments and eleven drawers centering a fan and concave-carved drawer, on a case of four thumbmolded, graduated drawers and bracket feet, old finish, replaced pulls, (minor imperfections), ht. 43, wd. 37, dp. 18 3/4 in. Note: Central interior drawer bears period ink inscription: “This desk bot of David Goodell of Pomfrit, Nov 1785...” and “Cost 4 pounds**** 4 shilling 7 pence.” $1,500-2,500
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56 Carved Cherry Pembroke Table, Connecticut River Valley, probably Deerfield, Massachusetts, area, c. 1790, the overhanging serpentine top with drop leaves on square-molded legs and serpentine cutout apron with drawer, walnut knob appears original, old surface, ht. 27 3/4, wd. 19 3/4, dp. closed 35 in. $6,000-8,000
57 Cherry Dining Table, probably Connecticut, c. 1740-60, the circular top with falling leaves on valanced apron, joining cabriole legs with shaped knee returns continuing to pad feet, old refinish, (minor imperfections), ht. 29, dia. 43 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500
58 Chippendale Carved Walnut Chamber Chair, Philadelphia area, c. 1760-80, the serpentine crest rail above a shaped splat and outward-scrolling arms with scroll-carved knuckle handholds, on the trapezoidal slip seat and deep skirt joining frontal cabriole legs ending in trifid feet to the flattened rounded rear legs, refinished, (repairs), ht. 39, seat ht. 16 1/2 in. $3,000-5,000
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59 Inlaid Walnut Tall Chest of Drawers, valley of Virginia, probably Shenandoah County, c. 1795, the molded cornice above a case of six tiers of thumbmolded drawers, the central top drawer inlaid “CK” within border of light and dark wood stringing, small central drawer below inlaid with a pinwheel, all on dovetailed bracket feet bordered by dark wood stringing, replaced brasses, refinished, (minor restoration), ht. 62 3/8, wd. 38 1/2, dp. 21 in. Literature: For a closely related chest discussed and shown, see pp. 373-376 in Southern Furniture 1680-1830: the Colonial Williamsburg Collection, Richard L. Hurst and Jonathan Prown (Harry N. Abrams Publishers, 1997). $4,000-6,000
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60 Carved and Inlaid Walnut Blanket Chest over Two Drawers, Pennsylvania, early 19th century, the hinged molded lift top opens to a well with till, the dovetailed box above two short thumbmolded drawers inlaid with stringing, and separated by fluted panels, on shaped bracket feet, replaced brasses, refinished, ht. 28, case wd. 49, case dp. 21 3/4 in. $1,000-1,500 61 Walnut Inlaid Dower Chest over Three Drawers, Pennsylvania, c. 1781, the hinged molded lift top opens to a well with till and two hidden drawers, the dovetailed box inlaid “ICM and “1781” within reserves, above three short drawers and dovetailed bracket base, replaced brasses, refinished, ht. 31 1/4, wd. 48, dp. 21 3/4 in. $2,000-3,000
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62 Anglo-American School, 18th Century Portrait of a Young Man. Signed in monogram “AI” and dated “1763” r.c. Oil on canvas, the figure stands in front of a column wearing a tan jacket and white vest, his right arm resting on his dog’s head, and a tricorn hat under his left arm, with Gothic structure beyond, 25 3/4 x 20 in., in a paint-decorated frame and gilt liner. Condition: Laid down, retouch, large repaired tear. $800-1,200 63 Slat-back Side Chair, attributed to Charles A. Demarest, Bergen County, New Jersey, early 19th century, with three shaped slats joining turned stiles topped by urn finials, on conformingly turned legs joined by double-turned stretchers, old refinish, (minor imperfections), ht. 39, seat ht. 17 in. $400-600
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64 Slat-back Armchair, probably Pennsylvania or New Jersey, last half 18th century, the four arched slats joining turned stiles with bulbous finials on scrolled chamfered arms indistinctly branded by the maker, on ring-turned frontal legs ending in ball feet and ring-turned bulbous front stretcher, with old rush seat, old surface, ht. 46, seat ht. 16 in. $2,000-2,500
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65 Red-stained Slat-back Side Chair, Delaware River Valley, last half 18th century, the five reverse-graduated arched slats joined by tapering stiles topped by finials, with rush seat on frontal vase- and ring-turned legs ending in bulbous feet, and front stretcher and double turned side stretchers, old surface, replaced rush seat, ht. 45 1/4, seat ht. 17 in. $800-1,200
66 Maple and Cherry Armchair, New England, late 18th century, the serpentine crest rail above a pierced vasiform splat with scrolling arms on block-, vase-, and ring-turned legs continuing to pad feet, joined by bulbousturned front stretcher and side stretchers, old refinish, ht. 41, seat ht. 16 1/2 in. $700-900
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68 Tiger Maple High Chest of Drawers, probably Massachusetts, c. 1740-60, the molded swan’s neck cresting centering an urn and flame finial, two-section case of ten thumbmolded drawers on a valanced apron joining cabriole legs ending in pad feet on platforms, old brasses, refinished, (minor imperfections), ht. 82, wd. 37 1/2, dp. 20 in. Provenance: Bernard and S. Dean Levy, New York; private collection. $8,000-12,000 69 Tiger Maple Dining Table, New England, c. 1740-60, the slightly oval top with falling leaves on cabriole legs with shaped knee returns ending in pad feet on platforms, joined by a valanced skirt, refinished, (minor repairs), ht. 27 1/4, wd. 46 1/2, dp. open 52 in. $1,500-2,500 70 Wavy Birch Slant-lid Desk, probably Massachusetts, late 18th century, the lid opens to a stepped interior of compartments and drawers centering a concave fan-carved drawer, the case of four thumbmolded graduated drawers on bracket feet centering a shell-form pendant, replaced brasses, refinished, (minor imperfections), ht. 43 1/2, wd. 36 3/4, dp. 20 in. $4,000-6,000 71 Mahogany Dining Table, New England, c. 1740-60, the circular top with falling leaves on cabriole legs ending in pad feet on platforms, joined by a valanced apron with shaped knee returns, refinished, (imperfections), dia. 53 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500
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67 American School, Late 19th Century Winter Farm Scene. Signed “FHSmith” l.r. Oil on canvas, depicting a yellow farmhouse with outbuildings, figures, and horse-drawn sleighs, 20 x 24 in., in a molded walnut frame with gilt liner. Condition: Patches with associated retouch, craquelure. Note: This painting is likely based on a Currier & Ives print of a painting by George Henry Durrie (1820-1863). $1,000-1,500
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72 Assembled Set of Six Dining Chairs, New England, c. 1740-60, including a pair of walnut chairs, the other four made of maple or cherry, all with spooned crest rails and vasiform splats, raking stiles, five chairs with slip seats and valanced seat frames, the sixth chair with an overupholstered seat, (imperfections and repair), ht. 40, seat ht. 18 in. $4,000-6,000
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73 Pair of Walnut Side Chairs, probably Massachusetts, c. 1740-60, the spooned crest rails above vasiform splats and trapezoidal slip seats, on front cabriole legs ending in pad feet, joined to the chamfered raking rear legs by block-, vase-, and ringturned stretchers, refinished, (repairs), ht. 40, seat ht. 17 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500 74 Walnut Footstool, 18th century, the upholstered slip rest on cabriole legs with shaped knee returns ending in pad feet on platforms joined by a straight beaded frame, refinished, ht. 16 1/2, wd. 20, dp. 16 in. $400-600
75 Black-painted Cherry Dressing Table, Connecticut, 18th century, the overhanging molded top on a case of thumbmolded long drawer and three short drawers, centering a fan on concave carved valanced skirt joining cabriole legs with arris knees ending in pad feet on platforms, old replaced brasses, old surface, (top reset), ht. 28 1/2, wd. 20 3/4, dp. 17 1/4 in. $10,000-15,000 75
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76 Green-painted Lap-seam Pantry Box, American, 19th century, oval form with pine top and bottom and maple bentwood sides, old surface with red and yellow striping, mid20th century spools of thread within, ht. 3 1/2, dia. 8 3/4 in. $600-800
77 Painted Storage Box, America, 19th century, of dovetail construction, the box painted green and decorated with a hand-painted white two-story house, yard, and pond scene on the front and stenciled floral motifs of red roses with gold leaves and stems on the sides, the edges bordered with black and red lines all over earlier blue paint, brass handle on lid; the inside inscribed in pencil “Marion Augusta Packard/December 1887/From Grandpa,� (imperfections), ht. 7 3/4, wd. 18, dp. 9 3/4 in. $1,500-2,500
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79 Green-painted Turned Maple Bowl, New England, 19th century, with exterior collar and low foot, ht. 6 1/2, dia. 18 3/8 in. $800-1,200
80 Blue-painted Turned Maple Bowl, New England, 19th century, with exterior collar and low turned foot, ht. 5 1/2, dia. 16 3/4 in. $400-600
81 Slide-lid Box with Cutout Handle, America, late 18th/early 19th century, the sliding lid with D-shaped cutout handle covering a redpainted pine box with modified bootjack ends, constructed using wooden pegs and few iron tacks, (minor wear), ht. 5, wd. 10 1/8, dp. 4 in. $400-600
78 Blue-painted Turned Wooden Bowl, New England, 19th century, with band edge and low foot and a wire hanging loop, (imperfections), ht. 7, dia. 17 1/2 in. $400-600
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82 Red-stained Birch Tall Case Clock, probably Exeter/Concord area, New Hampshire, c. 1790, the case with scrolled cresting with carved rosettes on the hood above freestanding columns flanking the glazed arched door, painted iron dial with eight-day time and strike movement, on a waist with rectangular thumbmolded door and bracket base, original surface, (minor restoration, minor imperfections), ht. 85 in. $3,000-5,000
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Portrait of a Young Family. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, showing the couple facing each other across a grain-painted table on an ingrain carpet, a banjo timepiece on the wall above them and calico cat below, 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in., in a period black-painted and reeded frame. Condition: Toned, water damage to lower edge, not examined out of frame. $8,000-12,000
Portrait of Mary Stevens. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, showing Mary facing right holding a book, seated at a paintdecorated table on an ingrain carpet, a memorial to David Stevens on the wall above her, inscribed at the bottom in decorative script “Mary Stevens, Aged 59 Years October 9, 1837.,” above a verse and ink flourishes, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in., in a period frame. Condition: Toned, laid down, with repaired losses to edges and corners. $2,000-3,000
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85 Needlework Sampler, Lovilla Emery, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, area, 1833, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, composed of two eagles above six rows of alphabet, with pious verse surrounded by leafy border and maker’s name below, all flanked by foliate renderings, (toning, fading), 18 3/4 x 17 in., in a later molded frame. $800-1,200
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86 Folk Art Pen and Ink Drawing of a Man and Woman, America, c. 1820-40, the woman wearing a large hair comb dressed in an elaborately decorated gown holding the hand of a gentleman wearing a black coat and trousers, all surrounded by a vine and daisy border, and bearing the inscription “Delia M Francis,” all mounted in a reddish brown painted frame, (imperfections), frame ht. 8 1/2, wd. 10 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500
88 Watercolor and Pen Schoolgirl Map of North America, Susan S. Beal, 1826, the land masses outlined in blue, with cities, bodies of water, territories, and countries identified in pen, maker’s name in script in the lower left, 23 x 18 1/4 in. (sight), in a mahogany veneer frame, (toning, fading, not examined out of frame). $600-800 89 American School, 19th Century
87 Pen and Ink Drawing of Mystic Hill Seminary, unsigned, West Medford, Massachusetts, c. 1855-59, the pen and inkwash on paper with gouache highlights drawing depicting a two-story building identified as “MYSTIC HALL” above four columns, the building flanked by a twostory house on the right and a three story Federal-style building on the right, the foreground having a group of women on galloping horses and title “MYSTIC HALL SEMINARY.,” all mounted in its probable original wood grain painted frame, ht. 12 3/8, wd. 14 3/4 in., (minor imperfections). Note: The Mystic Hall Seminary was a school for girls that only existed between February 1855 and June 1859. $600-800
Schoolgirl Painting of a Manor House and Grounds. Signed “Painted by Marian Day/Caroline Munson Instructress,” in lower margin. Watercolor on paper, 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 in., in a period gilt-gesso ripple-molded frame. Condition: Repairs, tears and creases, scattered fox marks and stains, unobtrusive toning, not examined out of frame. Provenance: Sold at Skinner, Sale 2076, Lot 4, June 6, 2001. $2,000-3,000
90 Watercolor on Velvet Theorem, America, early 19th century, the central compote overflowing with fruit, on a marble tabletop, surrounded by birds and butterflies, (toned, tears, small holes, staining), 19 x 20 3/4 in. $800-1,200 91 Collection of Seventeen Fruit-shaped Pincushions in Tin Handled Tray, America, 19th century, ten cloth strawberries of various sizes, two pears, two carrots, and two apples, with one ball pincushion with human face and two hat pins, all contained within an oval tin basket with wire rolled edges and arched handle, (minor imperfections), ht. 7, wd. 12, dp. 9 in. $400-600 92 American School Watercolor Portrait of Edward Hidley, first half 19th century, the boy dressed in gray/black overcoat with mown waistcoat holding an open leatherbound book, with later inscribed eglomise mat mounted in a molded gilt frame, (slight fading), overall ht. 9 1/8, wd. 6 5/8 in. $600-800
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93 Pair of Fire Buckets and Salvage Bags, America, possibly Portsmouth, New Hampshire, early 19th century, the pair consecutively marked “No 1” and “No 2” and painted with a flame-decorated badge inscribed “W.E. MARVIN/F.F.S.” and “1789” below; each with appropriately identified and numbered salvage bags, (repainted, imperfections), bucket ht. 12, dia. 8; bag ht. 51, wd. 24 1/2 in. Provenance: These fire buckets originally hung in the Langley Boardman House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and are pictured (backs facing the camera) hanging in the doorway leading from the entrance hall to the stair hall of the house in The Architectural Heritage of the Piscataqua by John Mead Howells (Architectural Book Publishing Company, Inc., 1965), fig. 67. The Langley Boardman House was purchased in 1900 by William E. Marvin (1872-1938). $2,000-3,000
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94 Lithographed Tin “Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Co” Sign, America, early 20th century, the rectangular sign with black ground, red lettering, and raised border centering a recessed oval center depicting a brick mansard-roofed building on a street corner, 24 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. $800-1,200
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95 Miniature Portrait of a Boy, probably New England, c. 1820-40, the boy wearing a dark brown textured gown, holding a blue hat, and wearing blue and white striped stockings, with a field and wooded landscape behind, mounted in a wood grain-painted frame with gilt inner border, frame ht. 8 3/4, wd. 7 1/2 in. $400-600
97 Turned Yoke-back Armchair, Fairfield or New Haven County, Connecticut, 18th century, the shaped crest rail above a vasiform splat and vase- and ring-turned stiles, with scrolled arms ending in knuckle handholds, the splint seat on vase- and ring-turned legs joined by double stretchers, old refurnished surface, (minor restoration), ht. 44 3/4, seat ht. 16 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500
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Portrait of a Girl in a Red Dress and Gold Bead Necklace Holding Her Cat. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 31 x 25 in., in a redpainted frame. Condition: Relined, retouch, varnished. $4,000-6,000
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99 Side Chair, New England, last half 18th century, the serpentine crest rail above a shaped and pierced splat with heart and serpentine detail and raking stiles, the rush seat on block-, vase-, and ring-turned frontal legs ending in Spanish feet and joined by bulbous turned front stretcher, original brown/ red stained surface, (minor imperfections), ht. 40, seat ht. 17 in. $800-1,200
100 Small Paint-decorated Poplar Dometop Box, attributed to the “Compasswork Decorator,” Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1800-40, the lid lifts on wire and sheet tin hinges above the dovetail-constructed box, original punched tin hasp and lockplate, old surface, ht. 4 3/4, wd. 5, dp. 3 3/4 in. $4,000-6,000
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102 Portrait of a Young Man, probably Pennsylvania, 1840, signed “W.L.,” dressed in a black overcoat with floral-printed rosecolored waistcoat, black cravat, and wearing blue trousers, mounted in a gilt-gesso frame with brass loop hanger at top, ht. 7 1/2, wd. 6 1/4 in. $800-1,200
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103 American School, Mid-19th Century Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman. Signed “E. Spitzer” r.c. Watercolor on paper, the man seated in a blue upholstered chair wearing a black suit and brown robe with purple lining, and a white glove on his left hand, 3 3/4 x 3 in. Condition: Minor losses especially to lower edge. $400-600 104 American School, 19th Century Farm Landscape, West Bend. Unsigned. Oil on paper, depicting a crossroads with a white farmhouse and a horse-drawn buggy, a signpost reading “West Bend,” possibly Vermont, 12 x 18 in., in a period molded giltgesso frame. Condition: Repaired tears to edges and corners, water stain to lower edge. $800-1,200
105 Paint-decorated Pine Document Box, New England, early 19th century, hinged top above the nail-constructed box, original surface of allover black paint with freehand designs in red, yellow, and green, (imperfections), ht. 5 1/4, wd. 12 1/4, dp. 6 1/2 in. $800-1,200
106 Paint-decorated Pine Storage Box, northern New England, early 19th century, the rectangular dovetailed box with red and brown comb-painted panels surrounded by yellow pinstriping and black borders, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 6 1/2, wd. 12 1/4, dp. 6 3/4 in. $400-600
107 Paint-decorated Pine Storage Box, New England, early 19th century, hinged top with applied molded edge above the dovetailed box and applied base molding, original puttypainted surface of burnt sienna over mustard, ht. 7 3/4, wd. 16, dp. 9 in. $400-600
108 Miniature Carved and Paint-decorated Pine Six-board Chest, possibly New England, late 18th century, the hinged lid with applied molded edge above the nail-constructed box, the facade carved with fans, pinwheels, and notches centering a heart above the carved initials “ME,” many of the carved areas paintdecorated in yellow, green, black, white, and red, all on a molded base, (imperfections), ht. 8 3/4, wd. 20, dp. 11 in. $4,000-6,000
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109 Folk Art Painted Noah’s Ark with Approximately 180 Animals, probably Germany, c. 1880, constructed of thin pine boards, the hull painted red with gray deck, the structure painted gray with red roof and floralwork around the eaves, complete with approximately 180 hand-carved and painted animals, (imperfections), ark ht. 17, wd. 28, dp. 8 1/4 in. $6,000-8,000
110 Carved and Inlaid Box with Approximately 197 Carved Wood Samples, George William Griswold (1861-1927), Manomet, Massachusetts, late 19th or early 20th century, carved, inlaid, and constructed from a variety of native and exotic woods, with star and geometric pattern to lid secured to the box by two brass hinges; vine and leaf-carved front panel with applied horse, stag, and dog panels and beaded molding on a multiwood base; the inside of the box containing approximately 197 carved and identified wood samples, and eight small butter molds, (imperfections), ht. 6, wd. 16 1/8, dp. 7 1/2 in.
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112 G.W. Ferguson Hobo and Children Street Scene, signed and dated in l.r. corner “GW Ferguson 1895,” depicting a stereotypical hobo taunted by young children on a street corner in front of an ice cream parlor, mounted in a quarter-sawn oak frame, ht. 29 3/4, wd. 34 7/8 in., framed. Note: The Jersey Milk Company, noted on the ice cream parlor’s awning, was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, in the 1890s. Catalog of Paintings of the Art Department Third Minneapolis Industrial Exposition, 1888, lists three paintings by G.W. Ferguson on page 30 including #706 “The Hencoop Investigator,” #708 “Sugar Camp” and #710 “The Gypsey Vag.” $6,000-8,000
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113 Folk Art Indian in Canoe Whirligig, America, late 19th/early 20th century, a red-painted Indian figure with black-painted tinned iron feather headdress and painted buckskin color breech cloth, and arms terminating in paddles mounted on a cream-painted canoe base, (imperfections), overall with stand ht. 19, wd. 7, dp. 24 in. $3,000-5,000
114 Man in Top Hat Whirligig, America, late 19th century, the figure carved from single piece of wood with insert glass jewel eyes, blue jacket and red trousers with applied carved black top hat; arms inset into the body with propeller paddles attached by square cut nails; the figure mounted on a circular and stepped base, (imperfections), ht. 12 3/4 in. 113
Provenance: Northeast Auctions, The Kahn Collection Part One, August 3, 2002, Lot 187. Literature: Illustrated in Robert Bishop and Patricia Coblentz, A Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whirligigs (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1991). $4,000-6,000
115 Relief-carved Mahogany Cake Board, John Conger, New York, mid-19th century, square board centered with an eagle above a rising sun, flanked by allegorical figures, above a pennant reading “EXCELSIOR,” all within a circular border, impressed “J. CONGER” on two edges, 10 3/4 x 11 in. $2,000-4,000
116 Walnut Candlebox, 19th century, the dovetail-constructed box with lollipop hanger and molded sliding lid with similar terminal, ht. 18 1/4, wd. 5 1/4, dp. 4 1/2 in. $400-600
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117 Painted Wall Box, New England, early 19th century, the arched back with pierced hole for hanging above the canted nail-constructed box, original surface of overall red with green borders and yellow pinstriping, the front of the box lettered “LP” flanked by leaves, ht. 10, wd. 14, dp. 7 in. $800-1,200
118 Red-painted and Carved Spoon Rack and Salt Box, America, late 18th/early 19th century, the shaped back with carved floral medallion on an arched crest above a spiral and an additional floral medallion, supporting two slotted tiers for twelve spoons, the box with hinged lid, carved floral medallion on the end panels and a spiral medallion on the front panel, the whole with deep red paint painted over an older bright red surface, (imperfections), ht. 28 1/2, wd. 12, dp. 6 1/2 in. $400-600 119 Red-painted and Carved Wood Box, America, late 18th/early 19th century, sixboard box with molded lid, the front panel carved with a stylized patera and quarter-fans in the upper corners, the left end with a carved stylized shell, the right end with a carved stylized sunburst and quarter-fans in the upper corners, the base with applied molding, all resting on shaped board feet, old but not original paint, (imperfections), ht. 14 3/4, wd. 26, dp. 15 in. $400-600 120 Green and Brown Fan-decorated Storage Box, America, mid-19th century, the lid, sides, and front decorated with a fan design, the back with spotted pattern, with iron hasp and lock, ht. 13, wd. 30 3/4, dp. 13 1/2 in. $600-800 121 Mahogany Cutlery Box, America, c. 1860, the shaped handle dividing two compartments with mahogany-veneered hinged lids, both with white/cream painted ribbons one dated “1860.,” the other inscribed “L.A.A.,” each with turned knob handles; the ends mahogany veneered with shaped profiles, all mounted on a chamfered base, ht. 5 1/4, wd. 15 1/4, dp. 8 5/8 in. $300-500
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123 Miniature Portrait of a Girl with a Doll, probably New England, c. 1830-50, the girl with short wavy blond hair, rosy cheeks, coral necklace, and a turquoise-colored dress holds a white rose in her right hand and a doll in the form of an older woman wearing a brown shawl and blue dress, standing next to a red upholstered stool on a blue/green carpeted floor, in a gilt-gesso frame with brass suspension loop at top, frame ht. 8, wd. 7 in. $800-1,200
124 American School, Early 19th Century Portrait of a Woman in a Black Dress. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, the rosy-cheeked woman wears a tortoiseshell comb, jeweled pendant earrings, and an embroidered sheer collar, 24 x 20 in., in a dark-stained frame. Condition: Unrestored, rippling, craquelure, small puncture in hair. $1,000-1,500
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Portrait of a Young Man. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, the subject wearing a wide white collar and a black bow tie, 18 x 15 3/4 in., in a period paint-decorated and ebonized frame. Condition: Unrestored, unlined, restretched, one small spot of retouch, fine craquelure, minor losses, rippling, visible marks from stretcher bar. $800-1,200
Portrait of Two Children Playing at a Table with their Pet Pugs. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, depicting the two children seated at a round table, wearing pink dresses with black trim, white pantalettes, and yellow shoes, 21 1/2 x 17 in., in a period ogee mahogany veneer frame. Condition: Relined, retouch.
126 Hooked Rug, America, last half 19th century, the oval panel with a cat flanked by two kittens, one playing with a ball, the other playing with its mother’s tail, on a checkered floor, with floral and banded borders, mounted on a stretcher, ht. 29, wd. 53 in. $1,000-1,500
Provenance: Bill Lewan, 1970s; Skinner, The Collection of Meryl and Jay Weiss, February 2007, Lot 171. $1,500-2,500
128 Paint-decorated Dressing Table, New England, c. 1820-30, in two sections: the top with rectangular mirror supported by two scrolling brackets above a case of two short drawers, on a projecting lower section of two drawers joining ring-turned legs and turned feet, original surface of red and black graining highlighted by freehand and stenciled yellowpainted and gilt designs, overall ht. 57 1/2, wd. 37 1/2, dp. 20 1/2 in. $2,000-3,000 129 Paint-decorated Chamberstand, New Hampshire or Maine, c. 1820, the scrolled back above a shelf joining scrolled sides, and basin opening with demilune front, on concave sides continuing to a shelf and drawer below, all on turned feet, original painted surface of black and red graining with green banding, yellow stringing, and silver and gilt freehand and stenciled designs incorporating stars, ht. 37 1/4, wd. 18, dp. 16 in. $800-1,200
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130 Paint-decorated Blanket Chest, Centre County, Pennsylvania, early 19th century, the molded hinged top opens to a well with till, the dovetailed box on flaring French feet, original decoration of overall red paint, the top with compass and freehand decoration in yellow and black with ovolo corners, the facade with similar decoration surrounded by yellow geometric border, and lettered “HS,” the molding and base painted black, (imperfections, restoration), ht. 24 3/4, wd. 48, dp. 20 in. $2,000-3,000
131 Mocha-decorated Pearlware Double Jug, England, c. 1830-40, the mouths decorated with doubled blue slip lines above a dark brown slip field with tan and light blue cat’seye decoration, triple wavy light brown slip banding on body above a dark brown slip band bordered by doubled light blue slip bands with cat’s-eye decoration; an applied molded handle joins the jugs at the mouth along with a marbled cat’s-eye slip around the area where the bodies merge, (imperfections), ht. 10, wd. 14 1/2, dp. 7 in. Exhibitions: Mocha Mania, DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, Colonial Williamsburg, 1993–1994, and published in “The Magazine Antiques,” August 1993, p. 188. $5,000-7,000
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132 Marbleized Mocha-decorated Creamware Teapot, England, late 18th century, cylindrical body with brown slip marbling and applied sprig molded rosettes and swags, molded spout and applied extruded handle, (imperfections), ht. 4 3/4 in. $1,000-1,500
133 Double-handled Mocha-decorated Creamware Covered Bowl, England, c. 1800-25, engine-turned body with applied handles decorated with infilled rouletted dot and vine border at rim, two-color brown slip banding on body, and handled lid also with two-color brown slip banding and infilled rouletted dot and chain border, (imperfections), ht. 5 1/2, dia. 7 3/4 in. $2,000-4,000
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134 Dendritic Mocha Pottery Pull, America or England, mid-19th century, with brass hook set into top of light brown body, decorated with dark brown ring at top marked with an illegible mark in the body, black dendritic arrays, stamped “PLEASE/PULL,” with custom stand, (minor chipping at top), ht. 5 1/2 in. $300-500
135 Mocha-decorated Creamware Cup and Saucer, England, late 18th/early 19th century, footed form with marbleized slip decoration and green reeded rims, (imperfections), cup ht. 2 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500
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136 Mocha-decorated Creamware Footed Goblet, England, early 19th century, dark brown slip body with light brown banding on rim and foot with dipped fan decoration on sides, ht. 4 3/8 in. $800-1,200 137 Mocha-decorated Pearlware Quart Mug, England, early 19th century, the blue mouth and base band bordering triple light brown slip bands and a light green field decorated with wavy brown lines and white slip dots, the extruded handle with foliate ends, ht. 5 7/8 in. Provenance: From the D.H. & S.E. Miller Collection. $1,000-1,500
138 Mocha-decorated Pearlware Quart Mug, England, early 19th century, the mouth bordered by a green rouletted band above an orange slip band with white, blue, and sienna cat’s-eye decoration above a dark brown slip band with white, blue and sienna cabling above an orange slip band with white, blue, and sienna cat’s-eye decoration; the applied handle with foliate terminals, (imperfections), ht. 6 in. $800-1,200 139 Engine-turned Mocha-decorated Pearlware Frog Mug, England, late 18th century, with olive and blue bands flanking a dark brown slip-filled engine-turned field, with alternating blue and brown bands, extruded handle with rust-painted outline with foliate terminals, the interior bottom with applied frog figure, (imperfections), ht. 3 3/4 in. $800-1,200 140 Two Mocha-decorated Pearlware Mugs, England, early 19th century, the smaller child’s mug decorated with vertically ribbed engine turning with inlaid light brown bands and three applied black slip bands, the larger white slip glazed mug with engine-turned fluting exposing brown body bordered by black and blue slip, ht. 2 1/2, 3 1/2 in., respectively. $400-600 141
140A Mocha-decorated Pearlware Open Salt, England, early 19th century, with cat’s-eye decoration around body, and black banded rim and foot, ht. 2, dia. 3 in. $600-800
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141 American School, 19th Century River Sunset Landscape with Shepherd and Flock. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, the shepherd leading his flock on a path, overlooking the river valley with waterfall and stone bridge below, and pink sunset sky beyond mountain peaks, within a painted oval and dark brown spandrels, 22 x 27 in., in a period molded gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Craquelure, some retouch. $800-1,200 142 American School, 19th Century Portrait of an Elderly Woman. Unsigned, sitter identified as Patience Cogshall Hatch (1773-1857) on a paper label on the reverse. Watercolor and pencil on paper, sight size 5 3/4 x 4 7/8 in., in a period mahogany frame. Condition: Paper lightly toned. Note: Patience Cogshall was born in Bristol, Rhode Island, married Solomon Hatch of Tolland, Connecticut, and died in Providence, Rhode Island. Also included is a carte-devisite albumen photograph identified as Emily D. Hatch. $200-250 143 Engraved Portrait of Moses Brown, engraving on steel by Thomas Pollack after William J. Harris, printed by Henry A. Hiddon & Co., [Providence, Rhode Island, 1839], laid down on mat board and mounted in a stained oak frame, (imperfections), frame ht. 13 3/8, wd. 11 1/4 in. $300-500 144 American School, Early 20th Century Winter Homestead Landscape, possibly Watkins Glen, New York. Inscribed on the stretcher “PAINTED BY/MRS. BEULAL BACKER HUGHEY/WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.” Oil on canvas, depicting two figures, a dog, and a horse and sled loaded with wood, on a frozen lake, 17 x 22 in. $1,000-1,500
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145 Paint-decorated Wood and Iron Tavern Sign, America, early 19th century, the doublesided sign comprised of turned stiles with wrought iron hangers joining shaped cresting above the rectangular panel depicting a Native American wearing a feathered headdress and holding a bow and arrow, lettered “JOHNSON” below, the reverse painted with a landscape and also lettered “JOHNSON,” (repaint to frame, paint wear to panel), ht. to top of hangers 58 1/2, wd. 25 in. $8,000-12,000
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146 Painted Windsor Settee, probably Pennsylvania, c. 1800-10, the bowed crest rail above bamboo-turned spindles, scrolled arms on shaped supports, the seat with shaped ends on splayed bamboo-turned legs joined by stretchers, old green paint over earlier red, ht. 34 1/2, lg. 78 1/2, dp. 17 in. $6,000-8,000
150 Sack-back Windsor Chair, probably Guilford, Connecticut, c. 1780, the bowed crest rail above shaped handholds on vase- and ring-turned supports, pinched and upturned back arm rail, carved saddle seat on splayed bulbous vase- and ring-turned legs joined by stretchers, old surface, ht. 37, seat ht. 16 1/2 in. $1,500-2,000
152 Pair of Bamboo-turned Fan-back Windsor Chairs, Rhode Island, early 19th century, each with shaped crest above turned stiles and seven spindles, on shaped saddle seats and turned legs and stretchers, old brown-painted surface over earlier green, (imperfections), ht. 36, seat ht. 17 in. $600-800
147 Brown-painted Braced Bow-back Side Chair, New York City, c. 1780, with shaped saddle seat on splayed bulbous vase- and ring-turned legs joined by stretchers, old surface, ht. 38, seat ht. 17 1/2 in. $800-1,200
151 Tin Two-light Sconce, New England, early 19th century, with crimped edge on the arched crest and folded edge, ht. 10 1/2, wd. 8 3/4, dp. 3 1/8 in. $400-600
153 Three Rowse Matterson Swing-handled Splint Baskets, Saunderstown, Rhode Island, early 20th century, the round forms with hoop ears joining the carved hardwood swing handles, ht. to 9, dia. to 8 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500
148 Maple Adjustable Lighting Device, probably New England, early 19th century, the threaded post supports on turned candle arm with tin candle holder on a turned base and three turned feet, (old surface), ht. 40 3/4 in. $600-800 149 Windsor Fan-back Armchair, New England, c. 1780-90, the serpentine crest rail with carved scroll terminals above shaped arms with knuckle handholds on saddle seat, and splayed vase- and ring-turned legs joined by stretchers, old black paint, (imperfections), ht. 42 3/4, seat ht. 17 1/2 in. $400-600
151A Tin Single-light Sconce and Tin Single-light Hanging Candlestick, America, c. early 19th century, the oval sconce with crimped border attached to a circular crimped candle dish, the candlestick with crimped edge on the arched crest and reeded borders descending to a half-moon tray supporting a single candle socket, (imperfections), ht. 14 1/4, 13 1/2 in., respectively. $300-500
154 Round Nantucket Basket, Frederick Chadwick, early 20th century, with brass ears joining a carved hardwood swing handle, varnished, ht. 7 3/4, dia. 6 1/4 in. $600-800
155 Small Oval Double-handled Nantucket Basket, Frederick Chadwick, early 20th century, ht. 4 1/4, wd. 7 1/2 in. $800-1,200
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156 Cast Brass Posnet, Bristol, England, late 18th/early 19th century, “Westcott VI,” the marked tapering handle continuing to the bowl on three legs, ht. 6 3/4, lg. 17, dia. 7 1/2 in. $400-600
157 Paint-decorated Pine Six-board Chest, probably New England, early 19th century, with applied rounded lid molding, applied base molding, and cutout ends, old surface of overall green paint with red banding and red and yellow quarter-fan decoration, (imperfections), ht. 23 1/4, wd. 48, dp. 18 3/4 in. $800-1,200
158 Paint-decorated Two-drawer Stand, probably New England, c. 1825, the smokepainted drop-leaf top above a rosewoodgrained case of two drawers joining vase- and ring-turned legs, old brass pulls, ht. 29, wd. 19 1/2, dp. 17 1/4 in. $1,200-1,500 159 Child’s Painted Side Chair, Schafferstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, c. 1898, the turned chair painted red with yellow, green, and gilt striping, and seats stenciled with floral devices, ht. 17 3/4 in.
160 Yellow Paint-decorated One-drawer Stand, New England, early 19th century, the top with ochre putty-painted panel on square tapering legs, and drawer outlined in black, olive green, and mustard striping, (minor restoration), ht. 27 1/2, wd. 20 1/2, dp. 15 1/2 in. $600-800 161 Needlework Sampler, 1818, worked in threads on a linen ground, lettered and dated “Darsie Village in the Year of/Our Lord 1818—,” above two registers of elaborate floral arrangements, and pictorial register below showing a large house surrounded by birds and flowers, (toned, minor oxidation), 16 1/2 x 10 in., in a modern burl veneer frame. $1,500-2,500 162 Needlework Sampler, Eliza Davis, Montgomery County, Kentucky, March 12, 1839, worked in wool threads on a linen ground, comprised of five alphabets above a reserve with rhyming verse and the maker’s name, surrounded by pictorial elements, in a beaded frame, (fading, toning), 21 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. $800-1,200
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163 Mennonite Quilt, America, late 19th century, the central star in red, orange, and green on a pink field surrounded by smaller stars and a green and pink vine quilted border, ht. 98, wd. 96 in. $400-600 164 Overshot Cotton and Wool Woven Coverlet, America, early 19th century, the multi-harness designs in red, blue, and green, 53 x 68 in. $300-500
165 Red-painted Walnut Slant-lid Standing Desk, possibly Pennsylvania, 19th century, the shaped backboard with canted sides above the hinged lid opening to an interior with two rows of six drawers and writing surface, on case with paneled sides and five short drawers with canted edges arranged in two rows, joining vase- and ring-turned legs, old surface, (imperfections), overall ht. 51 1/2, wd. 32, dp. 23 3/4 in. $800-1,200
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166 Red-painted Splay-leg Drop-leaf Table, New England, 18th century, the circular top on a canted skirt with demilune cutouts joining four vase- and ring-turned tapering legs ending in turned button feet, top refinished, base with old surface, (imperfections), ht. 25 1/2, dia. 36 in. $800-1,200 167 James Salisbury Burt (act. Massachusetts, 1839-1849) Path by the River. Signed l.c. “J. Burt/1839.” Oil on panel, depicting a lone figure walking a path, with small craft on a river and mountainous landscape beyond, 12 x 16 in., with likely original molded gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Surface grime, panel slightly bowed, minor retouch, frame abrasion, frame with losses and minor damage. $2,000-3,000
168 Paint-decorated Game Board, America, late 19th century, the front a Parcheesi board with yellow ground, brown border, playing surface and corner blocks in red, green, blue, yellow, and beige, center square lettered “Home” with red foliate spandrels, the reverse with a checkerboard in red and orange, with green border and red foliate corner decoration, applied black frame, (paint wear), 20 x 20 in. $1,500-2,500
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169 Paint-decorated Checkerboard, America, late 19th century, the playing surface with red squares outlined in white, one reserve decorated with Goldeneye ducks, the other with a hunting dog, a sliding game piece drawer mounted to the back, 31 1/2 x 18 in. $800-1,200
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170 Paint-decorated Folk Art Victorian Houseform Sewing Box, America, late 19th century, the fabric-covered pincushion at the center of a hinged top section revealing a well, on a dormered mansard roof which is hinged above a well with compartmented lift-out tray, above the fanciful house with brick foundation and front porch, all set in a square “yard� with white picket fence surround, old surface of red, green, brown, tan, and white paint, (imperfections), ht. 16 1/2, wd. 20 1/2, dp. 20 1/2 in. $3,000-5,000
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171 Six Round, Painted Bentwood Pantry Boxes, New England, early 19th century, the smallest painted white with green dot decoration, the other five from smallest to largest painted dark green, royal blue, red, dark blue, and blue/green, (paint wear), dia. 4 to 12 1/4 in. $1,200-1,500 172 Hooked Rug, America, early 20th century, the pattern based on a Turkish design in indigo, rust, and rose beige, with floral and geometric elements, (minor imperfections), 86 x 34 in. $800-1,200
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173 Hooked Rug, America, early 20th century, the pattern based on a Turkish design in blue, rust, and beige, with geometric and floral elements, 50 x 30 in. $400-600 174 Hooked Rug, America, early 20th century, the pattern based on a Caucasian design in blue, maroon, beige, red, and rust, with floral and geometric elements, 67 x 38 in. $400-600 175 Red Grain-painted Double Chamber Stand, probably New England, early 19th century, the shaped gallery above a rectangular top on four square tapering legs, joined by medial shelf with drawer, (imperfections), ht. 30 3/4, wd. 37 1/4, dp. 15 in. $300-500
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176 Federal Inlaid Mahogany Pembroke Table, New York City, 1785-1800, the oval top with molded edge on conforming frame with working and false crossbanded drawers, joining square tapering legs with paterae above tapering husks and stringing, refinished, (minor veneer patching), ht. 28 3/4, wd. 20, dp. 31 1/4 in. Note: Old label on underside reads “Peter Brokaw.� $3,000-5,000
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177 Federal Inlaid Mahogany Five-legged Card Table, probably New York, c. 1800, the stringinlaid top with projecting serpentine front flanked by ovolo corners and straight sides, above a conformingly shaped apron inlaid with ovals within mitered panels and banded lower edge, all joining four fixed string-inlaid and cuffed square tapering legs and one swinging leg, the four fixed legs topped with floral inlay, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 29 3/4, wd. 36 1/4, dp. 18 in. Provenance: Reportedly owned in the early 19th century by Mary Champlin of New York, who married a man with the last name Jackson, of a prominent Baltimore family. It passed (along with a great deal of furniture, according to family lore) to her grandnephew James Ryder and his wife Julia, of 34 Herriman Avenue, Jamaica, Queens, New York. James Ryder was a real estate developer, landowner, and businessman in late 19th century Queens. The Ryder family farm in Queens was sold to the Jockey Club and became Aqueduct Race Track. The table has descended in the Ryder family to the current owner. $1,000-1,500
178 Federal Carved Cherry Tall Case Clock, New Jersey, c. 1810, the hood with scrolled cresting and pinwheel terminals above the glazed tombstone door and columns, the painted and gilt iron dial with floral designs, a patera in the arch and a time and strike, eight-day, brass, weight-driven movement, the thumbmolded arched waist door flanked by reeded quarter-columns on base with cutout feet, old refinish, (minor imperfections), ht. with finial 96 in. $2,500-3,500
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179 Federal Inlaid Mahogany Sideboard, probably Philadelphia, c. 1795, the rectangular top with ovolo corners, crossbanded and string-inlaid edge on conforming string-inlaid case of central pullout desk drawer with fitted interior above two hinged doors flanked by doors, all on square tapering legs inlaid with panels above bellflowers and cuffs, replaced brasses, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 42, wd. 70 1/4, dp. 26 in. $3,000-5,000
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180 Federal Cherry Two-drawer Stand, probably Massachusetts, early 19th century, the overhanging top with serpentine sides and canted corners, above two drawers and square tapering legs, original brass pulls, original surface, (very minor imperfections), ht. 27 3/4, wd. 20, dp. 16 in. $800-1,200
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181 Federal Mahogany Inlaid Card Table, probably Massachusetts, c. 1800-05, the rectangular top with ovolo corners, inlaid and beveled edge on a conforming base with panels of string inlay and checker-banded lower edge joining square tapering legs with inlaid husks and stringing, old surface, ht. 28 3/8, wd. 34 3/4, dp. 17 in. $1,000-1,500
182 Federal Cherry Chest of Four Drawers, William Lloyd, Springfield, Massachusetts, c. 1812, the rectangular top above four graduated drawers on valanced skirt joining cutout feet, on casters, (imperfections), ht. 40 1/2, case wd. 42, case dp. 18 in. Note: The top drawer bears a mostly intact pictorial label reading “William Lloyd./ Cabinetmaker/Acquaints the public and his customers,/that he carries on the Cabinet-Making Busi-/ness half a mile north of the Meeting-House in Springfield, where may be had all kinds of/ CHERRY and MAHOGANY WORK,/as low as at any shop in the county....” with notation in pen at lower right of label “Dec --- [indistinct] 1812,” and the bottom drawer is inscribed in script in red pencil “Wm Lloyd” and dated 1812. $3,000-5,000 183 Mahogany Tilt-top Candlestand, Massachusetts, c. 1790, the serpentine top on a vase- and ring-turned support and tripod cabriole leg base ending in pointed pad feet on platforms, old finish, ht. 26, wd. 19 3/4, dp. 19 in. $800-1,200 184 Portrait of a Woman, England or America, early 19th century, etched portrait, the woman with dressed hair, beaded necklace, and ruffled gown set in a reverse-painted blue glass panel with gilt floral highlights all mounted in a gilt-gesso frame with a brass hanging ring on the back, frame ht. 9 1/4, wd. 9 1/4 in. $300-500 185 Silhouette of a Gentleman, August Edouart (French/American, 1789-1861), the gentleman with raised right hand, signed on the bottom of the page “Aug Edouart fecit 1829 No. 111 Regent Circus/Oxford St.,” in a bird’s-eye maple veneer gilt-lined frame, frame ht. 14, wd. 10 1/2 in. $500-700 186 Mahogany and Gilt-gesso Mirror, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1806-07, the scrolled frame with pierced cresting of feathers and gilt incised liner, chalk inscription on backboard “Cermenati & Bernarda,” 30 x 15 3/4 in. $300-500 187 Inlaid Mahogany Tall Case Clock, Simon Willard, Roxbury, Massachusetts, late 18th century, the case with arched cresting above inlaid and brass-lined glazed door, and painted iron dial flanked by reeded brass stop-fluted columns, the arched string inlaid and banded waist door flanked by reeded and brass stopfluted quarter-columns on quarter-fans and string-inlaid and crossbanded base, refinished, (restored), label reads: “Clock manufactory Simon Willard at his clock dial in Roxbury printed by I. Thomas, Worcester” on interior of waist door, ht. including finial 94 in. $8,000-12,000
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188 Inlaid Mahogany Tall Case Clock, J. Gooding, New Bedford, Massachusetts, c. 1807-10, the mahogany case with inlaid stringing and crossbanding on the door and base, continuing to French feet, the reeded hood columns and waist columns with brass stop-fluting, with painted and gilt dial showing ages of the moon, inscribed “J. Gooding, New Bedford,” with eight-day time and strike movement, old finish, imperfections, (minor restoration), ht. 94 1/2 in. $10,000-15,000
189 Federal Inlaid Mahogany Demilune Card Table, probably Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1790-1800, top with string-inlaid edge above an apron of three inlaid mahogany panels separated by slightly projecting bookend-inlaid dies, all joining four string-inlaid tapering legs ending in cuffs, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 29 1/2, wd. 35 3/4, dp. 17 1/2 in. $600-800
190 Federal Inlaid Cherry and Mahogany Veneer Bowfront Chest of Four Drawers, probably George Hall, Keene, New Hampshire, 1811, the top with banded edge above the case of cockbeaded, string-inlaid, and crossbanded graduated drawers, on cutout skirt with checkered banding and inlaid demilune panel, joining flaring French feet, replaced brasses, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 35, case wd. 40, dp. 21 1/4 in. Note: The inside of the top drawer bears a pencil inscription reading “George Hall Keene Oct 25 1811.” $2,000-3,000 191 John Molineaux Steeple-top Andirons and Tools, Boston, Massachusetts, early 19th century, the andirons on spheres over faceted plinths, spurred cabriole legs, and slipper feet, curved log supports with conforming steeple log stops, the maker’s name “JOHN MOLINEUX/BOSTON” impressed on log supports, with matching shovel and pair of tongs, (imperfections), ht. 24 1/2, wd. 14, dp. 22, tools lg. 36 in. $2,000-3,000
192 Brass and Iron Ringed Lemon-top Andirons with Two Matching Tools, Boston, late 18th/early 19th century, with ringed lemon tops on columnar shafts with spurred cabriole legs and slipper feet, with conforming log stops, hearth shovel and tongs, ht. 17 1/4, wd. 10 1/4, dp. 18 3/4, tool lg. 31 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500 193 Pair of Federal Urn-top Andirons, Probably New York, first quarter century, the urn tops on turned shafts and faceted pedestals, spurred cabriole legs on ball feet, with curved log supports and pierced brass frets and conforming urn finials, ht. 22 1/4, wd. 12, dp. 24 in. $800-1,200 194 Folding Brass and Iron Wire Fire Screen, England or America, late 18th or early 19th century, rectangular form with brass top and folding ends, the vertical iron wires decorated on the front panel with opposing S-scrolls in the center, the wirework painted or japanned, ht. 22 1/4, wd. 40 1/4 dp. 12 3/4 in. $800-1,200
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196 Brass and Iron Wirework Serpentine Fireplace Fender, England, late 18th/ early 19th century, the fender with vertical iron wirework accentuated with iron wire scrollwork, the top edge covered in brass with three brass ball finials, lg. 14 1/2, wd. 56 in. $800-1,200
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197 Carved Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Grecian Couch, possibly New York, c. 181530, the reeded scrolled frame with rosette terminals on scrolled winged animal paw feet, upholstered in Napoleonic yellow silk, refinished, (alterations), ht. 32, lg. 72, dp. 25 3/4 in. $1,000-2,000
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198 Federal Carved and Inlaid Mahogany Window Seat, possibly New York, the scrollform upholstered seat with inlay of string, crossbanding, and tiger maple, on front vaseand ring-turned leaf-carved and reeded legs, ending in brass casters, refinished, ht. 28 3/4, wd. 53, dp. 16 1/2 in. $800-1,200
199 Classical Carved and Inlaid Mahogany Card Table, probably New York, c. 1825, the inlaid and carved table with floral rosette corners on a turned acanthus leaf carved support, and shaped platform on scroll and acanthus leaf-carved legs ending in hairy paw feet, old finish, (imperfections), ht. 29 1/4, wd. 37, dp. 18 1/4 in. $600-800
200 Set of Eight Carved Mahogany Side Chairs, New York, c. 1810-20, the paneled crests above splats with carved rosettes flanked by bosses and reeds on shaped stiles, with reeds continuing to the seat frames and slip seats on incurvate paneled hairy carved legs ending in paw feet, (imperfections), ht. 33 3/4, seat ht. 17 1/8 in. $3,000-5,000
200A Pair of Federal Carved Mahogany Side Chairs, New York, early 19th century, the paneled crest rails above ogee banisters meeting at the center with a floral rosette, the reeded stiles continuing to seat rails and incurvate frontal legs, refinished, (minor restoration), ht. 31 1/4, seat ht. 16 in. $200-400 201 Classical Gilt-gesso Overmantel Mirror, New England or New York, c. 1825, the threepart glass with a floral liner and split-baluster frame with spiral and sawtooth detail, (minor imperfections), ht. 24 3/4, wd. 64 3/4 in. $800-1,200
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202 Attributed to Thomas Sully (American/ English, 1783-1872) Portrait of Susannah Linzee Inman Livingston (1784-1825). Unsigned. Oil on canvas, the subject seated and shown half-length, wearing an orange dress with a red shawl over one shoulder, 30 x 25 in., in a molded frame. Condition: Retouch, craquelure, heavily varnished. Note: Susannah Linzee Inman was born in Pennsylvania and married Thomas Ferguson Livingston. Together they had twelve children. This portrait is reportedly the one listed in Charles Henry Hart’s Register of Works by Thomas Sully, 1801-1871, as number 1060, “Miss Livingston of New York” (p. 107). $6,000-9,000
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Portrait of a Boy and His Sister. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, showing the boy in blue shirt standing with his arm around his younger sister in white seated on a mahogany stool, an urn at lower right inscribed “Sacred to the Memory of John G. and Mary W. Bennett, who departed this life March 5 1848,” above pious verses, with red drapery behind the figures, and landscape with colorful sky beyond, 46 1/2 x 39 in., in a molded brown-painted frame. Condition: Relined, two repaired tears with retouch. $3,000-5,000
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204 Classical Mahogany Extension Table, George Croome, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1835-40, the circular top extends with an accordian mechanism to accommodate three leaves, on a fluted columnar post and pedestal base with concave sides on acanthus- and scroll-carved feet and brass casters, ht. 29 1/2, dia. closed 48, lg. extended 118 in. Note: George Croome was a cabinetmaker working at 439 Washington Street in Boston. $6,000-8,000 205 Federal Carved Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Table, attributed to Thomas Seymour, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1815-20, the top with rounded falling leaves and molded edge on a concave apron with beaded edge on a ring-turned support and four molded downswept legs ending in brass casters, old surface, ht. 29, wd. closed 21 3/4, lg. 36 in. $800-1,200
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206 Set of Six Grecian Carved Mahogany Side Chairs, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 181525, each with tablet crest centering a raised panel and flanking anthemion detail with scrolled borders above drapery-carved splat with curved molded stiles on upholstered slip seat and molded incurvate front legs, (imperfections), ht. 32 1/4, seat ht. 16 in. $6,000-8,000
207 Federal Carved Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Server, Massachusetts, c. 1815-20, the case of two short drawers and single long drawer on vase- and ring-turned reeded tapering legs, old replaced brass pulls, refinished, ht. 38, wd. 39, dp. 18 in. $3,000-5,000
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208 Carved Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Card Table, Boston, c. 1820-25, the folding reeded top on concave beaded frame and turned post ending in a ball joining scroll-form acanthus carved legs with reeded bosses, continuing to cast brass hairy paw casters, refinished, ht. 29 1/4, wd. 35, dp. 18 in. $1,000-1,500
209 Miniature Classical Carved Mahogany Desk Bookcase, America, early 19th century, the scrolled cresting above glazed doors and two drawers, on projecting base with foldout writing surface and three drawers, carved and turned columns continuing to turned feet, (minor restoration), ht. 21 1/2, wd. 13, dp. 7 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500 209A Inlaid Mahogany Pembroke Table, New England, c. 1820, the rectangular top with rounded falling leaves on geometric inlaid apron, working and false cock-beaded drawers on vase- and ring-turned tapering legs on casters, ht. 29, wd. 37 3/4, dp. 21 in. $1,500-2,000 209
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210 Set of Six Classical Carved Mahogany Chairs, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1820-25, comprising five side chairs and one armchair, the tablet crests centering foliate sprays flanked by scrolls, above similar splats, on trapezoidal seats joining turned and carved front legs, refinished, armchair ht. 33 3/4, seat ht. 17, side chairs ht. 32 1/2, seat 16 3/4 in. Literature: Magazine Antiques, May 1991, “Seating Furniture in Boston, 18101835,� by Page Talbot, p. 967, Pl. XVIII, illustrates a chair with stylistic similarities. $4,000-6,000
211 American School, Early 19th Century Portraits of a Gentleman and His Wife. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, the gentleman in a black overcoat wearing a floral pin and a pocketwatch, sitting with an arm over the back of a dining chair; his wife in a gray satin dress holding a small book and sitting at one end of an Empire couch, each 30 1/2 x 25 1/2 in., in molded giltwood and gesso frames. Condition: Restoration and retouch. $2,000-3,000
212 Carved Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Card Table, attributed to Thomas Seymour, c. 1800-05, the folding top with crossbanded edges, half serpentine ends and elliptic front on conforming crossbanded skirt, joining ringturned reeded tapering legs ending in swelled feet, refinished, ht. 29 1/4, wd. 35 1/2, dp. 17 3/4 in. $1,500-2,500
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213 Federal Carved and Inlaid Mahogany Card Table, attributed to Joseph Rawson & Son, Providence, Rhode Island, c. 1810-15, the folding top with half-serpentine ends and elliptical front and crossbanded edge on a conforming base with crossbanded edge and ring-turned, reeded, tapering legs, refinished, ht. 29 1/4, wd. 36, dp. 17 in. $1,200-1,500
215 Mahogany Veneer Sideboard, Thomas Day, Milton, North Carolina, c. 1850, the peaked backsplash joining rectangular plinths, on the rectangular top above a central flatfronted drawer and flanking convex-fronted drawers, above three recessed paneled cupboard doors, all flanked by scrolled supports continuing to feet, (restoration and imperfections), ht. to top of peak 55 3/4, top wd. 67, overall dp. 25 1/2 in.
214 Mahogany One-drawer Stand, early 19th century, the overhanging oval top above a drawer and tall vase- and ring-turned legs ending in ball feet, old refinish, (minor imperfections), 30 1/2 x 25 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. $400-600
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Note: Thomas Day was a free man of color and a prolific cabinetmaker and talented architect during the time of slavery, in Milton, North Carolina. Abundant scholarship over the last few decades has revealed an impressive body of work. This sideboard was exhibited in the 1994-2009 traveling exhibition called Sankofa: A Celebration of African-American Arts and Crafts 1790-1930, which travelled to Dusable Museum, Chicago, Illinois; Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana; Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland; Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit; Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia; Tubman African American Museum, Macon, Georgia; and African American Museum of Dallas, Dallas, Texas. $1,500-2,500
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216 American School, Mid-19th Century Portrait of the Three-masted Vessel UNDINE. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, the vessel sailing right to left in choppy water, a pilot boat off her port bow, a bluff off the starboard bow in the background, 22 x 34 in., in an molded ebonized wood Carrig Rohane frame with gilt liner dated 1924 and inscribed “RC Vose.” Condition: Evidence of minor retouch under the varnished surface. $6,000-8,000
217 Paint-decorated Quartermaster’s Six-board Chest, probably Connecticut, early 19th century, the molded, hinged top opens to an interior with a sliding till and compartment above a dovetail-constructed box centering a medallion painted with a Federal American eagle with a shield body, and quartermaster’s symbol of crossed keys within a heart, the eagle clasping arrows and an olive branch, original surface, (minor imperfections), ht. 16 3/4, wd. 38 1/2, dp. 15 1/4 in. Provenance: This quartermaster’s chest belonged to Captain Henry Crary of Columbus, New York, “who followed the sea from 1800-1812 going from Middletown, Connecticut to South America...” $2,000-3,000
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218 Carved and Painted Shadow Box Diorama of a Sailing Vessel, America, late 19th century, the three-masted vessel with carved sails and half-hull flying the Greek flag, identified in painted banner in the upper left corner, and a pennant on the mast, the background painted with a yellow border and ovolo corners decorated with five-pointed stars, in a deep canted frame under glass, overall ht. 23 3/4, wd. 33, dp. 5 in. $800-1,200
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219 Carved Polychrome Figural Bust, Armand LaMontagne, North Scituate, Rhode Island, 1977, the figure with weathered face and bloodshot glass eyes, wears a knit cap and turtleneck sweater, and chews on the stub of a cigar, signed, dated and titled “Seaman� on right side, on a black-painted rectangular plinth, overall ht. 25 1/2, plinth wd. 16 3/4, dp. 11 1/2 in. $7,000-9,000
220 American School, 19th Century Portrait of the Sidewheeler Harlem. Unsigned. Watercolor and gouache on paper, the vessel identified in several places, flying an American flag off the stern, the scene within a border of metallic paint, 15 1/2 x 25 3/4 in., in a carved and molded walnut frame and gilt liner. Condition: Toned, losses to surface of paper and pigment u.l. $1,500-2,500
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221 Walrus Tooth Jagging Wheel, America, mid19th century, the lathe-turned handle holding a fluted wheel pivoting on a brass pin, ht. 6 7/8 in. $400-600
222 American School, 19th Century Portrait of the Paddlewheel Steamer Natchez. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, the vessel identified on the wheel cover and the smokestacks, with several figures visible near the bow and upper deck, 22 x 38 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Areas of retouch, three small patches to the reverse. $2,500-3,500
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223 Benjamin Greenleaf (act. Massachusetts/ New Hampshire, 1769-1821) Portrait of Alexander Wadsworth, Duxbury, Massachusetts. Unsigned. Oil reverse-painted on glass, the blue-eyed boy wears a white ruffled collar, on a green-blue background, 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (sight), in original black-painted and molded parcel-gilt frame. Condition: Minor losses. Note: A pencil inscription on the backboard reads: “F.G.F. [Frances Grey Ford] Wadsworth, Alexander’s son.”
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224 American School, Early 19th Century Miniature Portraits of a Sea Captain and His Wife. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, the sea captain with curly red hair holding a spyglass, his wife with a black and white dress, 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in., in hinged black leather cases. Condition: Woman with mild staining. $1,000-1,500 225 American Ship Island Queen Painted Porcelain Presentation Cup, attributed to C. Kappauf, active Hamburg, Germany, c. 1860, white with gilt inner rim and foot with handpainted scene of the American ship Island Queen under full sail, ht. 3 1/2 in. $800-1,200 226 British Ship Lima Painted Porcelain Presentation Cup, attributed to C. Kappauf, active Hamburg, Germany, c. 1860, white with gilt inner rim and foot with hand-painted scene of the British ship Lima under full sail, inscribed in gold on base “T.G. Hauthal/&, Co.,” ht. 3 7/8 in. $500-800
227 Manner of the Liverpool School, 19th Century Portrait of the Bark Bangalore. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, showing the three-masted vessel identified on a pennant and on the bow, flying the Union Jack, surrounded by vessels, 24 x 36 in., in a later frame. Condition: Fine stable craquelure, minor retouch. Note: This painting represents an interesting mesh of styles with subject matter. In its handling of the water and the ship, it is reminiscent of the work of Samuel Walters, one of the best known Liverpool maritime artists, and one who was known to paint exotic port scenes. Additionally, the canvas is on a keyed Western-style stretcher. However, there were some 19th century Chinese artists who could closely mimic the Liverpool school style, and a Chinese junk appears off the Bangalore’s starboard bow. Further complicating the attribution, the port scene in the background appears to be Southeast Asian, and the small boat off the port bow appears to be manned by dark-skinned men in turbans, both of which point us in yet another direction. $6,000-8,000
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228 British School, 19th Century A Bark off Dover. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, the three-masted vessel sailing right to left, and depicted again at left, with several other vessels depicted, and white cliffs beyond, 18 1/2 x 25 1/2 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Lined, retouch to a repaired tear c.l. $2,000-4,000
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Portrait of the Paddlewheel Steamer Ansonia. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, the vessel sailing left to right, flying an American flag off the stern, identified on the wheel and on a pennant, the decks crowded with patrons, 24 x 32 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Minor spot of loss in sailing vessel to right. Note: A period newspaper page affixed to the reverse contains a timetable for the Ansonia between New York City and Derby, Connecticut. $4,000-6,000
230 American School, Late 19th Century Portrait of the Henry A Burnham. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, the three-masted vessel identified on a pennant and a name late on the starboard stern, with a lighthouse off the port stern, a rowboat approaching at the starboard bow, and vessels in the distance off the port bow, 24 x 34 in., in a later molded giltwood frame. Condition: Three patches to reverse, small area of retouch in hull near rudder. $2,500-3,500
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231 Charles Henry Gifford (act. Massachusetts, 1839-1904) Seascape, Possibly Buzzards Bay. Signed and dated lower right “C.H. Gifford/72.� Oil on paper laid down on board, depicting a sailing vessel along a rocky coastline, 3 1/2 x 7 1/2 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Surface grime. $800-1,200
232 Clement Drew (act. Massachusetts, 18061889) Ship in Stormy Waters off Minot Light. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 24 x 34 in., in likely original molded walnut frame with gilt liner. Condition: Very minor retouch. Note: The inventory number 75.2463 appears twice on the back of the frame. According to a note, that number is an accession number from the Strong Museum, Rochester, New York. $1,500-2,500 232
233 Italian School, Late 19th Century Portrait of the Bark Aberdeen at Naples, c. 1878. Unsigned. Gouache on paper, the vessel under full sail identified on a pennant and at stern, sailing right to left, the city and Mount Vesuvius off the starboard bow, 15 1/2 x 24 1/4 in. (sight), in a molded gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Minor toning, minor water damage, not examined out of frame. Note: A typed note affixed to the backing includes information about the vessel. She was built in Searsport, Maine, in 1856, and was stranded off Long Branch, New Jersey, in 1885. $800-1,200
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234 Large Swimming Canada Goose Decoy, J.A. Whitney, Falmouth Foreside, Maine, first half 20th century, with neck extended low over the water, marked on underside “J.A. WHITNEY,” lg. 38 3/4 in. $600-800 235 Three Mason “Challenge Grade” Decoys, Detroit, Michigan, early 20th century, a hollow Brant and a solid Mallard and Wigeon, all with glass eyes, (some repaint and restoration), lg. to 19 1/2 in. $600-800 236 Carved and Painted Black-bellied Plover, America, mid-20th century, with mottled gray, black, and tan body, black underbelly, painted black eyes and applied beak, ht. 5 3/4, wd. 2, dp. 9 1/2 in. $400-600 237 Three Large Black Duck Decoys, J.A. Whitney, Falmouth Foreside, Maine, c. 1950, each with cord and lead weight, each branded twice on the underside “J.H. WHITNEY,” lg. 25 in. $600-800 238 Four Black Duck Decoys, attributed to J.A. Whitney, Falmouth Foreside, Maine, c. 1950, one with head slightly turned, each with a slight hook carved into the beak tip, each with cord and lead weight, unmarked, lg. 20 in. $600-800 239 Two Large Canada Goose Decoys, J.A. Whitney, Falmouth Foreside, Maine, early 20th century, each with head slightly turned, both marked “J.A. WHITNEY” on underside, one marked twice, lg. approx. 32 in. $800-1,200 240 American School, 19th Century Willet in Beach Grass. Unsigned. Oil on artist board, the bird facing left, with a seaside landscape beyond, 12 1/4 x 13 in., in a molded and reeded frame. Condition: Surface grime, retouch. $800-1,200
241 Large Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Jose Formoso Reyes, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1968, the oval hinged lid centering a carved gull, whale, and initials “LDK,” and carved wood swing handle, signed and inscribed on the bottom with the maker’s name, date, and the outline of the island, ht. to top of handle 11 3/4, overall wd. 12 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500
246 Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Stanley Roop, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1974, the oval hinged lid centering a carved shell, and carved wood swing handle, signed and inscribed on the bottom with the maker’s name, date, and inscription “For Eleanor Lee Dober,” ht. to top of handle 10 3/4, overall wd. 9 1/4 in. $700-900
242 Large Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Jose Formoso Reyes, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1967, the oval hinged lid centering a carved gull, and carved wood swing handle, signed and inscribed on the bottom with the maker’s name, date, and the outline of the island, ht. to top of handle 12, overall wd. 13 1/2 in. $1,500-2,000
247 Large Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Jose Formoso Reyes, Nantucket, Massachusetts, c. 1960s, the oval hinged lid centering a carved airplane, and two carved wood swing handles, signed and inscribed on the bottom with the maker’s name and the outline of the island, (one hinge broken), ht. to top of handle 11 1/2, overall wd. 11 in. $2,500-3,500
243 Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Jose Formoso Reyes, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1962, the shaped hinged lid centering a carved gull, and carved wood swing handle, signed and inscribed on the bottom with the maker’s name, date, and the outline of the island, ht. to top of handle 8 3/4, overall wd. 10 in. $800-1,200
244 Large Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Jose Formoso Reyes, Nantucket, Massachusetts, c. 1960s, the oval hinged lid with panel centering a carved whale, and carved wood swing handle, signed and inscribed on the bottom with the maker’s name, date, and the outline of the island, as well as the name “Ann Bemis,” for whom it was likely made, ht. to top of handle 11 1/2, overall wd. 9 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500
245 Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1971, the oval hinged lid centering a carved map of the island, and carved wood swing handle, impressed on the bottom with the initials MJR, “NANTUCKET/ISLAND” and the date 1971, ht. to top of handle 10, overall wd. 10 in. $300-500
248 Cotton Grenfell Rug, Newfoundland, early 20th century, the series of steps in a variety of colors on a gray field and beaded border, mounted on a stretcher, ht. 24 1/4, wd. 38 1/2 in. $800-1,200 249 Hooked Rug with Sailing Ship, America, c. 1923, lettered “Providence” and dated 1923, depicting a four-masted vessel with red hull, (toned and stained, mounted to stretcher), 21 3/4 x 30 1/2 in. $400-600 250 Hooked Rug, America, early 20th century, showing a half-cape cottage under a large tree with flower gardens and paths, mounted on a stretcher, ht. 27 1/2, wd. 41 in. $600-800 251 Light Green-painted Sailor-made Ropework Stand, New England, 19th century, comprised of a basket above a platform with monkeyfist pendants below, joined to the similarly decorated base by the unpainted post, all on molded glass feet, ht. 34 in. $1,000-1,500 252 Brass Ship’s Barometer, Lisbon, Portugal, c. 1900, with brass case and gimbal, lacquered scale with vernier and glass mercury tube, ht. 38 1/2 in. $800-1,200
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253 Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Danish/ American, 1850-1921) Portrait of a Steam Ship. Signed and dated “A. Jacobsen 1899/31 Palisade Av. West Hoboken. N.J.” l.r. Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 in., in a flat oak frame with gilt liner. Condition: Fine craquelure, minor retouch. $5,000-7,000
254 Chinese School, Early 19th Century River Landscape with Chinese Domestic Scene. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, depicting figures engaged in various pursuits, several types of river vessels, wooden structures, and a stone bridge with three arched openings, and mountainous landscape beyond, 27 x 37 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Lined, retouch including to two repaired tears. 254
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Note: In The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, pp. 158-59, Carl Crossman writes about paintings like the present work, “the fact that paintings of this size and subject matter were done for traders illustrates the westerners’ overwhelming interest in the depiction of various facets of Chinese domestic life ... western traders obviously enjoyed having a fragment of the Chinese way of life permanently recorded in the paintings they purchased to take to the West.” $3,000-5,000
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Urban Canal Scene. Unsigned. Oil on paper, depicting a bustling canal and bridge with boats, figures, and structures, 8 x 10 1/2 in., in an elaborately carved and pierced frame and inlaid liner. Condition: Craquelure revealing underpaint, no apparent retouch, not examined out of frame. $800-1,200
Portrait of the Bark Ceylon. Unsigned. Oil on fine linen, depicting the three-masted vessel sailing left to right with eight figures on deck, flying the American flag, with two vessels including one Chinese in the background at right, 18 x 23 1/2 in., in carved frame with gilt liner. Condition: Patch u.l. with 2-in. dia. circle of retouch, craquelure. Note: “Bark Ceylon” written in script in black crayon on the reverse, and printed in block letters on stretcher. $3,000-5,000
258 Green-painted and Decorated Brassbound Camphor Wood and Leather Chest, China, mid-19th century, the box with brass hardware, tack decoration and floral designs, ht. 11, wd. 25, dp. 12 1/2 in. $400-600 259 Camphor Wood Sea Chest, China, mid-19th century, the dovetailed chest with canted sides, hinged top with pencil ship’s portrait and till with lid painted with a star and “John Richards” in red and blue, with brass bail handles, (old surface), ht. 16, wd. 35 3/4, dp. 17 1/2 in. $600-800
257 Red-painted and Decorated Brass-bound Camphor Wood and Leather Chest, China, mid-19th century, the box with brass hardware, tack decoration, and floral designs, ht. 10 1/4, wd. 25, dp. 12 3/4 in. $400-600
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260 Large Rectangular Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Trivet, c. 1840, four triangular cartouches centering a gilt circle with bird, 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. $300-500
261 Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Rectangular Deep Dish, 19th century, with slightly canted sides and integral handles, allover intricate floral decoration surrounding cartouches with birds and flowers, and domestic scene in the bottom, ht. 2, wd. 14, dp. 7 1/2 in. $300-500
262 Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Vases, 19th century, the square vases with shaped panels delineated with raised yellow borders, ht. 5 in. $300-500
263 Pair of Rose Medallion Chinese Export Porcelain Centerpiece Bowls, 19th century, quatrefoil shape on oval foot, ht. 1 3/4, wd. 10 1/2, dp. 7 1/2 in. $400-600
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264 Rose Medallion Chinese Export Porcelain Brush Box, 19th century, the rectangular lid on a conforming base with divided interior, ht. 1 3/4, wd. 7, dp. 3 1/2 in. $300-500 265 Two Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Cut Corner Bowls, 19th century, the deep bowls of similar form, ht. 4 1/2, 5 in. $400-600 266 Two Circular Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Trivets, 19th century, each with four cartouches depicting domestic scenes or birds and butterflies, and central circular reserve with gilt border, (minor wear and rim chip to larger), dia. 10, 12 1/2 in. $600-800 267 Three Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Trays, 19th century, one trefoil, one quatrefoil, and one rectangular with cut corners, wd. 10 1/2, 10 1/2, 9 1/2 in., respectively. $600-800
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268 Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Rice Bowl and Cover, 19th century, the circular domed cover with hole in center, sets into the shallow footed bowl with gilt handles, (rim chip to bowl), ht. 3 1/2, dia. 7 1/2 in. $400-600 269 Large Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Platter, 19th century, with six triangular cartouches centering a circular reserve, wd. 19 3/4 in. $600-800 270 Two Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Trays, 19th century, one rectangular with cut corners, one quatrefoil, (gilt wear), wd. 10, 10 1/2 in. $300-500 271 Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Footed Cake Plate, 19th century, with reticulated border on a tapered foot, ht. 4 1/4, dia. 10 in. $300-500
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272 Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Syllabubs, 19th century, the domed covers with gilt fruit-form knops, on the bulbous bodies with intertwined gilt handles and leaf terminals, allover decoration of domestic scenes, the tops with blue geometric latticework interspersed with pictorial vignettes, ht. 3 1/2 in. $200-300
273 Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Covered Jar, 19th century, the cover with gilt dog-form knop above the baluster-form jar, on carved hardwood stand, ht. 13 in. $400-600
274 Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Covered Jar, 19th century, the domed cover with gilt dog finial, on the bulbous balusterform vase, ht. with cover 11 3/4 in. $200-300
275 Five-piece Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Garniture Set, 19th century, three covered baluster-form vases with gilt dog finials, and two tapering vases with flared rims, ht. 10 3/4, 9 1/4 in., respectively. $600-800
279 Two Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Vases, 19th century, each with flared rim and applied gilt decoration of dragons and dogs to neck, (gilt wear), ht. 9, 10 1/4 in. $300-500
276 Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Ewer, 19th century, the tall bulbous form with applied handle on flared foot, ht. to top of handle 16 1/4 in. $400-600
280 Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Bud Vase, 19th century, with bulbous blossom above a slightly tapering shaft continuing to a five-lobed base, each lobe with an opening, ht. 9 3/4 in. $300-500
277 Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Octagonal Serving Dish and Cover, 19th century, the cover with gilt loop handle and cut corners sets into a shallow footed base, ht. 5 1/2, wd. 10 1/2 in. $400-600 278 Three Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Covered Tea Caddies, 19th century, the tallest of hexagonal form with cover showing a figure, the other two octagonal and of descending size, ht. to 7 1/4 in. $300-500
281 Near Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Perfume Bottles and Stoppers, 19th century, the gilt-topped spherical stoppers with alternating pink and blue panels, on the slightly tapering cylindrical bottles with rounded shoulders, on ebonized stands, ht. with stand 5 1/2, 6 in. $200-300
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282 Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Footed Compote, 19th century, the shallow circular bowl with shaped rim on a hemispherical base, ht. 3 1/4, dia. 8 1/2 in. $200-300
283 Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Elephant-form Incense Burners, c. 1820-40, the heads and bodies in orange with gilt ears, tails, and trunks, green saddle blankets with red floral design, and further decoration at the shoulders and haunches of purple, green, blue, and orange flowers on an intricate background of black curlicues, ht. 6, lg. 9 in. Provenance: James Galley Chinese Export Porcelain. $1,000-1,500
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284 Pair of Chinese Export Rose Medallion Porcelain Dog-form Incense Burners, 19th century, with orange heads and paws, with gilt detail, ht. 4, lg. 7 1/4 in. $800-1,200
285 Chinese Export Rose Medallion Porcelain Vase, 19th century, the baluster form with domestic scenes surrounded by orange foliate decoration on a celadon ground, with applied gilt dragons around the neck, (gilt wear), ht. 10 in. $300-500 286 Four Graduated Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Scalloped Edge Bowls, 19th century, each edge with six lobes, dia. 6 to 10 1/2 in. $800-1,200
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287 Large Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Well and Tree Platter, 19th century, (pitting and discoloration), wd. 18 1/2 in. $400-600 288 Chinese Export Rose Medallion Porcelain Punch Bowl, 19th century, with carved wood base, bowl ht. 6 1/4, dia. 14 7/8 in. $800-1,200 289 Boxed Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Condiment Set, 19th century, comprised of four triangular corner pieces, and a central square piece surrounded by four shaped pieces, all fitting together in a square gilt lacquer box, box ht. 4, wd. 11 1/4 in. $400-600
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291 Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Kerosene Lamp, 19th century, brass mount above the cylindrical reservoir and molded base, decoration of two domestic scenes with gilt Greek key borders, ht. 7 1/2 in. $200-300
292 Chinese Export Rose Medallion Porcelain Sauce Tureen and Undertray, 19th century, the molded top with gilt floral knop, on the bulbous tureen with intertwined gilt handles, and oval undertray, ht. 6, lg. 8 in. $300-500 293 Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Soup Tureen and Undertray, 19th century, the molded top with floriform knop, on the tureen with gilt intertwined handles, and oval undertray, ht. 9 1/2, wd. 12 1/2 in. $600-800
294 Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Sauce Tureen and Undertray, 19th century, the cover with gilt floriform knop, the tureen of bulbous form, on an oval undertray, all three pieces with a gilt “F” within a circle, ht. 6 1/4, wd. 8 in. Provenance: According to information on typed notes included in the lot, the “F” on these pieces refers to Major General John Charles Fremont, an American military officer during the Mexican-American and Civil wars, and a politician who was the first Republican (anti-slavery) candidate for President of the United States, in 1856. The tureen descended in Fremont’s family to his granddaughter, who married Henry Hull, a 1920s actor of note who lived in Old Lyme, Connecticut. The tureen was purchased from the Old Lyme home in the 1970s, and was acquired by the consignor in 1978. $600-800
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298 Two Stoneware Jugs, probably South Amboy, New Jersey, and Boston, c. 19th century, ovoid form, one with incised bowknot design and cobalt blue decoration, the other with applied trefoil leaf decoration, both jugs have applied handles with blue terminuses, (imperfections), ht. 12 3/4 in. Note: A one-gallon jar with nearly identical bow-knot design made at South Amboy, New Jersey, is illustrated in Georgeanna H. Greer, American Stonewares (Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1981), p. 157. $400-600
295 “1837” Redware Jar, America, c. 1837, the lead glazed jar with straight sides, rounded shoulder and flared mouth decorated with white slip arches and date above a slip wave, (imperfections), ht. 7 1/2 in. $800-1,200
296 Three-gallon Stoneware Butter Churn, probably New York, c. 1820-40, slightly ovoid body with applied lug handles, cobalt blue sgraffito-decorated with a large militia officer figure holding a nine-star flag, trailed by four soldiers wearing packs and holding flintlock muskets with fixed bayonets followed by an artillery fieldpiece, backside hand-marked with the number “3,” (minor imperfections), ht. 15 in. $6,000-8,000
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297 Brown-glazed Stoneware Face Jug, southern United States, third quarter 19th century, with applied finger handle, handmodeled facial features, and eleven individually placed kaolin teeth, ht. 7 in. Note: A copy of a typewritten and undated note that has remained with the piece for some time reads, “The little brown “Rum Jug” with a face was found on the HarrisonHamilton Plantation, 12 miles to the South of Fernandina Beach, Florida about 1950. The Plantation was a Spanish land grant to the Harrison-Hamilton families during the 1700s and maintained until 1860 approximately 500 slaves. Charles Engles, of Bushnell, Florida sets an age of 200 years and states that ‘without doubt it came to the plantation either with a slave trader from the Carribbean [sic] or in the possession of a slave. The present glaze is the origional [sic].’” While the HarrisonHamilton family provenance is likely accurate, recent scholarship puts the year of origin of this jug somewhere closer to 1870, made in the tradition of other, slightly earlier jugs known to have been made by slaves. $2,000-3,000
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299 Stoneware Jug with Incised Fish Decoration, possibly Jonathan Fenton, Boston, Massachusetts, late 18th/early 19th century, ovoid jug with tooled neck banded in blue, applied handle terminating in blue and incised fish carefully highlighted in cobalt blue, (imperfections), ht. 14 in. Literature: For a similar example see Donald Blake Webster, Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America (Charles E. Tuttle Company: Rutland, Vermont, 1980), fig. 173. $600-800 300 Large Two-handled Jug, New England, c. 19th century, with two applied handles, decorated with cobalt blue line at mouth, basket and tassel design below impressed mark “WEST---ER/LA-----T,” and prominent cobalt blue floral motif on back, ht. 21 1/2 in. $300-500 301 Four-gallon Poland Springs Mineral Water Stoneware Jug, H. Ricker & Sons, South Poland, Maine, c. mid-19th century, straight sided with applied handle, incised neck, decorated with blue highlighted incised eagle over banner and two swans, jug stamped “4” and “H RICKER & SONS/SOUTH POLAND, ME./POLAND MINERAL/SPRING WATER,” ht. 17 in. $600-800
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302 Hamilton & Jones Eagle Stencil Crock, Greensboro, Pennsylvania, c. 1870, a four-gallon crock with flattened rim and tooled neck, applied lug handles highlighted in blue cobalt; the body with blue cobalt line and wave decoration and stenciled eagle and delicate floral highlights within a stenciled inscription: “HAMILTON & JONES./ GREENSBORO./PA/4,” ht. 14 3/4 in. $300-500
303 Sixteen-gallon Stoneware Crock, Williams and Reppert, Greensboro, Pennsylvania, c. 1880s, tall ovoid form with flattened roll rim, applied lug handles, cobalt line and wave decoration and stenciled eagle, stenciled mark “WILLIAMS AND REPPERT./GREENSBORO, PA.,” (imperfections), ht. 23 3/4 in. $400-600
304 Cobalt-decorated Stoneware Jar, Pennsylvania, A. Polk Donaghho, Fredericktown, c. 1860s, with stenciled eagle motif and lettering, ht. 9 1/2 in. $300-500
305 Six-gallon Cobalt Blue Decorated Stoneware Crock, probably Pennsylvania, c. 1860-80, tall semi-ovoid form, flattened rim above tooled line and applied lug handles with cobalt line, wave, and floral vine decoration and three incised lines on body, marked “6” inside a doubled dot circle, ht. 16 in. $300-500
306 Four-gallon T.D. Harden Stencil-decorated Stoneware Crock, Palatine, West Virginia, c. 1880, with applied lug handles, slip glazed interior with brown saltglazed exterior stencil marked “4/T.D. HARDEN.” above a spreadwing eagle and “PALATINE. W.VA.,” (imperfections), ht. 14 3/4 in. $400-600 307 Paul Cushman Ovoid Stoneware Jar, Albany, New York, early 19th century, flared rim with incised decorated collar, lug handles, and stamped “PAUL : CUSHMANS,” (imperfections), ht. 12 5/8 in. $400-600
308 Clarkson Crolius Ovoid Stoneware Jug, New York, c. early 19th century, ovoid form ornamented with cobalt brushed petal design around impressed maker’s mark “C. CROLIUS MANUFACTURER NEW-YORK,” (minor lip and base chips), ht. 13 1/2 in. $400-600 309 Three-gallon Stoneware Jug, probably Joseph Rambo, Muskingum Co., Ohio, mid19th century, tall ovoid form with low indented band collar and applied handle, stamped “3/J RAMBO,” next to incised cobalt-decorated three-leaf clover, (imperfections), ht. 15 1/2 in. $300-500 310 Three Sewer Tile Spaniel Figures, America, late 19th/early 20th century, two molded figures with incised details on elevated bases along with a single with gold-painted highlights, ht. 10 1/4, 9 in., respectively. $300-500
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311 Carved and Polychrome Indian Princess Tobacconist Figure, attributed to Thomas Brooks, New York or Chicago, late 19th century, the figure wears a tall feathered headdress and beaded necklace, her right arm bent upwards, her left arm bent and with open palm, stands with her left foot forward and raised on a plinth, all on a square green-painted base, (repair, repaint and imperfections), ht. 79 in. Note: Frederick Fried tells us that, after seeing an opportunity for business after the devastating fire, Thomas Brooks moved to Chicago from New York in 1879-80 (Artists in Wood, New York, 1970, p. 185). This piece could therefore have been made in either city where Brooks was known to have worked. Fried illustrates a Squaw carved by Brooks on p. 186 (Fig. 159) which bears a resemblance to the present lot, especially with respect to the beaded necklace, the low rounded neckline, and the narrow waist. $20,000-30,000
312 Large Painted Cast Iron Female Figure Shooting Gallery Target, Wurfflein, Philadelphia, late 19th/early 20th century, the voluptuous full-body form painted with blue eyes, red lips, a blue shirt, red tights, and white heeled shoes, the target at the center of the woman’s torso, and cast mark “WURFFLEIN/PHILAD./PATENT” below, the target screwed to a conformingly shaped cutout backing with original pulleys and other mechanisms, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 63, wd. 19 in. $3,000-5,000
313 Pair of Painted Fiske-style Cast Iron Deer, America, late 19th century, each standing on a rectangular green-painted base, the doe with brown-painted body and white underbelly, the buck with brown-painted body and white underbelly and antlers, (repaint and oxidation), ht. 63 1/4, wd. 48, dp. 18 in. $8,000-12,000
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315 Gilt Molded Copper Cod Weathervane, J.W. Fiske, New York City, late 19th century, the full-body form with well-defined scales, sheet copper fins, later verdigris and gilt surface, ht. 11, lg. 25 1/4 in. $3,000-5,000
Note: This weathervane was originally atop the First Presbyterian Church in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, founded in the 1840s. $8,000-12,000
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316 Yellow-painted Copper Apothecary Trade Sign, America, late 19th century, in the form of a mortar and pestle constructed of sheet copper painted yellow, (imperfections), mortar ht. 24, dia. 24 in. $1,200-1,500
316A Painted Tin and Wood Ice Cream Parlor Trade Sign, America, early 20th century, the curved tin front with dark blue smalt ground bordered in yellow and lettered in white “Ice Cream Served Daily,� ht. 28, wd. 22 1/2, dp. 8 in. $600-800
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317 Molded Copper and Cast Zinc Running Horse Weathervane, America, late 19th century, flattened full body with cast zinc head, verdigris surface, lg. 32 in. $600-800 318 Folk Art Cowboy-form Scarecrow, America, early 20th century, painted face with mustache, brown cowboy hat, in a blue outfit, the free swinging legs hinged to the body below the waist with black shoes, the propeller arms pivoting on an iron shaft bolted through the body, all mounted on a custom metal stand, (imperfections), ht. 61 in. Provenance: Northeast Auctions, The Kahn Collection, Part One, August 3, 2002, Lot 94. $4,000-6,000
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319 Molded and Sheet Copper and Blown Glass Weathervane, America, late 19th century, the red blown glass torch above a sheet copper circle incorporating hands fixed with copper collars to a molded copper feathered quill, weathered verdigris surface, on stand, overall ht. 45, lg. 66 1/2 in. $3,000-5,000
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320 Bannerette Weathervane, America, early 19th century, the verdigris pierced sheet metal form with quatrefoil central device continuing to a molded arrow, original surface, (imperfections), ht. 14 1/2, lg. 48 in. $600-800
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321 Large Gilt Molded Copper “Dexter� Running Horse Weathervane, probably Massachusetts, late 19th century, full-body form with applied ears, old weathered surface of verdigris and gilt, no stand, lg. 43 in. $8,000-12,000
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322 Molded Gilt Copper and Cast Zinc Bull Weathervane, attributed to Cushing & White, America, 19th century, the flattened full-body form with cast zinc head, applied horns and sheet metal ears and molded tail, old weathered surface of verdigris and traces of gilt, lg. 24 1/2 in. $3,000-5,000
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323 Molded Gilt Copper Rooster Weathervane, attributed to L.W. Cushing, Waltham, Massachusetts, late 19th century, the slightly flattened full-body form with pressed sheet copper tail, later verdigris and gilt surface, ht. 29 1/2 in. $2,500-3,500
325 Molded Copper Pig Weathervane, America, first half 20th century, the flattened full-body form with applied sheet metal nose and ears, and cast curlicue tail, verdigris surface, (imperfections), overall lg. 31 3/4 in., on stand. $2,000-3,000
324 Large Gilt Molded Copper Cow Weathervane, probably Massachusetts, late 19th century, full-body form with finely textured hide, applied ears and horns, regilt, lg. 36 in. $6,000-8,000
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326 Molded Copper Hackney Horse Weathervane, America, early 20th century, full-body figure mounted on a copper rod, on stand, later verdigris and gilt surface, overall ht. 27, wd. 34 in. $2,000-3,000
327 Molded Gilt Copper and Cast Iron Running Horse Weathervane, attributed to J.W. Fiske, New York City, late 19th century, the full-body form with cast iron head, old surface, (dents, repaired bullet holes, imperfections), lg. 43 in. $3,000-5,000
328 Molded Gilt Copper Rooster Weathervane, America, late 19th century, slightly flattened full-body form stands on an arrow with sheet copper feathers, later verdigris and gilt surface, on stand, overall ht. 26 1/2 in. $2,000-3,000
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1001 Embroidered Textile Fragment, America, 18th/early 19th century, possibly a fragment of a bed hanging, composed of two strips of linen cloth sewn together at the center and embroidered with flower and vine designs, (imperfections), ht. 24 1/2, wd. 37 in. $500-700 1002 Silk Embroidered Ojibwa Minister George Copway Pincushion, probably London, England, c. 1850, the rectangular linen cushion with an embroidered diamond border and cross-stitched inscription “The Rev George Copway the/Ojibbeway Chief Preached at/Orange Street Chapel from/Hebrews the Eleventh Chapter/ And the fourteenth Verse,” the edge of the cushion “fringed” with tightly spaced straight pins, the back once covered in floral woven silk (mostly deteriorated), ht. 3 wd. 5 in. Note: Reverend George Copway (1818-1869) or Kah-Ge-Ga-GahBowh was a Mississaugas Ojibwa writer, Methodist missionary, lecturer and advocate for Native Americans. Copway traveled to England and Europe in 1850, spending time in London in August and September. The Orange Street Chapel was located near Leicester Square, London. His travels in England and Europe are recorded in his book Running Sketches of Men and Places in England, France, Germany, Belgium and Scotland (New York, 1851). Copway’s first book, The Life, History, and Travels of Kah-GeGa-Gah-Bowh, a Young Indian Chief of the Ojebwa Nation (Albany, 1847) is regarded as the first book published by a Native American. $300-500
1003 Maple Scroll-top High Chest of Drawers, probably Massachusetts, c. 1740-60, the molded cornice above a two-part case of eleven thumbmolded drawers with two carved fans, on cabriole legs ending in pad feet on platforms, joined by a valanced skirt with two drop pendants, replaced brasses, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 84, wd. 38 1/4, dp. 21 in. $4,000-6,000 1004 Birch Fall-front Desk, North Shore, Massachusetts, late 18th century, the lid opening to reveal a stepped interior of compartments and drawers, above a cockbeaded serpentine case of four drawers on claw-and-ball feet, centering a carved fan and scrolled drop-pendant, replaced brasses, old red stain, ht. 44 1/2, wd. 42, dp. 21 in. $4,000-6,000 1005 Maple Gate-leg Table, probably Massachusetts, early 18th century, the circular top with falling leaves on a straight apron with drawer and block-, vase-, and ring-turned legs ending in turned feet and joined by stretchers, refinished, (repair), ht. 26 3/4, wd. 46, dp. 51 3/4 in. $1,000-1,500 1006 Maple and Pine Table, New England, late 18th century, the overhanging rectangular breadboard top on a straight apron with thumbmolded drawer joining splayed, turned, tapering legs ending in turned feet, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 27 3/4, wd. 42, dp. 25 1/2 in. $800-1,200 1007 Cedar Chest-on-Frame, Bermuda, 18th century, the molded lift top opens to a well, above the elaborately dovetailed box, on valanced frame joining cabriole legs ending in pad feet, refinished, (restoration, base replaced), ht. 28 1/2, case wd. 43 1/4, dp. 20 in. $800-1,200 1008 Federal Inlaid Cherry Candlestand, possibly central Massachusetts, c. 1810, the square top inlaid with an eagle having a shield body and foliate devices, bordered by stringing, on vase- and ring-turned support and tripod cabriole legs ending in pad feet on platforms, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 26 3/4, wd. 16 1/2, dp. 16 in. $400-600
1009 Baroque Black-painted and Carved Cane Chair, early 18th century, the shaped, molded back with scroll and foliate cresting on vase- and ringturned and cabriole legs, joined by bulbous-turned front stretcher and block- and ring-turned side stretchers, old surface, ht. 46, seat ht. 17 in. $600-800 1010 Maple and Birch Side Chair, New England, late 18th century, with a serpentine crest above a pierced vasiform splat, the rush seat on block-, vase-, and ring-turned legs continuing to frontal carved Spanish feet and joined by bulbous-turned front stretcher and double side stretchers, refinished, ht. 41 3/4, seat ht. 17 in. $300-500 1011 Seven Mold-blown Flasks and Bottles, one small and two large olive green cornucopia flasks, an olive green eagle flask, a small olive green eagle flask, an olive green Westford Glass Company flask, and a reproduction cobalt E.G. Booz’s Old Cabin Whiskey bottle. $400-600
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1000 English Crewelwork Embroidered Panel, c. early 18th century, a central flower sprouting into numerous branches embellished with leaves and tulips, the embroidered work (being all that remains of the original fabric) mounted on a heavy modern unbleached linen canvas and housed within a custom-made gilt-edged mahogany box, overall ht. 97 3/4, wd. 75 in. $6,000-8,000
1012 Wrought Iron Rotary Broiler, America, c. 18th/early 19th century, the circular rotary grill with four quadrants of point and scroll ironwork of forge-welded construction riveted in the center to the “Y”-shaped stand with “L” feet and scroll terminal on the handle, (imperfections), ht. 3, wd. 11 1/2, dp. 28 3/8 in. $400-600 1013 Cast Iron Fire Back, Continental, late 18th/early 19th century, the serpent crest over central vase and flower motif and vine border, ht. 24 3/8, wd. 17 3/8, dp. 1/4 in. $300-500 1014 Marble Hearth Tool Rest, America, 19th century, a square marble block with beaded edge four engraved stars and recessed square center, ht. 1 1/2, wd. 8 1/4, dp. 8 1/2 in. $300-500
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1015 Pair of Wrought Iron Andirons, America, c. 1775, the pointed ball finial attached to a stepped upright on arched legs with flat tab feet, the front of the upright with remnants of a date that appears to be “1775” over “WH” and punchwork arch and line decoration, ht. 20 1/2, wd. 10, dp. 17 in. $300-500 1016 Ten Pieces of Early Lighting, English, American, Continental c. late 18th to mid-19th century, seven hogscrapertype iron candlesticks (one patented 1853); a tinned iron chamberstick with dousing cone, a crusie lamp with chased grotesque mask and floral decoration on outside of pan, and an undecorated betty lamp, (imperfections), ht. to 7 5/8 in. $300-500
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1017 Two 18th Century Silver Objects, England or America, 18th century, a heart-shaped woman’s equipage with silver suspension loop and chains terminating in S-hooks, the heart engraved on one side with “SH/1737” and the other side with a rosette and leaf border; and a shaped silver cloak clasp with engraving and wrigglework decorated border and central engraved circular device with initials “T” and “E,” equipage overall lg. 11 3/4; clasp wd. 3 1/4 in. $300-500
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1018 Three Clear Pressed Glass Monument Whale Oil Lamps, Sandwich and others, c. 1840-60, including two clear pressed waisted loop lamps with pressed monument bases, and a single clear pressed tulip lamp with gilt-decorated monument base, (imperfections), ht. to 11 5/8 in. $400-600 1019 Three Vaseline Candlesticks and Two Vases, Sandwich and others, c. 1840-70, including two dolphin candlesticks with single-step bases and petal sockets, a single petal and loop candlestick with petal socket, and two loop-decorated vases with gauffered rims mounted on square marble bases, ht. to 11 1/4 in. $400-600
1020 Group of Pressed Glass Tableware, Sandwich and others, c. 1840-70, including a pair of opaque white columnar candlesticks with petal sockets and sand finish; a pair of standard-size white opaque acanthus leaf candlesticks with sand finish and blue sockets, a large white opaque pressed Sandwich loop (Gaines) bowl on foot, a small opalescent pressed Sandwich loop (Gaines) bowl on foot, a white opaque pressed Sandwich loop spoon holder, and a pair of pressed opalescent glass furniture pulls, bowl ht. to 8 7/8, candlestick ht. to 9 1/4 in. $600-900 1021 Pair of Cut Glass Hurricane Shades, America or England, 19th century, of colorless glass, each with etched floral and bead design and folded foot, ht. 22 in. $400-600 1022 Near Pair of Large Blown Colorless Glass Hurricane Shades, 19th century, each with flared rim and base and baluster form, ht. 21 3/4, 22 1/4 in. $400-600 1023 Rococo Carved Gilt-gesso Mirror, England, early 18th century, the shaped frame with feather plume flanked by floral urns against a punchwork background, lacks glass, (imperfections), ht. 45, wd. 23 in. Provenance: Old label reads “October 14, 1927, One mirror bought by Clara C. Higgins from Charles of London, West 56th Street, New York City/Price $550.00.” $800-1,200 1024 Small Chippendale Mahogany Scroll-frame Mirror, reportedly Hartford, Connecticut, late 18th century, ht. 17 3/4, wd. 11 1/4 in. $200-250 1025 Federal Concave and Convex Mirrors, America, early 19th century, in round molded gilt frames, (imperfections), dia. 16 1/4 in. $400-600
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1026 Small Circular Etched Mirror, probably England, mid-19th century, in turned walnut frame with ground ground and etched floral and vine motif around circumference, (imperfections), dia. 12 3/4 in. $300-500 1027 American School, Late 19th Century Winter Landscape near Albany. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, a domestic scene with a woman feeding chickens, a horse and sleigh, and figures playing on a frozen pond, 20 x 24 in., in an oval mat and molded and ebonized wooden frame with gilt liner. Condition: Five visible patches to the reverse, retouch. $400-600 1028 American School, 19th Century New England Landscape, Possibly New Hampshire. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, depicting cows watering in a river in a mountainous landscape, 17 x 28 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Minor retouch, frame with minor gesso loss. $400-600 1029 Otis F. Clapp Sketchbook, various places in Massachusetts, c. 1864-66, the leather-bound sketchbook with brass clasp engraved “O.F. Clapp” including sixteen finely detailed pencil drawings of buildings and landscapes in Springfield, Chicopee, Charlemont, Swampscott, and Medfield, Massachusetts, as well as twentyfour finely detailed botanical and leaf drawings (many colored and dated), approximately 52 pages, book ht. 2 3/4, wd. 4 1/2, dp. 1/2 in. Note: Otis Francis Clapp was a surveyor and engineer born in Boston in 1843. He served as City Engineer in Providence, Rhode Island, during the first decade of the 20th century; he died there in 1917. $400-600 1030 George William Whitaker (American, 1841-1916) Still Life with Fruit. Signed and dated “G.W. WHITAKER 84” l.l. Oil on canvas, 9 x 15 in., framed. Condition: Lined, retouch, craquelure. $600-800
The Trotting Stallion Tom Moore (Conningham 6225). Titled and credited below the image within the plate. Large folio lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, 16 3/4 x 26 in. (image), in a modern mitered frame. $800-1,200 1032 Currier & Ives, Publishers (American, 1857-1907) The Celebrated Horse Dexter, “The King of the Turf” (Conningham 883). Titled and credited below the image within the plate. Large folio lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, 16 1/2 x 26 1/4 in. (image), in a molded frame with gilt liner. $500-700 1033 American School, Late 18th Century Profile Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, the man wearing a blue coat, facing right, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in., the reverse of the gold pendant case inscribed with initials in monogram “WG,” and date “June 1794.” $200-300 1034 American School, Early 19th Century Portrait of a Child and Dog. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, the rosy-cheeked child in white seated on a bed holding the dog, 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in., in an eglomise mat and molded giltwood and gesso frame. Condition: Slightly slipped in frame, minor losses to left edge, not examined out of frame. $300-500 1035 American School, Early 19th Century Portrait Miniature of Captain William Oakley. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, 1 1/8 x 7/8 in., in a seed pearl and cobalt enamel decorated frame engraved on the reverse “Captain William Oakley died 30 Jan 1811, Aged 71(?)” (obscured by pin mount). $300-500
1036 American School, Mid-19th Century Two Portrait Miniatures of Women. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, the first a woman in a black dress and lace bonnet on a graded brown background; the second a woman with a black dress, colorful bonnet, white lace shawl, and purple/blue background, 2 1/2 x 1 1/2, 2 x 1/2 in., respectively, in gold pendant frames. $400-600 1037 English or American School, Early 19th Century Two Portrait Miniatures of Women. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, the first attributed to John Barry (English, 17841827), of a woman with a blue bow in her hair, in a gold pendant case; the second of a woman wearing a large white bonnet and a green dress, in a modern standing case; 2 x 1 1/2, 3 x 2 1/2 in., respectively. $300-500 1038 English or American School, Late 18th/Early 19th Century Three Portrait Miniatures of Gentleman. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, the first of a man with upswept hair and high-collared double-breasted coat on a blue background; the second of a man all in black with pink drapery behind him; the third attributed to Henry Eldridge (English, 1768-1821) of a portly man in a red-brown coat and ruffled collar and elaborate hairwork on the reverse centering a gold cipher; 2 1/2 x 2, 2 3/4 x 2 1/4, 2 1/2 x 2 in., respectively, in pendant frames. $400-600 1039 American or English School, 18th/19th Century Three Portrait Miniatures of Military Officers. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, the first showing a mustachioed man in a light blue coat with high yellow collar, the second a blondhaired man in a high red and white collar, the third an older gentleman in a blue coat with Prussian double-headed eagle, 1 x 3/4, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4, 2 x 1 1/2 in., respectively, the first two mounted as pins, the third in a beaded pendant frame. $400-600
1040 Small Farwell “Family Tree” Record, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, early 19th century, watercolor on paper, a tree with six fruits above a landscape with white house with a red door, recording the 1796 marriage of Vashti Carter to Asa Farwell, and the birth years of their children Sophia, Asa, Jane, Charles, Abigail, and Polly, (toned), 9 x 7 3/4 in., in a black-painted frame. $300-500 1041 Silk on Linen Needlework Sampler, stitched by Edith Samways, Dorchester, England, c. 1798, on linen with two verses stitched in black silk surrounded by a colorful flower, berry, and vine border, all in an early if not original black frame with gilt liner and evidence of two hanging loops on the top edge, frame ht. 19, wd. 14 1/8 in. $400-600
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1042 Framed Needlework Sampler, Mary Marker, early 19th century, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, with floral border consisting of tulips, roses, and others, centering a central verse surrounded by meandering vine, and the maker’s name below, the whole interspersed with initials of family members, (toned, faded, oxidation, and stains, especially to edges), 16 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. Provenance: Descended in the family from the maker. Note: According to a handwritten note dated 1951, Mary Marker worked this sampler around 1825. The family names indicated by the initials are Marker, Palmer, and Server. $500-700 1043 1841 Sophia Ambross Needlepoint Sampler, England, 1841, finely stitched with tiger, lion, birds, trees, and flower baskets, in probable original blackpainted frame with two hanging rings on top, framed ht. 16, wd. 16 1/8 in. $400-600 1044 Wide Mouth Mocha-decorated Pearlware Pitcher, England or America, 19th century, with a three brown slip bands bordering a blue slip field with cable decoration and two brown slip bands below, (imperfections), ht. 7 3/4 in. $300-500
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1045 Mocha-decorated Pearlware Pepper Pot, England, early 19th century, the blue highlighted pierced sifter above a gray slip body with cat’s-eye decoration all bordered by double deep brown bands, (imperfections), ht. 5 in. $200-300 1046 Pearlware Silver Lustre Jug, England, early 19th century, the body of bulbous form decorated with bird and flower design, ht. 5 1/4 in. $300-500 1047 Twenty-one Pieces of Historical Blue Staffordshire, England, makers include J. Hall & Sons, E. Wood & Sons, and Dillon, c. 1820-50, including four large and one small plates including “Ghaut of Cutwa” and “Fonthill Abbey Wiltshire” patterns; two bowls; five teacups and saucers including “Bishton Hall,” “Giraffe,” and “Arabian” patterns; and four saucers, one with an urn on a pedestal marked “FRANKLIN,” (imperfections). $300-500
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1048 Carved Half-hull Model, Staten Island, c. 1920, the two-piece hull on a chamfered mahogany panel, inscribed in pencil on the reverse “HOUGHWOT BOAT CO 1920/STATEN ISLAMD NY,” refinished, 5 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. $300-500
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1049 Model of the Schooner Bluenose, 20th century, housed in a glass and wood case, ht. 20, lg. 21 in. Notes: The Bluenose was a celebrated Canadian racing and fishing schooner, built in 1921 in Nova Scotia. $300-400 1050 Whalebone Jagging Wheel, America, 19th century, the ring and diamond decorated lathe-turned handle holding a fluted wheel pivoting on a bone pin, ht. 6 5/8 in. $300-500
1051 Carved Coconut, Rosewood, and Whalebone Dipper, America, 19th century, the shaped rosewood handle ending in a mother-of-pearl inlaid whale’s tooth terminal joined to the coconut bowl by a carved heartshaped whalebone mount, lg. 15 1/4 in. $400-600 1052 Carlton Chapman (act. New York, California, and Ohio, 1860-1925) American Brig at Sea. Signed “Carlton Chapman” l.l. Oil on canvas, 14 x 10 in., in a molded gilt-gesso frame. $800-1,200 1053 American School, late 19th Century Ship in Storm-tossed Coastal Waters. Unsigned. Oil on panel, the ship with mostly furled sails off a coast with lighthouse and bluffs beyond, the horizon with sunset and distant vessels, 13 1/2 x 17 3/4 in., in a period molded frame with gilt-gesso liner. Condition: Panel slightly warped, frame abrasion. $400-600 1054 Carlo Ernesto Liverati (Italian, 18051844) Portrait of Captain Henry C. Lynch of the 48th Madras Native Infantry. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1838, the officer in uniform seated, his arm resting on an open book, holding a sword, the subject, artist, and date identified on label affixed to the stretcher, the artist further identified in a later pencil inscription, 36 x 30 in., in a giltwood frame. Condition: Relined, significant retouch. Provenance: A label affixed to upper corner of stretcher indicates that this painting was in the Military Collection of Anne S.K. Brown. $800-1,200 1055 Chinese School, 19th Century Portrait of the Bark Charles R. Kenny. Unsigned, the ship identified on a pencil inscription on the frame. Oil on canvas, the vessel flying an American flag, 23 x 32 in., in an ebonized and gilt-incised frame. Condition: Heavy craquelure, retouch to water. $1,000-2,000
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1056 Chinese School, Late 19th Century Portrait of a Chinese Vessel. Unsigned, inscribed “Hong Kong 1892 C.F. Smithwick” on the back of the lower stretcher. Oil on canvas, 9 x 12 in., in a giltwood frame. $600-800 1057 Chinese School, Late 19th Century Portrait of a Chinese Junk. Unsigned. Oil on canvas laid down on wood, 6 x 9 in., in a beaded giltwood frame. Condition: Tear through water just below ship, nearly full length. $400-600 1058 Chinese School, 19th Century Portrait of a Chinese Junk. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 14 x 20 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Relined, significant retouch. $400-600 1059 Rose Medallion Punch Bowl, China, 19th century, ht. 6 1/2, dia. 16 in. $1,000-1,200 1060 Rose Medallion Porcelain Punch Bowl, China, 19th century, ht. 6, dia. 15 in. $600-800 1061 Rose Medallion Porcelain Punch Bowl, China, 19th century, ht. 6, dia. 14 3/4 in. $800-1,200 1062 Rose Medallion Reticulated Porcelain Fruit Bowl and Undertray, China, 19th century, ht. 4 in to top of bowl, wd. 9 1/2 in. $300-500 1063 Rose Medallion Reticulated Porcelain Fruit Bowl and Undertray, China, 19th century, ht. 4 1/4 to top of bowl, wd. 9 3/4 in. $300-500
1072 Two Rose Medallion Porcelain Teapots, China, 19th century, both with wrapped wire handles, the smallest with fitted storage basket, ht. to 6 1/2 in. $200-250
1065 Rose Medallion Reticulated Porcelain Fruit Bowl and Undertray, China, 19th century, with applied gilt handles to bowl, ht. 4 1/2 to top of handle, wd. 10 in. $300-500
1073 Group of Rose Medallion Palette and Canton Porcelain Items, China, mostly 19th century, the Canton items including eighteen teacups, a teapot, five bowls, two incense burner bases[?], one hexagonal reticulated piece, one small jar, one tall cylindrical jar without lid, two small dishes, one unassociated lid, one hexagonal trivet, eight reticulated plates; the Rose Medallion items including three teacups, ten saucers, two sugar bowls, two creamers, two incense burner bases[?], a hexagonal dish on raised stand, a circular covered box, a square covered box, two small shaped trays, one candlestick; other export items include a saucer with a red eagle inside, shaped square tray with eagle and blue border, and a saucer with two women (imperfections). $200-300
1066 Four Rose Medallion Porcelain Lighting Items, China, 19th century, including two trumpet-shaped candlesticks and two chambersticks, one with integral dousing cone, ht. to 8 3/8 in. $300-500 1067 Rose Medallion Porcelain Wall Pocket, China, 19th century, ht. 13, dia. 4 1/8 in. $200-300 1068 Pair of Rose Medallion Porcelain Serving Inserts, China, 19th century, lg. 11 7/8, wd. 9 7/8 in. $300-500 1069 Five-piece Rose Medallion Porcelain Trivet, China, 19th century, comprised of a four-sided central piece and four almond-shaped pieces which are meant to fit alongside, central piece wd. 4 1/4, almond-shaped pieces lg. 6 1/4 in. each. Provenance: Herbert Schiffer Antiques, Eaton, Pennsylvania. $200-300 1070 Three Rose Medallion Porcelain Table Items, China, 19th century, one oval and one square covered box, and a cake plate on raised foot, (imperfections), cake plate ht. 4 1/4, dia. 9 in. $300-500 1071 Group of Rose Medallion Porcelain Table Items, China, early 19th century, four small shaped dishes, a leaf-shaped dish, a tray, and a trivet, (imperfections), wd. to 9 1/4 in. $300-500
1074 Group of Rose Medallion Porcelain Table Items, China, 19th century, including a pair of trumpet-form candlesticks, two square trivets and one round trivet, (imperfections), candlestick ht. 8 1/8 in. $300-500 1075 Two Shaped Rose Medallion Porcelain Dishes, China, 19th century, one leaf-form, the other round with scalloped edge, dia. to 8 1/2 in. $200-300 1076 Twenty Rose Medallion Reticulated Plates, China, 19th century, ten 6-inch plates with rectangular and diaper piercings, eight 7-inch plates with chain pattern piercing, and two 6-inch plates with chain pattern piercing. $300-500 1077 Six Rose Medallion Porcelain Tea Service Items, China, 19th century, a baluster-shaped teapot with lid, a tall cylindrical teapot with lid, a short cylindrical teapot with lid, a creamer, and two sugar covered sugar bowls, (imperfections), ht. to 6 1/2 in. $400-600
1078 Nine Small or Miniature Rose Medallion Porcelain Objects, China, 19th century, a syllabub, a covered jar, a quatrefoil dish, a footed compote, three egg cups, and two four-sided vases, ht. to 5 1/2 (vases), wd. to 5 1/4 (compote) in. $400-600 1079 Seven Miniature Rose Medallion Porcelain Boxes, China, 19th century, three cylindrical boxes of graduated size, a small hexagonal box, and three rounded boxes of varied size, ht. to 2, dia. to 3 1/4 in. $250-350 1080 Twenty-one Rose Medallion Porcelain Reticulated Plates, China, 19th century, dia. to 8 1/2 in. $300-500
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1064 Rose Medallion Reticulated Porcelain Fruit Bowl and Undertray, China, 19th century, with applied gilt handles to bowl, ht. 5 3/4 to top of handle, wd. 10 3/4 in. $400-600
1081 Four Miniature Rose Medallion Porcelain Teapots, China, 19th century, including a pair, three with domed covers, one with flat cover, all with gilt finials and highlights, ht. to 3 in. $200-300 1082 Two Rose Medallion Lamps, China, 19th and 20th century, an oil lamp with colorless glass chimney and etched glass globe made from a covered jar, and a vase converted to an electrified table lamp, ht. 23 1/2, 22 1/4 in., respectively. $200-300 1083 Three Small Rose Medallion Porcelain Trays, China and Europe, 19th century, a handled plate marked on the back “H&Co/L,” a leafshaped tray, and a small scroll-edged rectangular tray, wd. to 10 1/8 in. $300-500 1084 Two European-made Rose Medallion Porcelain Table Items, France and Germany, 19th century, both decorated in China, the handled bowl made in France and the reticulated tray made in Germany, bowl ht. 2 3/4, wd. 10 3/4, dp. 8 1/8 in. $300-500
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1085 Fifty-three Pieces of Rose Medallion Porcelain, China, 19th century, including twelve teacups, eighteen saucers, eight coffee cups, a bowl, ten small condiment trays, and four cylindrical covered boxes, (imperfections). $200-400 1086 Twenty-four Pieces of Rose Medallion Porcelain, China, 19th century, eleven small plates (dia. 8) and thirteen sauce plates (dia. 6 1/2 in.). $300-500 1087 Ten Rose Medallion Porcelain Dinner Plates, China, 19th century, average dia. 9 3/4 in. $300-500 1088 Eleven Rose Medallion Porcelain Soup Plates, China, 19th century, dia. 10 1/4 in. $400-600
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1089 Five Pieces of Rose Medallion Porcelain, China, 19th century, two cylindrical teapots with cane-wrapped wire handles, a bud vase, a sauceboat, and a rectangular tray, (imperfections). $300-500
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1090 Canton Porcelain Covered Tureen, China, 19th century, hand-painted with a marsh scene with birds on the exterior, the lid with butterfly and floral edge and a stylized dog handle, ht. 7 3/4, wd. 14, dp. 8 3/4 in. $400-600 1091 Two Shaped Rose Canton Porcelain Serving Dishes, China, 19th century, wd. 10 3/4, dp. 9 1/2 in. $300-500 1092 Two Oval Rose Canton Porcelain Platters, China, 19th century, largest lg. 14 1/2, wd. 10 3/4; smallest lg. 12 7/8, wd. 9 in. $300-500
1093 Nine-piece Boxed Canton Porcelain Condiment Set, China, late 19th century, with nine shaped serving dishes set into a square covered gilt lacquer box, (imperfections), overall ht. 3 3/4, wd. 12, dp. 12 in. $300-500 1094 Canton Porcelain Soup Tureen, China, 19th century, with foliate finial and intertwined handles, ht. 8 3/4, wd. 12 1/4 in. $400-600 1095 Canton Porcelain Well and Tree Platter, China, 19th century, octagonal form, lg. 16 in. $400-600 1096 Canton Porcelain Well and Tree Platter, China, 19th century, oval form, lg. 16 in. $300-500 1097 Three Canton Porcelain Leaf-form Dishes, China, 19th century, of graduated size, (largest with loss at handle), lg. to 8 1/4 in. $200-300 1097A Two Canton Porcelain Covered Ginger Jars, China, 19th century, with red-stained hardwood lids, ht. 7 3/4, dia. 7 in. $200-300 1098 Four Canton Porcelain Ginger Jars, China, 19th century, of varying sizes, one converted to use as a lamp (imperfections), jar ht. to 7 1/8 in. $200-300 1099 Canton Porcelain Bowl, China, late 18th or early 19th century, ht. 4 1/4, dia. 11 1/4 in. $300-500 1100 Two Canton Porcelain Serving Dishes, China, 19th century, a sixlobed bowl and an oval deep dish, bowl dia. 9, dish wd. 11 in. $300-500
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1101 Two Canton Porcelain Serving Dishes, China, 19th century, one an octagonal deep dish, the other a square dish with shaped sides, wd. 12, 9 in., respectively. $300-500 1102 Thirty-five Canton and Fitzhugh Blue and White Porcelain Plates, China, 19th century, mostly Canton with some Fitzhugh including fourteen large plates, two small reticulated plates, one serving dish, nine small side plates, seven soup plates, and two saucers, (imperfections), largest dia. 10 in. $300-500 1103 Fifteen Small Canton Porcelain Table Items, China, late 19th century, a wall pocket, a mustard jar, an egg cup, a tray, two spoon rests, and nine condiment dishes, (imperfections). $300-500 1104 Canton Porcelain Cider Jug, China, 19th century, with house and sea scene and applied extruded handle with sprig attachments, ht. 8 3/4 in. $600-800 1105 Nanking Export Porcelain Tankard, China, 19th century, of baluster form with applied handle and European silver lid, ht. 8 3/4 in. $400-600 1106 Famille Rose Porcelain Wedding Lantern, China, probably late 19th century, of traditional hexagonal form with swelled paneled sides with reticulated diaper patterning and raised on a paneled base with square red cartouche on bottom, ht. 13 1/4 in. $200-300 1107 Two Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Soup Plates, late 18th/ early 19th century, octagonal plates centered with a large polychrome and gilt coat of arms, with gilt spearhead cavetto border and four shaped reserves on the rim decorated with landscapes and birds en grisaille, (imperfections), dia. 8 3/4 in. $800-1,200
1109 Eight Porcelain Reticulated Bowls and Plates, China, 19th century, mostly Rose Medallion, two reticulated fruit bowls, five reticulated plates, and a plate. $300-500 1110 Eighteen Chinese Export Porcelain Spoons, China, 19th century, of Rose Medallion, Rose Canton, and blue and white Canton patterns, two spoons marked “CHINA” on the back, spoon lg. to 8 3/4 in. $200-300 1111 Polychrome Tin-glazed Earthenware Charger, Continental, 18th century, with dot, basketweave, and floral pattern, (imperfections), dia. 13 1/8 in. $200-250 1112 Three Pieces of American Redware, New England, 19th century, a manganese-spotted lead glazed pitcher with applied strap handle, a manganese patterned lead glazed straight-sided jar with angular shoulders and simple rolled mouth marked on the base “7,” and a lead glazed bottle with rolled mouth, (imperfections), ht. 7 3/4, 5 1/2, 8 7/8 in., respectively. $400-600 1113 Two Redware Jars, New England, 19th century, a straight-sided jar with sharply angled shoulder and simple roll mouth with triple incised banding at center of body, and a covered preserves jar, the straight sided, rounded shoulder form with flared mouth and simple flat lid with flat central button handle, (imperfections), ht. 8 1/2, 6 1/2 in., respectively. $300-500
1114 Four-gallon Lyman & Clark Stoneware Jug, Gardiner, Maine, c. 1837, ovoid form with applied handle with date “1837” in cobalt blue over wave motif, stamped “LYMAN & CLARK/GARDINER/4,” (imperfections), ht. 16 in. $300-500 1115 N.A. White & Son Three-gallon Stoneware Crock, Utica, New York, c. 1882-90, straight sided body with rolled rim, applied lug handles, stamped “N. A. WHITE & SON/UTICA, N. Y.” over “3” in a laurel above a spray of cobalt flowers, ht. 10 1/4, dia. 11 1/4 in. $400-600 1116 Two-gallon Stoneware Crock, New York State, c. 1870s, with straight sides, applied lug handles above an incised line and decorated with a cobalt blue image of a chicken eating corn, ht. 9 1/2 in. $400-600 1117 Two Three-gallon Advertising Crocks, Rice’s Landing and Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, c. 1870s, each with blue decorated incised rims, applied lug handles and floral motifs above stenciled markings; one reading “FROM/JOHN KEIL/ GROCER/Lawrenceville,” the other “EXCELSIOR WORKS/Isaac Hewitt, Jr./RICES LANDING, PA./3.,” (minor imperfections), ht. 13 1/2, 13 1/4 in., respectively. $400-600 1118 Two-gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Bird Decoration, George F. Hewett, Worcester, Massachusetts, c. 1860-80, the cylindrical body with rounded shoulders, flattened collar mouth, and applied strap handle, impressed mark “2/GF HEWETT/ THEATRE BUILDING/WORCESTER” above a cobalt bird, ht. 13 1/2 in. $300-500 1119 Hamilton and Pershing Stoneware Jar, Johnston, Pennsylvania, 185255, ovoid form with flared tooled rim, applied lug handles, and cobalt fan decoration, with impressed mark “HAMILTON & PERSHING/ JOHNSTOWN/PA,” ht. 13 1/4 in. $200-250
1120 Two Cobalt-decorated Stoneware Jugs, Bennington, Vermont, and possibly New York State, mid-19th century, straight body and rounded shoulder form with wide band mouths and applied handles; one with impressed mark “J. & E. NORTON,/ BENNINGTON VT.” above a cobalt blue rosette; the second unmarked but with a simple floral spray in cobalt blue on shoulder, (restoration), both ht. 11 1/4 in. $200-300 1121 Five Dark Brown Manganese Glazed Ovoid Jars and Jugs, New England and possibly Maine, 19th century, including two ovoid jars, one with applied strap handles and three squat ovoid jugs, the largest with ringed neck, the others with flared necks, (imperfections), ht. 12 1/4, 10, 9, 7 1/4, 5 1/8 in., respectively. $600-800
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1108 Export Porcelain Hanging Taper Holder, China, late 19th century, the back with cut corners above two shaped pockets joined by a shelf, ht. 8 3/4, wd. 7 1/2 in. $300-500
1122 Southern Stoneware Covered Jar, southern United States, 19th century, the deep cup lip and semi-ovoid body with applied lug handles above a flat base glazed with thick olive-drab glaze inside and out and a flat lid, (imperfections), ht. 10 1/4 in. $300-500 1123 Two James Hamilton & Co. Stoneware Crocks, Greensboro, Pennsylvania, c. 1870s, including a five-gallon crock with incised blue rim, applied lug handles above a pair of stenciled roses and “JAMES HAMILTON/&CO./GREENSBORO./ PA./5” and a two-gallon crock with incised blue rim stenciled with a rosette above “JAS. HAMILTON/&CO./ GREENSBORO. PA./2.,” (imperfections), ht. 16, 11 1/4 in., respectively. $400-600 1124 Two Cobalt Blue Decorated Saltglaze Stoneware Jugs, Bennington, Vermont and West Troy, New York, c. 1860-80, two saltglazed stoneware jugs with cobalt blue decoration including one five-gallon jug marked “WEST TROY/POTTER/5” with bird on stump decoration (minor rim chip); and one four-gallon jug marked “J. NORTON & CO/BENNINGTON VT/4” with floral decoration (kiln dent below floral decoration), ht. 19, 17 1/4 in., respectively. $500-700
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1125 Two Cornwall, Connecticut, Stoneware Crocks, Cornwall, Connecticut, c. 1840-50, two straight sided brown saltglazed stoneware crocks with incised shoulder and applied lug handles, each crock with impressed stamp “CORNWALL, CT.” below rim; the largest marked twice, ht. 11 1/2, 10 1/4 in., respectively. $400-600 1126 Ottman Brothers and Co. Stoneware Crock, Fort Edward, New York, 1879-89, large saltglazed stoneware crock marked “OTTMAN BROS & CO./ FORT EDWARD. N.Y./0” decorated with cobalt blue birds and applied lug handles, (imperfections), ht. 13 1/4 in. $300-500
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1127 Seventeen Stoneware Bottles, mostly America, mid-19th century, most of cylindrical form, all with either impressed marks, cobalt decoration, impressed marks include “KINSALLA & HENNESY/LEMON BEER,” “H.W. PAINE/AUGUSTA, ME.,” “EUREKA,” “GRUMMAN,” “J. SIMONDS/1855,” and cobalt lettering includes “J.C” and “GP.,” ht. to 10 1/2 in. $800-1,200
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1128 Two Pairs of Painted Chairs, Pennsylvania, c. 1830-60, a pair of balloon-back chairs with shaped crests continuing to stiles centering vasiform splats stencil marked “UNION/&/ LIBERTY” on shaped seats on splayed legs joined by stretchers, and two tablet back chairs with shaped crests on turned stiles with horizontal splat and spindles on shaped seats on splayed legs, (imperfections), ht. 32, seat ht. 17, and ht. 33, seat ht. 17 1/2 in., respectively. $400-600 1129 Grain-painted Pine Blanket Chest, New England, early 19th century, the hinged molded top above a well with till on molded cutout base, realistic faux mahogany paint, ht. 20, case wd. 36, case dp. 18 in. $400-600 1130 Painted Stool, New England, 19th century, the circular seat on four splayed chamfered legs joined by flat stretchers, ht. 26 3/4 in. $300-500
1131 Red-painted Pine Three-tier Wall Shelf, America, early 19th century, the three tiered shelf with scratch-beaded edges and square cut nail construction, (imperfections), ht. 34 1/2, wd. 26 1/4, dp. 7 3/4 in. $300-500
1136 Cherry Lidded Cutlery Box, America, early 19th century, the shaped cresting with pierced handhold, on canted hinged lids and dovetailed divided box, (surface slightly sunbleached), ht. 8 1/2, wd. 13, dp. 9 1/4 in. $300-500
1132 Cherry Pipe Box with Scrolled Crest, New England, late 18th century, the scrolled top above a shaped box and single dovetailed thumbmolded drawer with a brass pull, (missing molding on lower right edge), ht. 19 1/4, wd. 5 7/8, dp. 4 1/4 in. $500-700
1137 Two Decoupage-decorated Wooden Boxes, America, 19th century, one with applied pictures of women and children flanked by meandering vines, the other with lithograph images of Thomas Jefferson, genre scenes, and eagles, (discoloration, toning losses), ht. 3 1/2, 4 1/4, wd. 8, 6 1/2, dp. 4 1/4, 4 3/4 in. $200-300
1133 Two George III Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Knife Boxes, England, c. late 18th century, each of with serpentine front and sloped hinged lids and slotted interior grills with rope line inlays; both have inlaid six-pointed star inside the lid, one with centered with inlaid patera on exterior of lid, together with six George II silver tablespoons with marks possibly for Edinburgh 1733/34, spoons engraved on the front with a dragon and on the reverse “AG/MS,” (imperfections), ht. to 13 5/8 in. $800-1,200 1134 Two English Knife Boxes and Assorted Ivory-handled Flatware, late 18th/early 19th century, including two shagreen-covered hinged boxes having brass handles and locksets, one with green velvet lining, the other with red velvet lining together with a group of twenty-seven mixed ivoryhandled forks and fourteen mixed ivory-handled knives some of which are marked “BROOM,” “MARSHALL,” and “LOOKER 42/EADENHALL ST/ LONDON,” (imperfections), box ht. to 12 1/2 in. $400-600 1135 Mahogany Veneered Tea Caddy, England, early 19th century, the brass bail handle on the hinged lid with rope inlay on the edges above a tri-compartmented box with diamond bone inlay keyhole and inlaid rope border to base, (imperfections), ht. 5 1/2, wd. 9 1/2, dp. 5 1/4 in. $300-500
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1138 Grain-painted Dome-top Box, New England, c. 1820-50, the dovetailed box with militia-style cartouche encircling the initials “LM” on the center of the lid edged with a yellow line and with multicolored quarter-fans in the corners, the sides with iron bail handles on heart-shaped plates, (imperfections), ht. 10 3/4, wd. 24, dp. 13 in. $300-500 1139 Red- and Black-painted Storage Box, America, c. 1832, the sixboard box of nailed construction with chamfered lid once secured to the box by leather hinges, and black swirl and dot decoration, (imperfections), ht. 12 1/4, wd. 30, dp. 14 3/4 in. $200-400 1140 Folk Art Decorated Storage Box, America, c. mid-19th century, rectangular black-painted box with painted bowl of fruit on lid, red line decoration and gold-painted edges, the inside lined in marbled paper and divided into one large and three small wells, the bottom of the box with remnants of printed cotton cloth, (imperfections), ht. 5 3/4, wd. 15, dp. 10 1/2 in. $400-600 1141 Spruce Gum Box, America, late 19th century, in the form of a bible, body carved from single block of wood, sliding lid on top, inset base, and marquetry to covers forming geometric patterns, stars and a cross, (minor imperfections), ht. 4 3/4, wd. 3 1/4, dp. 1 1/4 in. $300-500
1143 Bird’s-eye Maple Framed Lithograph “The Marriage,” James Baillie, New York, New York, 1839, the frame with raised corner blocks and panels, old refinish, ht. 17 1/2, wd. 13 1/2, dp. 5/8 in. $300-500 1144 Six Paint-decorated Frames, America, 19th century, two small mitered frames containing silhouettes, a red-stained pinned frame containing a small print “Mary with Her Flowers,” and grain-painted mitered frame containing a small print “My Little Poney [sic],” a grain-painted frame containing a small print “The Leopard.,” and a faux bird’s-eye maple grainpainted mitered frame containing the Currier & Ives print “My Little White Kitties,” largest 13 x 17 in. $400-600 1145 Hollow-cut Silhouette Portrait of a Child, probably New England, mid to late 19th century, the cutout backed with black silk, the figure dressed in red with a white ruffle at the shoulder, a lock of blond hair mounted at the lower right corner of the page, all framed in mahogany veneered soft wood frame with evidence of hanging loop on top, ht. 6 7/8, wd. 6 3/8 in. $400-600 1146 Hollow-cut Silhouette of Lady, probably New England, c. 1820-40, the half-length portrait of a woman wearing a gray pen and ink wash drawn gown in a gilt-gesso frame with brass hanging loop at top and black reverse-painted and gilt decorated glass mat with oval aperture, frame ht. 6, wd. 5 1/8 in. $300-500 1147 Silhouette of a Woman, probably New England, mid-19th century, the black paper cutout applied to a paper background centered in a daguerreotype mat and mounted in a pine frame with a brass hanging loop at top, ht. 6 1/2, wd. 5 3/4 in. $200-400
1148 Federal Inlaid Mahogany Card Table, New England, c. 1795-1800, the folding demilune top on a conforming base with string-inlaid panels joining the square, tapering legs inlaid with panels and stringing, ending in cuffs, refinished, ht. 28 3/4, wd. 35 1/4, dp. 17 1/2 in. $400-600 1149 Cherry Worktable, New England, early 19th century, the rectangular top above a case of two scratchbeaded drawers and one long drawer, on ring-turned tapering legs, old refinish, ht. 27 3/4, case wd. 25, dp. 16 3/4 in. $1,200-1,500 1150 Inlaid Wavy Birch Worktable, possibly New England, c. 1825, the top with falling leaves above two-drawers with flame birch veneer flanked by panels with painted borders, all on vase- and ring-turned legs ending in casters, ht. 27 1/4, wd. 17, dp. 20 3/4 in. $300-500 1151 Attributed to Mary Ann Knight (English, 1776-1851) Portrait Miniature of a Woman in White. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in., in a gold pendant frame. $300-500 1152 English School, Late 18th Century Two Portrait Miniatures of Older Gentlemen. Unsigned, the first attributed to Walter Stephens Lethbridge (English, 1771-1831), the gentleman in a dark gray coat, and woven hairwork on the reverse; the second of a gentleman in a blue coat, with cobalt glass backing, 2 x 1 3/4, 2 1/2 x 2 in., respectively, in gold pendant frames. $400-600 1153 English School, Late 18th/Early 19th Century Three Portrait Miniatures. Unsigned. The first attributed to Frederick Buck (English, 1771-1840), the second of a woman in a white dress, the third with a white ribbon tied around the neck, 1 1/4 x 1, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4, 2 x 1 3/4 in., respectively, in gold pendant frames. $400-600
1154 English School, Late 18th/Early 19th Century Three Portrait Miniatures of Women. One depicting a woman in a green and yellow hat signed and dated “Gibson/1790,” for David Gibson (English, act. 1788-1797); one with blue background possibly by George Engleheart (English, 1750-1829); and one depicting a woman in yellow dress with woven hairwork panel on the reverse; all approximately 2 x 1 1/2 in., in gold frames. $400-600 1155 American or European School, Early 19th Century Two Portrait Miniatures of Children. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, the first of a baby seated on a blue blanket and holding a rattle, in a gold frame with velvet mat; the second a double portrait of a baby holding a teething ring seated on a pink pillow and his red-haired sibling signed along the right edge “Bartolini,” in a circular pendant frame, 2 1/4 x 1 3/4, dia. 2 in., respectively. Condition: single portrait loose in frame, and with rippling. $300-500
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1142 Dark-stained Carved Folk Art Frame, America, late 19th century, the top with a spreadwing eagle with a fish in his beak, the bottom with a frog and lily pads, and sides with leafage, all on incised ground, (minor imperfections), 20 x 18 1/4, aperture 13 x 11 1/2 in. $400-600
1156 Attributed to Johannes Baptista van Acker (Belgian, 1794-1863) Portrait Miniature of a Young Woman in a Pink Dress with White Sleeves. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, the subject with a background of clouded sky, 2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in., in a gold pendant frame with hairwork panel on the reverse bordered by cobalt glass. $400-600 1157 European School, 18th Century Portrait Miniature of “Nadir Shah of Persia.” Unsigned, bears ink inscription on the reverse and with date “1739.” Watercolor on ivory, the heavily bearded subject in an elaborate costume of jeweled crown and embroidered robes, 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in., in a gold pendant frame. Condition: Damage, losses, and retouch at top edge, right edge, and bottom edge. $300-500
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1158 Set of Six Brown-stained Maple Side Chairs, New England, late 18th century, the serpentine crest rails above vasiform splats on raking stiles, the rush seats on block-, vase-, and ring-turned legs joined by bulbousturned front stretcher and side stretchers, (imperfections), ht. 38 1/2, seat ht. 16 1/4 in. $800-1,200 1159 Mahogany Ribbon-back Side Chair, probably Massachusetts, late 18th century, the shaped and pierced cresting and slats on an upholstered trapezoidal seat and molded Marlborough legs joined by stretchers, ht. 37 1/2, seat ht. 17 3/4 in. $300-350
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1160 Carved Mahogany Armchair, England, c. 1810, the reeded cresting continuing to arms on vase- and ring-turned, reeded supports, above scratch-beaded panels continuing to vase- and ring-turned legs with crosshatching and drapery and casters, lacks upholstery, (repairs), ht. 32 1/2, seat ht. 13 1/2 in. $800-1,200
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1161 Mahogany Upholstered Easy Chair, New England, c. 1810-20, the serpentine crest and shaped sides on scrolled, concave arm with vase- and ring-turned, reeded frontal legs and raking rear legs, upholstered in striped yellow silk, ht. 45 1/2, seat ht. 20 in. $800-1,200 1162 American School, 19th Century The Gates Homestead, Worcester, Massachusetts. Unsigned. Watercolor and gouache on paper, depicting an intersection of roads, with stone walls, figures, horses and buggies, and farmhouses, 8 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (sight), in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Minor toning. Note: An old typed note on the reverse reads: “This watercolor painting was the old homestead of Leonard Gates, Grandfather of Alice Gates Van Dyke and was located at the foot of Pleasant St. hill at Richmond Av.” $300-500
1163 James Franklin Gilman, (act. Massachusetts and Vermont, 18501929) The Rufus Sibley Farm, Jennison Road, Wendell, Massachusetts. Signed with monogram and dated “1909” l.r. Pastel on paper, the buildings surrounded by stone walls, blossoming trees, and figures engaged in farm activities, 15 1/2 x 41 in., matted, in a molded gilt-gesso frame. $700-900 1164 James Wells Champney (act. Massachusetts/New York, 18431903) Portrait of a Child Standing on a Sofa Holding a Bugle. Signed “J. Wells Champney ‘94” l.l. Pastel on paper, the child wears and brown dress with lace collar and cuffs and stands on a giltwood silk-upholstered sofa holding a bugle in his left hand, 47 1/2 x 31 1/2 in., with gold mat in a giltwood and gesso frame under glass. Condition: Minor staining, some pigment abrasion, not examined out of frame. $1,200-1,800 1165 Small Hooked Rug with Horse, reportedly Vermont, late 19th century, worked in brown fabric depicting the horse within a border, 19 1/2 x 23 1/4 in. Provenance: Acquired by the consignor from Steve Miller, American Folk Art, New York, New York, c. 1983. $300-500 1166 Hooked Rug with Cat and Date “1885,” America, c. 1885, worked in brown fabric, depicting a seated cat surrounded by a floral motif, 35 x 59 1/2 in. $600-800 1167 Hooked Rug with a Native American in a Canoe, America, late 19th century, the figure navigates a river, with a bear and birds on the far shore, framed under glass, (losses), overall 21 3/4 x 36 3/4 in. $700-900
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1168 Hooked Rug, attributed to Grenfell Labrador Industries, Newfoundland and Labrador, early 20th century, composed of bleached and dyed rayon, cotton, and silk strips hooked onto a burlap backing, depicting a walrus, a seabird, and two whales spouting, (fading and toning), 26 1/2 x 39 in. $400-600 1169 Cotton “Lemon Peel” Quilt, America, early 20th century, the pattern in bright red and light blue/green with triangular pattern on two sides, 81 x 72 1/2 in. $400-600 1170 Folk Art Painted Board Game, America, 19th century, in black paint on a green linen ground, the game board designed as a snake divided into 119 segments, twenty-seven of them with special instructions and outcomes based on the roll of a pair of dice, decorated throughout with pictorial elements including animals, objects, a flag, a cannon, a hot-air balloon, a sailing ship, and more, (imperfections), 28 x 24 1/4 in. $300-500 1171 Painted Checkerboard, America, 19th century, with breadboard ends, old surface of brown ground with black and salmon-painted playing surface with contrasting border, 22 x 18 3/4 in. $400-600 1172 Paint-decorated Game Board, America, 19th century, the square board with breadboard ends, decorated in maroon, green, and black on one side with a Parcheesi playing surface, the corners with five pointed stars, and center square lettered “HOME,” the reverse painted with checkerboard, 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. $600-800 1173 Paint-decorated and Inlaid Game Board, America, late 19th century, one side painted with Parcheesi playing surface in yellow, red, and green on a red-brown ground, with floral devices and yellow-painted ovolo corners, the reverse with inlaid checkers playing surface and geometric inlaid reserves, (crack, some retouch), 30 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. $600-800
1175 Paint-decorated Firebucket, a Fire Helmet, and a Fire Belt, America, 19th century, the bucket painted gray green, lettered and dated “A. CHASE. 1814” within a blue-painted oval (lacks handle, minor paint loss); the helmet of molded pressed leather with leather front badge marked “HOSE 4 NEWPORT,” supported by a cast metal firefighter figure, with “CAIRNS & BROTHER” label inside top, and maker’s stamp to the underside of brim (losses to badge, cast metal support loose); the belt black on one side and white on the other formerly with applied letters “ASSt FOREMAN” (losses and cracking); bucket ht. 11 1/2 in. $1,200-1,800 1176 Yellow-painted Norfolk Oyster Company Bucket, Boston, late 19th century, the staved bucket with iron hoops, wooden lid with iron hinge, hasp, and bail, stencil marked on the front in red paint “4421/ NORFOLK OYSTER CO/BOSTON,” (imperfections), ht. 11, dia. 12 1/2 in. $300-500 1177 Two Carved and Painted Wood Horse Pull Toys, America, second half 19th century, the larger painted red/brown on a blue platform joining wooden wheels, the smaller painted black, ht. 14, 9 1/2 in., respectively. $400-600 1178 Folk Art Paint Decorated Sled, America, late 19th century, the wooden sled with round iron runners terminating at the front in curls, the deck painted with central scene of a sloop at sail between red and black Victorian decorated panels, lg. 45 1/2, wd. 12, dp. 10 1/2 in. $400-600
1179 Painted Wood “BOSTON” Sign with Cast Metal Letters, probably Boston, c. 1900, composed of cast tin or lead alloy letters applied to a hardwood board with molded edges and worn black paint, (imperfections), ht. 6, wd. 32 3/8 in. $400-600 1180 Large Painted Baluster-turned Wood Barber Pole, America, late 19th century, the ball-top turned column with old but not original red, white, and blue paint with gold highlights, (imperfections), ht. 88 in. $600-800 1181 Pair of Stagecoach Steps, America, 19th century, each forged from halfinch round iron stock forming opposing curls with two “L”-shaped brackets for mounting to body of coach, (minor pitting), ht. 4 3/4, wd. 13 1/4, dp. 8 1/2 in. $300-500 1182 Cast Iron Boot Scraper, America, 19th century, U-form fluted frame with urn finials, and long tapering base for mounting, overall ht. 23, wd. 8 1/4 in. $300-500 1183 Two Painted Figural Cast Iron Doorstops, America, late 19th or early 20th century, one in the form of a cockatoo, the other a goose, (imperfections), tallest ht. 14 in. $400-600 1184 Painted Cast Iron Figural Doorstop, America, c. early 20th century, of pirate form the shirt painted white, cap, boots and bag painted black, belt painted green, and breeches painted red, (imperfections), ht. 12, wd. 9 5/8, dp. 3 3/4 in. $300-500 1185 Painted Cast Iron Baby Policeman Doorstop, America, c. early 20th century, painted overall, in traffic director pose with a puppy at his heels, (imperfections), ht. 10 1/2, wd. 6, dp. 3 in. $300-500
1186 Cast Iron Lighthouse Doorstop, America, c. 1920s, ht. 14 1/2, wd. 10 1/2 in. $400-600 1187 First Church of Christ Scientist Doorstop, Meridian, Mississippi, early 20th century, white-painted cast iron in the form of the First Church of Christ Scientist building in Boston, Massachusetts, marked on the front “The First Church of Christ Scientist, Boston” and on the back “PAT. PEND./ S.A. EVANS./MERIDIAN MISS.,” (paint worn), ht. 7, wd. 5 5/8, dp. 2 7/8 in. $200-300 1188 Figural Cast Iron Buffalo Windmill Weight, America, 19th century, with cast body features, painted reddish brown marked in relief “A56,” (surface pitting), on metal base, ht. 11 in. $1,000-1,500
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1174 Paint-decorated Game Board, America, late 19th century, the rectangular board painted on one side with a Parcheesi playing surface in black, green, salmon, mustard yellow, and red on a white ground, with olive reserves, the reverse with checkers, (checkers side very worn, some retouch), 31 x 19 in. $600-800
1189 Wrought Iron and Brass Adjustable Candlestand and Brass Lamp, America and Europe, 19th or 20th century, the brass finial on a round shaft mounting an adjustable crosspiece holding two brass candle sockets and pans, all supported by three iron legs with large penny feet, holding an early 19th century brass snuffer; and a tall European brass oil lamp, ht. 60, 21 in., respectively. $600-800 1190 Two Pewter Double Lens Whale Oil Lamps, American, second quarter 19th century, with glass lenses and double wick burner, (imperfections), ht. to 10 in. $300-500 1191 Brass Bedwarmer, c. early 19th century, the pierced and engraved hinged brass ember box with turned hardwood handle spiral-painted red/ brown over its full length, (age-typical wear), overall lg. 42 3/4 in. Provenance: G.W. Samaha, Milan, Ohio. $200-250
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1192 Pair of Cast Iron Bradley & Hubbard Dolphin Andirons, Meriden, Connecticut, c. 1886-1900, the dolphin-shaped andirons with scrolled tails each marked on the inside “B&H,” “PAT APPD FOR, “9512” and “L” or “R” with dogs attached by means of a dovetail joint, ht. 14, wd. 7 1/2, dp. 16 1/2 in. $300-500 1193 Pair of Signed Wiley & Conklin Cast Iron Andirons, Peekskill, New York, c. 1828-34, the shell finial above a sculpted lyre on a C-scroll-flanked circular medallion above scroll feet, the log rest with scroll front and raised cast inscription “WILEY & CONKLIN/ PEEKSKILL,” ht. 15, wd. 8 1/4, dp. 14 1/2 in. $400-600
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1194 Pair of Brass and Iron Steeple-top Andirons, James Davis (act. Boston, 1803-1828), the andirons with steeple tops on belted spheres over columnar shafts, with spurred cabriole legs, and slipper feet, the log supports with conforming steeple log stops, the maker’s name “J. DAVIS/BOSTON” impressed on log supports, ht. 20 3/4, wd. 11 1/4, dp. 19 in. $600-800
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1195 Pair of Federal Steeple-top Andirons, probably New York, early 19th century, the steeple tops on belted balls and faceted columnar shafts, spurred cabriole legs and ball feet, (imperfections), ht. 21 1/2, wd. 10 3/4, dp. 16 3/4 in. $300-500 1196 Marble-painted Tin Tea Caddy, America or England, early 19th century, with applied green cut glass and floral openwork escutcheon on yellow and gray marbled body with truncated corners, (imperfections), ht. 5, wd. 4 3/4, dp. 3 1/4 in. $300-500
1197 Three 19th Century Items, America, including an aqua Zanesville bottle, a tiger maple rolling pin, and a redpainted sled top with stenciled horse, bottle ht. 8 3/4, rolling pin lg. 15 1/2, sled lg. 30 in. $200-300 1198 Group of Sewing Items, America and Europe, late 19th to early 20th century, including over twenty pincushions in the form of shoes and fruit, approximately four needle cases, a sewing bird, sock darner, five cards of thread, thimbles, a pair of buttonhole scissors marked “BRADFORD/ BOSTON,” and a small basket. $800-1,200 1199 Large Yellow-painted Turned Maple Bowl, New England, c. 19th century, with exterior collar rim and shallow foot, (imperfections), ht. 7 3/4, dia. 24 3/4 in. $400-600 1200 Sheep-carved Wooden Butter Mold from Kalona, Iowa, second half 19th century, maple, with an intricately carved pastoral scene composed of four sheep, a shepherd, trees, and a bird, ht. 2 5/8, wd. 5, dp. 1 in. $300-500 1201 Pair of Mahogany Screen Door Brackets, possibly Hingham, Massachusetts, late 19th/early 20th century, each cut from single piece of mahogany forming openwork circle and star with applied stained maple circle and dot accent in center, ht. 9 7/8, wd. 10, dp. 5/8 in. $300-500 1202 No lot. 1203 Two Carved and Painted Crow Decoys, America, late 19th/early 20th century, a crow with iron nail eyes and iron post legs, stamped “B.P.D.” under the tail, and a perdue, painted black with glass eyes, on stand, (imperfections), ht. to 14 1/2 in. $250-450
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1204 Fourteen Carved and Painted Songbird Figures, Helen Lay Strong, 1962-75, all mounted on carved roots, including a bluebird, and thirteen miniatures: two Northern Cardinals, a Gold-crowned Kinglet, a Scarlet Tanager, two Blackburnian Warblers, a Goldfinch, a Tufted Titmouse, a Baltimore Oriole, a Blue Jay, a White-breasted Nuthatch, and two Chickadees mounted together, overall ht. to 6 3/4, bluebird lg. 3, lg. of miniatures to 1 3/4 in. $800-1,200 1205 Carved and Painted Shorebird Decoy, America, early 20th century, repainted gray overall with applied glass eyes on a stoned white oak stand, (imperfections), ht. on stand 6 1/2 in. Provenance: Both bird and stand have applied printed label reading “ISABEL CARLETON WILDE/COLLECTION OF/ EARLY AMERICAN FOLK ART.” $300-500 1206 Four Carved and Painted Ice Fishing Decoys, possibly Minnesota, 20th century, each of painted wood with tinned sheet iron fins with lead weights, including a pike, a perch with striped fins, a small blue/green fish with shell button eyes, and a green-painted fish with pearl bead eyes, (imperfections), lg. to 14 3/4 in. $600-800 1207 Molded Copper Spreadwing Eagle Weathervane, America, late 19th century, the full-body figure perched on a ball above an arrow with sheet copper feathers, (imperfections), ht. 19 1/2, wd. 24 1/2 in. $800-1,200 1208 Molded Gilt Copper Pike Weathervane, late 19th century, the full-body form with sheet copper fins and tail, and glass eyes, on stand, (some restoration to surface), ht. 11 1/4, lg. 32 1/2 in. $1,000-2,000
Provenance: From the collection of Jay Gaynor. $300-500 1210 Nine Sixth-plate Tintype Photographs of Telegraph Operators and Equipment, c. 1870s, studio photographs showing telegraph keys on the table in front of each sitter, one sitter is a child. Provenance: From the Collection of Jay Gaynor. $200-400
1211 Thirty-six Photographs of Telegraph Operators and Office Scenes, c. 1860-1931, including three cabinet card size albumen images, one from Portland, OR, another from New Castle, PA; an albumen stereoview of a statue of Samuel Morse, an albumen stereoview by D.W. Butterfield, Boston, of the American Telegraph Company office, an albumen stereoview of the Telegraphic Department of the Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, NY, an albumen stereoview titled “The Young Telegraphers,” six albumen carte-de-visite images of telegraphers including C.A. Bradford, Crown Point, NY, E.P. Whitford, [?] Peelar, Jonesville, IL, Samuel A Carey, Telegraph Operator Western Union R.R. Office, Racine, WI, Robert W. Fitzgerald, Western Union RR. Office, Racine, WI, Cyrus W. Field; an albumen carte-de-visite image of a court house in Newark, OH; four collodion gelatin prints telegraphers including a studio image of Orville Watts and Jim Longfield, Turney, MO, Charles O’Laughlin, Night Operator, C.R.I.&P.R.R., Casey, Iowa, an unidentified operator and his two children, Canistota, SD, and a group of unidentified telegraph operators in an office; eight gelatin silver prints of unidentified telegraphers, some in office scenes, a gelatin silver print identified “Students Eastern School of telegraphy, 1900,” a gelatin silver print identified “W.V. Powell. Prest. Order Railway Telegraphers. 90-a.,” a gelatin silver print stereoview by the Keystone View Company of Samuel F.B. Morse, two gelatin silver print stereoviews by H.C. White Co. titled “Quick way to spread news.-telegraph.,” a gelatin silver print real photo postcard of a telegrapher in an office [possibly St. Paul, MN, 1915], a gelatin silver print real photo postcard of telegrapher inscribed “Ernest Dokrman” in an office setting, a gelatin silver print real photo postcard titled “INTERIOR OF SOUTHWESTERN TEL. SCHOOL. LITTLE ROCK, ARK.” and an unidentified gelatin silver print postcard of a telegrapher in an office; and a printed postcard titled “THE LATE THOMAS A. EDISON AT TELEGRAPH KEY/ON HIS 83RD BIRTHDAY, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA-K14.” Provenance: From the collection of Jay Gaynor. $300-500
1212 Twenty-five Photographs of Telegraph Operators, various places, c. 1860-1900, including an albumen cabinet card sized image of a man and a woman on a porch seated at a table with telegraph equipment, an albumen stereoview by Woodman Stereoscopic Co., Rochester, NY, titled “Telegraphing,” fourteen albumen carte-de-visite images of telegraphers with telegraph keys, two albumen carte-de-visite images of women with telegraph keys, six collodion gelatin photographs of telegraphers with equipment, and a printed advertising card for Valentine’s School of Telegraphy at Janesville, WI. Provenance: From the collection of Jay Gaynor. $200-400 1213 Thirteen Photographs of Telegraph Buildings, 19th and early 20th centuries, including two large albumen images, one marked Natural Bridge, Virginia, the other Broken Bow, Nebraska, an albumen cabinet card and two albumen stereoviews of the Western Union Telegraph Building, New York City, an albumen stereoviews by C.W. Woodward, Rochester, NY, of the Western Union Telegraph Company Marine Office in New York City, an albumen stereoview of the Western Union Telegraph Company building on Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, an albumen stereoview by E.G. Rollins, Gloucester, MA, of a Western Union Telegraph office, an unidentified albumen stereoview of a Western Union Telegraph office, an albumen stereoview by Purviance of telegraph poles along a railroad titled “View in Lewiston Narrows,” a collodion gelatin photograph published by J.M. McCanless, Asheville, NC, showing a Conestoga wagon and a Western Union Telegraph Office sign, a gelatin silver print showing the Postal Telegraph Company and Commercial Cable Company building in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and two postcards, one showing a boxcar and titled “First Telegraph Office in Fort Pierce, S. Dak.,” the other titled “Telegraph Office and partial view of Front St., Shenandoah, VA.
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1209 Five Cased Ambrotype and Tintype Images of Telegraph Operators and Machines, c. 1860-70, including a sixth-plate ambrotype of a man seated at a table with a clockwork telegraph, mounted in an embossed leather case; a half-plate tintype of a man having light rose tinting to cheeks seated at a table with a telegraph key, mounted in an embossed leather case; a quarter-plate tintype of a man and a boy seated at a table with a clockwork telegraph, the image with light rose tinting to cheeks and gilt highlights on the telegraph, mounted in an embossed leather case; a sixth-plate tintype of two men seated at a table with telegraph key, mounted in an embossed leather case; and a ninthplate tintype of a man seated with a telegraph key, mounted in a brown A.P. Critchlow & Co. thermoplastic case.
Provenance: From the Collection of Jay Gaynor. $200-400
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1214 Eleven Photographs of Telegraph Linemen, Kingston, New York, Canon City, Colorado, and other unidentified places, 19th and early 20th century, including four sixth-plate studio tintype photographs of linemen with their tools, one with two linemen on a pole and a sixteenth-plate tintype photograph of two linemen on a pole; three albumen cabinet cards of a crew of men installing poles, a lineman in a studio pose and a group of seven linemen on a pole; a collodion gelatin print of three linemen photographed in a studio; and two gelatin silver print photographs, one with linemen on a horse-drawn wagon, the other with a lineman on a pole. Provenance: From the collection of Jay Gaynor. $300-500
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1215 Painted Union Shield-form Frame with Oval Aperture, America, late 19th century, (paint losses), 23 1/2 x 18, aperture 9 x 6 1/2 in. $300-500
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1216 Five Framed Stevensgraph Pictures, Coventry, England, late 19th/early 20th century, the machine woven silk pictures include “For Life or Death: Heroism on Land,” showing a firefighting scene, with partial label on reverse; “The Meet,” showing the beginning of a fox hunt, with full label on the reverse; a large bird’s-eye view of Coventry identified on the mat; a river landscape showing the Forth Bridge; and a ribbon for Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone; (slight toning and staining), framed dimensions to 13 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. $300-500 1217 Bergama Rug, West Anatolia, 19th century, the medium blue field with a large red pendanted and hooked lozenge, within a wide polychrome border of large-scale contiguous octagons inset with squares, square in tile-patterned minor border, 4 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 4 in. $600-800
1218 Kula Rug, West Anatolia, mid-19th century, the pale yellow stepped lozenge inset with a tiered stylized landscape design flanking a central blossoming tree on a light blue field with flowerheads, all within an ivory double-cross variant main border, multiple floral meander minor borders, 6 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 1 in. $400-500
1224 Shirvan Prayer Rug, East Caucasus, late 19th century, the ivory field with an allover stylized blossom in diamond lattice design below a medium blue niche, all within a red double hooked “S” motif main border, multiple contiguous stepped diamondpatterned minor borders, 5 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. 8 in. $400-500
1219 Chi-Chi Rug, Northeast Caucasus, late 19th century, the midnight blue field with polychrome hooked and stepped devices throughout within a typical stylized rosette and vine main border, eight-pointed star, stylized tulip and reciprocal trefoil minor borders, 6 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. $600-800
1225 Karabagh Rug, South Caucasus, early 20th century, two large typical navy and green “cloudband” medallions on a red/brown field flanked by latch-hooked diamonds, stylized quadrupeds, birds, and figures, all within an ivory serrated leaf and “wineglass” main border, multiple carnation and vine meander minor borders, 7 ft. x 4 ft. 5 in. $1,000-1,200
1220 Kuba Long Rug, Northeast Caucasus, late 19th century, the vivid red field with a row of four polychrome “Lesghi” star medallions surrounded by quadrupeds, diamonds, and eight-pointed stars, all within an ivory “wineglass” and serrated leaf main border, multiple rosette minor borders, 7 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. 5 in. $600-800 1221 Shirvan Rug, East Caucasus, late 19th century, the vertical row of five polychrome concentric latch-hooked diamonds on a royal blue field within an ivory hooked octagon-patterned main border, latch-hooked diamonds in tile and reciprocal trefoil minor borders, 5 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 9 in. $600-800 1222 Shirvan Rug, East Caucasus, early 20th century, the midnight blue field with an allover large-scale design of polychrome “flame” palmettes flanked by narrow vines issuing rosettes, all within a red highly stylized rosettepatterned main border, multiple ivory rosette and angular vine minor borders, 4 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 8 in. $600-800 1223 Shirvan Rug, East Caucasus, early 20th century, the field comprised of three large polychrome latch-hooked octagons enclosed by squares inset with latch-hook devices with an ivory highly stylized comb motif inner border, all within an ivory serrated leaf and “wineglass” main border, stylized cross and rosette-patterned minor borders, 4 ft. 11 in. x 4 ft. 3 in. $500-600
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1226 South Caucasian Rug, late 19th/early 20th century, the large and unusually shaped red center medallion with brackets and comb-type pendants inset with a medium blue octagon with an eight lobed stylized rosette, spandrels of a similar design, all on a dark brown field with an allover smallscale diamond lattice pattern, ivory ribbon border, 5 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 2 in. Provenance: From the Smith College Museum of Art. $800-1,000 1227 Talish Prayer Rug, South Caucasus, late 19th century, the large-scale polychrome “crab” design on a royal blue field below a magenta niche, within a contiguous stepped diamond main border, highly stylized rosette minor border, 4 ft. 11 in. x 3 ft. 1 in. $600-800 1228 Karabagh Prayer Rug, South Caucasus, late 19th century, the central pale yellow latch-hooked diamond inset with an eight-pointed star flanked by hooked squares and various geometric motifs on a navy rectangular panel on a red field with a single “crab” motif at the bottom and the niche comprised of an ivory comb device in a pentagon, all within an ivory small-scale “crab” main border, multiple reciprocal sawtooth-patterned minor borders, 5 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 5 in. $600-800
1230 Kazak Rug, Southwest Caucasus, early 20th century, two rows of large polychrome “Memling” gul medallions all within a terra-cotta bracket and octagon-patterned border, 5 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. 8 in. $800-1,000 1231 Kazak Rug, Southwest Caucasus, late 19th century, the red field with a single row of five “Memling” gul medallions flanked by stylized rosettes, within an ivory concentric and stepped diamond main border, highly stylized rosette and reciprocal trefoil-patterned minor borders, 7 ft. x 4 ft. 4 in. $500-700 1232 Baluch Rug, Northeast Persia, late 19th century, the camel colored field with an allover staggered blossom design in terra-cotta, navy, and chocolate brown, all within a diamond in barber pole-patterned main border, flatwoven elems, 5 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 11 in. $400-600 1233 Two Baluch Bagfaces, Northeast Persia, late 19th century, both with a central square, one dark brown and the other light brown, enclosing an eight-pointed star in octagon medallion flanked by double latch-hooked arms and various geometric forms all on a midnight blue field containing eightpointed stars in octagons in shades of red, ivory, blue, and brown, the ivory main borders with a contiguous zigzag pattern and multiple reciprocal trefoil minor borders, 2 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft. 8 in. and 2 ft. 7 in. x 2 ft. 11 in. $300-400
1234 Heriz Carpet, Northwest Persia, second quarter 20th century, the large floral gabled and pendanted center medallion on a red stepped lozenge on an ivory field, red and navy stepped spandrels, all within a wide navy largescale rosette and serrated leaf and vine main border, multiple carnation and vine meander minor borders, 12 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 2 in. $2,000-2,500 1235 Heriz Long Rug, Northwest Persia, second quarter 20th century, the red field displaying a vertical row of large polychrome cruciform, latch-hooked and lobed floral medallions enclosed by palmettes, comb devices, and diamonds, all within a navy stylized angular vine, serrated leaf, and rosette border, 16 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 9 in. $1,000-1,500 1236 Heriz Carpet, Northwest Persia, late 19th century, the terra-cotta field with an allover large-scale design of highly stylized palmettes issuing rosettes and vines with serrated leaves, all within a wide light blue serrated leaf, angular vine and rosette main border, multiple floral meander minor borders, 11 ft. 5 in. x 8 ft. 10 in. $800-1,200 1237 Northwest Persian Long Rug, late 19th century, the vertical row of seven “Memling” gul medallions on an empty light red field within a wide ivory contiguous stepped diamond flanked by smaller diamonds main border, zigzag and alternating trianglepatterned minor borders, 8 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 4 in. $800-1,200 1238 Northwest Persian Long Rug, late 19th century, the midnight blue field with three large polychrome lobed and pendanted medallions flanked by two hexagonal lozenges all radiating hooked arms and brackets, within an ivory archaic blossom main border, red stylized eight-pointed star and leaf minor border, 7 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. 9 in. $600-800
1239 Heriz Long Rug, Northwest Persia, second quarter 20th century, the vertical row of four polychrome cruciform medallions with curled and serrated leaves on a red field enclosed by stylized shrubs, small diamonds and squares inset with barber pole stripes, all within a red angular vine, serrated leaf, and rosette main border, multiple stylized carnation and meandering vine minor borders, 10 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 3 in. $600-800 1240 Kurd Rug, Northwest Persia, late 19th century, the red field with large stylized rosettes issuing a network of vines and small blossoms with two vase type forms at either side, within an ivory meandering serrated leaf, vine, and rosette main border, meandering carnation and vine minor border, 6 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 8 in. $500-700
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1229 Karachov Kazak Long Rug, Southwest Caucasus, late 19th century, the royal blue field with three large red polygons flanked by two ivory rectangles inset with hooked bars, all within an ivory stepped and contiguous diamond main border, multiple reciprocal sawtooth minor borders, 8 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 9 in. $800-1,000
1241 Kurd Rug, Northwest Persia, early 20th century, the large navy medallion inset with an allover “herati” design with latch-hooks and extending long pendants on a red field, midnight blue spandrels, all within a slate blue stylized flowering boteh and meandering vine main border, multiple meandering boteh minor borders, 12 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. 2 in. Provenance: From the Denver Art Museum. $500-700 1242 Yomud Chuval and a Shahsavan Bagface, West Turkestan and Northwest Persia, late 19th century, the chuval with sixteen guls in ivory, midnight blue, and red on a red/ brown field within “running dog” minor borders, empty elem, 2 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 9 in., and the Shahsavan with two large blue/green and ivory latch-hook medallions on a maroon band, 1 ft. 7 in. x 1 ft. 11 in. $400-500 1243 Shahsavan Soumak Mafresh, early 20th century, the navy center panel inset with red and green stepped and hooked medallions within an ivory contiguous large-scale hooked diamond main border, 1 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. 5 in. $500-700
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Conditions of Sale 1. Some of the lots in this sale are offered subject to a reserve. The reserve is a confidential minimum price agreed upon by the consignor and Skinner, Inc. below which the lot will not be sold. In most cases, the reserve will be set below the estimated range, but in no case will it exceed the estimates listed. A representative of Skinner, Inc. will execute such reserves by bidding for the consignor. In any event and whether or not a lot is subject to a reserve, the auctioneer may reject any bid or raise not commensurate with the value of such lot. 2. All property is sold “as is,� and neither the auctioneer nor any consignor makes any warranties or representation of any kind or nature with respect to the property, and in no event shall they be responsible for the correctness, nor deemed to have made any representation or warranty, of description, genuineness, authorship, attribution, provenance, period, culture, source, origin, or condition of the property and no statement made at the sale, or in the bill of sale, or invoice or elsewhere shall be deemed such a warranty of representation or an assumption of liability. 3. Except as provided in paragraph 1 above, the highest bidder as determined by the auctioneer shall be the purchaser. In the case of a disputed bid, the auctioneer shall have sole discretion in determining the purchaser and may also, at his or her election, withdraw the lot or reoffer the lot for sale. The auctioneer shall have sole discretion to refuse any bid, or refuse to acknowledge any bidder. Any bidder that plans on spending in excess of $100,000 should make arrangements with the accounting department at least five (5) days in advance of the sale, as a deposit may be required to participate. 4. All merchandise purchased must be paid for and removed from the premises the day of the auction. Skinner Inc. may impose, and the purchaser agrees to pay, a monthly interest charge of 1.5% of the purchase price of any lot or item lot not paid for within thirty-five (35) days of the date of sale. Skinner, Inc. shall have no liability for any damage or loss to property left on its premises for more than three (3) days from the date of sale. If any property has not been removed within three (3) days from the date of sale, at the option of Skinner, Inc. (a) Skinner Inc., may impose, and the purchaser agrees to pay, a monthly storage charge of 1.5% of the purchase price of any lot or portion of a lot not removed within the three days, and/or (b) Skinner Inc. may place the merchandise in a subsequent auction, without Reserve, to be sold to the highest bidder, and after deducting the standard commission and any additional charges that may apply, remit the proceeds to the purchaser. 5. Skinner accepts cash or check for payment. Personal checks will be acceptable only if credit has been established with Skinner, Inc. or if a bank authorization has been received guaranteeing a personal check. Skinner, Inc. reserves the right to hold merchandise purchased by personal check until the check has cleared the bank. The purchaser agrees to pay Skinner, Inc. a handling charge of $25.00 for any check dishonored by the drawee. Please contact Accounting for additional payment methods. Skinner does not accept payment by credit card for merchandise purchases. 6. If the purchaser breaches any of its obligations under these Conditions of Sale, including its obligation to pay in full the purchase price of all items for which it was the highest successful bidder, Skinner Inc. may exercise all of its rights and remedies under the law including, without limitation, (a) canceling the sale and applying any payments made by the purchaser to the damages caused by the purchaser’s breach, and/or (b) offering at public auction, without reserve, any lot or item for which the purchaser has breached any of its obligations, including its obligation to pay in full the purchase price, holding the purchaser liable for any deficiency plus all costs of sale. 7. In no event will the liability of Skinner, Inc. to any purchaser with respect to any item exceed the purchase price actually paid by such purchaser for such item. 8. Shipping is the responsibility of the purchaser. Upon request, our staff will provide the list of shippers who deliver to destinations within the United States and overseas. Some property that is sold at auction can be subject to laws governing export from the U.S., such as items that include material from some endangered species. Import restrictions from foreign countries are subject to these same governing laws. Granting of licensing for import or export of goods from local authorities is the sole responsibility of the buyer. Denial or delay of licensing will not constitute cancellation or delay in payment for the total purchase price of these lots. 9. Sales in Massachusetts, Florida, and New York are subject to the respective current sales taxes. Dealers, museums, and other qualifying parties may be exempt from sales tax upon submission of proper documentation. 10. A premium equal to 23% of the final bid price up to and including $100,000, plus 20% of the final bid price from $100,001 up to and including $1,000,000, plus 12% of the final bid price from $1,000,001 and over will be applied to each lot sold, to be paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. 11. Bidding on any item indicates your acceptance of these terms and all other terms printed within, posted, and announced at the time of sale whether bidding in person, through a representative, by phone, by Internet, or other absentee bid. 12. Skinner, Inc. and its consignors make no warranty or representation, express or implied, that the purchaser will acquire any copyright or reproduction rights to any lot sold. Skinner, Inc. expressly reserves the right to reproduce any image of the lots sold in this catalog. The copyright in all images, illustrations and written material produced by or for Skinner, Inc. relating to a lot, including the contents of this catalog, is, and shall remain at all times, the property of Skinner, Inc. and shall not be used by the purchaser, nor by anyone else, without our prior written consent. 13. These conditions of sale shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (excluding the laws applicable to conflicts or choice of law). The buyer/bidder agrees that any suit for the enforcement of this agreement may be brought, and any action against Skinner in connection with the transactions contemplated by this agreement shall be brought, in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any federal court sitting therein. The bidder/buyer consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and waives objections that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such suit. Revised January 21, 2015
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Absentee Bid Form Sale Title
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Phone #
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check if change in address
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I wish to place the following bids in the sale listed above. I understand that Skinner, Inc. will execute bids as a convenience, and will not be held responsible for any errors or failure to execute bids. I understand that my bids are executed and accepted as per Conditions of Sale as printed in the catalog of this sale. Signature (Required)
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FOR OFFICE USE Marlborough
Boston
Phone
63 Park Plaza Boston, MA 02116 617.350.5400 Fax 617.350.5429
Fax
Person
274 Cedar Hill Street Marlborough, MA 01752 508.970.3000 Fax 508.970.3100
Employee:
www.skinnerinc.com
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Board of Directors
Departments
Chairman of the Board
20th Century Design
Discovery Auctions
Stephen L. Fletcher
Jane D. Prentiss
Kyle Johnson
20thcentury@skinnerinc.com
Melanie Trottier-Mitcheson
508.970.3253
discovery@skinnerinc.com
Richard Albright
508.970.3202
John Deighton Karen M. Keane Andrew Payne Nancy R. Skinner, Chairman Emerita
American & European Paintings & Prints Robin S.R. Starr Elizabeth C. Haff Michelle Lamunière paintings@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3206
European Furniture & Decorative Arts Stuart G. Slavid Stephanie Opolski Gwendolyn L. Smith european@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3203
Executive Management
American Furniture & Decorative Arts Stephen L. Fletcher Chris Barber Christopher D. Fox
President/Chief Executive Officer Karen M. Keane
Chief Financial Officer Don Kelly
americana@skinnerinc.com
Managing Director
Joel Bohy militaria@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3215
508.970.3200
Jewelry American Indian & Ethnographic Art
Victoria Bratberg
Douglas Deihl
John Colasacco
indian@skinnerinc.com
jewelry@skinnerinc.com
508.970.3254
508.874.4313
Antique Motor Vehicles
Judaica
Executive Vice President Stephen L. Fletcher
Historic Arms & Militaria
Jane D. Prentiss
Kerry Shrives
antiquemotorvehicles@skinnerinc.com
judaica@skinnerinc.com
508.970.3253
508.970.3256
Asian Works of Art
Musical Instruments
Marie Keep
Senior Vice Presidents Marie Keep Kerry Shrives Stuart G. Slavid
Judith Dowling
Jill Arbetter
Helen Eagles
music@skinnerinc.com
Suhyung Kim
508.970.3216
asian@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3263
Oriental Rugs & Carpets Lawrence Kearney
Vice Presidents Victoria Bratberg Eric Jones
Books & Manuscripts
Erika Jorjorian
Devon Eastland
rugs@skinnerinc.com
books@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3293
Photographs
Gloria Lieberman Carol McCaffrey Robin S.R. Starr L. Emerson Tuttle
508.970.3247
Ceramics
Michelle Lamunière
Stuart G. Slavid
photographs@skinnerinc.com
ceramics@skinnerinc.com
508.970.3264
508.970.3203
Silver Regional Directors Western Massachusetts:
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments Robert C. Cheney Jonathan Dowling
George Thomas Lewis
Paul Dumanowski
413.727.2721
clocks@skinnerinc.com
glewis@skinnerinc.com
508.970.3201
Stuart G. Slavid silver@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3203
Wine, Whisky & Ale Marie Keep Joseph Hyman
Florida: April L. Matteini, G.G.
Michael J. Moser
508.970.3138
finewines@skinnerinc.com
florida@skinnerinc.com
508.970.3296
Maine: Bruce Buxton
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Auction Services Consignments
Marketing, Media & Communications
Appraisal & Auction Services
Exhibitions & Property Boston:
LaGina Austin
Marketing
Christine E. Finn
Laura V. Sweeney
L. Emerson Tuttle
Rachel Kingsley
Benjamin Evans
Jenna DeLuca
Olga Gerasymiv
Kathryn Gargolinski
Paige Lewellyn
Linsey MacDougall
Jessica R. Lincoln
Subscriptions
Receptionist
Linsey MacDougall
Jacqueline Gray
508.970.3240
617.350.5400
Ava Pandiani Elizabeth Zwicker 508.970.3299
Institutional Relations L. Emerson Tuttle
Consignment Services
Advertising/Production
Patricia Walker King
Pamela Van de Houten
Marlborough:
Kealyn Garner
Jeffrey R. Antkowiak
Warehouse
Carol Zeigler
Stanley P. Bystrowski
508.970.3204
John Cornelius Kristina Harrison
Customer Relations/Human Resources
Kathleen Jones
Frederic Trottier 508.970.3209
Samatha Heighton
Cheryl Richards Photography
Carol McCaffrey
Receptionist
508.970.3252
Skinner Online Kerry Shrives
Katie Fitzgerald 508.970.3000
Daniel Bar
Accounting
Judie Ochsner
Transportation
online@skinnerinc.com
Eric Jones
508.970.3279
508.970.3229
Denise Johnson 508.970.3269
Absentee & Telephone Bidding
William Madden 508.970.3266
Boston: 617.874.4318 Marlborough: 508.970.3211
Kevin Rota
Auctioneers
Discovery: 508.970.3208
508.970.3283
Chris Barber, John Colasacco, Stephen L. Fletcher, Karen M. Keane, Marie Keep, Jessica R. Lincoln, Kerry Shrives, Stuart G. Slavid, Robin S.R. Starr, Laura V. Sweeney
63 Park Plaza Boston, MA 02116 617.350.5400 Fax 617.350.5429
274 Cedar Hill Street Marlborough, MA 01752 508.970.3000 Fax 508.970.3100
130 Miracle Mile, Suite 220 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305.503.4423 Fax 305.709.2143
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Directions to Skinner’s Boston Gallery/63 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116 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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Catalog Subscription Form Prices effective January 17, 2014. Catalog subscription price includes quarterly brochure. Subscription effective one year from date processed. No refunds for previous subscriptions. Renewal notice will be sent one month prior to expiration. Subscriptions do not include Discovery, Estates, and other special sales. Post-auction prices are available online at www.skinnerinc.com
Please check the appropriate boxes:
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American Furniture & Decorative Arts
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European Furniture & Decorative Arts
$120
$143
American & European Paintings & Prints (two books)
$135
$158
American & European Fine Prints & Photographs
$60
$73
American & European Fine Paintings & Sculpture
$110
$133
Fine Jewelry
$120
$143
20th Century Design
$60
$73
Asian Works of Art
$60
$73
Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets
$18
$25
American Indian & Ethnographic Art
$60
$73
Fine Books & Manuscripts
$30
$36
Historic Arms & Militaria
$60
Fine Musical Instruments
$60
$73
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
$60
$73
Fine Wines
$60
$73
All Above Departments
$750
$915
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MA residents 6.25% sales tax
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