American Furniture & Decorative Arts | Skinner Auction 3307M

American Furniture & Decorative Arts Sale 3307M

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Auction & Specialist Information

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Online Bidding

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Event Information

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Provenance

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3303T Americana online Sale Announcement

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Lots 1–330 | Saturday, November 2, 2019

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Lots 400–797 | Sunday, November 3, 2019

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Conditions of Sale

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Absentee Bid Form

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Company Directors & Specialty Departments

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Join us in Marlborough for a Silversmithing Demonstration

Silversmith Stephen Smithers will demonstrate and discuss American silversmithing tools, techniques, and practices of the late 17th through early 19th centuries with an emphasis on the techniques used by New York silversmith Simeon Soumaine, in the creation of the rare set of three casters offered in this sale.

Friday, October 30 | 5:30–6:30PM 274 Cedar Hill Street, Marlborough, MA

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Provenance The Collection of Bill McKeever, Urbana, Ohio The Pamela and Brian Ehrlich Collection, Mystic, Connecticut, Part I The Collection of Tom and Carolyn Porter, Delaware, Ohio The Collection of Pam Boynton, Groton, Massachusetts The Collection of August Knapp, Hudson, Ohio Descendants of Benjamin Lincoln, Hingham, Massachusetts A Private Maryland Institution Maritime Paintings and Nautical Antiques from the Estate of Justin “Bud� Lyman Cobb III Private Collections in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, and Florida

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Session I: Saturday, November 2, 2019 10AM The Collection of Bill McKeever, Urbana, Ohio Lots 1–64 for more material from this collection, please see lots 1000-1018 in online sale 3303T at www.skinnerinc.com

I have been blessed with the passion for collecting, blessed to have had the means to collect, and blessed to share what I have collected with you. —Bill McKeever

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1 Miniature Red-painted Blanket Chest, New England, 18th century, the thumb-molded lid with snipe hinges on a T-head nailed box with applied base molding and shaped bootjack ends, ht. 10 7/8, wd. 18 1/2, dp. 9 in. $800-1,200

5 Wrought Iron Rushlight with Tripod Base, 18th century, with rectangular spring-loaded pincer on an arched tripod base with small penny feet, ht. 9 3/4 in. $300-500

6 Wrought Iron Tobacco Pipe, 18th century, with straight tapering stem and curved bowl, lg. 10 in. $300-500

2 Early Red-painted Chestnut Six-board Chest, Massachusetts, early 18th century, the lid opens on snipe hinges above a well with till and drawer, the nail-constructed box with applied front molding on shaped bracket feet and bootjack cutout ends, (paint wear), ht. 22, wd. 44 1/2, dp. 15 in. $600-800 3 Set of Four Ladder-back Side Chairs, probably New Hampshire, mid-18th century, each with turned finials, four reversegraduated arched slats, rush seat, and swelled double stretchers, ht. 40 1/2, seat ht.

15 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500

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4 Ash and Maple Cross-base Candlestand, New England, 18th century, two sheet copper candle sockets and drip catchers on a maple cross-piece and vertical ash pole with an ash crossed arch base, ht. 43 1/2 in.

Provenance: Stephen-Douglas Antiques. $400-600

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7 Chip-carved Slide-lid Larch Box, New England, c. 1674, the box carved from a single block of wood with geometric border, one side carved “1674 W I.B,” the bottom carved “1674,” and the lid with geometric chip carving, (replaced lid), ht. 2 1/4, wd. 6 3/4, dp.

3 1/2 in.

Literature: Box is described and illustrated in Nina Fletcher Little, Neat and Tidy (Hanover: SPNEA, 2001), pp. 9-10. $300-500 8 Chip-carved and Red-painted Pine Box, New England, late 17th century, rosehead nail construction, iron hinges, the lid and sides with intricately carved geometric, pinwheel, heart, and circle patterns, iron lock on the interior, ht. 9, wd. 17, dp. 10 1/4 in. $3,000-5,000 9 Small Red-painted Maple and Ash Ovaltop Tea Table, New England, c. 1754, the top overhangs a canted skirt joining turned splayed legs, the underside of the top with black-painted date and initials “M,C,/1754,” newer paint removed to reveal old red, ht. 23 1/4, wd. 25 1/2, dp. 20 in. $1,000-1,500 10 Black-painted Slat-back Side Chair, probably Connecticut, mid-18th century, with four arched slats joining turned stiles, original rush seat, and turned front double stretchers, old black paint, ht. 45 1/4, seat ht. 17 in.

Provenance: Roger Bacon, Exeter, New Hampshire. $600-800

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11 Dark Red-painted Pine Cupboard, probably New England, late 18th century, the molded cornice above three shelves surrounded by a scalloped opening, above a single H-hinged door opening to shelves, old surface, ht. 77 1/2, wd. 36 1/2, dp. 17 1/2 in.

12 Large Turned Burl Bowl, America, 19th century, the bowl with rolled rim and three sets of triple line decoration on the exterior, ht. 6 1/4, dia. 16 3/4 in.

Provenance: Joe Kindig. $1,000-1,500

Provenance: Walter Himmelreich. $1,500-2,500

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13 Large Round Burl Bowl with Lug Handles, America, late 18th/19th century, the thin walled bowl with wide lug handles and flat bottom, ht. 6, dia. 15 1/4 in. $800-1,200

14 Turned Ash Burl Footed Bowl, America, late 18th/early 19th century, the bowl with flaring rim and short flaring foot, ht. 4 1/2, wd. 11 1/2 in. $800-1,200

15 Oval Ash Burl Bowl with High Cutout Handles, America, 18th/19th century, the bowl with flat base and high rectangular cutout handles, (wear on the inside), ht. 6 1/2, wd. 13 3/4, dp. 12 1/8 in. $1,500-2,500 16 Turned Tiger Maple Charger, America, 18th century, with flat rim, wd. 14 1/4 in. $300-500

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17 Three Treen Plates, 18th/19th century, a cherry plate with beaded rim, a tiger maple plate with plain rim, and a maple plate deep plate with beaded rim, dia. to 9 in. $300-500 18 Two Small Turned and Green-painted Bowls, 19th century, dia. to 5 in.

Note: The larger bowl from New Hampshire. $300-500

19 Pine Paneled Fireplace Settle, early 18th century, the canted top above a back of four panels joining cutout sides with shaped handholds, and plank seat with straight apron, old red washed surface, ht. 55, wd. 72 1/2, seat ht. 15 in. $3,000-5,000 20 Five Wrought Iron and Wood Fireplace Items, 18th/19th century, a tool rack with filed decoration and lollipop finials; two wrought iron “S� hooks; a pair of bellows with copper tip, and a wrought iron ladle with wood handle, lg. to 23 in. $250-350

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21 Blue-painted Pine Drying Rack, New England, early 19th century, the chamfered posts and shoe feet joining three horizontal slats, original surface, ht. 36 1/2, wd. 33 1/2 in. $400-600 22 Floor-standing Pine Tape Loom, New England, 18th century, with tombstoneshaped top set into a chamfered rough-hewn base, overall ht. 37 in. $600-800

23 Early Pine and Maple Splay-leg Oval-top Tea Table, probably Massachusetts, early 18th century, the top overhangs a straight canted skirt continuing to turned legs, box stretchers, and button feet, ht. 23 1/2, wd. 35, dp. 27 in.

Provenance: Bill Samaha. $2,000-4,000

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24 Rectangular-top Pine Shoe-foot Hutch Table, New England, 18th century, the overhanging top on a square box with pintelhinged lid, on shaped sides ending in molded feet, old refinish, ht. 27 1/4, top wd. 50 1/2, top dp. 39 1/4 in. $1,200-1,800

25 Rectangular Slip-decorated Redware Loaf Dish, late 18th/early 19th century, with trained yellow slip wavy lines forming a broad crisscross pattern, lg. 13 1/2, ht. 11 3/4 in.

26 Trailed Slip-decorated Redware Plate, late 18th/early 19th century, with coggled rim and scrolling slip decoration, dia. 7 7/8 in. $200-300

Provenance: David Schorsch. $600-800

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27 Wrought Iron Adjustable Rushlight and Candleholder, 18th century, with a spring tension slide on a vertical rod with faceted finial and scrolling tripod base, ht. 47 7/8 in.

Provenance: Joe Kindig. $400-600

28 Carved Oak and Pine Joined Chest, Windsor, Connecticut, area, late 17th century, the pine top opens to a well with compartment, the facade composed of a frieze of intersecting arches above four geometric carved panels bordered with shallow carving, the sides and back further paneled and carved, on stile feet, refinished, the top painted black, ht. 28 1/4, wd. 52, dp.

21 1/2 in.

Provenance: Florene Maine. $4,000-6,000

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29 Turned Great Chair, Norwich or Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, 16601715, the tall finials atop vase- and ring-turned stiles joining three shaped slats, downwardsloping arms continuing to mushroom handholds, on similarly turned arm supports, rush seat, continuing to legs joined by plain double stretchers, old surface, (restoration), ht.

45 1/2, seat ht. 18 1/4 in.

Literature: This chair is illustrated and discussed in Benno Forman, American Seating Furniture 1630-1730, pp. 124-127, cat. 16. $2,000-4,000 30 Turned Maple and Ash Great Chair, New London, Connecticut, area, late 17th century, three shaped slats join vase- and ring-turned stiles, above downward-sloping arms continuing to mushroom handholds and similarly turned supports, on double-stretcher base ending in turned feet, old refinish, (rush seat replaced), ht. 50 3/4, seat ht. 17 1/2 in. $3,000-5,000

31 Carved Pine Bible Box, probably Massachusetts, early 18th century, the pine top with oak cleats above a facade with chipcarved ends and a border of geometrically carved lunettes centering two pinwheels and a foliate device above the incised initials “EB,� original snipe hinges, old refinish, ht. 9, wd.

24, dp. 13 in. $3,000-5,000

32 Early Red-painted Blanket Chest over Two Drawers, probably Massachusetts, c. 172040, the lift top above a double-beaded case of three faux and two working drawers, on bracket base, old surface, (paint wear), ht. 49, wd. 36, dp. 18 in.

Provenance: Joe Kindig. $3,000-5,000

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33 Pine and Ash Cross-base Candlestand, probably Massachusetts, late 17th century, the circular top on a heavy vase- and ringturned post and base with chamfered edges, remnants of old red wash, (imperfections), ht.

25 1/2, dia. 14 1/4 in. $800-1,200

34 Adjustable Wrought Iron Ratchet Candleholder, 18th century, the single candle socket on a tall ratchet with hook at the top, and slide bar with swivel, closed lg. 34 1/4 in. $400-600

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35 Red-painted Six-board Chest, New England, 18th century, the lid opens to a well with till and shelf, on a nail-constructed box and bootjack cutout ends, original surface, ht.

24 1/2, wd. 52, dp. 17 in. $800-1,200

36 Black-painted Blanket Chest over Drawer, Massachusetts or Connecticut, early 18th century, the cleated top opens above a well with till, and drawer below, on frontal ball feet and rear bracket feet, old black paint, ht. 32, wd. 47, dp. 18 in. $3,000-5,000 37 Small Early Red-painted Six-board Chest, New England, first half 18th century, the top opens above a well with till, the nailconstructed box with arched ends, (replaced leather hinges), ht. 22, wd. 44, dp. 13 1/2 in. $800-1,200

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38 Red-painted Blanket Chest over Three Drawers, probably Massachusetts or New Hampshire, mid-18th century, molded top above thumb-molded faux and working drawers and tall bracket base, original red paint, ht. 52, wd. 39, dp. 17 in. $2,500-3,500

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39 Red-painted Blanket Chest over Drawer, New England, mid-18th century, the cleated top opens above a well, on nail-constructed box with applied mid-molding above a drawer, demilune cutout ends, ht. 32 1/2, wd. 45, dp.

17 in. $1,500-2,500 40 Small Pine Table/Bible Box, New England, 18th century, the box constructed with T-headed rosehead nails, the molded lid with snipe hinges on a box with iron keyhole escutcheon and molded base, remnants of red paint, (lid missing one cleat), ht. 5 1/4, wd.

16 1/4, dp. 9 1/4 in. $300-500 41 Black-painted Chestnut and Pine Crossbase Adjustable Ratchet Candlestand, New England, 18th century, two sheet iron candle sockets mounted on a wide top on a ratchet mechanism and cross base, worn paint, ht.

24 1/2 in. $300-500

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42 Wrought Iron Spring-loaded Candleholder, possibly Virginia, 18th century, the spring tension candleholder on a straight shaft with arched legs and penny feet, ht. 8 1/4 in.

Provenance: Mary Campbell, Lewisburg, West Virginia. According to the previous owner, the candleholder descended through the family of George Mason IV. $300-500

43 Red/brown-painted Open Hanging Cupboard, New England, 18th century, dovetail construction, with dentil-molded cornice above shaped shelves and base of applied molding, ht. 26, wd. 25 1/2, dp. 15 in. $800-1,200

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46 Carved Woodlands Ash Burl Scoop, America, late 18th/19th century, the round bowl with flat bottom on a tapering arched handle, lg. 15 1/4, bowl dia. 6 3/4 in. $200-400

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47 Turned Ash Burl Lidded Bowl, probably Ohio, 19th century, the bulbous body with line decoration on the exterior and straight foot, the turned lid with button handle, ht. 5 3/4, dia. 5 1/2 in.

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Provenance: Sam Forsythe, Columbus, Ohio.

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Literature: Illustrated and described in Steven S. Powers, North American Burl Treen, Colonial & Native American (Steven S. Powers Antiques: Brooklyn, 2005), p. 73, plate 3/13.

Note: The bowl bears very close similarities to turned Peaseware vessels made in Ohio during the 19th century. $400-600

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44 Northeastern Turned Ash Burl Bowl, c. late 18th century, with thin sides and fine turned foot decoration, ht. 2 5/8, dia. 6 1/8 in.

Provenance: Garth’s Auctions; Steve Powers.

Literature: Illustrated in Steven S. Powers, North American Burl Treen, Colonial & Native American (Steven S. Powers Antiques: Brooklyn, 2005), p. 46, plate 1/38. $300-500

45 Small Turned Burl Bowl and Carved Wood Spoon, America, 19th century, the bowl with flaring rim and turned ridges on the exterior; the spoon with oval bowl and tapering handle, bowl ht. 2 1/2, dia. 5 1/2 in.

Provenance: Bowl, Steve Powers. $300-500

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48 Small Carved Ash Scoop or Ladle, late 18th/19th century, the deep bowl on a tapering and slightly arched handle, lg. 7 5/8 in. $200-400

49 Miniature Turned Footed Bowl and Plate, America, late 18th/19th century, the bowl with decorated rim and small flaring foot, the plate with plain rim, ht. to 2 in. $300-500

50 Red-painted Oval-top Tavern Table, New England, 18th century, the scrub top on a molded apron joining splayed turned tapering legs ending in button feet, ht. 26, wd. 34, dp.

25 1/2 in. $4,000-6,000 51 Large Carved Oval Burl Bowl with Lug Handles, America, 18th/19th century, the smoothly caved bowl with flat base and integral carved narrow lug handles, ht. 7, wd.

20 1/4, dp. 17 in. $1,500-2,500

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52 Turned Burl Bowl, America, 19th century, with flat rim, ht. 3, dia. 9 in. $300-500 53 Three Tree Plates, late 18th/19th century, a large maple plate with fine bead rim; a maple plate with bead rim; and a small maple plate with plain rim, dia. to 9 1/4 in. $300-500 54 Black-painted Maple and Ash High Chair, New Hampshire, early 18th century, the turned finials above stiles joining two shaped slats, on plank seat, (imperfections and wear), ht. 35 1/2, seat ht. 20 1/2 in.

Provenance: Zeke Liverant. $800-1,200

55 Early Maple Slat-back Child’s Chair, probably New Hampshire, early 18th century, with tall turned finials, plank seat, and double stretchers, old natural surface, ht. 25 1/2, seat ht. 7 in. $400-600

57 Small Walnut Inlaid Hanging Cupboard, Pennsylvania, late 18th century, with molded cornice above a single line-inlaid drawer and spring-locking door and small shelf below joining shaped sides, ht. 24 1/2, wd. 16, dp.

8 in. $1,500-2,500

56 Red-painted Slat-back Child’s Chair, New England, early 18th century, three peaked slats joining swelled ring-turned stiles, above turned arm supports, splint seat, and swelled stretchers, ht. 25, seat ht. 6 in. $300-500

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60 Pair of Wrought Iron Three-light Candelabra, 18th/19th century, the tapering sockets on scrolling arms, straight shaft with decorative scrollwork, the base with four arched legs and splayed feet, ht. 15 1/2 in. $400-600 61 Small Redware Jug, New England, early 19th century, the ovoid jug with flaring neck tooled shoulder and applied strap handles, with manganese decoration, ht. 5 3/8 in. $200-300

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62 Mottled Green- and Orange-glazed Redware Jug, southern New Hampshire, early 19th century, the ovoid jug with slightly flaring neck, tooled shoulder, and applied strap handle, ht. 6 1/2 in.

Provenance: Roger Bacon. $300-500

58 Walnut Hanging Cupboard, Pennsylvania, 18th century, the molded cornice above a paneled door opening to shelves and two short drawers with carved fronts below, ht. 39, wd. 33, dp. 13 3/4 in. $1,000-1,500

59 Poplar and Maple Trestle Table, probably Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 18th century, the removable three board top above shaped supports ending in shoe feet and joined by a through-tenoned stretcher, old dry natural surface with areas of significant wear, (imperfections), ht. 28, wd. 66 1/2, dp. 31 in. $3,000-5,000

63 Four Black-glazed Graduated Jugs, North Shore, Massachusetts, late 18th/early 19th century, bulbous bodies with rolled lip and applied strap handle, ht. to 10 in. $400-600 64 Red-painted Buttocks Basket, New England, 19th century, with arched wood handle, ht. 7, wd. 13 1/2 in. $250-350

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The Pamela and Brian Ehrlich Collection, Mystic, Connecticut, Part I Lots 65–156 for more material from this collection, please see lots 1019-1043 in online sale 3303T at www.skinnerinc.com

Over forty-five years we have made our way ever deeper into America’s past— from living in Chicago with the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, and Mies van der Rohe, to Boston during the Bicentennial, we finally made our home in a 1777 farm house in Mystic, Connecticut.

Built by Nathan Stanton, a member of one of the founding families of the area, the house spoke to us, guiding the direction of our collecting and research to focus on New England—especially on New London County, Connecticut. This region was uniquely situated to serve as a crossroads of Colonial America, with influences from all of New England decorative arts coming together to create a “quirky,” recognizable style.

We delved into finding the stories of the long-ago people who created, used, and enjoyed the furniture and artworks we brought home. Many times we were surprised and delighted when serendipitously we discovered connections between objects in our collection. It seemed that we were bringing things together in meaningful ways.

In the process, we have had the privilege of meeting, being mentored by, and working with many knowledgeable, wonderful people associated with the various fields of Americana. We have made cherished friendships with dealers, collectors, researchers, and artisans. And beyond being collectors, we have become researchers and storytellers with the aim of passing on an appreciation and love for American art and history to future generations. It has now come time to pass on a portion of our life to you who share our interests.

We offer a part of our hearts. —The Erlichs

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65 Rhode Island Mahogany Shell-carved Watch Hutch and Silver Pocket Watch, c. 1770, the dovetailed case with molded front door and shell carving above the deep window, brass knob pull; silver pair-case fusee watch with movement with turned pillars by Bullingford, London, in a case made by Vale & Co., Birmingham, 1822, with Richard Drown, Newburyport, watchmaker paper indicating the watch was cleaned in 1836, watch hutch ht. 7 3/8, wd. 5 3/4, dp. 3 1/4 in.

Provenance: David Schorsch, from a private Connecticut collection. $2,000-4,000 66 Mahogany Pipe Box, attributed to the Goddard-Townsend School, Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1750-60, the arched and shaped back with shaped sides, the front corners with turned brass knob finials, over a single dovetailed butternut drawer with brass knob pull, with original iron hanging nail, original surface, ht. 19 3/4, wd. 4 3/4, dp. 4 3/4 in.

Provenance: Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut. $2,000-4,000

67 Needlework Sampler, Norwich, Connecticut, c. 1770-80, stitched with six lines of alphabet and numbers, with floral field above and house within a floral field below, framed, ht. 18 1/2, wd. 18 3/4 in.

Provenance: Carol and Stephen Huber, Old Saybrook, Connecticut. $1,000-1,500 68 Hoppin Family Document and Needlework Archive, late 18th/early 19th century, including two Dunn family memorial needlework pictures, an Elizabeth Pearce Jones needlework sampler, and approximately thirtyfive letters, receipts, and documents related to Hoppin family affairs and accounts.

Provenance: Howard Park and Northeast Auctions. $1,500-2,500

69 Queen Anne Rush-seat Side Chair, probably Connecticut River Valley, c. 1740-50, the spooned crest above a vasiform splat which fits into a molded shoe, on trapezoidal rushed seat, valanced front and side seat rails, and block, vase, and ring turnings on pad feet, ht.

43, seat ht. 18 3/4 in.

Provenance: Stephen Score; Peter Eaton; Marguerite Riordan.

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Note: Another chair from this same set is at Old Sturbridge Village, and traced to the Lamb family of Hadley, Massachusetts. $3,000-5,000

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74 Early Brass Bun-base Candlestick, Europe, mid17th century, with straight socket, turned stem, and wide bun base, ht. 9 3/8 in.

Provenance: Neal Eustus. $600-800 75 Three Brass Mid-drip Tapersticks, 17th century, a pair and one single, with wide drip catchers and flaring bases, ht. to 4 1/8 in.

Provenance: Nathan Liverant & Son; Peter Eaton. $400-600 76 Pair of Long Wrought Iron Ember Tongs, 18th century, with small penny pincers, pick and pipe tamp, lg. 21 1/4 in.

Provenance: Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut. $800-1,200 77 Red-painted Blanket Chest over Two Drawers, Connecticut River Valley, c. 1720-40, the molded top above a double arch-molded case of two faux short drawers, one faux long drawer, and two drawers below, with applied molding and tall turned feet, original snipe hinges and brass hardware, old red wash, ht. 43 1/2, wd. 38 3/4, dp. 18 1/2 in.

70 Grain-painted Rush Seat Side Chair, New Hampshire, c. 1740, the spooned crest rail above a vasiform splat set into a molded shoe, on trapezoidal rush seat, front seat rail with flattened arches, bulbous turnings, and well-carved Spanish feet, old painted surface, ht. 41 1/2, seat ht. 18 in.

Provenance: Robert Spencer, Essex, Connecticut; purchased from Marguerite Riordan. $6,000-8,000

Provenance: Sotheby’s, Adolph Meyer Collection, January 20, 1996; Marguerite Riordan. $3,000-5,000 77

71 Queen Anne Drop-leaf Dining Table, probably southeastern New England, c. 1740-60, the rectangular drop leaves on a shaped skirt with rolled apron joining four cabriole legs ending in pad feet, ht.

27 1/2, wd. 18, dp. 45 1/2 in.

Provenance: Mrs. May Hotchkiss Phelps, Bristol, Connecticut; Jeffrey Tillou. $800-1,200 72 Massive Turned Ash Bowl, America, 19th century, with wide rim and old iron staple repairs, ht. 10, dia.

28 in.

Provenance: John Walton, Marguerite Reardon. $800-1,200 73 Turned Burl Bowl, America, 19th century, the deep bowl with low turned foot, ht. 5, dia. 12 1/8 in. $800-1,200

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78 Dark Blue/green-painted Punch-carved Crease-molded Pine Chest, New London, Connecticut, c. 1700-30, the cleated top opens on snipe hinges above a well, the facade with central crease molding surrounded above and below by designs punched with a pinking iron, and the initials “AH,” possibly for Abigail Hempstead, and cutout skirt on sawtooth ends, old surface, (paint wear, minor wood losses), ht. 22, wd.

37 3/4, dp. 15 3/4 in.

Provenance: Possible descent in the Joshua Hempstead family, New London, Connecticut; Lemmens Auction, High Hill House, The Estate of George L. Considine, June 26–28, 1986; Christie’s, The Collection of the Late Lillian Blankley Cogan, Farmington, Connecticut, September 7, 1992; Marguerite Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut.

Literature: A similar chest is pictured in New London County Furniture, Lyman Allyn Museum catalog, 1974, p. 16, #6. In the entry for that chest, it is reported that “traditionally a member of the Hempstead family made the chest [which is lettered “IH,” possibly for Joseph Hempstead (1678-1758)].” The horizontal molding and the skirt cutout of that piece match those on this lot. It is possible that “AH” on this chest refers to Abigail Hempstead, daughter of Joshua Hempstead, and great-granddaughter of Robert and Joane Hempstead, who were among the cofounders of New London. $4,000-6,000

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79 Cherry Pole Screen, Connecticut, 18th century, the molded frame with needlework with Stonington history adjusts in height on a post with turned finial, continuing to a vaseand ring-turned tripod cabriole leg base, (pole restored), ht. 59, frame 20 3/4 x 18 3/4 in.

Provenance: Samuel Gager house, Bozrah, Connecticut.

Note: This pole screen relates to two pole screens offered and advertised by Joe Kindig in recent decades. $600-800 80 Carved and Red-painted Footwarmer, Connecticut, c. 1750-70, with carved six-pointed stars in circles, circle and heart pierced top, the front with stylized flower over “AV,” molded base, ht. 7 1/2, wd. 9 7/8, dp.

7 3/4 in.

Provenance: Marguerite Riordan. $600-800

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81 “Emily L. Wightman” Needlework Sampler and Family Record, Bozrah, Connecticut, dated 1840, stitched with three lines of alphabet and number over a vine framed verse flanked by potted flowers, seven lines of Wightman family record, and a scene of two women, a house, trees, flowers, bird, and column, singed in needlework below “Wrought

by Emily L. Wightman When 10 years of age R.A.Wall Teacher,” all within a meandering vine and flower border, framed, ht. 18 3/4, wd. 19 1/4 in.

Provenance: Carol and Stephen Huber, Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

Note: Emily L. Wightman was born in 1829.

She is a descendant of Bridget Allyn, whose sampler is offered as Lot 82. $1,500-2,500 82 “Bridget Allyn” Needlework Sampler, Groton, Connecticut, dated 1794, stitched with four lines of alphabet and numbers over “BRIDGET ALLYN/HER SAMPLER/DONE IN THE/YEAR 1794 IN/THE FOURTEEN/TH YEAR OF HER/AGE,” within a meandering vine and flower border, framed, ht. 11 3/4, wd.

10 in.

Note: Bridget Allyn is an ancestor of Emily L. Wightman, whose sampler is offered as Lot 81. $800-1,200

83 Set of Four Hand-colored “The Prodigal Son” Engravings, Amos Doolittle, Cheshire, Connecticut, 1814, including “The Prodigal Son Receiving his Patrimony,” “The Prodigal Son Revelling with Harlots,” “The Prodigal Son in Miser,” and “The Prodigal Son Returned to His Father,” all in original frames, ht. 16 3/8, wd. 12 1/2 in.

Provenance: Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut. $600-800 84 Turned Maple Yarn Winder, probably Rhode Island or Connecticut, 18th century, with finely turned and molded elements on a bulbous turned post and a tripod base with arris pad feet, with vestiges of old paint, ht. 44, winder dia.

26 1/2 in.

Provenance: Marguerite Riordan. $800-1,200

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85 Carved Cherry Tape Loom, America, dated 1774, the loom with handle decorated with a carved heart and “HH 1174” on one side and the other with a heart and TH 31 1774,” the shaped end with carved pinwheel on both sides, old tin repairs, lg. 24 1/2, wd. 7 3/4 in.

Provenance: Found on Long Island; Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut. $800-1,200 86 Three Small Baskets, late 19th/early 20th century, a small swing-arm Nantucket basket; a small swing-arm Taconic basket; and a small basket with bentwood handle, ht. to 3 1/4 in.

Provenance: The Nantucket basket from Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut; the Taconic basket from Bruce Sullivan, Stonington, Connecticut. $500-700 87 Two Brown-painted Splint Baskets, late 19th century, round tops with rectangular bases and bentwood handles, ht. to 5 1/2 in. $300-500 88 Tiger Maple High Chest of Drawers, Bozrah, Connecticut, area, 1773, the top section of thumb-molded graduated drawers, set into lower section of long drawer above short drawers, on valanced apron centering a heart cutout, joining arris-carved legs ending in pad feet, old surface, in a remarkable state of preservation, (imperfections), ht. 72, lower case wd. 38, lower case dp. 18 1/4 in.

Provenance: Presumed to have descended in the Gager Family of Bozrah, Connecticut. Likely purchased by the original owners upon the occasion of the 1773 marriage of Samuel Gager to Hannah Caulkins; purchased from Nathan Liverant and Son.

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Note: This chest of drawers at one point belonged to the Gager descendants whose miniature portraits were painted

by James Sanford Ellsworth, and which are offered as Lot 115 in this sale. $25,000-35,000

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89 Painted Maple Tray-top Tea Table, Connecticut River Valley, c. 1750-60, the rectangular top with applied molded edge, on a shaped skirt joining cabriole legs with arris knees ending in pad feet, old surface with vestiges of red, gray/blue and white paint layers, ht. 27 1/4, wd. 30, dp. 22 3/4 in.

Provenance: The estate of Elise Haggerty, Winchester, Connecticut; Nathan Liverant & Son. $10,000-15,000 90 Mahogany Veneer and Gilt-decorated Looking Glass, America or England, c. 176070, the crest centering an eagle above a frame with gilt-gesso molded edge and gilt-lined glass, ht. 52, wd. 26 1/2 in.

Provenance: Descended in the Reverend Devotion and Waldo families of Scotland, Connecticut; purchased from Liverant.

Note: The Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London held an exhibition (and published a catalog) in 1991, titled The Devotion Family: the lives and possessions of three generations in eighteenth-century Connecticut. $1,500-2,500

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91 Engraved, Watercolor, and Manuscript John B. and Dorcas Hollis Family Register, engraved by Richard Brunton, early 19th century, the sheet decorated with figures representing the four seasons, birds, flowers in urns, and the title “Remember Your Ancestors,” initialed “RB” in a round cartouche at the bottom of the image, framed ht. 11, wd. 9 in. $800-1,200 92 Schoolboy Copybook Page with Pen and Ink Picture of the Schooner Sea Horse, early 1820s, two-sided page, one side depicting mathematical problems and the image of the schooner, the other side explaining the “Rule of Three Direct,” signed “DRH/1821” at the bottom, in a mahogany veneer frame, ht. 22, wd. 16 1/2 in.

Note: The schooner Sea Horse was built in Saybrook, Connecticut, in 1792 and registered in 1799 for “coastal trade.” $500-700

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93 Engraved, Watercolor, and Manuscript John and Deborah Newell Family Register, engraved by Richard Brunton, early 19th century, the sheet decorated with figures representing the four seasons, birds, flowers in urns, and the title “Keep Sacred the Memory of Your Ancestors,” framed ht. 11 1/4, wd. 9 1/8 in.

Provenance: Hollis Broderick. $400-600 94 Three Miniature Watercolor Portraits on Ivory of Members of the Gurdon Hyde Family, Norwich, Connecticut, c. 1835, the portraits include Gurdon Hyde (b. 1801) dressed in a black jacket, his wife, Anne Merick Hyde, dressed in a black dress, and daughter, probably Cornelia Elnora Hyde (b. 1832), dressed in a purple dress, all in gilt mounts; with documents related to Gurdon Hyde including a diploma and military commission, miniature ht. to 2 1/4 in.

Provenance: Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $1,500-2,500

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95 Mahogany Ballot Box, America, 19th century, the box with pediment top on a case with brass handles, the front with turned aperture flanked by ivory plaques marked “YEA” and “NAY” over two drawers with turned brass pulls, and molded base, ht. 13, wd. 11, dp. 10 1/2 in.

Provenance: Quester Gallery, Stonington, Connecticut.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $400-600 96 Large Grand Canal Band Box, America, c.

1830, the wallpaper covered box with scenes of the Erie Canal printed in white and brown on a blue background, ht. 12 1/2, wd. 21, dp.

17 in.

Provenance: David Hillier. $400-600 97 Grand Canal Band Box, America, c. 1830, the wallpaper covered box with scenes of the Erie Canal printed in white and brown on a blue background, the lid with parrot, ht. 11 1/2, wd. 17 3/4, dp. 13 in.

98 Rare Tiger Maple Tall Case Clock with Elaborately Engraved Brass Dial, Reuben Ingraham and John Avery, Plainfield, Connecticut, c. 1790, the arched hood with glazed tombstone door opening to a finely engraved dial lettered “Reuben Ingraham/ PLAINFIELD” in the arch above roman and arabic numerals centering a seconds hand signed “John Avery” and calendar aperture, and engraved verse relating the ideal steadiness of time to the unpredictability of the human condition, the spandrels engraved with figural scenes lettered “SPRING,” “SUMMER,” “AUTUMN,” and “WINTER,” all bordered by rococo detail, on a waist with narrow molded tombstone door, and stepped heavily molded base, ht. 87 in.

Literature: Clockmakers and Craftsmen of the Avery Family in Connecticut, Amos G. Avery, The Connecticut Historical Society, 1987, pp. 149-55; American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornamentation, exhibition and catalog, Metropolitan Museum of Art, JanuaryMay, 1992, Harry Abrams Inc., p. 69; Timeless Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocks (Hohmann Holdings LLC, New York, 2009), pp. 114-15. $25,000-35,000

Provenance: Nevermore Antiques. $400-600

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99 Pair of Painted Windsor Sack-back Chairs, attributed to Amos Denison Allen, Lisbon and Norwich, Connecticut, late 18th century, with exaggerated knuckle handholds and bold vase and ring turnings, old surface, ht. 36, seat ht.

16 3/4 in.

Provenance: Descended in the Avery family of Willimantic, Connecticut; purchased from Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut. $8,000-12,000

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100 Black-painted Continuous-arm Windsor Chair, attributed to Ebenezer B. Tracy, Lisbon, Connecticut, c. 1800, with beaded crest rail continuing to shaped handholds, and swelled spindles above upholstered seat with early tacked leather, on bamboo-turned legs and stretchers, old surface of black paint over earlier red, (paint wear, imperfections), ht. 36, seat ht. 17 1/2 in. $2,000-4,000

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101 Windsor Sack-back High Chair, Elijah Tracy, Lisbon, Connecticut, c. 1790, with bold vase and ring turnings, and old surface of worn puce-colored paint, marked “E. TRACY� (twice) on the underside of the seat, (replaced footrest), ht. 34 1/2, seat ht. 20 3/4 in.

Provenance: Collection of Mitchel Taradash; Israel Sack. $4,000-6,000

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102 Cherry Splay-leg One-drawer Stand, Connecticut, c. 1800, the top with small ovolo corners on a canted skirt and conforming side-hung drawer continuing to square tapering legs, old mellow surface, (imperfections), ht. 27 1/2, wd. 20, dp. 19 3/4 in. $800-1,200 103 Mahogany Veneer Scroll Frame Mirror, late 18th century, ht. 24 3/4, wd. 14 in. $300-500 104 Blue/gray-painted Baby Tender, possibly Preston, Connecticut, area, late 18th/early 19th century, composed of canted posts joined by beaded horizontal slats, old surface over earlier red wash, (imperfections), ht. 19, base wd. 19, base dp. 19 in. $400-600 105 Child’s Sack-back Windsor Chair, New England, late 18th century, with shaped handholds, oval seat, and vase and ring turnings, ht. 27, seat ht. 10 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut. $800-1,200

106 American School, Early 19th Century Portrait of Mary Louise Burrows, Age 11 Months Unsigned, sitter identified on old labels on the back.

Pastel on laid paper, 24 x 18 in., in original molded and black-painted frame.

Condition: Minor surface abrasions in background, some wrinkling to paper.

Provenance: Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut.

Note: Also included with the portrait are eleven letters regarding her father, Enoch Burrows, and husband, Elias Brown, her son Charles, and his sister. $3,000-5,000

107 Diminutive Red-painted Maple Secretary Desk, probably Salem, Massachusetts, c.

1750-70, with flattened removable arched bonnet with flame-carved finials, above the case with two paneled doors opening to a divided interior with long shelf above a slant-lid and thumb-molded drawer, set into a molded frame with drawer joining four cabriole legs, ht. 63 1/2, cornice wd. 31 1/2, case dp. 17 3/4 in.

Provenance: John Walton, by 1987; Northeast Auctions, November 1994; Marguerite Riordan. $8,000-12,000

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108 Pair of Bell Metal Tapersticks, England, 18th century, with round bases and finger ring on the central knop, ht. 4 5/8 in.

Provenance: Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut. $600-800

109 Silk Needlework Picture of a House in North Andover, Massachusetts, c. 1810, the three-story brick house with fruit trees with birds and willow trees and flowers in the front yard, black and white diamond pattern walkway, and a brick fence in the front, in a dark-stained figured maple frame, ht. 24 1/2, wd. 26 1/2 in.

Provenance: Carol and Stephen Huber, Old Saybrook, Connecticut. $3,000-5,000

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110 Attributed to Sturtevant J. Hamblen (Maine/Massachusetts, act. 1837-1856) Double Portrait of a Husband and Wife Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in., in a modern grain painted frame.

Condition: Relined, craquelure, a few small spots/area of retouch.

Provenance: Robert Thayer; Wayne Pratt; Keno Auction, May 1 and 2, 2010. $7,000-9,000 111 Framed Watercolor and Pen & Ink Birth Records for Simeon and Susanna Brown, America, both with names and dates of birth above a central block of verse and bird bordered by meandering flower and vine decoration, in black-painted frames, ht. 8 3/4, wd. 10 5/8 in.

Provenance: Sotheby’s, January 2017. $1,000-1,500 112 Sarah Rodman “Tree of Life” Family Register and Calligraphic Work, Nantucket/ New Bedford, Massachusetts, early 19th century, the watercolor “Tree of Life” picture depicting the marriage of Samuel Rodman and Eliza Rotch, with their nine children; and a calligraphic work regarding “Memory” and “Humility,” framed, ht. to 23 3/4 in.

Note: Sarah Rodman (1793-1888) married whaling merchant Charles W. Morgan. The family register is scheduled to be published in Fruits of the Tree of Life: New Discoveries (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society, Autumn 2020). $800-1,200

113 Attributed to William Matthew Prior (Massachusetts/Maine, 1806-1873) Portrait of a Boy in a Red Dress Holding a Riding Crop Unsigned.

Oil on board, 18 x 12 in., in a modern molded and red- and black-painted frame.

Condition: 5-in. split in the board from the top through the left drapery, surface grime, no obvious retouch.

Provenance: Leigh Keno’s personal collection, Keno Auction, May 1 and 2, 2010. $6,000-8,000

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116 James Sanford Ellsworth (American, 1802/03-1874)

My Sister Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 2 3/4 x 2 1/8 in., in a molded and black-painted frame.

Condition: No obvious damage or repair. $800-1,200

Miniature Portraits of Samuel Parker and Fannie Herrick Parker Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, the figures seated in blue upholstered chairs, 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 in., in a molded grain painted frame.

Condition: Minor toning.

115 Miniature Watercolor Portraits of Samuel Gager III and Wealthy Ann Huntington, and Two Cased Photographs, James Sanford Ellsworth, c. 1843, the miniature portraits of the sitters in black clothing seated in red upholstered chairs, painted on paper with embossed edges; a daguerreotype of their daughters Ann Maria (b. September 15, 1828) and Lydia (b. June 16, 1834), and a cased ambrotype of an unidentified young woman, Ellsworth images ht. 3 1/8, wd. 2 5/8 in.

Provenance: David Hillier. $1,000-1,500

Provenance: Skinner, March 2, 2014, Lot 147; Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut.

Provenance: Robert Thayer.

Note: The Ellsworth images were originally mounted in front of the images in the accompanying case photographs. $1,000-1,500

117 American School, Mid-19th Century Miniature Portrait of a Boy Holding a Bird Unsigned.

Watercolor on ivory, dia. 2 in., in a gold mount, the back with gold cutout initialed monogram.

Condition: Green staining on the hands.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $600-800

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118 American School, Mid-19th Century Miniature Portrait of Anna Bunker, Moultonborough, New Hampshire Unsigned.

Watercolor and pencil on paper, 3 1/8 x 2 in., in a grain painted frame.

Condition: Fold lines, minor toning. $300-500

119 Two-sided Painted “Canal Hotel” Tavern Sign, Port Jervis, New York, c. 1826, the sign with scroll top and turned frame inscribed “CANAL HOUSE” illustrating the yellowpainted house, yellow- and red-painted canal boat being hauled by a horse, and “S. St. JOHN” in gilt letters on a black smalted background, ht. 41, wd. 32 in.

Provenance: Marguerite Riordan; Fred Giampetro.

Note: The Canal Hotel was operated by Stephen St. John between 1826 and 1828.

The building, a military blockhouse in its earlier form, built prior to 1760, was known as Fort Decker. It was renovated into a private dwelling in 1793 and was sold to Stephen St. John in 1819. The hotel was used to lodge laborers constructing the Delaware and Hudson Canal in the late 1820s. Today the house is maintained by the Minisink Valley Historical Society & Museum. $40,000-60,000

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120 Green-painted Tin Hanging Lantern, 19th century, with arched tin straps on the top connecting to a central hanging loop, four windows, and conical feet, ht. 10 1/4 in.

Provenance: David Hillier. $400-600 121 Paint-decorated Dome-top Box, America, mid-19th century, the red-painted box decorated with black spots, the back inscribed “L. Hall.,” iron handles with heart escutcheons on the ends, ht. 12, wd. 28, dp.

13 1/2 in.

Provenance: Descended through the Davenport family; Bruce Sullivan.

Note: A similar example is in the Old Sturbridge Village collection. $400-600

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122 Red-painted Miniature Bannister-back Great Chair, Rockland County, New Jersey, c. 1809, turned stiles with urn finials, scrolling arms, turned stretchers, and rush seat, with silver plate engraved “Rebecca Remsen/From Her/Father/1809,” ht. 12 5/8 in.

Provenance: Eric Gronning; Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut.

Note: Rebecca Remsen was born June 20, 1803, in Clarkstown, Rockland County, New Jersey. $3,000-5,000

125 Manuscript Muster and Size Roll of Captain Benjamin Hoppin’s Company of Colonel John Topham’s 1st Rhode Island Regiment, April 27, 1778, the roll detailing the names and descriptive information related to sixtynine men of the regiment including four black soldiers, framed, sheet ht. 29, wd. 12 1/2 in.

Provenance: Howard Park, Stonington, Connecticut. $2,000-4,000 126 American School, c. 1790 122

123 Rufus Porter Attributed Paint-decorated Box, Thurmnat, Maryland, area, c. 1820, the front and sides with a scene of white buildings with red roofs in a hilly landscape with tall trees, the worn hinged lid opening to a well with a small till, molded base, ht. 10 3/8, wd.

16 1/2, dp. 12 5/8 in.

Provenance: Collection of Mr. & Mrs. John Thayer; Robert Thayer. According to Robert Thayer, the damage to the top occurred when the previous owners’ daughter sat on the box.

At the time, it was being used as a toy chest for the family children.

Note: Rufus Porter traveled southward between 1819 and 1820, painting portraits from Boston through New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, and Virginia. The decorative motif on the box is very similar to the style used by Porter on his documented painted walls in New England. $4,000-6,000

124 Moravian School Landscape Theorem, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Anna G. Triebels, 1828, depicting a castle in a hilly and treelined landscape with a hunter and two spotted dogs, in a likely original frame, ht. 25 1/4, wd.

31 in.

Provenance: Old Print Shop; Marguerite Riordan.

Note: Old label on the reverse notes that this theorem was painted by Anna G. Triebels while attending the Moravian School at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as a day scholar from 1828 to 1830. $800-1,200

Miniature Portrait of an American Militia Officer Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 4 x 2 3/4 in., in a mahogany veneer frame.

Condition: Minor toning, not examined out of frame.

Provenance: Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut. $600-800 127 Manuscript Letter from Joseph Smith to Benjamin Hoppin While Imprisoned in Tripoli, Tripoli, April 14, 1805, lamenting his not receiving any recent communication from Hoppin and lamenting his situation “a correspondent who has been for these eighteen months past shut up within the walls of a dreary prison, cut off from all external communications, not allowed to see or to speak to any one except our guard,” four pages, framed, ht. 12 1/4, wd. 18 in. $300-500

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128 Stonington Carved Powder Horn, Stonington, Connecticut, 1812, the horn with carved decoration including the Amos Palmer House, built 1787 on one side, “STONING/ TON” below a row of trees and “AW/1812” on the back, lg. 12 in.

130 Rare First Phase Wax Relief Miniature of Gaspard Monge, France, Jacques-Edouard Gatteaux, c. 1820, the painted relief bust of a man facing to the left on a flat disk, signed “E GATTEAUX” below the bust, on a leather background and black-painted molded frame, miniature dia. 1 1/2 in.

Provenance: George Palmer collection.

Provenance: Never Bird Antiques, 2015.

Note: “AW” may refer to Allyn Wheeler, 7th Company, or Asa Wilcox, 9th Company. $2,500-3,500 129 Chapeau de Bras of Captain John Woodmansee and Grand Canal Hat Box, America, c. 1830, the beaver felt hat with woven eagle-decorated binding tape and silver bullion cord, silk lining with “WILDMAN & HAMILTON” hat makers of Hartford label and red feather plume, housed in a wallpaper-covered box with scenes of the Erie Canal printed in white and brown on a blue background, with a property deed to Woodmansee and provenance documents, ht.

9, wd. 16 1/2 in.

Note: The medal that this miniature was apparently the model for commemorated Gaspard Monge, Comte de Peluse (17461818), a French mathematician who invented descriptive and differential geometry. He was elected to the Academy of Sciences in 1780.

The medal was struck in Paris in 1822. $400-600 131 Hand-sewn George Washington Profile Figure, sewn by a girl in Mystic, Connecticut, late 19th century, the figure dressed in a blue and buff uniform with bullion fringe epaulette and hat, painted face, framed, ht. 17 7/8, wd.

11 in. $800-1,200

Provenance: Siro Toffolon collection. $800-1,200

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132 Lavinia Wilcox Mahogany Lap Desk, an Albumen Photograph of Lavinia, a Ship’s Log from the Bark United States, and a Scrimshaw Whale’s Tooth, mid19th century, the lap desk with slanted foldout writing surface, the box opening to a compartmented interior with three drawers with turned whalebone pulls and whale’s tooth inlay including a plaque inscribed “L. Wilcox,” and two drawers with baleen fronts; the photograph of Lavinia in a reeded Victorian frame; the log kept by Captain Thomas Wilcox spanning 1851 to 1854, including entries up to the day before he died while whaling in the Pacific Ocean; and a small scrimshaw whale’s tooth decorated with basket of flowers and vines, the back with double heart and arrows, desk ht. 9 3/4, wd. 19 7/8, dp. 12 1/2 in.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products.

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Provenance: Sotheby’s, July 23, 1993; Marguerite Riordan.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products.

Buyers are responsible for shipping. $1,500-2,500

134 Four Early Carved and Scrimshawdecorated Busks, America, late 19th/19th century, two chip-carved busks with geometric, heart, and pinwheel decoration, a whalebone busk with hearts, flowers, and a house, and a baleen busk with a heart, crossed flags, sailing ship, house, horse, and woman, all displayed on a chamfered, redpainted panel, busk ht. to 13 1/4 in.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products.

Buyers are responsible for shipping. $1,000-1,500

135 Miniature Carved Serpentine-front Scrolltop Desk/Bookcase, Edwin R. King, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1939, the upper section with shaped recessed paneled doors opening to pigeonholes and deep shell-carved drawers, the lower section with slant lid opening to a stepped interior of shell-carved drawers and compartments above a case of four serpentine graduated drawers, all on ogee bracket base, ht. 11, lower case wd. 5 1/4 in.

Note: A handwritten note affixed to the inside of the bottom drawer reads: “A RE-PRODUCTION!/THIS: KING-MADE! SERPENTINE FRONT (MINI-/ATURE) SECRETARY DESK WAS MADE BY ME AT/ MY SHOP...” and is further inscribed and signed “156 Chestnut Street/New Bedford, Massachusetts/July 3, 1939/ Edwin R. King.” $1,000-1,500

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136 Turned and Black-painted Four-post Doll Bed, America, mid-19th century, the posts with turned brass knob finials, angular headboard with a molded frame and board surface, and hand-stitched block pattern quilt, the bottom of the bed stamped “PROPERTY/ MRS. J.A. HASKELL,” ht. 16 3/4, wd. 9 1/2, dp. 14 in. $800-1,200 137 Red-painted Woven Splint Doll’s Cradle, probably Maine, 19th century, with feather mattress and maple rockers, ht. 6 1/2, wd. 10, dp. 5 1/4 in.

Provenance: Hillary Nolan. $250-350 138 Red- and Blue-painted Doll’s Cradle, America, early 19th century, with shaped bonnet and end, arched rockers, ht. 9, wd.

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Provenance: Bruce Sullivan. $300-500

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139 Chip-carved and Black-painted Candle Box, America, late 18th/early 19th century, the box carved from a single piece of pine, ht. 3 1/4, wd. 6 3/4, dp. 18 in.

Provenance: Descended through the Davenport family; Bruce Sullivan, Stonington, Connecticut. $700-900

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140 Paint-decorated Cricket Stool, Guilford, Connecticut, 19th century, the salmon body with black and yellow decoration and arched legs, the black-painted top with floral decoration, ht. 6 3/4, wd. 11, dp. 6 in.

Provenance: David Hillier. $200-400

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6 7/8 in.

Provenance: Bruce Sullivan. $400-600 142 Miniature Pornographic Man in a Coffin, late 19th century, the coffin housing a carved man in a black suit with concealed articulated anatomy, ht. 3 7/8 in.

144 Small Turned and Dated Burl Bowl, America, with wide rim and low foot, the back carved with date “1818,” and with an old partially legible note adhered to the back, ht. 1 3/4, dia. 7 in. $400-600 145 Large Turned and Green-painted Bowl, America, 19th century, maple with low turned foot, ht. 7, dia. 22 3/4 in. $600-800

Provenance: Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut. $600-800

146 Green-painted Trencher, America, 19th century, the rectangular trencher with painted exterior, ht. 4 1/2, wd. 19 1/8, dp. 10 1/4 in.

143 Small Turned Burl Bowl, America, 19th century, with narrow rim and low foot, ht. 2 1/2, dia. 6 in. $300-500

Provenance: Bruce Sullivan. $300-500

148 Two Small Yellow-painted Berry Pails, late 19th century, with green sponge decoration and iron hoops, ht. 4 3/8, dia. 5 1/2 in. $300-500 149 Two Woven Coverlets, America, early 19th century, a blue and white coverlet with floral decoration, and eagle border, the corners with “LYDIA/McMahon/JULY 4/1827,” and a red, white, and brown coverlet with geometric decoration, approx. ht. 92 in. $400-600

150 Early Bird-incised Cobalt-decorated Jar, Norwich, Connecticut, early 19th century, tall ovoid form with flat rim and applied handles, the front with incised and cobalt-decorated bird decoration, ht. 13 in. $800-1,200

147 Nine Miniature Oval and Round Pantry Boxes, 19th century, the finger-lapped seams secured with iron or copper tacks, wd. to 5 1/8 in. $600-800

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152 Two Framed Chickasaw Indian Land Purchase Documents Related to Gurdon Hyde, 1836, 1838, a deed purchasing sections 23 and 24 in DeSoto County, Mississippi, from the Chickasaw Nation dated November 11, 1836; and a deed purchasing sixty-seven acres in Pontotoe, Mississippi, from the Chickasaw Nation dated August 14, 1838, signed by President Martin Van Buren, framed, ht. to 23 1/2 in. $300-500

153 Carved Woodland Crooked Knife with House Handle, possibly Maine, 19th century, the curved blade on a cord-wrapped handle with carved house top, with custom stand, lg. 11 3/4 in.

Provenance: Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut. $400-600 154 Four Native American Paint-decorated Baskets, 19th century, a rectangular open top basket, a tall swing-arm basket, a basket with two bentwood handles, and a small rectangular basket, all with paint-decorated splints, wd. to 20 1/2 in.

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Provenance: The red and green striped basket, Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut. $600-800 155 Large Covered Native American Paintdecorated Basket, 19th century, the basket with red, green, and black floral and meandering patterns, round top, square base, ht. 14, dia. 18 in.

Provenance: Marguerite Riordan. $400-600

151 Latin American Engraved Silver “Milagros” Figure, 19th century, the kneeling figure with wrigglework and engraved body and clothing details, initialed “AC” at the waist, in a black-painted frame, figure ht. 3 1/4 in. $300-500

156 Miniature Native American Woven Splint Lidded Basket, America, late 19th century, the rectangular basket composed of red-, yellow-, and blue-stained splints, ht. 3, wd. 3 1/2, dp. 3 in.

Provenance: Found in Vermont; Courcier and Wilkins Antiques, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts. $300-500

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157 Paint-decorated Pine Box with Drawer, attributed to Robert Crosman, Taunton, Massachusetts, c. 1727, the molded lift top opens to a well, on a dovetail-constructed box with applied single-arch molding and a drawer, all on a flat base with rounded edge, the box with red/brownpainted ground, the front initialed “IP” within a white wavy lined panel with a lead escutcheon; two free-standing red and white birds flank a V-shaped vine with scrolling stems, red berries, and flowers, original surface, (paint wear, one drawer knob broken off), ht. 10, wd. 16, dp. 9 in.

Literature: The Magazine Antiques, April 1933, “The Tantalizing Chests of Taunton,” by Esther Stevens Frazier [an early researcher on painted furniture], pp. 135-36, fig. 5, illustrated. The author suggests the possibility that the initials “IP” are for Jerusha Pineo. $15,000-25,000

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158 Samuel Draper Gold and Enamel Mourning Ring, America, c. 1767, the gold ring with with coffin-shaped stone and tiny pen and ink image of a skeleton behind, the exterior of the band with black enamel and gold lettering “S. DRAPER:O.B. 21 MAR 1767:AE:30,” size 6.

Note: Samuel Draper (1737-1767) was a prominent citizen of Boston, Massachusetts.

He was the grandson of Richard Draper, a merchant who helped furnish the lumber from which Faneuil Hall was built. Samuel was the co-founder of the “Fowle & Draper” printing house on Marlborough St. His grave is in the Granary Burying Ground. $7,000-9,000

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159 Colonel Samuel Thaxter Gold and Enamel Mourning Ring, America, c. 1740, the gold ring with coffin shaped stone and tiny pen and ink image of a skeleton behind, flanked by single smaller stones, the exterior of the band with black enamel and gilt lettering “S:THAXTER ESQ:O.B. 13:NOV 1740:AE:76,” dia. 13/16 in.

Provenance: By direct descent from Benjamin Lincoln to the consignor, Hingham, Massachusetts.

Note: Colonel Samuel Thaxter (16651740) was a prominent citizen of Hingham, Massachusetts, being a member of the commission that settled the boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode Island in 1719, and commander of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1728. He was the grandfather of John Hancock and Major General Benjamin Lincoln. $2,000-3,000

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160 William Cowell Sr. Silver Tablespoon, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1719, the Hanoverian pattern spoon engraved on the back of the handle “C/SK/1719,” lg. 7 7/8 in., approx. 1.9 troy oz.

Provenance: The Benjamin Lincoln House, Hingham, Massachusetts. $200-300 161 Westerwald “GR” Jug, Germany, mid-18th century, the bulbous jug with reeded and manganese glazed neck, molded crown over “GR” surrounded by incised and cobalt decoration, ht. 7 1/4 in.

Provenance: Benjamin Lincoln House, Hingham, Massachusetts. $400-600

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162 The Gentleman and Lady’s Musical Companion, by John Stickney, published by Daniel Bayley, Newburyport, Massachusetts, c. 1774, “Sarah Elizabeth Lincoln Baylies” inscribed inside the front cover, 212 pages.

Provenance: The Benjamin Lincoln House, Hingham, Massachusetts. $300-500

163 Staffordshire Trailed Slip-decorated Earthenware Dish, England, c. 1780, the round dish with coggled rim and dense yellow trailed slip on a dark brown background, dia.

13 3/8 in. $3,000-5,000 164 Rectangular Staffordshire Combed Slipdecorated Earthenware Dish, England, c.

1780, the dish with coggled rim and lines of combed yellow slip on a dark brown background, ht. 9, wd. 11 1/8 in.

Provenance: Morphets Auctioneers, England. $3,000-5,000

165 Trailed Slip-decorated Earthenware Dish, England, c. 1780, the deep round dish with multiple lines of yellow wavy slip on a dark brown ground, coggled rim, dia. 10 1/8 in.

168 Round Trailed Slip-decorated Earthenware Dish, Staffordshire, c. 1790, the deep dish with yellow slip wavy and loop pattern decoration on a dark brown background, plain rim, dia. 11 3/4 in.

Provenance: John Howard, Woodstock, England. $3,000-5,000

Provenance: Brightwell’s Auctions. $2,000-3,000

166 Combed Slip-decorated Earthenware Dish, England, c. 1750, the deep round dish with five rows of yellow trailed and combed slip on a brown slip background, plain rim, old staple repair on the back, dia. 11 1/8 in.

Provenance: Woolley and Walls Auctions, Salisbury, England. $3,000-5,000

167 Staffordshire Trailed Slip-decorated Earthenware Dish, England, c. 1790, decorated with yellow trailed slip in a wavy and double loop pattern on a dark brown background, plain rim, dia. 9 1/2 in. $2,000-3,000

169 Staffordshire Trailed Slip-decorated Earthenware Dish, England, c. 1790, decorated with yellow trailed slip in a wavy and double loop pattern on a dark brown background, plain rim, dia. 11 in.

Provenance: John Howard, Woodstock, England. $3,000-5,000 170 Staffordshire Trailed Slip-decorated Earthenware Dish, England, 18th century, the deep dish with flat bottom and coggle rim decorated with trailed and dotted slip, ht. 2 3/4, dia. 13 1/8 in.

Provenance: Jonathan Horne; Paul E. Walter Collection, Christie’s. $3,000-5,000

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179 Glazed Earthenware Wall Fountain, France, c. 1830, the granite texture, glazed, urn-form fountain with swag decoration and pedestal base, the top with ball finial, ht. 18 1/2 in.

Provenance: Mallet; Sotheby’s London, March 9, 2007. $400-600 181

180 Glazed Earthenware Jug, England, dated 1794, ovoid form with rolled rim and applied strap handle, the front marked “I SKIRTT/1794,” ht. 11 1/2 in.

171 Five Press-molded Octagonal Tortoiseshell-glazed Earthenware Plates, Staffordshire, England, third quarter 18th century, the plates with reeded rims, ht. 8 1/4, wd. 8 1/4 in. $600-800

175 Staffordshire Slip-decorated Earthenware Marriage Plate, England, c. 1810, the round plate inscribed “G/BE/1810” in yellow slip within a stylized yellow slip rope border, plain rim, dia. 8 1/4 in. $2,000-3,000

172 Five Press-molded Tortoiseshell-glazed Earthenware Plates, Staffordshire, England, third quarter 18th century, three round plates with lattice and wreath rims, two with barley pattern rims, dia. to 9 1/2 in. $600-800

176 Staffordshire Slip-decorated Earthenware Jug, England, c. 1820-30, the ovoid jug with tall neck, spout, and applied strap handle, decorated with trailed slip cloud, lattice, and floral decoration, ht. 12 in. $600-1,200

173 Four Press-molded Tortoiseshell-glazed Earthenware Plates, Staffordshire, England, third quarter 18th century, a dinner plate with bead and reel decoration, a dinner plate with feather edge decoration, a small plate with barley pattern decoration, and a small plate with dot, diaper, and basketweave decoration, dia. to 9 3/4 in. $400-600

177 Pair of Coalport Porcelain Blue-ground Shropshire Election Jugs, 1841, inscribed in gilt “God Speed the Plow” and “God Protect the Church” along with celebratory inscriptions about the election and the names of the elected representatives of the county, ht. 9 in.

174 Rectangular Slip-decorated Earthenware Loaf Dish, England, c. 1820, the dish with rounded ends and lines of trailed yellow slip on a brown background, ht. 11 3/4, wd. 15 in. $2,000-3,000

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Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, December 5, 1915, Lot 278. $800-1,200 178 English Variegated Pottery Jug, Staffordshire, third quarter 18th century, potted from red and buff clay with green glaze streaking, applied strap handle with pinched base, ht. 7 in. $1,500-2,000

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Provenance: Garry Atkins, 2004. $800-1,200

181 Polychrome Decorated Adam and Eve Charger, London, England, c. 1700, the figures flanking a central tree, blue dash rim, dia. 13 in.

Provenance: Christie’s New York, December 15, 2015. $2,500-3,500 182 Glazed Stoneware Bellarmine Jug, Germany, 17th century, with molded face on the neck and rosette on the body, ht. 12 1/2 in. $600-800

183 English School, Mid-17th Century Anti-Papal Allegory with Martin Luther Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 41 3/4 x 79 in., molded and black-painted frame, depicting Luther surrounded by Calvin and several Protestant leaders gathered around a table with the names of the figures depicted inscribed on the table.

Condition: Relined, scattered retouch. $4,000-6,000

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184 Attributed to Thomas Hudson (United Kingdom, 1701-1779) Portrait of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764) Unsigned, subject identified on a c. 1932 label affixed to the back of the frame, the artist misattributed as Sir Godfrey Kneller (England/ Germany, 1646-1723) on that label.

Oil on canvas, the subject in his official robes, seated and holding a letter, his crest-emblazoned satchel on a table behind him 50 x 39 in., in an elaborate gilt-gesso frame.

Condition: Relined, restretched, inpainting in spots, small areas, and lines.

Provenance: Descended in the family of the sitter to Susan Amelia Yorke, daughter of the Venerable and Honorable Henry Reginald Yorke, Archdeacon and Canon of Ely and brother of the 4th Earl of Hardwicke; Auction, Phillips, Son, and Neale, 1932; Private Collection; Donated to a Private Maryland Institution, 1950.

Note: Correspondence between curators and administrators in the United States and the United Kingdom in the early 1980s corrects the early 20th century misattribution of the painting from Kneller to Hudson. $8,000-12,000

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185 Attributed to Charles Bridges (Virginia/ England, 1670-1747) Portrait of a Young Woman Artist identified on a nameplate.

Oil on canvas, 39 x 31 1/2 in., in a molded and black-painted frame.

Condition: Thick varnish layer, no obvious retouch. $3,000-5,000

186 Fine and Rare Chippendale Carved Mahogany Reverse Serpentine Bureau, coastal Massachusetts, c. 1760-80, with overhanging molded top on a conformingly shaped cockbeaded case of four graduated drawers with blocked ends and flanking reeded quarter-columns, all on a molded base of claw-and-ball feet with shaped returns centering a scrolled and fan-carved pendant, original brass, old finish, (minor imperfections), ht. 33 1/2, case wd. 36, case dp. 21 in.

Provenance: Alvin C. Detwiler, Washington, DC, 1932; Mr. C.W. Hurst, Summit, New Jersey, purchased from Mr. Detwiler by Mr. Hurst for $900; by descent to Mrs. Stanley G. Welsh; thence to the present owner.

Note: A 1964 letter from Israel Sack, Inc., New York, to Mrs. Welsh asks for permission to include this bureau in an upcoming publication featuring “the finest pieces produced by our Colonial craftsmen.” In addition, an old inventory completed in 1932 by Alvin Detwiler reads “everyone who has seen the piece including [legendary antiquarians] Morris Schwartz, Charlie Lyons, and Willoughby Farr say this is the finest chest of its type they have seen.” $50,000-100,000

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187 Cherry Scroll-top High Chest of Drawers, probably north shore of Massachusetts, c.

1740-60, the molded arched cresting above a thumb-molded fan-carved drawer flanked by short drawers, above four graduated long drawers, set into a lower section of long drawer above a similarly fan-carved drawer and short drawers, with flat-top arch cutout skirt joining cabriole legs ending in pad feet, brasses appear original, old refinish, ht. with finial 83, lower case wd. 38, lower case dp.

20 in. $4,000-6,000

188 Rare Set of Three Silver Casters, Simeon Soumaine, New York, c. 1740, baluster form, in sizes for sugar, mustard, and pepper, the body with engraved crest and molded foot, domed covers with baluster finial and pierced decoration, one with engraved blind piercing, each caster and cover marked “SS” in a sunken cartouche, the tallest ht. 8, smaller pair ht. 6 5/8 in., approx. 28.5 troy oz.

Provenance: Constantine & Pletcher Auction, Cheswick, Pennsylvania, 2011. This set of three casters along with a fourth octagonal caster, also by Soumaine, bearing the arms of Joshua Maddox of Philadelphia, descended through the Van der Veer family and were sold as a single lot. The Maddox caster is now in the Yale University Art Gallery collection.

Note: Sets of three 18th century American silver casters rarely survive. There are only two other known complete sets documented, both made by Adrien Bancker of New York. The Yale University Art Gallery preserves a partial set of two Soumaine casters along with the single Maddox piece sold with the presently offered set in 2012.

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Soumaine’s work is distinctive in that the underside of the foot of these three casters retains a rough cast, unfinished, surface. This same trait is present on the Maddox caster and a related Maddox sugar caster in the Yale University Art Gallery collection.

X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry analysis of the casters was conducted by the Scientific Research and Analysis Laboratory (SRAL) at Winterthur Museum comparing the silver alloy utilized in the production of these casters to other Simeon Soumaine pieces.

The full report is available upon request. $20,000-40,000

189 Paul Revere Jr. Silver Tablespoon, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1789, the end of the plain handle engraved with the monogram “SSP” for Samuel and Sarah Parkman, the back marked “REVERE” in a sunken cartouche (Kane mark D), lg. 8 5/8 in., approx. 2.4 troy oz.

Provenance: Koopman & Co., Boston, January 13, 1909.

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Literature: For similarly monogrammed examples see Patricia Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers (New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1998), pp. 833-834. $6,000-8,000

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192 John Burt Silver Teapot, Boston, second quarter 18th century, the bulbous teapot with scrolling handle, floral engraving around the top, turned wood knop on the hinged lid, ht. 4 3/4 in., approx. 10.9 troy oz. $1,000-1,500 193 Silver Teapot, Anthony Rasch, New Orleans, Louisiana, c. 1830, the cushion-shaped body with shell borders, eagle head spout, molded paw feet and carved wood handle, the lid with flower handle, ht. 6 1/2 in., approx. 35.7 troy oz. $600-800

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190 Four-piece Coin Silver Tea Set and Seven Spoons, William Thomson, New York, c.

1820, the teapot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug, and waste bowl with petal-decorated body with shell border and hunting scene molded rim, six tablespoons, and a salt spoon, all with engraved monograms and marked “W Thomson” in a sunken cartouche, ht. to 9 1/4 in., approx. 79.6 troy oz. $1,000-1,500

191 Two Daniel Parker Silver Canns, Boston, third quarter 18th century, baluster-form canns with scrolling handles and leaf thumb-rests, the bottoms marked “D.PARKER” in a sunken cartouche, one cann with monogram on the front, the other engraved “William Stevenson/ to/William Stevenson Curtis/1847,” ht. 5 1/4 in., approx. 25.4 troy oz. $1,000-1,500

194 Cast Iron Joseph Webb “The Free Masons Arms” Fireback, Boston, third quarter of the18th century, the arched top panel with central crest displaying three castles and a compass, within a foliate border with bird perched above, over a scroll inscribed “FOLLOW REASON,” remnants of “SOLD BY JOSEPH WEBB BOSTON” signature along the bottom, (oxidized surface with losses), ht. 25 1/4, wd. 26 1/2 in.

Provenance: Found on Cape Cod. $4,000-6,000

195 Queen Anne Walnut and Walnut Veneer Dressing Table, North Shore, Massachusetts, 1730-50, the top with four matched veneer panels surrounded by herringbone inlay, above a case with similarly veneered and inlaid drawers with double-beaded surrounds, above a cutout skirt joining four cabriole legs ending in pad feet on platforms, old refinish, (minor imperfections), ht. 30, overall wd. 33, case wd. 27 5/8, overall dp. 19 5/8, case dp.

17 1/4 in.

Provenance: Family descent from the Gould family of Newburyport, Massachusetts, to the Tyler, Pierce, and Hutchins families of the Concord, New Hampshire, area.

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Literature: This piece is stylistically similar to plate 31 in New England Furniture: The Colonial Era Selections from SPNEA by Brock Jobe and Myrna Kaye, Boston, 1984. $6,000-8,000

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196 Queen Anne Tiger Maple High Chest of Drawers, Long Island, New York, area, 18th century, the cornice molding above an upper and lower case of thumb-molded drawers above a cyma curved skirt and cabriole legs on pad feet, old refinish, (restoration), ht. 70, wd. 35 1/2, dp. 17 3/4 in. $2,000-4,000

197 Queen Anne Tiger Maple Chest-on-Frame, Newport, Rhode Island, 1750-65, the upper case consists of five thumb-molded graduated drawers ending in an ogee molding which fits on a frame with shaped front skirt and central drop pendant and shaped sides above cabriole legs ending in slender slipper feet, brasses appear original, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 59 3/4, case wd. 36, overall wd. 39, case dp. 17 3/4 in. $2,000-3,000

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198 Queen Anne Carved Maple Armchair, Massachusetts, c. 1740-60, with spooned crest, vasiform splat, beaded stiles, carved and scrolled arms and handholds, block-, vase-, and ring-turned stretchers, and carved Spanish feet, ht. 42 3/4, seat ht. 17 in. $2,000-2,500

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199 Queen Anne Maple Armchair, Massachusetts, c. 1740-60, with spooned crest, vasiform splat, shaped arms with scrolled handholds, and block, vase, and ring turnings, all on carved Spanish feet, ht. 42, seat ht. 16 1/2 in. $2,000-2,500

200 Small and Fine Chippendale Mahogany Dining Table, Newport, Rhode Island, c.

1760-75, the rectangular drop-leaf top set on a narrow frame with arched apron and squared cabriole legs ending in claw-and-ball feet, old finish, (minor imperfections), ht. 27, wd. 13 1/4, wd. open 40, dp. 38 in.

Provenance: Hope Goddard Iselin, Wolber Hollow, Long Island.

Literature: For a closely related table, see Michael Moses, Master Craftsman of Newport: the Townsends and the Goddards, p. 47, figure 1-34, illustrated. $8,000-12,000

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201 Queen Anne Maple Drop-leaf Table, New England, mid-18th century, the circular top above a rolled apron joining cabriole legs ending in pad feet, old dark stained surface, (imperfections), ht. 27 1/4, dia. 42 in. $800-1,200 202 Chippendale Mahogany Dished Tilt-top Candlestand, probably Massachusetts, c.

1760-80, on a vase- and ring-turned post and tripod base of cabriole legs, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 28 3/4, dia. 22 1/2 in. $800-1,200 203 Chippendale Walnut and Maple Candlestand, c. 1800, the turned tray top on a turned maple post and tripod base of cabriole legs, (top and base antique but by association), ht. 28, top dia. 14 in. $500-700

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204 Chippendale Mahogany Block-front Slantlid Desk, Massachusetts, c. 1760-80, the thumb-molded lid opens to a stepped interior of shell-carved prospect door flanked by shell-carved drawers, blocked drawers, and compartments all above three drawers, on a cockbeaded case of four graduated drawers, on claw-and-ball feet with shaped returns, original brass pulls, old refinish, ht. 44 1/4, case wd. 40, case dp. 20 1/2 in. $8,000-12,000

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205 Set of Six Federal Horsehair-upholstered Square-back Side Chairs, probably Salem, Massachusetts, c. 1800, the slightly arched molded crests above four flared slats joined by a molded shoe, on tacked overupholstered seats with bowed front rail joining molded square-tapering legs on stretchers, ht. 36 1/2, seat ht. 17 3/4 in. $1,500-2,500

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206 Classical Carved Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Server, probably Salem, Massachusetts, c. 1820-25, with half-serpentine ends joined to the serpentine front by ovolo corners, above a conformingly shaped case of long drawer above an arched opening and two short drawers, all flanked by half-columns carved with flowers on a punchwork ground continuing to ring-turned and spiral-carved legs and feet, ht. 31, wd. 37 1/2, dp. 19 1/4 in. $2,500-3,500 207 Diminutive Yellow-painted, Putty-painted, and Paint-decorated Dressing Table, New England, early 19th century, the scrolled backsplash above two small drawers, projecting work surface, and straight skirt with long drawer, original surface with floral and foliate decoration, black and tan striping, brown putty paint, and yellow ground overall, (paint wear), overall ht. 38 1/4, top wd. 34 1/4, top dp. 16 in. $300-500

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208 Cable- and Cat’s-eye Slip-decorated Jug, England, early 19th century, blue, black, and orange cable decoration on bands of gray and buff slip, orange, blue, and white cat’s-eye decoration on bands of light blue slip, shoulder with green-glazed rouletting, applied strap handle with foliate terminals, (restoration), ht. 7 5/8 in. $400-600 209 Slip-decorated Barrel-form Jug, England, early 19th century, with blue and white cabling and black dots on an orange slip field bordered by alternating bands of blue and black slip, applied strap handle with foliate terminals, ht. 7 in. $400-600

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210 Slip-decorated Barrel-form Jug, England, early 19th century, with two wide bands of dark brown slip with overlapping rings of white slip, bordered by blue and ochre slip bands, applied strap handle with foliate terminals, ht.

7 in. $400-600 211 Slip-decorated Barrel-form Jug, England, early 19th century, with two dark brown slip bands decorated with streaks of blue, orange, and white slip, bordered by narrow bands of orange slip, applied strap handle with foliate terminals, ht. 7 1/8 in. $400-600 212 Cable- and Slip-decorated Quart Tankard, England, early 19th century, the cable decoration on a band of ochre slip with alternating bands of light blue, black, and ochre slip, the top with green-glazed reeding, tinned sheet iron lid, ht. 6 1/2 in. $300-500 213 Cable- and Slip-decorated Quart Mug, England, early 19th century, with brown, blue, white, and black cable decoration on a blue slip field bordered by bands of brown and rust slip and bands of filled and glazed rouletting, applied strap handle, ht. 5 3/4 in. $300-500 214 Mocha “Tree”-decorated Quart Mug, England, early 19th century, the black tree decoration on a field of rust slip, applied strap handle with foliate terminals, ht. 6 in. $300-500

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215 Pictorial Needlework of Figures in Garden, probably England, late 18th/early 19th century, a man offering a bouquet of flowers to an older gentleman as two women look on, one near a well in the distance, all among trees and butterflies in a pastoral landscape, 18 1/4 x 26 1/2 in., in a flat wood frame with molded inner edge. $800-1,200 216 Silk Needlework and Watercolor Picture of Three Girls, early 19th century, the girls playing with a dove in a tree and rose-filled landscape, in a giltwood frame with eglomise mat, ht. 20 3/4, wd. 17 1/2 in. $400-600

217 Fan-carved Scalloped-top Cherry Chest of Three Drawers, Connecticut River Valley, late 18th century, the elaborately shaped overhanging top above a cockbeaded case of three short drawers, the center one fancarved, above two long drawers, on shaped bracket base, ht. 34, wd. 40, case wd. 32 1/2, dp. 21 1/2, case dp. 17 in. $4,000-6,000

218 Fan-carved Cherry Slant-lid Desk, probably Hartford, Connecticut, area, c. 1775, the lid carved with a fan composed as rays emanating from a half circle, opens to an interior with valance drawers and valanced compartments above drawers, and a central removable section with fluted details and hidden document drawers, all on case of thumb-molded graduated drawers and molded base of claw-and-ball front feet, brass pulls appear original, old surface, ht. 44, wd.

36 1/2, dp. 18 in.

Provenance: Purchased from auction of Paul Koda’s estate, 2001. $3,000-5,000

219 Carved and Inlaid Mahogany Tilt-top Candlestand, possibly the work of Stephen Whipple, Danvers, Massachusetts, c. 1810, the elongated octagonal top with banded and string-inlaid border on a reeded vaseand ring-turned post ending in cyma-curve carving, and tripod base of shaped legs ending in spade feet, old refinish, ht. 27 1/2, wd. 16 3/4, dp. 24 in.

Provenance: Skinner, Sale 2608M, August 2012, Lot 1239. $800-1,200

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220 Carved and Inlaid Mahogany Tilt-top Candlestand, possibly the work of Stephen Whipple, Danvers, Massachusetts, c. 1810, the elongated octagonal top with banded and string-inlaid border on a reeded vase- and ring-turned post ending in chip-carving, and tripod base of shaped legs ending in spade feet, old surface, ht. 27 1/2, wd. 16 3/4, dp.

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Provenance: Skinner, Sale 1422, January 1992, Lot 190. $800-1,200 221 Late Federal Carved Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Two-drawer Worktable, attributed to William Hawkes Jr., Marblehead, Massachusetts, c. 1815-20, the rectangular top with ovolo corners above cockbeaded drawers flanked by half-engaged columns carved with flowers on a punchwork ground, all on ring-turned and acanthus-carved reeded legs ending in turned feet, ht. 28 1/2, wd. 20 3/4, dp. 18 1/4 in.

Provenance: Skinner, Sale 2838M, Lot 1550.

Note: This table is nearly identical to a worktable in the Mabel Brady Garvan Collection at Yale University. $1,500-2,500

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222 Late Federal Carved Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Card Table, possibly the work of William Hawkes, Marblehead, Massachusetts, c. 1815-20, with serpentine front and half-serpentine ends, beaded apron, floral carving on a punchwork ground, and vase- and ring-turned reeded tapering legs on turned feet, ht. 29 3/4, wd. 36 1/2, dp. 17 1/2 in.

Provenance: Purchased from the descendants of William Warner Graves, possibly of Marblehead. $600-800 223 Classical Carved Mahogany Card Table, probably Salem, Massachusetts, c. 1820-25, the serpentine top with ovolo corners above a conformingly shaped veneered and beaded skirt joining punchwork and rose-carved corners continuing to acanthus-carved ringturned and reeded tapering legs, ht. 29 1/2, wd. 36 3/4, dp. 17 3/4 in. $800-1,200

224 Federal Inlaid Cherry Pembroke Table, Connecticut, c. 1800, the oval drop-leaf top with contrasting border inlay above a bowed apron with working and faux string-inlaid drawers flanked by oval-inlaid dies, joining square tapering legs with cuff inlay, brass appears original, refinished, ht. 27 3/4, wd. closed 18 1/4, dp. 31 in.

Provenance: Bernard & S. Dean Levy, New York. $1,500-2,500

225 Federal Mahogany and Satinwood-inlaid Two-part Dining Table, Massachusetts, c.

1800, comprised of two single drop-leaf ends, the tops with elliptic fronts, half-serpentine sides, and line-and-dart inlaid edges, above conforming aprons centering pointed oval inlaid panels, with string inlay detail and Greek key-inlaid lower border, all on square tapering legs, two of which swing to support the rectangular drop leaves, ht. 28 3/4, wd. 29, lg. open 79 1/2 in.

Provenance: Sotheby’s, Important Americana, January 24, 1990, Lot 1215. $6,000-8,000

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226 Inlaid Mahogany Card Table, probably Massachusetts, c. 1811-15, the serpentine front and straight sides above shaped corners and inlaid skirt joining reeded swelled legs, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 29 1/2, wd. 35 1/4, dp. 17 1/2 in.

Provenance: Purchased in Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1957.

Note: Several labels on the inside of the skirt indicate history in the Batchelder family, incuding a jelly label inscribed “For Samuel Francis Batchelder/Pair of card tables were bought for/Grandma B. about 1811 or 1815.� $800-1,200 227 Carved and Inlaid Mahogany Card Table, Massachusetts, c. 1810, the serpentine top with shaped corners above a conforming apron centering a banded panel, flanked by figured veneer sections embellished with dark line inlay, the corners with inlaid half-round projections, and double-beaded lower edge joining ring-turned, reeded, and swelled tapering legs, ht. 29, wd. 36, dp. 17 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500

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228 Maple Chest-on-Chest, probably Massachusetts, c. 1780-1800, in two sections, the upper section with five thumbmolded graduated drawers, set into the lower section of four drawers, on molded base with bracket feet, brass bail pulls appear original, refinished, ht. 74 3/4, lower case wd. 38, lower case dp. 17 3/4 in. $1,500-2,500 229 Federal Carved Mahogany Shield-back Armchair, New York, late 18th/early 19th century, the back with swag and drapery decoration, scrolling arms and stiles, with flaring front legs, ht. 39 1/4, seat ht. 18 in. $1,500-2,500

230 Carved and Inlaid Bow-front Cherry Chest of Drawers, probably central Massachusetts, early 19th century, the top with quarter-round lip at back edge and quarter-round molding, above a case of cockbeaded and stringinlaid graduated drawers flanked by quartercolumns, on inlaid shaped bracket feet, replaced brasses, refinished, ht. 36 1/2, case wd. 40, case dp. 21 3/4 in. $600-800

232 Oval Tilt-top Mahogany Game Table, probably New England, early 19th century, the top painted with a checkerboard and pinstripe bordering, on a pinstripe-painted turned shaft and tripod base ending in spade feet, (imperfections), ht. 31, wd. 15 1/4, lg. 21 1/4 in.

Provenance: Collection of Selby Shaver.

Literature: Chambers, plate 159. $800-1,200

231 Federal Mahogany and Bird’s-eye Maple Serving Table, probably New Hampshire, c.

1800, the rectangular top with bowed front and blocked ends, above the conforming skirt with single bird’s-eye maple veneer and crossbanded drawer, on turned and reeded tapering legs terminating in swelled turned feet, replaced brass pulls, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 29 1/8, wd. 27, dp. 18 1/4 in. $1,500-2,500

233 Federal Carved Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Demilune Card Table, probably Philadelphia, c. 1800, the top with molded edge above a conforming cockbeaded skirt joining molded square tapering legs, two of which swing to support the top, old refinish, (minor imperfections), ht. 30, wd. 38 1/2, dp.

17 1/4 in.

Provenance: Property of the descendants of Ebenezer Hazard (1744-1817) of New York and Philadelphia. $400-600

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234 Mahogany and Eglomise Patent Timepiece, William Cummins, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1820, the painted iron dial inscribed “warranted by Wm. Cummins,” with original tablets, the throat lettered “PATENT” above the lower tablet showing the goddess Amphitrite, (minor restoration), ht. 34 in., sold with an early trapezoidal pine box inscribed “Glass timepiece this side up” and labeled “original box for Curtis & Dunning banjo clock.”

Provenance: Skinner, The Estate of Malcolm S. Burroughs, October 27, 2000, to the present owner. $1,500-2,500

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235 Susan C. Waters (American, 1823-1900) Pair of Portraits of Theodore and Ann Eliza Collins Both signed, dated, and titled on the reverse.

Oil on canvas, 46 x 29 in., in period molded giltwood frames.

Condition: Theodore with relined tacking edges, minor retouch; Eliza Ann with relined tacking edges, minor retouch, and a repaired tear l.r. $8,000-12,000

236 Zedekiah Belknap (Massachusetts/New Hampshire/Connecticut, 1781-1858) Pair of Portraits of a Man and Woman Unsigned.

Oil on panel, 24 1/2 x 17 1/2 in., in mahogany veneer frames.

Condition: No obvious retouch. $1,500-2,500 237 “Rebecca Warren” Silk Needlework and Watercolor Memorial, Massachusetts, early 19th century, depicting a woman mourning at an urn on pedestal monument inscribed “Simeon Spaulding/Obt. April 6 1785/Phillip Spaulding/Obt. Oct. 5, 1799 AE 37,” beneath a sprawling willow tree on a colorful lawn, in an eglomise mat inscribed “WROUGHT BY REBECCA WARREN. 1085.,” in a molded giltgesso frame, ht. 23, wd. 20 in.

Note: Col. Simeon Spaulding (17131785) was the father of Phillip Spaulding (1762-1799), both lived in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. $1,500-2,500

238 Red-painted Pine Shoe-foot Hutch Table, New England, late 18th/early 19th century, the large rectangular top tilts on supports rounded at one end and tapered to rounded handholds on the over, above a box seat with hinged cover, and tapering feet, ht. 29, wd. 60 1/2, dp. 38 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500 239 Watercolor Picture with Yellow Bird, Blue Pillars, and Verse, America, dated 1831, in a grain-painted frame, ht. 15 3/8, wd. 10 3/8 in. $300-500 240 Needlework Whittlesey Family Register, stitched by Louisa Dolley Whittlesey, Farmington Connecticut, c. 1835, the top with a two-story house and a monument and willow tree over the names of thirteen family members, all within a meandering strawberry border, in a stained wood frame, ht. 18, wd.

17 in. $400-600

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241 Pine Corner Cupboard, New England, late 18th century, three open shaped shelves above a door opening to two shelves, old natural surface, ht. 74, approx. side dp. 32 1/2, overall wd. 51, upper shelf maximum dp.

12 in. $800-1,200 242 American School, Mid-19th Century Portrait of a Child with a Rattle Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 30 1/4 x 25 in., in a molded giltwood frame.

Condition: Retouch in areas along the top edge. $1,200-1,500 243 William Mc Clement Mourning Pendant, Albany, New York area, c. 1795, the watercolor on ivory mourning scene composed of a central inscribed monument flanked by two women with willow and poplar trees in the background set in a gold mount engraved “In Memory of William McClement who departed this Life June 30th 1795 Aged 27 Years 9 Months & 3 Days,” with woven hair on the back, ht. 2 5/8, wd. 2 1/8 in.

Note: Genealogical sources document William Mc Clement as having died at Albany, New York, June 30, 1795.

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245 American School, Mid-19th Century

Portrait Miniature of a Red-haired Boy Unsigned.

Watercolor on ivory, 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in., within an eglomise mat with oval aperture, the reverse painted with a figural memorial scene of urn atop a pedestal reading “Sacred to Shakespeare,” within an eglomise and gilt border, dia. 1 3/4, all housed in a brass frame, overall dia. 2 1/2 in.

Condition: Some repaint to eglomise on front, crack to memorial scene on reverse. $1,200-1,500

Miniature Portrait of a Lady in Profile Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 3 1/2 x 2 3/8 in., in a gilt molded frame with eglomise mat.

Condition: Minor toning and areas of soiling, not examined out of frame. $400-600

244 American School, Early 19th Century Miniature portrait of a Boy in a Red Dress Unsigned.

Watercolor on ivory, 2 1/2 x 2 1/8 in., in a pressed brass and wood frame.

Condition: Small spots of retouch to paint losses on the dress.

Provenance: Signey Gecker; The Barry Cohen Collection Part I, David A. Schorsch, Inc. and American Hurrah.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $800-1,200

This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $800-1,200

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246 American School, Mid-19th Century Portrait of a Gentleman in a Black Jacket Unsigned.

Watercolor on ivory, 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in., in a velvet frame.

Condition: No obvious retouch.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $400-600 247 American School, Early 19th Century Miniature Portrait of a Young Woman Unsigned.

Watercolor on ivory, 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 in., in a gilt mount.

Condition: No obvious damage or retouch.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $400-600

248 Alpheus Chapin (Massachusetts, 19th Century) Three Miniature Portraits: Horrace Billings Chapin, Sophia Chapin, and a Self Portrait Inscribed on the backs of the portraits with the names of the sitters and artist; the self-portrait with Chapin’s Portrait Painter trade card.

Watercolor on paper, ht. to 3 1/2 in., in giltwood frames.

Condition: Toning, not examined out of frames. $800-1,200 249 Maple and Pine Bucket Bench Cupboard, Pennsylvania, mid-19th century, the shaped sides joining a molded cornice, and two shelves above a paneled cupboard section and shelf below, on cutout ends, refinished, ht. 63 1/2, wd. 37 1/2, dp. 17 in.

Provenance: A 1992 dated note affixed to the interior of one of the paneled doors signed

by Don Donahue, Owner, reads “Bert Guest, Chads [sic] Ford, Pa. dealer sold to Andrew Wyeth the artist. Some time later Guest got a piece Wyeth also liked so he traded back this bucket bench for the new pc... I arrived the same day Guest got the piece and bought it and shortly thereafter sold it to Mr. & Mrs. Tom Randon in Fairfax Station. They have just decided to sell it.” $800-1,200 250 Grain-painted Wooden Works Tall Case Clock, Riley Whiting, Winchester, Connecticut, c. 1830, the cutout crest joining two plinths and finials above a glazed tombstone opening and white-painted wooden dial, on waist with molded door, and base with cutout apron, old painted surface with two contrasting grains, ht. 84 in. $1,500-1,800 251 Miniature Wallpaper Covered Dome-top Box, probably New England, early 19th century, rectangular covered box with wire hinged lid covered with brown leaf and dot patterned wallpaper, the interior lined with white paper, the lid affixed with a paper heart inscribed “Asenath Phillips,” the box containing two early 19th century receipts, a letter regarding shipping, and a ballad, ht. 2 3/8, wd. 2 1/2, lg. 4 in.

Provenance: Ex Bertram K. Little and Nina Fletcher Little collection, retaining auction label for their collection sold at Sotheby’s in New York, October 21 and 22, 1994; Skinner, November 4, 2006, Lot 149. $800-1,200

251A Paint-decorated Pine Chest over Drawer, probably Shaftsbury, Vermont, area, early 19th century, the hinged lid opens over a well with till, and single drawer below, with shaped skirt, original burnt sienna and ochre grain paint simulating matched veneer, (height loss, minor paint wear), ht. 29, wd. 43 3/4, dp. 17 3/4 in. $1,500-2,500

258 American School, Mid-19th Century

252 Blue-painted and Paint-decorated Box, northern Europe, early 19th century, the molded locking lid above a dovetailed box on small turned tapering feet, ht. 9, wd. 20, dp.

16 1/2 in. $300-500

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $400-600

253 Large Green-painted Wall Box, America, 19th century, the shaped back with circular hanger on a dovetailed box with molded base, old green paint over earlier red paint, ht. 20 1/2, wd. 13 3/4, dp. 9 3/4 in. $500-700

Three Miniature Portraits Unsigned.

Watercolor on ivory, sizes to 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in., framed.

Condition: Soiling, no obvious retouch.

254 White Painted Shaker “Corn” Pail, America, 19th century, oak stave construction with iron hoops, the front inscribed “Corn” in black letters, ht. 12 1/2, dia. 11 1/2 in. $800-1,200 255 Stack of Four Painted Pantry Boxes, America, 19th century, a brown, gray, red, and green box with wide finger seams secured with iron or copper tacks, wd. to 6 1/2 in. $600-800 256 Deacon Robert Peckham (Massachusetts, 1785-1877) Portrait of a Man in a Black Jacket Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 27 x 22 in., in a gilt molded frame.

Condition: No obvious retouch. $1,200-1,800 257 American School, Mid-19th Century Miniature Portrait of a Woman Unsigned.

Watercolor on ivory, 3 x 2 1/4 in., in a gilt mount with lock of hair on the back, with pasteboard case.

Condition: Small abrasion in the background.

Miniature Portrait of Margaretta McEwen Gillespie Unsigned, sitter identified on an associated note.

Watercolor on ivory, 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in., in a gilt mount.

Condition: No obvious damage or retouch.

259 American School, Mid-19th Century

Note: The portraits mounted in cases are identified as George Anthony Smith and Katherine Batteu.

This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $400-600 260 Red-painted Rectangular-top Hutch Table, New England, early 19th century, the top overhangs a squared base with medial seat and shoe feet, (repaired crack in top), ht. 26 1/4 in. $1,500-2,500 261 Burlwood Drop-leaf Table, the rectangular drop-leaf top above a straight skirt and square legs, refinished, ht. 27 1/2, wd. closed 22, wd. open 39 1/2, dp. 25 1/2 in. $400-600 262 Joseph Davis (New Hampshire/Maine, 1811-1865) Paul W. Cheswell, Aged 9 Years August 28th Unsigned, titled below the image.

Watercolor on paper, 9 x 7 in., in a modern frame.

Condition: Minor toning, small paper losses near the corners. $1,500-2,500

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $400-600

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266 James David Smillie (American, 1833-1909)

268 American School, 19th Century

Portrait of a Child in a Red Dress Holding a Silver Rattle Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in., in a modern giltwood frame.

Condition: Relined, retouch.

Summer Landscape Signed, with partial monogram, and dated “JDSmillie 1872” l.r.

Watercolor on paper, sight size 12 x 21 in., framed.

Condition: Toned, not examined out of frame. $800-1,200

Still Life with Fruit Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 10 x 12 in., in a molded giltgesso frame.

Condition: Relined, no obvious retouch. $1,500-2,500

Note: Sold together with a sterling silver rattle, purportedly the one depicted in the painting. $3,000-5,000 264 Ammi Phillips (New York/Connecticut, 1788-1865) Portrait of a Man in a Black Jacket Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in., in a gilt molded frame.

Condition: Craquelure, no obvious retouch. $2,500-3,500 265 American School, Late 19th Century Country Landscape with Greek Revival House Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 17 x 24 in., in a giltwood frame.

Condition: Relined, minor retouch.

Provenance: Skinner, October 25, 2015, Lot 103. $1,500-2,500

267 After Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, 1848-1907) Head of Lincoln Inscribed “AUGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS/©” on the left side, “Recast by Nolte Sculpture...” and with a seal on the back edge, identified “David Herbert Donald/1996/LINCOLN PRIZE/ Lincoln and Soldiers Institute/Gettysburg College” on a presentation plaque affixed to the plinth.

Bronze with a brown patina, height 16 1/2 in., on a marble plinth.

Condition: Dust and dirt to interstices.

N.B. This replica of Saint Gaudens’s Bust of Lincoln was presented to David Herbert Donald, an American historian and author of Lincoln (Touchstone Books), upon being awarded the Lincoln Prize by Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in 1996. The Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize is awarded annually for the finest scholarly work in English on Abraham Lincoln, the American Civil War soldier, or a subject relating to their era.

The original Saint Gaudens Sculpture was recast by Michael Nolte of Vanguard Sculpture Services, a full service foundry in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The portrait bust of President Abraham Lincoln was derived from the full-length standing portrait completed

by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1887 for Chicago’s Lincoln Park. Saint-Gaudens based Lincoln’s likeness on plaster life casts of the president’s head. $2,000-3,000

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269 American School, 19th Century Still Life Basket of Fruit Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 14 x 28 in., unframed.

Condition: Craquelure surface, no obvious retouch. $600-800 270 Classical Carved Mahogany Scroll-arm Sofa, reportedly Jamaica, early 19th century, the serpentine crest centering a stylized sheaf of wheat flanked by rondels issuing acanthus carving, the arm fronts similarly carved, above a carved and paneled front rail centering grapes and grape leaves joining turned and spiral-carved legs, ht. 40, overall lg. 85 in. $1,500-2,500

271 Carved, Painted and Gilded Eagle Plaque, America, late 19th/early 20th century, the spreadwing eagle grasping a shield with crossed flags and star banners below, ht. 16, wd. 44 in. $800-1,200

272 Transfer-printed Liverpool Masonic Jug, England, late 18th/early 19th century, the jug with four black transferprinted Masonic scenes/images, ht. 11 in. $2,000-3,000

273 Ye Chung (China, act. Mid-19th Century) Portrait of the Clipper Ship Sancho Panza off Hong Kong Unsigned, the artist identified on a label reading in part “Ye Chung Portrait Painter, No. 529 Queen’s Road.”

Oil on canvas, 30 x 38 in., in the original black-painted and carved frame.

Condition: Relined, inpainting mostly to sky, and to a repaired tear u.r.

Provenance: The collection of Henry Cabot Lodge, who served in the Senate, as an ambassador to South Vietnam, and as Richard Nixon’s running mate in the 1960 Presidential election; by descent to the present owners.

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274 Chinese School, 19th Century The American Clipper Ship Commodore T.H. Allen at Hong Kong Unsigned, the vessel identified on a label affixed to the reverse.

Oil in canvas, 26 x 34 1/2 in., in a figured wood veneer frame.

Condition: Areas of inpainting throughout background, with apparent associated damage, tape repair to reverse. $3,000-5,000 275 Chinese School, 19th Century Portrait of the Bark Stonewall Jackson Entering Hong Kong Harbour Unsigned, the vessel identified in an inscription along the lower edge.

Oil on canvas, 23 x 30 in., in an ogee-molded figured maple frame.

Condition: Relined and restretched, inpainting to background and elsewhere. $3,000-5,000

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276 Solon Francis Montecello Badger (Massachusetts, 1873-1919) Portrait of the Windjammer Brunhilda Signed “S.F.M. Badger” l.l., further signed, inscribed and dated “S.F.M. Badger/5 Trenton St. Charlestown, Mass. U.S.A./’09.” on the reverse.

Oil on canvas, the three-masted vessel under full sail identified on the bow, 22 x 36 in., in a gilt-gesso frame.

Condition: Minor retouch. $4,000-6,000

277 Solon Francis Montecello Badger (Massachusetts, 1873-1919)

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Portrait of the Schooner Thomas S. Dennison Signed and dated “S.F.M. Badger/’01” l.l., further signed and inscribed on the reverse.

Oil on canvas, the three-masted vessel under full sail identified on a pennant and on the bow, 22 x 36 in., in a gilt-gesso frame.

Condition: Retouch to strengthen sky, very minor retouch elsewhere. $3,000-5,000

279 Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Danish/ American, 1850-1921) Portrait of the Steam Yacht Winchester Signed, inscribed, and dated “Antonio Jacobsen/West Hoboken, NJ 1908” l.r., the vessel identified in an inscription l.c.

Oil on board, 22 x 35 1/2 in., in a gilt frame.

Condition: Minor retouch. $1,200-1,800 280 William R. Davis (Massachusetts, 1952Portrait of the Tugboat Leader Signed l.r., further signed and inscribed on the backing board.

Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in., in a molded and carved gilt-gesso frame.

Condition: Good. $2,500-3,500

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281 Charles Sidney Raleigh (Massachusetts, c.

1830-1925) Western Belle in a Storm Signed and dated “C.S. Raleigh/1899” l.l., the boat identified on its bow.

Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in., in the likely original gilt-gesso frame.

Condition: Very minor spots of retouch. $2,000-3,000 282 Edward Adam (American, act. Late 19th/ Early 20th Century) Portrait of the Steamship Antinous Signed and dated “Ed. Adam 1920” l.r.

Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 1/2 in., in a giltwood frame.

Condition: Scattered minor retouch, mostly to background. $2,000-3,000

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278 William Howard Yorke (England/Canada, 1847-1921)

283 Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Danish/ American, 1850-1921)

Portrait of the Centennial Signed, dated, and inscribed “W.H.Yorke./ Liverpool. 1877” l.l.

Oil on canvas, 28 x 45 in., in a modern giltgesso frame.

Condition: Relined, retouch mostly to strengthen sky. $3,000-5,000

Gloucester Fisherman on the Banks Signed and dated “Antonio Jacobsen/1916” l.r., titled in pencil on the reverse.

Oil on academy board, 12 x 20 in., in a molded gilt-gesso frame.

Condition: Area of retouch u.r., other apparent areas of minor damage or restoration around masts, sails, and upper edge of sea. $1,800-2,200

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284 Collection of Twenty-four Seamers Housed in a Paint-decorated Chestnut Box, America, last half 19th century, the seamers carved mostly of hardwood with two of whalebone, with various designs and sizes including faceted, crosshatched, geometric, and star-shaped carving, lg. 2 3/4 to 7 1/2, the box with gilt edges and the top painted with a figure of a sperm whale, box ht. 4 1/2, wd. 11 1/2, dp. 10 1/2 in.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products.

Buyers are responsible for shipping. $2,000-4,000 285 Group of Whalebone Tools Housed in a Paint-decorated and Whalebone-inlaid Box, America, 19th century, comprising eleven fids, lg. 5 3/4 to 12 1/2, five clothespins, a jagging wheel, a ruler, a bone-handled knife, and three pulley wheels, the box burgundypainted with gilt striping and flourishes, the top inlaid with whalebone, including diamonds in the top lettered “P” and “S,” box ht. 5 1/2, wd.

12 1/2, dp. 9 in.

286 Spiral-carved Whalebone Cane and a Whalebone Measuring Stick, America, late 19th century, the cane with octagonal faceted top above a long spiral-carved middle section, and tapering tip, the yardstick with incised markings, lg. 37, 36 in., respectively.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products.

Buyers are responsible for shipping. $400-600 287 Burl Veneer Brass-inlaid Lap Desk, probably England, early 19th century, the lid opens to a blue fabric-lined interior, lidded compartments, a pen tray, and hinged writing surface with storage below, ht. 9, wd. 20 3/4, dp. 13 in. $400-600 288 Carved Oak Six-minute Sand Glass, England, 19th century, the hexagonal ends joined by carved barleytwist spindles, ht. 9 1/2 in. $300-500

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products.

Buyers are responsible for shipping. $1,000-1,500

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289 Scrimshaw Whale’s Tooth, 19th century, decorated with a sailor below a United States flag waving to ships at sea, with shield and cannon above, the back with a sailing ship, ht.

5 1/4 in.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products.

Buyers are responsible for shipping. $1,000-1,500 290 Scrimshaw Baleen Plaque, 19th century, the plaque with sailing ship, basket, urn, compass rose and inscribed “Betsey Turner,” mounted on plywood, ht. 4 1/4, wd. 7 1/2 in.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products.

Buyers are responsible for shipping. $2,000-3,000 291 Scrimshaw Whale Tooth, 19th century, decorated on the front with a woman in a long gown, with custom stand, ht. 7 in.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products.

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292 John Erik Christian Petersen (Massachusetts/Denmark, 1839-1874) Sailing Ship Near a Rocky Shore Signed and dated “John E.C. Petersen/72” l.r.

Oil on canvas, 12 1/2 x 18 in., in a molded gilt-gesso frame.

Condition: No obvious retouch. $800-1,200 293 American School, Late 19th Century Ships Leaving Harbor Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 16 x 30 in., in a gilt frame.

Condition: No obvious retouch. $700-900 294 Conrad Freitag (German/American, 1840s1894)

295 American School, Late 19th Century Portrait of a Yacht Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 9 3/4 x 16 in.

Condition: Relined, restretched, spots and lines of minor inpainting.

Provenance: Wally Findlay Galleries. $500-700

296 Attributed to Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Danish/American, 1850-1921) American Steam Yacht Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 1/4 in., in a molded gilt-gesso frame.

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

297 Carved and Painted Wooden Pond Boat with Carrying Case, c. 1884, the two-masted schooner ESCARGOT, with carved eaglehead figurehead, scribed deck, and hewn weighted hull, comes equipped with sails, lifeboats, anchors, rigging, detailed metal and wood fittings, the hull painted black above the water line and olive green below, the stern inscribed “ESCARGOT PARIS” in gilt lettering, the oak carrying case with hinged sides has painted lettering on the front “L’ESCARGOT” and two crossed red pennants, one painted with a snail and the other a cipher, the interior is padded and lined with green felt and fitted with four canvas bags to hold the various sails, a small parts box affixed to the front panel is inscribed “L’ESCARGOT. Paris, 1884.,” and gives some measurements of the ship; a black painted wooden stand is included, (imperfections), ht. 51 1/2, lg. from bow to stern 32 5/8, case ht. 13 1/2, wd. 35 5/8, dp.

9 1/4 in.

Provenance: Skinner, June 8, 2003, Lot 128. $3,000-5,000

Pilot Boat 14 - The E.F. Williams Signed and inscribed indistinctly “C. Freitag...” l.l.

Watercolor on paper/board, sight size 6 1/2 x 8 3/8 in., framed.

Condition: Not examined out of frame.

N.B. The E.F. Williams was a Brooklyn-built pilot boat in service between 1863 and 1902. $1,000-1,500

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298 British School, Late 19th Century Sloop in Stormy Seas Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 19 1/2 x 30 in., unframed.

Condition: Relined, two large areas of retouch in the sky, small spots of retouch in the water. $2,000-4,000

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299 Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (New York/New Jersey/Denmark, 1850-1921)

300 Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (New York/New Jersey/Denmark, 1850-1921)

The Pilot Ship New Jersey Signed and dated “A. Jacobsen 1903/31 PALISADE AV. WEST HOBOKEN/N.J.” l.l.

Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 in., in a gilt molded frame.

Condition: Relined. $4,000-6,000

Pilot Ship New York Signed and dated “Antonio Jacobsen 1898/31 PALISADE AV. WEST HOBOKEN, N.J.” l.r.

Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 in., in a gilt molded frame.

Condition: Relined, minor retouch. $4,000-6,000

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301 Patriotic Shirred Rug, America, c. 1830, designed with three reserves, the first lettered “US,� the middle with an urn of flowers decorated with a star, and the last with a spreadwing eagle atop a Union shield, 32 1/2 x 71 1/2, mounted to a linen-covered stretcher, overall 35 1/2 x 74 in. $3,000-5,000 302 Lion Decorated Hooked Rug, America, late 19th/early 20th century, the rug with two lions and a flower background, ht. 31 1/2, wd. 61 1/2 in. $800-1,200

303 Hooked Runner, America, c. 1860, worked primarily in greens, reds, browns, and grays, central medallion of geometric design with foliate flourishes, the ends incorporating oak leaves and geometric designs, (some edge fraying), 109 x 41 in. $600-800 304 Applique Table Cover, America, late 19th century, red and green cloth applique flowers with stitched stems on a brown velvet background, mounted, ht. 37 3/4, wd. 40 1/2 in. $800-1,200

305 Red Linsey Woolsey Coverlet, 18th century, approx. lg. 76, wd. 68 in. $800-1,200 306 Floral Chintz Quilt, America, 19th century, with cutouts for bedposts, approx. lg. 102, wd. 102 in. $800-1,200

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307 Rare Molded Sheet Copper and Zinc Steam Pumper and Horses Weathervane, Cushing & White, Waltham, Massachusetts, c.

1870s, patterned in meticulous detail after an Amoskeag steam pumper with boiler, engine and pumps on a four-wheel carriage with driver and fireman at the back with cast zinc heads, the horses with reins and bridles, on a tubular base, weathered verdigris surface, (minor imperfections), lg. 49, ht. 19 1/2, dp.

11 in.

Provenance: Descended in a Massachusetts family.

Literature: For a discussion of a similar Cushing & White steam pumper weathervane see Myrna Kaye, Yankee Weathervanes (New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1975), pp. 127-128. $30,000-50,000

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308 Molded Copper Cow Weathervane, America, late 19th century, the flattened full-body form with cast horns, dark verdigris patina with remnants of yellow sizing, no stand, lg. 28 in. $1,500-2,500

311 Anglo/American School, 19th Century

309 Molded Sheet Copper and Zinc Sulky Weathervane, America, late 19th century, fullbody horse with zinc head, rider on sulky, with custom stand, (regilding), lg. 42 in. $2,500-3,500

Provenance: The Collection of Alvin and Annie Schlesinger. The collection was featured in Architectural Digest, June 2001. $800-1,200

310 Molded Sheet Copper Prancing Horse Weathervane “Hambletonian,� America, late 19th century, flattened full body form with molded head and body features, with a custom stand, (dents, regilding), ht. 24, wd.

24 in. $2,000-4,000

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Portrait of Two Cows Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 28 x 38 in., in a gold strip frame.

Condition: Relined.

312 Anglo/American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Cow and Horse and Rider Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 29 x 36 in., in a gold strip frame.

Condition: Relined.

Provenance: The Collection of Alvin and Annie Schlesinger. The collection was featured in Architectural Digest, June 2001. $800-1,200

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313 Jonathan Orne Johnson “J.O.J.” Frost (Massachusetts, 1852-1928) A Street Scene in Marblehead Unsigned.

Oil on cardboard, 21 x 33 in., in the likely original molded “driftwood”-style frame.

Condition: Good.

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Note: In this bustling street scene featuring figures, a horse and buggy, a cart advertising “PIGS FOR SALE,” and more than a dozen commercial and residential buildings (two of which fly American flags), Frost includes an uncommon number of details. In particular, inscriptions on the commercial building at lower left indicate the many establishments included within - an auction room, a bowling alley, a bar room, a tailor, an ice cream store, and a YMCA school. $15,000-25,000

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314 Folk Art Carving of Abraham Lincoln, possibly North Carolina, late 19th century, the standing figure wears a stovepipe hat and black vested suit, with his hands in his pockets, on a carved tripod branch base carved with serpents and a frog in relief, original surface, old shrinkage crack, ht. 42 3/4 in.

Note: Found in Asheville, North Carolina, in 1992. It is thought that the figure was carved by an African American out of mimosa or willow wood. $3,000-5,000

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315 Large Layered and Inlaid Tramp Art Clock, Joseph Konieczny, Rochester, New York, c. 1930, in three sections, the upper section shaped as a church and centering a clock dial, the middle section featuring three central arched openings which reveal rotating platforms displaying figures and animals, and two flanking openings with articulated donkey and elephant, all on a lower cabinet section with drawer, glazed door and geometric layered base, allover decoration of complex geometric marquetry and layered bordering, (imperfections), ht. 95 in.

Provenance: Descended in the family to the maker’s grandson.

Note: This clock appeared in Ripley’s Believe it or Not, and is made of some 22,000 individual pieces.

It reportedly took Mr. Konieczny, spending eight hours a day, four and a half years to make it. $8,000-12,000

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316 Paint-decorated Sewing Stand, 19th century, composed of an upper section with two tiers of spool holders topped by a pincushion platform, on a turned post and pedestal joining three similarly turned legs, in old white paint with blue/green freehand decoration, ht. 31 1/2 in.

Provenance: Stephen Score. $1,500-2,500

317 Eight Carved and Painted Puppets and Related Materials, early 20th century, the heads mounted on a wooden base include five men, a skull and a devil, with assorted clothing articles, limbs, and accessories, base wd. 30 in. $1,500-2,500

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318 Folk Art Matchstick Violin, early 20th century, the matchsticks arranged in linear and geometric patterns, with carved neck and scroll and tailpiece, with custom stand, lg. 24 1/2 in. $500-700 319 Carved and Green-painted Alligator-form Folk Art Instrument, possibly Louisiana, late 19th/early 20th century, the alligator with carved body details and plastic eyes, the tail with carved serpents, lg. 53 1/2 in. $2,500-3,500

320 Paint Decorated Cast Iron Giraffe Doorstop, early 20th century, with detailed body features and painted spot pattern, ht.

12 1/2 in. $1,000-2,000

322 Carved, Gilded, and Painted Odd Fellows Heart in Hand Staff Top, America, 19th century, the gilt hand with red-painted heart and blue-painted base with red decoration, with custom stand, ht. 8 3/4 in. $700-900

321 Black-, White-, and Gold-painted Barber Pole, America, late 19th century, the pole with alternating black and white stripes with goldpainted acorn finial, ht. 33 in.

Provenance: Kendra & Allen Daniel collection. $800-1,200

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323 Large Folk Art Black Girl Doll, early 20th century, the doll with needlework facial details, blue and white checked ribbon in her hair, and wearing a red, blue, and yellow checked gown, with red stockings and leather shoes, with custom stand, ht. 37 in. $800-1,200 324 Pair of Polychrome Painted Juggling Clubs, 19th century, blue-painted bodies with central red band and white heart, ht. 15 1/2 in.

Provenance: Skinner, March 4, 2012, Lot 452. $400-600

325 “Stump Speaking” Lithograph, after G.C. Bingham, engraved by Gautier, Fishel, Adler & Schartz, New York, 1856, the hand-tinted image in a molded maple frame, image ht. 22, wd. 30 in.

Provenance: The Old Print Shop, New York. $1,500-2,500

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326 American School, Mid-19th Century Washington’s Headquarters Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 21 1/2 x 26 1/2 in., in a gilt molded frame.

Condition: Scattered retouch in the sky.

Note: Sold with a Currier & Ives lithograph titled Washington’s Head-Quarters, 1780. $1,500-2,500 327 Rose Pattern Pearlware Plate, Tea Bowl and Saucer, England, late 19th century, decorated with roses and leafy stems with a ropetwist border, dia. to 8 1/4 in.

Provenance: According to documents associated with this lot, the pearlware once belonged to George Washington and was given to Lund Washington after George’s death in 1799. Upon Lund Washington’s death, the items came into the possession of his executor, Mr. Foot of Alexandria, Virginia.

After Mr. Foot’s death, the pearlware was acquired by Major Henning who later sold them to H.M. Zimmerman, Washington, DC. The pieces were sold by Zimmerman to John A. King. Upon John King’s death, the pearlware became the property of his daughter, Ellen King who sold the items on August 16-17, 1928 through R.E. Manley Auctioneers, Hartford, Connecticut. $300-500

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328 Currier & Ives Lithograph CAMPING OUT., published in New York, 1871, large folio lithograph with hand-coloring, image 19 x 27 in., matted and framed.

Provenance: Old Print Shop label on the reverse. $800-1,200 329 Scott (Nicholas Winfield) Leighton (Maine/ Massachusetts, 1849-1898) Passing Sleighs Signed “Scott Leighton” l.r.

Oil on canvas, 8 x 10 in., in a gilt molded frame.

Condition: No obvious retouch. $1,500-2,500 330 Pair of Cast Iron Pineapple Finials, 19th century, with textured surface, on a pedestal base, ht. 11 1/2 in. $300-500

End of Session I of American Furniture & Decorative Arts

Session II: Sunday, November 3, 2019 10AM

The Collection of Tom and Carolyn Porter, Delaware, Ohio Lots 400–603 for more material from this collection, please see lots 1044-1191 in online sale 3303T at www.skinnerinc.com

Tom and I met on a blind date. We were set up by my brother and his sister. Neither one of us were exactly enthusiastic about meeting each other, but curiosity won out. Webster’s defines curiosity as: 1. A strong desire to know or learn something.

2. A strange or unusual object or fact.

Our curiosity led us to each other and to our calling…antiques.

The world of antiques is one huge curiosity. Meeting Garth Oberlander and subsequently partnering with him at Garth’s Auctions was a curiosity seeker’s dream. Our adventures at Garth’s afforded us a lifetime of learning and discovery and it was not just about the objects themselves, but about the people who collected them, too.

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Tom and I were incredibly fortunate to know Bob and Nancy Skinner, not only as contemporaries in the auction business, but as friends and collectors.

Our family values and business principles aligned.

Stephen Fletcher is part of the Skinner family, just as all the employees at Garth’s were part of our family. LaGina Austin has the distinction of being part of both families. I am grateful to know that our collection is in good hands.

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There is only one joy that has superseded our passion for antiques; our daughters Helen, Sally, Sammi, and Susie, our son-in-law Tom Flynn, and our grandchildren Atticus, Caleb, Olivia, and Luke.

We wish you a lifetime of love and curiosity.

—Carolyn Porter, February, 2018 400

400 Polychrome Painted Box, Joseph Long Lehn (Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania, c. 17981892), the pine dovetail box with strawberry, rose, and leaf decoration and red, white, and yellow line border on a brown background, four turned feet, ht. 7 3/4, wd. 13 1/2, dp. 7 1/4 in. $2,500-3,500

401 Polychrome Painted Lehnware Cup, Joseph Long Lehn (Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania, c. 1798-1892), the turned cup decorated with flower and leaf pattern on a salmon background, red stem with green and blue base, ht. 3 7/8 in. $400-600

402 Polychrome Painted Lehnware Cup, Joseph Long Lehn (Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania, c. 1798-1892), the turned cup decorated with flower and vine on a salmon background, red stem with green and blue base, ht. 3 in. $400-600

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403 Polychrome Painted Lehnware Cup, Joseph Long Lehn (Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania, c. 1798-1892), the turned cup decorated with rose and leaf pattern on a salmon background, red stem with green and blue base, the base inscribed “Made/by/Joseph Lehn/in his 93 year/May 24/1890,” ht. 3 3/8 in. $400-600

406 Paint-decorated Thread Box, America, 19th century, the box with white-painted heats against a green background, single drawer with brass knob pull, red- and yellow-painted thread holder with pin cushion mounted on top, ht. 12, wd. 6 1/2, dp. 6 1/2 in.

404 Polychrome Painted Lehnware Egg Cup, Joseph Long Lehn (Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania, c. 1798-1892), the turned cup decorated with strawberry and vine on a blue background, red stem with green and blue base, (two small chips on the foot), ht. 2 5/8 in. $300-500

407 Yellow- and Red-painted Pantry Box, America, 19th century, the round box with straight seam, the lid with red-painted stars, pinwheels, and heart with initials “CB,” (old repairs), ht. 4 1/4, dia. 8 1/2 in. $400-600

405 Painted Six-drawer Spice Box, America, 19th century, the red-painted poplar case with shaped back, and six grain-painted drawers with porcelain pulls, ht. 11 7/8, wd. 8, dp. 4 5/8 in. $400-600

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Provenance: Henry P. Dyerle Sale, Sotheby’s, May, 1995. $1,500-2,500

408 Nine Paint-decorated Items, 19th century, a yellow and red pantry box, a floral-decorated pantry box, a small blue wallpaper box, a yellow- and smoke-decorated snuffbox and cricket stool, a floral-painted pail, a floralpainted cutlery box, a grain-painted cricket stool, and a miniature boot-form trade sign, wd. to 11 1/2 in. $400-600

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409 Paint-decorated Waste Bin, America, 19th century, shaped top and sloping sides decorated with painted flowers within red, green, and yellow line border, one side monogrammed “MM,� ht. 8 1/2, wd. 7 5/8, dp. 7 1/2 in. $600-800

410 Pair of Paint-decorated Demilune Boxes, 19th century, the mahogany boxes with rose and leaf decoration against a yellow background and floral border, on three brass knob feet, ht. 7 1/4, wd. 7, dp. 4 in. $600-800

411 Paint-decorated Spit Box, America, 19th century, the box with flaring sides painted with grape and vine decoration, ht. 5 1/4, wd. 8 1/4, dp. 8 3/4 in. $300-500

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412 Putty-painted Spit Box, America, mid-19th century, with flaring sides and blue-painted interior, ht. 4 1/2, wd. 11 7/8, dp. 9 1/4 in. $600-800 413 Green- and Yellow-painted Hanging Shelf with Drawer, America, mid-19th century, the nailed construction box with two shelves and yellow interior, the single long drawer with brass pulls and divided and red-painted interior, old green paint over earlier blue-green paint, ht. 10 1/2, wd. 13 1/2, dp. 4 1/2 in.

Provenance: Ellie Hoover Antiques, North Canton, Ohio, 1977. $300-500

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414 Small Yellow Pine Paint-decorated Chest over Drawers, Pennsylvania, late 18th/early 19th century, the top with applied molding lifts above a well with till, on a dovetailed case and two short drawers with half-round molded edges, on molded bracket base centering a cutout pendant, original painted surface of red/brown and yellow swirls highlighted with pinstriping, (imperfections), ht. 24 1/4, wd. 32 1/2, dp. 18 3/4 in. $2,000-3,000

415 Child’s Paint-decorated Poplar Blanket Chest over Drawer, A.E.Z. Reist, Pennsylvania, early 19th century, the molded top above a well and dovetailed case with single thumb-molded drawer below, applied half-round base molding, above square platforms issuing turned feet, stamped twice on the underside “A.E.Z. REIST,” reportedly made for Katie Bradley, original salmon red and yellow paint decoration of intersecting ovals and small rectangles, ht. 23, wd. 27 3/4, dp. 15 in. $2,000-3,000 416 Classical-style Painted Box, America, mid19th century, the pine box with turned corner posts and feet, lift lid, and four false drawers, ht. 8 5/8, wd. 14 1/8, dp. 8 7/8 in. $800-1,200

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417 Walnut Slide-lid Candle Box, Pennsylvania, 19th century, the dovetailed box with molded top, the lid with turned knob, ht. 5, wd. 11 1/4, dp. 5 5/8 in. $400-600

418 Small Tiger Maple Box, America, early 19th century, the lid with brass bail handle and mahogany edging, the box with strong figuring overall, the inside with old note attached to the lid, ht. 2 7/8, wd. 6, dp. 3 3/4 in. $300-500 419 Carved Tiger Maple Oval Chopping Bowl and Thirty Carpet Balls, America, 19th century, the bowl with bold figuring, the balls in a wide variety of patterns and colors, bowl ht. 4 1/2, wd. 22 1/2, dp. 12 in. $800-1,200

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420 Small Paint-decorated Six-board Chest, Pennsylvania, early 19th century, molded hinged top above a well with till, on turned feet, old painted surface in red and yellow, the facade and sides with concentric arches, ht.

15 1/4, wd. 25 1/2, dp. 13 1/4 in. $300-500

421 Small Paint-decorated Poplar Single-door Cupboard, early 19th century, the rectangular top with applied molding below above a paneled door and cutout base, early surface of red overall with yellow and black detailing, ht. 30 1/4, wd. 26 1/2, dp. 18 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

422 Yellow-painted Child’s Chest of Drawers, probably Pennsylvania or Ohio, early 19th century, the case of single projecting drawer and three drawers below all flanked by turned devices, with paneled sides, on turned feet, original yellow paint with black detail, ht. 22, wd. 19, dp. 9 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500

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423 Pennsylvania Watercolor Fraktur, J. George Busyaeger, Westmorland County, 1832, four blocks of German text within floral, urn, and pedestal decorative elements, in a paintdecorated split-baluster frame, ht. 18 3/8, wd.

15 3/8 in. $2,500-3,500

424 Watercolor Fraktur for Henry Miller, Pennsylvania, c. 1811, the central block of German text surrounded by tulips and a pair of birds, in a red-stained frame, ht. 14, wd. 18 in. $2,000-3,000 425 Union County Watercolor Birth Fraktur for Salmoe Weis, Pennsylvania, c. 1816, the central block of text surrounded by red, yellow, and green tulips, framed, ht. 15 3/4, wd. 19 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500

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426 Pennsylvania Watercolor Fraktur, Berks County, early 19th century, the central block of German text surrounded by red and yellow heart, floral elements, and a shield, in a modern black- and red-painted frame, ht. 20 1/4, wd.

17 in. $1,000-1,500

427 Pennsylvania Watercolor Fraktur, Springfield Township, Lancaster County, dated 1820, a pair of angels in red and yellow gowns flanking a central block of text above blue birds on branches, with four additional blocks of text, in a modern blue-painted frame, ht. 20 1/2, wd.

17 1/8 in. $3,000-5,000

428 Pennsylvania Baptismal Fraktur for Philip Schmel, Hempfield Township, Westmorland county, dated “1831,� the central block of German text surrounded by a border of red and yellow flowers and vines, in a red-stained frame, ht. 16 1/2, wd. 20 3/4 in. $1,200-1,500 424

429 American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Giraffe in a Hilly Landscape Unsigned.

Watercolor and pencil on paper, dia. 6 in., in a cherry frame.

Condition: Minor toning and waviness to paper. $400-600

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430 American School, Mid-19th Century Compote with Flowers Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 10 5/8 x 9 in., in a brown-stained frame.

Condition: Edges toned, minor insect damage. $800-1,200 431 Pennsylvania Cutwork and Watercolor Valentine, early 19th century, the circular valentine with red and yellow birds and flowers, inscription around the border, in a modern painted frame, image, dia. 12 in. $600-800 432 Watercolor Valentine, America, mid-19th century, two sided with verse, one side with hearts and flowers, the other with hearts, unfolds into an asymmetrical four-pointed star, ht. 13, wd. 13 in. $400-600

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433 Pennsylvania Watercolor of a Woman in a Red Dress, dated 1835, with German text and a building scene in the background, in a tiger maple frame, ht. 15 1/4, wd. 10 1/8 in. $600-800 434 Watercolor Fraktur, dated 1827, red, blue, yellow, and green potted flowers and pair of roosters above a block of German text, in a pine frame, ht. 12 7/8, wd. 10 1/2 in. $400-600

435 Lancaster County Watercolor Birth Fraktur for Isaac Stauffer, Pennsylvania, c. 1817, decorated with parrots, birds, flowers, and winged heart cherub, in a painted split baluster frame, ht. 15 3/8, wd. 18 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500 436 American School, Mid-19th Century

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Andrew Jackson Unsigned, titled below the image.

Watercolor on paper, 13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in., in a yellow-painted frame.

Condition: Minor toning, scattered spots, not examined out of frame. $1,500-2,500

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437 Three Pen and Ink Drawings, America, early 19th century, the largest with red and black geometric design and flowers; a small picture of four red and black hearts; and a small picture with two red and black tulips, all in redstained frames, ht. to 17 1/4 in. $1,500-2,500

440 American School, 19th Century Flowering Plant in a Spotted Pot Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 4 x 3 1/4 in., in a brownstained frame.

Condition: Minor toning, not examined out of frame. $400-600

438 Pennsylvania, Mid-19th Century Tall Tulip with Green Leaves Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in., in a gilt molded frame.

Condition: A few very small stains, not examined out of frame. $300-500 439 American School, Mid-19th Century Polychrome Flower Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 6 1/2 x 4 in., in a mahogany veneer frame.

Condition: Minor toning, stains at corners, not examined out of frame. $400-600

441 Pennsylvania School, Mid-19th Century Polychrome Painted Flower Inscribed “Lety Bartholomew/Bedminster Township Bucks/County March the 9/A.D. 1833” on the back of the image.

Watercolor on paper, 4 x 3 1/4 in., in a molded walnut frame.

Condition: Minor ink bleed-through staining, attached to backing sheet at the top edge of page. $300-500 442 American School, Mid-19th Century Floral Bouquet Unsigned.

Watercolor on laid paper, 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 in., in a molded and orange-painted frame.

Condition: Waviness to paper, not examined out of frame. $600-800

443 Three Small Framed Floral Watercolors, 19th century, frame ht. to 7 1/4 in. $300-500 444 American School, Mid-19th Century Polychrome Flower Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 7 1/4 x 3 3/4 in., in a grain-painted frame.

Condition: Minor toning, not examined out of frame. $300-500

445 “Virtue, Decency, Utility” Pen and Ink Motto Picture, America, mid-19th century, within a block border, in a black-painted frame, ht. 10 1/2, wd. 12 3/4 in. $700-900 446 American School, 19th Century Spotted Horse Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in., in a red-painted and spotted frame.

Condition: Minor toning, fold line at u.l. corner.

Note: Sold with a modern needlework picture of the same subject. $400-600

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447 Watercolor Bookplate Fraktur, Pennsylvania, dated “1807,” on laid paper depicting a bird, flowers, and strawberries, over a German inscription, in a brown-stained frame, image ht. 3 7/8, wd. 3 in. $300-500

448 Small Eagle-decorated Fraktur, Pennsylvania, early 19th century, on laid paper, decorated with a spreadwing eagle above a heart with German inscription, in a grain-painted frame, image ht. 5, wd. 3 3/8 in. $800-1,200 449 American School, Early 19th Century Birds and Flowers Unsigned.

Watercolor on laid paper, 6 5/8 x 8 in., in a yellow-painted frame.

Condition: Scattered very small spots. $400-600 448

450 American School, Mid-19th Century Double Picture of a Bird and Flower Unsigned.

Watercolor on laid paper, 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in., in a molded and green-painted frame.

Condition: Scattered spots, not examined out of frame. $400-600 451 American School, Mid-19th Century Parakeet in Tulips Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 6 5/8 x 5 in., in a cherry frame.

Condition: Repaired tear at the bottom. $400-600 452 American School, Mid-19th Century Urn with Flowers and Bird Inscribed “Anna Dingman” at the bottom of the image.

Watercolor on laid paper, 5 1/2 x 4 3/4 in., in a pine frame with corner rosettes.

Condition: Minor toning and fading.

Note: Included with the lot is a recent framed needlework replica of the image. $400-600 453 American School, Mid-19th Century

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Polychrome Bird on a Branch Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 4 x 5 5/8 in., in a red-stained frame.

Condition: Minor toning, not examined out of frame. $300-500

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456 Carved Mahogany Cookie Board, John Conger and James Y. Watkins, New York, mid-19th century, the board with carved basket of flowers within an elliptical border, the ends of the board stamped with Conger and Watkins marks, lg. 11, ht. 6 1/2 in. $400-600 457 Chippendale Mahogany Chest of Four Drawers, probably eastern Pennsylvania, late 18th century, the molded top with cut corners above a case of four thumb-molded drawers on ogee bracket feet, refinished, old replaced brasses, (imperfections), ht. 32 1/2, case wd.

31 3/4, case dp. 19 in. $1,000-1,500 458 Small Painted and Paneled Walnut Blanket Box, probably Pennsylvania, early 19th century, the hinged top with molded edge above a facade of eight panels and similarly four-paneled sides, on turned feet, old surface, (minor restoration), ht. 18 1/2, wd. 26 1/4, dp. 13 1/2 in. $800-1,200 456

454 Walnut Carved and Glazed Step-back Cupboard, Pennsylvania, early 19th century, the elaborately molded cornice above a reeded frieze and two nine-light cupboard doors flanked by lambrequin corners, set into a projecting lower section of three short thumb-molded drawers and paneled cupboard doors below centering reeding, and flanked by reeded herringbone designs, all on dovetailed bracket base, ht. 89 1/2, wd. 58 1/2, dp. 23 in. $3,000-5,000

455 Carved Tiger Maple Slant-lid Desk, probably Pennsylvania, late 18th century, the thumb-molded lid with geometric carved border opens to a stepped multi-drawer compartmented interior with elaborate shallow carving incorporating further geometric designs, on a case of four thumb-molded and similarly carved drawers flanked by reeded quarter-columns, all on ogee bracket feet, replaced brasses, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 44 1/4, wd. 38, dp. 18 in. $2,500-3,000

459 Cherry and Tiger Maple Glazed Corner Cupboard, probably Pennsylvania, early 19th century, the molded cornice above a twelvelight door, two medial short drawers, and paneled cupboard doors below, all set into a modern bracket base with shaped apron, ht.

91, wd. 43 1/2, corner dp. 31 in. $2,000-3,000 460 Cobalt Blue Pittsburgh Glass Compote, 19th century, with folded rim, decorated bowl, knop stem and stepped base, ht. 4 1/2, dia.

6 1/2 in. $300-500

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461 Federal Inlaid Cherry Scroll-top Desk/ Bookcase, probably Ohio, early 19th century, the molded swan’s neck cresting ending in carved and inlaid discs, centering a carved and inlaid plinth issuing a shaped device which joins the scroll top together, above upper bookcase section, and lower section of slant lid and four thumb-molded graduated drawers, all with string inlay, on shaped and carved apron joining flaring French feet, replaced brasses, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 87 3/4, lower case wd. 38, lower case dp.

18 1/4 in. $2,500-3,500

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462 Cherry and Tiger Maple Inlaid Chest, probably Ohio, early 19th century, the shaped backsplash above a rectangular top with diamond-inlaid edge above a case of drawers with tiger maple veneer panels flanked by diamonds, and similarly inlaid shaped skirt joining French feet, replaced brasses, old refinish, ht. to top 35, wd. 39 1/4, dp. 18 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500

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463 Tiger Maple and Bird’s-eye Maple Chest of Drawers, probably Ohio, early 19th century, the projecting cockbeaded top drawer above three recessed drawers flanked by ring-turned balusters continuing to turned feet, replaced light blue glass pulls, old refinish, ht. 41 3/4, wd. 42 1/2, dp. 21 3/4 in. $400-600

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464 Cherry and Tiger Maple Sewing Box, America, mid-19th century, the box with shaped skirt, two mahogany veneer drawers, work surface, thread compartment, and a long mahogany veneer drawer at the base, the drawers with opalescent pressed glass pulls, ht. 12 5/8, wd. 12 1/4, dp. 9 in. $300-500 465 Turned Tiger Maple Country Sofa, probably Ohio, c. 1830, with scrolled crest joining heavy columnar posts, arms, arm supports, and legs, with upholstered modern cushions, (imperfections), ht. 34, wd. 71 in. $600-800 466 Red-painted Poplar Child’s Bureau, possibly Ohio, early 19th century, the rectangular top with small reeded backsplash above a beaded case of two short and three long drawers, and paneled sides on turned feet, ht. 27 1/2, wd.

23 1/2, dp. 12 in. $800-1,200 467 Walnut Three-tier Wall Shelf, mid-19th century, with shaped sides, old surface, ht. 32, wd. 24, middle shelf dp. 8 1/2 in. $400-600 468 Large Walnut One-drawer Splay-leg Stand, probably Pennsylvania or Ohio, early 19th century, the top overhangs a slightly canted apron with conformingly shaped drawer, continuing to slightly splayed ring-turned legs with narrow reeded band, ht. 29 1/2, wd. 24 1/2, dp. 24 1/4 in. $300-500

469 Red/Brown-painted Cupboard, early 19th century, the case of two doors opening to four shelves, on tall tapering feet, old surface, ht.

60, wd. 41 1/2, dp. 16 1/2 in. $600-800

475 Small “C.L. Michell” Needlework Sampler, dated 1847, ten lines of alphabet and numbers, signed “C.L. Michell,” in a modern carved tiger maple frame, ht. 8, wd. 4 in. $300-500

470 Red-painted Turned Hat Rack, 19th century, with twelve chamfered arms mounted on a slight upward angle to the vigorously turned post continuing to a tripod base of shaped tapering legs, ht. 66 1/2, pegs lg. 8 to 10 in. $400-600

476 Small Needlework Sampler, England, early 19th century, seven lines of alphabet and numbers with birds and potted flowers, in a molded wood frame with a yellow liner, ht. 8 3/8, wd. 8 3/8 in. $300-500

471 Red-painted Six-tier Corner Shelf, 19th century, the graduated quarter-round shelves joined by turned swelled posts, all on turned feet, ht. 67 1/2, shelf dp. 9 1/2 to 15 3/4, side dp. 16 in. $400-600

477 Small “Jane Wheelers” Needlework Sampler, Astley School, early 19th century, six lines of alphabet and numbers over a field with trees and potted flowers, signed “Iane Wheelers Work Aged 7,” in a tiger maple frame, ht. 7 1/2, wd. 7 1/4 in. $400-600

472 Red-painted Architectural Mirror, America, mid-19th century, with molded top and split baluster sides, ht. 21 1/2, wd. 19 1/4 in. $600-800 473 Blue-painted Pine Cupboard, early 19th century, the molded top above two large cupboard doors opening to four shelves all on cutout base and ends, old surface, ht. 54 3/4, wd. 57, dp. 17 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500

478 Nine Shoe-form Pincushions, late 19th/ early 20th century, with painted decoration and padded cloth cushion at the top, ht. to 5 1/2 in. $800-1,200

479 Turned and Putty-painted Poplar Covered Box, America, 19th century, decorated with a stylized leaf and dot pattern, the lid with turned knop handle, ht. 5 3/4, dia. 7 in. $400-600

474 Small Grain-painted Two-drawer Cabinet, America, mid-19th century, the painted pine case with bracket feet, the dovetail drawers with brass knob pulls, ht. 12, wd. 10 1/2, dp.

6 in. $600-800

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480 Turned and Red-painted Compote, America, 19th century, the wide dish with black-painted interior on a ring-turned stem and stepped and flaring base, ht. 7 3/4, dia.

11 1/2 in. $300-500 481 Elongated Handled Burl Bowl, America, 19th century, the carved bowl with protruding handles and flat base, ht. 6, wd. 21 1/2, dp.

12 in. $2,000-3,000 482 Putty-painted Turned Lidded Box, America, 19th century, the box with leaf decoration, the lid with turned knop handle, ht. 4, dia. 3 1/8 in. $400-600 483 Putty-painted Lidded Round Box, America, 19th century, the cylindrical box with bead top and bottom edges and flat lid, ht. 2 3/4, dia.

4 in. $300-500 484 Three Turned and Putty-painted Covered Boxes, America, 19th century, with stylized leaf and dot decoration, the lids with turned knop handles, ht. to 3 3/4, dia. to 4 1/8 in. $600-800 485 Oval Wooden Bowl with Eleven Stone Fruit, America, 19th century, the fruit including a melon, three apples, a peach, a pomegranate, a lime, a lemon, a plum, an orange, and an eggplant, bowl wd. 22 1/4 in. $400-600 486 Small Burl Bowl with Six Stone Fruit and Nuts, America, 19th century, the turned bowl with a bunch of apples, a pear, a plum, a peapod, a walnut, and an almond, dia. 5 in. $300-500 487 Seventeen Woodenware Items, 19th century, a burl footed bowl, a burl dish, a miniature burl dish, a turned salt, a nutcracker, a slide-lid box, a small tiger maple box, a miniature rolling pin, a long rolling pin, a miniature plane, a miniature pail, a miniature ladle, two hair sieves, and three carved tools, wd. to 21 3/4 in. $400-600

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488 Carved Burl Eagle Pipe Bowl, America, early 20th century, the front with carved spreadwing eagle over a shield, reeded sides, and silver ferrule, wd. 4 1/4 in. $300-500 489 Carved Burl-cased Tape Measure, America, 19th century, the burl body holding a cloth tape measure with brass crank, with stacked carved heart, diamond, spade, and club decoration, and “JAC/F.28/10,” with whalebone mounts, lg. 5 1/2 in.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products.

Buyers are responsible for shipping. $600-800 490 Carved Ash Skimmer, America, 19th century, the oval bowl with short handle decorated with a carved flower, wd. 5 in. $400-600

495 American School, Early 19th Century Miniature Portrait of a Man and Woman in a Comfortable Setting Unsigned.

Watercolor on ivory, 4 x 5 in., in a molded and gold-painted frame.

Condition: Minor abrasion at the right edge.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $600-800 496 American School, Mid-19th Century Miniature Portrait of a Black Woman Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 3 3/8 x 2 5/8 in., in a cherry frame.

Condition: Toned, minor scuffs. $500-700 497 American School, Mid-19th Century

491 Turned and Painted Burl Bowl, America, 19th century, the outside with floral decoration against a white background, ht. 3 1/4, dia. 9 in. $400-600 492 Seven Wooden Household Items, 19th century, an elongated burl bowl with handles, a small burl scoop, and five butter molds, wd. to 13 1/2 in. $300-500 493 American School, Early 19th Century Miniature Portrait of a Boy in a Brown Jacket Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in., in an ebonized frame.

Condition: Very minor toning, not examined out of frame. $800-1,200 494 American School, Mid-19th Century Miniature Portrait of a Child in a Green Dress Holding a Doll Unsigned.

Watercolor on ivory, 2 5/8 x 2 in., in a chased metal mount.

Condition: Minor spots of soiling at edges.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $800-1,200

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Miniature Portrait of a Girl in a Blue Dress Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in., in a molded gilt-gesso frame.

Condition: Minor toning, not examined out of frame. $500-700 498 American School, Mid-19th Century Miniature Portrait of Elizabeth Richards Unsigned, sitter identified on an associated note.

Watercolor on paper, 3 x 2 in., in a molded and gold-painted frame.

Condition: Minor toning, not examined out of frame. $400-600 499 Two Silhouette and Watercolor Portraits of Women, America, mid-19th century, a portrait of a woman in a blue gown and a portrait of a woman in a yellow gown, the back with printed “Evelina E. Bardwell, Williamstown, Ms.,” label, ht. to 6 in. $300-500

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Miniature Portrait of a Man Seated in a Red Chair Unsigned.

Watercolor on ivory, 2 1/2 x 2 in., in a giltbrass mount.

Condition: Slight warping to image, no obvious damage or retouch.

Miniature Portrait of a Man in a Black Jacket Unsigned.

Watercolor on ivory, 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in., in a giltbrass mount.

Condition: Small area of abrasion in the right background close to the frame.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $400-600

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $600-800

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504 American School, Mid-19th Century

Woman in a Gray Dress Driving a Carriage Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in., in a molded brass frame.

Condition: Minor toning, small water stain at bottom edge, not examined out of frame. $400-600

Miniature Portrait of a Young Woman in a Black Dress Unsigned.

Watercolor on ivory, 2 3/8 x 2 in., in a gold mount, with pasteboard case.

Condition: Small chip in the glass, soiling around perimeter of image.

502 American School, Mid-19th Century

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $400-600

Miniature Portrait of a Woman in a White Dress Unsigned.

Watercolor on ivory, 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in., in a giltbrass mount, and pasteboard case.

Condition: Possibly cleaned.

505 American School, Mid-19th Century

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $600-800

The Girl and Her Flowers Unsigned, titled below the image.

Watercolor on paper, 4 x 3 3/4 in., in a molded and dark stained frame.

Condition: Not examined out of frame. $400-600

506 Hollow-cut and Watercolor Silhouette Portrait of a Gentleman, America, mid-19th century, with watercolor clothing details, in an ochre and floral painted frame, ht. 4 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. $400-600 507 Hollow-cut Silhouette of Martha A. Carter, America, with stenciled gown and reverse painting on glass mat, inscribed and dated on the back board “Martha A. Carter/Aged 16/ Made up 1833,” in a molded and red-stained frame, ht. 6 3/4, wd. 5 1/2 in. $300-350 508 Pen and Ink Portrait and Poem, Sarah Zimmerman, mid-19th century, a portrait appearing to be Benjamin Franklin within a leafy frame above two circular leafy frames with bible verses, signed below the image, in a molded and red-stained poplar frame, ht. 14 3/4, wd. 12 7/8 in. $300-500

509 Pennsylvania Paint-decorated Dome-top Box, 19th century, the box decorated with tulips on a mustard ground with red and green decoration, the corners with red hearts, tin hasp and hinges, the inside of the lid inscribed in pencil “Mary E. Martin/A Present/December 9, 1877,” ht. 4 1/2, wd. 6 1/4, dp. 3 3/4 in. $2,500-3,500

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510 Red-painted and Star-decorated Box, America, 19th century, the box with sloping sides decorated with scribed green stars on a yellow background, ht. 4, wd. 12 1/2, dp.

5 1/2 in. $500-700 511 Miniature Paint-decorated Six-board Chest, America, 19th century, the molded lid painted in blue, red, white, brown, and salmon diamond pattern on a red-painted box with black border, opening to a well with two tills, ht. 2 1/2, wd. 7 1/4, dp. 3 in.

Provenance: Samaha’s Antiques, Milan, Ohio. $600-800

514 Paint-decorated Dome-top Box, Worcester County, Massachusetts, mid 19th-century, the box with red and yellow swag and vine decoration on a black background, the interior line with red and white geometric patterned wallpaper, ht. 9, wd. 11 5/8, dp. 9 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

515 Stencil-decorated Box, 19th century, the lid with panoply of arms, the front with spreadwing eagle and United States flags, the sides with floral decoration and a house, the back with castle/townscape, ht. 4 5/8, wd. 8 1/2, dp. 4 1/2 in. $600-800

512 Paint-decorated Dome-top Trunk, northern Europe, 19th century, decorated with flowers, a bird, and double hearts, ht. 10 1/4, wd. 16, dp. 11 in. $600-800

516 Stencil-decorated Document Box, America, mid-19th century, the box with rose and leaf decoration against a black background, ht. 6 1/2, wd. 12, dp. 7 3/4 in. $400-600

513 Green-painted Walnut Comb Case, America, 19th century, the box with arched and pierced cresting decorated with circles and a heart, ht. 5 1/4, wd. 8 1/2 in.

517 Miniature Red- and Yellow-painted Butter Churn, America, late 19th century, the turned body with yellow line decoration, ht. 5 in. $400-600

Provenance: Garth’s Auction, March, 1975. $300-500

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518 Red- and Yellow-painted Box, America, 19th century, the pine box with walnut lid and black star decoration on the front, ht. 2 3/4, wd. 7 1/2, dp. 4 in. $300-500

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519 Paint-decorated Box, America, mid-19th century, the yellow-painted box with black and red splotch and pinwheel decoration, ht. 8 1/4, wd. 19 3/4, dp. 10 3/4 in. $2,000-4,000 520 Gilt-decorated Box, 19th century, the poplar box with gilt urn filled with fruit on the lid, and gilt peaches and leaves on the sides, four brass button feet, ht. 5 1/4, wd. 10 1/2, dp.

5 3/4 in. $300-500 521 Putty-painted Document Box, Maine, mid19th century, the dovetailed box with brown paint against an ochre background forming fans with red and green decoration, the lid with bail handle, the interior lined in 19th century newsprint and magazine illustrations, ht. 7 1/2, wd. 15 3/4, dp. 9 1/4 in. $700-900 522 Classical Tiger Maple Box, America, mid19th century, the box with ring-turned corner posts, vase feet and lift-off top, ht. 5 3/4, wd.

9 1/4, dp. 5 1/2 in. $600-800 523 Red-painted Wall Box with Drawer, America, mid-19th century, the poplar box with shaped back, lift lid and single dark redpainted drawer with brass pull and divided interior, ht. 11 1/2, wd. 13 3/4, dp. 7 1/4 in. $700-900

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524 Painted Drum-form Box, America, mid-19th century, the bentwood shell with painted banding and scroll decoration, a lithograph spreadwing eagle on the front, ht. 7, dia. 8 1/2 in. $800-1,200 525 Red-painted Wall Box, 19th century, with arched back and black line decoration, ht. 10 3/4, wd. 6 3/4, dp. 3 1/2 in. $400-600 526 Green-painted Demilune Comb Box, America, 19th century, the shaped back with cutout and bentwood front, ht. 6 3/4, wd. 15, dp. 4 1/2 in. $300-500 527 Red-painted Wall Box, America, 19th century, the elaborate shaped back with heart cutout and box with chamfered edges base, ht. 11 1/4, wd. 12 1/2, dp. 6 1/4 in. $400-600 528 Nine Painted Wooden Objects, 19th/20th century, three turned and covered containers, three carved and painted birds, a small bluepainted pail, a small paint-decorated match holder, and a turned and painted candleholder, ht. to 8 3/4 in. $400-600 529 Walnut Heart Cutout Cutlery Box, America, late 19th century, the box with deep sloping sides, two compartments with tall arched divider with heart cut out, ht. 11, wd. 13 7/8, dp. 11 in. $300-500 530 Pair of Tall Brass Bun-base Candlesticks, late 17th/18th century, ht. 9 1/4 in. $400-600 531 Four Early Brass Candlesticks, 17th/early 18th century, two capstan candlesticks and two with broad bases, ht. to 5 in. $600-800

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532 Pair of Enamel and Brass Balloon Mirror Rests, late 18th century, the oval plates with a hot air balloon over a harbor, the top inscribed “BLANCHARD,” ht. 2, wd. 1 3/8, dp. 2 1/2 in. $400-600

534 Wood and Brass Bedwarmer, late 18th century, the pierced lid decorated with an engraved seated cat, turned handle, lg. 45 in. $300-500

533 Tin and Glass Lantern, probably England, mid-19th century, the shaded etched “R.W. Porter,” with a kerosene burner inside, ht. 10 in. $300-350

535 Tiger Maple Chest of Four Drawers, New England, late 18th century, the molded slightly overhanging top on a case of four thumbmolded graduated drawers and molded bracket base, replaced brasses, old refinish, ht. 34 1/2, wd. 40 1/2, dp. 19 in. $1,500-2,500

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536 Carved and Inlaid Mirror, America, 19th century, the oval mirror with cutout heart, carved stars and small tack inlay, ht. 11 3/4, wd. 7 1/2 in. $600-800 537 Red/brown-painted Chest of Four Drawers, Massachusetts, late 18th century, the molded top above a case of four thumb-molded graduated drawers, on molded cutout bracket base, replaced brasses, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 36, case wd. 34 1/2, case dp. 17 in. $700-900 538 White-painted Turned-leg Table with Drawer, New England, early 19th century, the top with breadboard ends and single short drop leaf, on a straight skirt joining the legs on tapered feet, (minor imperfections), ht. 29, wd.

32 1/2, dp. 21 1/2 in. $400-600 539 Small Black-painted Pine Sawbuck Table, probably New England, early 19th century, the rectangular top above nail-constructed X-ends joined by a square stretcher, ht. 26 1/4, wd.

25 1/4, dp. 15 1/2 in. $300-500

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540 Green-painted and Paint-decorated Windsor Sack-back Rocking Chair, late 18th century, with rounded bowed crest rail above shaped arms, carved saddle seat, and bold turnings, early 19th century painted surface with yellow striping and foliate devices, ht. 37, seat ht. 16 1/4 in. $700-900 541 Classical Carved Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Worktable, probably Boston, c. 182025, the rectangular top with shaped top leaves and beaded edge above three cockbeaded drawers, the lowermost fitted for a bag, on four vase- and ring-turned spiral-carved tapering legs on casters, old brass pulls, refinished, (minor imperfections), ht. 29, wd.

21 3/4, dp. 18 in. $400-600 542 Paint-decorated Pine Blanket Chest over Drawer, New England, early 19th century, top with cleated ends opens above a well, and drawer below, on bootjack cutout ends, ht.

32, wd. 43 1/2, dp. 17 in. $700-900

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543 Tiger Maple Two-drawer Worktable, New England, early 19th century, with rounded drop leaves and spiral-carved legs, replaced glass pulls, old surface, ht. 28 1/2, wd. 17 1/2, dp. 19 in.

Provenance: Samaha’s Antiques, Milan, Ohio. $300-500

544 Carved, Painted, and Gilt Oval Plaque, China, c. 1850-75, with carved surround of Chinese landscape vignettes and foliate designs, and central gilt eagle on shield clutching five arrows and an olive branch, with three flags behind, ht. 13, wd. 15 3/4 in. $2,500-3,500 545 Federal Mahogany Veneer and String-inlaid Box, America, early 19th century, the box with string and rope inlay decoration over two drawers with brass knob pulls, shaped skirt with central fan and splayed legs, ht. 10 1/2, wd. 13 1/2, dp. 8 in. $800-1,200

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546 Mahogany and Whale’s-tooth-inlaid Box, 19th century, the dovetailed box with inlaid stars, corner decoration, and applied ring handles, opening to an interior with a compartmented lift-out tray, ht. 6, wd. 11 3/4, dp. 6 3/4 in.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products.

Buyers are responsible for shipping. $800-1,200 547 Scrimshaw Whalebone Busk, America, mid19th century, decorated with a couple, hearts, and floral motifs, lg. 14 1/4, wd. 1 5/8 in.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products.

Buyers are responsible for shipping. $700-900 548 Whalebone and Baleen Pointer, 19th century, the handle carved in the form of a hand, lg. 26 3/4 in.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products.

Buyers are responsible for shipping. $300-500

549 Turned Mahogany and Whale’s Tooth Clamp and Spool, America, mid-19th century, ht. 7 in.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products.

Buyers are responsible for shipping. $300-500 550 Carved Whale’s Tooth and Coconut Dipper, 19th century, the mahogany handle with whale’s tooth mounts, lg. 16 in.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products.

Buyers are responsible for shipping. $400-600 550A Paint-decorated Eight-drawer Spice Chest, America, 19th century, the red-painted pine cabinet with grain-painted drawers and turned knob pulls, ht. 18 3/4, wd. 16 1/2, dp. 7 3/8 in. $1,200-1,500 551 Stack of Five Oval Painted Pantry Boxes, America, 19th century, a red, box, a smoke decorated box, a putty-painted box, a grainpainted box, and a black-painted box, wd. to 6 in. $400-600

552 Two Oval Shaker Pantry Boxes, America, 19th century, with fingered seam secured with copper tacks, wd. to 6 in. $300-500 553 Four Graduated, Round, Deep Bluepainted Pantry Boxes, late 19th century, the rounded finger seams secured with iron tacks, dia. to 5 1/4 in. $600-800

554 Slip-decorated Pearlware Half-pint Mug, England, early 19th century, decorated with dots of brown and black slip on a field of blue slip, bordered by brown and black slip bands and blue glazed rouletted bands, applied strap handle with foliate terminals, ht. 4 5/8 in. $300-500

555 Slip-decorated Pearlware Jug, England, early 19th century, with lines of white trailed and dotted slip on a field of dark brown slip bordered by lines of blue, white, and black cat’s-eyes on bands of orange slip, greenglazed rouletting on the shoulder, applied strap handle with foliate terminals, molded spout, ht. 8 in. $1,000-1,500

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556 Slip-decorated Pearlware Jug, England, early 19th century, the brown slip jug with blue and brown dipped fans on the sides, greenglazed reeding on the shoulder, applied strap handle with foliate terminals, ht. 4 1/4 in. $600-800 557 Mocha “Seaweed” Decorated Mustard Pot, England, early 19th century, the seaweed decoration against a salmon field with brown slip line border, applied strap handle with foliate terminals, ht. 2 3/4 in. $300-500 558 Slip-decorated Yellowware Teapot, England, c. 1830, the body with scrolls formed from three-color cable decoration, ht. 4 1/4 in. $400-600 559 Slip-decorated Pepper Pot, England, early 19th century, bulbous form with slip cable decoration against a blue background, ht. 4 1/4 in. $200-250 560 Slip-decorated Pearlware Quart Mug, England, early 19th century, trails and dots of white slip on a brown slip band, bordered by a wide band of blue slip, the rim with greenglazed rouletting, applied strap handle with foliate terminals, ht. 6 in. $500-700

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561 Slip-decorated Pearlware Quart Mug, England, early 19th century, decorated with blue, black, and white cable decoration on a dark green slip field, bordered by bands of blue and rust slip, green-glazed and rouletted rim, applied strap handle with green-glazed foliate terminals, ht. 6 in. $600-800 562 Slip-decorated Pearlware Pepper Pot, England, early 19th century, cylindrical form decorated with three colored slip branches against a buff background below brown slip bands and green-glazed reeding, ht. 5 in. $300-500 563 Four Floral Decorated Pearlware Table Items, England, early 19th century, a rectangular serving platter and three dinner plates, all with molded and green or blue glazed rims, wd. to 15 in. $400-600 564 Mahogany Watch Hutch with a Pearlware Figure of a Woman, early 19th century, the dovetailed case with brass hook to latch the door with tombstone window, housing a molded figure with yellow, brown, and green, glaze spot decoration, case ht. 5 7/8, wd. 4, dp. 2 1/2 in. $300-500

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565 Scraffito- and Cobalt-decorated Stoneware Jug, New York, early 19th century, the tall ovoid jug with applied strap handle, the top decorated with leafy vine decoration and a scraffito “V,” (converted to lamp), ht. 19 in. $300-500 566 Seven Small Stoneware Items, late 19th/20th century, a miniature jar, two miniature jugs, two miniature shoes, a miniature child’s head, and a dog on a stump pot marked “AL FRAIL/NOV 27/1931,” ht. to 4 1/2 in. $400-600 567 Eagle-decorated Redware Jug, America, 19th century, the bulbous body with impressed spreadwing eagle, manganese streak decoration, flaring rim and applied strap handle, ht. 7 in. $600-800 568 Glazed Ceramic Lion Figure, 19th century, the lion in a recumbent position with molded body details, and brown and blue glaze decoration, ht. 5 1/2, wd. 9 3/4, dp. 4 3/4 in. $400-600 569 White and Brown Glazed Earthenware Spaniel, 19th century, in a seated position, ht.

9 1/2 in. $300-500

570 Glazed Yellowware Spaniel, America, 19th century, in a seated position with blue and brown splotch decoration, ht. 11 in. $300-500 571 Seven Pottery Bird Figures, 18th/19th century, including three bird whistles, two polychrome decorated birds on naturalistic bases, a small sewer tile pottery bird, and a swan dish, ht. to 5 in. $300-500

572 Edward Tunnicliff Glazed Whippet Figure, Zanesville, Ohio, c. 1850, the mottled glazed yellowware figure in a recumbent position on a rectangular base lettered “E. TUNNICLIFF, ZANESVILLE, OHIO,” ht. 6, wd. 10 1/4, dp.

4 3/4 in. $1,000-1,500 573 Sewer Tile Spaniel, America, late 19th century, the seated figure with carefully sculpted body detail, ht. 11 1/2 in. $300-500 574 Two Pairs of Sewer Tile Pottery Dogs, America, late 19th/early 20th century, the dogs in recumbent positions, wd. to 8 in. $400-600 575 Sewer Tile Pottery Dog Figure, America, late 19th/early 20th century, the dog in a recumbent position on a molded base, ht. 8, wd. 14 1/2, dp. 8 in. $300-500 576 Two Sewer Tile Pottery Spaniels, America, late 19th/early 20th century, in a seated position, one painted, one glazed, ht. to 10 in. $300-500 577 Sewer Tile Pottery Dog Figure, America, late 19th/early 20th century, in a seated position, ht. 11 in. $400-600 578 Sewer Tile Pottery Spaniel, America, late 19th/early 20th century, in a seated position, ht. 13 in. $300-500

579 Sewer Tile Pottery Lion Figure, America, late 19th/early 20th century, the lion in a recumbent position on a molded base, ht. 6 3/4, wd. 9 1/2, dp. 5 in. $300-500

580 Cast Metal Figure of a Dog, early 20th century, the long-coated retriever in a standing position with his head and tail up, ht. to top of tail 39, overall lg. 47 in. $1,500-2,500 581 Copper Architectural Finial, late 19th/early 20th century, four copper flowers emanating from a turned and red-painted wood base, ht.

32 in. $300-500 582 Painted Cast Metal Reindeer, early 20th century, the white reindeer with red spots, ht.

16 3/4 in. $400-600 583 Painted Cast Iron Scotty Dog Doorstop, 20th century, with molded fur and body details, ht. 11 in. $300-500 584 Paint-decorated Cast Iron Thread Holder, America, late 19th century, with three tiers of thread holders below a cup at the top and a base with paw feet, ht. 11 in. $300-500 585 Fifteen Sewing Items, 19th/early 20th century, ten pincushions, three sewing clamps, and two needle cases, ht. to 7 in. $400-600 586 American School, Mid-19th Century Portrait of a Rooster Unsigned, painted on a ledger page.

Watercolor on laid paper, 7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in., in a modern red-painted and smoke decorated frame.

Condition: Minor toning. $400-600

587 John Dolph (New York/Ohio, 1835-1903) Two Kittens and a Frog Signed “J Dolph” l.l.

Oil on academy board, 9 1/4 x 13 in., in a molded gilt-gesso frame.

Condition: Minor mat abrasion at top edge, no obvious retouch. $1,500-2,500 588 Double Squeak Dog and Cat Pull Toy, late 19th century, the barking dog and cat with arched back on a green base with wheels and squeak mechanism below, ht. 6, wd. 11, dp.

3 1/2 in. $600-800 589 Cat Squeak Toy, late 19th century, the painted cat on a bellows base, ht. 7, wd. 7, dp. 3 in. $400-600 590 Easter Bunny Squeak Toy, 19th century, the bunny with brown fur, basket and articulated ears, ht. 8 1/2 in. $300-500 591 Mother and Cradle Squeak Toy, late 19th century, the mother bent over the cradle, ht. 3 1/2, wd. 5, dp. 3 in. $300-500 592 Velvet Cat and Mouse Toy, early 20th century, the striped cat with a mouse in its mouth, ht. 6 in. $300-500 593 Eleven Carved and Painted Animal Toys, 19th century, three squeak toys including a cow in a cage, a cat, and a bird; a pull toy camel, cow, and horse; a carved dog, cow, and elephant; and an articulated bird and cat, ht. to 8 in. $300-500 594 Carved and Painted Rooster Motion Toy, early 20th century, the body rocks on the legs, mounted on a green-painted rectangular base, ht. 4 in. $300-500

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595 Carved and Painted Spotted Dog Pull Toy, 19th century, the white dog with red spots on a base with spoke painted wheels, ht. 10, wd.

10 1/2, dp. 3 in. $400-600

600 Carved Battle of Stone River, 1863 Cane, America, late 19th century, the cane with carved soldiers, unit insignia, and inscriptions commemorating the battle, lg. 36 3/4 in. $400-600

596 Painted Sheet Iron and Wood “Cats and the Fiddle” Wind Toy, early 20th century, a turbine operates the articulated cats, ht. 11 in. $400-600

601 Carved and Painted Washington, DC, Cane, America, late 19th/early 20th century, the cane with carved snake, alligator, turtle, shield, and clasped hands, lg. 35 1/2 in. $400-600

597 Carved and Painted Figure, early 20th century, the round body figure wearing a green jacket and green cap, with articulated arms, ht. 10 1/2 in. $400-600 598 Small Carved and Painted Rooster, late 19th century, the rooster with painted body and feather details, iron wire legs, mounted on a square wood base, ht. 4 1/2 in. $300-500 599 Carved and Painted Parrot, late 19th/early 20th century, the parrot perched upon a swing, ht. 12 in. $600-800

602 Carved and Painted Snake Cane, America, late 19th/early 20th century, the snake spiraling around the shaft with lizard and frog, lg. 38 3/8 in. $400-600 603 Red (Charles Rogers) Grooms (New York/ Tennessee, b. 1937) Carnival on the Beach Signed “R GROOMS” l.l.

Watercolor on paper, 17 1/2 x 27 1/2 in., in a gilt molded frame.

Condition: Minor abrasions in the foreground. $800-1,200

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The Collection of Pam Boynton, Groton, Massachusetts Lots 604–725

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I met Pam Boynton many years ago as a young man traveling with Bob Skinner.

We visited Pam in Groton, Massachusetts, fairly regularly and met many of her customers—luminaries in the dealer and collecting world.

I remember selling Pam a miniature blue-painted six-board chest that I found at the Amherst, New Hampshire, flea market that was to reside in her bedroom for many years. I found her to be forthright, a little intimidating, wickedly funny, and always informative. Many a fine collection of country furniture, folk art, and colorful objects of quality were curated and sold by Pam. Our thanks go to Martha Boynton who has been so helpful in honoring her mom’s wishes that her collection be sold at Skinner in Marlborough. —Stephen Fletcher 604 Salmon Red-painted Oval-top Tea Table, New England, mid-18th century, on splayed vase- and ring-turned legs joined by beaded apron and box stretchers, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 24 1/2, wd. 34 1/2, dp. 24 1/2 in.

Provenance: Samaha’s Antiques, Milan, Ohio. $4,000-6,000

605 Red-painted Rectangular-top Tea Table, New England, 18th century, the top overhangs a straight skirt joined blocked tapering legs ending in pad feet, original surface, ht. 27 1/4, wd. 30 1/2, dp. 26 in. $1,000-1,500 606 Black-painted Turned Slat-back Armchair, New England, mid-18th century, with ring turnings, mushroom handholds, and sausage-turned front stretchers, original surface, ht.

46, seat ht. 16 in. $400-600

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607 Red-painted Hutch Table, New England, late 18th/early 19th century, the oval top tilts on square double-tapering posts continuing to legs joined by a medial box seat with lift top, original surface, ht. 27, wd. 40, dp. 46 in. $800-1,200 608 Green-painted Bow-back Windsor Side Chair, New England, c. 1790, with shaped saddle seat and vase and ring turnings, old surface, ht. 36 3/4, seat ht. 16 1/2 in. $400-600 609 Pair of Green-painted Bow-back Windsor Side Chairs, New England, late 18th century, with well-formed saddle seats and vase and ring turnings, old surface, (minor imperfections), ht. 39, seat ht. 17 in. $1,000-1,500

610 Lime Green-painted Windsor Fan-back Side Chair, New England, c. 1800-10, with serpentine crest rail, saddle seat, and bamboo turnings, old surface, ht. 37, seat ht. 18 1/2 in. $700-900

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611 Apple Green-painted Fan-back Windsor Side Chair, New England, c. 1800, the early surface with black pinstriping detail, ht. 37, seat ht. 17 in. $700-900

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612 Green-painted Birch Candlestand, New England, early 19th century, with shaped top, vase and ring-turned post, and tripod base of concave legs on spade feet, ht. 27 1/2, wd.

14 1/2, dp. 20 1/4 in. $800-1,200

613 Green-painted Sack-back Windsor Chair, New England, c. 1790, with vase and ringturnings and saddle seat, ht. 38 3/4, seat ht.

16 1/2 in. $800-1,200

614 Green-painted Make-do Upholstered Windsor Rocking Easy Chair, with bamboo turnings, old surface, ht. 44 1/2, seat ht. 18 in. $600-800

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615 Black-painted Sack-back Windsor Chair, New England, c. 1780-90, with knuckle-carved handholds, saddle seat, and vase and ring turnings, early surface, (paint wear), ht.

38, seat ht. 17 in.

Provenance: Samaha’s Antiques, Milan, Ohio; Betty Dorrow. $800-1,200 616 Blue- and Red/Orange-painted Sack-back Windsor Chair, New England, c. 1790-1810, with bamboo turnings and saddle seat, the old painted surface outlined with yellow pinstriping, ht. 38, seat ht. 18 1/2 in. $700-900

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617 Large Carved Burl Bowl with Handles, America, 19th century, the deep oval bowl with flat rim and carved handles on the ends, remnants of old repair below one handle, ht. 9 1/4, wd. 19 1/4, dp. 14 in.

Provenance: Pam’s kitchen table, Groton, Massachusetts. $3,000-5,000

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618 Three Carved Wooden Scoops, 19th century, with shallow carved bowls and handles with decorative ends, lg. to 11 1/2 in. $300-500 619 Four Carved Wood Scoops, 19th century, with round bowls and decorative handles, lg. to 12 in. $400-600 620 Four Carved Wood Scoops, 19th century, two with round bowls, one with an elongated bowl, and one with a square bowl, with decorative handles, lg. to 13 1/4 in. $400-600 621 Four Carved Wood Scoops, 19th century, two with wide shallow bowls, one with a deep arched bowl, and one with a small ovoid bowl, with decorative handles, lg. to 11 in. $300-500

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622 Pine Bee Box, America, early 19th century, the nailed box with windowed slide lid front and central sliding divider, old honeycomb in the back, ht. 5 1/2, wd. 3 3/4, dp. 3 5/8 in. $300-500

623 Pine Paneled Cupboard, New England, late 18th century, with molded cornice above two H-hinged doors opening to shelves, all on bracket base, old surface, (imperfections), ht.

61, wd. 48 1/2, dp. 10 1/2 in. $3,000-5,000 624 Red-painted Maple Tall Chest of Drawers, New England, late 18th century, with cove-molded cornice above thumb-molded graduated drawers and elaborate cutout base, replaced brasses, original surface, ht. 61 3/4, wd. 38, dp. 18 1/2 in. $4,000-6,000

625 Red-painted Birch and Cherry Tall Chest of Six Drawers, New England, c. 1800, with thumb-molded drawers and tall bracket feet, original oval brass pulls, original surface, ht. 55 1/2, wd. 36, dp. 17 in. $1,500-2,500

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626 Cherry Tall Chest of Six Drawers, New England, c. 1800, with molded cornice and thumb-molded drawers on cutout base, replaced brasses, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 53, wd. 39, dp. 18 in. $800-1,200 627 Red-stained Cherry Chest of Drawers, New England, late 18th century, with molded top and four thumb-molded graduated drawers on bracket feet, old bail brasses, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 36 1/2, wd. 40, dp. 19 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500 628 Salmon-painted Chest of Drawers, reportedly York, Maine, late 18th century, the beaded case of four graduated drawers on bracket feet, old replaced brasses, original surface, ht. 34 1/2, wd. 35 1/2, dp. 18 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500 630

629 Red-painted Child’s Chest of Drawers, New England, late 18th century, the molded top above thumb-molded drawers on bracket feet, original surface, (right rear foot repaired), ht. 15 2/4, wd. 17 3/4, dp. 9 in. $1,000-1,500

630 Red-painted Cherry Slant-lid Desk, New England, c. 1800, with compartmented fivedrawer interior on a scratchbeaded case and bracket feet, original brasses, original surface, (minor imperfections), ht. 42 3/4, wd. 38, dp.

18 1/2 in. $3,000-5,000 631 Small Red-painted Pine and Cherry Demilune Console Table, New England, c.

1800, the overhanging top above a straight apron with drawer, original surface, (minor imperfections), ht. 29 3/4, wd. 29 1/4, dp. 19 1/4 in. $800-1,200 632 Red-painted Pine Child’s Chest of Three Drawers, New England, early 19th century, with overhanging top, three thumb-molded drawers flanked by sawtooth corners, on a cutout base, replaced brasses, old surface, ht.

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633 Miniature Paint-decorated Six-board Chest, America, early 19th century, the redpainted pine box with yellow squiggle and dot decoration, on arched feet, ht. 7 3/8, wd. 14, dp. 5 1/4 in. $600-800 634 Green-painted Pole Screen, New England, early 19th century, with adjustable needlework panel on a cross base, old surface, (old repairs), ht. 47 in. $800-1,200 635 Red-painted Cherry and Pine Onedrawer Stand, New England, c. 1810-20, the overhanging breadboard top on square tapering legs, original surface, ht. 25 1/2, top wd. 25 3/4, top dp. 16 3/4 in. $700-900 636 Red-painted Pine Cupboard, New England, early 19th century, with hinged doors and cockbeaded surround on diagonal cutout base, old surface, ht. 45, wd. 43, dp. 16 1/2 in. $800-1,200

637 “Reubens Peale” Watercolor Memorial, c. 1865, depicting a woman mourning at a monument consisting of an urn on a square pedestal inscribed “Sacred/to the memory/of/ REUBENS PEALE/OB July 17th/1865/AE 81 yr 2 mo.,” with finely rendered willow, buildings with tall poplar trees, and a striped green lawn, eglomise mat with an oval aperture, housed in a gilt molded frame, ht. 11 1/4, wd. 8 1/2 in.

Note: Reubens Peale, the fourth son of Charles Willson Peale, was a director of Peale’s Museum in Baltimore, and later opened his own museum in New York which became the New York Museum of Natural Histrory and Science. In the 1850s he painted still lifes and landscapes. His portrait at seventeen years of age where he is seen with a potted geranium was painted by Rembrandt Peale in 1801. $3,000-5,000

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638 Watercolor Joslin Family Record, Keene, New Hampshire, mid-19th century, the register documenting five members of the Joslin family flanked by four women with trees in the background, a white, house and hills, in a mahogany veneer frame, framed dimensions 22 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. $2,500-3,500

640 Needlework and Watercolor on Silk Memorial, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, early 19th century, with woman in mourning next to an inscribed obelisk and willow tree, open landscape and dramatic sky in the background, in a molded and gold-painted frame, ht. 16 1/2, wd. 21 1/2 in. $600-800

639 Watercolor “John Johnson” Memorial, America, late 18th century, depicting a woman in a white gown standing next to a memorial with an urn top inscribed “Sacred to the/memory of/JOHN JOHNSON/who died Jan. 9,/1796. AE 2.,” with willow tree in the background, mounted in a mahogany frame, the back with pages from an arithmetic exercise book and a page from a Massachusetts newspaper, ht. 10 3/4, wd. 8 1/4 in. $800-1,200

641 American School, Mid-19th Century Andover Theological Seminary Unsigned.

Graphite and watercolor on paper, 10 x 16 1/4 in., in a molded walnut frame with a gilt liner.

Condition: Minor toning, not examined out of frame. $300-500 642 American School, Early 19th Century Moses in the Bulrushes Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 19 1/2 x 21 in., in a gilt molded frame with an eglomise mat.

Condition: Minor toning. $600-800

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647 Attributed to Samuel P. Howes (Massachusetts, 1806-1881) Portrait of a Boy in a Yellow Dress Holding a Hat and Riding Crop Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 36 x 29 in., unframed.

Condition: Craquelure and pigment loss in areas along the left and right edges, no obvious retouch. $4,000-6,000 648 Prior-Hamblen School, Mid-19th Century

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Bird in a Basket of Fruit Signed “AMANDA WHITE AE 13 1810” on the mat.

Watercolor on paper, 15 3/4 x 13 in., in a gilt molded frame with eglomise mat.

Condition: Toned, mat with losses. $400-600

Two Waving Women Inscribed and dated “Painted by/Hannah L.P. Badger/1811 & 12.” on the backing board.

Watercolor on paper, 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in., in a molded and red-stained frame.

Condition: Toned, not examined out of frame. $400-600

644 “Mary Young” Needlework Sampler, early 19th century, stitched with seven lines of alphabet and numbers over four lines of verse under an arch and pillars and floral border, in molded mahogany frame with gilt liner, ht. 18 1/2, wd. 20 in. $300-500

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Shore Scene with Large Houses Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 11 x 14 1/2 in., in a molded gilt-painted frame.

Condition: Scattered foxing, not examined out of frame. $1,000-1,500

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Pair of Portraits of a Man and Woman Unsigned.

Oil on academy board, 14 1/4 x 11 1/2 in., in black-painted frames.

Condition: Surface scratches, no obvious retouch. $1,500-2,500 649 Two Slip-decorated Pepper Pots, England, early 19th century, a bulbous pot with brown, rust, and white cat’s-eye decoration on a blue slip field, with brown and black slip bands; and an urn-shaped pot with blue, black, and white cat’s-eye decoration on an ochre slip field with brown slip bands, ht. to 4 1/4 in. $300-500 650 Grain-painted Open Step-back Cupboard, New England, early 19th century, with three shelves and hinged recessed paneled door, old surface painted to resemble chestnut, ht.

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651 Green-painted Clothes Cupboard with Drawer, New York State, early 19th century, with molded cornice, single door, and applied molding above the cutout base, old surface, ht. 73 1/2, wd. 40, dp. 15 3/4 in. $700-900 652 Paint-decorated Chest over Two Drawers, probably New England, early 19th century, with thumb-molded drawerfronts and applied molding on a cutout base, original red paint with green spotted pattern, old brass pulls, ht.

37, wd. 43, dp. 17 3/4 in. $1,000-1,500 653 Grain-painted Chest over Drawer, New England, early 19th century, with paint simulating mahogany and inlaid stringing on a valance-carved bracket base, original brasses, original surface, ht. 34, wd. 41 3/4, dp. 17 1/2 in. $800-1,200 654 Grain-painted Chest over Two Drawers, New England, early 19th century, with thumbmolded drawerfronts and scroll cutout ends, original surface resembles flame mahogany, ht. 41 1/2, wd. 36, dp. 18 in. $1,000-1,500 655 Burnt Sienna Grain-painted Chest over Two Drawers, New England, early 19th century, painted to simulate exotic wood with thumbmolded drawerfronts and cutout base, old surface, ht. 42 1/2, wd. 36, dp. 17 1/2 in. $800-1,200 656 Paint-decorated Blanket Chest, New England, early 19th century, original red paint with black spotted pattern, ht. 25, wd. 48, dp.

18 in. $800-1,200 657 Boston Common Paint-decorated Box, Massachusetts, mid-19th century, the dovetailed box with painted scenes of houses, large white buildings, hills, and trees, opening to a compartmented interior, ht. 4 5/8, wd. 13 1/4, dp. 7 3/4 in. $800-1,200

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658 “Joseph Grant 1832” Watercolor-decorated Box, America, c. 1832, the paper-covered box decorated with scenes of likely academic buildings within polychrome geometric borders, the front inscribed “JOSEPH GRANT/1837,” with till on the interior, the inside of the lid with a verse on penmanship

by H.D. Erfield, ht. 3 1/4, wd. 8 3/4, dp. 4 3/4 in. $400-600 659 Paint-decorated Clock Dial, New England, 19th century, the poplar tombstone dial with house and lawn scene above the floraldecorated dial with arabic numerals, ht. 16 1/4, wd. 12 in. $300-500 660 Small Paint-decorated Dome-top Box and Two Miniature Book Items, 19th century, the lid and sides of the box with painted buildings and trees; a marbled book-form present box with glass sides; and a miniature book-form slide-lid box, wd. to 4 in. $300-500

661 Small Watercolor Theorem on Paper of a Basket of Fruit, America, mid-19th century, the yellow-, red-, and black-striped basket with fruit on a green surface, in a greenpainted frame, ht. 10 1/4, wd. 12 1/4 in. $300-500

662 Diminutive Yellow-painted and Paintdecorated Work or Dressing Table, possibly Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, c. 1830, with large demilune drawer below opening to the right side, original surface with green leafage and gilt-stenciled flowers, (imperfections and minor paint wear), ht. 35 1/2, wd. 24 1/2, dp. 18 in.

Note: A note affixed to the inside of the drawer reads: “This dressing table was probably brought from Martha’s Vineyard in 1820. My father, born in 1800, had no remembrance of its coming into the possession of the family. Elizabeth C. Allen.” $1,500-2,500

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663 Cream-painted Decorated Dressing Table, New England, early 19th century, with borders of red orange, gilt stenciled leafage and floral and fruit designs, ht. 30 1/2, wd. 34, dp. 16 1/2 in. $1,200-1,500

666 Classical Grain-painted Bureau, New England, c. 1825-35, with scrolled backboard and four drawers flanked by boldly turned vase and ring posts, on turned feet, original surface, ht. 40 1/2, wd. 42 3/4, dp. 20 1/2 in. $800-1,200

664 Rare Paint-decorated Crib, possibly Maine, c. 1825-30, the vase- and ring-turned posts with ball tops joined by rails and arrow-form spindles, and a scrolled paneled headboard, original red/brown graining with green striping and green and yellow leafage, ht. 41, wd. 39, lg. 52 1/2 in. $800-1,200

667 Two 19th Century Mirrors, America, a mirror with black-painted frame and a split-baluster mirror with reverse-painted tablet, ht. to 27 1/4 in. $200-250

665 Classical Mahogany, Bird’s-eye Maple, and Pine Red-stained and Smoke-painted Bureau, Maine, c. 1825-35, the backboard and drawerfronts with bird’s-eye maple veneer, flanked by turned posts and feet, original ring brasses, original surface, ht. 51 1/2, wd. 45, dp. 20 in. $800-1,200

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668 Red- and Blue-painted Child’s Slantlid Desk, America, mid-19th century, the geometric painted lid opening to a compartment with four narrow over two wide drawers, the case with three drawers, with turned knob pulls, (imperfections), ht. 16 1/4, wd. 13 1/4, dp. 7 in. $800-1,200

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669 American School, 19th Century Vase of Flowers Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 34 1/2 x 40 3/4 in., in a gilt molded frame.

Condition: Craquelure, no obvious retouch. $800-1,200 670 American School, Mid-19th Century Still Life with Fruit Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 6 1/4 x 8 in., in a molded and red-painted frame.

Condition: Toned, not examined out of frame. $300-500 671 American School, Mid-19th Century Still Life Basket of Fruit Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 7 x 10 in., in a gilt molded frame.

Condition: Minor toning, not examined out of frame. $300-500

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676 Three Painted Iron Hogscraper Candlesticks, England, 19th century, one in red and two in green, ht. to 7 1/4 in. $300-500 677 Three Painted Iron Hogscraper Candlesticks, England, 19th century, one each in green, yellow, and white, ht. to 7 in. $300-500

678 Turned and Painted Lidded Container, America, 19th century, the green-painted container with straight sides on a knopped stem with flaring foot, orange line decoration on base and lid, ht. 6 3/4 in. $300-500 679 Turned and Blue-painted Keg, America, 19th century, the barrel form container with raised and black-painted bands with painted rivets, ht. 9 1/8, dia. 6 in. $400-600

680 Salmon-painted Oval Panty Box, America, 19th century, with wide finger seam secured with copper tacks, wd. 5 3/8 in. $300-500

681 Red-painted Oval Pantry Box, America, 19th century, the lid initialed “M.B.� with wide finger seam secured with copper tacks, wd. 6 1/2 in. $300-500

682 Blue-painted Oval Pantry Box, America, 19th century, with wide finger seam secured with iron tacks, wd. 6 5/8 in. $300-500 683 Paint-decorated Oval Pantry Box, America, 19th century, decorated with green splotches and borders, straight seam secured with iron tacks, ht. 4, wd. 11 5/8 in. $400-600

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684 Chrome Yellow-painted Oval Pantry Box, America, 19th century, with large finger seam secured with copper tacks, wd. to 6 1/4 in. $300-500 685 Three Painted Oval Pantry Boxes, America, 19th century, salmon, light blue, and gray boxes with large finger seams secured with iron and copper tacks, wd. to 6 in. $400-600 686 Three Painted Oval Pantry Boxes, America, 19th century, blue, white, and gray boxes with large finger seams secured with iron and copper tacks, wd. to 6 3/8 in. $400-600 690

687 Four Painted Oval Pantry Boxes, America, 19th century, green, red, gray, and white boxes with large finger seams secured with iron and copper tacks, wd. to 6 3/8 in. $400-600 688 Bittersweet-painted Oval Shaker Pantry Box, America, 19th century, finger seam secured with copper tacks, ht. 4 3/4, wd. 11 7/8 in. $400-600

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689 Miniature Paint-decorated Cupboard, America, late 19th century, the gray cupboard with molded top, two shelves over a lower section with two doors, shaped bracket feet and rose decoration and red and gray border lining, ht. 17 3/4, wd. 10, dp. 6 3/4 in. $400-600

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690 Miniature Red-, White-, and Blue-painted Bureau, America, mid-19th century, the white case with red geometric, starburst, and line decoration, and blue line accents, the top with two narrow drawers, an overhang with single drawer, and three drawers below, all with faceted wood pulls, scroll legs, ht. 12 1/4, wd.

8 1/4, dp. 6 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500

692 Paint- and Strawberry-decorated Box, America, late 19th/early 20th century, the front of the dovetailed box painted with a detailed strawberry against a white background with black line decoration and yellow edges, the lid painted “E.W. Cutler.,” the inside of the lid with two griffins and “FROM/D. MORRILL.,” ht. 6 1/4, wd. 13, dp. 6 in. $800-1,200

691 Miniature Paint-decorated Slant-lid Bin with Nine Drawers, America, late 19th century, ochre-painted box with lift lid, case with three levels of graduated drawers with brown line decoration and turned brass knobs, the lid and sides with floral decoration, ht. 14 1/2, wd. 11 1/4, dp. 7 3/4 in. $3,000-5,000

693 Red-painted Document Box, America, mid-19th century, the dovetailed box with floral decoration on the front, black border and brass bail handle on the lid, ht. 6 3/4, wd. 15, dp. 8 in. $800-1,200 694 Red and Green Paint-decorated Wood Bank, America, the nailed box dated “1832” in yellow and black shaded numbers on a red background with yellow line and green edge decoration, the top with coin slot, ht. 2 5/8, wd. 5 1/4, dp. 3 in. $300-500

695 Small Green and Yellow Paint-decorated Wooden Bank, America, mid-19th century, the nailed box with yellow-painted “JF” flanking the coin slot within a yellow border, ht.

3 1/4, wd. 6, dp. 3 3/8 in. $200-250 696 Green Paint-decorated Wooden Bank, America, mid-19th century, the dovetailed box in shades of green with red and yellow striping, the top with “JH” flanking the decorated coin slot, ht. 3 3/4, wd. 6 1/8, dp.

4 in. $300-500

697 Paint-decorated Slide-lid Box, America, mid-19th century, the lid with shaped and gilt initials “L.F.J.,” the sides with flower and leaf decoration with a gilt border and dark green background, ht. 4 1/2, wd. 15 1/2, dp. 4 7/8 in. $800-1,200

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698 Red-painted Pine Bucket Bench, New England, early 19th century, with shaped cornice joining cutout slant-back sides and two shelves with original bracing below, old surface, ht. 44 1/2, wd. 49, dp. 13 in. $700-900 699 Small Red-painted Bucket Bench, probably New England, late 18th/early 19th century, the two beaded shelves and scrolled ends of dovetail and through-tenon construction, original surface, (paint wear), ht. 31, wd. 36 1/2, dp. 14 in. $1,000-1,500

700 Molded Sheet Copper and Cast Iron Cow Weathervane, New England, 19th century, flattened full-body form with cast iron head and horns, with custom stand, ht. 15, wd.

28 in.

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Provenance: Removed from Gail Piatt’s barn. $1,500-2,500

701 Molded Sheet Copper and Zinc Prancing Horse Weathervane, J. Howard & Company, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, mid-19th century, the flattened full body form with zinc head and crimped tail, with custom metal stand, ht. 22, wd. 31 in. $8,000-12,000 702 Carved and White-painted Dove, 19th century, with carved feather and body details, wd. 16 3/4 in. $800-1,200 703 Carved Cornucopia Wall Pocket, 19th century, the cornucopia with red dot decoration mounted on a mahogany board with applied leaves, ht. 10 1/2, wd. 13 1/4 in. $800-1,200

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704 Carved Figure of a Lion, early 20th century, the lion with finely carved body and face details on a rectangular base with one paw resting on stone, ht. 5 1/2, wd. 7, dp. 2 1/4 in. $300-500 705 Carved Rooster on a Compass Rose Stand, early 20th century, the rooster with simplistic body details on a round base marked with compass directions, ht. 6 3/4 in. $400-600

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706 Painted Checkers Game Board, America, late 19th century, the yellow squares against a black background with floral decoration at the corners, applied edge molding, ht. 15, wd.

14 3/4 in. $600-800

707 Black Paint-decorated Bannister-back Side Chair, New England, last half 18th century, with 19th century gilt and red and whitepainted scroll and foliate embellishments, and 19th century needlework and velvet seat, ht.

43 3/4, seat ht. 18 1/2 in. $400-600

708 Blue Paint-decorated Bannister-back Side Chair, New England, last half 18th century, with 19th century paint in dark blue with gilt and red pinstriping and 19th century needlework upholstery, ht. 44, seat ht. 18 in. $600-800

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709 Red-painted Sled, America, 19th century, the poplar sled with yellow “A.B. SAWYER” on the seat, yellow and black pinstriping and decoration, the underside signed in pencil several times with Sawyer’s name, lg. 27 1/2, wd. 12 1/2 in. $400-600 710 Grain-painted Tiered Hanging Shelf, America, mid-19th century, the graduated shelves supported by rope, ht. 42, wd. 26, dp.

9 1/4 in. $300-500 711 Anniversary Tin Spoon in a Slide-lid Box, America, late 19th century, the spoon with hanging loop in an angular box with tin corner reinforcements, spoon lg. 22 in. $300-500 712 King Charles Spaniel Squeak Toy, late 19th century, ht. 9, wd. 7 3/8, dp. 4 in. $400-600 713 Three-tier Paint-decorated Sewing Box, America, mid-19th century, the top with pincushion opening to a compartment, the second tier opening to thread holders, and the bottom tier with drawer, the case with floral decoration and red border against a yellow background, square feet, ht. 9 1/4, wd. 7 1/2, dp. 5 3/8 in. $400-600 714 Miniature Red- and Gray-painted Twodrawer Stand, Pennsylvania, mid-19th century, the red top on a gray base with tapering legs and two red-faced drawers, ht. 9 1/4, wd. 7 1/4, dp. 6 1/4 in. $400-600

715 American School, Late 19th Century Residence of Mrs. Wann, Mifflin, Iowa Co. Wi. Signed “F.A. Hoxie” l.r., titled below the image.

Watercolor on paper, 16 x 22 in., in a molded and dark-stained cherry frame with a gilt liner.

Condition: Minor toning, small area of damp staining at lower edge.

Provenance: Bill Samaha. $800-1,200 716 Green-painted Footed Splint Basket, 19th century, the square basket with lid on four carved legs, ht. 7 3/4, wd. 8 1/2, dp. 5 1/2 in. $400-600 717 Paint-decorated Splint Wall Pocket, late 19th century, red and blue splints with red and blue decoration, ht. 13, wd. 16 1/2, dp. 8 in. $400-600 718 Paint-decorated Splint Basket, late 19th century, the basket with red, blue, and yellow splints decorated with floral patterned stamping, ht. 6, wd. 14, dp. 14 in. $600-800 719 Painted Splint Covered Basket, late 19th century, the rectangular basket with red, yellow, and blue splints, ht. 9 1/2, wd. 14, dp.

7 in. $500-700 720 Small Green-painted Covered Splint Basket, 19th century, the rectangular basket with fitted lid and handles on the ends, old green paint over earlier red paint, ht. 3 3/4, wd. 5, dp. 4 in. $300-500

721 Painted Half-hull Model, late 19th century, the red- and green-painted hull mounted on a brown-painted board with shaped sides, star cutout corners and heart cutout top, wd.

44 in. $800-1,200 722 Whalebone and Wood Cutlery Box, America, 19th century, the box with sloping sides divided into two compartments, with turned and carved whale’s tooth handle, the sides with inlaid knife and fork, ht. 5, wd. 12 3/4, dp. 8 1/2 in.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products.

Buyers are responsible for shipping. $400-600 723 Carved and White-painted Pitot Horse Eagle, late 19th century, the spreadwing eagle with carved body and feather details, ht. 17 1/2, wd. 30, dp. 30 in.

Provenance: Bill Samaha. $1,000-1,500 724 American School, Mid-19th Century The Fisherman Unsigned, titled below the image.

Watercolor on paper, 6 x 8 in., in a molded and black-painted frame.

Condition: Toned, minor abrasion in the sky, not examined out of frame. $300-500 725 Painted Two-masted Schooner Weathervane, Frank Adams, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, mid-20th century, the schooner with painted metal sails, wire rigging and painted hull, ht. 19 3/4, wd. 34 1/4 in. $600-800

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The Collection of August Knapp, Hudson, Ohio Lots 726–784

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726 Turned Ash Great Chair, late 17th/early 18th century, with knob and ring-turned stiles, vaseand ring-turned spindles, and knob handholds on legs joined by double stretchers, old refinish, (height loss, restoration), ht. 40, seat ht. 14 in. $2,000-4,000 727 Black-painted Turned Ash Armchair, early 18th century, (feet pieced 2 in.), ht. 41 1/2, seat ht. 17 1/2 in. $800-1,200

728 Brown-painted Cherry Butterfly Table, New England, mid-18th century, with circular drop-leaf top on splayed block-, vase-, and ring-turned legs joined by a beaded apron and box stretchers, all on turned feet, (minor imperfections), ht. 26, dia. 36 in. $1,000-1,500 729 Brown-painted Bannister-back Armchair, New England, last half 18th century, with scrolled cresting, block, vase, and ring turnings, and turned feet, old surface, ht. 45 1/2, seat ht. 17 in. $700-900

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730 Pair of Black-painted Vase-back Side Chairs, probably Massachusetts, c. 1740-60, with spooned crests, rush seats, bold turnings, turned front feet and shaped back feet, old black paint over earlier red wash, ht. 40 3/4, seat ht. 17 in. $400-600 731 Salmon Red-painted Tavern Table, possibly New England, late 18th century, the molded top on ring-turned swelled legs, ht. 27, wd. 31 1/2, dp. 20 3/4 in. $600-800 732 Pair of Painted Fan-back Windsor Side Chairs, New England, c. 1790, with vase and ring turnings and saddle seats, old dark green paint with yellow pinstriping and green leaves on the crest rails, ht. 37 3/4, seat ht. 18 in. $600-800 728

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733 Red-painted Continuous-arm Bow-back Windsor Rocking Chair, New England, late 18th century, late 19th century painted surface with Victorian flourishes and shaped reserve with wading birds painted on the seat, ht. 35 1/2, seat ht. 16 in. $300-500

734 “Lafayette 1825” Pierced Tin Lantern, America, c. 1825, the round lantern with conical top bearing the pierced inscription, ht. 31 1/2 in. $1,500-2,500

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735 Brass-banded Iron Hogscraper Candlestick, England, late 18th/early 19th century, the candlestick with brass reinforced flat drip catcher and brass ring at the base, the pushup marked “DOWLER” in a sunken cartouche, ht. 8 3/4 in. $300-500 736 Pierced Tin and Glass Hand Lantern, mid-19th century, the large circular body with round windows and pierced top, ht.

17 1/2, wd. 9, dp. 4 in. $300-500

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737 Large Pierced Tin Lantern, 19th century, the cylindrical body with pierced arch pattern, conical top, single candle socket inside, ht. 19 in. $400-600 738 Large Tin and Glass Lantern, probably England, mid-19th century, the round pillar molded globe protected by an iron wire cage, pierced tin vent at the top, whale oil burner inside, ht. 14, dia. 11 1/2 in. $800-1,200 740

739 Tin and Glass Lantern, mid-19th century, with wide angular globe and pierced tin vent, (candle base detached), ht. 13 1/2, dia. 12 in. $300-500

740 Wrought Iron and Brass Inlaid Skewer Holder with Nine Skewers, the holder with pierced hearts and scroll arms, the brass inlay with date “GT/1775,” overall ht. 19, wd. 6 7/8 in. $800-1,200 741 Wrought Iron and Copper Dipper with Brass Inlay, 19th century, the handle with inlaid brass vine and berry decoration, heart finial, ht. 20 in. $400-600

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742 Two Iron-banded Iron Hogscraper Candlesticks, England, late 18th/early 19th century, the pushups marked “DOWLER” in sunken cartouches, one pushup marked “DOWLER” in block letters on the underside, ht. 10 in. $400-600 743 Three Tall Early Brass Candlesticks, Europe, 18th century, with wide drip catchers and wide bases, ht. to 10 1/2 in. $600-800 744 Red/Brown-painted Spoon Rack and Twelve Pewter Spoons, Europe, 18th century, the board with two spoon holders attached with rosehead nails, scroll cresting, ht. 23 1/2, wd. 9 3/4 in. $800-1,200

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745 Pewter Six-light Chandelier, 19th century, the scroll branches supported by a central shaft with large ball base, ht. 22, dia. 25 in. $800-1,200

749 Five Burl Items, 19th century, a turned mortar with pestle; a scoop, and three balls, ht. to 7 1/2 in. $300-500

746 Six American Pewter Plates and a Charger, late 18th/early 19th century, makers include Thomas Danforth, Nathaniel Austin, Boardman & Co., Samuel Kilbourn, Blakesley Barns, and George Lightner, dia. to 18 in. $400-600

750 Carved Oval Burl Bowl, 19th century, with sloping sides and flat base, ht. 4 1/8, wd. 12 3/4, dp. 10 in. $400-600

747 Two Pewter Porringers, 19th century, with tab handles, dia. 5 1/4 in. $300-500 748 Five Early Wrought Iron Lighting Devices, 18th/early 19th century, a rushlight and candle holder on three penny feet, a pushup candlestick on three feet, a small grease lamp, a hanging candlestick with square base, and a hanging oil lamp marked “NEWPORT,” ht. to 9 1/4 in. $400-600

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751 Turned Footed Burl Bowl, America, 19th century, with flaring rim, straight sides, and flaring foot, ht. 4 1/8, dia. 6 7/8 in. $300-500 752 Turned Footed Burl Bowl, America, 19th century, with thin rim, tapering sides and square foot, ht. 3 1/2, dia. 6 1/2 in. $300-500

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753 Burl Lift-top Box, 19th century, the rectangular box with turned brass knob handle on the lid, ht. 6 1/4, wd. 7, dp. 5 1/4 in. $400-600

754 Milton Hopkins (New York/Connecticut/ Ohio, 1789-1844) Portrait of Rachel and Reason Hand of Wooster, Ohio, 1838 Unsigned, titled on labels on the back.

Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 30 in., in a grainpainted frame.

Condition: Laid down on Masonite, evidence of canvas repair above each child’s head and to the right of the girl with associated retouch. $4,000-6,000

755 American School, Early 19th Century Portrait of Captain Jesse Inglee Unsigned, titled on the back.

Oil on canvas, 26 x 21 3/4 in., in a molded gilt-gesso frame.

Condition: Relined, small spots of retouch on sitter’s forehead and corner of mouth. $1,000-1,500 756 Attributed to Charles Delin (Dutch, 17561818) Portrait of a Gentleman Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in., in a gilt molded frame.

Condition: Laid down on board, repaired puncture with associated retouch to the left of the sitter. $800-1,200

757 Paint-decorated Tulip Poplar Blanket Chest, Washington County, Pennsylvania, early 19th century, the molded hinged top with a panel of painted “rays of the sun” surrounded by graining, the facade with a “pine tree” pattern composed of a tree trunk issuing stylized sponge-applied green and burnt sienna branches and “pine cones,” the pattern repeating on the sides, all on bracket feet, original surface, ht. 23 1/2, wd. 42 3/4, dp. 19 in.

Provenance: A note reading “this chest belonged to Andrew Sonnendecker, my grandfather... Gail Williamson.” accompanies the chest.

Exhibitions: American Painted and Decorated Furniture, 1750-1930, The Western Reserve Historical Society, 1982-83, lent by Mr. Gus Knapp and Mr. Tom Farley. $3,000-5,000

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758 Painted and Paint-decorated Poplar Blanket Chest over Three Drawers, Attributed the Long Family Ada, Hardin County, Ohio, c. 1830, the molded hinged lid opens to a well with till, the orange-grained case with molded recessed panels with pots of tulips and stars on a green ground and drawers below with vinegar putty-painted design, the ends with recessed vinegargrained brown panels, all on turned bulbous feet, ht. 30, wd. 45 3/4, dp. 21 in.

Literature: A related chest was sold at Sotheby’s in the American Folk Art Collection of Don and Faye Walters, as Lot 74. Another example is illustrated in Monroe Fabian, The Pennsylvania-German Decorated Chest, p.

104, pl. 43. $8,000-12,000 759 Cherry Candlestand, Connecticut, late 18th century, the square top with shaped corners on a bold vase- and ring-turned post and tripod cabriole leg base, ht. 27, wd. 14 1/2, dp. 15 in. $400-600

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760 Carved Tiger Maple Tall Chest of Drawers, Rhode Island, c. 1760-80, the top drawer with fan carving simulating three drawers, replaced brasses, refinished, (restoration), ht. 57 1/2, wd. 36, dp. 19 in. $1,000-1,500 761 Red-painted Pine Shaped Corner Shelf, New England, first half 19th century, the sides joining three quarter-round shelves supported by cutout brackets, ht. 35, side dp. 11 1/4 in. $300-500

762 Paint-decorated Mohawk Valley Dometop Box, central New York state, the box decorated with yellow vines with red flower buds on the lid and sides, the top inscribed and dated in red paint “R IB L 1811,” the inside with till and blue paper-lined drawer below, ht. 9, wd. 21, dp. 9 3/4 in.

Exhibitions: American Painted and Decorated Furniture, 1750-1930, The Western Reserve Historical Society, October 18, 1982–April 30, 1983. $3,000-5,000

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763 Stenciled and Grain-painted Dome-top Pine Document Box, America, mid-19th century, with green and yellow leaf and swag decoration against a grain-painted background, red-painted handle on the lid, ht.

5, wd. 12, dp. 6 in. $1,000-1,500

764 Floral-decorated Dome-top Box, America, mid-19th century, the maple box decorated with rose and leaf decoration with vine borders, ht. 4 3/4, wd. 8, dp. 5 1/4 in.

Exhibitions: American Painted and Decorated Furniture, 1750-1930, The Western Reserve Historical Society, October 18, 1982–April 30, 1983. $1,000-1,500 765 Turned Cherry Sewing Box, America, 19th century, the turned body with central box, two turned levels, and pincushion top, ht. 15 1/2 in. $300-500

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766 After Daniel McDowell (Mt. Vernon, Ohio, 1809-1885) Watermelon Wedges on a White Cloth Unsigned.

Oil on canvas with smalted details, 16 1/2 x 23 in., in a gilt molded frame.

Condition: Laid down on Masonite, no obvious retouch. $2,000-3,000

770 American School, Late 19th Century

771 Chinese School, 19th Century

New Jersey Farmscape Signed “L. Larson 86� l.l.

Oil on paper, 18 x 24 in., in a gilt molded frame.

Condition: Laid down on board, possible vertical line of retouch through the center. $800-1,200

Shore Scene with Houses Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 12 x 16 1/2 in., in a molded gilt-gesso frame.

Condition: Relined, a few small spots of retouch in the sky. $1,000-1,500

767 Three Fruit-form Tea Caddies, 19th century, the turned and carved boxes with lined interiors, ht. to 5 1/4 in. $1,200-1,500 768 Salmon-painted and Tack-decorated Pine Document Box, early 19th century, with brass bail handle on the lid and tack decoration on the sides, ht. 5 5/8, wd. 12 3/4, dp. 6 5/8 in. $200-250 769 Red and Black Paint-decorated Pine Storage Box, 19th century, the tall square box with removable lid, old painted surface of red with black dots, ht. 25, wd. 14, dp. 14 in. $300-500 764

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772 Hooked Rug of a Sailing Ship, America, late 19th century, mounted, ht. 29, wd. 45 1/2 in. $400-600 773 Hooked Rug with Birds in a Tree, America, dated 1895, against a green background within a polychrome linear border, mounted, ht. 33 3/4, wd. 47 1/2 in. $600-800 774 Anniversary Tin Top Hat, late 19th/early 20th century, with copper band and tin bow, ht. 6, wd. 10 1/2, dp. 13 in. $400-600

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775 Painted Tin Owl on Stand, 20th century, the owl with textured tin and painted feathers on a turned and white-painted base, ht. 29 in. $800-1,200 776 Large Southern Stoneware Jar, 19th century, tall ovoid form with flared rim, textured shoulder, four-line body decoration, and mottled green glaze, ht. 17 1/2 in. $400-600 777 Pair of Glazed and Cobalt Decorated Stoneware Deer, 19th century, posed in a laying position with cobalt facial and body details, ht. 9, wd. 8, dp. 4 1/4 in. $400-600

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778 Carved and Painted Folk Art Birds in a Tree, Okey Canfield, Ravenna, Ohio, 20th century, eight polychrome painted birds perched on a standing branch, with turned and painted base, ht. 33 in. $1,500-2,500 779 Carved and Painted Pine Sphere in Cage Whimsey, late 19th century, the cage with stepped top and gold ball finial, enclosing a yellow-painted sphere, ht. 19 in. $400-600 780 Carved and Painted Merganser Decoy, early 20th century, the large body with painted feather details, lg. 27 1/2 in. $400-600

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781 Molded Sheet Copper Leaping Stag Weathervane, America, late 19th century, the full-body form with molded fur details and thicket below, Marked “JN” in the thicket, verdigris surface with regilding, ht. 27, lg. 28 in. $6,000-8,000

782 Molded Sheet Copper and Zinc Prancing Horse Weathervane, A.L. Jewell & Co., Waltham, Massachusetts, third quarter 19th century, flattened full-body form with zinc head and crimped tail, with custom stand, ht. 15, lg. 19 in. $4,000-6,000 783 Molded Sheet Copper Pig Weathervane, America, early 20th century, flattened full-body form with subtle molded features, wd. 27 in. $800-1,200 784 Cold-painted Rooster and Dove, Germany, early 20th century, the rooster marked “BERGEN,” the dove marked “GESCHUTZT,” ht. to 4 3/8 in. $300-500

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Property from a Private Maryland Collection 785 Grain-painted Pine and Poplar Blanket Chest over Drawers, probably Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, c. 1820, the pine top with molded edge opens above a well with till, above a mid-molding and two sideby-side drawers below joining turned feet, original grained surface in salmon and black, (imperfections), ht. 32 3/4, wd. 48 1/2, dp. 23 3/4 in.

Provenance: Greg Kramer Antiques, Pennsylvania. $1,500-2,500 786 Set of Six Paint-decorated Chairs, probably Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, c. 1820-30, original light green painted surface with yellow striping, the tablets freehand-painted with fruit flanked by foliate motifs, (paint wear), ht. 34 1/2, seat ht. 18 in.

787 Three Pennsylvania Watercolor Drawings, early to mid-19th century, including an award of merit, c. 1800-20, featuring a bird in a canted wood frame; a fraktur bird drawing signed on the reverse by David Bixler, Lancaster County, c. 1862, in a modern grainpainted frame; and a pinwheel-decorated award of merit inscribed on the back from teacher Elizabeth McClure to Matilda Shrader and dated 1845, in a gilt frame. $800-1,200 788 American School, late 19th century Portrait of a Farmstead, Possibly Berks County, Pennsylvania Unsigned.

Watercolor, pen and ink on paper, 16 3/4 x 21 1/2 in., in a modern grain-painted frame.

Condition: Toned, repaired tear l.c., slight fading, not examined out of frame.

Provenance: The Collection of Charles Sterling, Pennsylvania. $800-1,200

Provenance: Olde Hope Antiques. $800-1,200

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789 Pair of Polychrome-decorated Chalkware Fruit and Flowers Garnitures, Pennsylvania, c. 1850-60, ht. 13 3/4 in.

Provenance: Sidney Gecker. $300-500 790 Seven Mostly Iron Tools, mostly Pennsylvania, late 18th to mid-19th century, including a pierced spatula marked “SHL,” an iron tasting spoon marked “J. SCHMIDT,” with brass bowl and copper rivets; an iron spatula with pierced heart-form blade; a strainer dated “1860”; a ladle marked “J. SCHMIDT” and dated “1844”; a Lancaster County flesh fork with heart incorporated in the tines; and a tin cone-shaped candle snuffer with brass finial and loop finger-hold, lg. to 25 1/2 in. $800-1,200

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791 Double Hollow-cut Silhouette Portraits of a Husband and Wife, America, c. 1830s, the busts with pen and ink detail, within oval reserves, eglomise mat, and giltwood frame, overall 6 x 8 in. $600-800

792 Hollow-cut Silhouette and Watercolor Full-length Profile Portrait of a Young Girl, America, c. 1830s, the girl facing left, holding a small bouquet in the hand, and wearing a salmon-colored dress, in an eglomise mat and molded giltwood frame, overall 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. $400-600

793 Three Hollow-cut Silhouettes of Gentlemen, America, early 19th century, including one of a young man with blue watercolor detail in his coat and repousse brass frame, one attributed to James Hosley Whitcomb (New York/New England, act. 1830s) in a giltwood frame, and one of a young man attributed to Orson C. Warner (New Hampshire, c. 1820-30) in a gilt frame. $600-800

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794 Pair of Silhouette Portraits, Reportedly Henry and Elizabeth Ditman, attributed to Augustus Day, Philadelphia, c. 1820, the painted silhouettes flank a blue tissue paper ribbon, overall 7 x 8 in.

Note: There is a street in Philadelphia named after Henry Ditman. $600-800

795 Pair of Profile Portrait Miniatures, Possibly Charles and Susan Hastings, America, c.

1800-10, the young couple framed facing one another, and in the likely original eglomise mat and ropetwist-decorated frame, ht. of watercolors 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 (sight), overall 6 x 9 1/4 in.

796 American School, Early 19th Century

797 American School, Late 18th Century

Two Portrait Miniatures: A Daughter and Mother Unsigned.

Watercolor on ivory, the girl in a peach-colored dress holding a floral sprig, the woman wearing a white lacy bonnet adorned with foliate motifs, 2 1/2 x 2 in. (sight), in a gilt mat with oval apertures, and molded giltwood frame.

Condition: Girl with apparent paint loss to dress and abrasion to u.r.

Two Portrait Miniatures, Reportedly Children of the Clark Family, Nantucket, Massachusetts Unsigned.

Watercolor on ivory, one child depicted in a white dress with puffy red long sleeves, the other child in a similar dress with puffy blue short sleeves, each 2 x 1 3/4 in., in a gilt mat with oval reserves and molded giltwood frame.

Condition: Discoloration and imperfection to miniature on left, possible retouch or repair to u.c. of miniature on right.

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $800-1,200

Note: A faint pencil inscription on the backboard reads in part “M. Charles Hastings and Mrs. Susan, his wife.� $800-1,200

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Additional information and photos at www.skinnerinc.com

Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws. Buyers are responsible for shipping. $400-600

End of Sale 3307M bidding continues online in sale 3303T at www.skinnerinc.com

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.

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Absentee Bid Form Sale Title

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NO

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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.

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FOR OFFICE USE Marlborough

Boston

Phone

63 Park Plaza Boston, MA 02116 617.350.5400 Fax 617.350.5429

Fax

Mail

Person

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Employee:

www.skinnerinc.com

Board of Directors

Departments

Chairman of the Board

20th Century Design

Discovery Auctions

Dan Ayer

Carly Babione

Jane D. Prentiss

Kyle Johnson

Bear Albright

20thcentury@skinnerinc.com

discovery@skinnerinc.com

John Deighton

508.970.3253

508.970.3202

American & European Paintings & Prints

European Furniture & Decorative Arts

Robin S.R. Starr

Stuart G. Slavid

Elizabeth C. Haff

Stephanie Opolski

Kathleen M. Leland

european@skinnerinc.com

Brianna Lovensheimer

508.970.3203

Stephen L. Fletcher

Karen M. Keane Andrew Payne Ruth Kennedy Sudduth

Executive Management President/Chief Executive Officer Karen M. Keane

Chief Financial Officer Kristina Sutton, CPA

Executive Vice President

paintings@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3206

Historic Arms & Militaria Joel Bohy

American Furniture & Decorative Arts

militaria@skinnerinc.com

Stephen L. Fletcher

508.970.3215

Chris Barber Christopher D. Fox americana@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3200

Jewelry Kaitlin Shinnick John Colasacco Gloria Liebermann

American Indian & Ethnographic Art

Selena Shabot

Michael Evans

jewelry@skinnerinc.com

indian@skinnerinc.com

617.874.4313

Stephen L. Fletcher

508.970.3254

Managing Director

Antique Motor Vehicles

Kerry Shrives

Jane D. Prentiss

judaica@skinnerinc.com

antiquemotorvehicles@skinnerinc.com

508.970.3256

Judaica

Marie Keep

508.970.3253

Senior Vice Presidents

Musical Instruments

Marie Keep

Asian Works of Art

Adam Tober

Kerry Shrives

Judith Dowling

music@skinnerinc.com

Stuart G. Slavid

Helen Eagles

508.970.3216

Suhyung Kim

Vice Presidents

asian@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3263

Eric Jones

Oriental Rugs & Carpets Lawrence Kearney rugs@skinnerinc.com

Gloria Lieberman

Books & Manuscripts

Jane D. Prentiss

Devon Eastland

Robin S.R. Starr

books@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3293

508.970.3247

Photographs photographs@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3264

Regional Offices Florida: 305.503.4423 florida@skinnerinc.com

Ceramics Stuart G. Slavid ceramics@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3203

Silver Stuart G. Slavid silver@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3203

Maine and Northern New England: Elizabeth Y. Turner 207.380.2000 eturner@skinnerinc.com

Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments Jonathan Dowling clocks@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3201

New York: Katie Banser-Whittle 212.787.1114 kbanser-whittle@skinnerinc.com

Marie Keep Joseph Hyman Anna Ward

Coins & Currency Kyle Johnson coins@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3191

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Wines & Spirits

finewines@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3296

Auction Services Consignments

Marketing, Media & Communications

Appraisal & Auction Services

Exhibitions & Property Boston:

LaGina Austin

Jeffrey R. Antkowiak

Christine E. Finn

Mia Cesar

Rachel Kingsley

Kristina M. Harrison

Alison Ritacco

Mireille Lyall

508.970.3299

Cheryl Richards Photography

Julia M. Dry Catherine Cawley Susan Janowsky Hannah Marks

Penina Seigel Valerie Worth

Consignment Services

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Tara Lima

Olivia Joy

Carol Zeigler

Skinner Online

508.970.3204

617.350.5400

Kerry Shrives Florentina Gutierrez

Accounting

Marlborough:

Judie Ochsner

Denise Cheney

Nicole Nicas Rovner

Warehouse

Valerie Worth

Frederic Trottier 508.970.3209

508.970.3269 online@skinnerinc.com

Samantha Heighton

508.970.3279

William Madden 508.970.3266

Receptionist William Debordes-Jackson

Catalog Sales 508.970.3000

Absentee & Telephone Bidding

508.970.3000

Transportation Eric Jones

Boston: 617.874.4318

508.970.3229

Marlborough: 508.970.3211 Discovery: 508.970.3208

Auctioneers Chris Barber, John Colasacco, Stephen L. Fletcher, Karen M. Keane, Marie Keep, Kerry Shrives, Stuart G. Slavid, Robin S.R. Starr

63 Park Plaza Boston, MA 02116 617.350.5400 Fax 617.350.5429

www.skinnerinc.com

274 Cedar Hill Street Marlborough, MA 01752 508.970.3000 Fax 508.970.3100

Florida 305.503.4423 New York 212.787.1113

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