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WILLIS HENRY AUCTIONS Folk Art Auction August 1st & 2nd, 2015 (Sat. & Sun.) Radisson Hotel, Manchester, NH NH Antiques Week Featuring the Flo & Howard Fertig Folk Art collection. Important portraits featuring the works of J. S. Blunt, H. Bundy, J. S. Copley, J. W. Dodge, Wm. W. Kennedy, Wm. Matthew Prior, L.K. Rowe, and many more with detailed provenance (Mr. Fertig was working on a second folk portrait book to follow his Revisiting Ammi Phillips [Hollander and Fertig, 1994]); A substantial Silhouette collection will be offered along with Watercolors and Miniatures, by William Chamberlain, the Dash artist, J. S. Ellsworth, Wm. King, Charles W. Peale, R. Porter, the Puffy Sleeve artist, and others in styles such as block-cut, hollow-cut, watercolor, ink, and pencil. A sizable collection of watercolor and printed Memorials (some quite rare on ivory) with provenance; Maine and New Hampshire landscapes by listed and folk artists and a quality Hudson River collection; Pennsylvania Frakturs, Calligraphy/Penmanship, Scherenschnitte. Large decorated stoneware collection with rare birds, pecking chickens, early incised ovoids; rare 18th and 19th c. redware; early wooden signs; folk sculptures, weathervanes, whirligigs, Outsider art and other antiques from St. Johnsbury, VT (Fairbanks scales, signs, and furniture); watch hutches; Hingham woodenware; 18th and 19th c. painted country furniture and accessories. Important and scarce Americana includes a rare cotton handkerchief “Plan of Washington D.C.” in red ink, printed in Boston 1796 by Samuel Hill; an 18th c. silver plaque of George Washington hand-wrought by colonial New York silversmith Thomas Hammersley (descended from the William Lanier Washington Estate, Great-Great-Nephew of George Washington, and sold at American Art Galleries, NY, Feb. 22 1920, Lot 75); and a 19th c. watercolor memorial in an oval eglomise frame with Lady Liberty and Lady Justice “Sacred to the memory of the Illustrious Washington”.
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18. 19th C. Wooden Sign in Blue, Gold, and Brown, 47 1/2”
17. Pair of 19th C. Carved and Gilded Wooden Signs For a Painter
19. 19th C. Gilded Wooden Sign, Signed “Wightman, Norwich” (CT)
58. Two Early Wooden Signs
16. Two Early Wooden Signs
59. 19th C. “Fairbanks” Advertising Sign From a Collection of Scales and Signs
43. 19th C. Portrait of Millicent Millbank and Her Great-Grandson Horace Wall, c. 1840-50, 31 1/2” x 39”
72. Early American 19th C. Oil Portrait of a Gentleman, 34” x 26 1/2”
52. Pair of 19th C. Early American Portraits of a Man and Wife, Exhibited at the Morris Museum, NJ, 27 1/2” x 23”, (Provenance: Sold at the Museum of American Folk Art Benefit Country Auction, Apr. 11, 1995, Held at Sotheby’s)
39. (William M. Kennedy, 1818-1870) 19th C. Oil Portrait of a Young Lady, Inscribed Along the Top Back Right of Frame “William M. Kennedy, 1854”, 17” x 13 3/4”, (Provenance: Sotheby’s Auction, Feb. 1986, Lot 434)
89. (William M. Prior, 1806-1873) 19th C. Oil Portrait of a Young Man Sign on Back “By Wm. M. Prior Oct. 26, 1847”, 17 1/2”x 13 1/2”, (Provenance: Christies Auction, Oct. 18, 1986, Lot 434)
129. (William M. Prior, 1806-1873) 19th C. Oil Portrait of a Young Woman w/ Green Eyes, 16 1/2” x 13”, (Provenance: Christies Auction, Oct. 21, 1995, Lot 2)
(L.K. Rowe, Mid 19th C.) Self Portrait, 1857, Signed on Lower Left of Frame “For Himself and His Affectionate Dog”
(John S. Blunt, 1798-1834) 19th C. Oil on Canvas of Jonathan Holman by John S. Blunt c. 1830-31, Probably Painted in Portsmouth, NH.
(John Singleton Copley, 1738-1815) Important Revolutionary War Portrait of “Josiah Shackford Commissioned Lieutenant of Frigate ‘Raleigh’ July 1776 by Copley”, w/ Frigate in the Background, 28” x 34”
19th C. Oil on Canvas - Odd Fellows
20. Carved Turks Head Tobacco Figure in Original Paint, 19” x 14”
Carved Carousel Horse Head in Original Paint, 17 1/2” x 14” 19th C. Carved Cookie Molds (Obverse and Verso)
Early Pine Wood Box w/ Hand Painted Rooster and Chicken
Wonderful Collection of 19th C. Carved and Painted Shoe Form Pin Cushions
Early Canteen in Bright Blue
Early Ferkin in Blue
Early Barrel in Red w/ Hingham, MA History
Collection of 19th C. Watch Hutches
157. 19th C. European Mermaid/North Wind Weathervane w/ Fancy Directionals
19th C. Trotting Horse Weathervane Stamped “J. Harris & Son”, Copper w/ Yellow Paint and Blue/Green Vertigris, 30 1/2”
Part of a Stoneware Collection of Birds on Branches and Pecking Chickens
54. Early American 19th C. Landscape Oil, “Independence Hall” w/ Carved Eagle, 12” x 16” (Note: Partial Building on Left)
74. Early American 19th C. Landscape Oil, 14” x 20”
76. Rare Cotton Handkerchief Printed in Red “Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia...After the Year MDCCC”; Based on the Samuel Hill Engraving of Andrew Ellicott’s Plan; Allegorical Vignette Corners are Embellished w/ an Indian Smoking a Tobacco Pipe, Wheat Foliage, Men Loading a Three Masted Ship, and a Seated Liberty and an 18th C. Patriot; Published in Boston, MA 1796 by Samuel Hill and Sold in Washington, D.C.
77. 18th C. Silver Plaque of George Washington, hand-wrought, Thomas Hammersley (1727-1781) hallmark, in early 20th C. grape and leaf motif carved frame, 5 1/2� x 5�, (Provenance: Relics and Memorabilia of George Washington From the Collection of W. Lanier Washington, Feb. 22, 1920, Lot 75)
78. 19th C. Memorial Watercolor “Sacred to the Memory of the Illustrious Washington” in an Oval Eglomise Glass Depicting a Grieving Lady Liberty and Lady Justice, 11 1/2” x 7 1/2”
32. 19th C. Folded Paper Heart w/ Watercolor in Brown and Red Ink, “Lidia Bard, February the 23rd 1842”, “The Little Girl That Minds Her Lessons Well, Will Soon Learn to Read and Spell”, framed and matted, 7” x 5” Heart, 11 1/2” x 13 1/2” Frame
34. 19th C. Scherenschnitte Eight-Sided Friendship Token in Light Blue and White Paper w/ Interwoven Hair Locks, Interior Four-Line Poem: “May These Loved Names in Every Clime, Their Memory Be in Friendship Twine, and Ever Present if Far or Near, Around My Heart Ever Dear”, 3 1/4”
31. Very Fine Scherenschnitte Cutwork Paper Valentine/Memorial, White Paper w/ Black/ Purple Background, “Faith, Hope, and Charity the Greatest of These is Charity” Written Above the Birds Along the Border, Sixteen Line Poem in Center, Dated “Sept. 7, 1842”, 12” dia.
73. 19th C. Carved Memorial Stone Lamb Found in Hingham, MA, “Shattuck” Carved on Base
84. 19th C. Watercolor Memorial w/ Poem and “Sacred” Written on the Urn, Town and Church in Background, “Found in Vermont” on Back, 7” x 5 3/4”
33. Small Framed 19th C. “Reward of Merit” Watercolor on Paper of a Village w/ Church Spire, 3” x 3”
19th C. Small Palette w/ Landscape of the John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead
Puffy Sleeve Artist
19th C. Watercolor of a Gentleman, Attributed to Rufus Porter
19th C. Watercolor of a Gentleman, Label on Reverse States “Samuel F. Lussey - Born Aug. 4 1813�
Girl w/ Cat - Pinprick Artist
Cut Out Sillhouette of a Gentleman
Cut Out Sillhouette of a Gentleman
(Josiah Brown King, 1831-1889) Deacon & Mrs. Beers of Williamstown, MA, circa 1850