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American Furniture & Decorative Arts

featuring the Herbert Nilson Collection of American Clocks, Session III
Sale 2460 June 7, 2009 Boston
 Country Americana at Marlborough
featuring the Collection of Sally Schell Whittemore

Sunday, August 9th

274 Cedar Hill Street, Marlborough, MA

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 American Furniture & Decorative Arts
featuring the Herbert Nilson Collection of American Clocks,
Session III

Specialists in Charge

Stephen Fletcher Martha Hamilton Robert C. Cheney

Department Director Clocks

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Auction Sunday, June 7, 2009 63 Park Plaza

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Preview Wednesday, June 3, 2009 12 to 5 p.m.

Thursday, June 4, 2009 12 to 8 p.m.
Friday, June 5, 2009 12 to 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 6, 2009 12 to 5 p.m.
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Provenance

Clocks from the Estate of Herbert Nilson

From the Collection of William Greenspon, Skinner’s Americana department is pleased to offer a group of
primitive and folk art items from the 19th and 20th centuries. Ranging from carved masks to trade signs to a
larger than life-size painted tin man made from discarded industrial duct parts, Greenspon’s collection of objects
offered here contrasted strikingly with a collection of 20th century Bauhaus-influenced furniture in his Upper
West Side apartment in New York City. A student of modern art and an artist himself, Greenspon credited that
combination of education and training with his unique take on evaluating form, line and color, and the
subsequent connections he draws between objects. His vision is catalogued within these pages and on
skinnerinc.com, and will be on display at this auction’s preview. Forty-six lots from his collection are presently
offered: 121, 192, 259, 287, 310-312, 319, 350, 494, 522-529, 531-533, 535-538, 541, 542, 544-552, and
558-567. On June 27th, Skinner will offer Dr. Greenspon’s Bauhaus-influenced furniture in its auction of 20th
Century Decorative Arts.

Property from:

Descendants of the Walters and Edgell Families, Baltimore, Maryland, and New York
Descendants of Theophilus Parsons, Massachusetts
A Descendant of Elizabeth Arden Graham
The Estate of Nancy Wood, Brookline, Massachusetts
The Estate of Samuel Codman, Prides Crossing, Massachusetts
A Boston, Massachusetts, Estate
Westwood, Massachusetts, Antiquarians
An Old Connecticut Family
A Cape Cod Collector
A Concord, Massachusetts, Collector
Collections in New Hampshire, New York, Kentucky, Maine, and Washington State

Property from the Swift Family of Hingham and New Bedford, Massachusetts, and formerly at “The Elms,” the
Whitney Family Estate in Watertown, Massachusetts.

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The Herbert Nilson Collection of American Clocks,
Session III
Lots 1-80
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1.
Mahogany and Cherry Outside Escapement Box Clock
Attributed to Eli Terry, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1815,
dovetailed box, painted wooden dial with Arabic numerals, gilt
spandrel decoration and a single red rose, outside escapement,
single glass with painted lower section of pagoda and classical urn,
thirty-hour time and strike movement with solid front and rear
plates, front-mounted pendulum, center countwheel strike, two
compound hung iron weights, wooden pulleys mounted in the
case and brass pulleys at the weights, ht. 20 1/2 in.
$12,000-18,000
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2.
Cherry and Mahogany Box Clock by Eli Terry and Sons,
Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1830, with glazed door over painted
wooden Roman dial, lower tablet with painted funereal scene and
pendulum aperture, printed maker’s label stating Patent Clocks,
Invented by Eli Terry, Made and Sold at Plymouth, Connecticut by
E. Terry & Sons., thirty-hour five-arbor wooden movement with
countwheel strike, two cast iron weights and pendulum, ht. 21
3/4 in.
$7,000-9,000
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Mahogany Pillar and Scroll Clock by Eli & Samuel Terry,
Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1824-27, the scroll top and three brass
urn finials over the painted wooden dial with Roman numerals,
freestanding columns flanking the door with lower painted tablet
of a country scene, thirty-hour time and strike wooden movement
with countwheel strike, pendulum and period cast iron weights,
ht. 31 in.
$2,500-3,500
4.
Rosewood “London Mantel” Eight-Day Chronometer Shelf
Clock by Atkins Clock Company, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1865,
with turned and gilded columns flanking the painted zinc Roman
dial faintly stamped Pat’d 1 [?] 63, transfer gilt and black
decorated tablet and looking glass, lower rosewood veneered
door, large printed maker’s label on backboard stating Eight and
30-Day Clocks and Time-Pieces Made and Sold by the Atkins Clock
Comp’y, Bristol, CT, eight-day time-only chain drive fusee
movement with maintaining power, balance wheel detent
escapement and center seconds hand, ht. 16 3/4 in.
$2,000-4,000
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5.
Rosewood “Parlor No. 1” Thirty-Day Fusee Shelf Clock by
Atkins Clock Company, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1860, painted
zinc dial with Roman numerals, transfer decorated tablet on a
blue ground, lower door revealing the printed maker’s label
stating Equalizing Spring 30 Day Clock, Manufactured by the
Atkins Clock Company, Bristol, Connecticut, thirty-day prototype
fusee timepiece with Geneva stops, tinned iron wheelwork and
strap metal pallets, ht. 17 1/2 in.
$1,500-2,500
6.
Rosewood “London Mantel” Eight-Day Fusee Shelf Clock by
Atkins Clock Company, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1860, with
turned and gilded columns flanking the gold and black transfer
decorated tablets depicting a running corgi, lower rosewood
veneered panel door, printed maker’s label stating Thirty and
Eight-Day Clocks and Time-Pieces, Made and Sold by the Atkins
Clock Comp’y, Bristol, CT, eight-day chain drive, “chronometer”
ebauche fusee movement, maintaining power and recoil
escapement with articulated crutch to impulse the wooden
pendulum rod and brass bob, ht. 16 1/2 in.
$2,000-4,000
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Mahogany Miniature Cottage Clock by Brewster
Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1855, painted
zinc Roman dial signed Brewster Mfg. Co., case with scrolls, ripple
molded door, transfer and painted tablet and thirty-hour time and
alarm movement, ht. 12 in.
$350-450
8.
Two Miniature Thirty-Hour Cottage Clocks, S.B. Terry,
Terryville, Connecticut, and Junghans, Germany, the Terry with
textured paper on the front surfaces, painted zinc dial with
Roman numerals, frosted tablet and printed maker’s label inside,
ht. 10 1/4; the Junghans with pressed carved decorated door,
painted zinc dial with Roman numerals and maker’s logo and gilt
decorated tablet on a black ground, ht. 10 in.
$300-500
9.
Rosewood Miniature Shelf Clock by Elisha Manross, Bristol,
Connecticut, c. 1850, with 5 in. painted zinc dial inscribed
Jewell’d Balance, E. Manross Bristol Ct., glazed door with line
inlay and paint transfer decorated tablet, thirty-hour balance
wheel movement, ht. 8 1/2 in.
$250-350
10.
Miniature Triple-Decker Shelf Clock by Forestville
Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Connecticut, with basket of
fruit splat, grained and gilded half-columns flanking both doors,
reverse-painted tablets depicting classical architecture, 8 1/2 in.
painted zinc dial, printed maker’s label on backboard, thirty-hour
time and strike weight-powered movement with countwheel,
recoil escapement, and two cast iron weights, ht. 30 in.
$2,000-4,000
11.
Miniature Triple-Decker Shelf Clock by Birge, Mallory &
Company, Bristol, Connecticut, with eagle splat, glazed top door
over 9 in. brass dial with Roman numerals, looking glass and
painted tablet flanked by gilt and grained half and full columns on
ball feet, remains of maker’s label inside case, thirty-hour weight-
powered time and strike strap plate movement with cast mark B.
M. & Co., and two cast iron weights, ht. 28 in.
$2,000-4,000
12.
Lot of Ten Mahogany Shelves of Various Designs, for the
display of shelf clocks, wd. 13 to 19 in.
$100-200
13.
Lot of Eleven Mahogany Shelves of Various Designs, for the
display of shelf clocks, wd. 13 to 19 in.
$100-200
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Rosewood Cottage Clock, J. J. Beals & Co., Haymarket
Square, Boston, 5 1/4 in. painted zinc dial with Roman
numerals, transfer and paint decorated tablets, gilt decoration on
lower case section, thirty-hour lyre-shaped time and strike
movement with countwheel strike, 14-tooth escape wheel and pin
pallet escapement, ht. 12 in.
$150-250
15.
Rosewood Shelf Clock by Elisha Manross, Bristol,
Connecticut, rosewood veneered front with line inlay, 6 1/4 in.
painted zinc dial with Roman numerals, frosted tablet, maker’s
label on backboard, thirty-hour time and strike movement with
brass springs, ht. 13 3/4 in.
$150-200
16.
Grain-painted Cottage Clock by Brewster & Ingrahams,
Bristol, Connecticut, with reverse-painted glasses depicting J.C.
Brown Manufacturer, painted zinc dial with Roman numerals,
lower portion of case decorated with gilt scrolls and inscribed J.C.
Brown Manufacturer, eight-day time and strike movement
stamped Brewster and Ingrahams Bristol Ct., ht. 15 in.
$500-700
17.
Rosewood “Kirk’s Patent” Shelf Clock, by Marine Clock
Manufacturing Company, New Haven, Connecticut, with 6 1/8
in. dia. painted zinc dial signed Kirk’s Patent, remains of printed
maker’s label on backboard, and eight-day, single-wind time and
strike movement with patented lever escapement, ht. 11 3/4 in.
$700-900
18.
Pine Drop Octagon Wall Clock by Chauncey Jerome, New
Haven Connecticut, with top wooden bezel hinged at 12 o’clock,
black and gold decoration on both glasses, printed maker’s label
on backboard, painted zinc dial, and thirty-hour time-only spring-
powered movement, ht. 18 3/4 in.
$200-400
19.
Rosewood Shelf Clock by Jerome & Company, New Haven,
Connecticut, with painted zinc Roman numeral dial, gilt-brass
and gutta-percha decoration masking the dial and filling the lower
section of the door, printed maker’s label with Directions for
Regulating Pendulum Clocks inside case, eight-day time and strike
movement, ht. 15 3/4 in.
$700-900
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Rosewood Sharp Gothic Clock by H.N. Welch and Company,
Plainville, Connecticut, with painted zinc dial, frosted tablet, and
eight-day time and strike movement with brass springs, printed
maker’s label inside backboard, ht. 20 in.
$100-150
21.
Mahogany Miniature “Sharp Gothic” or Steeple Clock by
Daniel Pratt & Sons, Reading, Massachusetts, c. 1860, with
turned spires, painted zinc dial with Roman numerals, transfer
printed tablet marked Mt. Carmel, Hamden, Con., printed
maker’s label inside backboard, thirty-hour time, strike and alarm
movement with pendulum, ht. 16 in.
$200-300
22.
Rosewood Sharp Gothic Shelf Clock by Chauncey Jerome,
Austin, Illinois, with painted zinc dial, transfer decorated glass of
a bird in a nest, printed maker’s label inside backboard, thirty-
hour time, strike, and alarm movement, ht. 19 1/4 in.
Note: This clock represents a group of the last known
timekeepers produced under Chauncey Jerome’s name.
$200-250
23.
Two Seth Thomas Ship’s Bell Wall Clocks, Thomaston,
Connecticut, the first, with bell mounted below the 6 in. dia.
silvered dial with Arabic numerals, the other with bell mounted
above the 5 1/2 in. dia. silvered dial, both with hinged bezels,
thirty-hour lever escapement ship’s bell movements and dials
marked Seth Thomas.
$500-1,000
24.
Three Seth Thomas Ship’s Bell Wall Clocks, Thomaston,
Connecticut, the first with bell mounted below the 5 1/2 in. dia.
Roman dial, hinged bezel, case dia. 7, the next, a nickel case with
5 1/2 in. dia. silvered dial with Arabic numerals and hinged
bezel, case dia. 7, the last, a mahogany case 5 1/2 in. dia.
porcelain dial and hinged bezel, case dia. 9 in., all marked Seth
Thomas on the dials and with thirty-hour, lever escapement ship’s
bell movements.
$500-1,000
25.
Brass Ship’s Bell Wall Clock by the Vermont Clock Company,
Fairhaven, Vermont, bell mounted above dial, screw bezel over
the 4 1/2 in. dia. silvered dial with Arabic numerals and marked
Vermont Clock Co., Fairhaven, VT, thirty-hour tandem wind ship’s
bell movement, ht. 8 in.
$300-500
26.
Varied Group of Five Timepieces, including a 7 in. dia. brass
cased, quartz movement “Ship’s Time” wall clock with black dial
and Arabic numerals, a brass cased, rim-wind car clock with 2 5/8
in. dia. silvered brass dial, Arabic numerals and marked Boston
Clock Co., Boston, USA, a Waltham 37-size, eight-day travel clock
with Arabic numerals and folding leather case, a Welch Mfg.
Company novelty clock with Roman numerals, lever movement
set into an amber cut glass plate and a Semca 7-jewel brass desk
clock.
$200-300
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27.
Mahogany “Ogee Prototype” Shelf Clock by C. & N. Jerome,
Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1838, the full length door with painted
tablet over the 7 3/8 in. dia. zinc dial with painted Roman
numerals, looking glass in the lower section, business card label
over blue dust paper stating Patent Brass Clocks, Made and Sold by
C. & N. Jerome, Bristol, Conn., thirty-hour time and strike
movement with countwheel strike, spoked wheelwork, pendulum
and two cast iron weights, ht. 22 1/4 in.
$300-500
28.
Empire Mahogany Shelf Clock by Chauncey Jerome, Bristol,
Connecticut, c. 1850, the flat-front case with turned rosettes in
the corners, glazed front door over the 6 1/4 in. square zinc dial
with Roman numerals signed Made by C. Jerome. Bristol. CT.
U.S.A., transfer and painted tablet depicting The Maryland State
House at Annapolis, printed maker’s label inside, thirty-hour
weight-powered movement with steel back plate and countwheel
strike stamped Warr. by C. Jerome, Bristol, Conn., USA, two iron
weights and pendulum, ht. 20 3/4 in.
$700-900
29.
Mahogany Empire Shelf Clock by Chauncey Jerome, New
Haven, Connecticut, 1850, with full-length glazed door over the
painted wooden dial with Roman numerals faintly signed
Chauncey Jerome, New Haven, transfer and paint-decorated tablet
of a stone building, business card printed maker’s label stating
Chauncey Jerome, Clock Manufacturer, New-Haven, Conn, eight-
day time and strike brass movement stamped with the maker’s
name, iron fusees on great wheel, springs attached to iron drums
with brass caps mounted to the lower section of the movement,
ht. 23 1/2 in.
$1,000-1,500
30.
Empire Mahogany Shelf Clock by Chauncey Jerome, New
Haven, Connecticut, c. 1845, with flat columns supporting boxed
cornice and base, printed maker’s label with view of the factory
and legend Patent Clocks, Manufactured and Sold by Chauncey
Jerome, New Haven, Conn., single glazed door with lower transfer
and painted glass depicting “President’s House,” painted zinc dial
with Roman numerals, thirty-hour weight-powered movement
with countwheel strike and touchmark C. Jerome, ht. 24 1/2 in.
$150-250
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31.
Mahogany Sharp Gothic or “Steeple” Clock by Chauncey
Jerome, New Haven, Connecticut, painted zinc dial with Roman
numerals, transfer and paint decorated tablet depicting an urban
scene, paper dust cover and printed maker’s label on backboard
stating Patent Brass Clocks With Steel Mainsprings, Manufactured
and Sold by Chauncey Jerome, New Haven, Ct., thirty-hour time
and strike movement with wooden fusee drums in applied brass
plates, ht. 22 1/2 in.
$1,200-1,400
32.
Mahogany Shelf Clock by Chauncey Jerome, New Haven,
Connecticut, painted zinc dial with Roman numerals, printed
maker’s label, eight-day time and strike movement with brass
fusees, ht. 14 in.
$400-600
33.
Mahogany and Bird’s-eye Maple Empire Shelf Clock by
Chauncey Jerome, New Haven, Connecticut, c. 1850, with
maple veneered front surfaces, painted wooden dial with Roman
numerals, transfer and paint decorated tablet marked Albany and
depicting the steamboat “Fulton,” printed maker’s label inside
backboard marked Improved Spring Clocks, Manufactured and
Sold by Chauncey Jerome, New Haven, CT., thirty-hour time and
strike fusee movement, ht. 18 in.
$3,000-4,000
34.
Mahogany Shelf Clock by Chauncey Jerome, New Haven,
Connecticut, painted zinc dial with Roman numerals, transfer-
decorated tablets, gilt scrollwork on front surface of case, eight-
day time and strike movement with brass fusees, ht. 15 in.
$300-500
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Mahogany Gallery Wall Clock by J. N. Dunning, Burlington,
Vermont, c. 1835, with turned and glazed wooden bezel, 16 in.
dia. painted iron dial with Roman numerals and signed J. N.
Dunning, removable waist section, ogee-shaped hinged lower box
door, lower molded pediment, eight-day brass, timepiece
movement with brass-faced pendulum and lead weight, ht. 36 in.
$15,000-25,000
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Mahogany Girandole Clock Attributed to J. N. Dunning,
Burlington, Vermont, c. 1825, with carved Prince of Wales finial,
glazed wood bezel over the 7 5/8 in. painted iron dial with
Roman numerals, carved side ornaments flanking the waist
section, mahogany veneered panels, carved lower pediment, and
eight-day brass movement with pendulum and cast iron weight,
ht. 45 in.
$4,000-6,000
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Mahogany Regulator Wall Clock by J. N. Dunning, Burlington, Vermont, c.
1835, with turned and glazed wooden bezel over the 10 1/4 in. dia. painted iron
Roman dial faintly signed J. N. Dunning, removable serpentine waist section, lower
concave box door and molded pedestal, eight-day brass timepiece with iron weight
and brass-faced pendulum bob, ht. 34 1/2 in.

Literature: A closely related unsigned example is illustrated in Paul Foley, Willard’s

Patent Timepieces, p. 104.
$15,000-20,000
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Gale Drop Calendar Wall Clock, by Welch, Spring and Co.,
Forestville, Connecticut, c. 1874-79, with Model 2 rosewood
veneer case, maker’s label inside backboard, 11 in. dia. paper on
zinc dial with subsidiary dials for day of the week and month,
month of the year, moon’s age, sunrise-sunset and time, and
eight-day time and strike movement with pendulum, ht. 30 in.
$5,000-7,000
39.
Mahogany Looking Glass Shelf Clock Attributed to David
Dutton, Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, c. 1840, with period
print titled “Just Seventeen” pasted inside, scalloped splat, flat
tapering columns flanking the looking glass, 11 in. painted
wooden dial with Arabic numerals, and eight-day brass time-only
weight-powered movement, ht. 35 in.
$200-400
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Mahogany Shelf Clock by Abner Jones, East Bloomfield, New
York, c. 1830, with pine Empire turned half-columns flanking the
two-piece iron dial with Arabic numerals and floral corners,
looking glass, lower section with three drawers, paw feet, eight-
day time and strike movement engraved “2” on both plates, with
two iron weights and pendulum, ht. 39 1/2 in.

Literature: Abner Jones and his unique clocks are discussed in G.

Russell Oechsle and Helen Boyce, An Empire in Time, Clocks and
Clock Makers of Upstate New York, pp. 69-71.
$8,000-12,000
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Mahogany Shelf Clock by Asa Munger, Auburn, New York, c.
1830, flat top case with flanking turned and carved half-columns,
painted tin surround for the 8 3/4 in. painted iron dial with
Arabic numerals, wallpapered interior, eight-day time and strike
skeletonized movement with brass pulleys, two cast iron weights
and cast pewter eagle finial, ht. 38 1/4 in.

Literature: For information on Asa Munger, see Oechsle and

Boyce, An Empire in Time, Clocks and Clock Makers of Upstate
New York, pp. 93-97.
$1,500-2,500
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Mahogany Shelf Clock by Asa Munger & Company, Auburn,
New York, 1833, carved basket crest, looking glasses flanking the
stenciled glass framing the 8 3/4 in. painted iron dial marked
Warranted Asa Munger & Co., Auburn, N.Y., lower looking glass
flanked by carved columns, paw feet, wallpapered interior, 5 x 6
in. printed maker’s label, eight-day brass time and strike
skeletonized movement with hammer stamped 1833, two iron
weights and eagle pendulum, ht. 39 3/4 in.

Literature: Information on Asa Munger and his clocks is found in

Oechsle and Boyce, An Empire in Time, Clocks and Clock Makers
of Upstate New York, pp. 93-97.
$4,000-6,000
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Rosewood Drop Octagon Wall Clock by Atkins Clock
Company, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1865, with ripple molding
around the octagonal perimeter, 12 in. dia. painted zinc dial,
black and gold transfer decorated tablet on lower door, printed
maker’s label on backboard advertising Thirty-Day Clocks and
Timepieces..., eight-day time-only production model spring-
powered movement with strap pallets and pendulum, ht. 24 in.
$500-700
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44.
Rosewood Drop Octagon Wall Clock by Atkins Clock
Company, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1865, with ripple molding
around the octagonal perimeter, 12 in. dia. painted zinc dial with
Roman numerals, black and gold transfer decorated tablet on
lower door, printed maker’s label inside stating Eight and Thirty-
Day Clocks and Time-Pieces Made and Sold by the Atkins Clock
Company, Bristol, CT, eight-day production-type time and strike
movement with countwheel mounted on great wheel, strap pallets
and pendulum, ht. 24 in.
$600-800
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Rosewood Twin Spire Steeple Clock by Brewster &
Ingrahams, Bristol, Connecticut, with painted zinc dial, faintly
signed Brewster & Ingrahams Bristol Connecticut, printed maker’s
label on backboard, etched tablet and eight-day time and strike
movement, ht. 19 in.
$500-700
46.
Rosewood Ogee Gothic Shelf Clock by Brewster
Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Connecticut, with painted
zinc Roman dial, lower transfer-printed tablet titled “Kneller Hall
Training School, England,” backboard with printed maker’s label
of Brewster Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Connecticut, and
eight-day time and strike movement stamped Brewster &
Ingrahams Bristol Ct. U.S.A., ht. 19 1/2 in.
$600-800
47.
Mahogany Twin Spire Steeple Clock by Brewster &
Ingrahams, Bristol, Connecticut, with painted zinc dial, printed
maker’s label on backboard, transfer-printed and painted lower
tablet, and thirty-hour time and strike wooden fusee brass-spring
movement with alarm, ht. 19 1/4 in.
$500-700
48.
Mahogany Drop Octagon Fusee Wall Clock by Chauncey
Jerome, New Haven, Connecticut, c. 1850, octagonal top section
hinged at 12 o’clock for movement access, 12 in. dia. painted zinc
dial with Roman numerals, lower section with diamond cut-out to
view the pendulum, eight-day time and strike movement stamped
Chauncey Jerome, New Haven, Conn. USA, brass-cased going
barrels with fusees, countwheel strike and pendulum, ht. 22 1/2
in.
$800-1,200
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Rosewood Miniature Ogee Clock by Smith & Goodrich,
Bristol, Connecticut, with 5 1/4 in. painted zinc dial, painted
tablet, maker’s label pasted on backboard, thirty-hour time, strike,
alarm, wooden fusee movement with iron frame, ht. 15 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
50.
Rosewood Miniature Reverse Ogee Shelf Clock by Smith &
Goodrich, Bristol, Connecticut, with painted zinc dial signed
Smith & Goodrich Bristol, Conn., etched and frosted lower tablet,
green printed maker’s label inside backboard, thirty-hour time
and strike movement with attached wooden fusees mounted in an
iron frame, ht. 14 3/4 in.
$800-1,200
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51.
Mahogany Outside Escapement Pillar and Scroll Clock by Eli
Terry, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1818, the scroll top with brass
finials, painted wooden dial with Arabic numerals and floral
spandrels, inner minute track, reverse-painted tablet, photocopy of
Terry label inside stating Invented, Made and Sold by Eli Terry,
Plymouth, Conn., cut-outs on bottom board for weight travel,
scalloped apron and French feet, thirty-hour time and strike
outside escapement movement with rack strike and powered by
two cast iron weights, ht. 30 in.
$2,000-4,000
52.
Mahogany Off-center Pillar and Scroll Clock by Seth
Thomas, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1818, with scroll top,
painted wooden dial with Arabic numerals, eagle and drum
pictured above numeral six, exposed escapement, painted tablet
depicting a country scene, printed maker’s label on backboard
stating E. Terry’s Patent Clock, Made and Sold by Seth Thomas,
Plymouth, Conn., thirty-hour time and strike, strap plate
movement with center countwheel strike, off-center pendulum
and two compound hung cast iron weights, ht. 30 in.
$3,000-5,000
53.
Mahogany Off-center Pillar and Scroll Clock by Seth
Thomas, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1818, with glazed front door
over the painted wooden dial with Arabic numerals and inner
chapter ring, lower painted tablet, apron, French feet, printed
maker’s label inside backboard, thirty-hour time and strike strap
movement with center mounted countwheel, compound hung
lead weights and pendulum, (heavily restored), ht. 29 1/2 in.
$2,000-4,000
54.
Mahogany Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock by Eli Terry & Sons,
Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1825, scroll top with three brass finials
over the painted wooden dial with Roman hour and Arabic date
numerals, painted tablet of a country scene, maker’s label on
backboard stating Patent Clocks... Made and Sold at Plymouth
Connecticut by Eli Terry and Sons., scalloped apron, French feet,
thirty-hour time, strike and calendar movement with countwheel
strike and brass trip wheel for calendar all powered by two cast
iron weights, ht. 31 1/4 in.
$1,000-2,000
55.
Mahogany Pillar and Scroll Clock by Erastus Hodges,
Torrington, Connecticut, c. 1830, the scroll-top case with full-
length door, painted wooden dial with Roman numerals, gilded
spandrels, and floral decoration inside chapter ring, painted tablet
below of a mother and daughter, serpentine skirt, French feet,
printed maker’s label inside, thirty-hour “east-west” wooden
movement with countwheel strike, two lead weights, and
pendulum, ht. 30 1/2 in.
$1,500-2,500
56.
Three Miniature E. Howard Wall Clocks by Wayne R. Cline,
Bowling Green, Kentucky, walnut replicas of popular E. Howard
models including the No. 11, No. 70, and the Figure 8, painted
dials with Roman numerals and maker’s name, all with one-day
lever escapement movements, ht. 15 3/4, 15 1/4, and 19 in.,
respectively.
$600-800
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Miniature Diamond-Head Wall Clock by Wayne R. Cline,
Bowling Green, Kentucky, mahogany case with line inlay, reverse-
painted tablets signed Munroe, Concord on the waist and Perry on
the lower, painted dial signed Wayne R. Cline, Bowling Green,
KY, Waltham 37-size key-wound lever escapement movement, lg.
21 in.
$200-400
58.
Collection of Three Miniature Wall Clocks by Michael Paul,
including a mahogany replica of an Aaron Willard Grafton wall
clock, No. 19 of a limited edition of 52 clocks, with weight-
powered movement, ht. 12 3/4, a birch replica of a New
Hampshire mirror clock, No. 10 of a limited edition of 15, with
weight-powered time and alarm movement, ht. 15, and an Ives
Brooklyn wagon spring shelf clock, No. 27 of a limited edition of
43, powered by a miniature leaf spring, ht. 8 in.
$600-800
59.
Miniature Bride’s Model Girandole Wall Clock by John P.
Creed, Jr., Massachusetts, with wooden bezel over the painted
dial with makers name and Arabic numerals, ropetwist gilded
frames enclosing reverse-painted glasses, the waist glass marked
Patent, lower section with hinged bezel, carved pedestal and
thirty-hour lever escapement movement, ht. 19 1/4 in.
$500-700
60.
Miniature “Banjo” Clock by John P. Creed, Jr., mahogany case
with engraved silver panels, the waist section with floral designs,
the lower of a sailing ship, brass bezel with beveled glass, painted
dial with Arabic numerals and signed John P. Creed, Jr., eight-day
lever escapement movement, ht. 21 1/2 in.
$700-900
61.
Mahogany Miniature Waltham “Banjo” Clock, Waltham,
Massachusetts, 3 1/4 in. dia. painted dial with Arabic numerals
marked Waltham, brass rope front trim, side ornaments, reverse-
painted tablets and 37-size Waltham movement with winding
through the dial, ht. 21 in.
$1,200-1,800
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Miniature E. Howard Regulator by Foster S. Campos and a
Brass Miniature Wall Clock, the Howard miniature
reproduction is modeled after the famous 1-5 series of wall clocks
with painted dial signed by the maker, red, gold and black glasses
and thirty-hour balance wheel movement, ht. 14 1/4, and a brass
cased wall clock with painted dial, black and gold lower glass and
thirty-hour pendulum movement, ht. 5 3/4 in.
$600-800
63.
Mahogany Shelf Clock by Silas B. Terry, Plymouth,
Connecticut, c. 1840, with turned columns flanking the painted
wooden Roman dial and lower looking glass, paper dustcover and
4 3/4 x 3 in. printed maker’s label stating Silas B. Terry,
Horologist, Manufacturer of Clocks, Timepieces and Regulators,
Plymouth, Conn., eight-day weight-powered movement with solid
backplate, strap plate front and countwheel strike, ht. 35 1/2 in.
Literature: This movement, in a slightly different case form, is
shown in Chris Bailey, A Story of Silas B. Terry, Horologist,
NAWCC Bulletin, June 2008, p. 289.
$1,500-2,500
.
64.
Empire Mahogany Shelf Clock by Silas B. Terry, Plymouth,
Connecticut, c. 1840, with full-length three-quarter columns
flanking the door, 11 1/2 in. painted wooden dial with Roman
numerals, seconds bit with exposed escapement, reverse-painted
tablet depicting an urban setting along a river, eight-day time and
strike brass movement with solid back plate, wooden winding
drums, internal rack and snail strike, maintaining power, recoil
escapement, pendulum and two compound hung lead weights, ht.
27 1/2 in.
Literature: For a related clock at the American Clock and Watch
Museum, see Chris Bailey, A Story of Silas B. Terry, Horologist,
NAWCC Bulletin, June 2008, Figure 17, p. 294.
$1,500-2,500
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Mahogany Beveled Case Shelf Clock by Silas B. Terry,
Terryville, Connecticut, c. 1840-45, with full-length door, 8 1/2
in. printed paper on wood Roman dial signed Silas B. Terry,
Terry’s Ville Conn. and printer’s name D. Felt & Co. & C. C.
Wright, N.Y., reverse-painted tablet depicting a classical building,
paper dust- cover inside backboard, thirty-hour weight-powered
time and strike movement with solid great wheels, rear-mounted
countwheel strike, recoil escapement and two cast iron weights,
ht. 24 in.
$800-1,200
66.
Empire Balance Wheel Shelf Clock by Silas B. Terry,
Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1845, with mahogany-veneered case,
turned columns flanking the painted wooden dial with Roman
numerals, dial openings for viewing the pallets, escape and balance
wheel components, reverse-painted tablet of a cathedral on a river,
thirty-hour brass weight-powered movement with wooden
winding drums, rack and snail strike, maintaining power and
balance wheel escapement powered by two cast iron weights, ht.
27 1/4 in.
Literature: A related example can be found in Chris Bailey, A
Story of Silas B. Terry, Horologist, NAWCC Bulletin, June 2008,
figure 16, p. 294.
$12,000-15,000
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Mahogany Shelf Clock by S.B. Terry and Company, Terryville,
Connecticut, c. 1840, the box case with reverse-painted tablet,
painted zinc dial with Roman numerals, paper dustcover inside
backboard, thirty-hour brass timepiece with detached wooden
fusee, ht. 11 in.
Literature: This clock is illustrated in The American Clock, by
William H. Distin and Robert Bishop, p. 121, plate 250.
$700-900
68.
Mahogany Beveled Front Shelf Clock by E.C. Brewster,
Bristol, Connecticut, with painted zinc dial, Roman numerals and
floral spandrels, mahogany veneered panel in the lower section of
door, period wallpaper dustcover on backboard and business card
printed label stating Patent Spring Brass Clocks Made and Sold by
E.C. Brewster & Co., Bristol, Conn., thirty-hour brass time and
strike movement with center rear-mounted countwheel strike,
iron backplate and spring barrels, ht. 17 1/2 in.
$400-600
69.
Mahogany and Pine Box Shelf Clock by Smith & Goodrich,
Bristol, Connecticut, 8 in. painted wooden dial with Roman
numerals, painted maker’s label on backboard, reverse-painted
tablet and thirty-hour time and strike movement with attached
wooden fusees in iron frames, ht. 15 1/4 in.
$800-1,200
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Mahogany Balance Wheel Steeple Clock by S.B. Terry,
Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1845, painted wooden dial with
Roman numerals, cut-outs for viewing the pallets, escape wheel
and balance wheel components, reverse-painted tablet depicting a
formal building and thirty-hour, brass balance wheel escapement
movement with detached wooden fusees and countwheel strike,
ht. 24 1/2 in.
$15,000-20,000
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Miniature Mahogany Reverse Ogee Clock by S.B. Terry,
Terryville, Connecticut, with painted wooden Roman dial,
transfer and paint decorated tablet of a balloon ascension flying
two American flags, printed maker’s label inside stating Spring
Brass Clocks, Made and Sold by Silas B. Terry, Terryville, Conn.,
thirty-hour brass spring-powered movement with internal center
mounted countwheel, strap pallets and pendulum, ht. 14 1/2 in.
$600-800
72.
Miniature Mahogany Sharp Gothic or “Steeple” Torsion
Pendulum Clock by Theodore Terry & Company, Ansonia,
Connecticut, c. 1855, painted zinc Roman dial, transfer decorated
tablet of a sailboat, printed maker’s label stating Eight Day
Marine Clocks and Time Pieces, double acting Torsion and [?]
Escapement, Manufactured by Theodore Terry & Co., Ansonia,
Conn., U.S.A., Patented by S.B. Terry, October 5, 1852, thirty-hour
timepiece movement with two-arm torsion pendulum, ht. 13 in.
$700-900
73.
Mahogany Shelf Clock by J.C. Brown, Bristol, Connecticut,
with painted zinc Roman dial signed J.C. Brown, Bristol, Ct. U.S.,
transfer printed tablet of the White House, printed label inside
Forestville Manufacturing Company, J.C. Brown, thirty-hour time
and strike movement with pendulum, ht. 15 in.
$100-300
74.
Rosewood Drop Octagon Thirty-Day Fusee Wall Clock by
Atkins Clock Company, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1860, with
ripple molding around the octagonal perimeter, 12 in. painted
zinc dial, black and gold transfer decorated tablet on lower door,
remains of paper label on backboard, thirty-day dual-wind, time-
only movement with brass wheelwork, Geneva stops, strap pallets,
two brass fusees mounted below movement in iron frame,
wooden pendulum and brass bob, ht. 25 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
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75.
Iron-Front Mantel Clock by Ansonia Clock Company, with 4
in. dia. pressed brass dial marked Ansonia Clock Company
Ansonia Ct. U.S.A., painted, gilt, and mother-of-pearl decoration
on front surface, and eight-day time and strike movement, ht. 13
3/4 in.
$200-400
76.
Papier-mâché and Mother-of-pearl Shelf Clock, Connecticut,
gilt, paint, and mother-of-pearl decoration, lovebirds at the top, 4
1/4 in. painted zinc dial with Roman numerals, painted mill
scene in lower section on a wooden pedestal with ogee feet,
eight-day time and strike balance wheel movement with bell
strike, ht. 17 1/2 in.
$700-900
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77.
Papier-mâché and Mother-of-pearl Shelf Clock by Brewster
Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Connecticut, with paint, gilt
and mother-of-pearl decorated case, glazed door over the painted
zinc dial with Roman numerals and floral corners, etched lower
tablet, printed maker’s label inside, eight-day time and strike
movement, ht. 17 in.
$700-900
78.
Mahogany Shelf Clock Attributed to E.C. Brewster, Bristol,
Connecticut, c. 1840, the veneered case with broad cornice,
convex and concave moldings on the door, sides and base, 8 1/2
in. wooden dial with 6 in. dia. gilded center with Roman
numerals, transfer decorated tablet, plain paper dustcover inside
backboard, eight-day time and strike movement with detached
brass fusees and mainsprings in an iron frame, center mounted
rack and snail strike and front plate stamped No. 3417, ht. 19 in.
$800-1,200
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Rosewood Miniature Venetian Shelf Clock by E. Ingraham
and an Empty Case, Bristol, Connecticut, bronze-painted half-
columns flanking the 3 1/2 in. dia. paper on zinc dial and lower
transfer decorated tablet, maker’s label inside backboard, thirty-
hour time and strike movement, ht. 13, with a smaller additional
case only, gilt half-columns flanking the 3 in. paper on zinc dial,
gold leaf and painted tablet, maker’s label on backboard and now
fitted with a small battery-operated movement, ht. 11 5/8 in.
$200-400
80.
Iron-Front Wall Clock by Forestville Hardware and Clock
Company, Bristol, Connecticut, with 5 in. dia. painted zinc dial
signed with maker’s name, gilt, paint, and mother-of-pearl
decoration, and thirty-hour time-only lever escapement
movement, ht. 14 in.
$200-300
End of Nilson Collection
American Furniture & Decorative Arts
Lots 101-617
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101.
Engraved Whale’s Tooth, 19th century, one side depicting a
crenellated building, possibly an arsenal, flying an American flag
over a bark on a calm sea, the reverse depicting an altar with a
crucifix flanked by arching potted plants, over a scene with vessels
and a seaside village, (repair on tip, age cracks), ht. 6 1/4, wd. 3
in.
Provenance: Descended in the family of William and Henry
Walters, who established Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum, a
privately assembled collection that excels in many diverse fields of
the fine arts.
$1,500-2,500
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102.
Engraved Whale’s Tooth, 19th century, one side of the tooth
depicting a monument topped with a crucifix and flying American
flags over a scene continuing around the base of the tooth with
sailing and steam vessels with a seaside village and mountains in
the background, the reverse depicting an urn issuing leafy
branches flanked by two potted plants, (age cracks), lg. 6 1/8 in.
Provenance: Descended in the family of William and Henry
Walters, who established Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum, a
privately assembled collection that excels in many diverse fields of
the fine arts.
$1,500-2,500
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103.
Engraved Whale’s Tooth, mid to late 19th century, depicting a
whaling scene with two ships, one flying an American flag, two
whaleboats and a dead whale, a dragon, and a seaside town, (age
cracks, base edge chips, wear to decoration), lg. 6 1/8 in.
$1,500-2,500
108.
Pictorial Engraved Whalebone Busk, 19th century, depicting
two urns of flowers, a church, a leafy tree, and a heart,
surrounded by geometric and foliate border, heightened with red,
blue, and green pigment, lg. 13 5/8 in.
$800-1,200

104.
Engraved Whale’s Tooth, c. 1885, one side depicting a woman
wearing an elaborate fashionable dress, the reverse depicting a
fanciful stand supporting several potted plants, (age cracks), wd. 2
3/4, lg. 6 1/2 in.
$300-500
109.
Woven Cane Nantucket Basket, early 20th century, deep round
basket with carved swing handle, (two small losses), ht. to top of
upright handle 12 1/4, dia. 10 1/4 in.
$1,500-2,500

110.
105. Woven Cane Nantucket Basket, early 20th century, round
Engraved Whale’s Tooth Depicting a Bark, 20th century, wd. basket with carved swing handle, “1922” stamp and indistinct
2 1/2, lg. 5 1/4 in. inscribed early label on base, (minor loss on one weaver), ht. to
$300-500 top of upright handle 11 1/2, dia. 10 in.
$1,500-2,500

106.
Small Engraved Whale’s Tooth, 19th century, depicting a 111.
foreshortened view of a three-masted vessel flying an American Miniature Nantucket Basket, America, 20th century, round
flag, lg. 5 1/4 in. woven cane basket with carved wooden swing handle, ht. to top
$400-600 of upright handle 3 1/4 in.
$200-250

107.
Whalebone, Ivory, and Tortoiseshell Inlaid Yarn Swift, c. 112.
1815-20, turned ivory yarn cup over turned ivory and whalebone Small Woven Cane Nantucket Basket, late 19th/early 20th
shaft heightened with red sealing wax, the clamp with inlaid century, shallow round basket with carved swing handle, (minor
contrasting geometric segments, expanding whalebone slats joined loss on rim lashing), ht. to top of upright handle 6 1/4, dia. 6
with string, (minor age cracks), ht. 24 in. 1/4 in.
$4,000-6,000 $1,800-2,500
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113.
Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Jose Formoso Reyes
(1902-1980), Nantucket, Massachusetts, c. 1950s, woven cane
and splint oval form with two carved ivory seagull figures applied
to oval ebony disk on lid, with ivory latch pin and handle pegs,
swing handle, the base signed by the maker with an outline of the
island, ht. with handle upright 9 1/2, wd. 9 in.
$1,000-1,500
114.
Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Jose Formoso Reyes
(1902-1980), Nantucket, Massachusetts, c. 1960, oval woven
cane purse with hinged lid centered with a carved ivory island of
Nantucket, purportedly done by Charles Sayle, who did the first
carving applied to the first covered basket in 1948; the ivory
island mounted on an oval walnut plaque, with ivory latch and
handle pegs, carved wooden swing handle, the base inscribed
“MADE IN NANTUCKET/JOSE FORMOSO REYES,” with
an outline of the island, (small loss and crack on ivory island), ht.
to top of upright handle 10 3/4, dia. 9 3/4 in.
$2,000-2,500
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115.
Nest of Four Nantucket Baskets, early 20th century, deep
round forms with carved swing handles secured with brass ears,
turned wooden disc bases, (second largest basket with minor
rattan losses), ht. to top of basket rims 7 5/8, 6 1/4, 5, 4 1/4,
dia. 11 3/4, 8 7/8, 6 5/8, 5 3/4 in., respectively.
$6,000-8,000
116.
Inlaid Angler’s Box with Eglomise Interior Panel, “Made By
M. Nykvist West, Suprior [sic] Wis, 1891,” the box top and three
sides ornamented with geometric inlay, the interior cover with
reverse painting and gilt on glass with the maker’s name and date,
two fish motifs, two pointing finger motifs, with scroll, faux
tortoiseshell, gilt, and glitter borders, the velvet-lined box with
applied metallic fringe and tassels, ht. 5, wd. 14 3/8, dp. 12 1/2
in.
$1,500-2,500
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117. 120.
Inlaid Mahogany Desk Box, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 19th Carved Wooden Half-Hull Ship Model Wall Plaque, 19th
century, reportedly once belonged to a member of the Coffin century, ht. 11 3/8, lg. 23 1/4 in.
family of Nantucket, the rectangular box with geometric ebony $800-1,200
and ivory inlay, hinged lid opening to a mirror hinged to the
cover and a removable compartmented tray, ht. 4 7/8, wd. 14,
dp. 7 1/2 in. 121.
$1,500-2,500 Large White-painted Wooden Half-Hull Ship Model, probably
America, 20th century, (minor paint wear and losses), ht. 15; lg. 8
ft. 7 in.; dp. 7 3/4 in.
118.
Small Brass-bound Camphorwood Box, early 19th century, Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
rectangular box with brass swing handles, ht. 7 1/2, wd. 17 3/4, $800-1,000
dp. 9 1/2 in.
$300-500
122.
Carved Wooden Half-Hull Ship Model, America, probably late
119. 19th century, carved from a single piece of pine, mounted on a
Large Pine Boat Builder’s Hull Model, America, 19th century, wooden panel, (age cracks), 7 3/4 x 36 in. overall.
ht. 12, wd. 17, lg. 60 in. $400-500
$1,000-1,500

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123.
Cased Ship Diorama of the “Royal Mail Steam Ship
Amazon,” late 19th century, carved wooden model with metal
details, painted cotton wool smoke and sea, painted background,
(minor imperfections), overall ht. 13 1/2, wd. 23 1/2, dp. 6 in.
$800-1,200
124.
Mirrored Cased Diorama of a Brig in Coastal Waters,
America, late 19th/early 20th century, the scene also depicting a
lighthouse and a sloop, painted putty water, mirrored
background, in a deep molded mahogany frame with gilt liner,
overall ht. 13, wd. 31, dp. 10 1/2 in.
$600-800
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125.
Cased Diorama of a Yacht, America, late 19th/early 20th
century, carved and painted wood, painted background with
distant lighthouse, overall dimensions ht. 22 1/2, wd. 34 1/2,
dp. 6 1/2 in., in a molded mahogany frame with gilt liner.
$800-1,200
126.
Cased Diorama of the Ship LISBON, America, late 19th/early
20th century, the ship flying an American flag and a pennant
inscribed “LISBON,” the vessel sailing toward the coast with a
lighthouse and cottage in the foreground, painted background
with side mirrors and painted putty “sea” in a molded giltwood
frame, 19 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.
$600-800
127.
Carved Wooden Model of the Schooner CANADIENNE,
early 20th century, vessel identified on sides, mounted on a stand
and mahogany platform, ht. 23 1/2, lg. 26 1/2 in.
$400-600
128.
Attributed to Adrien Manglard (French, 1695-1760)
Lot of Two Harbor Scenes. Unsigned, artist identified on
plaque below. Oil on canvas, 8 3/4 x 14 1/4 in., in gilt carved
wooden frames. Condition: Canvas applied to Masonite, surface
grime, craquelure with paint loss u.r. on one.
$4,000-6,000
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129.
Antonio de Simone (Italian, 1851-1907)
Portrait of an American Schooner Yacht Entering Naples.
Signed and dated “De Simone 1884” l.r., later inscription on the
reverse. Gouache on board, sight size 17 1/2 x 25 1/2 in., in a
later molded mahogany frame. Condition: Toning, not
examined out of frame.
Provenance: The property of Samuel E. Codman, Charles G.
Loring House, Prides Crossing, Massachusetts.
$5,000-7,000
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130.
Vivian Forsythe Porter (Massachusetts, 1880-1982)
Portrait of a Schooner Sailing in Coastal Waters with Distant
Lighthouse. Signed and dated “V.F. Porter ‘32” l.r. Oil on
canvas, 15 x 20 in., in a contemporary molded wood frame.
Condition: Retouch to sails l.c.
$800-1,200
131.
Harry Hambro Howe (Massachusetts/Maine, 1886-1968)
Fishing Wharf at Sunset. Signed l.l. Oil on canvas, 14 x 18 in.,
in a carved giltwood frame. Condition: Very good.
$400-600
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John Loos (Belgian, 1861-1895) Attributed to William Howard Yorke (Anglo/American,
1847-1921)
Portrait of a British Brig Entering Antwerp. Signed and dated
“John: Loos Antwerp 1869” l.r. Oil on canvas, 21 x 30 1/2 in., Portrait of the Ship Cissie. Unsigned, vessel identified on hull
in likely original gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Relined, scattered and plaque below. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in., in original molded
retouch, primarily to background. gilt-gesso frame with Edinburgh framer’s label. Condition:
$5,000-10,000 Minor retouch to background.
$3,000-5,000
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134.
American School, Early 20th Century
Portrait of the Screw Steamer Antonio Jacobsen. Unsigned,
vessel identified on bow and pennant, perhaps in tribute to the
artist Antonio Jacobsen. Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in., in a gilt-
gesso frame. Condition: Craquelure, scattered retouch primarily
to sky.
$6,000-8,000
136.
Chelsea Ship’s Bell Desk Set including Clock and Barometer
with Thermometer, Chelsea Clock Company, Chelsea,
Massachusetts, retailed by Abercrombie & Fitch Co., New York,
early 20th century, eight-day lever escapement ship’s bell strike,
brass and bronze case with ball feet, hinged bezels with heavy
beveled glass, 4 in. silvered dials, Holosteric barometer, convex
backs, the clock dial signed “CHELSEA SHIP’S BELL,”
(discolored lacquer surface), ht. 7 1/8, wd. 11 1/4, dp. 3 5/8 in.
$600-800

135.
Anglo/American School, 19th Century 137.
Red Flashed Etched Glass Transom with Ship Motif, America,
Portrait of a British Bark. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 21 x 35 late 19th century, wooden transom frame with glass panel with
in., in a late 20th century frame. Condition: Craquelure, varnish etched ship sailing toward a coast with a lighthouse and cottage
inconsistencies. and the monogram “M.C.M.,” flanked by two smaller panels with
$400-600 etched flower sprays, (one panel cracked), 13 x 35 3/4 in.
$400-600
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Sailor’s Letter Rebus, c. 1848, watercolor and ink on paper,
depicting a message written and painted by a sailor on board the
“U.S. Ship of War ‘DALE’” dated “August 29th 1848,” using
pictures to represent words or parts of words, conveying the
sailor’s illness, his escaping death, his remaining four years of
service, and of his hopes to get well soon, (toning, stains, tear
u.c.), 24 x 19 1/4 in., in a period molded wood and gesso frame.

Note: The USS Dale was a 566-ton sailing sloop-of-war. She

was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Between June 1846 and
August 1849, she was deployed to the Pacific for her second tour,
taking part in war operations off California and the Mexican west
coast.
$800-1,200

142.
Carved Mahogany Box with Asian-style Relief Decoration,
19th century, hinged cover on box with integral carved openwork
serpent figure in full relief, the sides, back, and interior
ornamented with relief carved serpents and borders, ht. 3 1/2,
wd. 11 3/4, dp. 8 in.
$400-600

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Silver Plated Brass Souvenir Vase made from the Propeller of
a Civil War Ship, late 19th century, the bottom of the vase
inscribed “This Little Vase is a souvenir of the metal of the
137A. propeller off the U.S.S. Hartford The Flagship of Admiral
Whalebone Walking Stick with Tooth Finial, probably late Farragut During the Civil War to Shirley Barbour,” ht. 3 5/8 in.
19th century, the tooth and shaft joined with a silver band, ht. 35
1/4 in. Note: David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870) was a flag officer of
$400-600 the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was
the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and full admiral of the Navy.
He entered the navy during the War of 1812 at only 12 years of
138. age and commanded a British prize ship bringing her safely to
American School, 19th Century port. Later he made a great contribution to the Union victory in
the Civil War, despite being from Virginia, in capturing New
Interior Scene of a Nantucket House. Unsigned. Oil on Orleans and opening the Mississippi to the North, and sunk the
canvas, 9 x 13 in., with applied molding. Condition: Very good. Confederate warships in Mobile, Alabama, closing the
$3,000-5,000 Confederacy’s last major Gulf port.
$200-300

139.
Charles Drew Cahoon (Massachusetts, 1861-1951)
144.
Coastal Dunes Overlooking Sea with Sailboat. Signed l.r. Oil Nathaniel Currier, publisher (American, 1813-1888)
on academy board, 9 x 12 in., in original carved giltwood frame.
Condition: Craquelure, minor retouch to upper background CLIPPER SHIP “SWEEPSTAKES.,” 1853 (Conningham,
water and sky. 1168). Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Large folio
$1,500-2,500 lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 19 7/8 x 25
5/8 in., in a period molded giltwood frame, the back affixed with
a Kennedy Galleries of New York label. Condition: Margins 5/8
140. in. or more, three margin tears, one through title, light toning
American School, 19th Century, and mat stain, paper slightly rippled u.r.

Seaside Cliff. Unsigned. Oil on artist board, 5 1/4 x 3 5/8 in.,
in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Small paint loss u.c. and
u.l.
$300-500
Note: The clipper ship Sweepstakes was built in the New York
shipyard of Westervelt & Sons and launched in the summer of
1853. The Sweepstakes was heralded for making the trip between
New York City and San Francisco in only 106 days.
$2,000-4,000
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145.
Nathaniel Currier, publisher (American, 1813-1888)
CLIPPER SHIP “NIGHTINGALE.,” 1854 (Conningham,
1159). Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Large folio
lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 20 1/2 x 27
1/4 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Margins
1 5/8 in. or more, toning, foxing, paper slightly rippled.
Note: This lithograph ranked no. 33 in the original “Best 50”
large folio.
$2,000-4,000
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147
146.
Nathaniel Currier, publisher (American, 1813-1888)
CLIPPER SHIP “RED JACKET.,” 1855 (Conningham,
1165). Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Large folio
lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 20 3/8 x 27
1/4 in., in a period molded wood frame. Condition: Margins 1
1/2 in. or more, laid down onto paper, repaired tears: two
repaired tears into image, several in margins, toning, foxing, light
stains, surface grime, paper slightly rippled.
Note: This lithograph ranked no. 41 in the original “Best 50,”
and no. 15 in the “New Best 50,” large folio.
$2,000-4,000
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147.
Nathaniel Currier, publisher (American, 1813-1888)
CLIPPER SHIP “COMET OF NEW YORK.,” 1855
(Conningham, 1140). Identified in inscriptions in the matrix.
Large folio lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 22
x 28 3/4 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition:
Margins 2 1/2 in. or more, toning, foxing, light stains, crease l.r.,
surface grime, paper slightly rippled.
$1,500-2,500
148.
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of the Brigantine Amy A. Lane in a Hurricane
February 5, 1880. Unsigned, inscribed “Capt. Caiver in a
Hurricane February 5 1880” below, vessel identified on hull, and
on a plaque below. Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in., in probably
original gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Relined, craquelure.
Note: According to small plaque mounted to the frame, the brig
Amy A. Lane was built in Seaport, Maine, in 1867.
$800-1,200
149.
Silver Plated Lighthouse-form Cocktail Shaker, Meriden Silver
Plate Company/International Silver Co., Meriden, Connecticut,
probably early 20th century, ht. 20 1/4 in.
$200-250
150.
Green-painted “Ship’s Papers” Tin Box, late 19th century, the
box with hinged lid inscribed “Presented to Captain Charles
Crosby/Ships: Papers” in gilt lettering, the bottom inscribed “E.
Solscher. Hamburg.”; a photo of a gentleman identified as
Charles Crosby is included, (paint wear), ht. 3 1/2, wd. 10 3/4,
dp. 6 1/2 in.
$200-250
151.
Painted and Gilded Wooden “SO. HARWICH” Sign,
Massachusetts, late 19th century, pine panel with applied
molding, painted red with weathered gilt lettering, 10 1/4 x 61
in.
$400-600
152.
Green and White Painted Wooden Boat Rudder, Cape Cod,
Massachusetts, late 19th/early 20th century, ht. 20 1/2, lg. 47
in.
$200-400
153.
Two Molded and Painted Plaster Plaques: “Fish Wharf” and
“Nichols House Salem, Mass.,” America, early 19th century,
“Fish Wharf” made by A. DePrato Co., Boston, dated 1937 with
maker’s stamp and impressed marks, 7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.; “Nichols
House” signed “Sarah W. Symonds” below and on reverse, dated
1910, 10 1/4 x 8 in.
$400-600
154.
Two Molded and Painted Plaster Plaques, America, early 20th
century, the first titled “The Oldest House in Provincetown,
Mass. Known as Hooked Rug Shop,” made in Haverhill,
Massachusetts, 7 x 9 1/4 in.; the second “Fire Side Chat” with
impressed maker’s marks “Grenier Studios, Boston, Mass.,” 6
3/4 x 9 1/4 in.
$100-150
155.
Clement Nye Swift (Acushnet, Massachusetts, 1846-1918),
After John Allen Chase
A Nantucket Sleigh Ride. Signed and dated “Clement Swift
‘16/J.A. Chase” l.l. Oil on canvas, 19 x 48 1/2 in., in a
contemporary molded wood frame. Condition: Very good.
$2,500-3,500
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Diminutive Federal Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Fall-
front Desk, New England, c. 1810, the fall front with an exterior
of two panels bordered by cockbeading opens to an interior of
three drawers, above a case of four cockbeaded graduated drawers
and slightly flaring feet, brasses appear to be original, refinished,
(imperfections), ht. 41 3/4, wd. 22, dp. 16 1/2 in.

Note: Family history indicates that this piece of furniture may

have been made for a ship’s captain, to be used at sea.
$1,000-1,500

157.
Mahogany Inlaid Yachtsman’s Desk, America or England, early
19th century, in two sections: the lid opens to an elaborate
compartmented and green leather decorated interior fitted with a
travel timepiece and calendar, and drawers with identifying tags
reading “letters unanswered,” etc., and fold-down writing surface,
set into lower section with spring-activated central drawer and 156
hinged flanking doors, the cabinet with brass fittings and inlaid
with crossbanding and stringing, ht. closed 44 1/2, wd. of base
28, dp. 12 3/4 in.
$1,500-2,500

158.
Assorted Group of Early American Marine Ephemera, the
items primarily pertaining to individuals and vessels from Salem,
Massachusetts, before, during, and after the Revolutionary War,
highlights including a prize of war declaration of the sloop
Andrigo of Salem to the French private sloop Le Brilliant dated
July 22 1759, a bound booklet containing remarks and statistics
on board the private arms ship America, commanded by James
Cheever, Jr., beginning November 24, 1814 and ending April 8,
1815, including lists of vessels captured by the America and ship
John, and articles of agreement between the owners and crew;
deposition and protest dated January 12, 1811, by the crew of
the American brig Nabby, stating its unseaworthyness, the cargo
thrown overboard, and the vessel to be sold for scrap; nine small
hand-drawn charts tracking the 1817 voyage of the brig Ceres of
Salem to Sumatra; a journal inscribed by Nathaniel Hawthorne
(the father of the notable author), dated 1796, of the voyage of
the ship Perseverance on its passage from Salem to Betavia; a small
journal kept on board the private armed ship John James, a small
ink sketch of a sundial; a booklet containing transcriptions of late
18th century documents written by Captain J.P. Felt of Salem,
including the formation of the Salem Marine Society and listing
of its first members, lists of American privateers fitted out from
Salem during the Revolutionary War, transcribed by R.L. Paine in
1834; a handwritten contemporary narrative of the loss of His
Majesty’s ship L. Hector in a letter to the secretary to the
admiralty, November 23, 1782.
$6,000-8,000

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159.
Leander Allen Plummer II (New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1857-1914)

Striped Bass Fishing. Signed and dated “L A Plummer 1911” l.r. Carved and stained pine panel “relief painting,”
35 1/2 x 62 in., accompanied by the artist’s brass-bound mahogany box containing his woodcarving tools, four of
which bear the artist’s initials carved on the handles.

Provenance: By descent through the family of the artist.

Note: Leander Plummer was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. His father was one of the incorporators of the
successful New Bedford Cordage Company. Initially working as a mining engineer, Plummer changed direction in
1883, when he decided at the age of twenty-six to pursue art, and spent the next four years studying at the
Academie Julian in Paris. Plummer returned to the United States with his artistic training to paint the wildlife he
observed as a fisherman and sportsman in the New Bedford area. Eventually, he experimented with woodcarving
and found he had a great aptitude for detailed naturalistic sculpture and combined his painting and woodcarving
skills in creating “relief paintings”; his words for deeply carved wood reliefs that he stained with pigments he
devised to create a life-like appearance. Plummer’s panels became popular among fishermen and sportsmen, and by
1906 he had orders for approximately forty to fifty relief paintings. Among the many works Plummer executed, he
considered the one offered here his masterpiece.
$50,000-75,000
 A detail of a drawing thought to be by Leander Plummer, and showing the location
of his cabin on a small peninsula named “Little Potomska,”
in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

Plummer’s brass-bound box of the tools used to make this carving, which are included in this lot

A photo of this carving in situ in the artist’s home on

“Little Potomska,” March 1950.
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160.
Polychrome Painted Plaque with Warblers, attributed to
Charles Hart (1862-1960), Gloucester, Massachusetts, mid-20th
century, plywood panel with four applied carved and painted half-
figures of warblers identified in pencil and ink inscriptions on the
reverse, showing a Golden Wing Warbler, Cape May Warbler,
Black Burnian Warbler, and Magnolia Warbler, painted
background, 12 x 10 in., in original molded wood frame.
Note: This plaque reportedly came from the Hart family.
$2,000-3,000
161.
Carved and Fancifully Painted Wooden Bird Figure, probably
Charles Hart, America, early 20th century, the bird supported on
wire legs, mounted on a piece of wood, (repairs), ht. 7 1/2, lg. 9
in.
$1,200-1,500
162.
Two Small Carved and Painted Wooden Emperor Penguin
Figures, Charles Hart (1862-1960), Gloucester, Massachusetts, c.
1935, the figures with tack eyes, applied flippers, and webbed
feet, mounted on a wooden base, one base inscribed “Hart,”
(minor touch-up on one), ht. 7 3/8, 7 7/8 in.
$2,500-3,500
163.
Carved and Polychrome Painted Sparrow Hawk Figure,
America, early 20th century, the figure with wire legs and
integrally carved feet on stump with leaves, ht. 8 in.
$800-1,200
164.
Two Pennsylvania Carved and Painted Wooden Bird Figures,
19th century, one depicting a robin, ht. 3 5/8, 3 3/8 in.
$1,200-1,500
165.
Carved and Painted Wren Figure, America, late 19th/early
20th century, the figure mounted on carved rockery with berry
and leaf clusters, ht. 4 3/8, lg. 5 in.
$300-500
166.
Carved and Painted Shorebird Decoy, America, early 20th
century, (scattered paint losses), overall ht. 6, lg. 7 3/4 in.
$600-800
167.
Carved and Painted Shorebird Decoy, America, early 20th
century, mounted on a driftwood segment, (spattered by shot,
scattered paint losses, small losses to bill and tail tips), overall ht.
12 3/4 in.
$800-1,200
168.
Carved and Painted Lincoln-type Yellowlegs Shorebird
Decoy, possibly Massachusetts, early 20th century, with split tail
carving and stippled paint pattern, mounted on a driftwood
segment, (small loss where bill attaches to head, small paint
losses), overall ht. 13 in.
$1,000-1,500
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169.
Carved and Painted Yellowlegs Decoy, Verity family, Seaborn,
Long Island, early 20th century, with deeply carved wings,
probably secondary paint, including stand, (lightly hit by shot,
split on bill and tail, paint losses), overall ht. 7 1/4, lg. 9 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
170.
Carved and Painted Black Duck Decoy, Charles Hart (1862-
1960), Gloucester, Massachusetts, early 20th century, with
detailed carving on bill, wing, tail, and flank, inset glass eyes,
original paint, (paint wear, abrasions), ht. 6 1/2, lg. 17 7/8 in.
$400-600
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Anglo/American School, 18th Century

Portrait of a Gentleman at a Table Writing a Letter.

Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 27 3/4 x 22 in., in a contemporary
molded giltwood frame. Condition: Relined, retouch, two paint
losses.
$1,000-1,500

173.
Turned Maple and Ash Armchair, probably Massachusetts, early
18th century, with mushroom handholds, refinished, (height
loss), ht. 42, seat ht. 14 1/2 in.
$400-600

174.
Small Turned Cherry and Pine Tavern Table, New England,
early 18th century, the overhanging molded top on splayed block,
vase, and ring-turned legs ending in turned feet joined by straight
apron and box stretchers, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 25, wd.
25 3/4, dp. 18 1/2 in.

Provenance: John S. Walton, New York.

$2,500-3,500

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171.
Turned and Molded Diminutive Oak Court Cupboard,
England, third quarter 17th century, the case with long drawer
above four hinged doors, on a base of single drawer, all with faux
facades of veneered panels with contrasting wood and mother-of-
pearl, old dark stain, (minor imperfections), ht. 53, wd. 46, dp.
20 in.
$800-1,200
175.
William and Mary Pine and Maple Tavern Table, New
England, mid-18th century, overhanging top with breadboard
ends above a single drawer and a beaded skirt joining block, vase,
and ring-turned legs continuing to turned feet and square
stretchers, old refinish, ht. 26 1/2, wd. 43 1/2, dp. 24 in.
$600-800
176.
Chippendale Maple Roundabout Chair, New England, late
18th century, the shaped concave back with scrolled handholds
above two vasiform splats and vase and ring-turned supports
continuing to square legs, upholstered slip seat, old refinish,
(imperfections), ht. 28, seat ht. 17 in.
$600-800

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Queen Anne Walnut and Walnut Veneer Dressing
Table, Boston, c. 1730-50, the molded top with four
matched panels bordered by banding, above a
cockbeaded and string-inlaid case of long drawer and
concave fan-inlaid central drawer flanked by drawers, on
valanced skirt joining cabriole legs ending in pad feet on
platforms, replaced brasses, mellow patina, (minor
restoration), ht. 31, case wd. 30, case dp. 18 1/4 in.
$20,000-30,000

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178. 180.
Attributed to William Jennys (American, ac. 1795-1805) Chippendale Carved Mahogany and Parcel-gilt Mirror,
England or America, late 18th century, the scrolled frame with
Portraits of Jabez Baldwin and His Wife Lydia. Unsigned, phoenix cresting, intaglio carved flowering vines, and flanking
the lower stretcher of Lydia Baldwin’s portrait is inscribed “Lydia fruited vines, (imperfections), ht. 46, wd. 22 1/2 in.
Baldwin Aged 55 Jan. 4 1801.” Oil on canvas, 32 x 26 in., in $2,000-3,000
later molded wood frames. Condition: Relined, minor repairs
with associated retouch, canvas lifting in spots on Jabez’s portrait.
181.
Note: William Jennys, a portraitist, painted throughout most of Diminutive Queen Anne Maple Drop-leaf Tea Table, probably
New England and New York. William and his father, Richard, Massachusetts, c. 1740-60, on cabriole legs continuing to pad feet
worked together for seven years. William’s palette was usually on platforms joined by a shaped cut-out apron, old refinish,
muted and somber, with extensive use of green and brown. (minor imperfections), ht. 27, wd. open 35, dp. 36 in.
$2,000-3,000
Jabez Baldwin was born January 17, 1742, in Norwich,
Connecticut. He married Lydia Barker (b. circa 1746 in
Plymouth, Massachusetts), on Jan 29, 1767. Their two sons
Jedediah and Jabez became silversmiths, Jedediah in
Northampton, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York
State; Jabez in Salem and Boston, Massachusetts.
$6,000-8,000

179.
Quill-work Tea Caddy, England, c. 1800, hexagonal caddy with
fine polychrome and gilt quill-work wreath, medallions, and
flower designs, barber pole inlaid edges, hinged lid, opening to
foil-lined lidded compartment, (minor losses), ht. 5, dia. 6 3/4
in.
$1,500-2,500

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182.
Cherry and Birch Candlestand, Nantucket, early 19th century,
the square top on vase and ring-turned post and tripod cabriole
leg base with arris pad feet, (minor imperfections), ht. 28 3/4,
wd. 16, dp. 16 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
184.
Federal Cherry Candlestand, New England, c. 1800, the
circular top on a vase and ring-turned post and tripod base of
tapering legs on spade feet, old finish, ht. 27 1/2, dia. 15 1/4 in.
$500-700

185.
183. Federal Mahogany Carved and Mahogany Veneer Tilt-top
Cherry Candlestand, Nantucket, early 19th century, with Stand, New York, c. 1810-15, the octagonal crossbanded top on
circular top, vase and ring-turned support, on tripod cabriole leg a vase and ring-turned reeded post, and tripod base of molded
base, old red stained surface, (imperfections), ht. 28, dia. 19 1/4 tapering legs ending in carved paw feet on casters, refinished, ht.
in. 28 1/2, wd. 23 3/4, dp. 17 1/2 in.
$800-1,200 $1,000-1,500

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Chippendale Carved Mahogany Block-front Slant-lid Desk, Boston, c. 1760-80, the lid with concave-carved panel
and flanking convex blocked panels opens to an interior of central valanced drawer and concave drawer flanked by
document drawers with baluster-turned facades, and three valanced compartments above a blocked drawer and three
concave blocked drawers, the topmost with carved shell, above a concave and convex-carved case on conformingly
shaped bracket feet, original brasses, old refinish, (minor imperfections), ht. 43 3/4, wd. 40, dp. 22 3/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased by Mrs. Ernest L. Reuter from Israel Sack in 1919.

$40,000-60,000
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Chippendale Carved Walnut Armchair, Philadelphia area, c.
1760-80, the cresting centering a carved shell device, with
outward scrolling arms ending in knuckle handholds, and
upholstered slip seat, all on frontal cabriole legs ending in claw-
and-ball feet joined to the raking round rear legs by a deep cyma-
shaped apron, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 39 3/4, seat ht.
17 in.
$2,500-3,500

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188.
Chippendale Carved Walnut Side Chair, Philadelphia, c. 1760-
80, the beaded scrolled crest with scrolled terminals centering a
shell, above a shaped splat and trapezoidal slip seat, the valanced
skirt with central shell joining the frontal shell-carved cabriole legs
to the raking rounded rear legs, old refinish, (small repair), ht. 39
1/4, seat ht. 18 in.
$1,500-2,500

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189.
Chippendale Cherry Tall Clock, eastern Pennsylvania, probably
Montgomery County, c. 1790, the scrolled top with carved
rosettes, arched and glazed hood door flanked by turned
freestanding columns, fluted quarter-columns flank the waist door
and the framed panel base all on ogee bracket feet, unsigned 12-
in. painted iron dial with unmarked false plate, Roman numerals,
gilt scrolls in the spandrels, moon’s age and transfer printed
globes in the arch, eight-day time and strike movement with rack
and snail strike and recoil escapement, pendulum and two iron
weights, old surface, (minor restoration), ht. 94, wd. 19 1/2, dp.
10 3/4 in.
190.
Chippendale Cherry Block-front Chest of Drawers, New
England, late 18th century, the shaped and molded top on a
conforming cockbeaded case of four graduated drawers and
bracket feet centering a drop pendant with carved pinwheel,
replaced brasses, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 31 3/4, wd. 32
3/4, dp. 22 in.
$8,000-12,000

Provenance: G.W. Samaha, Milan, Ohio.

Literature: Garvin, Beatrice B., The Philadelphia Museum of Art,

The Pennsylvania German Collection (1982), p. 43, fig. 3.
$12,000-18,000
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191. 193.
John Ritto Penniman (American, c. 1782-1841), After a Attributed to Henry Inman (American, 1801-1846)
Pastel by Gerrit Schipper (b. Holland, 1775, d. London, c.
1830) Portrait of William Wirt, Ninth Attorney General of the
United States. Unsigned, subject identified in inscribed note
Portrait of Edward Tuckerman, 1823. Inscribed along outside affixed to the reverse. Oil on wood panel, 24 1/2 x 21 3/4 in.,
edge of the trompe l’oeil frame l.r. “J. R. Penniman. Pinx.” Oil in a contemporary molded wood frame. Condition: Retouch to
on oval mahogany panel, 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in., in a later gilt-gesso face, stock, and background.
frame. Condition: Very good.
Note: In 1817 President James Monroe named William Wirt
Provenance: Elizabeth Tuckerman Salisbury (1768–1851); to her Attorney General of the United States, a position he held for 12
son Stephen Salisbury II (1798–1884); to his son, Stephen years, through the administration of John Quincy Adams, until
Salisbury III (1835–1905); to the consignor. 1829, and has the record for the longest tenure in history of any
U.S. attorney general. A couple of years later, while resuming his
Exhibitions: American Art from the Collection of the Worcester law practice, he successfully challenged Georgia laws in their
Art Museum, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, April subjecting Georgia’s jurisdiction over the Cherokee Nation. Wirt
27–June 24, 1979; John Ritto Penniman (1782–1841): An was also was an unsuccessful candidate for President in 1832 as
the candidate of the Anti-Masonic party, and was also the first
Ingenious New England Artist, Worcester Art Museum, February
candidate of an organized third party to carry a state, Vermont.
26–April 25, 1982.
$2,000-3,000
Note: Edward Tuckerman II was born December 29, 1740, in
Boston. As a young man, he was apprenticed to a baker, and later
ran a bakery on Orange Street in Boston. He married Elizabeth
Harris in 1766 and together they had eleven children, several of
whom became prominent citizens in Boston. In 1765 he joined
the Boston Artillery Company. He was a member of the Sons of
Liberty, and from 1774 to 1776 served as a lieutenant in the
Continental Army. He also served in several philanthropic
capacities in the Boston area.
$8,000-12,000

192.
Probably American School, Early 19th Century

Portrait of a Young Man Seated at a Table Sketching with a

Compass. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 32 x 25 in., unframed.
Condition: Relined, retouch.

Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.

$6,000-8,000

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194.
Mourning Picture for Mrs. Mary Lothrop of Cohasset,
Massachusetts, c. 1832, unsigned, watercolor on paper, depicting
a scene with seven mourners beside an urn-topped monument
inscribed “In memory of Mrs. Mary, wife of Mr. Caleb Lothrop,
and daughter of Capt’n Ephraim Snow, who died Aug’t 28th
1832. Aged 31. Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister; names how
sweet; How precious each; how lovely when they meet; Farewell
bright Orb, life’s cloudless day/Has clos’d with Hope’s mild arch
at even/Go rise and shine with purer ray/Amidst the kindred
orbs of heav’n.”; the background showing trees and the Lothrop
home beside the sea, where a ship sails flying an American flag
while a cherub hovers above holding a banner inscribed “Blessed
are the dead.”; 16 3/4 x 21 5/8 in., housed in likely original
molded wood frame. Condition: Very good, minor tear and
creases l.r., small paint loss u.l. sky.
Provenance: From Everett Warren Gammon, descendant of Mary
Lothrop and stepfather to the present owner.
Note: Mary Snow was born on May 7, 1801 in Truro,
Massachusetts, the daughter of Captain Ephraim Snow. The
name of Captain Snow’s wife is unknown. On November 28,
1819, Mary married Caleb Lothrop, son of Peter and Betsy
Tower Lothrop of Cohasset, Massachusetts. The couple resided
in Cohasset, where Caleb was a shipbuilder and businessman, and
together they had seven children. The house portrayed in the
picture was their home in Cohasset, which is still standing, and is
now home to the Cohasset Historical Society.
$15,000-25,000
195.
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of a Young Girl Holding a Flower Blossom.
Indistinctly signed, possibly “R 51” l.r. Oil on canvas, depicting
the girl wearing a pink dress and white bonnet, holding a flower
sprig in one hand and a piece of fruit in the other, painted in an
oval reserve, 10 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. Condition: Relined, spot of
retouch to u.c. background.
$1,000-1,500
196.
Attributed to Chester Harding (Massachusetts, 1792-1866)
Portrait of Colonel John Basil Clarke. Unsigned, subject
identified on reverse “…Col. John Basil Clarke who died of
yellow fever, in the Mexican War, before Santa Anna.” Oil on
canvas, 10 x 8 in., in a carved and molded giltwood frame.
Condition: Very good.
$600-800
197.
American School, 19th Century
Emblem of Ireland. Unsigned, titled below. Watercolor and ink
on paper, c. 1840, depicting a woman in a landscape standing
beside a harp and holding a sheet of music titled “Errin,” 13 1/8
x 11 in., in a period mahogany veneer frame. Condition:
Toning, foxing, light stains.
$800-1,200
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198.
Framed Watercolor Kellogg Family Register of Hadley,
Massachusetts, “Executed by Ebenezer W. Kellogg, ae 11,” c.
1826, watercolor on paper register depicting a clock over two
columns flanking the vital statistics of Giles C. Kellogg (b. August
12, 1781) and Martha H. Warner (b. October 9, 1787) and their
six children, ending with the date 1826, (minor foxing and
toning), 18 x 22 in., in the original molded giltwood frame.
Note: According to the Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of
Yale College, by Franklin Bowditch Dexter and published by Holt,
1911, p. 407 for the year 1801, Giles Crouch Kellogg was born
in Hadley, Massachusetts, to Dr. Giles C. Kellogg and his
housekeeper, Mary Catlin. After graduating from Yale he studied
law in Hadley, where he opened an office upon admission to the
bar. He also served as a town clerk, treasurer, and register of
deeds for Hampshire County, served in the War of 1812 as
adjutant, and was an assistant teacher at the Hopkins Academy of
Hadley. He died at eighty years of age in 1861; he and his wife
Martha had four sons and four daughters.
$3,000-5,000
199.
Two Booklets with Watercolor Illustrations, Poetry, and
Hairwork Keepsakes, Celia White Pearsall, Washington
Township, New York, 1840 and 1844, handmade booklets, the
first, dated 1840, is cloth bound with fifty-six pages, ten of which
have full-page watercolor illustrations including a scene with a
house, a landscape, one with a mother and child, one showing a
boy, reportedly Dwight E. Pearsall, the first child of the artist, one
depicting two children and a dog in a landscape, and five
depicting flower blossoms; many pages are inscribed with Celia
Pearsall’s poetry, poems by other authors, and small watercolor
illustrations, 6 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.; the second booklet signed and
dated “Celia Pearsall 1844” features a watercolor illustration of a
pine tree on the front cover, and a rose blossom on the back,
containing fourteen pages applied with braided hairwork
keepsakes inscribed with the names and dates of the donors, 6
1/2 x 4 1/8 in.
Provenance: Family descent.
Note: Celia (White) Pearsall was born September 1, 1817 in
Cayuga County, New York. She married Ira S. Pearsall (1810-
1894), in Cayuga County, on October 19, 1836. They resided in
Washington Township, Macomb County, Michigan, and together
had three children. Celia died May 20, 1868. Her husband was
married for the second time in 1869 to Augusta V. Larkin of
Macomb County, Michigan. Celia and Ira are buried in the
Curtis Cemetery, Shelby Township, Macomb County, Michigan.
$4,000-6,000
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199A.
Moses B. Russell Sketchbook with Boston Scenes,
Massachusetts, c. 1850s, small black leather-bound travel-size
sketchbook, each page filled with graphite and ink sketches
depicting friends, acquaintances, activities, and scenes in Boston
and nearby coastal areas, most signed or monogrammed by the
artist; also included are a few sketches by the artist’s wife, artist
Clarissa (Peters), and many pages inscribed with bible and pious
verses; a few of the scenes depicted are: Dorchester Heights,
Boston Common, the ship Ohio on the day of its arrival after a
three-year cruise, old Charlestown Bridge, Quincy Market, the
Big Elm in Boston Common, Swampscott, Ship Vermont, Navy
Yard Charlestown, hauling in and weighing out fish at Boston
Harbor from Grand Banks, Marblehead, Massachusetts, East
Boston, Commercial St. Boston; 4 7/8 x 3 1/4 in.
$4,000-6,000
199A
200.
Mahogany Tall Clock Watch Hutch, America, 19th century,
with brass finial on bonnet with scrolled crest and spiral columns
flanking the tombstone-shaped door revealing the watch, lower
hinged tombstone door with brass escutcheon bordered with
engraved undulating lines and punch star motifs, supporting a
watch with enameled dial, (repairs), ht. 16 1/2 in.
$1,000-1,500
201.
Wooden Box with Inlaid Geometric Border, America, 19th
century, rectangular box with hinged lid opening to a
compartmented tray with three covers having similar inlay, ht. 4
3/8, wd. 12, dp. 7 3/4 in.
$800-1,200

200
202.
Bird’s-eye Maple and Mahogany Veneer Box, America, 19th
century, the bird’s-eye maple veneer box with mahogany veneer
crossbanding, lower drawer, and hinged lid opening to a
compartment, (cracks and minor veneer losses), ht. 6, wd. 9 7/8,
dp. 7 1/4 in.
$400-600
203.
Bird’s-eye Maple Veneer Sewing Box, America, 19th century,
nearly square box with applied ripple molding, hinged pincushion
lid covered with a geometric woven blue and white wool and
linen coverlet segment over a small single drawer, the interior
with a lid covered with the same fabric over two lift-out
compartments with spool holders, (minor molding cracks and
losses), ht. 8 1/4, wd. 10, dp. 8 3/4 in.
$400-600
204.
Mahogany and Woven Cane Folding Campaign Table, 19th
century, ht. 21 1/2, wd. 16, lg. 26 1/2, opening to 47 1/2 in.
$400-600
205.
Mahogany Cutlery Box. America, c. 1850, with dovetailed
joinery, cut-out handle on divider, ht. 6 1/2, wd. 9 1/4, lg. 13
3/8 in.
$300-500
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206.
Mahogany Slant-lid Desk Box, America, 19th century, the
interior fitted with nine graduating drawers, ht. 9 1/4, wd. 15
3/4, dp. 14 1/2 in.
$600-800
207.
Grain-painted Pine Dome-top Trunk, Cape Cod,
Massachusetts, second quarter 19th century, dovetail-constructed
rectangular box with brass bail, painted in a variety of wood
grains, possibly a paint decorator’s model: the top simulating
mahogany grain, the front curly maple, the sides bird’s-eye maple
and the back possibly pine, ht. 8 5/8, wd. 19, dp. 10 1/4 in.
$400-600
208.
Grain-painted Pine Box, America, early 19th century, hinged lid
on box with ball feet, ht. 5, wd. 11, dp. 8 in.
$300-500
209.
Grain-painted and Decorated Pine Dome-top Box, Maine,
early 19th century, dovetail-constructed rectangular box with wire
hinged lid, brass swing handle, iron latch and lock, with green
and yellow stripe borders, the top and front decorated with flower
sprigs and a basket, (minor paint wear), ht. 7 1/4, wd. 17 3/4,
dp. 8 7/8 in.
$800-1,200
210.
Small Blue-painted Pine Six-Board Box, America, early 19th
century, with wire hinged lid, ht. 4 1/4, wd. 10 3/4, dp. 4 1/4
in.
$300-500
211.
Miniature Pennsylvania Red-painted Six-Board Chest, 19th
century, dovetailed chest with overhanging hinged lid opening to
cavity with till, turned feet, the interior lid with indistinct penciled
inscription “Marie E. Graybill Warlitzville Lanc. Cty. Penna.,”
(minor wear), ht. 11 1/8, wd. 13 1/4, dp. 7 3/4 in.
Provenance: The collection of Meryl and Jay Weiss.
$800-1,200
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213, with portrait of Theophilus Parsons,

original owner of these card tables,
painted by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1795

212.
Federal Mahogany Inlaid Sideboard, coastal Massachusetts or
New Hampshire, c. 1810, the central drawer with drop-front
opens to a desk interior with drawers and compartments, with
two drawers below flanked by hinged doors, all with inlaid wavy
birch ovals bordered by crossbanding set in mitered panels, the
corners with quarter-engaged reeded columns with whalebone
capitals and plinths, replaced wooden pulls, old refinish, (lacks
base), ht. 32, wd. 53 3/4, dp. 22 in.
$2,500-3,500
213.
Pair of Federal Mahogany and Wavy Birch Inlaid Card
Tables, North Shore, Massachusetts, c. 1810, the serpentine tops
with half-serpentine ends and banded edges above the conforming
skirts with slightly projecting central mitered panels centering
ovals, with lower borders of contrasting and checkered banding,
the tapering legs with medial cuffs similarly banded, continuing to
tapering turned feet, one table with old dark surface, one with old
refinish, (imperfections), ht. 30, wd. 38 1/4, dp. 18 3/4 in.
Provenance: These tables were originally owned by Theophilus
Parsons, an influential Massachusetts political figure of the late
18th and early 19th century, who served as a member of the
Massachusetts Supreme Court from 1806 until his death in 1813.
$10,000-15,000
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214.
Federal Mahogany Tall Clock, Joshua Wilder, Hingham, Massachusetts, c. 1810, with fret top case, reeded finial plinths
and brass finials, fluted brass-stopped freestanding columns, arched and glazed hood door, rectangular inlaid waist door and
fluted brass-stopped quarter-columns, the base with banded and segmented inlays enclosing a fielded veneer panel, all on
French feet, 12-in. painted iron dial attributed to Spencer Nolen with Roman numerals, raised gilded gesso dots around the
chapter ring and signed Joshua Wilder, Hingham, eight-day time and strike skeletonized movement with two tin-cased
weights and pendulum, ht. 91 in.

Note: For additional information on Joshua Wilder see Jobe, Sullivan and O’Brien, Harbor and Home, Furniture of
Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710-1850, University Press of New England, 2009, pp. 268-273.
$20,000-30,000
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215.
Federal Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Tilt-top
Candlestand, c. 1800, the oval top veneered with alternating rays
centering a shell and edge with contrasting banding, tilts on a
vase and ring-turned post continuing to a tripod base of tapering
legs, refinished, (imperfections and repairs), ht. 29 1/2, wd. 21
3/4, dp. 15 in.
$4,000-6,000
216.
Federal Cherry Inlaid Card Table, possibly northern coastal
New England, c. 1810, with crossbanding and geometric
stringing, refinished, (repairs), ht. 29, wd. 35 3/4, dp. 17 in.
Provenance: Kenneth Roberts, Kennebunkport, Maine, until an
auction of the author and historian’s property in 1967; acquired
by the consignor in 1972.
$1,500-2,500
217.
Mahogany Inlaid Pembroke Table, New York, c. 1800, the
string inlaid top with ovolo corners above a working drawer and
faux drawer, on tapering legs with inlaid stringing and cuffs,
refinished, (imperfections), ht. 28 3/4, wd. closed 19 1/4, dp.
32 in.
$1,500-2,500
218.
Federal Mahogany Corner Chamberstand, New England, early
19th century, with vase and ring-turnings and medial shelf with
working and flanking faux drawers, refinished, (minor
imperfections), ht. 41 1/4, wd. 23, dp. 15 1/2 in.
$400-600
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219.
Gilt-gesso Convex Girandole Mirror, England or America, the
eagle cresting on a shaped plinth, with swags extending to three-
arm candle sconces flanking the molded circular frame with
ebonized reeded liner, (restored), ht. 50, wd. 53 in.
$3,000-5,000
220.
Federal Gilt-gesso and Wood Mirror with Cornucopia,
Massachusetts, c. 1815-20, the molded cornice with pendant
spherules above a raised tablet showing a fruit-filled cornucopia
and rose blossom in relief, flanked by columns, (minor
imperfections), ht. 33 3/4, wd. 23 in.
$300-500
221.
Federal Gilt-gesso and Wood Mirror, Massachusetts, c. 1815-
20, the molded cornice with pendant spherules above a tablet
showing a fruit-filled basket in relief, flanked by columns, (minor
imperfections), ht. 27 1/2, wd. 17 1/4 in.
$300-500
221A.
Classical Gilt-gesso Split-baluster Overmantel Mirror, New
England, c. 1825, the three-part glass with floral corner blocks,
original gilt surface, (imperfections), ht. 20 1/2, wd. 52 1/4 in.
$800-1,200
222.
Classical Gilt-gesso Split-baluster Mirror, probably New York,
c. 1825, old surface, (restored), ht. 42, wd. 21 1/2 in.
$300-500
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223.
1947 Kentucky Derby Gold Winner’s Trophy and Commemorative Mint Julep Cup, won by the American
Thoroughbred racehorse Jet Pilot, owned by Elizabeth Arden, the trophy was designed by George Lewis Graff
for Lemon & Son Jewelers of Louisville, Kentucky, and is handcrafted from 14-karat gold, the cover topped with
an 18-karat cast gold horse and rider; the cup portion is applied with an 18-karat gold horseshoe and oval foliate
handles, within the horseshoe is engraved “SEVENTY-THIRD/KENTUCKY DERBY/$100,000.00 ADDED/1
1/4 MILES/CHURCHILL DOWNS/LOUISVILLE, MAY 3, 1947/WON BY JET PILOT.,” ht. 16 1/2 in.,
wt. approx. 63.6 oz.; accompanied by a 14-karat gold mint julep cup; the commemorative mint julep cups were
manufactured by Brown-Waterhouse-Kaiser Jewelers (BWK) of Louisville, Kentucky, and could be purchased
privately in conjunction with the yearly derby; Elizabeth Arden purchased one for herself in 1947 and in 1954,
had it engraved and gave it to her niece, Patricia Young, for Christmas, it has an applied horseshoe on the side,
and is engraved “MAY 3, 1947/JET PILOT/ELIZABETH N. GRAHAM OWNER,” and “CHRISTMAS
1954,” the base engraved “OFFICIAL KENTUCKY DERBY MINT JULEP CUP B.W.K. 14K SOLID
GOLD.,” ht. 4 1/4 in., wt. approx. 7.1 oz.

Provenance: Descended through the family of Elizabeth Arden. From Elizabeth Arden to Arden’s niece Patricia
Young in October, 1966, then to the consignor, the grandson of Elizabeth Arden’s brother, in September of
1999.

Note: The Kentucky Derby gold winner’s trophy is believed to be the only solid gold trophy awarded annually
to the winner of a major American sporting event. It has been given annually since 1924, which was the
“Golden Anniversary” of the Derby. The trophy offered here was presented to Elizabeth Arden, the notable
cosmetics firm owner who was known in horse racing circles as Elizabeth Graham, on May 3rd, 1947, when her
winning horse Jet Pilot, racing under her Maine Chance Farm colors, broke from post position thirteen and took
the lead, maintaining it to victory, beating the favorite Phalanx who placed second, and Faultless who took third.
Jet Pilot’s jockey was Eric Guerin, and his trainer was Tom Smith, best known as the trainer of the renowned
Seabiscuit. The win margin of the race was a head in 2:06 4/5. Coverage of the 1947 Kentucky Derby can be
viewed on the internet at www.youtube.com.
$60,000-80,000
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224.
Silver Creamer, Thomas Knox Emery, Boston, c. 1805, helmet-
shape body on a circular trumpet-shape pedestal on square base;
high-loop reeded strap handle tapering to end, engraved oval
under the spout with engraved inscription “DW to BW,” maker’s
stamp on underside of handle top, (minor wear), ht. 7 1/8 in.,
approx. 8 troy oz.
$200-250
225.
Silver Teapot, by Daniel Duprey, Jr., Philadelphia, c. 1790, the
teapot with urn-shaped body on trumpet-shape pedestal and
square base, seamed S-curved spout with beading; C-curved silver
handle with mother-of-pearl heat stops, pierced gallery and
beading around the rim and beading around finial, shoulder, and
around the bottom of the pedestal, the loose cover with cast
pineapple finial on five splayed leaves on incurved neck, stamped
“D.Dupuy” twice on underside of base, the initials “HH” for
Henry Harrison, engraved in script on one side in a leafy
medallion, with a bowknotted festoon above and crossed wheat
stalks below, (handle replaced, minor wear), ht. 11 in., approx. 26
troy oz.
Note: A photocopy of a personal letter written by Henry
Harrison of Philadelphia, and dated July 31, 1818, accompanies
the teapot.
$2,000-3,000
226.
Silver Creamer, Philadelphia, c. 1790, helmet-shape body on a
circular trumpet-shape pedestal on square base; high-loop molded
strap handle with leafy sprig at the top, with beaded rim and
upper edge of pedestal, the sides engraved with bowknots and
festoons, the base corners with flower sprigs, (imperfections), ht.
7 3/8 in., approx. 6 troy oz.
$800-1,200
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227.
Nine Assorted Coin Silver Spoons, Massachusetts, 19th
century, including several made by Newburyport, Massachusetts,
silversmiths: a pair of teaspoons by William Moulton IV (c. 1772-
1861), two tablespoons by A.F. Towle & Son (1873-1902), a
serving spoon by Towle & Jones (c. 1857), a serving spoon with
bright-cut decoration by William P. Jones (c. 1850); three spoons
by Boston makers: a teaspoon and a tablespoon by Lowes, Ball &
Co. (Boston, c. 1845), and a sugar shell by Pear & Bacall (c.
1850), (crack on bowl), each with maker’s marks on handles,
approx. 7 troy oz.
$400-600
228.
Seven Coin Silver Tablespoons, Daniel Noyes Doyle (1775-
1841), Newburyport, Massachusetts, and Maine, with
downturned fiddle handles, six bearing the touchmark of Daniel
Noyes Doyle, one with indistinct maker’s mark, all
monogrammed, approx. 6 troy oz.
$150-200
229.
Five Coin Silver Serving Spoons, Newburyport, Massachusetts,
19th century, including three serving spoons by Towle & Jones
(working 1857-1873), and two by Joseph Moulton, IV (working
1849-1860), all monogrammed and with maker’s marks on
handles, approx. 8 troy oz.
$150-200
230.
Fifteen Assorted Coin Silver Spoons, Massachusetts, 19th
century, including several made by Newburyport, Massachusetts
silversmiths: six teaspoons and a sugar shell by A.F. Towle & Son
(1873-1902), six teaspoons by Towle & Jones (c. 1857); a
teaspoon marked “TT,” and small ladle by Jones, Ball & Poor
(Boston, c. 1840), all monogrammed and with maker’s marks on
handles, (imperfections), approx. 8 troy oz.
$200-300

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231.
Chinese Export Porcelain Oval Platter, early 19th century,
made for the English market, centered with a sepia depiction of a
manor and grounds in a round reserve, surrounded by blue
enamel geometric designs and flower blossoms, rim borders with
gilt star spangles on blue, flower sprigs, and blossoms, (minor
wear), dia. 14 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
232.
Eight Chinese Export Porcelain Items, 19th century, including
two Rose Mandarin dinner plates with 100 Antiques border, a
luncheon plate decorated with flowers, fruit, and insects, the rim
with a border of bats and flowers with oval cartouches containing
birds and flowers and a monogram, two small covered milk
pitchers decorated with flower sprigs, a covered sugar bowl
decorated with court figures in orange with 100 Antiques border,
a pair of blue Fitzhugh pattern syllabub cups with covers,
(imperfections), ht. 3 1/2-5 1/4; dia. 9 7/8, 8 in.
$500-700
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233.
Assembled Group of Chinese Export Porcelain Tableware,
19th century, including thirty-seven Rose Medallion items: a
cylindrical teapot, twelve teacups, fourteen saucers, and ten
luncheon plates; together with six Rose Mandarin demitasse cups
and one saucer, forty-four pieces total, (imperfections), ht. 1-5
3/8, dia. 5-8 in.
$300-500
234.
Chinese Export Porcelain Warming Plate, 19th century, the
plate decorated with figures in a courtyard, the rim ornamented
with dragons and flowers, dia. 11 in.
$200-250
235.
Chinese Export Porcelain Celadon Teapot and Oval Platter,
late 19th century, the teapot decorated with flowers, birds, and
butterflies, the platter with court figures, (platter with enamel
wear), teapot ht. 7 1/4, platter dia. 14 in.
$300-400
236.
Twenty-three Rose Mandarin Porcelain Table Items, China,
19th century, including six dinner plates, four soup plates, eleven
dessert plates, and two covered bouillon bowls, (imperfections),
dia. 7-9 1/2 in.
$400-600
237.
Wool Crewel-work on Linen Coverlet, stitched and dated “EB
86” and inscribed “Elizabeth Barnes Brooks 1786,” Burlington
Center, Connecticut, the coverlet stitched with colored wool
yarns in designs of floral sprigs, pinwheels, and sprays, with zigzag
and undulating borders, with scalloped edges trimmed with
cotton tassels, (imperfections), approx. 82 x 84 in. with corners
cut for a four poster bed; accompanied by a small white on white
cotton floral embroidered tablecloth square worked by Sarah’s
daughter Celestia, signed and dated by the maker in the central
reserve, “Celestia Brooks Burlington Aug. 1830,” 27 x 27 in.
Provenance: Family descent.
Note: Elizabeth Barnes (1761-1856) was the wife of Chauncey
Brooks (1765-1821), they married October 2, 1785, and resided
in Burlington Center, Connecticut, and together had ten
children. Elizabeth died in 1856 at Clover Dale, her son’s home
near Baltimore, Maryland.
$2,500-4,500
238.
Crewel Embroidered Linen Bedspread, America, central design
with radiating flowers, leaves, and fruit in multicolored wool yarns
on linen and applied to a natural woven linen ground, (scattered
repair stitches, minor background stains), 79 x 49 in.
$800-1,200
239.
Silk Raised-work Floral Picture, England or Continental, 17th
century, silk and metallic threads on wire depicting flowers and
fruit issuing from a basket and a butterfly hovering nearby, on a
silk ground with gold metallic thread scalloped border, (minor
imperfections), 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in., in a molded giltwood frame.
$800-1,200
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Needlework Adam and Eve Sampler, “Mary Bagshaw Aged 13
July 18 1793,” England, executed in silk threads on a linen
ground with bands of a variety of motifs including Adam and Eve,
sun and moon, human and animal figures, flowers, houses, the
Vesta Temple, flowers, angels, “A King’s Crown,” and two pious
verses, (minor toning and fading), 21 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.
$800-1,200

242.
Embroidered Wool, Silk, and Cotton Needlework Roll-Up or
Huswif, America, 1836, long rectangular roll-up with five
pockets composed of black wool fabric with silk thread
embroidered eagle, flower, and heart motifs, bound with red and
yellow silk, lined with floral printed cotton, the date 1836
stitched under one flap at the bottom, (some wear and fiber losses
primarily to silk binding), wd. 4 3/4, lg. 29 in.

Literature: For similar examples see Labors of Love: America’s

Textiles and Needlework 1650-1930, by Judith Reiter Weissman
and Wendy Lavitt, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1987, pp. 114-
115. They describe the purpose of the roll-ups, also called
huswifs or housewifes, as “an oblong pouch for needles, pins, and
other smalls that rolled up and could be carried in the larger
pocket...” that 18th and 19th century women wore under their
skirts.
$1,500-2,500
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240.
Needlework Band Pattern Sampler, “Sarah Baker 1664,”
worked in polychrome silk threads in predominantly green, blue,
yellow, red, and pink in a range of stitches incorporating intricate
bands of delicately embroidered flowers, leaves, and acorns, over
two bands of alphabets and upper case inscription “SARAH
BAKER 1664” on a natural linen ground, 31 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.,
mounted in a later molded wood frame.

Note: This sampler is believed to have been stitched by Sarah

Baker who was born April 24, 1650, in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
She was the daughter of Thomas (1608-1684) and Elizabeth
Baker. Sarah married Sebas Jackson on April 16, 1671. Sebas
was born in 1642 at sea to Edward and Frances Jackson on their
way to America from England. Sebas’ father amassed a
substantial fortune as a nail maker, and over some time became
the largest landowner in Newton, Massachusetts. He gave his son
Sebas 150 acres in Newton and built him a house. Sebas and
Sarah had six children and when Sebas died at the age of 48 in
1690, Sarah remained in the homestead with five of her six
children. Sarah died in 1726. Over the years the homestead
remained in the family until it was donated to the City of Newton
and is now the home of the Newton History Museum.

Literature: A similar sampler is portrayed in Betty Ring’s book

Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers, Pictorial Needlework
1650-1850, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1993, Vol. 1, p. 29. The
sampler was stitched by Mary Hollingsworth (1652-1694) of
Salem, Massachusetts. Ring writes that Mary “was the only child
of a wealthy Salem merchant, and she is said to have studied with
‘Madame Piedmonte... a celebrated instructress of that day in
Boston.’” Because of the similarities between these samplers, it is
possible that Sarah Baker studied with the same schoolmistress.
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243.
Needlework Sampler and Pieced Cotton Friendship Quilt,
America, 19th century, the sampler wrought by Hannah Leeds in
1824 when she was twelve years old, worked in silk threads on a
linen ground, with a pious verse encircled by flowers, birds, and
baskets of fruit above a house flanked by trees and surrounded by
a strawberry vine, (light toning and stains), 17 3/4 x 19 in., in a
mahogany veneer frame; accompanied by a pieced printed calico
cotton geometric pattern friendship quilt, stitched in part and
signed and dated on one square in ink by Hannah Leeds in 1856,
(two tears, minor stains), 84 x 95 in.
Provenance: By family descent.
$800-1,200
244.
Needlework Sampler, “Wrought By Ruth Torrey in 1805,” East
Whitman, Massachusetts, worked in silk threads on a linen
ground, with rows of alphabets above a house with ell addition
over a panel with trees and potted flowers, enclosed in a scrolled
flowering vine, (minor imperfections), 15 1/4 x 15 1/4 in., in a
molded giltwood frame.
Note: According to two notes affixed to the reverse of the
sampler, Ruth Torrey was the daughter of Josiah Torrey, Jr., and
Ruth (Reed). Josiah and Ruth were married March 20th, 1783
according to Abington, Massachusetts, vital records, and Ruth
was born in July of 1794. It is believed that it is the Torrey
house that is depicted on the sampler. The house was located in
what is now East Whitman, Massachusetts, and was recorded as
still standing in 1951.
$800-1,200
245.
Calligraphic Exercise with Stag, America, late 19th century, pen
and ink on thin card, with applied stamp with a photographic
image of a gentleman, possibly the penman, (minor
imperfections), 14 x 19 in., in a molded gilt and grain-painted
wood frame.
$400-600
246.
Two Calligraphic Works on Paper, America, early 19th century,
ink and watercolor on thin card, the first depicting a soldier on
horseback within a leafy wreath, over the inscription “Executed
With The Pen By Geo. W.E. Ellis,” the second is a “Penmanship”
instruction advertising card executed by the same gentleman, with
a rendering of an eagle grasping pens in its talons and a banner in
its beak inscribed “Writing is the World’s Messenger” over the
inscription “Plain and Ornamental Taught By Geo. W.E.
Ellis/Writing is the soul of commerce, the mefsenger of thought,
the picture of the past & regulator of the future.,” (toning, stains,
minor edge losses, tear to soldier u.c. edge), both 14 x 18 in., in
a molded wood frame.
$400-600
247.
Red-painted Pine and Maple Tavern Table, Rhode Island, late
18th century, overhanging rectangular top on splayed molded
Marlborough legs joined by a straight apron, old surface,
(imperfections), ht. 26, wd. 40, dp. 27 in.
Provenance: Horace Porter, Windsor, Connecticut, 1958; The
Collection of Marguerite and Arthur Riordan, Stonington,
Connecticut, Christie’s, January 18, 2008, lot 539.
$3,000-5,000
248.
Walnut One-Drawer Stand, probably Pennsylvania, c. 1790, on
square molded splayed legs, replaced pull, refinished, (minor
imperfections), ht. 27 1/2, wd. 19 3/4, dp. 18 in.
$600-800
249.
Red-painted Pine Lift-top Chest over Two Drawers, New
England, second half 18th century, the top opens to a deep well,
above two thumb-molded drawers, on cut-out base, original
paint, (imperfections and paint wear), ht. 43, wd. 37 3/4, dp. 18
1/4 in.
$700-900
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250.
Small Green-painted Six-Board Pine Chest, America, 19th
century, with interior till, old surface, ht. 13, wd. 20, dp. 9 in.
$600-800
251.
Set of Four Pine, Maple, and Hickory Painted Bow-back
Bamboo-turned Windsor Side Chairs, probably Philadelphia or
Delaware, c. 1810, the carved seats centering painted patera, old
surface, ht. 37 3/4, seat ht. 18 1/2 in.
Provenance: Clark Garrett, Fairhaven, Ohio; Private New York
Collector; Wayne Pratt, Woodbury, Connecticut.
254.
Attributed to Jacob Eicholtz (American, 1776-1842)
Portrait of a Small Boy with a Cane. Unsigned. Oil on panel,
c. 1810, depicting the boy in three-quarter length, wearing a dark
blue jacket and trousers, red vest, and white shirt with ruffled
collar, 7 1/2 x 6 in., in original molded giltwood frame.
Condition: Scattered retouch.
Provenance: Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Chip Myers, Cherry
Valley, New York.
$2,500-3,500

Literature: For closely related examples see American Windsor

Chairs by Nancy Goyne Evans, (New York, 1996), p. 104, no. 3-
51, p. 106, no. 3-55 and p. 175, no. 4-28. Also see The Book of
American Windsor Furniture by John Kassey, (University of
Massachusetts, 1998), p. 66, no. 64 and p. 68, no. 66.
$3,000-5,000

252.
Pair of Green Paint Decorated Bamboo-turned Windsor Side
Chairs, possibly Cape Cod, early 19th century, the crestings with
panels of grapevines, some very old repaint, ht. 35, seat ht. 17 in.
$400-600

253.
Green-painted Sack-back Windsor Armchair, New England,
late 18th century, with delicately turned arm supports and
scrolling knuckle-carved handholds above a carved seat and
splayed legs, green paint over earlier coat, (imperfections), ht. 36,
seat ht. 16 1/4 in.
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255.
Federal Paint Decorated One-Drawer Stand, New England,
early 19th century, with square puce faux-marble-painted top, on
square tapering legs with medial shelf and drawer painted to
resemble mahogany, old surface, (minor imperfections), ht. 29
1/4, wd. 19 1/2, dp. 19 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
256.
Red-painted Pine Taper-leg Tap Table, New England, early
19th century, the rectangular overhanging top with rounded
corners above a straight apron joining four tapering legs, old
surface, (imperfections), ht. 26 1/2, wd. 24 1/2, lg. 31 in.
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Paint Decorated Dressing Table, probably central New
England, c. 1830, the scrolled backboard above a box containing
two drawers on turned ball feet, all on projecting top with single
drawer and vase and ring-turned legs, painted with compotes of
fruit with floral and foliate devices, old replaced pulls,
(imperfections and paint wear), overall ht. 41, wd. 31 1/2, dp.
16 1/2 in.
$800-1,200

258.
Set of Seven Classical Fancy Chairs, Worcester, Massachusetts,
c. 1820, the outward flaring tablets centering grapevine devices
flanked by eight-point stars, over ballon seats and vase and ring-
turned legs, allover faux rosewood grained surface with green and
yellow painted designs, one chair impressed with the name
“SMITH KENDALL” on the back seat rail, (paint wear and
imperfections), ht. 33, seat ht. 18 in.

Note: Smith Kendall was the primary fancy painter at the

Worcester Chair Factory, owned by Henry W. Miller, his brother- 259
in-law, in the 1820s. Kendall died in Worcester in 1877.

Literature: For more information on Smith Kendall, see Windsor-

chair Making in America: From Craft Shop to Consumer by Nancy
Goyne Evans, University of New England Press, 2006, p. 7.
$1,000-1,500

259.
Ammi Phillips (American, 1788-1865)

Portrait of a Gentleman. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1850,

the man reportedly a Berkshire, Massachusetts, area physician, 33
1/2 x 27 1/2 in., in a period mahogany veneer ogee frame.
Condition: Relined, minor retouch.

Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.

$6,000-8,000

260.
Yellow-painted Pine Shaker Freestanding Cupboard and
Chest of Drawers, probably Enfield, New Hampshire, c. 1840,
ht. 79, wd. 38, dp. 16 1/2 in.

Provenance: Sold by the Shakers in 1923 for twenty dollars (a

photocopy of the 1923 receipt is available); Dr. and Mrs. Charles
Upton; Graham Duncan, Ithaca, New York; Richard Smith Axtell,
Deposit, New York.

Literature: For a cupboard similar in form, construction, and

color, see Shaker Life, Work and Art, by June Sprigg and David
Larkin, p. 139. In addition, the similar example referenced by the
Andrews, and mentioned below, is pictured in their book Shaker
Furniture, plate 24.

Note: Edward Deming Andrews and Faith Andrews called a

piece similar to this form a “sill cupboard.” This one has a rare
half-moon cut-out to the shelf inside the door, which would have
perfectly allowed for storage of an odd-shaped “Brethren’s hat,”
leading to the impression that this cupboard might have originally
been in the Brethren’s House in Enfield.
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261.
Blue-painted Pine Spoon Rack, America, late 18th/early 19th
century, three-tier rack, the arched backboard pierced for
hanging, shaped apron with incised initials “EO,” original blue
paint, ht. 11 3/4, wd. 12 1/2, dp. 7 in.
$2,000-3,500
262.
Four Miniature Wooden Items, America, late 19th to 20th
century, including two barrels, a bucket, and a green-painted stave
and hoop-constructed tub marked “W.M.S. TOWER & CO SO
HINGHAM MASS.,” ht. 2 1/8-4 1/4 in.
$300-500
263.
Diminutive Black-painted Pewter Dresser, New England, late
18th century, in two sections: the top section with molded
cornice and three grooved shelves, the center shelf cut for spoons,
mortised into projecting lower section with stretcher base, old
black paint over earlier red, (imperfections and minor
restorations), ht. 73 1/2, wd. 45 3/4, dp. 13 3/4 in.
$700-900
264.
Mochaware Jug with Earthworm Slip Decoration, Britain,
early 19th century, barrel-form jug with bands of rust and brown,
brown and white slip looping earthworm bands, and medial wavy
rust band, the handle with leaf terminals, (cracks), ht. 7 3/8 in.
$2,000-2,500
265.
Mochaware Coffeepot, Britain, early 19th century, acorn finial
atop domed cover on baluster-form pot, with bands of blue and
white and thin bands of engine-turned geometric patterns of
inlaid black on white, (imperfections), ht. 10 in.
$800-1,000
266.
Mochaware Bowl, Britain, early 19th century, hemispherical
bowl with green reeded rim band over blue, ocher, brown, and
white slip marbling, (repaired), ht. 4 1/8, dia. 9 3/8 in.
$1,000-1,500
267.
Mochaware Quart Mug, Britain, late 19th century, the mug
with bands of brown, rust, and blue, (hairlines), ht. 6 in.
$700-900
268.
Mochaware Pitcher, Britain, 19th century, baluster form with
blue rim band above blue, rust, brown, and white slip marbling,
the handle with foliate terminals, (repairs), ht. 6 7/8 in.
$800-1,000
269.
Small London Shape Mochaware Bowl, Britain, early 19th
century, the bowl with brown, rust, and ocher bands with
dendritic splotches, (repairs), ht. 2 1/8, dia. 4 7/8 in.
$500-700
270.
Mochaware Quart Mug, Britain, late 18th/early 19th century,
the mug with green reeded rim band over brown, white, and rust
slip marbling, the handle with foliate terminals, (repaired), ht. 6
in.
$1,200-1,500
271.
Mochaware Bowl, Britain, early 19th century, pearlware
hemispherical bowl with bands of brown, rust, and ocher and
dendritic “trees,” (cracks, chips), ht. 3 1/2, dia. 7 in.
$400-600
272.
Half Pint Mochaware Mug, Britain, early 19th century, the mug
with gray-blue and black stripes, the handle with leaf terminals,
(repaired), ht. 3 3/4 in.
$300-500
273.
Mochaware Pint Mug with Earthworm Slip Decoration,
Britain, early 19th century, banded in black, blue, and orange,
with looping blue, black, and white earthworm decoration, the
handle with leaf terminals, (repaired), ht. 4 7/8 in.
$1,000-1,500
274.
Small Mochaware Pitcher, Britain, late 18th century, with green
reeded rim band over brown, rust, and white slip combed
decoration, entwined strap handle with foliate terminals,
(repaired), ht. 3 3/8 in.
$400-600
275.
Small Mochaware Bowl, Britain, early 19th century,
hemispherical bowl with reeded green rim band, (base repaired),
ht. 2 3/4, dia. 5 7/8 in.
$700-900
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276.
Small Mochaware Pitcher, Britain, late 18th century, baluster-
form, banded in brown and black with engine-turned geometric
pattern in brown slip on the white field, the handles with leaf
terminals, (minor spout hairline and chip), ht. 5 7/8 in.
$1,000-1,500
277.
Nine Blue and White Transfer Decorated Staffordshire
Pottery Plates, England, early 19th century, including three by
Clewes: a “States” dinner plate, “View of Pittsfield, Mass.” dinner
plate, and “Landing of General LaFayette” dessert plate;
“Commodore MacDonnough’s Victory” and “Boston State
House” dinner plates by Enoch Wood & Sons, “The Dam and
Waterworks, Philadelphia” dinner plate; a “Quadrupeds” dinner
plate and two luncheon plates by Hall; (imperfections), dia. 6
3/4-10 1/2 in.
$700-900
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278.
Assorted Flow Blue Ceramic Tableware Items, England, c.
mid-19th century, including the “Manilla” pattern, most made by
Podmore, Walker & Company, Tunstall: eight 8 1/2 in. dia.
plates, twelve 6 3/4 in. dia. plates, eleven handle-less cups, nine
saucers, a teapot, creamer, covered sugar bowl, and a platter; the
“Tonquin” pattern by W. Adams & Sons: six soup plates, twelve
saucers, ten cup plates, and four oblong serving dishes; the
“Hong Kong” pattern: three shallow serving bowls, medium and
small platters, two deep oblong serving dishes, two covered
footed serving bowls, a covered sauce dish with ladle, and a
covered butter dish with drainer, eleven dinner plates in the
“Shell” pattern; two covered toothbrush holders and a pitcher
with chinoiserie decoration, and three waste bowls with floral
decoration, approximately 104 pieces total, (minor imperfections),
ht. 1 3/4-6 1/2 in.
$2,000-3,000
279.
Transfer Decorated Liverpool Creamware Jug, England, early
19th century, obverse showing a ship flying an American flag,
with polychrome highlights, the reverse depicting “Washington in
Glory,” with an eagle and figure grieving at Washington’s
monument, the monogram “EMD” inscribed in a wreath below
the spout, (imperfections), ht. 9 in.
$800-1,200
280.
Polychrome and Transfer Decorated Liverpool Creamware
Mug, England, early 19th century, depicting “An East View of
Liverpool Light Houfe & Signals, on Bidfton Hill,” with key
below, (old repairs), ht. 6 in.
$400-600
281.
Pair of Staffordshire Pottery King Charles Spaniels, England,
19th century, (hairlines), ht. 10 3/4 in.
$250-350
284
282.
Fourteen English Pottery Items and a Redware Lion Figure,
19th century, including a spaniel figure with copper luster
highlights, a Dalmatian figure, a pitcher, a small canary yellow
mug with transfer printed scene of three boys inscribed “A Pledge
of Esteem,” a figure of a child in a cradle, a wall pocket
flowerpot, a copper luster vase with a chinoiserie scene on one
side and a clock face on the reverse, seven blue and white transfer
decorated dinner plates, six with English scenes, one with an
Italian view, accompanied by a redware lion figure with
“coleslaw” mane, (imperfections), ht. 2-7 in.
$300-500
283.
Rockingham Glazed Yellowware Pottery Spaniel, attributed to
Isaac Knowles, East Liverpool, Ohio, 1856-70, (base edge chips),
ht. 10 1/8 in.
$800-1,200
284.
Green Glazed Redware Pitcher, probably Shenandoah Valley
area, late 19th century, baluster form with incised medial band,
mottled green glaze, (base chips), ht. 7 7/8 in.
$2,000-3,000
285.
Two Redware Jars, America, early 19th century, ovoid forms
with flaring wide mouths and lug handles, both decorated with
incised bands and brown manganese splotches, one with a band
of incised “S”-shaped designs, (minor surface wear and rim
chips), ht. 10 1/4, 10 3/4 in.
$600-800
286.
Redware Bowl and Bean Pot, America, early 19th century, the
bowl with transparent green glaze with orange halos and brown
manganese sponge decoration, the handled bean pot with olive
green glaze with small orange spots, with a cover, (repaired crack
and chips on bowl, glaze losses), ht. 3 1/4, 8 1/2, bowl dia. 8
3/4 in.
$400-600
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287.
Polychrome Painted Wooden Hoop, America, early 20th
century, including stand, overall ht. 36 1/4, dia. 32 1/4 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$200-300
288.
Pieced and Appliquéd Wool Quilt with Cats, America,
probably early 20th century, the quilt centered with a red square
with five appliquéd black cat figures with glass button eyes, three
tulips, and a leaf, surrounded by concentric square borders with
geometric, capital “T,” and orange peel elements, in assorted
woven solid color, patterned, and primarily wool segments,
backed with buff-colored woven wool panels, allover quilting in a
shell pattern, (minor wear), 81 x 82 in.
$3,000-5,000
289.
Cotton White-work Trapunto Quilt, America, late 19th
century, three-section whole cloth quilt, centered with an urn of
flowers motif, surrounded by geometric, grapevine, and
undulating feather borders, edged and backed with white cotton,
(minor wear), 100 x 86 in.
$1,000-1,500
290.
Wool Hooked and Shirred Floral Rug, America, 19th century,
central floral design enclosed in an undulating and zigzag border,
mounted on a wooden frame, (minor edge fraying), 31 x 44 in.
$3,000-5,000
291.
Pieced Moon and Stars Wool Quilt, America, late 19th/early
20th century, with four-point stars between thirty-five full circles
and ten half circles in primarily shades of blue, black, and brown
wool segments, mounted on a wooden frame, (minor repairs and
stains), 77 x 48 in.
$2,000-3,000
292.
Cotton and Wool Hooked Rug with Cat and Dog, America,
early 20th century, rectangular rug depicting a cat and dog beside
a flower-topped brick wall, mounted on a wood panel, 29 x 47
3/4 in.
$800-1,200
293.
Wool Hooked Geometric and Figural Rug with Owl Motif,
America, early 20th century, centered with an owl perched on a
branch in a circle surrounded by a hit-or-miss pattern field, black
and red borders with multicolored corner blocks, 29 x 49 in.
$300-500
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291
294.
Clamshell Pattern Wool and Cotton Hooked Rug, America,
late 19th century, rectangular rug with three tiers of multicolored
clamshell designs having a three-dimensional effect, on a black
background, mounted on a wooden frame, 65 x 31 in.
$600-800
295.
Floral Wool Hooked Rug, America, late 19th century, a nearly
square rug centered with an urn issuing a large stylized flower
blossom and leafy branches, bordered by a meandering vine with
buds and blossoms, mounted onto a wooden frame, (losses,
repairs), 51 x 49 1/2 in.
$400-600
296.
Woven Splint and Rattan Basket, probably Nantucket, late 19th
century, deep round basket with high domed center, with splint
uprights and sturdy rattan weavers, carved wooden swing handles
fastened with copper rivets, the base indistinctly dated “Feb. 25
18-8,” (minor breaks around base), ht. to top of rim 9 5/8, ht.
to top of upright handle 16 in.
$600-800
297.
Green-painted Woven Splint Basket, America, 19th century,
round basket with carved swing handle, ht. 8 1/4 in.
$300-500
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298.
Yellow and Red-painted Woven Splint Basket, America, late
19th century, round basket with slightly domed center, carved
wooden handles, ht. to top of handles 7 1/2, dia. 17 in.
$800-1,200
299.
Red and Black-painted Woven Splint Basket, probably New
England, 19th century, rectangular straight-sided form with
carved upright handle, painted red with black rim, (minor breaks
and losses), ht. to top of handle 12, wd. 10, lg. 16 1/2 in.
$300-500
301.
Native American Woven Splint Basket with Vegetable Stamp
Floral Decoration, Eastern Woodland tribe, 19th century,
tapered round form with carved wooden handles, blue and red
floral vegetable stamp designs around rim, alternating blue-
painted vertical weavers, ht. to top of handles 6 1/2, dia. 12 in.
$300-500
302.
Large Green-painted Woven Splint Covered Basket, New
England, early 20th century, with splint handles, ht. 21 1/2 in.
$300-500

300. 303.
Small Round Woven Splint Basket, America, 19th century, Nest of Ten Small Woven Splint Baskets, America, late 20th
deep round form with two carved handles, the round wooden century, round over square baskets, with curlicue points around
base fastened with thirty-six small wooden pegs, ht. to top of the rims, each different from the next, with dark and light woven
handles 4 1/8 in. splint patterns, ht. 1-3 in.
$400-600 $800-1,200
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304 305 307
304.
Pair of Classical Carved Wooden Architectural Corbels,
America, 19th century, with carved scroll and acanthus leaf
design, weathered white paint, ht. 12 1/2, wd. 4 5/8, dp. 5 3/4
in.
$400-600
305.
Painted Wooden Lifeboat Model, America, mid-20th century,
including wooden stand, overall ht. 5, lg. 15 1/4 in.
$300-500
306.
Carved Cherry Watch Hutch and Watch, 19th century, tall
clock form carved from a single piece of wood with arched
mirrored pediment and mirrored panel on waist, geometric chip-
carved borders, the aperture supporting an oversized pocket
watch in a nickel case, the enameled face marked “Pearce
Brighton 8 Days,” (lacking finial, loss, repairs), ht. 17 5/8 in.
$700-900
307.
Carved Pine Telescoping Church Spire Whimsey, America, late
19th century, with a crucifix topping six integral telescoping
sections with heart motifs, (minor repairs), ht. 13-31 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
308.
Carved and Polychrome Painted Trade Sign Figure of a Lady,
America, late 19th century, the figure possibly made for a
chocolate or candy store, (weathered surface), ht. 22 3/4, wd. 10
1/2 in.
$400-600
308
309 310
309.
Carved and Painted Wooden Robin Figure, America, late
19th/early 20th century, the figure with applied red glass bead
eyes, wire feet, (losses), ht. 4 1/2, lg. 8 3/4 in.
$600-1,200
310.
Carved and Painted Wooden Weeping Willow Hearse
Carriage Ornament, America, 19th century, with vestiges of
white paint, mounted on an oval wooden base, (minor age
cracks), ht. 15, wd. 11 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$1,000-1,500
311.
Turned Wooden Articulated Artist’s Model, 19th century, the
figure with ball joints, including stand, overall ht. 30 1/2 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$500-700
312.
Carved Wooden Gentleman’s Hat Mold, early 20th century,
including stand, overall ht. 9 5/8, wd. 10, lg. 11 1/4 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$250-350
313.
Papier-mâché Shoulder Head Lady Doll, probably Germany,
mid-19th century, with molded head, wooden limbs, milliner’s
model kid body with painted facial features, dressed in a pink and
white cotton dress, white cotton lace-trimmed apron and
petticoat and pantalets, green painted-on shoes, ht. 15 in.
$400-600
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314. 318.
Painted Kid Leather Lady Doll, late 19th century, with kid William Matthew Prior (American, 1806-1873)
head, body, and hands, painted eyes, dressed in a brown striped
wool and velvet dress, brown wool petticoat, white cotton Portrait of a Baby Wearing a White Dress. Unsigned. Oil on
pantalets, green wool stockings, brown leather boots, including artist’s board, depicting the brown-eyed, brown-haired child
stand, (imperfections), ht. 15 1/2 in. holding a bunch of cherries, flanked by swagged and tasseled
$400-600 drapery, 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 in., in a period grain-painted frame.
Condition: Retouch to portion of one arm and bodice of dress.
$7,000-9,000
315.
Large Lignum Vitae Mortar and Pestle, New Bedford,
Massachusetts, second quarter 19th century, pestle ht. 13 1/2,
mortar lg. 17 1/2 in.
$400-600

316.
Painted Wood and Iron House-form Box, America, 19th
century, the box with hinged door opening to a drawer over an
empty cavity, ht. 17, wd. 10, dp. 10 1/4 in.
$300-500

317.
American School, 19th Century

Portrait of a Husband and Wife. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c.

1840, depicting the woman wearing a black dress with white lace
collar and a beaded jet necklace, her husband in a black jacket,
vest, and cravat with white shirt and gold watch fob, both seated
on red upholstered chairs, with red drapery edged with white lace
and gold tassels hanging behind them, 19 x 24 in., unframed.
Condition: Tears u.c. and l.l. and a few small paint losses.
$8,000-15,000

318
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American or Continental School, 19th Century

Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Blue Dress and Beaded Jet

Jewelry. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 27 1/2 x 21 in., in a molded
wood frame. Condition: Relined, craquelure, minor retouch.

Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.

$4,000-6,000

320.
Classical Mahogany Lyre Clock, Boston, c. 1830, silvered brass
dial with Roman numerals, carved lyre section with wooden
panel, the lower box glass with gilt trefoil pendulum aperture on
a red ground and black border, molded pediment and acorn drop,
eight-day time-only movement with recoil escapement, iron
weight and pendulum, (restoration), ht. 41 in.
$3,000-5,000

321.
Portrait Miniature of Captain Nathaniel Coit Allen, attributed
to John Brewster, Jr. (Connecticut and Maine, 1766-1854), c.
1810, watercolor on ivory, the subject identified on the reverse of
the frame, oval bust-length portrait of the subject wearing a black
319 coat and white shirt and cravat, 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in., in a lacquered
composition frame with gilt brass liner. Condition: Good, subtle
edge smudges.

Note: Genealogical research indicates a Nathaniel Coit Allen was

born August 29, 1759 in Gloucester, Massachusetts. A man by
the same name is mentioned in the History of Paris, Maine, by
William Berry Lapham and Silas P. Maxim, on p. 789. Allen’s
name is mentioned regarding his involvement in a committee in
1793 to locate new roads in Paris, Maine. Paris is located in
southeastern Maine, which is also the area where Brewster painted
portraits in the early 19th century.
$3,000-5,000

322.
Portrait of a Young Girl Wearing a Coral Necklace and
Holding a Red Rose, c. 1815, watercolor on ivory, oval half-
length portrait, 2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in., in a lacquered composition
frame with gilt-brass liner. Condition: Paint loss to right side of
hair part.
$800-1,200

323.
Portrait Miniature of Sarah Carroll Wearing a Black Dress
and Holding a Red Rose, 1828, the name of the sitter and date
inscribed in ink on a paper label affixed to the reverse: “Sarah
Carroll Drawn May 1828 Aged 6 years & 7 months,” watercolor
on ivory, half-length figure portrayed in a landscape with flowers,
sight size 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in., housed in a black lacquered frame
with oval gilt-brass liner. Condition: Two minor small spots of
paint loss on dress below arm, some flecks of surface debris.
$700-900

320
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Portrait Miniature of a Child Wearing a Pink Dress, c. 1815,
watercolor on ivory, oval bust-length portrait of the child with
short brown hair and brown eyes, 2 x 1 3/4 in., mounted in a
lacquered wood frame with brass liner. Condition: Very good.
$600-800

325.
Portrait Miniature of a Woman Wearing a Blue Gown,
Michaelo Albanesi, 1835, signed and dated l.r., watercolor on
ivory, bust-length portrait, 4 x 3 in., in a period molded wooden
frame with brass liner. Condition: Minute paint loss l.l. corner.

Exhibitions: The Society of the Colonial Dames of America, A

Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures at the William Hickling
Prescott House, Boston, 1995, no. 32.
$400-600

326.
Two Framed Portrait Miniatures of a Gentleman and a
Woman with a Child, the portrait of the gentleman indistinctly 321
identified and dated in inscriptions on the reverse: “Mark Steven
Mo——/Painted by W.M. 1824,” watercolor on paper, depicting
a bust-length oval profile portrait of the gentleman wearing a blue
coat, (toning, small background stains), 3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in., in a
period lacquered composition frame with gilt-brass liner; together
with a watercolor and gouache on paper oval portrait of a woman
with a small child seated on her lap, (toning, laid down onto
card), 3 7/8 x 2 1/8 in., in a lacquered wood frame.
$200-300

327.
Portrait Miniature of Countess Grignan, after Pierre Mignard
(French, 1610-1695), signed “Aubry” c.r., subject identified in
embossed gold lettering on partial leather frame under present
frame, watercolor on ivory, oval portrait, 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in., in a
brass easel frame. Condition: Small paint losses on edges u.c.
and c.r.

Exhibitions: The Society of the Colonial Dames of America, A

Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures at the William Hickling
Prescott House, Boston, 1995, no. 30.
$250-350

328.
Portrait Miniature of Eleonora Gonzaga della Rovere, signed
“Aubry” c.r., subject identified on a label affixed to the reverse, 322
watercolor on ivory, oval portrait, 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in., in a brass
frame. Condition: Small paint losses on edges.

Exhibitions: The Society of the Colonial Dames of America, A

Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures at the William Hickling
Prescott House, Boston, 1995, no. 31.
$300-500

330.
329. Chippendale Mahogany Veneer and Gilt-gesso Mirror,
Pair of Octagonal-base Bell Metal Candlesticks, probably England or America, late 18th century, (cracks and minor loss to
France, first quarter 18th century, ht. 9 1/4 in. veneer), ht. 32 1/4, wd. 17 1/4 in.
$400-600 $300-500
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335

333.
Chippendale Carved Mahogany Card Table, Newport, Rhode
Island, c. 1760-80, on square Marlborough legs joined to the
beaded straight skirt by pierced brackets, refinished, (restoration),
ht. 28, wd. 31 1/2, dp. 15 1/2 in.
$2,500-3,500

334
331.
Chippendale Mahogany Carved Mirror, New England, late
18th century, with scrolled frame, Prince of Wales carved intaglio
cresting, and incised liner, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 29
1/2, wd. 15 in.
Note: A handwritten label on back reads: “This looking glass
Stephen Rice gave to Ruth Frances Brigham on her 20 birthday.”
$200-400
332.
Three Turned Mahogany Flame-Carved Finials, America, late
18th century, overall ht. 11 1/2 in.
$300-500
334.
Chippendale Carved Cherry Fall-front Desk, probably
Connecticut, late 18th century, the lid opens to an interior of
nine compartments and five drawers above a case of four thumb-
molded graduated drawers with reeded stop-fluted flanking
simulated pilasters on tall ogee feet bordered by beaded carved
scrolling, old brass bail pulls, (imperfections), ht. 44 1/2, wd. 40,
dp. 17 1/2 in.
$3,000-5,000
335.
Chippendale Cherry Tall Chest of Drawers, New England, late
18th century, the molded cornice above six thumb-molded
graduated drawers, on molded bracket base, brasses appear to be
original, old refinish, (repairs), ht. 52 1/2, wd. 35 1/2, dp. 15
1/2 in.
$1,000-1,500
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336.
Molded Copper Cow Weather Vane, America, late 19th
century, flattened full-body figure, mounted on a copper rod,
weathered verdigris surface with traces of earlier gilding, including
stand, overall ht. 23 3/8, lg. 36 1/2 in.
$8,000-12,000
337.
Molded Gilt Copper Cow Weather Vane, America, early 20th
century, full-body figure mounted on a copper rod, worn gilt
surface with traces of verdigris, no stand, (lacking portion of tail
and one horn, imperfections), overall ht. 16 1/2, lg. 26 1/2 in.
$2,000-3,000

337
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338. 339.
Molded Sheet Copper “Setter” Dog Weather Vane, America, Painted Molded Sheet Copper Fish Weather Vane, possibly
early 20th century, flattened full-body figure with weathered gilt E.G. Washburne & Co., America, early 20th century, the full-
surface, mounted on a copper rod, including stand, overall ht. 16, body figure painted silver with traces of gilt, including stand,
lg. 33 in. overall ht. 10 1/2, lg. 30 in.
$2,500-3,000
Literature: A similar example is illustrated in Weather Vanes by
Charles Klamkin, Hawthorn Books, 1973, p. 126.
$2,000-3,000

339
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340.
Molded Sheet Copper Running Horse Weather Vane, possibly
A.L. Jewell & Co., Waltham, Massachusetts, late 19th century,
the figure mounted on a copper rod, including stand, verdigris
surface, (imperfections), ht. 16, lg. 28 1/2 in.
$1,000-1,500
341.
Carved and Painted Prancer Carousel Horse, attributed to the
Dentzel family, Germantown, Pennsylvania, early 20th century,
with inset glass eyes, faceted glass “jewel” on harness, leather and
iron stirrups, the majority with original paint, including stand,
(tail repaired), ht. 50, lg. 57, overall ht. 53 1/2 in.
$4,000-6,000

341
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342 343 344 345 346 347 349

342. 348.
Cast Iron Baby Cop Doorstop, America, mid-20th century, Polychrome Painted Cast Iron Poinsettia Doorstop, America,
(minor paint wear), ht. 10 1/2 in. c. 1930, ht. 10, wd. 4 3/4, dp. 3 in.
$400-600 $400-600

343. 349.
Cast Iron Sunbonnet Baby Doorstop, America, early 20th Polychrome Painted Cast Iron Huckleberry Finn Doorstop,
century, the figure wearing a red polka dot dress, ht. 6 1/4 in. Littco Foundry (Littlestown Hardware and Foundry Company,
$300-500 Inc.), Littlestown, Pennsylvania, early 19th century, (minor paint
wear), ht. 12 1/2, wd. 9 1/4 in.
$400-600
344.
Black-painted Cast Iron Dolphin Doorstop, America, early
20th century, ht. 12 in. 350.
$200-250 Nickel and Cast Iron “TAKE THE BULL BY THE
HORNS” Perfume Dispenser, Worth-Martin Limited Mfrs.,
Toronto, early 20th century, wall mounted cast iron dispenser
345. with mirror above cast iron bull’s head with nickel plated horns,
Painted Cast Iron Monkey on Barrel Doorstop, America, c. nickel “ONE CENT” slot, embossed manufacturer’s mark below
1930, the back of the base inscribed “No. 3 1930 Taylor Cook,” head, including stand, (wear to nickel plating), ht. of dispenser
ht. 8 1/2 in. 18, overall ht. 20 1/4, wd. 10 1/4, dp. 8 1/2 in.
$200-250
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$300-500
346.
Cast Iron Dressing Mirror with Gilt Eagles and Star,
America, mid-19th century, the mirror on stand with flowers and 351.
leaves in relief, embossed maker’s name “E.R. MANLEY” on Cast Iron Scottish Terrier Doorstop and Bull Terrier
crest, ht. 19, wd. 10 3/8 in. Bookends, America, c. 1930s, the “listing scotties” doorstop
$300-500 probably made by the National Sewing Machine Company or
Hubley, the bookends made by Bradley and Hubbard, Meriden,
Connecticut, with maker’s marks on bases, ht. 5 3/8, 5 1/4 in.
347. $200-250
Polychrome-painted Cast Iron Swan Doorstop, America, early
20th century, ht. 7 3/4, wd. 8 1/2 in.
$400-600 352.
Painted Cast Iron Garden Gnome or Elf, America, early to
mid-20th century, (minor paint wear), ht. 13 1/2 in.
$400-600
 359.
Small Courting Mirror, northern Europe, late 18th century, the
molded rectangular frame with reverse-painted glass panels and
flower blossom within the shaped crest enclosing a mirror glass,
(joinery separation), 13 x 9 1/4 in.
$200-250

360.
Queen Anne Tiger Maple Carved High Chest of Drawers,
probably New Hampshire, late 18th century, the top section of
five graduated thumb-molded drawers set into lower section of
long drawer above a concave fan-carved long drawer with faux
flanking drawers, on valanced and carved skirt joining four
cabriole legs with arris knees continuing to pad feet on platforms,
some brasses appear to be original, with other old replaced
brasses, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 71 1/2, lower case wd.
37 1/2, lower case dp. 19 1/4 in.
$6,000-8,000

350

353.
Cast-Brass Tree-form Desk Piece with Oak Leaves and
Acorns, probably France, late 19th century, ht. 11 1/2, wd. 10
1/4 in.
$200-250

354.
Black-painted Cast Iron Wall Mounted Lion’s Head, 20th
century, ht. 18 1/4, wd. 16 in.
$800-1,200

355.
Cast Iron Strong Box, America, early 19th century, with brass
swing handle, painted black, ht. 4, wd. 8, dp. 4 1/4 in.
$150-200

356.
Large Mirrored Tin Candle Sconce, America, early 19th
century, round concave reflector lined with mirrored glass
segments, red-painted tin surround and candleholder, ht. 17 1/4,
dia. 15 1/2 in.
$600-800

357.
Blue-painted Tin Box, “John Cane 185 Fleet St. London,” early
19th century, rectangular box painted light blue with gilt borders,
the number “1” painted on the front, embossed maker’s label in
the interior, brass swing handles, ht. 9 1/4, wd. 20, dp. 12 3/4
in.
$200-400

358.
Reverse-painted Glass Courting Mirror in Box, northern
Europe, late 18th century, the molded frame enclosing reverse-
painted glass panels with geometric, floral, and foliate designs,
mounted in a wooden box, (minor imperfections), ht. 17 5/8,
wd. 13 in.
$400-600

360
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361.
Chippendale Tiger Maple Chest on Chest, New England, late
18th century, the top section with five thumb-molded graduated
drawers set into a lower section of four graduated drawers, all on
a bracket base, brasses appear to be original, refinished, ht. 75
1/4, lower case wd. 38 1/2, dp. 18 3/4 in.
$6,000-8,000
362.
Chippendale Tiger Maple Chest over Two Drawers, New
England, early 19th century, the top with applied molded edge
opens to a deep well, above two long drawers and shaped bracket
base, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 42, wd. 42, dp. 19 1/4 in.
$600-800
363
363.
Queen Anne Birch Fall-front Desk, possibly New Hampshire,
last half 18th century, the lid opens to a valanced interior of five
drawers and case of four thumb-molded graduated drawers, on
short cabriole legs ending in square pad feet joined by a valanced
skirt, refinished, old brasses, (imperfections), ht. 43, wd. 33 1/2,
dp. 16 1/4 in.
$1,800-2,200
364.
Chippendale Mahogany Upholstered Camel-back Sofa, New
England, c. 1760, refinished, ht. 35, lg. 80, dp. 32 in.
Provenance: Garth’s Auctions, Delaware, Ohio, 1975; Richard
H. and Shirley A. Miller, Columbus, Ohio; Tom and Nancy
Tafuri, Roxbury, Connecticut.
$3,000-5,000
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365.
Chippendale Tiger Maple Slant-lid Desk, New England, late
18th century, the lid opens to a stepped interior of drawers and
six valanced compartments, on a case of four thumb-molded
graduated drawers on scrolled bracket base, old refinish with
mellow patina, original brass bail pulls, (imperfections), ht. 41
1/2, wd. 37, dp. 17 1/4 in.

Provenance: Descendants of William H. Anderson to the present

owner.

Note: This desk belonged to William H. Anderson, a prominent

lawyer and politician in Lowell, Massachusetts. He most likely
inherited it from his father, Francis D. Anderson of Londonderry,
New Hampshire, the site of the Anderson farmstead, where
William was born on January 12, 1836. He attended Phillips
Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and later graduated from
Yale. He then worked as a private tutor in Natchez, Mississippi.
After returning to Massachusetts, he began to study law in the
offices of Morse and Stevens of Lowell. After passing the bar in
December 1862, he quickly rose to prominence and success in
law and politics, and eventually served as director of the Lowell
National Bank. (Source: Historic Homes and Places and
Genealogical Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County,
Massachusetts by William Richard Cutter, Lewis Historical
Publishing Company, 1908.). Also see History of Lowell and Its
People, vol. II, by Frederick William Coburn, Lewis Historical
Publishing Co., 1928, pp. 77-78.

Note: This desk is sold along with a turned maple and horsehair
brush, an engraving of William H. Anderson, and an old framed
photograph of the Anderson family farmstead.
$1,000-1,500

365
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367
366.
Two Framed Davidson Family Registers, Windham, New
Hampshire, early 19th century, the first is a needlework family
register worked by Jane Davidson (b. 1808) at 13 years of age in
1821, wrought in silk threads on a linen ground, depicting the
vital statistics of Deacon William Davidson (1761-1839), his wife
Jane Barnet (1765-1832), and their eight children, over a pious
verse and scene with houses and trees flanked by cornucopia
issuing flowering vines, (toning, staining), 17 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.,
in a molded giltwood frame; together with a hand-colored family
register printed on wove paper, containing the above statistics of
the Davidson family, (toning, stains), 9 x 7 in., in a red-painted
molded wood frame; also included are five related early 19th
century handwritten notes, three of which pertain to two of
William’s daughters’ qualification to teach summer school, one at
the Pinkerton Academy, in Derry, New Hampshire.
Note: Jane Davidson was the mother of William H. Anderson,
former owner of the previous lot.
$1,000-1,500
368
367.
Federal Mahogany Inlaid Card Table, probably eastern
Massachusetts, the top with edge of crossbanding and stringing,
on conforming base with inlaid panels, crossbanding, stringing,
and leafy sprigs, on string-inlaid square double-tapering legs and
inlaid cuffs, refinished, (minor repairs), ht. 29 3/4, wd. 35 1/2,
dp. 17 1/4 in.
$1,500-2,500
368.
Federal Mahogany Inlaid Card Table, Massachusetts or Rhode
Island, c. 1795, the top with edge of inlaid stringing and
crossbanding, on conforming base inlaid with central panel and
foliate devices, on double square tapering legs inlaid with urns
and descending ovals ending in an icicle, ht. 29, wd. 34, dp. 16
1/2 in.
Note: Old handwritten label fixed to inside of base reads: “Table
belonging to my grandmother Mary Barrett, Concord, Mass
1899, now the property of Harriet Stickney.”
$1,500-2,500
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370

369.
Federal Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Inlaid Serpentine
Sideboard, southern New England, c. 1790, central drawer with
two flanking hinged drawers inlaid with stringing and quarter-fans
on square tapering legs with stringing and banded cuffs, old
brasses, refinished, (minor repairs), ht. 39, wd. 72 3/4, dp. 26
1/2 in.
$4,000-6,000
370.
Sheraton Mahogany “Universal Table,” England, c. 1795, the
rectangular top with two leaves that extend from under the top
where they are housed, above straight beaded skirt with two
drawers, one with covered compartments, all on square tapering
legs continuing to brass cap casters, old refinish, ht. 29 1/2, wd.
44 3/4, dp. 36 in.
Literature: The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book, by
Thomas Sheraton, 1791, illustrates as plate 362 and discusses the
design for the table, where it is referred to as “A Universal
Table.”
$2,000-3,000
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371.
Federal Mahogany Inlaid Tambour Desk, coastal
Massachusetts, c. 1810, the top section with hinged door inlaid
with a four-point star and stringing, opening to two drawers and
two compartments, with flanking tambour doors, set into
projecting base with fold-out writing surface, and case of two
cockbeaded drawers with borders of stringing and ebony banding,
flanked by simulated pilasters continuing to square tapering legs
inlaid with bellflowers and stringing, replaced brasses,
(imperfections), ht. 43, wd. 36, dp. 18 in.
$4,000-6,000
372
372.
Federal Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Bowfront Chest of
Drawers, attributed to John and Thomas Seymour, Boston,
probably 1807, the molded top with elliptical front above a case
of four cockbeaded graduated drawers, all on flaring bracket,
brasses appear to be original, old surface, ht. 32, wd. 40 1/2, dp.
22 in.
Note: Early chalk inscription on the backboard appears to read
“Doctor (or Deacon) Alden.”
Literature: A stylistically very similar bureau was owned by John
Quincy Adams, and is discussed in The Furniture Masterworks of
John & Thomas Seymour, by Robert Mussey, catalogue entry 51,
pp. 236-7.
$1,000-1,500
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373.
Pair of Federal Upholstered Carved Mahogany Settees,
probably New England, c. 1795-1800, the arched backs
continuing to shaped arms on square molded tapering frontal legs
and slightly raked rear legs, (minor repairs), ht. 34, wd. 45 1/2,
dp. 27, seat ht. without cushion 16 in.
$8,000-12,000
374
374.
Federal Mahogany Inlaid Chest of Four Drawers, southern
New England, c. 1800, the top with inlaid stringing,
crossbanding, and edge of geometric banding above a case of
drawers inlaid with stringing, flanked by projecting reeded
quarter-engaged posts, continuing to string-inlaid tapering legs,
all joined by an inlaid valanced skirt, old refinish, brass pulls
appear to be original, ht. 37, wd. 42, dp. 19 in.
$800-1,200
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380

375. 378.
Chinese Export Lacquer Sewing Table, first half 19th century, Large Rose Medallion Porcelain Punch Bowl, China, 19th
the hinged top opening to a compartmented interior, on lyre- century, (minor rim chips), ht. 6 1/2, dia. 16 3/4 in.
form supports and gilded paw feet, (minor imperfections), ht. 27, $1,200-1,800
wd. 25, dp. 17 in.
$1,500-2,000
379.
Rose Medallion Porcelain Punch Bowl, China, 19th century,
376. (minor enamel and gilt wear), ht. 5 3/4, dia. 14 1/2 in.
(Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain), Illustrations of Armorial $1,200-1,800
China, London, privately printed, 1887, twenty-four
chromolithograph illustrations by William Griggs depicting a
variety of porcelain tablewares with various arms and crests, one 379A.
of 100 copies printed, cloth covers, half vellum binding, pages Pair of Cloisonne Prickets, China, late 19th century, stylized
with gilt edges, small folio, (very minor spotting and toning, front lotus meanders on a turquoise ground, signed Lao Tien Li Chih
hinge broken, corners bumped). on the base, ht. 17 1/2 in.
$1,200-1,800 $500-700

377. 380.
Large Rose Medallion Porcelain Punch Bowl, China, 19th Eight Canton Porcelain Hot Water Plates, China, 19th
century, the figural and floral panels on a diamond diaper ground, century, octagonal form, dia. 10 1/8 in.
(minor enamel and gilt wear), ht. 6 5/8, dia. 15 3/4 in. $2,000-3,000
$1,200-1,800
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381.
Three Chinese Export Porcelain Items, early 19th century,
including a tea bowl decorated with a sepia spreadwing eagle with
American shield; a demitasse cup with spreadwing eagle and
flower sprig in a shield; and a cream jug with blue underglaze rim
and leaf handle terminals, enamel decorated with a ship above a
shield with “M” monogram over the phrase “JUST IN TIME,”
ht. 1 3/4, 2 3/8, 4 1/2 in.
$300-500
382.
Chinese Export Porcelain Mug, early 19th century, the mug
with applied entwined reeded handles with leaf terminals, the rim
with gilt diaper and floral garland borders, “David Mitchell”
inscribed in a round reserve, ht. 5 1/4 in.
$300-500
386.
Twenty-one Assorted Colorless Blown Wine Glasses, America,
early 19th century, two with cut flutes, one with vesica cuts, two
with engraved flowers, one with gilt floral decoration, ht. 2 3/4-5
1/4 in.
$300-500
387.
Colorless Blown Stiegel-type Covered Flip Glass, America,
early 19th century, with wheel-engraved basket of flowers and
stylized flower blossoms, leaf border on lid with applied teardrop
finial, (finial chips), ht. 10 1/2 in.
$300-500

388.
383.
Free-blown Footed Glass Covered Sugar Bowl, 19th century,
Blue Fitzhugh Pattern Oval Covered Porcelain Tureen, China,
made of opalescent white glass with applied cobalt blue rim band
19th century, ht. 9 in.
$600-800 and cover knop, (chips on knop tip), ht. 6 7/8 in.
$300-500

384.
Canton Reticulated Oval Porcelain Fruit Bowl and
Undertray, China, 19th century, ht. 5, dia. 11 in. 389.
$400-600 Pair of Amethyst Pressed Glass Tulip Vases, Boston and
Sandwich Glass Company, Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1845-65, the
vases with eight panels on the top and the base, ht. 10 1/8 in.
385. $600-800
Imari Decorated Porcelain Bowl and a Pair of Japanese Fish-
form Porcelain Plates, late 19th and 20th century, (bowl with
hairline), bowl ht. 3 3/4, fish plate lg. 11 in.
$200-400 390.
Pair of Hexagonal Apple Green Blown and Cut Glass
Candlesticks, 20th century, the shafts with hollow center, star-cut
385A. base, (minor chip on one), ht. 10 3/4 in.
Coromandel Screen, China, 18th century, K’ang Hsi period date $300-500
1713, polychrome lacquer on a black ground with carved details,
one side with decoration of the arrival of Hsi Wang Mu at her
palace, the reverse with calligraphy, borders of the 100 Antiques,
140 x 96 in.
$6,000-8,000
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391. 392.
Matthew Harris Jouett (Kentucky, 1788-1827) Chippendale Carved Walnut Upholstered Easy Chair, with
shaped arms and outward-scrolling handholds, on frontal cabriole
Portrait of Joseph Archibald Logan, Aged Eight. Unsigned. legs with scrolled knee returns, shell and bellflower knees ending
Oil on canvas, painted c. 1824, the young man holds a bow and in claw-and-ball feet, and rear cabriole legs, (repairs), ht. 45, seat
arrow and is standing in an outdoor setting presumed to be the ht. with cushion 19 in.
rolling hills of Woodford County (Versailles), Kentucky, his home, $7,000-9,000
33 x 28 in., in original gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Relined
onto Masonite, scattered retouch, some inpainting, frame has
some losses. 393.
Group of Assorted 18th Century Brass Hardware, England,
Provenance: The sitter’s sister, Margaret C. Logan, also of including twenty handle plates, three with chased decoration, nine
Woodford County, Kentucky, gave this painting to her dear escutcheons, four V-shaped embossed scrolled foliate gilt-brass
spandrels, four nuts, wd. 2 7/8-4 1/4 in.
friend. It has stayed in that friend’s family until now.
$300-500
Exhibitions: The University of Kentucky, at an exhibition to
commemorate the work of the artist, in the late 1970s;
Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, Matthew Harris
Jouett: Portraitist of the Ante-Bellum South, 1980, to
commemorate the work of Matthew Harris Jouett and the
bicentennial of the university. This work is illustrated in the
catalogue of the exhibition, p. 47.

Note: Matthew Harris Jouett, who was born in what is now

Mercer County, Kentucky, has long been regarded as the most
noted portrait painter in the ante-bellum South. After studying at
Transylvania University, he spent four months in 1816 studying
with Gilbert Stuart in Boston. This painting exhibits the same
painterly soft-edged style and the floral flesh tones that can be
seen in Gilbert Stuart’s work. Much admired by his mentor,
Jouett returned to the South where he painted 300 portraits, very
few with a landscape.
$10,000-15,000

392
394.
Attributed to Chester Harding (American, 1792-1866), After
Gilbert Stuart

Portrait of George Washington. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 17

x 13 1/4 in., in a period molded gilt-gesso frame. Condition:
Minor retouch on upper and left edges.
$3,000-5,000

395.
Carved and Painted Walnut Figure of William Penn, by the
Reverend Robert Smith Grier, signed and dated on the bottom of
the base by the carver “Cut by Rev’d R.S. Grier March, 1853,”
and also signed in two additional places on the base, the figure
and base with applied gold paint, ht. 12 1/2 in.

Provenance: By direct descent through the family from Robert

Smith Grier to the present owner.

Note: The following research conducted by Ruth Richards in her

history of Emmitsburg Presbyterian Church, Michael Hillman,
the director of the Emmitsburg Area Historical Society, and the
consignor, expands our knowledge about the figure and its maker:
“Rev. Robert Grier was born in 1790 and died in 1865. He was
born at Brandywine Manor, Chester County, PA, the son of the
Presbyterian minister, Rev. Nathan Grier and Susanna Smith
Grier. Rev. Nathan Grier’s parents had emigrated from Northern 394
Ireland. Robert Grier attended Brandywine Academy and
graduated from Dickinson College in 1809. He studied theology
under the instruction of his father, was licensed to preach in 1812
and installed as the pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Tom’s
Creek, MD, in April 1814... The church was moved in 1839 to
Emmitsburg where the present church, built in 1904 following a
fire, still stands. Rev. Grier served as the pastor of this church
from 1814 until his death in 1865. A memorial pamphlet on the
history of the Emmitsburg Presbyterian Church, published in
1875, mentions Reverend Robert Grier’s wood carving talents.”
“He possessed a peculiar talent for carving in wood which
afforded him pleasant recreation. Specimens of his skill in this
department of the fine arts were liberally distributed among
friends and parishioners. They include canes, fantastically
ornamented; miniature spread eagles, horses and other animals
and comic distortions. These serve as pleasant memories of a
genius which, with proper direction and culture, might possibly
have produced some great works of art.”

Although Rev. Grier carved (or “cut” as he said) many eagles and
canes, he only carved one statue of William Penn. “Dr. Grier had
two heroes of religious significance, William Penn and George
Calvert, the Catholic convert, both of whom obtained grants of
vast size for colonies, which they insisted would be open to all
faiths without fear or favor. So, Dr. Grier (thus the tradition)
carved little statues of both his heroes.” The following quotation
about Rev. Grier may explain why the anti-slavery Quaker,
William Penn, was a hero to him. “As an illustration of his [Rev.
Grier’s] intrepid fidelity, it may be mentioned that years before
the system of slavery appeared to the eye of the nation as it now
appears, and although he resided in a state where the system was
legalized, he openly opposed it as a crime against God and man,
and vindicated all proper measure to deliver the slave from
bondage...The carvings of Rev. Robert S. Grier are unique in that
he never sold one of them. “He bestowed them… the only way
to get one was by gift of the carver or to buy one from a friend or
relative to whom the Doctor has presented one.”

Literature: “William Penn and George Calvert: Two Historically

Important Figural Carvings by Dr Robert S. Grier Located as the
Result of Original Spinning Wheel Research,” The Spinning
Wheel, October, 1952, pp. 12-13. 395
$4,000-6,000
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Polychrome Painted Wooden Masonic Wall Plaque, America,
19th century, shield-shaped pine panel with applied molding
painted red, white, and blue, adorned with numerous carved
wooden symbols of Masonic iconography including the All-Seeing
Eye, symbol of watchfulness and the supreme Being; large letter
“G” for geometry or God, the ladder of Faith, Hope, and
Charity, two columns representing the two columns of King
Solomon’s temple, an anchor and ark for hope, three candles
representing the sun, moon, and the Worshipful Master of the
Lodge, a pot of incense, an emblem of a pure heart; also sun,
moon, stars, shooting star, and many others, the bottom edge
with applied letters “A.L. 5871/D. MORRILL,” ht. 33 3/4, wd.
28 3/4 in.
$1,000-1,500

398.
Carved Walnut Masonic Wall Shelf, attributed to John Haley
Bellamy (1836-1914), Maine, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and
Boston, late 19th century, the shelf with numerous pierced and
carved Masonic symbols, (losses), ht. 18 1/4, wd. 10 1/2, dp. 6
in.
$400-600
396
399.
Folk Carved Maple Walking Stick with Masonic Symbols,
America, late 19th century, inscribed “C.H. Henson,” the surface
relief carved with numerous examples of Masonic symbolism,
including stand, overall ht. 37 1/2 in.
$400-600

400.
Framed Master Mason Masonic Certificate on Vellum, New
York, 1809, the certificate affirming the status of Richard
Hitchings as a Master Mason, from the Morton Lodge No. 20,
New York City, dated August 12, 5809 (1809), with silk ribbon
and impressed wax seal, 9 3/4 x 11 in.

Note: A genealogy is affixed to the reverse, it relates that Richard

Hitchins was born in Cornwall, England in 1777, and married the
widow Mary Gates in New York in 1804. Richard died in Canada
on February 18, 1845, and is buried with a Masonic emblem on
his tombstone.
$300-500

401.
Carved Wooden Patriotic American Eagle Plaque, late
397 19th/early 20th century, spreadwing figure perched on an
American shield with canon, ht. 23, wd. 40 1/2 in.
$4,000-6,000
396.
Cased Ambrotype of a Union Civil War Soldier with Musket
and Two Photographs, c. 1864, including a quarter-plate
402.
ambrotype depicting Union soldier Nathan Hill with his musket
Carved, Gilded, and Painted Wooden Federal Eagle Wall
at his side, with two later photographs of Hill, one showing him
Plaque, attributed to the Artistic Carving Co., Boston, c. 1945,
wearing his Grand Army of the Republic membership medal, with
the spreadwing eagle holding a blue-painted banner inscribed
the name of a Northfield, Vermont, photography studio printed
“LIVE AND LET LIVE,” its talons clutching an American shield,
on the bottom, and a photograph showing Hill and his wife in
(small loss l.r., scattered gilt losses), ht. 25, wd. 72 in.
later years; accompanied by the musket held by Hill in the
$2,500-3,500
ambrotype, a British percussion musket, marked 1863 over
“TOWER” forward of the hammer ramp, with blade front sight,
three iron barrel bands, iron ramrod, two sling swivels, brass
403.
triggerguard, nosecap, and buttplate, English walnut fullstock
Carved and Painted Pine Bellamy-style Eagle Plaque, America,
with impressed Birmingham Small Arms Trade mark and inscribed
early 20th century, the eagle with American shield and banner
with the names and dates of several Hill family members, overall
inscribed “DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP,” (paint losses), ht. 10,
lg. 55 in.
wd. 28 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
$800-1,200
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402
404.
Cased Pair of Derringer Dueling Pistols, Philadelphia,
percussion pistols, muzzle-loading dueling-style with octagonal
barrel, scrolled engraving on lock mechanism and trigger guard,
carved walnut grips, in a walnut velvet-lined case, (scattered light
rust and corrosion), each lg. 7 3/4 in.
$1,500-2,500
405.
Paint Decorated Fireman’s Parade Hat, America, early 19th
century, the hat painted red with a depiction of an allegorical
figure in an oval on the front of the crown flanked by “FAIR
MOUNT” inscribed in gilt lettering on a black banner, the
reverse depicting an early wooden fire hydrant and the letters
“FA,” the top with the gilt initials “GS,” the interior top
inscribed “G.S. F.M.E. Co.,” (wear, repairs), ht. 5 3/4, dia. 13
3/4 in.
$300-500
406.
Paint Decorated Leather Fire Bucket, America, c. 1796, black-
painted bucket with leather handle, inscribed “No. 1,” “H-F-S,”
“1796,” and indistinct owner’s name “H. La—,” (handle
detached on one side, paint wear), ht. to top of collar 12 1/2 in.
$700-900
407.
Paint Decorated Leather Fire Bucket, America, early 19th
century, black-painted bucket embellished on the front with the
name “S. Holman” on a scrolled banner, (paint losses, lacking
handle), ht. 12 1/2 in.
$300-500
408.
Carved Giltwood Eagle, America, 19th century, spreadwing
figure perched on a cannon with cannon balls and arrows, ht. 7
1/2, wd. 17 3/4 in.
$1,200-1,800
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409.
Carved Mahogany Eagle Lectern on Pedestal, America, late
19th century, the large spreadwing figure with delineated feathers,
feet, and talons, the back of which serves as a lectern surface,
stands on a sphere supported on a square mahogany plinth with
molded edges and flute-carved sides, ht. 43 1/2, wd. 31 1/2, dp.
22 in.
$1,500-2,500
411.
Painted Checkerboard, America or Canada, late 19th/early 20th
century, square board painted salmon with alternating green
squares, the corners with white squares centered with green and
salmon dots, 17 1/2 x 17 1/4 in.
$200-300

410.
Paint Decorated Fireboard, America, c. 1820, wide pine panel
with pegged breadboard ends, painted to simulate a red brick
masonry fireplace with hearth, (shrinkage crack, minor edge
losses), 30 1/4 x 40 1/2 in.
412.
Gilt Painted “W. A. HUTCHINSON”S OFFICE.” Wooden
Trade Sign, America, late 19th century, pine panel with applied
molding, gilt lettering and border on a midnight blue smalt
ground, ht. 12 3/4, wd. 42 3/4 in.
$500-700

Provenance: David Schorsch.

$2,500-3,500
413.
Painted Wooden Dressmaker’s Trade Sign, America, late 19th
century, shaped pine panel with weathered black lettering “MISS
MARY A. SWAIN DRESS & CLOAK MAKING,” ht. 14, wd. 47
3/4 in.
$600-800

414.
Razor-form Painted Wooden Barber’s Trade Sign, America,
late 19th century, lg. 29 in.
$200-250

415.
Painted Wooden Keyboard “REDONDALE,” late 19th
century, with gilt lettering, ht. 6, lg. 35 1/4 in.
$400-600

416.
Painted Tin Boot and Shoemaker’s Trade Sign, America, late
19th century, double-sided painted tin panel, (minor paint wear),
20 x 14 in.
$200-400

409
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417.
Painted and Gilded Dress and Cloak Maker’s Trade Sign,
America, late 19th/early 20th century, rectangular panel with
applied molding, gilt lettering “A.L. HILTON. FASHIONABLE
DRESS & CLOAK MAKER,” on a black smalt ground, 15 3/4 x
30 1/2 in.
$300-500
418.
Set of Six Painted and Gilt-stenciled Side Chairs, c. 1815-20,
the stenciled tablets further embellished with freehand-painted
foliate motifs, with bamboo turnings, original overall red and
black paint with yellow highlights, (some paint wear), ht. 33 1/4,
seat ht. 17 1/2 in.
$2,000-4,000

418
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423

420.
Red-painted Pine Chest over Two Drawers, probably
Connecticut, last half 18th century, with hinged lift-top on base
with applied molding and cut-out feet, original brasses,
untouched surface, (minor imperfections), ht. 44, wd. 35 3/4,
dp. 17 3/4 in.
$1,500-2,500

421.
Green-painted Pine Dovetailed Wood Box, probably Cape
420 Cod, Massachusetts, early 19th century, with hinged lift-top, old
surface with paint wear, ht. 16, wd. 28 3/4, dp. 15 1/2 in.
$300-500

419.
Red-painted Pine Chest over Two Drawers, central
Massachusetts, early 18th century, the hinged lift-top above a
deep well and case of three faux drawers and two working
drawers, on a valanced base, replaced 18th century brasses, old
varnish over original red paint, (imperfections), ht. 45, wd. 36
1/2, dp. 19 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
422.
Paint Decorated Child’s Wooden Hand Cart, America, late
19th century, with wooden wheels mounted with iron straps,
painted red, green, yellow, and blue, with yellow and red striping,
ht. 22 1/2, overall lg. 61 1/2 in.
$400-600
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423.
Salmon-painted Cupboard, possibly New England, early 19th
century, molded cornice above four hinged doors with recessed
panels on cut-out arched base, old surface, ht. 74 1/2, wd. 36
1/2, dp. 13 in.
$1,500-2,500
424.
Small Brown-painted Pine Wall Shelf, America, late 19th/early
20th century, with applied molding and baluster-form spacers, ht.
19 1/4, wd. 20 1/2, dp. 8 in.
$400-600
425.
Powder Blue Maple and Pine Bed, New England, early 19th
century, with block, vase, and ring-turned post and a shaped
headboard, old surface, (paint abrasion), wd. 49, ht. 35, lg. 73 in.
$800-1,200
426.
Grain-painted Side Table, possibly New England, first half 19th
century, the rectangular top on cut-out ends joined by three
scalloped brackets, old faux mahogany surface, ht. 29 1/2, wd.
32 3/4, dp. 11 1/4 in.
$400-600
427.
Six Grain-painted Wooden Frames, America, mid-19th century,
sizes ranging from 11 1/4 x 15 1/2-16 1/4 x 12 1/4, the inner
apertures ranging from 10 x 14 1/8-10 1/8 x 14 in.
$400-600
428.
Two Carved Tramp Art Frames, Casper L. Accola, Prairie, Du
Lac, Wisconsin, c. 1917, the frames with chip-carved and applied
carved devices, one framing a carved plaque with the biblical verse
Luke 2:14 in German, translated from the King James bible
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will
toward men.,” flanked by spire-topped churches, tablets of the
ten commandments, doves, and geometric patterns, incised
maker’s name below, both frames with stippled signature and
dates on the reverse, 18 1/4 x 19 1/2, 16 x 18 in.
$400-600
429.
Carved Wooden Tramp Art Frame, America, late 19th/early
20th century, the frame with twelve apertures with stepped chip-
carved mullions, the exterior of the frame with applied, cut-out,
and relief carved borders of hearts and vines, 24 x 21 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
430.
Chip-carved Tramp Art Jewelry Box, America, late 19th/early
20th century, rectangular box with hinged lid, applied geometric
devices on top and sides, the interior fitted with a mirror on the
lid, lift-out compartmented tray, ht. 4 1/8, wd. 9, dp. 6 in.
$300-500
431.
Putty-painted Pine Six-Board Chest, New England, early 19th
century, on front brackets and cut-out ends, original mustard and
brown painted surface, (paint wear), ht. 23 3/4, wd. 38, dp. 17
1/2 in.
$1,000-1,500
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432.
Grain-painted Pine Six-Board Chest, probably central
Massachusetts, early 19th century, the lift-top opens to a well
with till, on cut-out base, original faux mahogany surface with
simulated yellow stringing, (minor imperfections), ht. 22 1/4,
wd. 38 1/2, dp. 16 1/4 in.
$600-800
433.
Set of Six Oak and Ash Fan-back Windsor Chairs, New
England, c. 1780-1800, with vase and ring-turned stiles and seven
tapering spindles, on carved saddle seats and vase and ring-turned
legs joined by swelled stretchers, old refinish, (imperfections), ht.
39 1/2, seat ht. 17 1/2 in.
$3,000-5,000

434.
Black-painted Bamboo-turned Windsor Stool, branded “JC
HUBBARD BOSTON” and “WM WHITE BOSTON,” early
19th century, (paint wear and possible height loss), ht. 21 3/4 in.
$300-500

435.
Windsor Ash, Pine, and Maple Fan-back Side Chair, New
England, c. 1790, with vase and ring-turnings, old refinish, ht.
36, seat ht. 17 1/2 in.
$200-250

436.
Federal Cherry and Wavy Birch Inlaid Desk, northern New
England, c. 1815-20, in two sections: the top with two hinged
doors with crossbanded borders and flanking simulated wrapped
pilasters open to a multi-drawer compartmented interior above
the fold-out writing surface and case of three drawers and
flanking bottle drawers, all on vase and ring-turned legs, old brass
pulls, old refinish, (imperfections), ht. 39 1/2, wd. 40, dp. 21 in.
$3,000-5,000

436
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437.
Federal Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Swell-front Child’s
Bureau, probably Massachusetts, c. 1810, the top with edge of
inlaid stringing and crossbanding, above four cockbeaded
graduated drawers on inlaid cut-out feet, brasses appear to be
original, refinished, (imperfections), ht. 32, wd. 28, dp. 17 3/4
in.
$2,500-3,500
438.
Federal Mahogany Inlaid D-shaped Card Table, probably
Boston, c. 1795-1800, with crossbanded and string-inlaid edge
above the skirt with tiger maple rectangle bordered by geometric
band within a mitered panel flanked by similar dies, the lower
edge with crisscross banding, all on four string-inlaid tapering legs
with banded cuffs, old surface, (repairs and imperfections), ht. 29
1/2, wd. 36, dp. 17 in.
$1,000-1,500
439
438
439.
Federal Mahogany Inlaid Double Swing-leg Card Table,
attributed to Jacob Forster, Charlestown, Massachusetts, c. 1795,
the demilune top with string-inlaid edge opens to rest on two
swinging legs, one of which opens to reveal a hidden drawer, on
string-inlaid apron bordered with zigzag banding, on four squat
double-tapering string inlaid legs with zigzag banded cuffs,
(imperfections), ht. 28 1/2, wd. 36, dp. 17 3/4 in.
Note: For an illustrated example of a labeled Forster table with
the same legs, see The Work of Many Hands: Card Tables in
Federal America 1790-1820, (Hewitt, et al.), catalogue no. 24,
pp. 140-142.
$2,500-3,500

440
440.
Federal Birch Tall Clock by David Wood, Newburyport, c.
1815, with pierced fret top, three plinths and finials, plain
freestanding columns flanking the arched and glazed hood door,
rectangular waist door flanked by quarter-columns, on bracket
feet, 12 in. painted iron dial by “Osborne” with gilt paterae
spandrels and classical urn in the arch and signed David Wood,
Newburyport, eight-day time and strike movement with two iron
weights, strap brass pendulum rod and brass-faced bob,
(imperfections), ht. 91 in.
$6,000-9,000
443
441.
Federal Carved Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Bowfront
Chest of Drawers, eastern Massachusetts, c. 1815-20, the top
with ovolo corners above a case of four beaded, graduated
drawers, old refinish, circular floral-embossed pulls appear to be
original, ht. 38, wd. 37 3/4, dp. 20 1/2 in.
Note: Top drawer with 19th century chalk inscription “Sold Mrs.
Barrett.”
$600-800
442.
Classical Carved Mahogany Étagère, England or America, the
three shelves joined by block-turned and reeded posts continuing
to turned legs on casters, old refinish, (minor imperfections), ht.
44, wd. 42, dp. 18 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
443.
Rosewood Stick Barometer, Benjamin Pike & Son, New York,
late 19th century, arched glazed top over engraved silvered metal
register plate engraved “Benj Pike & Son New York,” showing
the temperature and barometric pressure, the lower case with a
circular cistern cover, ht. 36 in.
$2,000-3,000
444.
Mahogany Stick Barometer, Charles Wilder, Peterboro, New
Hampshire, c. 1860, the arched crest above a molded glazed door
opening to a thermometer and silvered brass scale with sliding
vernier, marked “Charles Wilder N.H. Woodruff’s Pat. June 5,
1860,” with bracketed throat, (imperfections), ht. 37 3/8 in.
$400-600

445.
16-inch American Painted Terrestrial Library Globe, with
oceans painted red, continents in green, ochre horizon ring with
directional calibrations, months and signs of the Zodiac, on a
birch tripod base with pad feet, (shrinkage crack in globe, losses
and in-painting on globe, one pad foot repaired), ht. 38 in.
$1,500-2,000

446.
American School, 19th Century

Portrait of a Gray Cat with a Red Curtain. Unsigned. Oil on

academy board, 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in., unframed. Condition:
Several small abrasions with paint loss u.r., u.l., and l.r.
background, edge losses. 446
$800-1,200

447.
American School, Late 19th Century
451.
Dog on a Pier. Unsigned, dated “10-24-90.” Oil on artist’s Haskell & Allen, publishers (Boston, 19th Century)
board, 10 x 8 in., in a gilt-gesso frame.
$600-800 DEXTER, ETHAN ALLEN AND MATE: As They Appeared
at Fashion Course L.I., June 21st 1867 For a Purse of
$2000., 1872. Identified in inscriptions in the matrix.
448. Lithograph on paper, sheet size 21 7/8 x 28 3/4 in., in a molded
American School, 19th Century wood frame. Condition: Margins 1 7/8 in. or more, toning,
light stains, foxing, a few minute pigment losses.
River Valley Landscape with Cows in a Pasture. Unsigned. $300-500
Oil on canvas, 18 x 27 in., in a later molded wood frame.
Condition: Two small patch repairs, retouch.
$600-800 452.
American School, Early 19th Century

449. Retreating Man on Horseback in a Woodland Glade.

After W. Denby Sadler (British, 1854-1932)
Fishing Match on the River Bank. Signed and dated “Barlow
95” l.r. Oil on canvas, 12 7/8 x 23 3/8 in., in a molded
giltwood frame. Condition: Very minor retouch to background.
$600-800
450.
American School, Late 19th Century
Unsigned. Oil on wood panel, 12 x 15 in., unframed.
Condition: Panel bowed, scattered retouch.
$300-500
453.
Portrait Miniature of a Mother and Child, America, c. 1810,
watercolor on ivory, 3 x 2 1/8 in., in a lacquered wood frame.
Condition: Ivory slightly bowed, paint losses on edges.
$1,500-2,500

Portrait of Trotting Horse Frank Agan and Driver. Signed

and dated “Geo. H. Hildreth 1896” l.l., and inscribed “Pacer
Frank Agan record 2:05 3/4. Winner of Free-for-All, Pacing.
Mystic Park; June 17, 1896...” Oil on wood panel, 10 3/8 x 18
1/4 in., in a molded mahogany frame. Condition: Small
abrasion to u.l. background.
$800-1,200
454.
Portrait Miniature of a Baby in a Lacy White Dress, Mrs.
Moses B. Russell [Clarissa Peters] (Massachusetts, 1809-1854),
unsigned, watercolor on ivory, oval format, 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 in., in
a lacquered wood frame. Condition: Paint losses.
$1,000-1,500
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456.
Painted Sack-back Writing-arm Windsor Chair, New England,
late 18th century, the shaped saddle seat on splayed vase and ring-
turned legs, old black paint with gilt striping over old red and
older gray, ht. 39 1/2, seat ht. 17 in.
$4,000-6,000

457.
Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Blue Decoration, America, early
19th century, ovoid form with applied reeded handle, incised line
about the shoulder, decorated with a cobalt leaf, mounted with
electric device for use as a lamp, (minor base hairline), ht. 11 3/4
in.
$100-150

458.
Cobalt Decorated Stoneware Jug, “F.B. NORTON & SONS
WORCESTER MASS.,” c. 1865, four-gallon straight-sided jug
with shaped handle, decorated on the front with a stylized leaf
design, impressed maker’s mark, (minor rim chips, cobalt
decoration fried, hairlines on base), ht. 17 1/4 in.
$100-150

459.
456 Large Stoneware Covered Barrel, probably America, late 19th
century, the vessel with embossed wood-grained surface, original
stoneware cover with simulated rope handle, brown glaze, (minor
455. chips and hairlines), ht. 27 1/2 in.
American School, c. 1835 $400-600

Portrait of a Young Girl Holding a Doll. Unsigned. Oil on

canvas, depicting the girl wearing a blue dress and white pantalets, 460.
holding a doll wearing a red dress, with red drapery in the Four Blue and White Sponge Decorated Stoneware Items,
background, 29 1/2 x 32 1/2 in., in a period molded giltwood America, late 19th/ealy 20th century, including three pitchers
frame. Condition: Three patch repairs with associated retouch and a large bowl, (imperfections), ht. 6 1/4-9, bowl dia. 12 5/8
c.r., c.l., and l.c. in.
$1,200-1,800 $400-600
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461.
Attributed to Ruth Whittier Shute (American, 1803-1882)
Portrait of Mrs. David Stevens of St. Albans, Vermont. Oil
on canvas, 30 x 24 1/4 in., in a molded giltwood frame.
Condition: Relined, scattered retouch to figure, clothing, and
background.
Provenance: Exhibited in Reflection of 19th Century America:
Folk Art from the Collection of Sybil and Arthur Kern, Museum
of our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts, September
19, 1979 to June 15, 1980.
Note: On the back of the canvas, prior to relining, was the
painted inscription “Painted by Mrs. Shute, 1835.” A very similar
portrait of a woman wearing a lace bonnet and holding a book
with an attached label inscribed “Painted By Mrs. R.W. Shute St.
Albans Feb 15 1835.” was sold at Skinner Americana auction
1609 October 30, 1994.
The subject portrayed here is believed to be Mrs. David Stevens
of St. Albans, Vermont, based on the listing in the WPA Vermont
Inventory of American paintings.
$2,500-3,500
462.
American School, 19th Century
Three Kline Family Portraits. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c.
1850, depicting John P. Kline, his wife Louisa Jane, and their son
Frederick, of Rockville, Connecticut, 26 x 21 in., in matching
molded giltwood frames. Condition: All three with craquelure,
the portrait of the woman has a patch on the l.c. bottom of the
canvas, several small scattered paint losses.
$1,500-2,500
463.
American School, 19th Century
Still Life of Fruit. Unsigned. Oil on canvas applied to oval
concave glass, 10 x 8 1/4 in., in an ornate gilt-gesso frame.
Condition: Good.
$300-500
464.
American School, 19th Century
Still Life of a Table Laden with Grapes, Walnuts, and a Glass.
Unsigned. Oil on academy board, 10 1/4 x 13 in., in a molded
gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Very good.
$400-600
465.
American School, 19th Century
Theorem of a Basket of Fruit. Unsigned. Graphite on card, 10
1/2 x 13 1/4 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition:
Light toning, minor stain in l.r. corner.
$300-500
466.
Portrait Miniature of Blonde Child Wearing a Sailor Suit,
Italian/American School, late 19th century, signed “S Calistri”
l.r., the name “Harold Whitney” inscribed on the reverse of the
frame, watercolor on ivory, oval half-length portrait, 3 1/8 x 2
5/8 in., in a gilt-brass pendant frame. Condition: Very good.
$200-250
467.
Portrait Miniature of Gentleman in Front of Columns,
Continental School, c. 1825, unsigned, watercolor on ivory,
round bust-length portrait, dia. 2 1/4 in., in a lacquered wood
frame with gilt-brass liner. Condition: A few minute paint losses.
Exhibitions: The Society of the Colonial Dames of America, A
Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures at the William Hickling
Prescott House, Boston, 1995, no. 54.
$200-300
468.
Portrait Miniature and Two Cameo Pendants, 19th century,
an oval bust-length portrait miniature on porcelain of Emily
Whitney Brownell of Watertown, Massachusetts (1852-1885),
late 19th century, 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 in., in a gilt-brass pendant frame
with glass pearl beaded surround; together with two cameo
pendants depicting Hannah Faxon (Perry) Osgood and Emily
Whitney Brownell, both 2 x 1 3/4 in., in a gilt-brass pendant
frames with glass pearl beaded surrounds.
Exhibitions: The Society of the Colonial Dames of America, A
Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures at the William Hickling
Prescott House, Boston 1995, no. 56 and 57.
$300-500
469.
Portrait Miniature of Gentleman, Italian School, 1821, signed
and dated “Bianchini 1821” l.r., watercolor on ivory, round bust-
length portrait, dia. 2 1/2 in., housed in a period wood frame
with gilt-brass liner. Condition: Small paint loss and flaking l.r.
sleeve.
Exhibitions: The Society of the Colonial Dames of America, A
Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures at the William Hickling
Prescott House, Boston, 1995, no. 53.
$150-250
470.
Mourning Ring, oval miniature on ivory in a yellow gold mount,
depicting an urn-topped monument with the initials “MC” under
a weeping willow tree in sepia tones, the inside of the band
engraved “Mary Laughton obt. 13 May 1776 aet 56.”
$400-600
471.
Portrait Miniature of Lady Wearing a Blue Gown and a
White Bonnet, America, c. 1810, unsigned, watercolor on ivory,
oval portrait, 3 x 2 1/4 in., housed in a hinged red leather case.
Condition: Very good.
$400-600
472.
Pair of Silhouette Portraits and a Creamware Cup and
Saucer, found in Wales, Massachusetts, early to mid-19th century,
bust-length portraits identified and dated below as Lenora B. and
William Ruby, 1846, embellished with ink and backed with black
silk, 4 1/8 x 3 in., in period red-painted mitered wood frames;
together with an English floral painted creamware tea bowl and
saucer, (hairline), ht. 2 1/4 in.
Note: William M. Ruby was born October 23, 1823, in Union,
Connecticut, his wife Lenora B. Burley was born April 17, 1821,
also in Union. Together they had two daughters, Melissa Lenora
(b. 1847), who was born in Wales, Massachusetts, and
Clementine Jane (b. 1849), who was born in Stafford,
Connecticut. William died at the age of 25 on October 29,
1848, a few months before Clementine was born. Lenora died
February 23, 1901, at 79 years of age.
$300-500
473.
Silhouette Portrait of a Lady, 19th century, hollow-cut portrait
over black paper, inscribed “Mrs. Susan Torbert,” and in a
different hand “Susan, daughter of Anthony Siddon and wife of
John Torbert-Born July 28th 1760- second day of the week 4
o’clock in the afternoon great-grandmother of Mary Simpson
Taylor.,” (light toning and stains), 4 3/4 x 4 in., in a period
molded wood frame.
$200-250
474.
Silhouette Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Dress, America, c.
1835, hollow-cut portrait backed with black paper and
heightened with watercolor, the woman identified in inscriptions
on the back of the frame as Eunice (Cross) Currier (1800-1874),
4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in., in a period molded giltwood frame.
Condition: Toning, mat stain, small tear u.l.
$150-250
475.
Queen Anne Maple and Tiger Maple High Chest of Drawers,
New England, last half 18th century, with a flat deeply molded
cornice and valanced skirt joining cabriole legs on casters,
replaced brasses, refinished, ht. 74, wd. 38 1/2, dp. 19 1/2 in.
$5,000-7,000
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476.
Five Chinese Export Porcelain Items, 19th century, including
four Canton items: a cut-corner bowl, a square shallow serving
dish, a covered oval footed tureen with boar’s head handles, and a
shrimp dish; together with a tea caddy with similar decoration of
waterway landscape with figures and buildings and gilt highlights,
(rim chips on tureen, hairline on neck of caddy), ht. 4 1/2-5
1/2, dia. 3 1/2-11 in.
$700-900
477.
Two Large Blue and White Chinese Export Porcelain Canns,
19th century, one barrel-form with entwined strap handles
ornamented with a bird and flower design, the other with dragon
head handle and waterway and fenced garden motifs, (small rim
repair on one), ht. both 5 5/8 in.
$500-700
478.
Large Oval Blue Fitzhugh Pattern Porcelain Platter, China,
19th century, (rim repairs), dia. 19 3/4 in.
$400-600
479.
Twenty-one Blue and White Fitz Hugh Pattern Porcelain
Plates, China, 19th century, eight soup plates and thirteen salad
or luncheon plates, (imperfections), dia. 9 3/4, 7 3/4 in.
$200-300
480.
Two Blue Fitzhugh Pattern Porcelain Table Items, China,
19th century, a small bowl with cover and a leaf-form dish,
(minor chip on bowl cover), bowl ht. 4 3/4, dia. 7 1/4, leaf dish
dia. 7 3/4 in.
$200-250
481.
Six Assorted Household and Table Items, early to mid-19th
century, including an Anglo/Irish colorless cut glass oval
compote, a blown three-mold colorless glass decanter with
stopper, two Sandwich lacy glass salts in cobalt blue and amber, a
small redware pitcher by John Bell (Waynesboro, Pennsylvania),
with maker’s stamp on base, and a brass and amber glass candle
sconce with brass wall mount, (minor imperfections), ht. 1 5/8-
10 1/4 in.
$400-600

485
482.
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of Young Woman. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, depicting
the young woman wearing a white gown and a blue shawl,
surrounded by spandrels, 30 1/2 x 25 in., in an ornate period
gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Relined to Masonite, minor retouch
to bodice of dress and c.l. background.
$1,000-1,500
483.
Two Colorless Blown Three-mold Glass Master Salts,
probably the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, Sandwich,
Massachusetts, early 19th century, round footed salts, one with
diagonal ribs on rim over a sunburst and diamond diaper band on
a rayed base, the other with a diamond diaper pattern on a rayed
base with a circle of concave dots, ht. 2, 1 5/8 in.
$300-500
484.
Colorless Free-blown Glass Covered Sugar Bowl, probably
New England, early 19th century, the bowl with galleried rim,
domed cover with hollow knop, supported on a round stepped
base, ht. 7 1/2 in.
$300-500
485.
Brown-stained Maple Slant-lid Desk, southeastern
Massachusetts, late 18th century, the lid opens to an interior of
nine drawers and central valanced drawer, brasses appear to be
original, original surface, (minor imperfections), ht. 43, wd. 38
3/4, dp. 19 in.
$1,000-1,500
486.
Pine Lift-top Standing Desk, New England, late 18th century,
with compartmented two-drawer interior and case of two
graduated drawers on square legs, old replaced brasses, old
refinish, (minor imperfections), ht. 43, wd. 32, dp. 21 1/2 in.
$400-600
487.
Two Wool Canvaswork Wallets, America, late 18th century,
single pocketbooks worked in multicolored wool yarns in the Irish
stitch, one worked in a diamond variation pattern, indistinctly
signed “-obby Jacobs” under the flap, edged with woven green
twill tape, the divided interior lined with polished pink wool, the
other wallet done in a zigzag pattern with olive green woven wool
twill edging and olive green wool lining, (losses), 4 1/2 x 8 1/2,
4 1/4 x 8 in.
$800-1,200
488.
Pieced Cotton Irish Chain Quilt, America, late 19th/early 20th
century, composed of three chains of solid khaki, red, and orange
squares forming bands of a diagonal grid on a natural ground,
edged with khaki and backed with white cotton, quilted with
large blossoms, diagonal line, and feather borders, dated 1886 in
ink on edge, one corner on the reverse with faded ink inscription
“To John From Moter [sic] 1926 Irish Chain,” (light stains,
minor toning), 79 x 68 in.
$250-350
489.
Pieced Cotton Fan Pattern Quilt, America, early to mid-20th
century, the quilt centered with a row of five blue and white fan
motifs on a gray-blue ground, bordered by red, yellow, and gray
fabrics, backed with woven striped cotton fabric, quilted with
butterfly and flower motifs, and diamond and outline stitching,
(light stains and fading), 66 x 43 in.
$300-500
490.
Pieced Cotton Goose Track Variation Quilt, America, probably
mid-20th century, probably Amish or Mennonite, the quilt
composed of twelve geometric solid blue and black pieced cotton
squares set on point, alternating with solid black squares and
triangles, with blue and black borders, backed with blue woven
cotton, quilted with eight-point stars and cable stitched borders,
73 1/2 x 62 1/2 in.
$300-500
491.
Pieced Cotton Geometric Quilt, America, probably mid-20th
century, probably Mennonite or Amish made, the quilt composed
of twenty squares with contrasting geometric segments in a
stylized blossom motif within a blue grid with purple corner
blocks, enclosed in a blue border, edged and backed with purple
fabric, quilted with diamond, rope, heart, and scroll designs, 80 x
66 in.
$300-500
492.
Three Geometric and Floral Hooked Scatter Rugs, America, c.
1930, hooked with wool and jersey strips of fabric and wool yarn,
23 x 36 3/4, 24 1/2 x 38, 26 1/2 x 38 in.
$400-600
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493.
Wrought Bronze and Sheet Copper Bannerette Weather Vane,
America, early 20th century, with directionals, verdigris surface,
no stand, ht. 68, wd. 25 1/2 in.
$2,000-3,000
494.
Monumental Copper and Wood Banner and Lyre Weather
Vane, America, late 19th century, composed of sheet copper, and
sheet copper over wooden shaft, in the form of a long arrow with
pierced banner and lyre tail, the surface with remains of black
paint and areas of verdigris, no stand, (scattered bullet hole
repairs, minor seam separations), overall ht. 33; lg. 8 ft. 11 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$4,000-6,000
495.
Wall-mounted Molded Zinc Elk Head, probably early 20th
century, gray-painted surface, (repairs), ht. 32 1/2, wd. 27, dp.
17 1/2 in.
$1,500-2,500
496.
Pair of Brass and Iron Ball-top Andirons and a Brass and
Wirework Fire Fender, America, late 18th/early 19th century,
the andirons with spire finials atop belted balls supported on
square plinths and spurred cabriole legs, the fender with ball
finials and feet, brass rail and wirework, (repairs to finials, edge
losses on top rail), andiron ht. 16 1/2, wd. 9 3/4, dp. 20 1/2;
fender ht. 14 1/4, wd. 33, dp. 11 1/2 in.
$600-800
497.
Pair of Federal Brass and Iron Lemon-top Andirons, America,
c. 1800, with belted double lemon tops supported on columnar
shafts, spurred cabriole legs and ball feet, ht. 19 1/4, wd. 9 1/2,
dp. 17 in.
$200-300
498.
Brass and Wire Folding Fire Fender, America, early 19th
century, brass rail over vertical wirework with scrolled wire
ornament, ht. 24, center section lg. 38, side section lg. 17 3/4 in.
$300-500
499.
Brass and Wirework Fire Fender, America or England, early
19th century, brass rail over wirework ornamented with
undulating lines and scrolls, ht. 10 1/4, wd. 56 1/2, dp. 17 1/2
in.
$300-500
500.
Pair of Federal Brass Bell Metal Lemon-top Andirons,
probably New York, c. 1800, with belted double lemon tops
supported on square monument bases with engraved swag and
tassel borders, on cabriole legs and claw-and-ball feet, ht. 18 1/4,
wd. 11 1/2, dp. 20 in.
$800-1,200
501.
Small Brass and Wirework Fire Fender, America or England,
early 19th century, brass rail over vertical and geometric
wirework, ht. 6 1/2 x 28 1/4 in.
$300-500
502.
Pair of Brass and Iron Ball-top Andirons, Boston, early 19th
century, belted ball tops on columnar and square plinth shafts,
with conforming log stops, ht. 18 1/4, wd. 9, dp. 27 1/2 in.
$300-500
503.
Early Brass Candlestick, Scandinavia, late 17th century, with
baluster shaft and mid-drip pan, ht. 6 1/2 in.
$300-500
504.
Seven Brass Lighting Items, 19th century, including three whale
oil lamps: a pair of belted lemon-form and a single baluster-form;
two pairs of c. 1850 English baluster-form candlesticks, (solder
repairs on lemon-form lamps), ht. 6 1/2-9 3/4 in.
$400-600
505.
Pewter Teapot, Israel Trask, Beverly, Massachusetts, second
quarter 19th century, bulbous form on footed base, with floral
finial on hinged lid, the bottom with “I.TRASK” touchmark,
(dents, solder repair on base edge), ht. 8 in.
$250-350
506.
Large Pewter Deep Dish, Jeheil Johnson, Middletown,
Connecticut, 1815-25, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1818-19,
circular dish with single reed brim, faint eagle and “J.J.”
touchmark, (wear), dia. 13 1/4 in.
Literature: For similar maker’s mark see Laughlin, Ledlie Irwin,
Pewter in America: Its Makers and Their Marks, Barre Publishers,
Barre, Massachusetts, 1969, plate LVIII, no. 447.
$200-300
507.
Painted Wooden Bellows and a Woven Wool and Cotton
Coverlet, America, 19th century, the wood and leather bellows
with brass nozzle, painted green with metallic powder stencils of a
bird, fruit, and foliage, lg. 18 1/2; together with a blue and white
two-piece double-weave summer and winter coverlet in a
geometric pattern, fringed on one end, (scattered losses), 90 x 72
in., excluding fringe.
$200-400
508.
American School, 19th Century
Fishing on the River Bank. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 17 x 24
in., in a gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Relined, retouch.
$1,000-1,500
509.
Five Colored Glass Flasks, America, 19th century, including an
olive-amber Masonic/Eagle pint flask (GIV-17); an olive-amber
cornucopia pint flask (GIII-6); a light aquamarine Baltimore
Monument/sailing sloop half-pint flask (GVI-2); an amber
Westford Glass/Sheaf of Wheat pint flask, and an olive-amber
Westford Glass/Sheaf of Wheat half pint flask, (minor
imperfections), ht. 5 3/4-7 3/4 in.
$400-600
510.
Four Blown Colored Glass Bottles, America, 19th century,
including an olive green chestnut bottle, two amber preserve
bottles with fluting on the neck and shoulders reportedly made at
the Westford Glass Company, Westford, Connecticut, and a small
molded green pickle-form bottle, ht. 4 1/4-11 3/8 in.
$300-500
511.
Six Blown-molded Colored Glass Bottles, America, mid to late
19th century, all with embossed labels and applied lips including
an olive amber quart bottle “UDOLPHO WOLFE’S
AROMATIC SCHNAPPS SCHIEDAM”; two amber quart
whiskey bottles “C.A. RICHARDS 99 WASHINGTON ST.
BOSTON”; an olive green quart gin bottle “A.M. BINNEGER
& CO./NO. 19 BROAD ST. N.Y./OLD LONDON
DOCK/GIN”; a light aquamarine octagonal bottle
“SCHENCK’S PULMONIC SYRUP,” with a rough pontil; and a
dark green bottle “CONGRESS & EMPIRE SPRING CO.
SARATOGA NY” and “CONGRESS WATER,” with partial
“Laundry Bluing” paper label applied to the front, ht. 7 1/8-9
3/4 in.
$300-500
512.
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of an Italianate-style Row House with Garden
Landscape and Figures. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 28 x 32 in.,
in an ornate gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Minor patch repairs
with associated retouch.
$3,000-5,000
513.
American School, 19th Century
Country Manor with Figures Strolling the Grounds.
Unsigned. Oil on wood panel, 15 1/4 x 19 1/2 in., in a molded
green-painted wooden frame, the reverse of the panel retains a
portion of an early printed Boston Shop label. Condition:
Scattered varnish deterioration.
$300-500
514.
Framed “CITY-HOTEL” Print, 19th century, on wove paper, 5
1/2 x 7 in., in a period molded giltwood frame.
$200-250
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512

515. 517.
Polychrome Painted Pressed Tin Horse and Rider Pull Toy, Pair of Terra-cotta Garden Urns, Portland Stone Ware Co.,
America, c. 1880, flattened full-body figures mounted on a green- Dracut, Massachusetts, late 19th century, (minor chips and
painted platform with cast iron wheels, animated up and down hairlines), ht. 17 1/4 in.
motion, (scattered paint flaking), ht. 8 1/4, lg. 9 1/8 in. $400-600
$400-600

516.
Carved Marble Spaniel Figure, America, 19th century, on an
integral rectangular base, ht. 8 1/4, wd. 5 1/2, lg. 16 in.
$800-1,200
518.
Paint Decorated Tin Panel, probably northern Europe, early
19th century, fancifully painted with columns and fruit in shades
of red, white, green, and blue, in a mitered wood frame, 19 x 22
3/4 in. overall.
$400-600
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519.
Boxed “LANTERNA MAJICA” with Box of Slides, Germany,
late 19th century, tin lantern with lens and chimney, in original
wooden box with paper labels, with seven slides with children’s
storybook images and two kaleidoscope devices, in original box, 4
1/4 x 9 x 6 7/8; 3 x 9 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.
$200-400
520.
Framed Polychrome Painted Friendship Motto, America, early
20th century, unsigned, ink and watercolor on paper with
geometric patterns outlined in ink and filled with watercolor
around inscribed poem at center from “A Sermon in Rhyme,”
author unknown: “If you have a friend worth loving, Love him.
Yes, and let him Know/that you love him, ere life’s
evening/Tinge his brow with sunset glow. Why should good
words ne’er be said/Of a friend till he’s dead?”; 21 3/4 x 30 in.,
in a molded wood frame.
$2,500-3,500
521.
Painted Wooden Architectural Model of an Arbor, America,
late 19th/early 20th century, (losses and cracks), ht. 27 1/4, wd.
22 in.
$300-350
522.
Four Inlaid Wooden Neckties, America, late 20th century,
mounted in a black-painted wooden frame, overall 19 1/4 x 18
1/2 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$400-600
523.
Black-painted Tin and Steel Roadster Race Car Clock,
America, 20th century, with a pocket watch applied to front grill,
ht. 2 1/2, wd. 3 1/4, lg. 6 1/4 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$400-600
524.
Painted Tin Jockey Hat Clock, America, mid-20th century, the
hat painted red and white, with enameled tin Roman numerals set
onto the crown, brass hands, (enamel missing on one numeral),
ht. 10 1/2, wd. 7 1/2 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$400-600
525.
Painted Embossed Sheet Metal Upholstery Display Chair
Sign, Display Devices Company, Buffalo, New York, c. 1928, ht.
30, wd. 35, dp. 9 1/4 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$400-600
526.
Polychrome Painted Pine Box, America, early 20th century,
rectangular box with hinged door painted red with blue, black,
yellow, and abstract white circle and dot designs, compartmented
interior, ht. 14 3/4, wd. 11 1/4, dp. 8 1/4 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$200-300
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527.
Freeform Stoneware Ceramic Sculpture, America, late 20th
century, two-piece form with primitive incised line decoration,
mottled brown glaze, indistinctly signed “SRD” on lower side, ht.
12 3/8 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$150-250
528.
Pair of Blue-painted Wood and Iron Stadium Seats, third
quarter 20th century, from Yankee Stadium, the seats are stenciled
with the numerals “1” and “2,” a brass tag is applied to one seat:
“Yankee Stadium/’The House that Ruth Built’/50th/
Anniversary 1923-1973,” ht. 29, wd. 44, seat ht. 16 1/2 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$1,500-2,500
529.
Baseball Catcher’s Equipment, American, 20th century, a
leather and metal mask, a channel canvas body protector, leather
kneepads and leggings, and a catcher’s mitt, mounted on a metal
stand, overall ht. 52, wd. 26 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$800-1,200
530.
Pair of Cast Iron Figural Baseball Player Andirons, America,
early 20th century, pitcher and batter figures, ht. 19, wd. 9, dp.
17 in.
$200-400
529
531.
Carved Pine Artist’s Arm and Hand Model, America, 19th
century, including stand, overall ht. 18 1/4 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$600-800
532.
Molded Zinc Optometrist’s Display Model, America, late
19th/early 20th century, half-head form of a classical male with
curled hair, vestiges of gilt and black paint, including stand,
overall ht. 14 1/2 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$1,000-1,500
533.
Painted Wood and Plywood Head of a Mechanical Man, E.E.
Baun, America, 1938, jaw opens as button on neck is pushed, the
interior inscribed “This part head-finished Jan 24 1938 (signed)
E.E. Braun,” including stand, overall ht. 18 1/2, wd. 8 1/2 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
Literature: Illustrated in American Primitive: Discoveries in Folk
Sculpture, by Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, Alfred A. Knopf,
New York, 1988, p. 55, fig. 64.
$800-1,200
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544

542

541 543 545 546

534. 536.
Carved and Painted Wood Phrenology Head Model, America, Painted Metal, Cotton, and Velvet Articulated Monkey Mask,
late 19th century, the head with inset glass eyes, (minor paint America, early 20th century, interior mechanism opens and closes
wear), ht. 9 3/4 in. mouth and exposes teeth, including stand, overall ht. 11 1/4, wd.
$800-1,200 5 3/4 in.

Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.

535. $800-1,200
Molded Copper, Brass, and Zinc Ventriloquist’s Dummy
Head, New York, mid to late 19th century, the head with levers
activating the eyes to roll and mouth to open, the surface with 537.
vestiges of paint, including stand, overall ht. 16, wd. 6 1/4 in. Carved Wooden Ventriloquist’s Dummy Head, probably
America, early to mid-20th century, including stand, overall ht.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon. 12 1/4, wd. 5 1/2 in.

Literature: Ilustrated in American Primitive: Discoveries in Folk Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
Sculpture, by Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, Alfred A. Knopf, $1,000-1,500
New York, 1988, p. 174, fig. 245.
$2,500-3,500
538.
Molded Rubber Owl Figure, America, mid-20th century,
possibly a scarecrow or decoy, with vestiges of old paint, ht. 17 in.

Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.

$300-500

539.
Carved and Painted Wooden Canoe Whirligig with
“Washington” Profile Paddler, America, late 19th/early 20th
century, no stand, ht. 11 1/2, lg. 17 1/4 in.
$400-600

540.
Carved and Painted Wood and Metal Dirigible Whirligig,
America, probably early 20th century, with carved wooden
propellers, applied metal stars, including stand, overall ht. 10 7/8,
lg. 17 1/4 in.
$400-600

541.
Primitive Carved Wooden Figural Chalk Line Tool, made in
the form of a bear and a honeypot with carved face on the front
and vertical score marks on one side, painted black, supported on
a wooden platform, overall ht. 5 3/4, lg. 11 3/8 in.

Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon. 547

$1,000-1,500

542.
Folk Carved Stone and Pewter Animal-form Pipe, America,
probably 20th century, including stand, overall ht. 4 3/4, lg. 7
5/8 in.

Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.

$1,500-2,500

543.
Carved Wooden Pipe Bowl, America, late 19th/early 20th
century, the bowl with integral carved hand, ht. 2 1/8 in.
$400-600

544.
Carved Wooden Lumberjack Figure, southern United States,
19th century, partial articulated figure with pearl button eyes,
leather nose, bear hair beard, and brass buttons, including stand,
(lacking legs), overall ht. 10 1/2 in.

Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.

Literature: Illustrated in American Primitive: Discoveries in Folk

Sculpture, by Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, Alfred A. Knopf,
New York, 1988, p. 138, fig. 187.
$2,000-3,000

545.
Green-painted Cast Iron Cup and Saucer Cafe Sign, America,
early 20th century, with a wrought iron spoon resting inside the
cup, including stand, overall ht. 5 1/2, wd. 5 1/2 in.

Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.

$400-600
549
550
546.
Carved Wooden Arm and Hand, America, 19th century, in the
form of a hand with slightly spread fingers, with vestiges of old
paint, (minor repair on one finger), including stand, overall ht. 8
1/2, lg. 12 3/4 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$600-800
547.
Carved and Painted Wooden Ventriloquist’s Dummy, America,
late 19th/early 20th century, the figure wearing a velvet costume
and high button leather shoes, including stand, overall ht. 31 1/2
in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$2,000-3,000
548.
Black-painted Root Snake-form Walking Stick, America, late
19th/early 20th century, lg. 34 3/4 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$100-150
549.
Monumental Polychrome Painted Galvanized Sheet Metal
Filling Station Attendant, found in Jewett City, Connecticut,
20th century, fabricated from industrial ducting material, the
figure hinged at the shoulders, elbows, hips, and knee joints,
(paint wear), ht. 7 ft. 6 1/2 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$8,000-12,000
552
550.
Cast Iron Bust of a Man, America, 20th century with vestiges of
surface paint, ht. 23, wd. 13 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$3,000-5,000
551.
Green-painted Cast Iron Radiator Salesman’s Sample,
America, early 20th century, ht. 11, wd. 10 7/8, dp. 3 1/8 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$300-500
552.
Enameled Lithographed Sheet Metal “HAMPSHIRES” Pig
Farm Sign, America, 20th century, double-sided sign, 42 3/4 x
48 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$600-800
553.
Painted Tin “TOY TOWN TAVERN” Trade Sign,
Winchendon, Massachusetts, early 20th century, tin panel with
applied wooden molding, (scattered rusty surface), 28 x 20 in.
Note: The Toy Town Tavern is located in Winchendon,
Massachusetts. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the
Morton E. Converse Company, named after its founder, and
located in Winchendon, was the largest toy manufacturer in the
country, and the town was nicknamed the “Toy Capital of
America.” In 1912 a resort called the Toy Town Tavern was built
overlooking Lake Watatic.
$200-250
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554.
Painted Wooden “INFORMATION” Sign, America, early 20th
century, pine panel double-sided sign with black lettering and
border on a white ground, ht. 6 3/4, wd. 45 in.
$200-400
555.
Painted Wooden “AMEN” Sign, America, late 19th/early 20th
century, white-painted rectangular wooden panel with applied
molding, black lettering, (weathered paint), 13 5/8 x 31 3/4 in.
$400-600
556.
Four Painted Wooden Farm Stand Signs, America, mid-20th
century, double-sided rectangular signs with black lettering on
white ground, “PEACHES,” “CHERRIES,”
“STRAWBERRIES,” and “ASPARAGUS,” ht. 5 1/4, wd. 22
3/4 in.
$150-200
557.
Painted Pine “APRICOT” Farm Stand Sign, America, 20th
century, 3 1/2 x 14 in.
$200-250
558.
Minstrel Suit, America, c. 1930, composed of a man’s felt hat,
wool suit with matching vest with applied metal tambourine
jingles or zils, including stand, overall ht. 6 ft.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$1,000-2,000
560
559.
Woven Cotton “Uncle Sam” Parade Costume, America, 20th
century, comprising top hat, jacket with tails, and vest in red,
white, and blue cotton fabric with matching painted cane,
including stand, overall ht. 76, wd. 21 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$1,000-2,000
560.
Cockney “Pearly” Button Costume, England, 20th century,
wool suit with jacket, trousers, vest, tam, and necktie ornamented
with mother-of pearl buttons, including stand, overall ht. 68 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
Note: The wearing of mother-of-pearl decorated costumes is a
Cockney tradition which began in the late 19th century when a
young orphaned street sweeper named Henry Croft noticed the
charity shown among a certain group of market traders called the
Coster Mongers. They were known for their distinctive pearl
button decorated clothing. Henry was so impressed by their
charity he decided to try to raise money for the orphanage he
grew up in, and other unfortunates. He wanted to draw
attention to himself for his fund raising efforts by covering an
outfit with mother-of-pearl buttons. Henry became so successful
in raising funds that hospitals, churches, and other charity groups
asked Henry to help them raise money for the poor and sick. The
idea caught the attention of the public and it grew to become a
tradition throughout the boroughs of London with many
generations of families wearing the button embellished suits for
fund raising activities, parades, and carnivals.
$1,000-2,000
 563 567
561.
Cotton and Silk Undertaker’s Burial Suit, Lewis, New York,
20th century, in a wooden shadow box display case, 37 x 19 1/4
in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$400-600
562.
Carved Wooden Skeleton Mask and Costume, probably
America, 20th century, painted cotton muslin costume, including
stand, overall ht. 64 1/2 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$200-300
563.
Wrought Iron Civil War Era Soldier Decoy, America, c. 1865,
mounted on a metal platform, overall ht. 75, wd. 30 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$1,000-2,000
564.
Painted Shaped Canvas Pig Mask, America, 20th century, with
inset glass eyes, ht. 12 1/4, wd. 14, dp. 16 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$250-350
565.
Two Ceramic and Metal Studded Tire Manufacturer’s
Models, America, 20th century, ht. 4 3/4, 4 1/4; wd. 4 3/4, 4;
lg. 14, 12 in., respectively.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$250-350
566.
Beveled Hatchet-form Mirror, America, 20th century, including
stand, overall ht. 14 1/4, lg. 15 1/2 in.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$300-500
567.
Three Large Industrial Turned Wooden Press Screws,
America, 19th century, including stands, ht. of two 6 ft., the
other 7 ft.
Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.
$800-1,200
 568
568.
Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907)
THE CITY OF NEW YORK., 1884 (Conningham 1106).
Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Large folio lithograph
with hand-coloring on paper, depicting a bird’s-eye view of New
York City with 58 landmarks keyed below image, sheet size 28
1/8 x 39 7/8 in., in a molded wood frame. Condition: Margins
2 1/4 in. or more, toning, stains, 1/2 in. tear into image l.l. in
water.
$1,000-1,500
569.
Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907)
THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB REGATTA., 1869
(Conningham, 4450). Identified in inscriptions in the matrix.
Large folio lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 24
x 33 3/4 in., housed in a later molded giltwood frame, the
backing retaining an old Kennedy Galleries label. Condition:
Margins of 3 in. or more, light toning, foxing, mat stain, minor
margin tear.
$1,500-3,000
570.
T. G. Dutton, lithographer, Acherman & Co., publisher
(London, ac. 1851)
THE “AMERICA” WINNING THE ROYAL YACHT
CLUB CUP AT COWES..., 1851. Lithograph with hand-
coloring on paper, sheet size 20 x 27 1/8 in., in a period molded
giltwood frame, the backing bears an old Kennedy Galleries of
New York label. Condition: Margins of 1 1/4 in. or more, old
reinforcement of corners with paper, repaired margin tear u.c.,
minor edge losses, light toning, foxing, scattered light stains.
$800-1,200
570A.
Smith Brothers & Co. and Sowle & Wards, publishers (New
York and Boston, 19th Century), C. Mottram, engraver
(American, 19th Century)
BOSTON. Engraving with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 28
1/2 x 40 3/4 in., depicting Boston harbor with ships, steamer,
and various watercraft in the foreground, the city of Boston
including the Statehouse in the distance, sight size 26 1/4 x 38
1/4 x 43 3/8 in., in a molded wood frame. Condition: Margins
1 3/8 in. or more, toning, margin tears, creases.
$700-900
 572
574
571.
Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907)
Lot of Five Dark Town Series Framed Lithographs: including
The Dark Town Fire Brigade-A Prize Squirt., 1885 (Conningham
1386); The Dark Town Fire Brigade-To the Rescue., 1884
(Conningham 1396); The Dark Town Fire Brigade-Saved., 1885
(Conningham 1391); The Dark Town Fire Brigade-The Last
Shake., 1885 (Conningham 1395); and The Darktown Hook and
Ladder Corps. In Action., 1884 (Conningham 1403), each
approx. 11 1/2 x 15 3/4 in., each housed in later red-painted
molded wood frames, with Kennedy Galleries of New York labels
affixed to the backing. Condition: Minor toning and foxing,
some stains around edges, To the Rescue with tear slightly into
image u.l., Saved! with creases on lower edge.
$1,000-1,500
572.
A. Akcerman and Son, publishers (New York, Early 20th
Century)
The American National Game of Baseball: Grand Match for
the Championship at the Elysian Fields Hoboken N.J. 1866.
Engraved by and signed “R. Varin” in pencil l.r., published in
1929, hand-numbered “89/150” l.l., inscribed below “Engraved
in aquatint by R. Varin and published by A. Ackermann and Son,
Inc. New York and Chicago and by Robert Fridenberg Galleries
New York USA 1929,” engraved aquatint on paper, sheet size 24
1/2 x 30 in., in original molded wood frame. Condition:
Toning, margins 2 5/8 in. or more, mat stains.
$1,500-2,500
573.
Nathaniel Currier, publisher (American, 1813-1888)
Lot of Eight Works: Seven Portraits of Presidents of the
United States and a Portrait of Henry Clay. Small folio
lithographs with hand-coloring on paper, mounted in original
mahogany veneer frames, sheet sizes approx. 14 x 10 in., titles
including: George Washington. First President of the United States.
(Conningham 2353); James Monroe 5th President of the United
States (Gale 3423); John Quincy Adams. 6th. President of the
Unites States (Gale 3541); Andrew Jackson, Seventh President of
the United States. (Conningham 0216); Martin Van Buren.
Eighth President of the United States. (Conningham 4032); John
Tyler Tenth President of the United States (Conningham 3281);
James K. Polk. Eleventh President of the United States.
(Conningham 3158); and Henry Clay. (Gale 3012). Condition:
Toning, foxing, stains, Polk with white pigment and small losses in
margins.
$400-600
574.
Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907)
A MIDNIGHT RACE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
Natchez/Eclipse, 1860 (Conningham, 4116). Identified in
inscriptions in the matrix. Large folio lithograph with hand-
coloring on paper, sheet size 21 5/8 x 29 5/8 in., in a
contemporary frame. Condition: Margins of 7/8 in. or more,
paper cleaned and backed with rice paper, repaired margin losses
and margin tears, light stains.
Note: This lithograph ranks no. 21 in the original “Best 50,” and
no. 2 in the “New Best 50” large folio.
$800-1,200
575.
British/Canadian School, Early 20th Century
Portrait of the Steamship Empress of Ireland. Signed “W.
KITZIG” l.r., identified on vessel. Oil on canvas, 27 x 40 3/4
in., in a later frame. Condition: Two punctures, u.l. and u.r.
Note: The Empress of Ireland was an ill-fated ocean liner built in
1905-1906 by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering in Scotland
for Canadian Pacific Steamships. She held a mail subsidy contract
between Britain and Hong Kong via Canada. On the morning of
May 29, 1914, while steaming on the Saint Lawrence River
amidst a dense fog, the Empress was struck amidships by the
Norwegian coal freighter SS Storstad. The fatally damaged vessel
sank very quickly and claimed 1,012 lives, making it the worst
maritime disaster in Canadian history.
$800-1,200
576.
American School, Late 19th/Early 20th Century
The Passenger Steamship Cape Ann of the Boston &
Gloucester Steamship Co. Indistinctly signed l.r., vessel
identified below and on a label affixed to the reverse. Oil on
academy board, 12 3/4 x 18 3/8 in., in a later molded wood
frame. Condition: Minor retouch.
$400-600
577.
James Alexander, publisher (American, 19th Century)
The Cunard Royal Mail Steamship “Britannia” (John
Hewett, Commander) As she appeared leaving her dock at
East Boston February 3rd 1844 bound from Boston to
Liverpool. “Press of Ferd. Mayer,” dated February 1876,
identified within matrix. Lithograph with hand-coloring on
paper, sheet size 22 x 28 in., in a period molded mahogany frame.
Condition: Toning overall, mat stains, tear u.r. margin (not into
image), stains to top margin, small loss l.r. edge.
Note: On July 4, 1840, the Cunard Royal Mail Steamship
Britannia was the first mail steamer with service running between
England and North America.
$400-600
578.
Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907)
A CLIPPER SHIP IN A SNOW SQUALL., undated
(Conningham, 1157). Identified in inscriptions in the matrix.
Small folio lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 9
7/8 x 13 7/8 in., housed in a later molded wood frame, the
backing retaining an old Kennedy Galleries label. Condition:
Margins of 1/2 in. or more, light stains on lower margin 1/4 in.
repaired margin edge tear l.r.
$800-1,200
579.
After Drawings by John Badger Bachelder (American, 1825-
1894) and Photographs by J.W. Moulton
Encampment of the 2d Div. of M.V.M. on Winter Island,
Salem Harbor., also titled on top margin Camp Banks Aug.
25th, 26th, & 27th 1858. Endicott & Co., lithographers, New
York, 1858. Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Lithograph
with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 22 1/8 x 33 in., in a
contemporary molded giltwood frame. Condition: Margins of 1
in. or more, backed with rice paper, minor toning, foxing, and
stains, loss and repair on lower margin corners, light surface
abrasions on lower margin.
$800-1,200
580.
Endicott & Company, lithographers (American, 1852-1886),
After John Badger Bachelder (American, 1825-1894)
MARBLEHEAD MASS., 1856. Identified in inscriptions in the
matrix. Lithograph on paper, sheet size 14 3/4 x 19 7/8 in., in a
later molded silvered frame. Condition: Margins of 1 3/4 in. or
more, toning, foxing, mat stain.
$300-500
581.
Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907)
The Star Spangled Banner., undated (Conningham 5707).
Identified in inscriptions in the matrix. Small folio lithograph
with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 16 1/4 x 12 1/8 in.,
unframed. Condition: Margins of 1 1/2 in. or more, toning,
stains, foxing.
$200-300
 582 detail

582. 586.
Heriz Carpet, Northwest Persia, second quarter 20th century, Shahsavan Soumak Horse Cover, Northwest Persia, dated
(slight end fraying), 13 ft. 9 in. x 9 ft. 4 in. 1918, (sewn tear, small crude repairs, very small creases, slight
$2,000-2,500 end fraying), 5 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 10 in.
$1,000-1,500

583.
Ersari Main Carpet, West Turkestan, third quarter 19th century, 587.
(areas of wear, shallow edge gouge, very small hole), 8 ft. x 6 ft. 8 Northwest Persian Runner, second half 19th century, (cut,
in. holes and edge gouges, areas of wear, end fraying), 15 ft. x 3 ft.
$1,200-1,500 $800-1,200

584. 588.
Northwest Persian Rug, second quarter 20th century, 6 ft. 4 in. Northwest Persian Rug, second quarter 20th century, (even
x 4 ft. wear to center, slight end fraying), 6 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. 8 in.
$1,200-1,500 $800-1,000

585. 589.
Ersari Main Carpet, West Turkestan, last quarter 19th century, 9 Yomud Ensi, West Turkestan, late 19th century, (small areas of
ft. x 7 ft. 4 in. wear), 5 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.
$1,200-1,500 $800-1,000
 591

590. 597.
Northwest Persian Rug, late 19th/early 20th century, (some Afshar Rug, South Persia, second quarter 20th century, 5 ft. 4
moth damage, several small holes, minor end fraying), 7 ft. 10 in. in. x 4 ft. 6 in.
x 3 ft. 7 in. $700-900
$800-1,000

598.
591. Northwest Persian Rug, early 20th century, (outer guard stripe
East Caucasian Rug, last quarter 19th century, (cut, creases, rewoven on both ends, other small rewoven areas), 6 ft. 2 in. x 4
edge gouge, some moth damage, end fraying), 5 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 5 ft. 6 in.
in. $700-900
$800-1,200

599.
592. Afshar Rug, South Persia, early 20th century, (small spot of
Eagle Karabagh Rug, South Caucasus, second half 19th century, minor wear), 5 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. 11 in.
(overall wear, small rewoven area), 8 ft. x 5 ft. 4 in. $700-900
$1,000-1,200

600.
593. Kuba Rug, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, (even
Northwest Persian Rug, last quarter 19th century, (even wear to wear to center, small repairs), 5 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 9 in.
center, end fraying), 6 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 5 in. $700-900
$1,000-1,500

601.
594. Bidjar Rug, Northwest Persia, second quarter 20th century, 7 ft.
Turkish Kazak-style Rug, late 20th century, 7 ft. 10 in. x 6 ft. 2 x 4 ft. 6 in.
in. $600-800
$1,000-1,200

602.
595. Baluch Rug, Northeast Persia, early 20th century, (selvage
Kazak Rug, Southwest Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, (even damage, slight end fraying), 5 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 3 in.
wear to center), 7 ft. x 3 ft. 9 in. $600-800
$800-1,000

603.
596. Seichour Rug, Northeast Caucasus, second half 19th century,
Northwest Persian Rug, early 20th century, (even wear to (rewoven ends and several other small areas), 7 ft. x 4 ft. 9 in.
center), 6 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 6 in. $600-700
$800-1,000
604. 615.
Baluch Main Carpet, Northeast Persia, second half 19th century, Ersari Jollar, West Turkestan, last quarter 19th century, (minor
(small areas of wear, creases, some selvage damage), 7 ft. 8 in. x 5 moth damage), 4 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 4 in.
ft. 10 in. $400-600
$500-700

616.
605. Afshar Rug, South Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, (some
Shirvan Rug, East Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, (areas of wear to center, brown oxidation, light stain), 3 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft.
wear, guard stripe missing from both ends), 5 ft. 3 in. x 2 ft. 10 $300-500
in.
$500-700
617.
Northwest Persian Cargo Bag Side Panel, early 20th century,
606. (slight moth damage), 3 ft. 2 in. x 1 ft. 4 in.
Shahsavan Soumak Cargo Bag, Northwest Persia, last quarter $300-500
19th century, (two small holes in one corner, several very small
crude repairs), 3 ft. 4 in. x 1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 4 in.
$500-700
END OF SALE
607.
Afshar Rug, South Persia, early 20th century, (small areas of
minor wear), 6 ft. x 4 ft. 3 in.
$500-700

608.
Senneh Rug, Northwest Persia, second half 19th century, (small
areas of wear, crease, narrow guard stripe partially missing from
both ends), 6 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 7 in.
$500-750

609.
Northwest Persian Rug, early 20th century, (small corner
gouge), 6 ft. x 4 ft.
$400-600

610.
Tekke Rug, West Turkestan, late 19th century, (small rewoven
area along one edge), 4 ft. x 3 ft.
$400-600

611.
Shahsavan Soumak Bag, Northwest Persia, late 19th century, 1
ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 6 in.
$400-600

612.
Afshar Bag, South Persia, early 20th century, (very slight moth
damage), 1 ft. 4 in. x 1 ft.
$400-600

613.
Tekke Chuval, West Turkestan, late 19th century, 4 ft. 2 in. x 2
ft. 6 in.
$400-600

614.
Shahsavan Soumak Bagface, Northwest Persia, late 19th
century, (small hole), 1 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 6 in.
$400-600
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Take the Massachusetts Turnpike to the Prudential/Copley exit located in the Prudential tunnel.
Once on the exit ramp, stay in the right hand lane and follow the signs for Copley.
The ramp exits onto Stuart Street. Drive straight through five sets of lights and take a left onto
Charles Street South. Take your first left off of Charles St. South onto Park Plaza.
Skinner is at 63 Park Plaza, one block up on the right.
From the South:
Take 93-N to Exit 20 for I-90 W toward Worcester. Follow signs for Chinatown/South Station.
Bear left at the fork to continue towards Kneeland Street. Turn left onto Kneeland Street. Kneeland
Street becomes Stuart Street. Turn right onto Charles Street South. Turn left onto Park Plaza.
Skinner is at 63 Park Plaza, one block up on the right.
From Logan Airport:
Take the Ted Williams Tunnel. Take Exit 25 toward South Boston and bear left at the fork in the
ramp. Bear right onto B St. Turn left onto Northern Ave which becomes Seaport Blvd. Turn left
onto Surface Rd. Turn right onto Kneeland Street which becomes Stuart Street. Turn right onto
Charles Street South. Turn left onto Park Plaza.
Skinner is at 63 Park Plaza, one block up on the right.
From the North:
Take I-93 South towards Boston. Take exit 26 towards Storrow Drive. Merge onto MA-28 South
via the ramp on the left. Turn left onto Beacon Street. Turn right onto Arlington Street. Turn
left onto Boylston Street. Turn right onto Hadassah Way. Skinner is on the right at 63 Park Plaza.
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