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 February, 2020 | 43 Items | April, 2020  |
| THREE PENNSYLVANIA PAINT-DECORATED PINE AND POPLAR BOXES,19th century, a blue-painted poplar with bird decoration, a larger dome-top with tulips and homesteads, pencil-inscribed "Abe Beshare" to interior, and a flat-top initialed "KR" depicting a homestead, (imperfections), lg. to 12 in. Condition: flat-top is with splits to the top, scattered edge chips and slivers to the top, corner of base with loss, and a split to the base board, the black dome-top is with replaced hinges and general wear to decoration, and blue dome-top with general wear and discoloration. Sold at Skinner Auctions March 12, 2020 Estimate: $400-600 Price Realized: $3,125 | |
| NINE-LIGHT WROUGHT IRON CHANDELIER, ht. 21, dia. 32 in. Sold at Skinner Auctions March 12, 2020 Estimate: $300-500 Price Realized: $1,500 | |
| COUNTRY TURNED MAPLE AND PINE TEA TABLE, ht. 24, wd. 26.5, dp. 18 in. Condition: feet are replaced, with old chips to the edges of the top, and the cleat has been reinforced Provenance: Property Approved for Deaccession by the Board of Trustees of Historic Deerfield, Inc. Proceeds to the benefit the Museum Collections Fund. Sold at Skinner Auctions March 12, 2020 Estimate: $400-600 Price Realized: $1,250 | |
| QUEEN ANNE FAN-CARVED MAPLE HIGH CHEST, ht. 71.5, wd. 41.75, dp. 20 in. Sold at Skinner Auctions March 12, 2020 Estimate: $1,000-1,875 Price Realized: $2,500 | |
| COUNTRY TURNED PINE HARVEST TABLE, ht. 32, wd. 75, dp. 26 in. Condition: allover scrubbed surface, the top is with two large losses to the edges, large splits and minor insect damage to the top, splits to the apron and base, loss to the feet and a chip to one block Provenance: Property Approved for Deaccession by the Board of Trustees of Historic Deerfield, Inc. Proceeds to the benefit the Museum Collections Fund. Sold at Skinner Auctions March 12, 2020 Estimate: $300-500 Price Realized: $1,125 | |
| TWO PEWTER TEAPOTS, one by Henry Joseph and one attributed to Birch & Villers, ht. to 6.5 in. Condition: footed with corrosion, other with a few minor dents. Sold at Skinner Auctions March 12, 2020 Estimate: $200-530 Price Realized: $1,000 | |
| AMMI PHILLIPS (NEW YORK/CONNECTICUT, 1788-1865) PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH DU BOIS BAILEY. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, the subject seen waist length wearing a lace cap and dark dress, holding a book and spectacles and seated in a paint-decorated chair, 30 x 24 in., in an antique gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Relined, minor inpainting. Provenance: The Collection of Enid and Alexander Fisher, Roxbury, Connecticut. Sold at Skinner Auctions March 12, 2020 Estimate: $600-800 Price Realized: $2,500 | |
| QUEEN ANNE TIGER MAPLE HIGH CHEST, 18TH CENTURY, (imperfections), ht. 73, wd. 41.25, dp. 20.5 in. Condition: refinished, married, brasses replaced, drawers of top section don't close flush to the case, large shrinkage crack to the left side of the base, and the knee terminals are replaced. Sold at Skinner Auctions March 12, 2020 Estimate: $3,000-5,000 Price Realized: $5,313 | |
| “TORIES MARCHING" PRIMING POWDER HORN, C. 1775, cow horn with slightly rounded pine plug in the base, ornately carved with soldiers, a snake, dogs, a hog, a drummer, and "THE TORIES/A MARCHING/A BOUT," with pine spout, overall lg. 85 in. Note: The carving on this horn is very similar to other larger horns carved by Andrew Clark. Condition: Some wear from use but in overall good condition. Sold at Skinner Auctions March 18-26, 2020 Estimate: $800-1,200 Price Realized: $4,688 | |
| CONTINENTAL FACTORY “NEW CONSTRUCTION" CARTRIDGE BOX, AND BAYONET, CARRIAGE, AND BELT, C. 1777-80, leather cartridge box with ovoid iron turnbuckle clasp opening to a twenty-nine-hole cherry block above a compartment with a small tin tray, the inside of the flap boldly stamped "C:FACTORY" and the front of the bag branded "U:STATES," all suspended from a whitened leather strap to emulate buff and covered with white linen, the strap with a rectangular wrought iron buckle and holding an iron wire vent pick from a coarse linen cord from the base of one strap; the leather bayonet carriage suspended on a linen belt with an American bayonet having a large bore socket, long "L" slot, and French-style blade. Condition: Leather is dry but in good condition, the linen strap on the bayonet belt is fragile. Provenance: An old Connecticut collection. Sold at Skinner Auctions March 18-26, 2020 Estimate: $10,000-15,000 Price Realized: $53,125 | |
| LIBERTY POWDER HORN, C. 1770s, carved cow horn (shortened) with "LIBERTY" and "ELEAZER MAT" with the rest of the name cut off, with the British coat of arms, a "TYGER," "LION," and "Mount Hope," overall lg. 10 in. Condition: Horn was shortened sometime in the 19th century but is in overall good condition. Sold at Skinner Auctions March 18-26, 2020 Estimate: $700-900 Price Realized: $2,250 | |
| JOB EDMESTER POWDER HRON AND DOCUMENT, C. 1760, horn carved with foliate designs, fleur-de-lis, ship, sun, fish, Fort Edward, and "Iob edmester his Horn AD 1760," with a slightly convex pine plug wood pegged to the horn and two holes for a strap, with a framed note from Job's brother James Edmester from 1766 relating to purchasing fish, rum, and sugar, overall lg. 13.5 in. Note: Job Edmester was born in Freetown, Massachusetts, on May 24, 1743. Sold at Skinner Auctions March 18-26, 2020 Estimate: $2,000-4,000 Price Realized: $3,625 | |
| REUBEN ALEXANDER’S POWDER HORN, C. 1755, horn carved with foliate designs and flourishes, animals, fish, a buck, horse, what looks to be a Native American figure, and marked "1755 AUGeST 20/RuBEN ALEXANDER: 1755," a pine plug carved with designs, and remnants of 19th century paper around the spout where it must have had a metal spout added at some point, overall lg. 14 in. Note: Probably owned by the Reuben Alexander who was born in Northfield, Massachusetts, in 1740. During the French & Indian War campaigns of 1759-60, he enlisted in Captain Salah Barnard's company and fought in the war. Sometime in the late 1760s or early 1770s he moved just over the border to Winchester, New Hampshire. During the American Revolution he was a militia captain in Winchester and later colonel. He was a justice of the peace for Cheshire county, and died in 1811. Condition: Horn is dark in color but the carving is very visible, the spout has a small piece missing and looks to have been covered with a metal spout glued on with some newsprint in the 19th century, but in overall very good condition. Sold at Skinner Auctions March 18-26, 2020 Estimate: $2,000-4,000 Price Realized: $3,625 | |
| | EBENEZER KEMP’S SIEGE OF BOSTON POWDER HORN AND CANTEEN, C. 1775, pine plug with the initials "SP," base carved with compasswork and crosshatching, horn carved with foliate designs, a ship, houses, fish, and "EBENEZER KEMP/HIS HORN/WHEN THIS YOU SEA REMEMBER/ME AND LET ME NOT BE FOR/GOTTON" with the rest worn down from wearing on his side, and "CAMBRIDGE/JULY YE 24: 1775" with "1775" at lower left, the spout has a brass period repair with the date "1774" carved on one of the facets, and a staved canteen with the initials "EK" carved twice on one side, and once on the other, horn lg. 14, canteen dia. 7.52, wd. 3.625 in. Condition: Horn has some wear from use and a crack but in overall good condition. The canteen has wear from use but is in good condition. Provenance: By family descent to the consignor. Note: Ebenezer Kemp of Groton, Massachusetts, was a private in Captain Henry Farwell's company of Minute Men, Colonel William Prescott's regiment. He marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and served six days. With the organization of the new Massachusetts Army, he enlisted on April 25, 1775, in Colonel Prescott's regiment. He was at the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston, and served again in 1776 and 1777. Sold at Skinner Auctions March 18-26, 2020 Estimate: $4,000-6,000 Price Realized: $21,250 |
| | SCARLET WAISTCOAT IDENTIFIED TO EBENEZER WILLIS OF MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, C. 1770s, scarlet broadcloth body with silver-laced buttonholes and false buttonholes on the pocket flaps, functional pockets with the bags made of coarse linen, silver foil-covered wooden buttons, fronts lined with glazed plain woven worsted tammy; the back lined with coarse linen. Condition: The waistcoat has a few replaced buttons, a few moth nips and wear from use but is in overall amazing condition for its age. Provenance: By family descent to the consignor. Note: Ebenezer Willis was born in Middleborough, Massachusetts, on January 12, 1754. He enlisted in the Massachusetts militia and served during the Siege of Boston in 1775. He also served in 1776, 1777, and again in 1780. Willis moved to East Deerfield and died on October 11, 1819. Sold at Skinner Auctions March 18-26, 2020 Estimate: $2,000-4,000 Price Realized: $6,875 |
| A NEW ENGLAND QUEEN ANNE CARVED CHERRYWOOD DRESSING TABLE, 18TH CENTURY, Height 29 x width 32 x depth 21.5 inches. Condition: Item is in overall good condition. Minor repairs throughout. Surface reset and piece refinished. Rear left foot with half of pad missing clean break. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $800-1,200 Price Realized: $1,625 | |
| A PINE AND MAPLE WINDSOR FOOTSTOOL, Connecticut or Rhode Island, 18th Century, Height10.75xlength 10 x depth 9.75 inches. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $500-800 Price Realized: $1,280 | |
| | A PAINTED AND CARVED PINE HANGING PIPE RACK, Late 18th/Early 19th Century, Height 19 x width 11 x depth 5 inches. Condition: Overall good condition with paint loss. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Judith & Gary Gay, Morrow, Ohio. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $400-600 Price Realized: $1,625 |
| A RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, Bristol, Rhode Island school, 19th Century, text reading “What conscience dictates to be done / Or warns me not to do / That teach me more than Hell to shun / That more than Heav'n pursue.” 19 x 15.5 inches. Condition: Creased in center from storing. Two small holes along center crease. Provenance: Previously purchased from Judith and James Milne, Inc., New York, New York. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $1,000-2,000 Price Realized: $6,875 | |
| A NEW YORK FEDERAL CARVED AND FIGURED MAHOGANY DEMI-LUNE CONSOLE TABLE, Late 18th/Early 19th Century, Height 31 x width 39 x depth 18 inches. Condition: Item is in good overall shaped with breaks to the stretcher that need repair. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $500-700 Price Realized: $1,125 | |
| A RHODE ISLAND FEDERAL FIGURED MAHOGANY DOUBLE DROP-LEAF DINING TABLE, CIRCA 1800, Height 29 x width 48 x length 64 inches. Provenance: Robert Spencer, Lyme, CTProperty from an Illinois Private Collection. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $800-1,200 Price Realized: $1,750 | |
| A FOLK ART PORTRAIT OF JONATHAN SOUTHWICK IN RED WITH HOOP TOY OIL ON CANVAS, CIRCA 1835, in period gilt frame, 39.75 x 29.625 inches. The brilliantly colored portrait contains a discretely hidden detail. Through the window, Jonathan can be seen running along the sidewalk playing with the hoop toy that he proudly holds in his full-length portrait. By repute, this delightful portrait of the young Jonathan Southwick was purchased at Sotheby's New York in the late 1980s, though a search of catalogs from that house from the mid 1980s onward found no such work. A search of birth records for "Jonathan Southwick" discovered one born in Bolton, Massaschusetts in 1831, and another born in Danvers, in 1841. Condition: According to the consignor, the painting was conserved by the late Joel Zachow immediately after its purchase. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $25,000-35,000 Price Realized: $18,750 | |
| A NEW ENGLAND FEDERAL MOLDED AND PAINTED CHERRYWOOD CORNER CUPBOARD, 19TH CENTURY, Height 77 x width 39 x depth 22 inches. An overall painted corner cupboard in cherry, having a molded cornice with canted corners, the eight pane door having straight mullion, above a raised panel cupboard door, all housed in molding, each with interior shelves, on molded base. Condition: Overall good condition with paint loss and surface throughout. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $1,000-1,500 Price Realized: $1,750 | |
| AN AMERICAN PAIR OF PORTRAITS, 19TH CENTURY, Portraits of a Man and a Woman, oil on board, set in exquisite period grain-paint decorated frames, 24 x 18 inches. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $1,000-1,500 Price Realized: $1,750 | |
| TWO WROUGHT-IRON MOUNTED WOOD FLOOR RUSH LIGHTS, 19TH CENTURY, Height of tallest 31 inches. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Judith & Gary Gay, Morrow, Ohio. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $400-600 Price Realized: $938 | |
| A RARE POLYCHROME PAINTED TINWARE CANDLE SCONCE, Likely Berlin, Connecticut, Circa 1800-1850. signed by the original decorator BF. Height 9.75 inches. Provenance: Lewis Scranton, Killingworth, Connecticut. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $800-1,200 Price Realized: $1,625 | |
| A SET OF SIX WROUGHT IRON HEARTH SKEWERS AND HOLDER, LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY, Overall length 9.75 inches. Provenance: Ex Skinner Collection Ex David Good. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $400-600 Price Realized: $750 | |
| A RED-PAINTED AND PUNCHED TIN DECORATED PINE STEP-BACK CUPBOARD, 19TH CENTURY, Height 84.25 x width 47.75 x depth 20.5 inches. Condition: Item is in overall good condition. Original paint. Repair to rear left foot. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $800-1,200 Price Realized: $3,625 | |
| A TURNED BURLWOOD BOWL, 19TH CENTURY, Height 6 x diameter 14.125 inches. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Judith & Gary Gay, Morrow, Ohio. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $500-700 Price Realized: $1,125 | |
| A SCRIMSHAW WHALE’S TOOTH, AMERICAN, MID-19TH CENTURY, inscribed Bark Kathleen and My fingers are cold, Length 5.125 inches. 'My fingers are cold' is an uncommon example of a whaleman's complaint. Bark Kathleen was a whaling ship, making voyages between 1852 and 1902, when it was sunk by a sperm whale. Condition: Vertical split, about 1 inch, extending from bottom. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $1,500-2,500 Price Realized: $3,125 | |
| A FEDERAL RED-STAINED PINE STEPBACK CUPBOARD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, Height 87 x width 58 x depth 16 inches. Condition: Overall good condition for age and construction. Overall wear with age and use some age splits. Paint loss with use. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $1,000-1,500 Price Realized: $2,125 | |
| A FEDERAL TURNED AND BLACK-PAINTED PINE TAVERN TABLE, 19TH CENTURY, Height 2 x width 23 x depth 18 inches. Condition: Item is in good overall condition. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 19, 2020. Estimate: $500-700 Price Realized: $1,063 | |
| A PAINTED PAPER SILHOUETTE OF A DOG, 19TH CENTURY, in an eglomise border and frame, hand-written Grand Dad's Favorite / Dog to verso. 7 x 5.5 inches. Condition: Some foxing to the paper. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 20, 2020. Estimate: $100-200 Price Realized: $1,000 | |
| | FOUR PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH WATERCOLOR FRAKTURS, 19TH CENTURY, Largest 14 x 17.75 inches. Condition: Color bleeding and splits to three. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Judith & Gary Gay, Morrow, Ohio. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 20, 2020. Estimate: $400-600 Price Realized: $1,500 |
| A GREEN-PAINTED WOODEN HANGING CUPBOARD, 19TH CENTURY, Height 23 x width 20.5 x depth 9.5 inches. Condition: Item is in good overall condition. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Judith & Gary Gay, Morrow, Ohio. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 20, 2020. Estimate: $200-400 Price Realized: $875 | |
| FIVE WROUGHT IRON TRIVETS, 19TH CENTURY, Five Wrought Iron Trivets. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 20, 2020. Estimate: $150-250 Price Realized: $1,063 | |
| A MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF TWO YOUNG WOMEN, CIRCA 1835, on ivory, dated on book. 5 x 4.5 inches. Condition: Item is in good overall condition. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 20, 2020. Estimate: $200-400 Price Realized: $1,536 | |
| AN AMERICAN SCHOOL PORTRAIT, 19TH CENTURY, Portrait of a Boy with Dog, oil on canvas, framed, 29 x 24 inches.: Provenance: Property from the Collection of Judith & Gary Gay, Morrow, Ohio. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 20, 2020. Estimate: $400-600 Price Realized: $1,000 | |
| A COBALT FLOWER-DECORATED STONEWARE PITCHER, 19TH CENTURY, Height 11.24 inches. Condition: Small splashes of red paint on interior. Glaze imperfections. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Judith & Gary Gay, Morrow, Ohio. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 20, 2020. Estimate: $600-800 Price Realized: $1,375 | |
| FIFTEEN TIN CANDLE ACCESSORIES, 19TH CENTURY, including candle molds, candlesticks and snuffers. Height of largest 6 x width 5 x depth 1.75 inches. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 20, 2020. Estimate: $300-500 Price Realized: $1,664 | |
| THREE COBALT-DECORATED CAKE CROCKS, 19TH CENTURY, Height of largest 6 x diameter 10 inches. Condition: Items are in good overall condition Lids may not be original to the crocks. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 20, 2020. Estimate: $200-300 Price Realized: $1,063 | |
| EIGHT HAND AND HEART TIN COOKIE MOLDS, 19TH CENTURY, Length of largest 6.5 x width 4.5 inches. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 20, 2020. Estimate: $100-150 Price Realized: $1,125 | |
| SIX COBALT GLASS VESSELS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY, including four bottles, a carafe with a stopper, and a lidded jar. Height of largest8.25 inches. Condition: Inclusions to three of the bottles. The stopper on one bottle is chipped on the tip. One bottle has a rough mouth rim. Minor surface scratches. Sold at Cowan’s Auction March 20, 2020. Estimate: $200-400 Price Realized: $5,938 |
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