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 May, 2020 | 51 Items | July, 2020  |
| RARE HOMEMADE SLIPPER WEAVING FRAME, ca. 19th century; mortise and tenon constructed softwood slipper "loom," with arched stretcher board frame with string notches mounted into round frame base with small headed tack nails in place on frame remaining original unfinished, salvaged fabric slipper with cotton thread cord and blue calico fabric rag weaving including carved wooden weaver's needle, 8"d, 14.5”l. Provenance: bought at a public auction in Centerville, Lancaster Co. 3-21-1989]; Condition: some separation of cotton cord from frame but a very unusual find. Sold at Horst Auctions June 13, 2020. Price Realized: $600 | |
| FINE PIN PUNCH DECORATED DOMED TIN COFFEE POT MARKED M. UEBELE, ca. 1810-1850; early form gooseneck foot tin coffee with hinged dome lid on wrapped wire hinge, wire and half round braced mounted handle is punch signed "M Uebele" with roll molded flared foot, upper sheets of pot with fine pin punch tulip basket design, three undulating bands and pin punch decoration, 10.5"x 6.5"x 11”, Condition: some light surface rust, overall good. Sold at Horst Auctions June 13, 2020. Price Realized: $1,900 | |
| | CUT SANDSTONE DATE STONE FOR S. FRY & WxN, ca. 1840 dated; arch top date stone with bird design on crest and lower portion chisel cut, marked and dated on flat-worked face, the reverse, sides and bottom are uncut, 13"x 8"x 14.25"; S. Fry is Samuel “Shaking Forks” Fry (1803-1900) who was known for making wooden shaking forks - house and barn stood along Church St. in Reamstown, PA. Condition: original surface with no reworking to face. Sold at Horst Auctions June 13, 2020. Price Realized: $2,100 |
| PENNSYLVANIA SLIPWARE CHARGER, ca. 1845; PA drape molded slipware charger, four quill cream slip on a yellowish-brown lead glaze, two wavy cream slip bands between two and a half cream slip bands with a few faint greenish glaze applications and coggled rim, 13.5"d, 2.25”h. Provenance: purchased Dec. 9, 1995 at public auction in Denver, PA. Condition: service marks & a few spots of glaze losses. Sold at Horst Auctions June 13, 2020. Price Realized: $1,450 | |
| MOCHA SEAWEED PATTERN PITCHER, ca. 1835; slightly bulbous pitcher with intertwining brown and green seaweed on a white band bracketed on both sides by three white rings bordered by yellow brown rings edged with blue rings, flared foot, English Staffordshire earthenware, 7"d, 8.5”h. Provenance: purchased April 24, 1987 at Shupps Grove Antique Market. Condition: .125” rim glaze flake. Sold at Horst Auctions June 13, 2020. Price Realized: $1,250 | |
| FRAMED FRAKTUR OF ELIZABETH BOFFENMYER BY SAMUEL BENTZ, ca. 1830 dated; beautiful form Fraktur birth record with Bentz's traditional colorful ball topped pedestal border with tombstone arch top clock in center top, colorfully accented diamond designs in green, red and yellow for birth of Elizabeth Boffenmeyer, daughter of William Boffenmeyer, his wife Anna (Mellinger) Boffenmeyer, born the 16th day September, in the year of our Lord 1830 in German script, 12"x 14" framed. Condition: fully restored by Maria Pukownik in 2003, a full record of before restoration and after accompanies, with paper loss to upper left & right corners, some restoration to interior was done; Bentz was from Cocalico Twp. & became schoolmaster in Brunnerville area also known as "Mt. Pleasant artist.” Sold at Horst Auctions June 13, 2020. Price Realized: $3,300 | |
| RESIST DYED BLUE TOW PILLOWCASE, ca. 1800; early pillowcase with hand loomed tape ties from Lebanon Co., PA, this pillow case matches a set of blue resist sheets in the collection at Winterthur, 23"x 16”. Provenance: purchased Feb. 28, 1999 at Black Angus Antique Market. Condition: as found. Sold at Horst Auctions June 13, 2020. Price Realized: $900 | |
| | HIGHCHAIR, ca. 1850; in untouched original condition, in untouched original condition, the fruit and floral shaped back over five spindles, turned arms and supports, plank seat, foot rest all resting on turned bamboo style legs, 21"x 17"x 37”. Condition: untouched condition with original finish & expected wear. Sold at Horst Auctions June 13, 2020. Price Realized: $1,700 |
| RARE FULL SHEET FRAKTUR WATERCOLOR OF FACING PAIR OF PARROTS, attributed to a North Central Lancaster County Artist, ca. 1795-1815; following the forms established by the Otto family artists, this rare form watercolor has a facing pair of colorfully ink and watercolor painted parrots standing on bushes on either side of central flowering tree with small birds perched on top; the parrots matched by an unusual “fold & pin-prick copy or lay-out line technique”, also with fine feather accents to wings and tails; the Fraktur accented on either side by long stems with round tipped leaves and small flowers; the right side stem has an excellent colorful “Compass Flower” design on top with the flower accented with pen tip stippling; each stem has exposed roots, and the left stem has written in pencil (possibly at later time) Lancaster. The colorful work is probably a presentation piece for wedding or other special occasion and is attributed to a Mennonite artist that was working in the area of Ephrata, PA to Groffdale Church region; framed in a modern paint decorated frame, 23.25"x 20" framed. Provenance: purchased at a public household auction in Smokestown, PA on September 11, 1986. Condition: Fraktur has professional paper infill restoration to acid burned areas in black portion of tails and small portion of beak; paper has minor creasing and fraying to edges; some acid burned areas remain on feet of birds; *Note- a secondary Fraktur was sold on same auction that had a matched horse and rider Fraktur that was identical in form to the artist noted in Earnest recent publication – “Paper for Birth Days” 3rd edition vol. 4, pp.46-47. The artist is tongue-in-cheek identified as “Russell-Washington” artist. The mentioned Fraktur has the Groff family name written in pencil. It also is a match in form and technique to a horse and rider that was found in Garbisch Collection.*Thanks to research help of Alan Keyser, Lisa Minardi and the Earnests on this attribution. Sold at Horst Auctions June 13, 2020. Price Realized: $6,400 | |
| FOLK ART INK & WATERCOLOR PAINT DECORATED GOOSE EASTER EGG OF HAYDN BOMBERGER, ca. May 15, 1890 dated; large goose egg with colorful blue and yellow painted rooster, tree in yellow in meadow, pig in yellow on grass, flying blue bird grasping small envelope in feet and pointing hand, 2.75"d, 4.5”l. Provenance: photo in Clarke Hess' book "Mennonite Arts" page 50; bought at Bomberger sale at Rohrer's Quarry on April 24, 1999. Condition: hole in end to remove yolk, excellent bright color with some soil spots. Sold at Horst Auctions June 13, 2020. Price Realized: $1,400 | |
| EARLY CAST IRON FIGURAL “EYES OF THE LORD” STOVE PLATE, ca. early 18th century; heavy sand cast German script Biblical verse stove plate with tulips in urns blooming below arched portico with spiral column, with letter "R" and script reading "Die Augen Des Hern Sehen" and lower panel "Thomas R.B. - JAHN - RIB”. Condition: casting is heat cracked in upper right corner & lower right corner, but lower portion overall good as found without restoration. Sold at Horst Auctions June 13, 2020. Price Realized: $2,650 | |
| | 1776 SAUR BIBLE, ca. 1776; Biblia, Das ist Die Ganze Gottliche Heilige Schrift, German Bible printed by Christoph Saur in Germantown, PA, third edition with leather binding over wood boards, 8.5"x 10.75. Condition: binding is rough, pages are good, title page has some chipping, rear cover is detached, front cover has been crudely reattached, some leather is missing. Sold at Horst Auctions June 12, 2020. Price Realized: $1,550 |
| EARLY BROWN PRINTED CALICO GIRL’S DRESS, ca. mid-19th century; full length dress with long sleeves of fine calico vines with gold leaf print; the collar, wristbands and stitched unions accented with brown fabric, dress with eye and hook down back and tapered seam back, 1" waistband with pleated mount to skirt, lower hem with brown chintz glaze coated fabric, upper bodice and sleeves line in homespun, 21"x 25”. Provenance: bought in New Providence, Lancaster Co., PA on July 6, 1991. Condition: some fading to fabric. Sold at Horst Auctions June 12, 2020. Price Realized: $525 | |
| WEDDING APRON, ca. 1790-1800; homespun PA German wedding apron in white with fringed lower accent, tied open weft and cross-stitch accents, embroidered in brown thread "CB" with flower urn design and a wide upper band, 24"x 23.5”. Provenance: bought at Bomberger sale near Rohrer's Quarry, Lititz, PA. Condition: as found. Sold at Horst Auctions June 12, 2020. Price Realized: $650 | |
| EARLY BROWN HOMESPUN LINEN PANTS, ca. 18th-early 19th century; very early form with brown dyed homespun fabric lined with unbleached homespun, 2.5” wide button top waist band with full width fold-down button flap, the back of waistband with cloth tape tie with stitch bound eyes, legs a short length with four flat silver plated brass button with eye hook back, attributed to Lancaster Co. "Pike" Mennonite church, 14" waist, 26”l. Condition: 1 button missing from left leg, 1 waist button damaged, some early patch repairs, some fabric fraying on reverse. Sold at Horst Auctions June 12, 2020. Price Realized: $750 | |
| AMERICAN PAINTED PINE TABLE-TOP BOX, nailed-construction, slant-lid concealing interior with divider, lined with period pamphlets, including some for "MERRIMACK PRINT WORKS", over two dovetailed drawers, one with divider, and likely original wooden knobs. Poplar secondary wood. Retains an old varnished surface over a paint-decorated surface, slant-lid interior with paint-decoration. First half 19th century. 16.75” H, 13.754" W, 8.25” D. Condition: Very good overall condition with areas of expected usage wear, scattered minor losses, old break to left hinge. Provenance: From an Upstate New York private collection. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 26, 2020. Estimate: $100-150 Price Realized: $1,170 | |
| AMERICAN WALLPAPER-COVERED BENTWOOD BOX, oblong form with poplar or basswood substrate, wallpaper pattern depicting Federal-style buildings against a blue ground, underside of lid and bottom with period notation "No. 5" in red grease pencil. First half 19th century. 6.5" H, 13.75" L. Condition: Very good overall condition with minor scattered wear, losses, and discoloration. Provenance: From an Upstate New York private collection. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 26, 2020. Estimate: $100-200 Price Realized: $1,404 | |
| AMERICAN FOLK ART CARVED AND PAINTED FRUIT BASKET PLAQUE, pine, of exceptional detail, the overflowing footed woven basket retaining likely original polychrome painted surface. Possibly New York State. Mid 19th century. 16.25" HOA, 27" WOA. Condition: Very good overall condition with several minor breaks and repairs (retaining all original components), minor touch-up to a few of the repaired areas. Provenance: From an Upstate New York private collection Mark Lawson Auction, 5/8/03 The collection of Walter Jeffords, Saratoga Springs, NY. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 26, 2020. Estimate: $500-800 Price Realized: $3,042 | |
| SARAH WRIGHT BIFFIN (ENGLISH, 1784-1850) ORNITHOLOGICAL PAINTING, WATERCOLOR AND INK ON PAPER, depicting a bird of prey overtop of its kill, inscribed "Drawn and written by Miss Biffin 1844 / without hands". Housed in a period frame. Dated 1844. 8.5" x 6.5" sight, 11" x 9" OA. Condition: Very good overall visual condition, minor areas of applied paper to the back of the painting. Not examined out of frame. Provenance: From an Upstate New York private collection. Catalogue Note: Sarah Wright Biffin was born in 1784 to a family of farmers in East Quantoxhead, Somerset without hands, arms or feet. Despite her handicap, she learned how to read and eventually to write and paint by using her mouth. Around age 12 or 13, she was contracted to a travelling showman, Emmanuel Dukes. He exhibited her at fairs and sideshows throughout England, and the public paid to watch her paint, draw, and sew. Reportedly, Biffin received as little as five pounds a year while touring with Dukes. After years of service, she was released from her contract and sponsored by George Douglas, the Earl of Morton, to become an independent painter of miniature portraits. In 1821, Biffin was awarded a silver medal for an historical miniature by the Society of Arts and exhibited her work at the Royal Academy between 1821 and 1850. She received commissions from the Royal Family to paint miniature portraits of them, including George III, George IV, William IV, Queen Victoria, and Prince Albert. In 1824, she married William Stephen Wright, but the couple separated soon afterwards. For several years, Biffin signed her work with her married name, Mrs. Wright. She died in 1850 and is buried at St. James Cemetery in Liverpool. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 26, 2020. Estimate: $100-200 Price Realized: $1,404 | |
| LABELED ERNEST VOGT (PHILADELPHIA) PAINT-DECORATED CIVIL WAR REGULATION INFANTRY ROPE-TENSION SNARE DRUM, oak circular body of lapped construction with brass tack decoration, retains a nearly pristine interior label for "ERNST VOGT / MANUFACTURER OF / DRUMS, BANJOS, TAMBOURINES, &C. / NO. 225 BEAVER STREET / PHILADELPHIA / Contract, December 29th, 1864”. Condition: Untouched original painted surface with design featuring a bold Federal eagle. Retains likely original leather ears (four probably replaced). 1864. 16" H, 16.5" D. Very good overall condition with minor scattered wear and surface losses to paint, four leather ears likely replaced, very minor losses to rim. Provenance: From an Upstate New York private collection. Catalogue Note: Ernest Vogt of Philadelphia was awarded a government contract in 1864 to produce 2,000 of these drums for use in the Union Army. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 26, 2020. Estimate: $4,000-6,000 Price Realized: $7,605 | |
| AMERICAN DECORATED EARTHENWARE / REDWARE PLATE / DISH, lead-glazed interior, lightly coggled rim. Yellow-slipped "Apple / Pie" to center. Probably Pennsylvania. Mid 19th century. 11" D, 1 1/2" H. Condition: Having some flakes and chips to rim edge with a few glaze flakes to slip decoration and some expected wear. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 26, 2020. Estimate: $1,000-2,000 Price Realized: $4,388 | |
| STAMPED "H.C. SMITH / ALEX A / D.C", ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE LARGE JAR, salt-glazed, "5" gallon capacity mark, bold ovoid form with rounded rim, four incised shoulder rings, and arched medial-groove handles. Exuberant brushed cobalt decoration comprising a horizontal floral vine on front, three seven-petal vertical leaves on reverse, and additional cobalt to handle terminals. Strong full mark. Made for Hugh Charles Smith (1804-1854), at the Wilkes Street Pottery, Alexandria, VA. 1830-1847. 15" H, 7.75" D rim, 8.25" D base. Condition: Excellent condition, minor hairline at base in front, light hairline from base at one side with two branches running into lower body. Literature: Wilder - Alexandria, Virginia Pottery, p. 171, fig. HCS68, and p. 320, variation of Mk. VI with a period after the upper C. Provenance: A newly discovered example from a Florida estate. Catalogue Note: Wilder illustrates only a single example of a five-gallon capacity vessel from Smith's shop, that being in the Alexandria Lyceum collection. He notes that Alexandria crocks of five-gallon capacity or more were so seldom made that potters generally didn't have a capacity stamp for these containers. The capacity mark seen on the jar offered here is not recorded by Wilder. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 26, 2020. Estimate: $3,000-4,000 Price Realized: $7,605 | |
| STAMPED "J.P. SMITH", ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE JAR, salt-glazed, "1" gallon capacity mark, slightly ovoid form with squared rim, collared neck, single incised shoulder ring, and applied arched handles. Slip-trailed cobalt "Alexandria Motif" sunflower decoration on front, zig-zag band encircling collar, and three horizontal flowers to reverse. Made by the Milburn Pottery, Wilkes St., Alexandria, VA for merchant James P. Smith (1812-1873). 1850-1854. 10.375" H, 6" D rim. Condition: Having glued base repair, chip to rim, handle, and base, approximately 3.5" hairline beside flower on front. Literature: Wilder - Alexandria, Virginia Pottery, p. 325, Mk XV, "This is one of the rarer marks found on Alexandria pottery.” Provenance: From a private Pennsylvania collection. Catalogue Note: Since James Smith only operated the Smith family importing business for a short period, pieces bearing his stamp are very difficult to locate. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 26, 2020. Estimate: $400-600 Price Realized: $1,755 | |
| PENNSYLVANIA MODELED AND CARVED EARTHENWARE / REDWARE FIGURAL PIG BOTTLE / FLASK, lead-glazed, well-detailed, anatomically-correct recumbent form with delineated facial features and carved hair. Attributed to Daniel Henne or Joseph Henne, Shartlesville, Bern Township, Berks County, PA. Mid 19th century. 4.52" HOA, 10.5" L. Condition: Very good condition, one front leg reattached, minor chips to spout, touch-up to snout and tail. Literature: Hollander - American Radiance, pp. 150, 151, fig. 114, from the Ralph Esmerian collection. Garvan - The Pennsylvania Collection, p. 222, fig 14, from the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, ex-collection of Titus C. Geesey. Provenance: From the Duane Sand collection, Eureka Springs, AR. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 26, 2020. Estimate: $1,000-2,000 Price Realized: $4,973 | |
| AMERICAN WALLPAPER-COVERED MINIATURE BOX, circular form with stitched edges, boldly printed with light-blue and yellow crescent design on a dark blue ground, plain interior. Mid 19th century. 2" H, 2.75" D. Condition: Very good condition with some expected wear and light bends. Provenance: From a Virginia private collection. Skinner, Inc., 5/21/16, lot 81. Ex-collection of Lewis Scranton, Killingworth, CT. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 26, 2020. Estimate: $200-300 Price Realized: $1,989 | |
| HARDY CO., WEST VIRGINIA PAINTED PINE WALL CUTLERY / CANDLE BOX, the "lollipop" form back fitted with carved applied spoon rack flanked by shaped sides, slight canted front board. Retains likely original red-painted surface with faint black decoration. First half 19th century. 15" HOA, 12.25" W, 7.25" D. Condition: Very good condition with expected usage wear, old loss to one spoon rack divider. Provenance: From a Lakeland, FL collection. Ex-property of a Shenandoah Valley private collector. Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, 6/20/15, lot 781. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 26, 2020. Estimate: $300-500 Price Realized: $1,170 | |
| PENNSYLVANIA FOLK ART PAINT-DECORATED PINE BUCHER-TYPE BOX, dome-top example, lid featuring a house with corner tulips, case with tulips and a house on the back panel. Retains likely original polychrome-painted surface with an over-varnish. Heinrich Bucher, Berks County, Pennsylvania. 19th century. 5" H, 10.5" W, 6 .5” D. Condition: Good overall condition with minor inpainting to top of lid and around hasp, old cracks to lid, and areas of expected usage wear. Provenance: From the private collection of Dr. James and Sheri Swinehart, Cincinnati, OH. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 26, 2020. Estimate: $200-300 Price Realized: $2,457 | |
| AMERICAN PAINTED PINE MINIATURE BLANKET CHEST, hinged rectangular lid with applied edge moldings over a nailed case having divided interior, above a single full drawer, flanked by solid ends with arched cut-outs, underside of lid with numerous inscriptions, including "Mabel Bailey / 1861". Retains an early blue-painted surface over original red. Probably New England. First quarter 19th century. 11.75" H, 13" x 7.5" lid. Condition: Good overall condition with moderate scattered wear, minor losses to drawer facing with likely later brass ring pull. Provenance: From the private collection of Dr. James and Sheri Swinehart, Cincinnati, OH. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 26, 2020. Estimate: $150-250 Price Realized: $2,574 | |
| PIEDMONT VIRGINIA FRONTIER POWDER HORN AND HUNTING BAG, horn with turned throat ring and screw tip, applied turned wooden cap and finial, wooden plug, leather two-compartment bag with tooled heart on flap and strap. Hung with a horn measure and pick/whisk set of unknown association. Bought at a farm auction in Albemarle Co., VA. First half 19th century. Horn 13" LOA. Condition: Very good as-found condition, horn with no breaks or losses, old repairs to strap and typical imperfections to leather. Provenance: From the private collection of Margie and Gordon Barlow, Augusta Co., VA. Ex-collection of Giles Cromwell. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 27, 2020. Estimate: $300-500 Price Realized: $2,457 | |
| | THE WOOLFOLK FAMILY SIGNED GOLDSMITH CHANDLEE, WINCHESTER, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA BRASS CIRCUMFERENTOR / SURVEYOR'S COMPASS AND CASE, dial engraved with central fleur de lys at north and star points at other directions, signed "G:CHANDLEE" and WINCHESTER" around southern edge flanking pole dial with central outkeeper window, two intact and functioning spirit levels, original glass, arms set with original screw-on sights, one arm mounted with a period brass plaque engraved "W. WOOLFOLK", original brass cover with printed label to underside inscribed "Clocks / Mathematical Instruments &c / Made / and Watches Repaired / by / Goldsmith Chandlee / Winchester". Retains its original yellow pine dovetailed case with hinged lid, brass mounting swivel for top of staff, two hand-engraved brass protractors, probably made by Chandlee, parallel rule, and two other items. Reserve. Circa 1795. 8" HOA, 6.75" D dial, 14.5” L. Condition: Excellent as-found working condition, dial bezel loose but glass is secure, some losses to paper inside cover. Case sides coming loose at dovetails, lid hinges detached, small loss to rule. Literature: See Chandlee - Six Quaker Clockmakers, pp. 136, 137 for similar examples. For the latest scholarship on Chandlee see Hollan - Virginia Silversmiths, pp. 141-146. Provenance: Recently discovered at an Arkansas farm auction. Catalogue Note: Goldsmith Chandlee (1751-1821) was one of the most accomplished and notable makers of clocks and scientific instruments in America during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He worked in Winchester from 1783 until his death in 1821. Roughly 22 of his surveyor's compasses are known today including examples at Colonial Williamsburg, Mount Vernon, and the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. The example offered here is one of the best preserved specimens known. The identity of the name on the arm is not verified, but one possible owner is William Woolfolk (1752-1822) of Caroline Co., VA. The Woolfolk family ran a stage line and mail route from Washington to Fredericksburg to Richmond during the late 18th century. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 27, 2020. Estimate: $6,000-9,000 Price Realized: $15,210 |
| IMPORTANT VIRGINIA COLONIAL SILVERSMITH MANUSCRIPT LETTER, double-sided ink on single sheet, from James Craig, Williamsburg, VA silversmith to a patron, dated May 23, 1761. Content consists of Craig offering to sell to a retailer a wide range of goods including earrings, stone rings, stone buttons in gold, stone sets in silver, gold and silver seals, and silver-handled cork screws. He notes "I had lately from London about seven hundred pounds sterling, some small plate, and silver toys." He asks the client to "send your money to some friend of yours in Virginia, any man that comes to our general courts at Williamsburg" and offers "you shall have everything as cheap as I can afford, to have a living profit on them, I assure you sir I take no advantages of any man." 1761. 7.5" x 6.5”. Condition: Very good condition with mailing folds, two short tears from right edge above a small hole. Literature: For the latest research on James Craig see Hollan - Virginia Silversmiths, p. 195-199. Provenance: From the estate of Commander Buryl and Nelwyn Kay, McLean, VA. Catalogue Note: James Craig (by 1725-1794) was the most preeminent silversmith and jeweler in Williamsburg during the Colonial period. He is first recorded by an advertisement in a 1746 issue of the Virginia Gazette stating he had come from London and was operating a shop on Francis Street facing Main Street. His clients included George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Robert W. Carter. The letter offered here was recently discovered in the Kay estate and to our knowledge has not been previously recorded. While it does not list an addressee, it is possibly Craig's first letter to Edenton, NC silversmith and jeweler Thomas Agnis. Catherine Hollan notes that in July 1761, shortly after this letter was written, Craig sold to Agnis a variety of silver and jewelry, for which Agnis sent his "boy Joe Baker" with payment. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 27, 2020. Estimate: $1,000-2,000 Price Realized: $3,393 | |
| | CARY'S POCKET GLOBE WITH SHAGREEN CASE, terrestrial globe, case labeled on one half with a map entitled "The WORLD as it was known in CAESAR'S time / agreeable to D'Anville", on the other half with "A TABLE / of / Latitudes & Longitudes / of Places not given / on this / GLOBE". Reserve. J & W Cary Strand, London. 1791. Case 3.25" D. Condition: Good as-found condition, globe with scattered losses, cracks, missing metal axis pins, case with old repair to hinge, and other imperfections. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 27, 2020. Estimate: $1,500-2,500 Price Realized: $8,775 |
| NEW ENGLAND CHIPPENDALE CHERRY MINIATURE FALL-FRONT DESK, dovetailed case, the hinged fall-board concealing a highly-developed interior featuring carved shell prospect drawer and blocked small drawers, remaining case having three graduated drawers with period brass pulls, raised on an applied ogee bracket-foot base. Pine and poplar secondary woods. Retains an old refinished surface with warm color. Circa 1780. 24" H, 22.5" W, 13" D. Condition: Very good overall condition with minor scattered wear. Minor old repair to rear foot support. Minor pieced repair to proper right end, and very minor knot repair to proper left end. Provenance: From the private collection of Dr. James and Sheri Swinehart, Cincinnati, OH. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 27, 2020. Estimate: $1,000-2,000 Price Realized: $11,700 | |
| AMERICAN PAINT-DECORATED SIX-BOARD POPLAR BLANKET CHEST, nailed construction, hinged rectangular lid with battens to the underside, interior with lidded-till, half-moon cut-outs on the sides. Retaining original red-painted surface, front panel featuring a central flowering urn with heart decorations, flanked by the initials "S / M", with trees on each side, against a white-ground. Possibly Western MA or NY. First quarter 19th century. 24" H, 46" W, 17.75" D. Condition: Very good overall condition, lid is somewhat warped causing the lid to not lock, and with areas of expected usage wear. Possible minor areas of inpainting to white ground around the keyhole and upper leaves of the foliate / floral device . Literature: See Fales - American Painted Furniture, 1660-1880, p. 237, fig. 405 for a highly similar example by the same hand currently in the collection of Historic Deerfield. Provenance: From a Virginia private collection. Recently discovered in Winchester, VA. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 27, 2020. Estimate: $1,000-2,000 Price Realized: $7,605 | |
| ENGLISH SPATTERWARE BULL'S EYE CERAMIC PLATE, having purple- and fuchsia-sponged bull's eye design to center with alternating stripes of fuchsia and purple to rim border. Second quarter 19th century. 9.5" D. Condition: Excellent visual condition having some expected short scattered scratches from use with a chip to underside foot ring. Literature: Parallels the Greasers - Homespun Ceramics, p. 35, fig. 62. Provenance: From a Virginia private collection. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 27, 2020. Estimate: $200-300 Price Realized: $2,691 | |
| | IMPORTANT GROUP OF BROCK FAMILY (MADISON CO., VIRGINIA) FOLK ART MINIATURE PORTRAITS, LOT OF EIGHT, watercolor and pencil on paper (each), depicting Joseph and Agnes Brock and their six children, Susan, Elizabeth, Helen, Virginia, Anselm, and Malvina, each in waist-length profile pose, several holding flowers, Helen (the youngest) holding a doll, each identified with inscription in lower margin, Helen's portrait inscribed verso "Painted at 4 years of age / 1812 in Virginia her native / state". Each unframed. Together with a later 19th-century Brock family leather photo album, containing numerous CDVs, most bearing Mobile, Alabama photographer's imprints, one example depicting an elderly gentleman identified verso as "Ansalem Brock / of / Richmond, Virginia" (the boy depicted in the present group of watercolor portraits). Nine pieces total. Circa 1810. Smallest 4.25" x 3,75". Largest 7.375" x 6.125". Each approximately 3.25" x 2.875" sight size. Condition: Anselm with moderate toning. Susan with very minor foxing / discoloration. Malvina and Joseph with heavier areas of discoloration. Remainder generally excellent with very minor discoloration. Literature: See Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, 6/26/10, lot 207, for a pair of portraits by the same hand that descended in the Aylor/Finks family of Madison Co., VA. Provenance: Descended directly in the family of the sitters. Catalogue Note: The recent discovery of the present group of Brock family watercolor miniature profile portraits sheds new light on an as-yet unidentified itinerant portraitist working during the first decades of the 19th century primarily in the northern piedmont region of the Virginia backcountry. We have documented 20 works attributable to this hand, peaking interest in the identity of the artist and the lives of his sitters. In addition to the eight Brock Family portraits, there are at present four examples recorded in MESDA’S object database by the artist and eight others in private collections, two of which were sold by Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. While the artist’s identity remains unknown, the appearance of these eight watercolor profiles, completely fresh to the market, adds a new dimension to the story while more generally enhancing our understanding of the role of art and portraiture in the lives of rural middle-class Virginians in the early years of the Republic. The profile portrait, as an art form that touched all socioeconomic levels in the United States, was at its peak of popularity during the first half of the 19th century. Given the deeply-rooted cultural appetite for all things Classical during the formative years of the American republic, it is no surprise that the profile portrait (a common Classical device employed in coinage, architectural ornament, and other decorative arts in Ancient times) became an important part of the national aesthetic during the Federal period. Additionally, the invention of mechanical devices, such as the physiognotrace, that facilitated production and enhanced verisimilitude, as well as widespread interest in the pseudo-science of physiognomy, played a vital role in the rise of profile art in early America. From the depiction of Liberty on silver coinage, to the portrait engravings of well-known individuals by St. Memin, to the significant number of silhouettes produced during this period, it is clear that the profile as a distinct genre had permeated the popular imagination to a substantial degree in Federal America. It is no surprise then, that many of the patrons of backcountry portraiture from the early 19th century elected to have a profile likeness taken of themselves, rather than a traditional frontal view. Indeed, the demand for profile portraiture amongst the middle class was great enough in the early decades of the 19th century to spur a new generation of itinerant folk artists to travel the countryside in pursuit of commissions (think of William Weaver, Francis Cezeron, Jasper Miles, Silon Henkel, and Rufus Porter, to name just a few). With smaller, lightweight materials to transport, mechanical devices to aid in the work, and a whole new class of customers eager for profile likenesses, these new artists thrived in America’s rural areas. Joseph Brock (b. 1771), the patriarch depicted in the Brock Family portraits, was just such an eager customer. Around 1810, Brock commissioned this unknown profile artist to take likenesses of himself, his wife, and his growing family. Census records for the year indicate that the Brock household in Madison Co., Virginia was a busy one, with over 28 people recorded, 12 of them enslaved. By 1820, those numbers had grown to 34 individuals recorded in the Brock household, 18 of them enslaved. Clearly, Joseph Brock was established, and he choose to mark this moment in the growth of his family through profile portraiture. His oldest son, Anselm Brock (b. 1797), would remain in Madison for some time, where he is recorded in the 1850 census as a tavern keeper with $2,400 worth of real estate. It appears that Anselm may have moved in the late 1850’s to Richmond, Virginia, where he is documented in an 1858 carte-de-visite photograph from a Richmond photography studio and later buried in the city’s famous Hollywood cemetery. With the destruction of Richmond during the Civil War, the Brock Family migrated south, settling in Alabama and Georgia, where the portraits have descended to the present owner. The appearance of the present group of Brock Family watercolor profile portraits on the open market represents a rare opportunity to acquire an intact, fresh-to-the-market group of Southern backcountry family portraiture from the Federal period by an as-yet unidentified individual hand. Provenance: From a Virginia private collection. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 27, 2020. Estimate: $20,000-40,000 Price Realized: $52,650 |
| | GEORGE HENRY BURGESS (BRITISH-AMERICAN, 1831-1905) HISTORICAL PANORAMIC VIEW OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, watercolor and ink on paper applied to a period stretcher, a highly-detailed scene of the growing pioneer city situated by the bay, the water packed with nearly a hundred sailing vessels, signed, dated, and inscribed "San Francisco in 1850 / From Head of Clay Street / Geo. H. Burgess / 1868 / From sketch by Prendergast". Housed under glass in a period molded giltwood frame. Reserve. Dated 1868. 14.5" x 28.5" sight, 21.5" x 35.5" OA. Condition; Excellent overall original condition. Minor pin hole at extreme left center sight edge. Later lithographic title pasted in lower margin (obscured by mat). Frame with wear . Provenance: From the estate collection of Russell and Doris Evitt, Jackson, CA. Catalogue Note: Born in London, George Henry Burgess (1831-1905) was the son of a distinguished surgeon. Part of an artistic family (his grandfather and three of his brothers were also artists), Burgess showed an inclination for the arts at a young age when he began his studies at the Somerset House School of Design. Around 1850, he and three of his brothers traveled to San Francisco seeking fortune and new opportunities. During the hectic 1850's in California, the Burgess brothers alternately worked as miners, jewelers, and game hunters in the region, all the while sketching and recording the landscape and settlements growing up around them. They also made several trips to Hawaii (then known as the Sandwich Islands), during which George made numerous sketches and portraits of the islands and its people. Many of these images, as well as those depicting San Francisco and parts of California, were made into lithographs or incorporated as illustrations in various publications. Ultimately making San Francisco his permanent home, Burgess co-founded the city's Art Association, operated a studio and taught lessons, and continued to produce original and lithographic views, many of which were based on sketches he had completed on his initial arrival to the area in the early 1850’s. The "Prendergast" noted in the present work's inscription refers to John Prendergast (b. 1815), a fellow Englishman who had come to California around the same time as George Burgess and produced a number of sketches documenting the region. While we have been unable to find the Prendergast source for the present work, there is a smaller preliminary sketch of this scene on ruled paper by Burgess in the collection of the Society of California Pioneers. The present view of San Francisco stands as an important early documentary view of an iconic American city. Provenance: From a Virginia private collection. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 27, 2020. Estimate: $15,000-25,000 Price Realized: 40,950 |
| AMERICAN, PROBABLY PENNSYLVANIA, FOLK ART CUT-WORK / SCHERENSCHNITTE VALENTINE, watercolor and ink on paper, featuring lovebirds, hearts, and central star-like device, 16-stanza sentimental verses, with the fifth verse "It is my fortune / to be merry / This fourteenth / day of February"., with later hand written note on the back "Born 1839-1912 / This valentine mad in / the year 1864 by Catherine / Griffen Means / Grandmother of Hillard J. Murphy". Housed under glass in a period frame. Third quarter 19th century. Valentine 11.5" x 11.75", 16.25" x 16.25" OA. Condition: Laid down on paper, scattered losses to the edges, with toning and scattered areas of paint loss. Frame with scattered minor losses. Not examined out of frame. Provenance: The collection of Lynne and the late Philip Blaker, Austin, TX. Pook & Pook, Inc., 10/03/09, lot 778. Sold at Jeffrey S. Evans Auction June 27, 2020. Estimate: $200-300 Price Realized: $1,755 | |
| VERY FINE FIVE COLOR RAINBOW SPATTER CHINA WATER PITCHER. Alternating bands of yellow, black, blue, red and green. Melon body with double C-scroll handle. 11”h. Condition: Very good. Sold at Conestoga Auction June 12, 2020. Estimate: $3,000-5,000 Price Realized: $5,015 | |
| STIEGEL TYPE POLYCHROME ENAMEL DECORATED COLORLESS GLASS COLOGNE BOTTLE. Bird, building, floral and foliate decoration. 5.5”h. Condition: Very good. Sold at Conestoga Auction June 12, 2020. Estimate: $100-300 Price Realized: $501.50 | |
| JOSEPH LOCHBAUM, NINE HEARTS ARTIST INK AND WATERCOLOR FRAKTUR. Mirror image decorated with angels, hearts, tulips and floral devices. In a modern frame, 15.5” x 18" overall. Condition: Good with stains, crease tears and minor loss. Sold at Conestoga Auction June 12, 2020. Estimate: $1,500-2,500 Price Realized: $3,422 | |
| THREE RARE AMERICAN PEWTER DOUBLE HANDLED CHALICES. One signed and two attributed to Israel Trask, Beverly, Mass., 1807–1856. 7" and 7.25”h. Condition: Very good with minor wear. Sold at Conestoga Auction June 12, 2020. Estimate: $200-400 Price Realized: $1,770 | |
| DILLSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA VIBRANTLY PAINTED PINE TWO-PART CORNER CUPBOARD, early 19th c., retaining a vibrant sponge decorated surface with yellow doors and moldings, 92.25" h., 48.75" w. Condition: Paint is original and untouched. Overall very good condition with minor wear. Sold at Pook and Pook June 20, 2020. Estimate: $4,000-6,000 Price Realized: $18,300 | |
| NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL GREEN GLASS EAGLE AND FLAG FLASK, embossed Coffin & Hay Hammonton, 8" h. Provenance: Brown collection. Condition: Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs. Sold at Pook and Pook June 20, 2020. Estimate: $800-1,200 Price Realized: $6,100 | |
| PHILADELPHIA HISTORICAL AMBER GLASS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND T.W DYOTT, M.D. FLASK, Kensington Glass Works, 6.75" h. Provenance: Judge Blaske collection. Condition: Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs. Provenance: Judge Blaske collection. Sold at Pook and Pook June 20, 2020. Estimate: $6,000-9,000 Price Realized: $16,250 | |
| PENNSYLVANIA SACKBACK WINDSOR CHILD’S CHAIR, CA. 1785, with knuckle arms, scalloped seat and baluster turned legs, retaining traces of its original painted surface. Provenance: Joe Kindig, Jr. Pook & Pook, Inc, The Pioneer American Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley, lot 145. Condition: Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs. Sold at Pook and Pook June 20, 2020. Estimate: $3,000-4,000 Price Realized: $11,590 | |
| MINIATURE TIN FOOTED TAPERSTICK CANDLE MOLD, 19th c., 4.5" h. Condition: Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs. Sold at Pook and Pook June 20, 2020. Estimate: $300-500 Price Realized: $1,063 | |
| MOCHA COVERED BOWL, 19th c., with dot and feather decoration, 7" h., 9.5" diameter. Condition: Good condition with two small faint lines at rim. Sold at Pook and Pook June 20, 2020. Estimate: $2,000-4,000 Price Realized: $5,124 | |
| RARE MOCHA GEMEL JUG, 19th c., with cat's eye and earthworm decoration, 9.75" h. Condition: Covered jug with a few large chips to rim and base. Open jug with a couple small flakes and a shirt line at rim. Sold at Pook and Pook June 20, 2020. Estimate: $5,000-8,000 Price Realized: $8,125 | |
| CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA SILK ON LINEN SAMPLER DATED 1775, wrought by Martha Thomas, retaining an inlaid cherry frame, dated 1786, above the initials MT, within swirling line inlaid tulips, 14" x 9.875”. Illustrated in Schiffer Furniture and Its Makers, Chester County, Pa. Provenance: Wyomissing Collection. Condition: Glass replaced. Bottom right corner frayed. Sold at Pook and Pook June 20, 2020. Estimate: $5,000-8,000 Price Realized: $51,240 | |
| OHIO PAINTED POPLAR DOWER CHEST, mid 19th c., inscribed Jacob Wherley, retaining its original yellow surface with stenciled flowers, pinwheels, etc., 23.75" h., 40" w. Provenance: The Estate of Pauline Kasserman, Winesburg, Ohio. Condition: Overall very good condition with minor wear. Base and feet are all original. Original paint and stenciling. Sold at Pook and Pook June 20, 2020. Estimate: $2,000-3,000 Price Realized: $9,760 |
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