Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2509Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 15, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
American School, 19th Century
Harborside Distillery. Signed "SC" l.r. Oil on canvas, depicting a large distillery compound with railroad distribution, several ships at anchor in the harbor, a horse-drawn carriage loaded with barrels, several figures including two men fishing from the shore, 19 x 24 in., in a later molded wood frame. Condition: Stable craquelure, minor retouch.
Estimate $800-1,200
Retouch to about 10 spots around the left top and right edges of the painting small to about 3/4 in. dia.