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Pair of Brass Petal-base Candlesticks
Lot: 1750Sold for: $523$425Pair of Brass Petal-base Candlesticks, England, third quarter 18th century, with non-functioning twist-up ejector mechanisms, ht. 7 3/4 in. more ...
Three Sets of Brass Wall Sconces
Lot: 1751UnsoldThree Sets of Brass Wall Sconces, 19th century, one set with lyre back and three arms, a second set with geometric and heart back with three arms, and a third set with shaped rectangular back with more ...
SOUTH SEA WHALE FISHERY.
Lot: 1752Sold for: $923$750SOUTH SEA WHALE FISHERY. After W.J. Huggins, London, c. 1825, engraving with handcoloring on paper, identified in extensive inscriptions in the matrix, 17 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (plate),framed and more ...
Woolwork Picture "HMS Rodney and Albion Beating out of the Tacus,"
Lot: 1753Sold for: $923$750Woolwork Picture "HMS Rodney and Albion Beating out of the Tacus," England, 19th century, in a grain-painted frame with a gilt liner, ht. 16 1/2, wd. 25 3/4 in. more ...
Collection of Wooden Household Implements
Lot: 1754UnsoldCollection of Wooden Household Implements, 19th century, two graters, a juicer, a bed key, a tiger maple rolling pin, five pestles, a ringed beater, two small pins, lg. to 20 in. more ...
Papier-mache Snuff Box with African American Imagery
Lot: 1755Sold for: $197$160Papier-mache Snuff Box with African American Imagery, 19th century, the lid with a caricature of a young woman in a red cap and blue gown, ht. 2 1/4 in. more ...
Four Inlaid Boxes
Lot: 1756Sold for: $369$300Four Inlaid Boxes, America or England, early 19th century, one with crotch mahogany veneer, rosewood edging, and removable cloth-lined tray; one with burl veneer panels, rosewood edging, and more ...
Cutlery Box with Knife and Fork Inlay
Lot: 1757Sold for: $123$100Cutlery Box with Knife and Fork Inlay, 19th century, oak with tapering sides and shaped hanging bracket, the front with inlaid crossed knife and fork, ht. 17 3/4, wd. 6 1/4, dp. 5 7/8 in. more ...
Large Wooden Fruit Box
Lot: 1758Sold for: $369$300Large Wooden Fruit Box, 19th century, the canted sides and bottom pierced with vent holes, square nail construction, ht. 7, wd. 21, dp. 21 in. more ...
Inlaid Box
Lot: 1759Sold for: $277$225Inlaid Box, 19th century, the lid, front, and side with inlaid hearts, diamonds, stars, anchors, and arrows, (imperfections),ht. 5, wd. 13, dp. 8 3/4 in. more ...
Mahogany Veneer and Shell Inlaid Box
Lot: 1760Sold for: $400$325Mahogany Veneer and Shell Inlaid Box, England, 19th century, square box, the lid and front with shell inlay, the sides with gilt-brass handles, all framed by a checkered border and ropetwist more ...
Marquetry and Mahogany Lacemaker's Box
Lot: 1761Sold for: $492$400Marquetry and Mahogany Lacemaker's Box, 19th century, the lid with elaborate diamond pattern framing with mother-of-pearl inlay, the sides with diamond borders, opening to an interior with lidded more ...
Star-inlaid Mahogany Veneer Sewing Box
Lot: 1762Sold for: $369$300Star-inlaid Mahogany Veneer Sewing Box, 19th century, the lid with compass star design, the diamond pattern inlay, opening to blue-painted interior with removable compartmentalized tray, ht. 6, wd. more ...
Nine Early Sewing Items
Lot: 1763Sold for: $308$250Nine Early Sewing Items, late 18th/19th century, six buttonhole chisels, a seam ripper, comb, and wood box with iron wire loom parts, ht. to 6 in. more ...
Two Dovetailed Liquor Boxes
Lot: 1764Sold for: $400$325Two Dovetailed Liquor Boxes, 19th century, with handles and locking lids, both ht. 13 1/4, 14, dp. 10 1/2 in. more ...
John Rogers Plaster Sculpture Representing a Moment in The Merchant of Venice
Lot: 1765Sold for: $123$100John Rogers Plaster Sculpture Representing a Moment in The Merchant of Venice, New York, late 19th century, inscribed in the casting "JOHN ROGERS/NEW YORK/1880." and "PATENTED/JUNE 1ST 1880," (minor more ...
Eleven Sewing Items
Lot: 1766Sold for: $277$225Eleven Sewing Items, 19th century, two carved thimble cases, a carved thread case, a carved measuring tape case, a carved pincushion, a chicken-form pincushion, a steel and brass sewing bird, a more ...
Green-painted Canoe
Lot: 1767Sold for: $984$800Green-painted Canoe, early 20th century, constructed of slats of wood joining bentwood ribs and covered in canvas. more ...
George M. Hathaway (America/England, 1852-1903) Coastal Landscape
Lot: 1768Sold for: $400$325George M. Hathaway (America/England, 1852-1903) Coastal Landscape Signed "G.M. Hathaway" l.l. Oil on academy board, 6 x 10 3/4 in., in a gilt molded frame. Condition: No obvious retouch. more ...
Mahogany Coffin-form Tea Caddy with Waste Bowl
Lot: 1769Sold for: $209$170Mahogany Coffin-form Tea Caddy with Waste Bowl, 19th century, molded lid and base with concave sides and paneled lid opening to an interior with two foil-lined tea compartments and a central more ...
"Good-will Soap" Wagon
Lot: 1770Sold for: $554$450"Good-will Soap" Wagon, early 20th century, wooden body with red trim, the sides with printed inscription "GOOD-WILL SOAP," large iron hooped wooden spoke wheels on the back, smaller iron hooped more ...
Tramp Art Jewelry Box
Lot: 1771UnsoldTramp Art Jewelry Box, America, 20th century, the side and lids built up from several thin layers of wood with diamond edging, opening to a padded red cloth-lined interior, the inside of the lid more ...
Stuffed Leather Folk Art Beetle
Lot: 1772UnsoldStuffed Leather Folk Art Beetle, America, early 20th century, with button eyes, lg. 11 in. more ...
Two 1930s Americana Auction Catalogs: Frances P. Garvan (1931) and William Randolph Hearst Part II (1938)
Lot: 1773Sold for: $123$100Two 1930s Americana Auction Catalogs: Frances P. Garvan (1931) and William Randolph Hearst Part II (1938),New York, with many black and white photographic illustrations, each with penciled prices more ...
Eighteen American Coin Silver Spoons
Lot: 1774Sold for: $369$300Eighteen American Coin Silver Spoons, 18th/early 19th century, makers include: Marcus Marriman, Thomas Underhill & John Vernon, Bernard Wenman, Ezekiel Burr, William Garret Forbes, W. Pitkin, Albert more ...
Bronze John Scott Medal Awarded to Jesse W. Reno, Inventor of the Escalator
Lot: 1775Sold for: $800$650Bronze John Scott Medal Awarded to Jesse W. Reno, Inventor of the Escalator, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1914, the obverse with "AWARDED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA" surrounding the arms of the City more ...
Anna T. Dorrance (American, Mid-19th Century) John R.A. Dorrance
Lot: 1776UnsoldAnna T. Dorrance (American, Mid-19th Century) John R.A. Dorrance Singed in ink on the reverse "Drawn by Anna L. Dorrance." Graphite on paper, 6 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. Condition: Minor toning, minor more ...
Black-upholstered Steer Horn Armchair
Lot: 1777Sold for: $615$500Black-upholstered Steer Horn Armchair, early 20th century, composed of twenty-four horns, ht. 33 1/2, seat ht. 17 1/2 in. more ...
Paint-decorated Bass Drum
Lot: 1778Sold for: $246$200Paint-decorated Bass Drum, America, c. 1920-30, the head painted with a scene of a woman in a blue bathing suit and umbrella, sitting on a dock, with interior illumination, dia. 28 1/2 in. more ...
Rosebee (American, 1932-2016) Safe Haven
Lot: 1779Sold for: $1,599$1,300Rosebee (American, 1932-2016) Safe Haven Signed and dated "91 Rosebee" l.r. Oil/acrylic on Masonite, 19 3/4 x 20 1/2 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: No obvious damage or more ...