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Sheet Copper Rooster Weathervane
Lot: 122Sold for: $1,845$1,500Sheet Copper Rooster Weathervane, America, c. 1910, silhouette form with pierced eye and tail feather details, copper reinforcing rib along top edge, verdigris surface, with metal stand, ht. 17, wd. more ...
Molded Copper "Smuggler" Running Horse Weathervane
Lot: 123Sold for: $3,690$3,000Molded Copper "Smuggler" Running Horse Weathervane, late 19th century, flattened full-body form with well-rendered body and mane details, verdigris surface with traces of gilding and old yellow more ...
Trotting Horse Lightning Rod
Lot: 124Sold for: $861$700Trotting Horse Lightning Rod, late 19th/early 20th century, flattened full-body form mounted on a cast iron directional, verdigris surface with gilding, with metal stand, ht. 9 1/2 in. more ...
Frank Adams Schooner Weathervane
Lot: 125Sold for: $984$800Frank Adams Schooner Weathervane, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, c. 1925-44, three-masted schooner with wire and rope rigging, sheet metal sails, white-painted deck, black-painted hull, with more ...
Pair of Sheet Copper Finials
Lot: 126Sold for: $2,214$1,800Pair of Sheet Copper Finials, 19th century, tall stepped obelisk forms with pointed tops and square bases, ht. 18 in. Provenance: Priscilla Hutchinson, Wiscasset, Maine, 2002. more ...
White-painted Federal Fanlight
Lot: 127UnsoldWhite-painted Federal Fanlight, America, late 18th/early 19th century, demilune wooden frame ornamented with lead spreadwing eagle, rosettes, trefoils, and leafy swags, ht. 16 1/2, wd. 44 1/8 more ...
Stoneware Jug
Lot: 128Sold for: $554$450Stoneware Jug, Swan & States, Stonington, Connecticut, c. 1830, tall ovoid form with flat rim, applied strap handles, marked on the front "SWAN & STATES/STONINGTON," ht. 12 1/2 in. Provenance: more ...
Cobalt-decorated Stoneware Crock
Lot: 129Sold for: $369$300Cobalt-decorated Stoneware Crock, Pennsylvania, 19th century, ovoid form with plain rim, applied lug handles, and stylized flower decoration, ht. 15 1/4 in. Provenance: Northeast Auctions, more ...
Cobalt-decorated Stoneware Crock
Lot: 130Sold for: $400$325Cobalt-decorated Stoneware Crock, Pennsylvania, 19th century, tall ovoid form with flat rolled rim, applied lug handles, and leafy decoration, ht. 12 in. Provenance: Northeast Auctions, August more ...
Carved Mahogany Pole Screen
Lot: 131Sold for: $2,706$2,200Carved Mahogany Pole Screen, Salem, Massachusetts, area, late 18th century, the carved flame finial above a vase-turned post with frame housing old flame-stitch needlework panel that adjusts in more ...
Pair of Iron and Brass Knife Blade Andirons
Lot: 132Sold for: $431$350Pair of Iron and Brass Knife Blade Andirons, America, 18th century, brass urn finials on iron knife blade fronts, arched legs with penny feet, ht. 23 1/2, wd. 13, dp. 18 in. Provenance: more ...
Walnut Veneer Parcel-gilt Mirror
Lot: 133UnsoldWalnut Veneer Parcel-gilt Mirror, probably northern Europe, late 18th century, with scrolled crest centering a gilt device, above the frame with gilt liner, ht. 19 in. Provenance: Harold E. more ...
Carved Mahogany Side Chair
Lot: 134Sold for: $4,920$4,000Carved Mahogany Side Chair, Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1760, the crest centering a carved shell above a vasiform splat, on compass slip seat and frontal cabriole legs, refinished, ht. 40, seat ht. 17 more ...
Carved Mahogany Tilt-top Tea Table
Lot: 135Sold for: $2,091$1,700Carved Mahogany Tilt-top Tea Table, Goddard School, Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1780, the circular dished top above a columnar post and tripod cabriole leg base, ht. 27 1/2, dia. 30 1/4 in. more ...
Mahogany Games Table
Lot: 136Sold for: $2,460$2,000Mahogany Games Table, Rhode Island, possibly Newport, c. 1770-80, the molded top above a straight skirt and pierced brackets joining four stop-fluted legs, old refinish, ht. 29 1/4, wd. 32, dp. 15 more ...
Miniature Mahogany Veneer Chest of Four Drawers
Lot: 137Sold for: $923$750Miniature Mahogany Veneer Chest of Four Drawers, reportedly Pennsylvania, early 19th century, with graduated drawers on a cutout base, ht. 12 1/4, wd. 11 1/2, dp. 7 in. Provenance: Stephen H. more ...
Painted Silk and Needlework Picture "Jeptha's Rash Vow,"
Lot: 138Sold for: $7,995$6,500Painted Silk and Needlework Picture "Jeptha's Rash Vow," Misses Pattens' School, Hartford, Connecticut, c. 1810, Jeptha, depicted on the right beneath an embroidered tree stands on a silkwork ground more ...
Mourning Needlework for Hannah Talbot
Lot: 139Sold for: $2,460$2,000Mourning Needlework for Hannah Talbot, Mary Talbot, Balch School, Providence, Rhode Island, late 18th/early 19th century, designed as a willow tree above an urn-topped memorial to the deceased more ...
Carved and Inlaid Mahogany Reverse Serpentine Chest of Four Drawers
Lot: 140Sold for: $1,845$1,500Carved and Inlaid Mahogany Reverse Serpentine Chest of Four Drawers, Salem, Massachusetts, late 18th century, the top above a correspondingly shaped case of string-inlaid drawers, on molded bracket more ...
Inlaid Mahogany Card Table
Lot: 141UnsoldInlaid Mahogany Card Table, probably Massachusetts, c. 1800, with elliptical front and half-serpentine ends above a conforming skirt centering a raised panel, the string- and diamond-inlaid square more ...
Inlaid Mahogany Candlestand
Lot: 142UnsoldInlaid Mahogany Candlestand, Boston, Massachusetts, early 19th century, the oval top inlaid with a patera, turned post with reeded urn, on tripod cabriole leg base, ht. 28, wd. 15, dp. 23 1/2 in. more ...
Mahogany Scroll-frame Mirror with Eagle Crest
Lot: 143Sold for: $431$350Mahogany Scroll-frame Mirror with Eagle Crest, America or England, late 18th century, with molded and gilt liner, ht. 30 1/2 in. Provenance: Fontaine's Auction Gallery, Pittsfield, more ...
Tiger Maple Drop-leaf Table
Lot: 144Sold for: $800$650Tiger Maple Drop-leaf Table, probably Massachusetts, early 19th century, rectangular top on delicate square tapering legs, ht. 28, wd. 19 1/2, dp. 36 in. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York. The more ...
Carved Tiger Maple Side Chair
Lot: 145Sold for: $3,690$3,000Carved Tiger Maple Side Chair, attributed to William Savery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1760-85, serpentine crest, vasiform splat, and shaped stiles all with beaded edge, rush seat, cabriole more ...
Rare Peter Derr Brass Bed Warmer
Lot: 146Sold for: $3,444$2,800Rare Peter Derr Brass Bed Warmer, Pennsylvania, early 19th century, hinged brass lid with wrigglework engraved bird and flower scene, the hinge marked "PD," on a turned walnut handle, lg. 45 in. more ...
Small Walnut Scroll-frame Mirror
Lot: 147Sold for: $369$300Small Walnut Scroll-frame Mirror, possibly mid-Atlantic States, old surface, ht. 18 in. Provenance: Northeast Auctions, August 4, 2007, Lot 779. more ...
Walnut and Mahogany Veneer Inlaid Bureau
Lot: 148Sold for: $923$750Walnut and Mahogany Veneer Inlaid Bureau, Baltimore, Maryland, area, early 19th century, the serpentine top with edge inlaid in contrasting stringing, above a conforming case of four similarly more ...
Pair of Black-painted Queen Anne Chairs
Lot: 149Sold for: $492$400Pair of Black-painted Queen Anne Chairs, probably Hudson River Valley, 18th century, yoked crests, turned stiles and vasiform splats above painted rush seats on turned front legs joined by bulbous more ...
American School, Early 19th Century Portrait of a Woman in a Lace Bonnet with Powder Blue Ribbons
Lot: 150Sold for: $369$300American School, Early 19th Century Portrait of a Woman in a Lace Bonnet with Powder Blue Ribbons Unsigned. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 in., in a molded black-painted more ...
Tiger Maple Settee
Lot: 151Sold for: $2,214$1,800Tiger Maple Settee, New York State, c. 1815, three slats joining four uprights above flat outward-scrolling arms with circular handholds, on rush seat joining turned legs and flat stretcher, ht. 33 more ...