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Painted Pine Storage Box
Lot: 1Sold for: $4,600$4,000Painted Pine Storage Box, New England, c. 1830, intricate foliate and scrollwork decoration, the sides with a central rectangle and linear banding at the edges, the lid interior with a similar more ...
Make-Do Needlework Pincushion
Lot: 2Sold for: $1,265$1,100Make-Do Needlework Pincushion, late 19th century, round woven wool covered cushion with wool yarn cut pile and embroidered decoration including floral sprays, dog, and birds, fringe trim, raised on more ...
Grain Painted Wooden Ticket Collection Box
Lot: 3Sold for: $2,990$2,600Grain Painted Wooden Ticket Collection Box, reeded columnar form, mottled olive, brown paint, (wear),ht. 31, dia. 17 1/4 in. Provenance: Butterfield and Butterfield, Marmer more ...
Painted and Glazed Paneled Wall Cupboard
Lot: 5Sold for: $2,875$2,500Painted and Glazed Paneled Wall Cupboard, New England, last half 19th century, the shaped pierced crest over nail constructed case containing single cupboard door with single light over fielded more ...
Carved and Polychrome Painted Figure of a Lady
Lot: 6Sold for: $17,250$15,000Carved and Polychrome Painted Figure of a Lady, 19th century, possibly a Quaker lady with a turquoise jewel at her neck, wearing a full-length red dress and white apron with painted lace detail, ht. more ...
Copper Arrow Weathervane
Lot: 7Sold for: $2,530$2,200Copper Arrow Weathervane, America, late 19th century, all-over verdigris surface, center knob of black painted zinc, (imperfections),ht. 9 1/2, with stand 58, lg. 56 1/2 in. Provenance: Jim more ...
Carved and Painted Wooden Arrow Weathervane
Lot: 8Sold for: $3,220$2,800Carved and Painted Wooden Arrow Weathervane, America, 19th century, six-pointed stars carved in relief within a trio of circles along with carved scrolls and "feathers," traces of blue, more ...
Hooked Rug
Lot: 9Sold for: $18,400$16,000Hooked Rug, Duchess County, New York, late 19th century, centered with an urn of flowers, chevron border with a leaf at each corner, the back with velcro strips for display on a wood panel, 92 1/2 x more ...
Cast and Sheet Iron Rooster Weathervane
Lot: 10Sold for: $31,050$27,000Cast and Sheet Iron Rooster Weathervane, attributed to Rochester Iron Works, New England, mid-19th century, painted and gold-leafed surface, with cast-iron directionals two spheres and stand, more ...
Painted Pine Demi-lune Shelf
Lot: 11Sold for: $1,610$1,400Painted Pine Demi-lune Shelf, America, 19th/20th century, bowed top over conforming pierced support with applied moldings above pierced perimeter, green and cream-colored paint, ht. 9, lg. 56, dp. more ...
White Cotton Trapunto Needlework Fragment
Lot: 12Sold for: $316$275White Cotton Trapunto Needlework Fragment, 19th century, a central basket of flowers worked above a floral and foliate swag, (imperfections),22 1/2 x 42 in. Provenance: Marna more ...
Rare Cast-iron Fish Weathervane Mold
Lot: 13Sold for: $1,265$1,100Rare Cast-iron Fish Weathervane Mold, America, late 19th century, oblong mold with half-body fish form in relief, wd. 11, lg. 23 3/4, dp. 5 in. Provenance: Harris more ...
Woven Wool American Flag Blanket
Lot: 14Sold for: $12,650$11,000Woven Wool American Flag Blanket, c. 1836-37, twenty-five stars on a field of blue with seven red and six white stripes, appears to bear the initials "FBC" in ink in upper left-hand star and more ...
Carved Wooden Figural Group
Lot: 15Sold for: $9,200$8,000Carved Wooden Figural Group, Vermont, late 19th century, depicting a horse with leather harness, brass and copper fittings, pulling a two-part sleigh, a man with articulated arms dressed in a cap more ...
Pictorial Hooked Rug
Lot: 16Sold for: $3,738$3,250Pictorial Hooked Rug, early 20th century, two "kissing" horses in a field of flowers, with horseshoes at the upper corners, mounted on a frame, 31 x 42 in. Provenance: Thomas K. Woodard; more ...
Painted Yellow Pine Carving of George Washington
Lot: 17Sold for: $13,800$12,000Painted Yellow Pine Carving of George Washington, possibly South Carolina, c. 1840, the standing figure with relief carved features and clothing painted brown with traces of gilt, mounted on a more ...
Tin and Wood Pharmacy Sign
Lot: 18Sold for: $1,725$1,500Tin and Wood Pharmacy Sign, c. 1900, rectangular sign with cut-out "DRUGS" and scrolled corners mounted to a wooden frame, traces of old paint, (weathered),ht. 28 1/4, lg. 54 in. more ...
Double-sided Carved and Painted Wooden Book-form Trade Sign
Lot: 19Sold for: $2,415$2,100Double-sided Carved and Painted Wooden Book-form Trade Sign, Lowell, Massachusetts, early 19th century, dark red paint with gilt and yellow letters, inscribed "C.C. Coburn Stationers and News more ...
Cast Concrete Coca-Cola Architectural Fragment
Lot: 20Sold for: $2,990$2,600Cast Concrete Coca-Cola Architectural Fragment, Midwestern America, early 20th century, the rectangular sign with bottle and scroll decoration in high relief, framed, (corner chip),ht. 30, wd. 27 more ...
Collection of Ten Handmade String Instruments
Lot: 21Sold for: $2,990$2,600Collection of Ten Handmade String Instruments, primarily Virginia, 1880-1930s, featuring a one-string banjo, cigar-box fiddle, two fruitcake tin banjos, a mandolin, and a guitar, some made of carved more ...
Miniature Painted Tin Band Instruments
Lot: 22Sold for: $1,265$1,100Miniature Painted Tin Band Instruments, mid-20th century, composed of tin, wire, nails, and wood, including piano, drum, xylophone, violin, bass, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, four chairs, a stool, more ...
Figural Sandstone Carving
Lot: 24Sold for: $2,300$2,000Figural Sandstone Carving, America, early 20th century, depicting two mounted military figures in relief, the Confederate Generals Lee and Jackson, including stand, ht. 22, wd 26, dp. 1 1/2 in.; lot more ...
Exterior Over-door Pediment
Lot: 25Sold for: $18,400$16,000Exterior Over-door Pediment, New York, c. 1840, carved wooden owl, oak leaves, and acorns applied with nails to a triangular board backing, remnants of old paint, (minor imperfections),ht. 28 1/2, more ...
Steel Fragment Sculpture
Lot: 26Sold for: $805$700Steel Fragment Sculpture, 20th century, composed of various steel tools and machinery implements, ht. 25 1/4, lg. 34 more ...
Pair of Gray Polished Granite Urns
Lot: 27Sold for: $633$550Pair of Gray Polished Granite Urns, late 19th/early 20th century, bowl-form with incised ring decoration, raised on stepped bases, ht. 12, dia. 18 more ...
Embroidered Wool Coverlet
Lot: 28Sold for: $17,250$15,000Embroidered Wool Coverlet, Rebecca C. Hayward, Winchendon, Massachusetts, c. 1849, a tile pattern of floral devices worked in silk and chenille threads, and wool yarns in multiple shades of red, more ...
Carved Wooden Arrow Weathervane
Lot: 29Sold for: $863$750Carved Wooden Arrow Weathervane, Maine, late 19th/early 20th century, weathered surface mounted on cast-iron hardware, (imperfections),ht. 12, lg. 32 more ...
Slate Whimsey
Lot: 31Sold for: $748$650Slate Whimsey, Vermont, radiating blades of thinly cut slate, raised on a stepped pyramidal shaped base, (minor wear),ht. 11 1/4, wd. 9 in. Provenance: Colt Barn Antiques, Townshend, more ...
Three Carved and Engraved Slate Whimseys
Lot: 32Sold for: $748$650Three Carved and Engraved Slate Whimseys, Pennsylvania, 1840-60, with engraved heart, rosette, and geometric motifs, (minor breaks),ht. 4, 8, and 9 1/2 in. Provenance: Larry more ...
Carved and Engraved Slate Whimsey
Lot: 33Sold for: $1,725$1,500Carved and Engraved Slate Whimsey, New England, 19th century, the red slate whimsey with carved foliate decoration and heart motifs on the blade ends, on a stepped rectangular base, ht. 17, wd. 14 more ...