06-08-200806-08-2008
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2412Boston
June 8, 2008 11:00 AMCalender
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Three Items Related to New Hampshire Artist and Poet Celia Thaxter

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$1,185$1,000
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2412Location: BostonDate / Time: June 08, 2008 11:00AM

Description:

Three Items Related to New Hampshire Artist and Poet Celia Thaxter, New Hampshire, late 19th century, including a cane which belonged to the artist with silvered copper top, the terminal engraved "Thaxter," a framed poem and lithograph image of "White Island Light" with an oval printed image of Celia Thaxter; a veneered mirror frame ornamented with a floral spray painted by Thaxter with applied silvered metal thermometer engraved and made by "Charles Wilder Peterborough, N.H.," poem 6 x 9 (sight),cane lg. 37 3/4, mirror frame 9 x 7 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

the thin wood veneer on cardboard is separated on the left and l.l. edge, the silver is wearing off the cane top.

Keywords

Celia Thaxter, Artist and Poet, New Hampshire, Peterborough, applied silvered metal thermometer