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Carved and Gilded Eagle Watch Stand
Lot: 31Sold for: $1,750$1,400Carved and Gilded Eagle Watch Stand, 19th century, the spread wing eagle with window on its breast to hold a watch, on a carved architectural base, with movement engraved "W.R. London" in an 18K more ...
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Wrought Iron and Brass Adjustable Two Light Candlestand
Lot: 32Sold for: $12,500$10,000Wrought Iron and Brass Adjustable Two Light Candlestand, 18th century, the central adjustable support with filework decoration and brass candle sockets and drip pans on a tapering iron rod with more ...
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Pine Chest Over Drawer
Lot: 33Sold for: $1,000$800Pine Chest Over Drawer, possibly Nantucket, Massachusetts, early 18th century, the lift-top with pintle hinges opens to a deep sell above a large thumb-molded case of three false and one working more ...
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American School, 19th Century Seaside Town
Lot: 34Sold for: $4,688$3,750American School, 19th Century Seaside Town Unsigned. Oil on panel, 13 1/2 x 21 1/4 in., in a molded and black-painted frame. Condition: Surface grime, a few small spots of retouch. Property more ...
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Paint Decorated "Starch" Slide-lid Box
Lot: 35Sold for: $563$450Paint Decorated "Starch" Slide-lid Box, America, mid-19th century, pine box of nailed construction with mottled green paint and marked "STARCH" in black lettering against a red-painted banner, ht. 2 more ...
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Blue-painted Oval Pantry Box with Twelve Linen Towels and One Linen Kerchief
Lot: 36Sold for: $875$700Blue-painted Oval Pantry Box with Twelve Linen Towels and One Linen Kerchief, 19th century, the box with large tab seam secured with iron tacks, eleven checked linen towels, one with stripes at the more ...
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Two Round Painted Pantry Boxes
Lot: 37Sold for: $594$475Two Round Painted Pantry Boxes, America, 19th century, the largest, a green-painted box inscribed in red paint "W. Sugar" with straight seam secured by iron tacks; and a smaller blue-painted box more ...
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Polychrome Painted Mirror
Lot: 38Sold for: $2,125$1,700Polychrome Painted Mirror, 19th century, the poplar frame with flower motifs against a red background, rainbow painted corner blocks with an animal painted on the two lower corners, ht. 17 3/4, wd. more ...
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Samuel McIntire Two-sided Carved and Painted George Washington Profile Portrait Plaque
Lot: 39Sold for: $75,000$60,000Samuel McIntire Two-sided Carved and Painted George Washington Profile Portrait Plaque, Salem, Massachusetts, c. 1805-11, composed of two plaques fastened back-to-back, the figures carved in high more ...
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Attributed to William Matthew Prior (Massachusetts/Maine, 1806-1873) Mount Vernon
Lot: 40Sold for: $10,625$8,500Attributed to William Matthew Prior (Massachusetts/Maine, 1806-1873) Mount Vernon Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 19 1/4 x 25 1/2 in., in a carved and gilded frame. Condition: Relined, craquelure, more ...
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American School, Late 18th Century Portrait of Luther Little
Lot: 41Sold for: $1,063$850American School, Late 18th Century Portrait of Luther Little Unsigned, titled on the frame. Oil on canvas, 36 x 29 in., in a molded, gilded, and black-painted frame. Condition: Abrasion in more ...
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American School, 19th Century Miniature Portrait of a Young Woman with a Coral Necklace
Lot: 42Sold for: $1,063$850American School, 19th Century Miniature Portrait of a Young Woman with a Coral Necklace Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, 3 x 2 3/8 in., in a molded and gold-painted frame. Condition: No obvious more ...
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Carved, Gilded, and Painted Phrygian Cap
Lot: 43Sold for: $10,000$8,000Carved, Gilded, and Painted Phrygian Cap, likely New England, c. 1800, carved from two pine blocks nailed together forming a cap with the apex bent over, old gold leaf surface with red-painted band more ...
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William Pierce Stubbs (Maine/Massachusetts, 1842-1909) Portrait of the Ship Glide
Lot: 44Sold for: $18,750$15,000William Pierce Stubbs (Maine/Massachusetts, 1842-1909) Portrait of the Ship Glide Signed "STUBBS" l.l. Oil on canvas, 22 x 35 1/2 in., in a gilt molded frame. Condition: Puncture in the sky, more ...
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Warren Sheppard View off Twin Lights
Lot: 45Sold for: $688$550Warren Sheppard View off Twin Lights signed l.r. oil on canvas, 19 1/2 x 29 1/2 in., in a giltwood frame. Condition: Patch to the far right side, scattered retouch. Property from the Estate more ...
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Silkwork Portrait of the Schooner Rose-Marie
Lot: 46Sold for: $2,250$1,800Silkwork Portrait of the Schooner Rose-Marie, T. Willis, New York, early 20th century, the silk schooner with raised sails and rigging, on a painted sea, signed "T.Willis N.Y." l.r., in a molded more ...
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John Halley Bellamy Carved and Painted Eagle Plaque
Lot: 47Sold for: $20,000$16,000John Halley Bellamy Carved and Painted Eagle Plaque, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, late 19th century, white-painted eagle's head and wings with blue and white shield below and "Don't Give Up The Ship" more ...
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Carved and Painted Yachting Plaque
Lot: 48Sold for: $1,625$1,300Carved and Painted Yachting Plaque, Massachusetts, c. 1912, the central medallion with carved and painted yacht flags against a blue sky background with shell above, flanked by carved sea monsters, more ...
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Montague J. Dawson (British, 1890-1973) Sweeping Along
Lot: 49Sold for: $37,500$30,000Montague J. Dawson (British, 1890-1973) Sweeping Along Signed "Montague Dawson" l.l., titled on label on back of frame. Oil on canvas, 24 x 35 1/2 in., in a gilt molded frame. Condition: more ...
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Montague J. Dawson (British, 1890-1973) Good Sailing
Lot: 50Sold for: $12,500$10,000Montague J. Dawson (British, 1890-1973) Good Sailing Signed "Montague Dawson" l.l., dated 1932 on the nameplate. Oil on canvas, 28 x 42 in., in a gilt molded frame. Condition: No obvious more ...
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Fine Cased Model of the Yacht Rosemary
Lot: 51Sold for: $10,000$8,000Fine Cased Model of the Yacht Rosemary, the finely detailed model housed in an oak and glass case, ht. 31, wd. 36 1/2, dp. 9 1/2 in. Note: Rosemary was designed by A. Carey Smith, owned by more ...
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Painted Wood Whaleboat Model
Lot: 52Sold for: $2,000$1,600Painted Wood Whaleboat Model, early 20th century, the boat outfit with sail, oars, harpoons, ropes, barrels and hung from a pair of davits, lg. 23 in. Property from the Estate of Warren M. more ...
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Clement Drew (Massachusetts, 1806-1889) View Near Bass Rock, East Gloucester
Lot: 53Sold for: $6,875$5,500Clement Drew (Massachusetts, 1806-1889) View Near Bass Rock, East Gloucester Inscribed on the back of the canvas "Good Harbor Beach View Taken Near Bass Rock East Gloucester/By C. Drew 1885." more ...
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Manuscript Journal of the Yacht Cleopatra's Barge on a Voyage of Pleasure
Lot: 54Sold for: $100,000$80,000Manuscript Journal of the Yacht Cleopatra's Barge on a Voyage of Pleasure, Vol. I, March 30, 1817 to October 3, 1817. journal bound in red Morocco boards with gilt stampings, 246 pages including more ...
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The attack made on Tripoli on the 3d August 1804, by the American Squadron under Commodore Edward Preble
Lot: 55Sold for: $2,125$1,700The attack made on Tripoli on the 3d August 1804, by the American Squadron under Commodore Edward Preble, engraving by John B. Guerrazzi, Leghorn, Italy, 1808, hand tinted naval engagement mounted more ...
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"A Pageant of English Naval History" Diorama
Lot: 56Sold for: $1,875$1,500"A Pageant of English Naval History" Diorama, H.E. Boucher Mfg. Co., New York, 20th century, depicting sixteen naval vessels from the ninth through the twentieth century, presented in a glass more ...
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Carved and Painted Miniature Green-winged Teal
Lot: 57Sold for: $1,500$1,200Carved and Painted Miniature Green-winged Teal, A. Elmer Crowell, East Harwich, Massachusetts, early 20th century, the standing female duck on a domed base, with circular Crowell ink stamp on the more ...
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Carved and Painted Miniature Golden Pheasant
Lot: 58Sold for: $8,125$6,500Carved and Painted Miniature Golden Pheasant, A. Elmer Crowell, East Harwich, Massachusetts, the standing figure on a domed base, with a circular Crowell ink stamp on the underside, ht. 3 in. more ...
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Carved and Painted Miniature Male Buffle-head
Lot: 59Sold for: $1,188$950Carved and Painted Miniature Male Buffle-head, A. Elmer Crowell, East Harwich, Massachusetts, early 20th century, the standing duck figure on a domed base, with a rectangular Crowell stamp imprinted more ...
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Carved and Painted Miniature Male Common Merganser
Lot: 60Sold for: $2,125$1,700Carved and Painted Miniature Male Common Merganser, A. Elmer Crowell, East Harwich, Massachusetts, early 20th century, the standing duck figure on a domed base with tapered edge, the underside more ...