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Large Slip-decorated Redware Plate
Lot: 506Sold for: $1,599$1,300Large Slip-decorated Redware Plate, possibly Bristol County, Rhode Island, early 19th century, concave form with coggled rim and yellow slip line and wave decoration accentuated with green glaze, more ...
Slip-decorated "Nanny Men" Redware Plate
Lot: 507Sold for: $2,214$1,800Slip-decorated "Nanny Men" Redware Plate, America, 19th century, with yellow and black wavy slip and green glaze decoration, coggled rim, dia. 11 in. more ...
Pair of Rockingham-glazed Candlesticks
Lot: 508Sold for: $369$300Pair of Rockingham-glazed Candlesticks, probably Vermont, mid-19th century, columnar form with ring embellishments and flared bases, ht. 9 1/2 in. more ...
Two-gallon Cobalt Deer-decorated Stoneware Jar
Lot: 509Sold for: $2,214$1,800Two-gallon Cobalt Deer-decorated Stoneware Jar, J. & E. Norton, Bennington, Vermont, third quarter 19th century, flat rolled rim, tooled neck, and applied lug handles, ht. 10 7/8, dia. 10 in. more ...
Polychrome Painted Wooden Bucket
Lot: 510Sold for: $2,091$1,700Polychrome Painted Wooden Bucket, 19th century, staved construction with iron band reinforcement, the body painted in horizontal bands of yellow, black, orange, red, and green, ht. 9 3/8, dia. 10 more ...
Red-, White-, and Blue-painted Ash Splint Picnic Basket
Lot: 511Sold for: $2,214$1,800Red-, White-, and Blue-painted Ash Splint Picnic Basket, America, late 19th century, rectangular with hinged lid and leather handle, ht. 9 1/2, wd. 13, dp. 8 1/2 in. more ...
Red-painted Glazed House-form Watch Hutch
Lot: 512Sold for: $1,599$1,300Red-painted Glazed House-form Watch Hutch, New England, 19th century, the peaked form with square door and circular opening, ht. 5 1/4, wd. 4 3/4 in. more ...
Paint-decorated Dome-top Chest in Apple Green and Yellow
Lot: 513Sold for: $1,722$1,400Paint-decorated Dome-top Chest in Apple Green and Yellow, New England, c. 1830-40, with swirls of green on a yellow ground and red flourishes at the corners, ht. 10, wd. 24, dp. 12 in. more ...
Blue-painted Paint-decorated Dome-top Box
Lot: 514Sold for: $1,476$1,200Blue-painted Paint-decorated Dome-top Box, America, mid-19th century, the top, sides, and back with red and yellow floral decoration within red line border, the front with initials "R" and "L" more ...
Cherry Inlaid and Heart-decorated Pipe Box
Lot: 515Sold for: $4,613$3,750Cherry Inlaid and Heart-decorated Pipe Box, America, late 18th/early 19th century, the box with lollipop hanger, divided compartment with shaped opening, the front with incised heart decoration over more ...
Long Wrought Iron Ember Tongs
Lot: 516Sold for: $2,460$2,000Long Wrought Iron Ember Tongs, America, 18th century, the spring-loaded tongs with penny pincers, pick, and pipe tamp, lg. 28 1/4 in. Provenance: Nathan Liverant. more ...
Etched Bull's-eye Glass Pane
Lot: 517Sold for: $800$650Etched Bull's-eye Glass Pane, early 19th century, the bottom with an etched image of man in a tall hat smoking a pipe, a boy and a woman wearing a bonnet, in a lead frame, ht. 8 3/4, wd. 7 1/4 more ...
Putty-painted Document Box
Lot: 518Sold for: $185$150Putty-painted Document Box, America, 19th century, with brass ring handle on the lid, ht. 5 1/2, wd. 15 1/8, dp. 8 in. more ...
Yellow-painted and Smoke-decorated Dome-top Box
Lot: 519Sold for: $246$200Yellow-painted and Smoke-decorated Dome-top Box, America, 19th century, ht. 11, wd. 24 1/4, dp. 12 3/4 in. more ...
Small Leather-covered Document Box
Lot: 520Sold for: $215$175Small Leather-covered Document Box, Thomas Christy, 12 Court Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1830-36, with brass stud decoration, the interior lined with marbled paper, maker's label on the lid, ht. more ...
Walnut Slant-lid Salt Box
Lot: 521Sold for: $523$425Walnut Slant-lid Salt Box, America, 19th century, the dovetailed box with arched crest, slant-lid compartment over a single drawer divided into nine compartments, ht. 13 1/4, wd. 10 1/2, dp. 10 1/4 more ...
Wallpaper Covered Dome-top Box
Lot: 522Sold for: $1,230$1,000Wallpaper Covered Dome-top Box, America, 19th century, the front and sides with birds and flowers against a blue background, the lid with potted roses against a white background, with tin hasp and more ...
Polychrome Watercolor-decorated Paper-covered Rectangular Box
Lot: 523Sold for: $1,722$1,400Polychrome Watercolor-decorated Paper-covered Rectangular Box, probably Massachusetts, c. 1820, the front decorated with three buildings and a landscape, the sides with flowers, and the lid with more ...
American School, Early 19th Century Portrait of a Young Fair-haired Boy in a Red Dress with Strawberries
Lot: 524Sold for: $5,228$4,250American School, Early 19th Century Portrait of a Young Fair-haired Boy in a Red Dress with Strawberries Unsigned. Oil on panel, the subject holding a small book, 27 x 19 1/2 in., unframed. more ...
Ammi Phillips (New York/Connecticut, 1788-1865) Portrait of a Gentleman with His Hand on a Book
Lot: 525Sold for: $6,765$5,500Ammi Phillips (New York/Connecticut, 1788-1865) Portrait of a Gentleman with His Hand on a Book Unsigned, c. 1815. Oil on canvas, 32 1/2 x 28 in., in a later red and black paint-decorated more ...
Attributed to William Jennys (Connecticut/New Hampshire, 1774-1859) Portrait of a Boy
Lot: 526Sold for: $1,107$900Attributed to William Jennys (Connecticut/New Hampshire, 1774-1859) Portrait of a Boy Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 16 1/4 x 14 in., in a molded and black-painted frame. Condition: Canvas laid more ...
Micah Williams (New Jersey, 1782-1837) Portraits of a Stylish Lady and Gentleman
Lot: 527Sold for: $46,125$37,500Micah Williams (New Jersey, 1782-1837) Portraits of a Stylish Lady and Gentleman Unsigned. Pastel on paper, the blue-eyed lady wearing a lace bonnet with ribbon, a blue beaded necklace, and more ...
Ruth Henshaw Miles Bascom, (Massachusetts, 1772-1848) Portrait of a Young Lady
Lot: 528Sold for: $7,380$6,000Ruth Henshaw Miles Bascom, (Massachusetts, 1772-1848) Portrait of a Young Lady Unsigned, identified on labels on the reverse. Pastel on paper cutout and applied to a light blue painted more ...
American School, Early 19th Century Portrait of a Man in a Black Coat and Striped Vest
Lot: 529Sold for: $1,968$1,600American School, Early 19th Century Portrait of a Man in a Black Coat and Striped Vest Unsigned. Oil on panel, 24 1/2 x 21 3/4 in., unframed. Condition: Considerable loss to bottom edge and more ...
Blue-painted Corner Cupboard
Lot: 530Sold for: $4,613$3,750Blue-painted Corner Cupboard, New England, 18th century, in one piece, the upper and lower paneled cupboard doors opening to shelves, old blue/gray paint, ht. 76, overall wd. approx. 39, shelf dp. more ...
Early Red-painted Maple Candlestand
Lot: 531Sold for: $523$425Early Red-painted Maple Candlestand, New Hampshire, 18th century, circular top on a ring- and urn-turned post and tripod base, ht. 25 3/4, dia. 18 1/4 in. more ...
Early Pine Box
Lot: 532Sold for: $984$800Early Pine Box, America, 17th century, the cleated top opens on pintel hinges above a nail-constructed box, ht. 11 3/4, wd. 25 1/2, dp. 14 1/4 in. more ...
Early Quilt Panel Depicting a Courtier and His Lady
Lot: 533UnsoldEarly Quilt Panel Depicting a Courtier and His Lady, possibly Massachusetts, initialed "SW" and dated "1697," worked in applique, 18 1/2 x 15 1/2 in., framed. Provenance: Cora Ginsburg, 1980. more ...
"Ales Knight" Needlework Band Sampler
Lot: 534Unsold"Ales Knight" Needlework Band Sampler, England, dated "1737," stitched in silk threads on a linen background with four lines of alphabet and signed in needlework "ALES KNIGHT HE/R SAMPLER AVG/VST more ...
Needlework Band Sampler
Lot: 535Sold for: $1,107$900Needlework Band Sampler, England, 18th century, stitched in silk on a linen background with seven lines of text or verse over blocks of intricate floral patterns, framed, ht. 20 1/2, wd. 10 in. more ...