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Paint-decorated Dome-top Box
Lot: 121Sold for: $400$325Paint-decorated Dome-top Box, America, mid-19th century, the red-painted box decorated with black spots, the back inscribed "L. Hall.," iron handles with heart escutcheons on the ends, ht. 12, wd. more ...
Red-painted Miniature Bannister-back Great Chair
Lot: 122Sold for: $4,920$4,000Red-painted Miniature Bannister-back Great Chair, Rockland County, New Jersey, c. 1809, turned stiles with urn finials, scrolling arms, turned stretchers, and rush seat, with silver plate engraved more ...
Rufus Porter Attributed Paint-decorated Box
Lot: 123Sold for: $3,567$2,900Rufus Porter Attributed Paint-decorated Box, Thurmnat, Maryland, area, c. 1820, the front and sides with a scene of white buildings with red roofs in a hilly landscape with tall trees, the worn more ...
Moravian School Landscape Theorem
Lot: 124Sold for: $492$400Moravian School Landscape Theorem, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Anna G. Triebels, 1828, depicting a castle in a hilly and tree-lined landscape with a hunter and two spotted dogs, in a likely original more ...
Manuscript Muster and Size Roll of Captain Benjamin Hoppins Company of Colonel John Tophams 1st Rhode Island Regiment, April 27, 1778
Lot: 125Sold for: $3,198$2,600Manuscript Muster and Size Roll of Captain Benjamin Hoppin's Company of Colonel John Topham's 1st Rhode Island Regiment, April 27, 1778, the roll detailing the names and descriptive information more ...
American School, c. 1790 Miniature Portrait of an American Militia Officer
Lot: 126Sold for: $738$600American School, c. 1790 Miniature Portrait of an American Militia Officer Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, 4 x 2 3/4 in., in a mahogany veneer frame. Condition: Minor toning, not examined out more ...
Manuscript Letter from Joseph Smith to Benjamin Hoppin While Imprisoned in Tripoli
Lot: 127Sold for: $246$200Manuscript Letter from Joseph Smith to Benjamin Hoppin While Imprisoned in Tripoli, Tripoli, April 14, 1805, lamenting his not receiving any recent communication from Hoppin and lamenting his more ...
Stonington Carved Powder Horn
Lot: 128UnsoldStonington Carved Powder Horn, Stonington, Connecticut, 1812, the horn with carved decoration including the Amos Palmer House, built 1787 on one side, "STONING/TON" below a row of trees and more ...
Chapeau de Bras of Captain John Woodmansee and Grand Canal Hat Box
Lot: 129Sold for: $984$800Chapeau de Bras of Captain John Woodmansee and Grand Canal Hat Box, America, c. 1830, the beaver felt hat with woven eagle-decorated binding tape and silver bullion cord, silk lining with "WILDMAN & more ...
Rare First Phase Wax Relief Miniature of Gaspard Monge
Lot: 130UnsoldRare First Phase Wax Relief Miniature of Gaspard Monge, France, Jacques-Edouard Gatteaux, c. 1820, the painted relief bust of a man facing to the left on a flat disk, signed "E GATTEAUX" below the more ...
Hand-sewn George Washington Profile Figure
Lot: 131Sold for: $523$425Hand-sewn George Washington Profile Figure, sewn by a girl in Mystic, Connecticut, late 19th century, the figure dressed in a blue and buff uniform with bullion fringe epaulette and hat, painted more ...
Lavinia Wilcox Mahogany Lap Desk, an Albumen Photograph of Lavinia, a Ships Log from the Bark United States, and a Scrimshaw Whales T
Lot: 132UnsoldLavinia Wilcox Mahogany Lap Desk, an Albumen Photograph of Lavinia, a Ship's Log from the Bark United States, and a Scrimshaw Whale's Tooth, mid-19th century, the lap desk with slanted foldout more ...
Miniature Whalebone Ladder-back Rocking Chair
Lot: 133Sold for: $1,476$1,200Miniature Whalebone Ladder-back Rocking Chair, mid-19th century, the rear stiles with pointed finials, shaped arms on turned front stiles, turned stretchers, and rush carved seat, ht. 7 3/8 in. more ...
Four Early Carved and Scrimshaw-decorated Busks
Lot: 134UnsoldFour Early Carved and Scrimshaw-decorated Busks, America, late 19th/19th century, two chip-carved busks with geometric, heart, and pinwheel decoration, a whalebone busk with hearts, flowers, and a more ...
Miniature Carved Serpentine-front Scroll-top Desk/Bookcase
Lot: 135Sold for: $677$550Miniature Carved Serpentine-front Scroll-top Desk/Bookcase, Edwin R. King, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1939, the upper section with shaped recessed paneled doors opening to pigeonholes and deep more ...
Turned and Black-painted Four-post Doll Bed
Lot: 136Sold for: $492$400Turned and Black-painted Four-post Doll Bed, America, mid-19th century, the posts with turned brass knob finials, angular headboard with a molded frame and board surface, and hand-stitched block more ...
Red-painted Woven Splint Doll's Cradle
Lot: 137Sold for: $308$250Red-painted Woven Splint Doll's Cradle, probably Maine, 19th century, with feather mattress and maple rockers, ht. 6 1/2, wd. 10, dp. 5 1/4 in. Provenance: Hillary Nolan. The property of Brian more ...
Red- and Blue-painted Doll's Cradle
Lot: 138Sold for: $185$150Red- and Blue-painted Doll's Cradle, America, early 19th century, with shaped bonnet and end, arched rockers, ht. 9, wd. 13 in. Provenance: Bruce Sullivan. The property of Brian and Pam more ...
Chip-carved and Black-painted Candle Box
Lot: 139Sold for: $738$600Chip-carved and Black-painted Candle Box, America, late 18th/early 19th century, the box carved from a single piece of pine, ht. 3 1/4, wd. 6 3/4, dp. 18 in. Provenance: Descended through the more ...
Paint-decorated Cricket Stool
Lot: 140Sold for: $461$375Paint-decorated Cricket Stool, Guilford, Connecticut, 19th century, the salmon body with black and yellow decoration and arched legs, the black-painted top with floral decoration, ht. 6 3/4, wd. 11, more ...
Shaker Green-painted Slide-lid Box
Lot: 141Sold for: $461$375Shaker Green-painted Slide-lid Box, Mount Lebanon, New York, 19th century, the nailed box with arched lid, ht. 2 5/8, wd. 5 1/4, dp. 6 7/8 in. Provenance: Bruce Sullivan, Stonington, more ...
Miniature Pornographic Man in a Coffin
Lot: 142Sold for: $1,845$1,500Miniature Pornographic Man in a Coffin, late 19th century, the coffin housing a carved man in a black suit with concealed articulated anatomy, ht. 3 7/8 in. Provenance: Nathan Liverant & Son, more ...
Small Turned Burl Bowl
Lot: 143Sold for: $1,169$950Small Turned Burl Bowl, America, 19th century, with narrow rim and low foot, ht. 2 1/2, dia. 6 in. The property of Brian and Pam Ehrlich more ...
Small Turned and Dated Burl Bowl
Lot: 144Sold for: $492$400Small Turned and Dated Burl Bowl, America, with wide rim and low foot, the back carved with date "1818," and with an old partially legible note adhered to the back, ht. 1 3/4, dia. 7 in. The more ...
Large Turned and Green-painted Bowl
Lot: 145Sold for: $369$300Large Turned and Green-painted Bowl, America, 19th century, maple with low turned foot, ht. 7, dia. 22 3/4 in. The property of Brian and Pam Ehrlich more ...
Green-painted Trencher
Lot: 146Sold for: $677$550Green-painted Trencher, America, 19th century, the rectangular trencher with painted exterior, ht. 4 1/2, wd. 19 1/8, dp. 10 1/4 in. Provenance: Bruce Sullivan. The property of Brian and Pam more ...
Nine Miniature Oval and Round Pantry Boxes
Lot: 147Sold for: $1,107$900Nine Miniature Oval and Round Pantry Boxes, 19th century, the finger-lapped seams secured with iron or copper tacks, wd. to 5 1/8 in. The property of Brian and Pam Ehrlich more ...
Two Small Yellow-painted Berry Pails
Lot: 148Sold for: $554$450Two Small Yellow-painted Berry Pails, late 19th century, with green sponge decoration and iron hoops, ht. 4 3/8, dia. 5 1/2 in. The property of Brian and Pam Ehrlich more ...
Two Woven Coverlets
Lot: 149Sold for: $492$400Two Woven Coverlets, America, early 19th century, a blue and white coverlet with floral decoration, and eagle border, the corners with "LYDIA/McMahon/JULY 4/1827," and a red, white, and brown more ...
Early Bird-incised Cobalt-decorated Jar
Lot: 150Sold for: $861$700Early Bird-incised Cobalt-decorated Jar, Norwich, Connecticut, early 19th century, tall ovoid form with flat rim and applied handles, the front with incised and cobalt-decorated bird decoration, ht. more ...