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Carved and Painted Swan Decoy
Lot: 182Sold for: $861$700Carved and Painted Swan Decoy, T.J. Hooker, Illinois, 20th century, carved and white-painted swan with black bill and glass eye, signed on the bottom, ht. 24, lg. 30 in. Provenance: The more ...
Blue-painted Pine Rope Bed
Lot: 183Sold for: $461$375Blue-painted Pine Rope Bed, probably New England, early 19th century, with peaked headboard and block-turned posts continuing to swelled tapering legs, original surface, (imperfections),ht. 34, lg. more ...
Cherry and Birch Drop-leaf Dining Table with "Company Board" Extensions
Lot: 184UnsoldCherry and Birch Drop-leaf Dining Table with "Company Board" Extensions, possibly New England, early 19th century, the top with two drop leaves on a base of turned legs, with two separate rounded more ...
Light Blue-painted Hanging Shelf
Lot: 185Sold for: $677$550Light Blue-painted Hanging Shelf, late 19th century, shaped sides joined by a rail with nine turned pegs, lg. 54 in. Provenance: Bettina Krainin, Woodbury, Connecticut, 2005. more ...
Hooked Rug with Black Horse
Lot: 186Sold for: $2,337$1,900Hooked Rug with Black Horse, late 19th/early 20th century, the trotting horse on a variegated ground, his ear breaking the border at u.l., 30 x 37 1/2 in., mounted to a frame. Provenance: more ...
Hooked Rug with Cow
Lot: 187Sold for: $1,107$900Hooked Rug with Cow, early 20th century, the brown cow wears a bell, on a light green ground, with border incorporating clover, flower blossoms, and cow bells, 36 1/2 x 41 in., mounted to a more ...
Hooked Rug with Clover
Lot: 188Sold for: $523$425Hooked Rug with Clover, c. 1880-1920, twelve clovers in muted green on a muted brown background with green border, lg. 37, wd. 29 in. Provenance: Penny & Ronald Dionne Antiques, 1999. more ...
"Camp Fire" Pictorial Hooked Rug
Lot: 189Sold for: $1,968$1,600"Camp Fire" Pictorial Hooked Rug, Elsie E. Malm, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1939, the central image composed of a Camp Fire Girl in a wooded lake setting bordered by Camp Fire emblems and signed "EM more ...
Large Hooked Rug with a Country Landscape
Lot: 190UnsoldLarge Hooked Rug with a Country Landscape, Marie Hendrycy, Chester County, Pennsylvania, c. 1950, figures on a hillside in the foreground with livestock and a dog, mountainous landscape with more ...
Large Hooked Rug with a Landscape with House
Lot: 191UnsoldLarge Hooked Rug with a Landscape with House, Marie Hendrycy, Chester County, Pennsylvania, c. 1935-50, reportedly her farm, 46 x 90 in., mounted to a frame. The James and Pamela Alexander more ...
Snowy Landscape Hooked Rug
Lot: 192Sold for: $800$650Snowy Landscape Hooked Rug, Grenfell Labrador Industries, early 20th century, composed of bleached and dyed cotton strips hooked into a burlap back, label affixed to back of l.r. corner, mounted for more ...
Needlework Sampler "Margaret E. Wilson,"
Lot: 193Sold for: $2,091$1,700Needlework Sampler "Margaret E. Wilson," Massachusetts, c. 1820, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, composed of alphanumeric lines, and a line identifying the maker above a pictorial register more ...
Large Hooked Carpet with Colonial Revival Designs
Lot: 194Sold for: $369$300Large Hooked Carpet with Colonial Revival Designs, America, mid-20th century, with designs in dark blue, yellow, and white on a powder blue and white checkered ground, 9 x 12 ft. Provenance: more ...
Carved "Adam" Whirligig
Lot: 195Sold for: $3,567$2,900Carved "Adam" Whirligig, Frank Finney, southern United States, 20th century, the figure holding elongated leaves as paddles, on a square base, with custom stand, ht. 23 1/2 in. Provenance: more ...
Wood and Brass Log Caliper
Lot: 196Sold for: $984$800Wood and Brass Log Caliper, 19th century, sliding caliper on a graduated wood bar with pointed spoke measuring wheel, lg. 46 in. Provenance: American Garage, Los Angeles, California, 2009. more ...
"Wisdom" Toothbrush Trade Sign
Lot: 197Sold for: $1,599$1,300"Wisdom" Toothbrush Trade Sign, 20th century, red-painted handle marked "Wisdom" in yellow paint, white-painted wood bristles, lg. 38 1/2 in Provenance: American Garage, Los Angeles, California, more ...
Three-gallon Charles Lisk Alkaline Glazed Stoneware Face Jug
Lot: 198Sold for: $431$350Three-gallon Charles Lisk Alkaline Glazed Stoneware Face Jug, Vale, North Carolina, late 20th century, ovoid jug with wide mouth, strap and lug handles, the front with tooled open-mouthed face, more ...
James Houston (Canadian, 1921-2005) East Baffin Island NWT
Lot: 199Sold for: $400$325James Houston (Canadian, 1921-2005) East Baffin Island NWT Titled, dated, and signed "August 1990. J Houston" l.r. Pastel on paper, 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in., framed and matted. Condition: Not more ...
Eight Framed Lithographs of Flowers
Lot: 200Sold for: $861$700Eight Framed Lithographs of Flowers, Belgium, late 19th century, 12 x 9 1/2 in. (sight),in reeded gilt frames. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, August 13, 1996, Lot 107 The James and Pamela more ...
Eight Framed Lithographs of Ducks
Lot: 201Sold for: $492$400Eight Framed Lithographs of Ducks, London, c. 1856, with hand-coloring, 9 x 12 in. (sight),in gilt-gesso frames. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, August 13, 1996, Lot 50. more ...
Oval Blue-painted Steel "Shaker" Box
Lot: 202Sold for: $523$425Oval Blue-painted Steel "Shaker" Box, Jim Rose, Wisconsin, late 20th/21st century, all-metal construction with fingered joint, ht. 11 1/2, wd. 4 3/4 in. Provenance: Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, more ...
Sister Ethel Hudson Silk Scraps Shaker Mat
Lot: 203Sold for: $1,107$900Sister Ethel Hudson Silk Scraps Shaker Mat, Canterbury, New Hampshire, c. 1936, multicolored strips of silk fabric knitted into a mat, framed with two knitting needles and a ball of scraps, mounted more ...
Shaker Handled Splint Basket
Lot: 204UnsoldShaker Handled Splint Basket, 19th century, round form with two protruding carved handles above the shaped body and concave bottom, ht. 5, dia. 16 1/2 in. Provenance: Raccoon Creek, Oley, more ...
Shaker Sieve
Lot: 205Sold for: $185$150Shaker Sieve, 19th century, round with plaid horsehair screen, dia. 9 3/4 in. Provenance: Linsey-Woolsey Antiques, Middle Haddam, Connecticut. more ...
Carved Shaker Grain Shovel
Lot: 206Sold for: $492$400Carved Shaker Grain Shovel, Enfield, c. 1870-80, hewn from one board, lg. 36 1/2 in. Provenance: Richard Vandall, Canaan, New Hampshire, 2005. more ...
Large Marble-top Kitchen Table
Lot: 207Sold for: $492$400Large Marble-top Kitchen Table, possibly northern Europe, early 19th century, the thick dark gray marble top above the paneled green- and gray-painted frame and tapered legs, ht. 32 1/2, wd. 76 1/2, more ...
Carved and Painted Barrel-back Corner Cupboard
Lot: 208UnsoldCarved and Painted Barrel-back Corner Cupboard, probably northern Europe, early 19th century, cornice, middle, and side moldings surrounding shaped panels of reeded detail and cupboard doors below more ...
Carved and Painted Fire Screen Figure
Lot: 209Sold for: $3,567$2,900Carved and Painted Fire Screen Figure, Europe, 18th century, figure of an Elizabethan woman dressed in a long red and silver gown with wide neck ruffle, holding an urn with flowers, ht. 47, wd. 28 more ...
Painted Figural Fire Screen
Lot: 210Sold for: $1,845$1,500Painted Figural Fire Screen, Europe, late 18th century, painted on board, figure of a woman wearing a yellow gown and white apron seated and weaving bobbin lace, ht. 51, wd. 28 1/2 in. more ...
Needlework Pictures of the Four Continents
Lot: 211Sold for: $3,690$3,000Needlework Pictures of the Four Continents, probably England, c. 1800, silkwork scenes depicting allegorical images of "America," "Europe," "Asia," and "Africa," in period frames, ht. 16 1/2, wd. 15 more ...