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Salmon-painted Pine Chest over Two Drawers
Lot: 212UnsoldSalmon-painted Pine Chest over Two Drawers, possibly Connecticut, 18th century, the hinged molded top opens to a well above a case of two thumb-molded false drawers and two working drawers, on tall, more ...
Red-painted Slat-back High Chair
Lot: 213Sold for: $277$225Red-painted Slat-back High Chair, New England, mid-18th century, with three slats joining stiles with finials, above turned arms and bulbous knob handholds on splayed legs joined by turned double more ...
Incised and Painted Bentwood Box
Lot: 214Sold for: $1,845$1,500Incised and Painted Bentwood Box, Scandinavia, c. 1849, oval box with stitched joint, the lid and sides decorated with carved and painted houses, trees, and animals, the top of the lid carved "No more ...
Paint-decorated Slant-lid Writing Box
Lot: 215Sold for: $738$600Paint-decorated Slant-lid Writing Box, Scandinavia, c. 1862, dark blue box with painted floral device on the lid, the front lettered "JBSDV" and "1862," the interior painted white with polychrome more ...
Reverse-painted Glass and Molded Walnut Courting Mirror in Frame
Lot: 216Sold for: $369$300Reverse-painted Glass and Molded Walnut Courting Mirror in Frame, northern Europe, late 18th century, the crest centering a basket of flowers, the sides inset with orange and white marbleized glass, more ...
Two Polychrome-decorated Oval Bride's Boxes
Lot: 217Sold for: $492$400Two Polychrome-decorated Oval Bride's Boxes, 19th century, a light blue box with stitched bentwood sides and floral decoration, and a dark blue box with stitched bentwood sides, floral decoration, more ...
Small Framed Mirror
Lot: 218Sold for: $492$400Small Framed Mirror, America, early 19th century, rectangular, with black-stained, reeded frame, ht. 3 3/4, wd. 4 3/4 in. more ...
Small Carved and Paint-decorated Mirror
Lot: 219Sold for: $8,610$7,000Small Carved and Paint-decorated Mirror, America, early 19th century, rectangular frame with salmon-, red-, and white-painted geometric design and hanging loop, (mirror cracked),ht. 5, wd. 3 1/4 more ...
Small Painted-decorated Comb Box
Lot: 220Sold for: $1,968$1,600Small Painted-decorated Comb Box, America, 19th century, green-painted rectangular box with convex sides painted with descending border of green, red, and blue bands, the inside of the box inscribed more ...
Small Watercolor on Velvet Theorem with a Compote of Fruit
Lot: 221Sold for: $1,046$850Small Watercolor on Velvet Theorem with a Compote of Fruit, America, early 19th century, in an arch-molded mahogany veneer frame, (toned, faded, frame with shrinkage cracks),7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. more ...
Three Framed Watercolor en Grisaille Folk Art Scenes
Lot: 222Sold for: $984$800Three Framed Watercolor en Grisaille Folk Art Scenes, mid-19th century, one with manor house and steamboat, two with manor house and tree, in molded gilt frames, ht. to 9 1/2, wd. 13 in. more ...
Large Charcoal Sandpaper Picture of Niagara Falls
Lot: 223Sold for: $1,845$1,500Large Charcoal Sandpaper Picture of Niagara Falls, America, 19th century, small figures on one shore, small buildings across the gorge, a steamboat approaches the falls from below, (creases, more ...
Red-painted Hat Rack
Lot: 224Sold for: $11,993$9,750Red-painted Hat Rack, New England, early 19th century, the turned tapering shaft with bulbous finial, vase and ring turnings, and twelve knobtop, spindles on a tripod base of turned, tapering legs, more ...
Green-painted Fireboard
Lot: 225Sold for: $738$600Green-painted Fireboard, New England, first half 19th century, composed of four blind panels on scrolling trestle feet, old green paint, ht. 33 1/2, wd. 38 in. more ...
Cast Iron Pictorial Fireback
Lot: 226Sold for: $923$750Cast Iron Pictorial Fireback, possibly Siegerland region of Germany, c. 1696, arched rectangular form with floral borders and scrollwork top, central pictorial scene of a phoenix emerging from more ...
Wrought Iron Door Handle
Lot: 227Sold for: $1,230$1,000Wrought Iron Door Handle, America, c. 1787, round handle with circular plates and long wavy finials, the upper plate with punched date "1787," ht. 20 1/2 in. more ...
Two Pewter Porringers
Lot: 228UnsoldTwo Pewter Porringers, Gershom Jones, Providence, Rhode Island, c. 1774-1809, the pierced handles stamped on the top with Jones's mark, on one consisting of a lion flanked by "GI" in a circle, the more ...
Pair of Pewter Whale Oil Lamps
Lot: 229UnsoldPair of Pewter Whale Oil Lamps, Freeman Porter, Westbrook, Maine, c. 1835-60, the fonts with whale oil burners on a tall knopped stem and round base, the underside marked "F. PORTER WESTBROOK, No. more ...
Set of Six Pewter "Haystack" Graduated Measures
Lot: 230Sold for: $861$700Set of Six Pewter "Haystack" Graduated Measures, Joseph Austen & Son, Cork, Ireland, c. 1828-33, capacities range from 1/2 gill to gallon, most bear Austen's mark on the bottom with the 54 North more ...
Pair of Pewter Candlesticks
Lot: 231UnsoldPair of Pewter Candlesticks, early 18th century, wide drip-catcher on acorn knop stem and wide turned base, the base marked "NR" in a sunken cartouche, crown over "X," and a lion/griffin head in a more ...
Pair of Brass Candlesnuffers
Lot: 232Sold for: $861$700Pair of Brass Candlesnuffers, Nuremberg, 16th/17th century, each with long handles with turned brass decoration, square box with embossed rampant lion, the snuffer blade marked "GP" with a bird in a more ...
Brass Book Stand
Lot: 233Sold for: $246$200Brass Book Stand, possibly England, 19th century, rectangular back pierced with star and geometric designs, fitted with an adjustable rest on the back, ht. 7, wd. 9 in. more ...
American School, 19th Century African Americans in a Cottage Interior
Lot: 234Sold for: $7,380$6,000American School, 19th Century African Americans in a Cottage Interior Monogrammed and dated indistinctly "E.W./..." l.l. Oil on beveled panel, 4 7/8 x 6 3/4 in., unframed. Condition: more ...
Dark Green-painted Double-handled Splint Basket
Lot: 235Sold for: $431$350Dark Green-painted Double-handled Splint Basket, New England, 19th century, the rounded rim with carved protruding handles, all above the rectangular bottom, (imperfections),ht. 7 1/4, lg. 13 3/4 more ...
Six Paint-decorated Woven Splint Baskets
Lot: 236Sold for: $861$700Six Paint-decorated Woven Splint Baskets, made by an Eastern Woodland Indian tribe, late 19th century, a round-over-square basket with fixed handle and salmon-painted bands, one rectangular with two more ...
Large Woven Splint Laundry Basket
Lot: 237Sold for: $492$400Large Woven Splint Laundry Basket, early 20th century, ash splints with bent ash handles secured to the rim with iron staples, the outside edge of the rim inscribed "Colca(?) Sisters," ht. 12 1/2, more ...
After Jacob Maentel (Pennsylvania, Maryland, Indiana, 1763-1863) Portrait of an Elderly Woman Holding a Rose
Lot: 238UnsoldAfter Jacob Maentel (Pennsylvania, Maryland, Indiana, 1763-1863) Portrait of an Elderly Woman Holding a Rose Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, 15 x 10 1/2 in., floated in a modern frame. more ...
Rufus Porter (Connecticut, Massachusetts, c. 1792-1884),Miniature Profile Portraits of Three Members of the Hardwick Family: Sarah Pec
Lot: 239Sold for: $2,460$2,000Rufus Porter (Connecticut, Massachusetts, c. 1792-1884) Miniature Profile Portraits of Three Members of the Hardwick Family: Sarah Peck Hardwick, Daughter Elizabeth Hardwick, and Josiah Hardwick more ...
Rufus Porter (Connecticut/Massachusetts, 1792-1884) Profile Portrait of a Sylvester Norton, of Suffield, Connecticut
Lot: 240Sold for: $1,107$900Rufus Porter (Connecticut/Massachusetts, 1792-1884) Profile Portrait of a Sylvester Norton, of Suffield, Connecticut Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, the subject bust-length, with red-striped more ...
Clarissa Peters Russell (Massachusetts, 1809-1854) Portrait of Two Children
Lot: 241Sold for: $2,706$2,200Clarissa Peters Russell (Massachusetts, 1809-1854) Portrait of Two Children Unsigned. Oil on heavy paper, 7 3/4 x 6 5/8 in., in a molded gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Craquelure and paint more ...