04-20-201804-20-2018
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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
April 20, 2018 10:00 AMCalender

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  • Two Stairmaker's Saws

    Two Stairmaker's Saws

    Lot: 210
    Sold for: $277$225

    Two Stairmaker's Saws, France, 19th century, both with wood handles, one carved in the profile of a fox, and marked "A Malatrait," the other marked "L. Petti," lg. 12 in. Provenance: The property more ...

  • Two Musical Instrument Maker's Mallets

    Two Musical Instrument Maker's Mallets

    Lot: 211
    Sold for: $185$150

    Two Musical Instrument Maker's Mallets, 19th century, both with turned heads and handles, lg. 6 3/4 and 10 1/2 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Eight Musical Instrument Maker's Tools

    Eight Musical Instrument Maker's Tools

    Lot: 212
    Sold for: $185$150

    Eight Musical Instrument Maker's Tools, Europe, 19th century, including two piano tuner's files, one with a carved handle, a diminutive beech-handled drill, and an octagonal threaded gauge. more ...

  • Four Musical Instrument Maker's Tools

    Four Musical Instrument Maker's Tools

    Lot: 213
    Sold for: $154$125

    Four Musical Instrument Maker's Tools, 19th century, three iron-bladed augers, and a T-handled reamer with inset steel teeth, lg. 8 to 14 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Three Pianoforte Maker's Tools

    Three Pianoforte Maker's Tools

    Lot: 214
    Sold for: $215$175

    Three Pianoforte Maker's Tools, England, 19th century, a rosewood and steel double-headed tuning hammer, geared brass lever marked "S&S Patent," and a brass head and steel blade Rounder plane. more ...

  • Eight Violinmaker's and Miniature Planes

    Eight Violinmaker's and Miniature Planes

    Lot: 215
    Sold for: $1,968$1,600

    Eight Violinmaker's and Miniature Planes, Europe, 19th century, set of three round soled brass violin planes with carved wood wedges, a Dutch whale-shaped wood plane, a miniature shoulder plane more ...

  • Two Brass-mounted Silversmith's Stakes and Two Hammers

    Two Brass-mounted Silversmith's Stakes and Two Hammers

    Lot: 216
    Sold for: $338$275

    Two Brass-mounted Silversmith's Stakes and Two Hammers, United Kingdom, 19th century, stakes with wooden screw-mount bases, elmwood-handled hammer marked "Lond/Harr," hammer lg. 8 and 9 1/2 in. more ...

  • Collection of Watchmaker's Tools

    Collection of Watchmaker's Tools

    Lot: 217
    Sold for: $123$100

    Collection of Watchmaker's Tools, 19th century, boxed set of pivots, screwdriver, vise, soldering lamps, and movement holders, twenty pieces total. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Brass and Steel Watchmaker's Rounding-up Tool

    Brass and Steel Watchmaker's Rounding-up Tool

    Lot: 218
    Sold for: $677$550

    Brass and Steel Watchmaker's Rounding-up Tool, Switzerland, 19th century, 5 1/2-in. dia. hand-wheel, mahogany crank knob, cutting arbor, and work holder, all on a wooden one-drawer base with more ...

  • Six Horologist's Hammers

    Six Horologist's Hammers

    Lot: 219
    Sold for: $277$225

    Six Horologist's Hammers, 19th century, wooden handles and various shape iron heads. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Eight Watchmaker's Tools

    Eight Watchmaker's Tools

    Lot: 220
    Sold for: $111$90

    Eight Watchmaker's Tools, 19th century, two brass screw plates, spring winder, burnishers, and others. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Nine Goldsmith's Burnishers

    Nine Goldsmith's Burnishers

    Lot: 221
    Sold for: $215$175

    Nine Goldsmith's Burnishers, 19th century, turned walnut handles with brass ferrules and agate tips, one marked on brass "The Warren-Parker Co. Clerkenwell London." Provenance: The property of more ...

  • Boxwood Cabinetmaker's Bow Saw

    Boxwood Cabinetmaker's Bow Saw

    Lot: 222
    Sold for: $492$400

    Boxwood Cabinetmaker's Bow Saw, France, 19th century, boxwood frame with 10-in. throat and carved or rasped and textured grip with pinned toggle, overall lg. 17 1/2 in. Literature: L'outil et more ...

  • Five Compass Saws

    Five Compass Saws

    Lot: 223
    Unsold  

    Five Compass Saws, Europe, 19th century, wooden handles and steel blades, one with folding blade, lg. 11 to 16 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • 19th Century Marquetry Saw

    19th Century Marquetry Saw

    Lot: 224
    Sold for: $185$150

    19th Century Marquetry Saw, probably England, iron frame with 12-in. deep throat, blade adjuster, and shaped walnut handle. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Large Cross-cut Saw

    Large Cross-cut Saw

    Lot: 225
    Sold for: $123$100

    Large Cross-cut Saw, Switzerland, 60-in. iron blade with simple decorated scrollwork, marked on both sides "IGT," and illegible date, possibly 1741. Provenance: The property of Laurent more ...

  • Dutch Carpenter's Saw

    Dutch Carpenter's Saw

    Lot: 226
    Sold for: $2,952$2,400

    Dutch Carpenter's Saw, 17th/18th century, 30-in. blade with hanging hole, fruitwood shaped and carved cane or pistol-grip handle with brass ferrule. Provenance: The property of Laurent more ...

  • Dutch Naval Carpenter's Saw

    Dutch Naval Carpenter's Saw

    Lot: 227
    Sold for: $3,567$2,900

    Dutch Naval Carpenter's Saw, finely carved handle with a portrait of a Dutch trader, with a cane- or pistol-grip handle, steel ferrule, and blade, lg. 28 1/2 in. Literature: Codes & Symbols of more ...

  • Four Wood-handled Saws

    Four Wood-handled Saws

    Lot: 228
    Sold for: $123$100

    Four Wood-handled Saws, Europe, 18th/19th century, lg. 16 to 19 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Two Japanese Woodworking Saws

    Two Japanese Woodworking Saws

    Lot: 229
    Sold for: $215$175

    Two Japanese Woodworking Saws, a double-edge pull saw with bamboo-wrapped handle, and a large wide-blade rip saw, lg. 21 to 31 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • 18th Century Carved Rosewood Bow Saw

    18th Century Carved Rosewood Bow Saw

    Lot: 230
    Sold for: $461$375

    18th Century Carved Rosewood Bow Saw, Europe, frame with floral carving and incised decoration, with engraved leaf blade mounts and flaring wing nuts, blade lg. 14 in. Provenance: The property of more ...

  • Early French Stone-cutting Saw

    Early French Stone-cutting Saw

    Lot: 231
    Sold for: $246$200

    Early French Stone-cutting Saw, tapered iron blade, (lacking handle),lg. 78 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Early French Stone-cutting Saw

    Early French Stone-cutting Saw

    Lot: 232
    Sold for: $246$200

    Early French Stone-cutting Saw, tapered iron blade with crooked handle, lg. 80 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • 19th Century Compagnon Carpenter's Saw

    19th Century Compagnon Carpenter's Saw

    Lot: 233
    Unsold  

    19th Century Compagnon Carpenter's Saw, Bordeaux, France, carved and sculpted handle representing a rat dressed up as a Compagnon reads "Hugron, Bordeaux, A son ami Roux, Blaye Ste Luce 1869," with more ...

  • 17th Century Eucharist Bread Iron

    17th Century Eucharist Bread Iron

    Lot: 234
    Sold for: $1,599$1,300

    17th Century Eucharist Bread Iron, France, scroll-tipped tapering handles terminating in a pair of iron plates, one side engraved with stylized hearts and a coat of arms of France and Navarre, the more ...

  • 18th Century Eucharist Bread Iron

    18th Century Eucharist Bread Iron

    Lot: 235
    Sold for: $1,230$1,000

    18th Century Eucharist Bread Iron, United Kingdom, 7 3/4-in. dia. plates with one plate engraved with the symbol "Maria IHS," with a heart and bouquet of scrolling flowers, the other plate with a more ...

  • 18th Century Eucharist Bread Iron

    18th Century Eucharist Bread Iron

    Lot: 236
    Unsold  

    18th Century Eucharist Bread Iron, France, tapering handles terminating in a pair of iron plates with one side engraved with fleur-de-lis, Easter lamb holding a cross, and signed "FhL 1749," the more ...

  • 18th Century Eucharist Bread Iron

    18th Century Eucharist Bread Iron

    Lot: 237
    Sold for: $1,476$1,200

    18th Century Eucharist Bread Iron, France, scroll-tipped tapering handles terminating in a pair of iron plates with one side engraved with sun, moon, five-branch star within a heart, and marked more ...

  • Fully Decorated Wrought Iron Fire Spit

    Fully Decorated Wrought Iron Fire Spit

    Lot: 238
    Sold for: $185$150

    Fully Decorated Wrought Iron Fire Spit, France, 18th/19th century, ht. 20 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • 17th Century Wrought Iron Trammel

    17th Century Wrought Iron Trammel

    Lot: 239
    Sold for: $1,968$1,600

    17th Century Wrought Iron Trammel, dated 1634, with applied floral mounts, and three hooks, ht. 40 in. Note: Reportedly from a castle in the Perche region of France. Provenance: The property more ...