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Six Ethnographic Items
Lot: 1671UnsoldSix Ethnographic Items, five from Africa: a Dogon door latch, a small carved horn, a piece of metal currency, a large brass bracelet, and a wood heddle pulley, and a maroon wood stool from Surinam, ...
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African Carved Wood Animal Helmet Mask
Lot: 2Sold for: $185$150African Carved Wood Animal Helmet Mask, Komo Society, Mali, or Burkina Faso, the stylized mask with open mouth, backswept horns, and encrusted patina, lg. 26 1/2 in. ...
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Northwest Coast Carved Horn Ladle
Lot: 200Sold for: $984$800Northwest Coast Carved Horn Ladle, c. second half 19th century, carved in two pieces held together by a copper rivet, the handle with seated human figure above two totemic animal heads, (some insect ...
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Small Decorated Powder Horn
Lot: 1071Sold for: $246$200Small Decorated Powder Horn, c. late 18th to early 19th century, carved horn inscribed with foliate designs, panoply of arms, men rowing a boat, and a horse, with a pine plug, overall lg. 9 in. ...
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Powder Horns, Bullet Mold, and Musket Tools
Lot: 1095Sold for: $172$140Powder Horns, Bullet Mold, and Musket Tools, c. early to mid-19th century, a small carved powder horn with animals and G.F., a plain powder horn with no carving, a .58 caliber Minie ball mold, and ...
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Five Archaic-style Jade and Hardstone Carvings
Lot: 100Sold for: $369$300Five Archaic-style Jade and Hardstone Carvings, China, a mottled green and brown stone bi disc, dia. 13 1/8; a white stone bi disc with raised bead design, encircled with an openwork border with ...
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Hardstone Carving of a Water Buffalo
Lot: 135Sold for: $1,230$1,000Hardstone Carving of a Water Buffalo, China, in a recumbent position with its legs folded beneath itself, its head turned to the side with ears and ridged horns backward, and tail swirled to the ...
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Carved and Painted Diorama of the Ocean Liner Queen Mary
Lot: 389Sold for: $277$225Carved and Painted Diorama of the Ocean Liner Queen Mary, James Keating, North Reading, Massachusetts, mid-20th century, the ship and its smokestacks rendered in three dimensions on a painted ...
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Group of Assorted Combs and Hair Ornaments
Lot: 1917Sold for: $185$150Group of Assorted Combs and Hair Ornaments, Japan, 19th/20th century, comprising six kogai hairpins including a red lacquered work, the ends decorated with carved floral designs, signed "Joshin"; a ...
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Northwest Coast Carved Horn Spoon
Lot: 1536Sold for: $123$100Northwest Coast Carved Horn Spoon, late 19th century, (insect damage), lg. 8 in. Provenance: Sold to benefit the preservations of the collections of the Danvers Historical Society. ...
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Three Northwest Coast Carved Horn Spoons
Lot: 1537Sold for: $123$100Three Northwest Coast Carved Horn Spoons, 19th century, (the larger missing part of the handle), lg. to 9 1/2 in. ...
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Two Northwest Coast Carved Horn Spoons
Lot: 236Sold for: $369$300Two Northwest Coast Carved Horn Spoons, c. last quarter 19th century, one in two pieces, both with stylized human or animal heads on the handle, lg. to 8 in. ...
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Tsimshian Carved Bone and Mountain Goat Horn Spoon
Lot: 237Sold for: $1,845$1,500Tsimshian Carved Bone and Mountain Goat Horn Spoon, made in three pieces with abalone inlays to the totemic bone handle, the horn scoop with stylized bird on the bottom and incised lines on the ...
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Northwest Coast Horn Cup
Lot: 240Sold for: $4,305$3,500Northwest Coast Horn Cup, c. 19th century, with shallow relief-carved stylized animal head, (bottom missing), ht. 4 1/2, dia. 2 7/8 in. ...
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Eskimo Carved Sheep Horn Spoon
Lot: 241Sold for: $984$800Eskimo Carved Sheep Horn Spoon, c. 19th century, the narrow form with incised linear and "ring and dot" decoration, dark patina from long use, lg. 9 5/8 in. Provenance: Ex Reif Collection. ...
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Conrad Karner Ivory Diptych Sundial
Lot: 392Sold for: $4,305$3,500Conrad Karner Ivory Diptych Sundial, Nuremberg, 17th century, foliate decorated outer case with wind rose numbered 1-32, internal compass aperture, and viewing hole, inner face with a carved village ...
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Ticonderoga Powder Horn Owned by Timothy Wooding
Lot: 104Sold for: $3,690$3,000Ticonderoga Powder Horn Owned by Timothy Wooding, c. 1759, horn with pine plug and iron staple, marked mr Timothy Woodins/horn made at Ticondaroga Augs ye 21 Ad 1759, carved with foliate designs, ...
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Captain Peter Perit's Carved Powder Horn
Lot: 114Sold for: $39,975$32,500Captain Peter Perit's Carved Powder Horn, c. 1775, attributed to carver Jacob Gay, with soldiers dancing to a fiddler, British and American troops in line firing at each other, a mermaid looking at ...
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John Rhodes Engraved Powder Horn
Lot: 124Sold for: $2,460$2,000John Rhodes Engraved Powder Horn, c. 1777, horn with pine plug, carved on the side of the horn JOHN RHODES, and marked BRISTOL/Janr. 7th 1777, carved with a horse and handler, animals, birds, and a ...
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Inscribed Powder Horn
Lot: 127Sold for: $1,845$1,500Inscribed Powder Horn, c. 1806, horn engraved with a heart, ship, musket, foliate designs, and an American eagle with shield, compass-work carvings along banners, one marked MADE BY WILLIAM BROWN Jr ...
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Carved and Painted Diorama of the Ocean Liner Queen Mary
Lot: 1221UnsoldCarved and Painted Diorama of the Ocean Liner Queen Mary, James Keating, North Reading, Massachusetts, mid-20th century, the ship and its smokestacks rendered in three dimensions on a painted ...
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Pair of Carved Fruitwood Trophies
Lot: 789Sold for: $1,169$950Pair of Carved Fruitwood Trophies, probably Continental, fruitwood, each with ribbon-topped swag of flowers, foliage, mandolin, and horns, terminating in fabric cascades, ht. 46 1/2 in. ...
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Group of Assorted Combs and Hair Ornaments
Lot: 258UnsoldGroup of Assorted Combs and Hair Ornaments, Japan, 19th/20th century, comprising six kogai hairpins including a red lacquered work, the ends decorated with carved floral designs, signed "Joshin"; a ...
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White Jade Carving
Lot: 349UnsoldWhite Jade Carving, China, in the shape of a rhyton with a carved chilong and two curled ram's horns, pattern details in bas relief, translucent light gray and milky white stone, ht. 3 5/8 in. ...
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Jade Openwork Belt Buckle
Lot: 359Sold for: $431$350Jade Openwork Belt Buckle, China, decorated with a carved design of a horned lamb's head, lingzhi mushrooms, and a lotus pod, pale celadon stone with white inclusions and natural cracks, lg. 4 7/8 ...
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French Provincial Candle Box
Lot: 523Sold for: $185$150French Provincial Candle Box, 19th century, serpentine lid with carved ribbons, a drum and horn, and garlands of leaves and flowers, with hanging loop, lg. 15 1/2, wd. 7 1/2, dp. 3 1/4 in. ...
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Group of Mostly Early American Decorative Items
Lot: 17Sold for: $615$500Group of Mostly Early American Decorative Items, two painted waterfowl decoys, three woven splint baskets: two buttocks-form; a maple cutlery tray, a carved and painted wooden figure, a Nichols & ...
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Polychrome Carved Figural Carousel Seat End
Lot: 213Sold for: $1,230$1,000Polychrome Carved Figural Carousel Seat End, 19th/20th century, depicting a cherub with a horn riding a chariot, surrounded by scrolled foliage, ht. 44 1/2, wd. 43 in. ...
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Sixteen Antique Mostly Wooden Decorative Objects
Lot: 1292Sold for: $431$350Sixteen Antique Mostly Wooden Decorative Objects, America, 19th and 20th century, including seven miniatures: two splint baskets, a painted milking stool, a carved cattle yoke, a leather yoke, a ...
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Engraved Hunting Powder Horn
Lot: 1020Sold for: $523$425Engraved Hunting Powder Horn, c. late 18th/early 19th century, cow horn with carved spout, engraved on the side THE CHASE with a mounted hunter, and two dogs chasing a rabbit, and below THE DEATH, ...