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Black-painted Sack-back Windsor Chair
Lot: 615Sold for: $1,599$1,300Black-painted Sack-back Windsor Chair, New England, c. 1780-90, with knuckle-carved handholds, saddle seat, and vase and ring turnings, early surface, (paint wear), ht. 38, seat ht. 17 in. ...
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Needlework Sampler "Hannah Byrn,"
Lot: 85Sold for: $4,305$3,500Needlework Sampler "Hannah Byrn," made at Sarah Stivours' School, Salem, Massachusetts, dated 1788, stitched in silk on linen with eight lines of alphabet over the stitched inscription "HANNA BYRN ...
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Carved and Gilded Anchor-form Trade Sign
Lot: 185Sold for: $4,613$3,750Carved and Gilded Anchor-form Trade Sign, America, late 19th century, with properly proportioned ring and chain, stock, and flukes, ht. 25 in. Provenance: Bill Samaha; Betty Durand. ...
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Miniature Betty Lamp and Trammel
Lot: 11Sold for: $3,198$2,600Miniature Betty Lamp and Trammel, the iron lamp with hinged lid twisted hanger and iron wire pick, the sawtooth trammel with hook and ring hanger, lg. to 8 1/2 in. Provenance: Linda & Mike ...
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Needlework Sampler
Lot: 66Sold for: $1,722$1,400Needlework Sampler, Canterbury, New Hampshire, late 18th century, worked in silk threads on a coarse linen ground, seven alphanumeric rows above an indistinct name "Marie L. Brown(?)," pictorial ...
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Small Stoneware Cobalt-decorated Ring Flask
Lot: 1282Sold for: $1,968$1,600Small Stoneware Cobalt-decorated Ring Flask, America, late 18th century, the body with dabbed cobalt and rouletted ring decoration, dia. 5 1/2 in. Provenance: Collection of Joel and Betty ...
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Miniature Cobalt-decorated Stoneware Crock
Lot: 121Sold for: $615$500Miniature Cobalt-decorated Stoneware Crock, America, 19th century, straight-sided with double incised ring and cobalt flower decoration, applied lug handles, ht. 3 3/4, dia. 4 in. Provenance: ...
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Small Stoneware Cobalt-decorated Ring Flask
Lot: 122UnsoldSmall Stoneware Cobalt-decorated Ring Flask, America, late 18th century, the body with dabbed cobalt and rouletted ring decoration, dia. 5 1/2 in. Provenance: Collection of Joel and Betty ...
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Mourning Needlework for Hannah Talbot
Lot: 139Sold for: $2,460$2,000Mourning Needlework for Hannah Talbot, Mary Talbot, Balch School, Providence, Rhode Island, late 18th/early 19th century, designed as a willow tree above an urn-topped memorial to the deceased ...
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Needlework Sampler "Mary Shillaber,"
Lot: 151Sold for: $19,680$16,000Needlework Sampler "Mary Shillaber," Danvers, Massachusetts, c. 1776, worked in silk threads on a linen background with four lines of alphabet and numbers above a verse reading: "Accept The Call And ...
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Needlework Sampler "Sally Ayer,"
Lot: 152Sold for: $6,150$5,000Needlework Sampler "Sally Ayer," Haverhill, Massachusetts, c. 1791, work in silk on a linen background composed of seven lines of alphabet and numbers, above the text "Haverhill August the 11 Sally ...
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Needlework Sampler "Judith Cogswell,"
Lot: 157Sold for: $8,610$7,000Needlework Sampler "Judith Cogswell," probably Canterbury, New Hampshire, c. 1789, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, with six alphanumeric lines interrupted by flowering vines, and the ...
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Large Group of Antique Reference Books
Lot: 1355Sold for: $246$200Large Group of Antique Reference Books, including Betty Ring's Girlhood Embroidery, Susan Swan's Plain & Fancy, Harold Guilland's Early American Folk Pottery, and Pieter Biesboer's Nederlandse ...
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The Phillips Family Needlework Picture
Lot: 30Sold for: $903,000$750,000The Phillips Family Needlework Picture, Sarah Phillips (b. Rowley, Massachusetts, 1656), Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1670, worked in red, blue, yellow, black, and white wool and silver and gold ...
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Embroidered and Painted Silk Mourning Picture: "Sacred to the Memory of the Illustrious Washington,"
Lot: 128Sold for: $1,230$1,000Embroidered and Painted Silk Mourning Picture: "Sacred to the Memory of the Illustrious Washington," probably Philadelphia, c. 1807, worked in silk threads and chenille on a silk ground with painted ...
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Georg Jensen Ring and Betty Cook Pin
Lot: 201Sold for: $185$150Georg Jensen Ring and Betty Cook Pin Sterling silver, enamel Denmark, United States, mid-20th century The ring of abstract design, resized, with beaded oval mark, 925 S, Denmark, 91, with ...
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Needlework Sampler
Lot: 29UnsoldNeedlework Sampler, "Dorcas Bradley 1812," Delaware, stitched with silk threads on a linen ground, with a defined central panel with three rows of alphabets over a pious verse, the maker's name and ...
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Silk Needlework Picture of George and Martha Washington Strolling the Grounds of Mount Vernon, with Georges Valet Billy Lee, and His H
Lot: 159Sold for: $102,000$85,000Silk Needlework Picture of George and Martha Washington Strolling the Grounds of Mount Vernon, with George's Valet Billy Lee, and His Horse, executed by Mary W. Innes, Philadelphia area, dated 1820, ...
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Mary Balch School, Providence, Rhode Island, Needlework Sampler
Lot: 1090Sold for: $41,475$35,000Mary Balch School, Providence, Rhode Island, Needlework Sampler, "MARY TALBOTS WORK PROVIDENCE SEPTEMBER 1796," the sampler stitched with silk threads on a linen ground, depicting birds perched atop ...
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New Hampshire Pictorial Needlework Sampler
Lot: 734Sold for: $3,081$2,600New Hampshire Pictorial Needlework Sampler, "Hannah W. Perkins Age 11," Jaffrey, New Hampshire, 1818, wrought with silk, chenille, and metallic threads on a linen ground with painted and pricked ...
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Betty Ring, Girlhood Embroidery
Lot: 623Sold for: $98$80Betty Ring, Girlhood Embroidery, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993, vol. I and II, cloth-bound, with slip case. ...
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Needlework Sampler
Lot: 587Sold for: $711$600Needlework Sampler, "By VROE ... Anno 1791," Netherlands, stitched in silk threads on a linen ground, central design of a yellow building with a blue roof surrounded by various fruit, foliate, ...
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New Hampshire Pictorial Needlework Sampler
Lot: 215UnsoldNew Hampshire Pictorial Needlework Sampler, "Hannah W. Perkins Age 11," Jaffrey, New Hampshire, 1818, wrought with silk, chenille, and metallic threads on a linen ground with painted and pricked ...
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18th Century Needlework Sampler
Lot: 216Sold for: $11,850$10,00018th Century Needlework Sampler, "Sarah Sawyer is my name and with my needle wrought the same. I was born March the 25th in the year 1740. This sampler I did in the year 1757.," Newbury, ...
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Needlework "Family Tree" Family Record Sampler
Lot: 371Sold for: $11,850$10,000Needlework "Family Tree" Family Record Sampler, Waltham, Massachusetts, early 19th century, fully stitched silk threads on a linen ground, depicting the vital statistics of Joseph Garfield, b. ...
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John Stephan (American, 1906-1995) Disc #5
Lot: 661UnsoldJohn Stephan (American, 1906-1995) Disc #5, 1982 Signed, dated, and titled "John Stephan '82..." on the reverse, identified on a label from The Harcus Gallery, Boston, on the stretcher. ...
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Susquehanna Valley Needlework Sampler
Lot: 678Sold for: $6,518$5,500Susquehanna Valley Needlework Sampler, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, late 18th/early 19th century, worked in silk threads on a gauze over linen ground with silk ribbon border, depicting compartmented ...
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Newport, Rhode Island Needlework Sampler
Lot: 39Sold for: $11,850$10,000Newport, Rhode Island Needlework Sampler, Rebeca Willbor, Newport, Rhode Island, 1773, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, centered with figures, a house, flowers and animals, flanked by ...
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Rhode Island Needlework Sampler
Lot: 40Sold for: $5,333$4,500Rhode Island Needlework Sampler, "Rebecca Westgate her sampler work'd in her ninth year Octobr 1777," Newport, Rhode Island, area, wrought in silk threads on a linen ground, centered with a mansion ...
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Needlework Band Pattern Sampler
Lot: 240Sold for: $9,480$8,000Needlework Band Pattern Sampler, "Sarah Baker 1664," worked in polychrome silk threads in predominantly green, blue, yellow, red, and pink in a range of stitches incorporating intricate bands of ...