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    Auction Information

    Auction 2680B

    Sunday, October 2710AM

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    Table of Contents

    1 Auction & Specialist Information

    2 Web Site & Online Bidding

    4-5 Event Information

    6 Provenance

    7 Lots 41649

    179 Conditions of Sale

    181 Absentee Bid Form

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    A celebration of craft and industry, tradition and innovation

    Clockwise, from left:Arched and animated chair, 1994, Jay Stanger, Fuller Craft Museum; Cradle, Barnstable or Yarmouth, Mass., 1665-85, gift of the heirs of MarThacher, Historic New England; Timepiece, ca. 1800, Daniel Munroe, case attributed to William Munroe, Concord, Mass., Concord Museum; Japanned High Ches

    1735-1745, John Pimm, Boston, Mass., Winterthur Museum, gift of Henry Francis du Pont.

    Four Centuries of Massachusetts Furniture is made possible through the generosity of many individuals, foundations,and institutions, with special support for exhibitions in Massachusetts by SKINNER, Inc.

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    Provenance

    The Estate o Charles P. Fisher, Framingham, Massachusetts

    A Milton, Massachusetts, Estate

    A New York, New York, Estate

    An Oregon Estate

    Property o a Massachusetts Antiquarian

    Property rom a Descendant o the Honorable John Covode

    Property rom Private Collections in Pennsylvania, Caliornia, and Minnesota

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    41Oval Table with Falling Leaves, easternMassachusetts, c. 1720-50, the oval drop-leatop on a cockbeaded apron with drawer, ona base o block-, vase-, and ring-turned legsjoined by stretchers, all on double ball eet,early surace, (minor imperections), ht. 27 1/2,wd. open 43, dp. 36 1/2 in.

    Note: An old note typed on an index cardreads: Gate leg Table. Very old. FromNewburyport. Bought at Mrs. Gilmans,Exeter.

    $1,500-2,500

    42Maple and Oak Low-back Chair, Boston, c.1660-80, the blocked, bulbous-turned, rakedstiles conorm with the ront legs joining arontal bulbous turned ront stretcher centeringa ring, with square double side stretchers andsquare rear legs, old surace, retains vestigeso very early linen webbing strips, ht. 35, seatht. 19 in.

    Note: This chair was or many years at 87 Mt.Vernon Street, Boston.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.

    Literature: In Jonathan Fairbanks and Robert

    Trent, New England Begins: The SeventeenthCentury, Trent discusses in detail an identicalchair (lacking its eet), which is illustratedas plate 284, p. 288; and, in FrancesGruber Saord,American Furniture at theMetropolitan Museum o Art: I. Early Colonial

    Period: The Seventeenth-Century and William

    and Mary Styles (Yale University Press, 2007),the author discusses and illustrates a verysimilar chair as catalog number 23, which stillretains its original turkey-work upholstery, pp.65-68.

    $8,000-12,000

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    43Rectangular Maple and Oak Joined Table,probably Boston or vicinity, 1680-1710, theoverhanging top on a rame o our turned legs

    joined by cutout valances and heavy squarestretchers, old mellow surace, (imperections),ht. 26, rame wd. 32, rame dp. 22 in.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.

    Literature: For an illustration and discussiono a table o comparable orm with similarturnings, see Saord, Frances Gruber,

    American Furniture in the Metropolitan

    Museum o Art: I. Early Colonial Period: The

    Seventeenth-Century and Wil liam and Mary

    Styles (Yale University Press, New Haven,2007), pp. 122-124, g. 46.

    $8,000-12,000

    44Pine Chest over Two Drawers, probablyMassachusetts, early 18th century, themolded hinged top above a double arch-molded case o our alse drawers and twoworking drawers, on turned ront eet andcutout rear brackets, brasses appear to beold, lacks paint, (imperections), ht. 41, wd. 361/2, dp. 17 1/2 in.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$1,000-1,500

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    49Carved and Joined Red Oak Chest,

    attributed to the Norman amily o joiners,Marblehead, Massachusetts, mid-17thcentury, the molded two-board lit-top openson a joined box with gougework-arcaded toprail above three recessed panels centeringapplied molded diamonds ramed by miteredsurrounds and dentil carving, separated bymolded and gouged vertical rails, the sideso the chest with two recessed panels withmolded surrounds, all on an applied basemolding, with shaped brackets and stile eet,old surace, (restoration), ht. 21 3/4, case wd.36, case dp. 15 in.

    Note: An examination report rom RobertF. Trent reers to this piece as the mostelaborate example known rom the Normanshop tradition. A ull copy o his report isavailable or review.

    $20,000-30,000

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    50American/Anglo School, 18th Century

    Portrait o an Elderly Gentleman, Wearing a

    Powdered Wig and Gray Suit. Unsigned.Oil on canvas, 29 x 25 in., in a molded woodrame. Condition: Relined, stable craquelure,minor retouch to cheeks and chin, very minorspots o retouch to clothing and background.

    $4,000-6,000

    51Large Red-painted Maple and Pine Tavern

    Table, New England. mid-18th century, theoverhanging top with breadboard ends ona straight skirt and square stretchers joiningbloc-, vase-, and ring-turned legs, old surace,(minor imperections), ht. 28 1/2, wd. 46, dp.30 1/2 in.

    $2,500-3,500

    52Maple and Pine Drop-lea Table,

    Massachusetts, early 18th century, theoverhanging top with short drop leaves onblock-, vase-, and ring-turned legs andstraight skirt joining square stretchers onturned eet, old surace, (alterations), ht. 42,dp. 27 in.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$200-300

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    53Red-painted Maple Cupboard, probablyNew England, late 18th/early 19th century, thehinged door with recessed panels opening to

    ve shelves, on cutout base, original surace,(paint wear), ht. 78 1/4, wd. 36, dp. 12 1/2 in.

    $800-1,200

    54Red-painted Joined Chest with Drawers,Deereld, Massachusetts, area, c. 1700-20, the molded lit top above a double-arch

    molded case with aux two-drawer acadeand two working drawers below, with appliedmolded lower edge, all on turned stile eet,original surace, original engraved hardware,(imperections), ht. 46 3/4, wd. 41 3/4, dp.19 in.

    Literature: For a discussion o this orm andseveral illustrated examples, see Dean A.Fales, Jr., The Furniture o Historic Deerfeld(Dutton, New York, 1976), p. 177.

    $15,000-25,000

    55Pine Desk, probably northern Europe, early19th century, the scrubbed top with hangingtwo-way drawer on a shoe-oot trestle base

    with through-tenoned stretcher, old surace,(imperections), ht. 30 3/4, wd. 61 1/2, dp.61 in.

    $2,500-3,500

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    56Chippendale Carved Mahogany GamesTable with Drawer, probably New York, c.1760-80, the rectangular top with roundededge and square projecting corners opens toa velvet playing surace and concave game-piece wells, above a conormingly shapedskirt joining our cabriole legs carved with foraldevices fanked by C-scrolls, continuing tocarved claw-and-ball eet, old replaced brass,partial old renish, (imperections), ht. 28 1/2,wd. 31 3/4, dp. 14 1/2 in.Provenance: Purchased by Anna Stearns oNashua, New Hampshire, rom Mrs. FrancesM. Nichols, late 1930s.

    $8,000-12,000

    57Chippendale Mahogany Carved Serpentine

    Chest o Drawers, probably Boston,c. 1760-80, the shaped molded top onconorming case o our scratch-beadedgraduated drawers, on carved claw and balleet, renished, old replaced brasses, (minorimperections), ht. 34, case wd. 36, dp. 211/2 in.

    $3,000-5,000

    58Set o Four Chippendale Walnut CarvedSide Chairs, Massachusetts, c. 1760-80,the crest rail centering a oliate-carved panelfanked by C-scrolls, with pierced scrolledsplat, on rontal cabriole legs ending in padeet with incised carving resembling shells, oldsurace, (imperections), ht. 38, seat ht. 18 in.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$6,000-8,000

    59Chippendale Carved Mahogany Side Chair,Boston, c. 1760-80, the serpentine cresting

    centering lea-carving fanked by lea-carvedterminals, on a pierced carved Gothic splatand slip seat on rontal cabriole legs endingin claw-and-ball eet with swept-back talons,and raking rear legs, renished, (repairs), ht.38 1/2, seat ht. 17 1/2 in.

    $1,000-1,500

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    60Mahogany Tall Case Clock, dial markedWilliam Claggett, Boston, early 18th century,the hood with sarcophagus top, doublecornice and tracery, above the tombstone

    brass and silvered dial with cast gilt spandrels,with convex boss in the arch Will.m Claggett/BOSTON, above the chapter ring withseconds hand and calendar aperture, andbrass eight-day weight-driven movement,on the molded tombstone waist door anddouble-stepped bracket base, (restoration), ht.103 1/2 in.

    Provenance: An early handwritten note onthe inside o the door reads: this clock...belonged to Hon. Wm. Cushing.; o Scituate,Massachusetts. Cushing was the Chie Justiceo Massachusetts under the crown, in1772. In 1777, he was named Chie Justiceo the Court o Massachusetts. In 1789, hewas a judge on the United States SupremeCourt. In 1796, he was nominated by GeorgeWashington or the job o Chie Justice othe United States Supreme Court, and wasunanimously conrmed by the Senate. Hedeclined, preerring instead to take a job in thecircuit court by his home.

    By descent to Charles P. Fisher, The Estate oCharles P. Fisher.

    $50,000-75,000

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    61Mahogany Jewelry Box, England, late 18th/early 19th century, rectangular box with twodrawers with turned knobs, applied moldingand ogee bracket eet, (repaired crack onlower ront molding), ht. 8, wd. 18, dp. 10 in.

    $600-800

    62Silver-mounted Masonic-carved Betel Nut

    Case, Cased Balance Scale, and a Set o

    Jack Straws, 18th and 19th century, an ovalcase or snu box with carved betel-nut topwith relie-carved Masonic iconography, on ahinged baleen base with silver inlay bordersand circular engraved monogram; a brass andsteel balance scale in an oval hinged sheetiron case with a note inscribed Old scaleso Job Pierce used in trading with Indians;and seventy-six carved ivory and bone JackStraws game pieces, dia. 3 3/4 to 5 1/8 in.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$800-1,200

    63Federal Mahogany Doctors Medical

    Case, probably America, late 18th/early 19thcentury, with brass swing handle over twohinged doors with nine compartments oneach door, and our compartments over threeshort drawers with printed content labels onthe sliding lids, and two long drawers, the

    top drawer containing a small brass and ironscale, the bottom drawer with a compartmentcontaining two blown glass mixing bowls, aprinted ticket to admit James McKeen to theLectures on Midwiery at the The MedicalSchool o Maine at Bowdoin College, and sixscrimshaw articles: a bodkin, a small top, asword-orm letter opener, a thimble, a smallwhale tooth, and a bone bead, a spring latchopens a sliding door on the back o the caserevealing three compartments, ht. 12 1/4, wd.10 1/2, dp. 7 3/8 in.

    $800-1,200

    64Chippendale Walnut and Gilt-gesso

    Looking Glass, England or America, late18th century, the scrolled rame with piercedcresting and oliate device, with leay vinesfanking the molded and gilt-incised liner,renished, ht. 46 in.

    $800-1,200

    65Walnut and Gilt-gesso Mirror, England, mid-18th century, the scrolled cresting centeringa concave shell, on a molded and gilt-incisedrame, old surace, (imperections), ht. 27 in.

    $400-600

    66Chippendale Walnut and Gilt-gesso

    Looking Glass, England or America, late 18thcentury, the scrolled rame centering a piercedcresting and perched phoenix, with moldedand gilt-incised liner, renished, ht. 41 in.

    $600-800

    67Chippendale Walnut and Gilt-gesso

    Looking Glass, probably England, late 18thcentury, the scrolled rame with piercedcresting centering a C-scroll and oliate device,with molded and gilt-incised liner, old surace,ht. 41 1/2 in.

    $400-600

    68Queen Anne Walnut and Gilt-gesso

    Looking Glass, England, mid-18th century,the scrolled cresting centering a shell, abovethe molded liner and two-part beveled glass,renished, (imperections), ht. 46 1/2 in.

    $700-900

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    69Pair o Paul Revere, Jr., Silver Casters,Boston, 1772, each with bud nial on piercedhigh-domed riction-t lid, incised with vevertical panels engraved with a double-lineddiamond pattern, cylindrical neck engravedwith the crest o a hound courant, associatedwith Robert Treat Paine, on a pear-shapedbody with circular stepped oot, ht. 5 1/2 in.,approx. 8 troy oz. total.

    Provenance: Robert Treat Paine (March 11,1731-May 11, 1814), Massachusetts lawyer

    and politician, prosecutor in the BostonMassacre trial, Massachusetts representativesigner o the Declaration o Independence,Massachusetts states rst attorney general,and associate justice o the MassachusettsSupreme Judicial Court; then by amilydescent to Charles P. Fisher, then the Estateo Charles P. Fisher.

    Note: The casters correspond to an entry inPaul Reveres daybook (image above) datedJanuary 9, 1772, which records the makingand sale o a pair o casters to Robert TreatPaine. Fisher traced the ownership o thecasters rom the original entry in Reveres

    book to Robert Treat Paines probate inventoryand through his amily line. Unmarked, thecasters passed through the amily or someyears separated rom the Revere associationuntil Fisher re-discovered the pair in hismothers pantry. Through comparison otype, style, and weight and investigation odocumentary evidence along with comparisonto other marked, engraved Revere silver in theamilys collection, he was able to conrm thatthis pair o casters were, in act, the Reverecasters made or R.T. Paine in 1772. Further

    authentication was provided in 1990 by JanineE. Skerry, Revere authority and then assistantcurator at Historic Deereld, who examinedthe pieces and conrmed their authenticity,noting that, there are indeed many pieces osilver made in the shop o Paul Revere whichdo not bear his mark. The current weighto the casters corresponds to the weightdescribed by Revere in his entry (varying by3%, a variance that correctly accounts orwear and polishing over the course o 240years).

    $75,000-150,000

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    Image courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society

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    70Paul Revere, Jr., Silver Cann, Boston, c.1780, pear-shaped body with molded faredrim on molded circular splayed oot, doublescroll hollow handle with acanthus lea onupper handle and scroll terminal on the lower;the ront engraved with a coat o arms, withmakers mark REVERE in a rectangle struckbelow rim near handle, the handle engraved

    with a monogram GPA, the base engraved14 oz., ht. 5 1/4 in., approx. 14 troy oz.

    Provenance: Family descent; The Estate oCharles P. Fisher.

    Literature: For similar makers mark seeColonial Silversmiths and Jewelers, by PatriciaE. Kane (Yale University Art Gallery, 1998),mark B, p. 795.

    $125,000-175,000

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    71Six Coin Silver Teaspoons, 18th century,one with upturned rounded handle withmid-rib, with the crest o a hound courant,associated with Robert Treat Paine, on backo handle, and shell and drop on back o bowl,by Paul Revere, Jr., Boston, with PR markin script; one with upturned rounded handlewith mid-rib, the back with engraved MDmonogram, by Jacob Hurd, Boston; one withupturned rounded handle with mid-rib andshell and drop on back o bowl, engravedEG on the back o the handle, probably byWilliam Simpkins, Boston, with WS markin a rectangle; one with bright-cut graduatedchain on handle, possibly by Ephraim Brasherwith impressed EB in script in a lobed

    cartouche; one with a gadrooned border andshell and drop on bowl, by Stephen Emerywith impressed SE in a rectangle; and onewith bright-cut border with engraved SBmonogram on the handle, and impressed EBor ER mark on the reverse, (imperections),approx. 8 troy oz. total.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$4,000-5,000

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    72Coin Silver Ladle, Ebenezer Moulton, Boston,late 18th century, with long downturned ovalhandle, oval bowl engraved with GGL inscript or George Gardner Lee, (small split onbowl edge). lg. 13 1/4 in., approx. 4 troy oz.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$600-800

    73Eight Coin Silver Serving Spoons, EbenezerMoulton, Boston, late 18th century, each withspatulate handle engraved with GGL in scriptor George Gardner Lee, and pointed ovalbowl, impressed makers marks on reverse o

    handle, lg. 9 3/8 in., approx. 19.5 troy oz.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$400-600

    74Four Coin Silver Tablespoons, EbenezerMoulton, Boston, late 18th century, withdownturned oval monogrammed handles, ovalbowls, lg. 9 1/4 in., approx. 7 troy oz.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$300-500

    75Silver Marrow Scoop, William Moulton,Newburyport, Massachusetts, early 19thcentury, impressed MOULTON in a rectangleon handle, lg. 7 in., approx. 6 .5 troy oz.

    $250-350

    76Four Coin Silver Soupspoons, each withoval downturned handle with engravedmonogram SF possibly or Sybil Farnham,and oval pointed bowl with shell, oneby Joseph Moulton, Newburyport, withimpressed JM mark in script on reverse ohandle, three marked PERKINS or JacobPerkins, Newburyport, Massachusetts, lg. 85/8in., approx. 7 troy oz.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$300-500

    77Oversize Coin Silver Serving Spoon,unknown maker, with down-turned ddlehandle with chased shell moti, large ovalpointed bowl, with three impressed N.H.Wmarks in a rectangle, lg. 15 1/2 in., approx. 5troy oz.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$300-500

    78Small Silver Ladle, London, c.1796 withdownturned ddle handle, round bowl,impressed makers marks JH in script onreverse o handle, lg. 5 1/2 in., approx. 0.5

    troy oz.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$100-150

    79Six Coin Silver Teaspoons, Albert Jones,Greeneld, Massachusetts, c. 1825, each withddle handle with engraved monogram, ovalbowl, engraved Geistweit, Christian, andwith impressed makers mark on the back ohandle, lg. 5 1/4 in., approx. 2 troy oz.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$150-200

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    80Two Classical Bright-cut Coin Silver Cream

    Pitchers, one by Henry Farnham, Boston,early 19th century o rectangular orm withhigh strap handle, bright-cut borders, withmonogram under spout; and one by anunknown maker, oval-orm with reeded rimband and strap handle, bright-cut chainborder, and monogrammed shield-shaped

    cartouche under the spout, (minor dents), ht.5 5/8, 4 3/8 in., approx. 7.5 troy oz.$200-300

    81Seven Bright-cut Coin Silver Teaspoons,possibly by Lemuel Wells, New York, c. 1795,each with downturned spatulate handleswith bright-cut eather edges, and oval bowl,impressed LW makers mark on back ohandle, lg. 5 5/8 in., approx. 4 troy oz.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$300-500

    82Pair o Georgian Silver Candlesticks,Jonathan Gould, London, 1742, each with asmall engraved crest on the removable petal-orm bobeche on candlecup over knopped-baluster-orm shats with quatreoil base,engraved monogram MG on undersideo base, makers marks on bobeches,candlecups and under bases, ht. 8 1/4 in.,

    approx. 32 troy oz. total.$3,000-5,000

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    83John Greenwood (Massachusetts, 1727-

    1792)

    Portrait o Thomas Child (1730-1787).Signed J.G. pinxt 1750 c.l. Oil oncanvas, 36 x 28 in., in a period black andgold-painted, molded and carved woodrame with gold-painted liner. Condition:Relined, retouch, small paint loss l.r., stablecraquelure, likely cleaned and varnished.

    Provenance: Family descent.

    Note: According to Hale/Child amily historyThomas Child was born in 1730 in Boston,the son o Thomas and Susanna (Hatch)Child (see Lot 84 or a portrait o his atherThomas Child). He lived in the amily homeon Essex Street in Boston until around 1765,when he migrated north to Falmouth (nowPortland), Maine. In 1765 he was appointedTide Surveyor, and later in 1769 he enteredinto government service in the CustomHouse where he continued until his death,rst as Landwaitor, then as Naval Ocer

    under the government o Maine. He alsoociated as the rst postmaster o Portland.He married Mary Freeman, the daughter oEnoch Freeman, one o the most prominentmen in town, and together they had vechildren.

    $6,000-8,000

    84Attributed to John Greenwood

    (Massachusetts, 1727-1792)

    Portrait o Thomas Child (16 -1751),

    c. 1750. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 36 x28 in., in a period black and gold-painted,molded and carved wood rame with gold-painted liner, together with seven 18th/19thcentury books rom the amily library, a smallwatercolor on paper portrait o Childs sister,six amily table linens, and ramed watercoloron paper painting o the Child amily crest.Condition: Good, craquelure, likely cleanedand varnished.

    Provenance: Family descent.

    Note: According to a Hale/Child amily history,Thomas Child was the grandson o RobertChild, Earl o Tilney, who emigrated to Boston,

    Massachusetts, prior to 1692, married twice,rst to Margaret Hillard, daughter o the pastoro the Old South Church and Vice-Presidento Harvard University with no issue, then toSusanna Hatch on August 24, 172. Theyhad ve children, one o whom is Thomas, theyoung man portrayed in Lot 83. It is thoughtthat the portrait o the elder Thomas Child waspainted around the same time as his sonsportrait, which is dated 1750, and a yearbeore the elder Thomas died in 1751.

    $6,000-8,000

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    85American School, 19th Century

    Portrait o Boston Merchant John Davis

    Williams (1770-1848). Reportedly signedl.r., according to a note axed to the reverse,subject also identied in the note. Oil on

    canvas, 36 x 29 in., in a period gilt-gessorame. Condition: Relined, stable craquelure,scattered retouch to gure and background.

    $800-1,200

    86Smith Brothers & Co. and Sowle & Wards,

    publishers (New York and Boston, 19th

    Century), C. Mottram, engraver (American,

    19th Century)

    BOSTON., 1857. Identied in inscriptions.

    Engraving on paper, depicting Boston harborwith ships, steamer, and various otherwatercrat and gures in the oreground andthe city o Boston, including the statehouse,in the distance, sheet size 29 x 42 in., ina molded mahogany rame with gilt l iner.Condition: Repaired tear l.c. slightly intoimage, minor repaired tears, and creases onedges, repaired loss u.r. corner.

    $1,500-2,500

    87Chippendale Mahogany Block-ront

    Bureau, probably Boston, c. 1760-80, theoverhanging molded top above a conorminglyshaped cockbeaded case o our graduateddrawers on bracket base centering a droppendant, replaced brasses, renished,(imperections), ht. 30 3/4, case wd. 35, topdp. 21 1/2 in.

    $12,000-18,000

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    88Mahogany Tall Case Clock, John Rogers,Newton, Massachusetts, late 18th century,the hood with pagoda top and blind ret paneland fanking columns, with cast brass andsilvered dial with gilt-brass spandrels anda silvered boss in the arch lettered JohnRogers/NEWTON, with chapter ring, secondshand and calendar aperture, with brass eight-day weight-driven movement, tombstonewaist door, all on bracket base, renished,(restoration and imperections), ht. 91 1/2 in.

    $6,000-8,000

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    89Chippendale Mahogany Block-ront Chest

    o Drawers, probably Boston, c. 1760-80, themolded overhanging top on a cockbeadedcase o our graduated drawers on conormingbracket eet, old replaced brasses, renished,(restoration), ht. 31, case wd. 29 1/4, dp. 193/4 in.

    $6,000-8,000

    90Diminutive Chippendale Mahogany

    Reverse Serpentine Chest o Drawers,probably Massachusetts, late 18th century,the overhanging top with blocked ends andmolded edge, above a cockbeaded case ograduated drawers on ogee bracket eet, oldreplaced brasses, old surace, ht. 32. casewd. 32, case dp. 18 in.

    Note: The top is o a beautiully grained singlemahogany board.

    $3,000-5,000

    91Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Bowront

    Chest o Four Drawers, Massachusetts, c.1800, the molded top above a case o ourcockbeaded graduated drawers, on moldedogee bracket base, renished, (imperections),ht. 34, case wd. 38 3/4, dp. 23 1/4 in.

    $1,500-2,500

    92Chippendale Mahogany Inlaid and Gilt-

    decorated Childs Side Chair, probablyAnglo-Indian, late 18th century, the shapedcrest rail with molded terminals on raking stilescentering a pierced splat, on trapezoidal slipseat and square legs and stretchers, originalsurace o black and gilt decoration highlightedwith inlaid shell and glass bosses surrounded

    by rings o turquoise beads, (imperections),ht. 30 1/2, seat ht. 13 in.$600-800

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    97Queen Anne Carved MahoganyUpholstered-back Stool, Massachusetts, c.1740-60, with serpentine cresting and cabriolerontal legs ending in pad eet on platorms,joined to the raking chamered rear legs byvase- and ring-turned stretchers, old surace,(restoration), ht. 43, seat ht. 14 in.

    $2,500-3,500

    98Queen Anne Maple Drop-lea Dining Table,probably Massachusetts, c. 1740-60, thecircular drop-lea top on a rolled shaped apronjoining cabriole legs ending in pad eet on

    platorms, renished, (imperections), ht. 271/4, wd. 43 1/4, dp. 41 1/2 in.

    $800-1,200

    99Queen Anne Walnut Mirror, possibly NewEngland, mid-18th century, the scrolledcornice above a molded liner, renished,(imperections), ht. 31 1/2, wd. 13 in.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$600-800

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    100Queen Anne Walnut and Gilt-gesso Mirror,northern Europe, mid-18th century, the

    pierced crest with stylized bird orms centeringan applied bird and oliate device, old surace,ht. 31 1/2 in.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$400-600

    101Queen Anne Cherry Side Chair,Massachusetts, c. 1740-60, with vasiorm

    splat, upholstered slip compass seat, andcabriole ront legs joined to the raking rear legsby block-, vase-, and ring-turned stretchers,renished, (imperections), ht. 39 1/2, seat ht.18 in.

    Provenance: Reportedly, this chair is one o alarge set purchased by the Reynolds amily atthe sale o the contents o the Jeremiah LeeMansion, in Marblehead, in the 19th century.

    $3,000-5,000

    102Pair o Queen Anne Maple Compass Seat

    Side Chairs, Massachusetts, c. 1740-60,

    with spooned cresting, vasiorm splats, andgured maple stretchers, renished, (minorimperections), ht. 38 1/4, seat ht. 16 1/2 in.

    $3,000-5,000

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    104Chippendale Carved Cherry Chest-on-

    Chest, probably Granby, Connecticut, 1802,the top section with pierced scrolled pedimentcentering an asymmetrical carved cartoucheon a reeded plinth, all fanked by pl inths andturned nials, above a case o ve scratch-beaded graduated drawers, set into the lowersection o our graduated drawers, all fankedby reeded quarter columns, on a ogee bracketbase with gadrooned ront edge, ht. 81, casewd. 41, case dp. 17 1/4 in.

    Literature: In discussing an identical chest-on-chest in Connecticut Valley Furniture: EliphaletChapin and His Contemporaries, Kugelmanand Kugelman write, this is one o twoidentical chest-on-chests that were, accordingto amily tradition, made or the November15, 1802, marriage o Granby [Connecticut]residents Hannah Forward (1785-1882)and Horace Clark (1782-1842). At his deathHoraces estate included 2 Chests anddrawers valued at $10, pp. 348-49. Thechest discussed is part o the Mabel BradyGarvan Collection, at Yale University. Thatsister chest to the current lot is also discussedin Gerald W.R. Ward,American Case Furniture

    in the Mabel Brady Garvan Collection and

    Other Collections at Yale University(YaleUniversity Press, 1988), catalog number 86,pp. 182-84.

    Note: The present lot has a partial note onthe backboard o the upper section, writtenater 1882, reading, This has been in thepossession o Samuel A. Clark o Granby,and includes a reerence to a Dr. Charles...

    $40,000-60,000

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    105Chippendale Cherry Chest o Four

    Drawers, probably Connecticut, late 18thcentury, the molded top above a case o

    our cockbeaded graduated drawers, all onan ogee bracket base, original oval brass,renished, (minor restoration), ht. 34 3/4, casewd. 38 1/4, dp. 19 in.

    $1,000-1,500

    106Carved Cherry Desk and Bookcase,probably Colchester, Connecticut, area, c.1785-90, in two sections, the top section

    cupboard doors open to a compartmentedarea with shaped dividers, above two candleslides, set into a lower desk section withamphitheater interior centering a shell-carveddrawer, brasses appear original, renished,(imperections), ht. 86 1/2, case wd. 38 3/4,case dp. 20 1/2 in.

    $6,000-8,000

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    107Ammi Phillips (American, 1788-1865)

    Pair o Portraits o a Gentleman and a

    Lady. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 33 3/4 x27 1/2 in., in later molded giltwood rames.Condition: Relined, retouch.

    Provenance: Sothebys Selections rom IsraelSack, Inc., January 20, 2002, Lot 1309.

    $5,000-7,000

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    108Chippendale Red-stained Cherry Desk

    Bookcase, possibly Connecticut RiverValley, late 18th century, the upper sectionwith paneled doors opening to shelves setsinto a projecting lower section with slant lidopening to multi-drawer interior with valancedcompartments and central valance drawer, allon bracket base centering a drop pendant, oldsurace, (imperections), ht. 80 3/4, case wd.36, case dp. 20 in.

    $3,000-5,000

    109Connecticut Cherry Slant-lid Desk, possiblyWoodbury, Connecticut, late 18th century,

    the lid opens to an interior centering aninlaid prospect door with fanking documentdrawers, our valanced compartments andthree drawers, on a case o our thumbmoldedand graduated drawers with reededlambrequin corners, on an ogee bracket basewith scrolling returns, brasses appear to beoriginal, (imperections), ht. 44, wd. 38, dp.19 1/2 in.

    $2,000-3,000

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    110Queen Anne Fan-carved Cherry High

    Chest o Drawers, probably Wetherseld,Connecticut, area, c. 1750-80, replacedbrasses, renished, (minor restoration), ht. 69,wd. 37, dp. 20 in.

    Provenance: Nathan Liverant & Son,Colchester, Connecticut; Judd Gregory,Dorset, Vermont; then to a private collection.

    $4,000-6,000

    111Queen Anne Cherry and Birch Tea Table,New England, mid-18th century, with anoverhanging molded tray top and a deeprame and shaped apron joining cabriolelegs ending in pad eet, renished, (minorrestoration), ht. 26 1/4, wd. 24 1/4, dp. 17 in.

    $600-800

    112Queen Anne Walnut Carved and Inlaid

    Fall-ront Desk, possibly New Hampshire,early 18th century, the compass star-inlaidlid opens to an interior o compartments anddrawers and document drawers aced withpilaster ronts and fame nials, on a case oour thumbmolded, string-inlaid, graduateddrawers on bracket eet, brasses replaced,(restoration), ht. 42 3/4, wd. 34 3/4, dp. 191/2 in.

    Note: A note ound inside the desk states thatthe desk was originally in the Jarey house in

    Newcastle, New Hampshire.$1,500-2,500

    113Queen Anne Walnut Carved and Walnut

    Veneer Inlaid Dressing Table, possiblyNew Hampshire, early 18th century, theoverhanging top with molded edge on adouble-arch-molded case o long drawerand three short drawers, with quarter-round,diamond, and herringbone inlay, on cabriolelegs ending in arris pad eet joined by a deeplyvalanced apron and two drop pendants, oldreplaced brasses, old surace, (imperections),ht. 33 1/2, case wd. 36, case dp. 20 1/2 in.

    $1,500-2,500

    114Queen Anne Cherry and Pine High

    Chest o Drawers, probably southeasternMassachusetts, c. 1730-50, the brass pullsand escutcheons appear to be original, oldsurace, (minor imperections), ht. 66 3/4,lower base wd. 38, lower case dp. 18 3/4 in.

    $3,000-5,000

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    115Red-painted Candlestand, probably NewEngland, late 18th century, the circular topon a vase- and ring-turned support endinghexagonal block and drop pendant on three

    shaped legs, old surace, (imperections), ht.25 1/2, dia. 15 1/2 in.

    $400-600

    116Federal Maple Candlestand, New England,c. 1790, the square top with ovolo corners ona vase- and ring-turned support and tr ipodbase o cabriole legs, remnants o old greenpaint, (restoration), ht. 27 1/2, wd. 16 1/2, dp.16 1/4 in.

    $400-600

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    117Susan C. Waters (American, 1823-1900)

    Portrait o Ann Eliza Collins Aged 2 Years,

    1845, in a Landscape Holding a Cluster o

    Grapes. Signed, dated, and titled in paintedinscriptions on the back o the canvas AnnEliza Collins Aged 2 Years/1845/Painted byMrs. S.C. Waters. Oil on canvas, 46 x 29 in.,in a period molded giltwood rame. Condition:Tacking edges relined, minor retouch, repairedtear l.r.

    Note: Susan Catherine Waters was bornin Binghamton, New York, in 1823. Shedeveloped her artistic training at a emaleseminary she attended in Friendville,Pennsylvania, married William Waters atseventeen, and with his encouragement,developed her artistic talent, and traveled andpainted portraits in southern New York state

    and into Pennsylvania. When her husbandshealth began to ail she suspended herportrait painting and worked with him takingdaguerreotype and ambrotype photographs.Ater a time they settled in Bordentown, NewJersey, where she began painting again,her style becoming more academic in herdepictions o animals, still lies, and portraits.This portrait o Ann Collins and that o herbrother Theodore (Lot 118), were paintedearlier in her career.

    $10,000-15,000

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    118Susan C. Waters (American, 1823-1900)

    Portrait o Theodore Collins Aged 4

    Years, 1845, Holding a Peach and a Leay

    Branch. Signed, dated, and titled in paintedinscriptions on the back o the canvasTheodore Collins/Aged 4 Years/1845/Paintedby Mrs. S.C. Waters. Oil on canvas, 46 x29 in., in a period molded giltwood rame.Condition: Tacking edges relined, minorretouch.

    $6,000-8,000

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    119Prior-Hamblen School, (American, 19th

    Century

    Portrait o a Child Wearing a Pink Dress

    and Holding a Hairbrush. Unsigned. Oil oncanvas, 30 x 25 in., in a period molded gilt-gesso rame. Condition: Stable craquelure,minor retouch to line on neck minor, spots tobackground, small patch repair l.r.

    $4,000-6,000

    120American/Anglo School, 18th Century

    Portrait o a Boy. Unsigned. Oil on canvas,30 x 25 in., in a later carved wood rame.Condition: Relined, repaint.

    $1,000-1,500

    121American School, 19th Century

    Portrait o a Young Woman Wearing a Dark

    Blue Gown. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 30x 25 in., in a period painted molded woodrame. Condition: Scattered retouch toshoulder, arm, bodice and skirt o dress, andto background u.l.

    $800-1,200

    122Pair o Federal Bell-metal Urn-top Andirons

    with Two Matching Tools, Philadelphia, lastquarter 18th century, acorn nials on urn topswith beaded borders on columnar shats,spurred cabriole legs and slipper eet, withcolumnar log stops, and a pair o tongs and ashovel with conorming urn nials, andiron ht.22 3/4, wd. 11, dp. 15 1/4, tool lg. 33 1/4 in.

    $600-800

    123Brass and Iron Ringed Lemon-top Andirons

    with Two Matching Tools, Boston, late 18th/early 19th century, with ringed lemon tops oncolumnar shats with spurred cabriole legs andslipper eet, with conorming log stops, hearthshovel and tongs, ht. 16 1/2, wd. 11, dp. 19,tool lg. 31 in.

    $1,200-1,500

    124

    Pair o Federal Double Lemon-topAndirons, Two Tools, and a Pair o Jamb

    Hooks, probably New York, c. 1800, brassbelted double lemon-tops above a hexagonalcolumn on round plinth with spurred legsand ball eet, with a shovel and tongs withsimilar double lemon eatures, and a pairo brass jamb hooks with baluster nials,(imperections), andiron ht. 20 1/2, wd. 8 3/4,dp. 19; tool lg. 30, jamb hook ht. 4, wd. 27/8 in.

    $800-1,200

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    125Pair o Federal Spire and Ball-top Brass

    and Iron Andirons, New York, early 19thcentury, with spires on belted ball nials,supported on columnar shats, spurredcabriole legs with ball eet, ht. 19, wd. 10 1/2,dp. 18 1/2 in.

    $400-600

    126Sturtevant J. Hamblen (Maine,

    Massachusetts, f. 1837-1856)

    Portrait o Young Girl Seated in a Rocking

    Chair with Her Dog. Unsigned. Oil oncanvas, 27 x 20 in., in a period molded gilt-gesso rame. Condition: Uncleaned, old smallrepaired tears.

    Note: The girl is possibly a member o theFellows amily, Exeter, New Hampshire.

    $30,000-50,000

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    127Prior-Hamblen School (American, 19th

    Century)

    Portrait o a Woman Wearing a Lacy

    Bonnet. Unsigned. Oil on artist board,picturing the woman seated beore redtasseled drapery, 14 x 10 in., in a period ogee

    mahogany veneered rame. Condition: Verygood.

    $1,000-1,500

    128Federal Figured Maple and Mahogany

    Veneer Inlaid Worktable, possibly Vermont,early 19th century, the overhanging topcentering a large patera with miteredsurround, on a cockbeaded drawer andstraight rame with a beaded mahogany edgeincorporating a bag drawer joining squaretapering legs, old surace, (imperections), ht.

    28 1/2, wd. 22, dp. 18 1/2 in.$1,500-2,500

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    135Needlework Family Register, MaryIngalls aged 10 Wrought this work/Lynn[Massachusetts] August 26, 1814, stitchedwith silk threads on a l inen ground depictingthe vital statistics o Henry Ingalls andSusanna Brown, who were married May 26,1772, and their six children, over a piousverse, surrounded by a sawtooth border andwith fowering vines issuing rom cornucopia,(minor toning, ading, and stains), 18 1/4 x 161/4 in. (sight), in a period mahogany veneerrame.

    $1,000-1,500

    136Framed Painted Pennsylvania-German

    Fraktur, 1829, ink and watercolor on paperornamented with a cherub, birds, tulipsfower blossoms, surrounding a large heartwith ink inscription in German, over a rosetteand inscription Elizabeth Beringer/LebanonCounty/Pennsylvania/May 20 1829, (minortoning and creases), sight size 13 1/2 x 9 1/2

    in., in a period brown-painted molded woodrame.$2,500-3,500

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    142Amon Gilbert Justus Da Lee (American,

    1820-1879)

    Prole Portrait Miniature o a Bearded

    Gentleman. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper,with aint pencil lines, 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in., in aperiod, probably original mitered mahoganyveneer rame. Condition: Paint faking onoutline o jacket and chair, otherwise good.

    Literature: The Magazine Antiques, July/August 2011, article Side Portrait Painters:Dierentiating the Da Lee Family Artists,by Joan R. Brownstein and Elle Shushan,pp. 154-161. The member o the Da Leeamily who painted this portrait miniature was

    determined by the characteristics given in thearticle or each o the amily artists. Amon DaLees portraits show a aded but pronouncedblue wash that covered much o thebackground sides ... the heads appeared tobe tilted at a slight downward angle, and theeyes are unocused, which are characteristicso the portrait oered here.

    $600-800

    143Silhouette Portrait o Mary Shanagle

    1836, probably New England, hollow-cut bust-length prole portrait, the subjectidentied in inscriptions below the bust,highlighted with China white and blackwatercolor, (toning), 4 x 3 1/4 in., in a periodmolded wood rame.

    $300-500

    144American School, 19th Century

    Small Portrait o a Young Woman Holding

    a Red Book. Signed and dated H.P. 1849below. Watercolor on paper, 4 x 2 3/8 in.,

    in a later rame with oval mat. Condition:Repaired tears, stains outside o mat, lossesto right edge.

    $600-800

    145American School, 19th Century

    Small Portrait o a Lady Wearing a Fancy

    Gown. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper,6 x 4 in., in a period mitered wood rame.Condition: Toning, creases, moisture stains,loss l.l. corner.

    $600-800

    146American School, 19th Century

    Small Portrait o a Girl Wearing a Blue

    Dress with a Basket o Flowers and

    Bouquet. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper,5 3/4 x 5 in., in a period mitered wood rame.Condition: Toning, light stains.

    $300-500

    147American School, 19th Century

    Small Portrait o a Girl Wearing a Blue

    Gown with a Basket o Flowers. Unsigned.Watercolor on thin card, 7 3/4 x 6 3/8 in.,

    in a later molded carved giltwood rame.Condition: Toning, minor oxing.

    $300-400

    148American/Continental School, 19th Century

    Portrait Miniature o a Young Woman

    Holding a Mask. Unsigned. Watercoloron ivory, 4 5/8 x 3 1/2 in., in a later moldedpainted and gilt-gesso rame. Condition:Scattered light stains.

    $300-500

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    149Anglo/American School, 19th Century

    Three Small Character Portraits o

    Gentlemen. Indistinctly signed with acharacter or overlapping initials l.r. or l.l.Watercolor on paper, 5 x 8 x 5 in., unramed.Condition: Each mounted on paperboard,minor toning.

    $600-800

    150Anglo School, 19th Century

    Small Prole Portrait o a Young Man

    Wearing a Cap. Unsigned. Watercolor andgouache on paper, 5 x 3 1/2 in., in a periodmolded wood rame, the backing paper witha London area ramers label. Condition: Itappears several areas o paint are adhered tothe glass, oxing, minor toning.

    $500-700

    151American School, 19th Century

    Prole Portrait Miniature o a Young Man.Signed with embossed GLADDING in anarch under bust. Watercolor on paper, 4 x 3in., in a period mahogany veneer rame, withindistinct name inscribed in pencil on back orame George M------- Jr. Condition: Lower

    bust portion o painting olded under to trame, toning, light oxing.$500-700

    152Attributed to J.M. Crowley (American, 19th

    Century)

    Prole Portrait o a Young Man Seated in

    a Chair. Unsigned. Pencil on paper, 5 x 33/4 in., in a period molded giltwood rame.Condition: Toning, oxing, three small tears onlet edge.

    $400-600

    153Three-color Woven Wool and Cotton

    Coverlet with Basket o Flowers Moti,Charles Wiand, Allentown, Pennsylvania,1856, single-piece coverlet with red, navy,and green wool yarns and natural cotton,woven in a design with a large starburst withforal center, bordered on our sides with largebaskets o fowers and large blossoms, urther

    bordered on three sides with scrolled oliage,large blossoms, tasseled swags, and ringe,one corner block with inscription MAKE BYC. WIAND ALLENTOWN 1856, (scatteredlosses, light stain), 110 x 98 in.

    $600-800

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    155Woven Wool and Cotton Coverlet Depicting

    the United States Capital Building, America,c. 1846, two-piece, double weave, navy blueand white, summer/winter coverlet depicting acentral eld with twelve images o the capitalbuilding in Washington, D.C., with a balancescale and stars above and inscriptions beloweach building Capitol in Washington 1846,surrounded by leay vines, the buildingsseparated with foral medallion and quatreoilborders, enclosed on three sides with leaborders and ringe, (minor imperections),approx. 78 x 88 in.

    Literature: This coverlet is pictured inCoverlets and the Spirit o America, by JosephD. Shein, with Melinda Zonger (SchierPublishing, Ltd., Pennsylvania, 2002), pp.124-25. Shein writes: Field pattern motisturned 90 degrees like this are unusual.

    $800-1,200

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    156Navy and White Wool and Cotton Woven

    Coverlet, America, 1835, summer/wintertwo-piece double-weave coverlet with clusterso fowers, bordered with Independence Hall,spreadwing eagles with American shields,Masonic elements, stars, and monkey motis,two corners with inscription AMERICANINDEPENDENCE DECLARED JULY 4 1776/WOVE IN 1835/L.T., (imperections), 90 x 80in.

    $600-800

    157Woven Wool and Cotton Coverlet with

    Sailboat Corner Blocks, Gilmour amily,Dunlapsville, Union County, Indiana, Year1839, two-piece, navy and white, summer/winter coverlet depicting a central eld o foralmedallions in a grid, with foral borders on twosides, and a country house with ence andtwo signature sailboat corner blocks distinctiveto the Gilmour amily o weavers, with ringeon one end, (minor toning), 91 x 73 in.

    Literature: This coverlet is pictured inCoverlets and the Spirit o America, by JosephD. Shein, with Melinda Zonger, SchierPublishing, Ltd., Pennsylvania, 2002, pp.74-5. Shein writes: Three o the our Gilmourbrothers, Gabriel, Joseph, and William, wereweavers...the wonderul sailing ship trademarkis uniquely theirs, as is the charming sturdy-looking country house.

    $800-1,200

    158Three-color Woven Wool and Cotton Tied

    Beiderwand Coverlet with Alphabet Moti,reportedly originated in Pennsylvania, 1849,two-piece, summer/winter coverlet wovenwith red, navy, and green wool yarns andnatural cotton with a central eld o squareswoven with alternating patterns o sunburstsbordered with letters o the alphabet Athrough L, and fower and leay medallions;bordered on three sides with blossoming andleay potted plants, and two corner blockswith stylized trees and fowers and woveninscription 1849/M. KEADY, (wear, minorlosses), approx. 98 x 92 in.

    Literature: This coverlet is pictured inCoverlets and the Spirit o America, by JosephD. Shein, with Melinda Zonger (SchierPublishing, Ltd., Pennsylvania, 2002), pp.142-43.

    $600-800

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    159Three-color Woven Wool and Cotton

    Coverlet with Girae Border, America,dated 1852, two-piece, double-weave,summer/winter coverlet with red and bluewool and natural cotton, with a central eldo intersecting rows o grapevines, birds, andforal medallions, bordered on two sides withheart, scroll, and lea designs, and the bottombordered with giraes and trees alternatingwith a house and birds perched on a fower,two corner blocks with 1852 over the initialsH.R., (minor losses), 88 x 81 in.

    Literature: This coverlet is pictured inCoverlets and the Spirit o America, by JosephD. Shein, with Melinda Zonger (SchierPublishing, Ltd., Pennsylvania, 2002), pp.162-63. Shein writes: Unexpected as theyare, exotic animals appear occasionally oncoverlets. Perhaps they were inspired by adrawing in a book or by a travelling show.This was an era o great discoveries andinterest in things new and dierent.

    $800-1,200

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    160Two-color Woven Wool and Cotton

    Coverlet, Harry Tyler, Butterville, JeersonCounty, New York, 1845, two-piece double-weave, summer/winter coverlet woven withstrawberry red wool yarn and natural cottonwith a central eld o foral, star, and heartmedallions, bordered on three sides withleay trees and ences with two trademarkspreadwing eagle and stars corner blocks withwoven inscription MARY.ANN SHUTLEFF/JEFFERSON CO. N.Y./1845, (wear, minorlosses), approx. 88 x 83 in.

    Literature: This coverlet is pictured inCoverlets and the Spirit o America, by JosephD. Shein, with Melinda Zonger, (SchierPublishing, Ltd., Pennsylvania, 2002), pp.112-13. Tyler writes: The eagle trademark inHarry Tylers later coverlets replace the earlierlions ... They are done in several variationsand with some turned sideways. It is said thathis son Elman designed them, as he wantedsomething more American.

    $1,000-1,500

    161Four-color Woven Wool and Cotton

    Tied-Beiderwand Coverlet with Railroad

    Car Border, Jacob Lutz, East HempeldTownship, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,1848, two-piece summer/winter coverlet inshades o brick red, scarlet red, blue, andcelery green, with a central eld o intersectingrows o sunbursts and blossoms and leaves,bordered on three sides with locomotivesand boxcars, two corner blocks with woveinscription MADE BY J.LUTZ E. HEMPFIELDTOWNSHIP FOR SARAH HEIDELBAU 1848,(wear, minor losses), approx. 87 x 81 in.

    Literature: This coverlet is pictured inCoverlets and the Spirit o America, byJoseph D. Shein, with Melinda Zonger(Schier Publishing, Ltd., Pennsylvania, 2002),pp. 116-17. Shein writes: The delightultrain moti in this coverlet is unquestionablycelebrating railroading as an industry and wasmade in Hempeld Township, Pennsylvania.However, it cannot be specically honoringthe well-known Hempeld railroad, since thecoverlet was made several years beore thatrailroad was constructed.

    $1,000-1,500

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    162Pictorial Hooked Rug Depicting a Vase

    o Flowers, America, late 19th century,rectangular rug composed o wool and cottonabric segments and wool yarn hooked ontoa burlap oundation, with striped borders,mounted on a wood stretcher, 55 x 34 in.

    $2,000-3,000

    163Pair o Geometric Pattern Hooked Rugs

    and an Unraveled Yarn Rug, America, earlyto mid-20th century, the pair composedo multicolored wool segments hooked invariegated lines and solid color diamondsand triangles in a pattern outlined in black, 611/2 x 35 1/2 in.; and a yarn rug composed ostrips o partially unraveled knitted yarn sewnto a backing, with variegated color centeroutlined with white, gray, and black borders,54 x 31 1/2 in.

    $300-500

    163AWool Floral Hooked Rug, America, early20th century, rectangular, the central ovalreserve hooked with an assortment oblossoms and leaves in a gray-blue rectanglewith more blossoms on either end, on aeld o multicolored rectangular tile-shapedsegments, (repairs), 39 x 60 in.

    $400-600

    164Red Floral-printed Cotton Chintz Quilt,America, 19th century, three-piece glazedcotton quilt top with allover printed foralpattern, tied together and backed with abrown diminutive printed cotton abric, (minorstains to backing abric), 90 x 72 in.

    $400-600

    164ABlue Resist Printed Cotton Coverlet, 18thcentury, indigo blue on white in primarily ina grapevine design patched with severalsegments o blue resist foral-printed abrics,backed with white homespun cotton abric,quilted in a diamond pattern, (imperections),96 x 79 in.

    $200-400

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    Polychrome Painted Parcheesi GameBoard, America, c. 1900, square panel withapplied molding, the playing eld centeredwith a star and painted in shades o green,orange, maroon, and brown, outlined in black,(paint loss and abrasions), 15 x 14 1/2 in.

    $800-1,200

    172Painted Checkerboard, possibly Canada orAmerica, late 19th century, rectangular gameboard with applied molding, the playing eldwith 144 mustard and black painted checks,fanked by side panels or game pieces,painted mustard yellow, 27 x 16 1/4 in.

    $400-600

    173Polychrome Painted Folding Game Board,America, c. 1900, with Parcheesi game onone side and backgammon on the reverse,(minor paint wear), 18 x 18 in.

    Provenance: Ex Selby Shaver collection, soldat Skinner, October 28, 2001, Sale 2134, Lot44.

    $800-1,200

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    174Polychrome Painted Double-sided Game

    Board, America, late 19th century, squarepanel, one side with a Parcheesi game paintedwith green, maroon, and mustard yellow, withblack outlining, the reverse painted with ablack and white checkers game, (minor paintwear), 18 x 18 in.

    $600-800

    175Five-color Painted and Gilded Folding

    Parcheesi Game Board, America, late 19thcentury, square walnut panel with rabbetedbreadboard ends, hinged at the center, 21 x21, olded 21 x 10 1/2 in.

    $600-800

    176Painted Wooden Game Board, America,19th century, square panel with appliedmolding, one side painted with a red andblack checkerboard with yellow-painted scroll,line, and dot borders, the reverse paintedwith a mill game with a stylized plaid-paintedborder, (losses to molding, minor paint loss),10 3/8 x 10 3/4 in.

    $700-900

    177Paint-decorated Tinware Coeepot,America, early 19th century, lighthouse-ormpot with goose-neck spout, brass nial ondomed hinged lid, decorated with large yellowblossoms fanked by white bands painted withruit, fowers, and leaves on a black ground,(minor paint wear), ht. 10 3/4 in.

    $600-800

    178Oval Paint-decorated Tinware Box,America, early 19th century, with hinged lid,painted with red, green, and yellow stylizedruit and oliage motis on the top, ht. 1 1/8,

    dia. 2 5/8 in.$1,200-1,800

    179Small Painted Tinware Dome-top Trunk,America, early 19th century, wire handle onrectangular box with slightly domed, hingedlid, decorated on the ront with a red bandpainted with yellow and green fowers, andyellow swag border on an asphaltum ground,(very minor paint losses), ht. 3 5/8, wd. 3 5/8,lg. 6 3/4 in.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$200-300

    180Red Paint-decorated Tinware Bread Tray,reportedly Pennsylvania, early 19th century,oblong orm painted red and decorated withred, green, and yellow stylized fowers andruit with a golden crystalized rectangle in thecenter, (minor paint loss), ht. 2 1/2, wd. 7 7/8,lg. 12 3/4 in.

    $2,000-4,000

    181Gilt and Black-painted Tin Two-light

    Student Lamp, probably France, early 19thcentury, with slender brass shat supportingadjustable candleholders and conical shadeswith pierced rim, with brass ring nial, on a

    weighted dished base, painted black with giltstriping, (paint wear, converted to electric), ht.21, wd. 14 in.

    $250-350

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    182Pewter Coeepot, Israel Trask, Beverly,Massachusetts, c. 1820-35, lighthouse ormwith wood nial on domed lid, molded llets,engraved borders and shield-shaped designson the sides, with serpentine spout, black-painted scroll handle with molded thumbpiece, impressed makers mark I.TRASK on

    base, (minor wear, pitting), ht. 11 in.$400-600

    183Brass Tea Kettle on Stand, probablyEngland, 18th century, swing handle on kettlewith domed lit-o cover, bulbous body andgooseneck spout, resting on a stand withround sunburst pierced top supported onslender tapering cabriole legs on pad eet,(dents), teapot ht. 11, stand ht. 12, overall ht.22 1/2 in.

    $400-600

    184Oil-painted Cloth Girl Doll, possiblyIzannah Walker, Rhode Island, c. 1860s,oil-painted cloth head and sloped shoulderseaturing blue eyes, pink mouth and cheekcoloring, brown hair with tendrils raming theace, padded cotton arms, legs, and bodywith articulated ngers, wearing original

    hand-stitched printed cotton dress andunderclothes, with a straw hat and woolmittens, ht. 18 in., accompanied by sixprinted Reward o Merit cards or Mary E.Kelton/Rehobath/1864, a hand-paintedprinted childrens booklet titled Cock Robin, aprinted religious tract The Farmer and Soldier,an English Readerchilds educational bookdated 1828, and two foral brocade satinsquares.

    $4,000-6,000

    185Paint-decorated Childs Sled, America,likely made by a German immigrant, late 19thcentury, with incised and painted wooden seatpanel depicting incised outlined diamondsand compass star shapes, and the inscriptionVERGNUGEN translating to joy or pleasure,the side rails with applied cut-out sheet-

    copper diamond shapes, the seat joinedwith turned and carved wooden posts to thewooden runners clad with strips o copper andbrass, original red, green, yellow, and whitepaint, (shrinkage cracks, minor losses), ht. 41/8, wd. 12, lg. 22 in.

    $800-1,200

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    186Federal Carved and Inlaid Ladys

    Mahogany Secretary/Bookcase, attributedto Thomas Seymour, Boston, c. 1807-12,the decorative eglomise painting attributed toJohn Ritto Penniman, the turnings possibly byHenry and/or Thomas Ayling, some brassesreplaced, (minor imperections), ht. 76 3/4,

    wd. 37 1/2, dp. 19 3/4 in.Provenance: John Bryant III (1780-1865), aBoston China Trade Merchant, and his wieMary Cleveland (Smith) Bryant (1784-1860).Presumably to their son John Bryant IV(1811-1847) and his second wie Mary Ann(Lee) Bryant. To their daughter Julia Bryant(1847-1901), who married Brigadier GeneralCharles Jackson Paine (1833-1916), a railroadmagnate and yachtsman, o 87 Mount VernonStreet, on March 26, 1867. To their daughterGeorgia Paine Fisher Howland. To her sonCharles Paine Fisher. Estate o Charles P.Fisher.Note: Please note that a copy o RobertMusseys Furniture Examination Report isavailable or this piece. We would l ike to thankMr. Mussey or his assistance in catalogingthe lot.

    $100,000-150,000

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    The ladys secretary and bookcase was a cultural badge signiying a Boston lady o reinement and education during the Federal period. Mary

    Cleveland (Smith) Bryant (1784-1860) was such a lady. She had been well-educated as daughter o Rev. John Smith, a proessor o Ancient and

    Middle Eastern Languages at Dartmouth College, and was widely read. It was probably purchased around the time o, or a ew years ater, her

    marriage in late 1807 to John Bryant III (1780-1865). He was the son o John Bryant II, the Deputy Commissary o Military Stores at the Federal

    Armory in Springield. The elegant bookcase provided space or the increasingly aordable books then available to educated Bostonians. It was also

    designed to provide everything needed or letter writing to her increasingly dispersed amily.

    The year ater the couples marriage on November 25, 1807, Bryant evidently urnished their Boston house, listing twenty-seven payments in his

    inancial Waste Book under the category House Furniture. These included one or a Bedstead on July 5, 1808 to Bostons premier cabinetmaker,

    Thomas Seymour.1 Under inancial pressure in 1808, Bryant shipped out on an adventure in the brig Mandarin or Canton, his irst to China. 2 Bryants

    voyage and trading proved extremely proitable. Ater his return in 1809, he ormed a partnership with William Sturgis dba Bryant and Sturgis, whicheventually became one o Bostons most successul China trade irms. The couple lived initially in a ashionable home in Tremont Place, later on

    Beacon Street near Charles Street.

    Ater his return, Bryant made numerous additional purchases o house urnishings in 1810, including another rom Thomas Seymour or $39.00

    or unspeciied urniture which he recorded on Dec. 27.3 This payment may have been or the present secretary and bookcase. However, Bryants

    several voyages in this period are relected in sporadic and incomplete entries or household expenses. Other purchases rom Seymour and other

    cratsmen probably went unrecorded. Surviving Bryant amily and business records do not include actual bills and receipts.

    The secretary is one o at least our which employ glomis (reverse glass) painting in two shades o green with repeating Gothic arches and centering

    stylized leaage.4 Details are picked out in ine black lines. This ancy painted work can be irmly attributed to John Ritto Penniman based on the very

    high quality o work, and on at least two o his characteristic techniques aux-shadowing below and to the right o both leaves and arches which

    simulate light cast rom the upper let; and detailed modeling ormed by two or more layers o ine black lines applied at right angles to each other,

    also simulating depth and shadows. Penniman was a tenant in Thomas Seymours Boston Furniture Warehouse rom at least 1808-1810. The twocollaborated numerous times, most commonly or decoratively painted panels eaturing lowers, leaage, or sea-shells on work boxes and quartetto,

    work and card tables.

    Every aspect o the Bryant amily secretary relects Seymours habitual attention to detail and precise execution. Mahogany veneers are careully

    selected o our dierent grain characters. Spandrels between gothic arches at the tops o the doors are beautiully aced with book-matched curly

    satinwood and outlined with his typical very ine-gauge black and white stringing lines. Large drawer ronts are ramed with curly maple crossbanding,

    each accented by sand-scorching one long edge to provide greater depth and modeling. Keyholes on doors and drawers are lined or aced with

    bone shaped to three dierent patterns. Precisely executed small-scale bead moldings are employed on lower case edges, the rieze, as an astragal

    molding on the glazed doors, on pilaster columns separating door panels and on the cornice. Molding miter joints are perect.

    Drawer construction ollows Seymours typical habits, with ine-gauge dovetails and bottoms beveled on the edges to it into grooves in drawer sides

    and ronts. Glue blocking on drawer bottoms along ront edges is o even size and evenly spaced. Glue blocks along the drawer sides are cut into

    short, regular segments rom one continuous strip o pine, then butted, glued and cut o at an angle at the rear edge. Small interior and mid-casedrawers require no glue blocking.

    The design o the cornice is particularly reined, with its central oval inlaid with curly satinwood and black stringing surround set into a stripe-igured

    mahogany ground, its upper molded rame in the orm o a semi-oval, and elegantly shaped and molded inial support block above. The small turned

    roundels applied at terminations o the hal -oval molding and on the leg blocks were employed requently by Seymour in this period. They relect

    English Regency designs he began employing at about this period, and which increasingly dominated his work rom about 1808 to 1817. Seymours

    use o lion-pattern hardware or the interior drawer pulls also ollows Regency period preerence.

    An interesting and perhaps unique eature is the hinged lid which slants downward when opened to enable easier writing. This is supported at

    both ends by lopers which also slant down and slide in slanted housings in the case. Seymours penchant or constant experimentation resulted in

    enormous variation in his work. Except or sets and pairs, no two pieces it seems are alike. The Bryant secretary is no exception.

    Robert D. Mussey, Jr.

    Milton, Massachusetts

    NOTES:

    1. Baker Library, Harvard University, Bryant & Sturgis (Boston, MA) records, 1801-1872 (inclusive). Mss: 766 1801-1872 B915. John Bryant Account [Waste] Book, 1801-1812, p. 102, entry dated Dec.

    31, 1808 made or all purchases o various dates that year.

    2. Massachusetts Historical Society, Bryant-Mason-Smith Family Papers, Ms N-249, Box 2, older 12; gleaned rom several letters in this older. Bryant had returned rom an earlier 1806-07 voyage to Isle

    de France, now called Mauritius.

    3. Baker Library, John Bryant Account Book, ibid., p. 124.

    4. One with a central case with tambour doors is at The White House, acc. 974.1073.1, ormerly owned by Israel Sack, Inc., pictured in Robert D. Mussey, Jr., The Furniture Masterworks o John and

    Thomas Seymour(Salem, MA: Peabody Essex Museum, 2003), cat. 20, pp. 174-75; another li ke this one with central exterior drawers is at Colonial Williamsburg, pictured in Barry A. Greenlaw, NewEngland Furniture at Williamsburg (Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1974), pp. 124-25; a third is at the Museum o Art, Rhode Island School o Design; a ourth was owned by Israel

    Sack, Inc., pictured inAmerican Antiques rom Israel Sack Collection, Vol VI (Highland House Publishers, 1979), cat. P4640, pp. 1596-97.

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    191Federal Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer

    Inlaid Sideboard, Boston, c. 1800-10, thebowront top with square corners and inlaidedge on a conorming case o rosewood-crossbanded and ebony string-inlaid longdrawer fanked by short drawers, above thecentral cupboard fanked by bottle drawersand hinged doors, all vertically divided bybirds-eye maple panels continuing to doubletapering legs inlaid with banded cus,replaced pulls, renished, (imperections), ht.

    41 1/4, wd. 70, dp. 26 1/2 in.$6,000-8,000

    192Federal Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer

    Inlaid Card Table, Massachusetts, c. 1800,the rectangular top with ovolo corners andbanded edge on a conorming base withinlaid maple panels bordered by checkeredstringing, on string-inlaid square tapering legs,renished, (imperections), ht. 29 1/4, wd. 343/4, dp. 17 in.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$800-1,200

    193Brass-mounted Mahogany Veneer Lap

    Desk, America, 19th century nearly squarebox with molded top and base two-parthinged lid, with brass swing handles to sides,opening to a compartmented interior, oneside slides, revealing a hidden drawer withcompartmented interior, ht. 6 1/4, wd. 14, dp.12 3/4 in.

    $500-700

    194Pair o Brass and Wirework Folding

    Firescreens, America, c. 1815, with brassrails over vertical wires ornamented with wireswags and scrolls, ht. 24, wd. center 36 1/2,wd. sides 17 1/2 in.

    $3,000-5,000

    195Brass and Iron Faceted Belted Lemon-top

    Andirons with Two Matching Tools, John

    Molineaux, Boston, late 18th century, withbaluster nials on the belted aceted lemontops aceted baluster shats on cabriolelegs with slipper eet, with conorming logstops, shovel, and tongs, the andirons withimpressed makers marks on brass barsbeore log stops, ht. 19 3/4, wd. 11 1/2, dp.21, tool lg. 34 1/2, 35 in.

    $1,500-2,500

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    205Federal Inlaid Mahogany Eglomise

    Patent Timepiece, possibly Concord,Massachusetts, c. 1815-20, with brass,eight-day, weight-driven movement, renished,

    (restored), ht. 33 in.$500-700

    206Inlaid Mahogany Veneer Wheel Barometer,A. Giacometti Fecit, possibly Berwick,England, early 19th century, with brass urnnial on broken molded pediment, the case

    inlaid with two rosettes, two shells, and stringedging, engraved silvered thermometer abovea round silvered barometer dial engraved inscript with the makers name, (minor crackson veneer and stringing losses), overall ht. 381/2 in.

    $300-500

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    207Federal Inlaid Maple Bowront Chest

    o Drawers, probably South Shore,Massachusetts, c. 1800-10, the ourgraduated drawers with tiger maple veneerbordered with stringing and rosewoodcrossbanding, with tall valanced skirt andcutout sides, replaced brasses, renished, ht.35 1/2, case wd. 39 1/2, dp. 21 1/2 in.

    $1,500-2,500

    208Federal Inlaid Maple Bowront Chest

    o Drawers, probably South Shore,Massachusetts, c. 1800-10, the ourgraduated drawers with tiger maple veneerbordered with stringing and rosewoodcrossbanding, with valanced skirt andelaborate cutout sides, replaced brasses,renished, ht. 35 1/2, case wd. 39 1/2, dp.21 1/2 in.

    $1,000-1,500

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    212John Wood Dodge (American, 1807-1893)

    Portrait o N.N. Wilkinson o NewOrleans. Artist, date, and subject identiedin inscriptions on backing paper, possibly bythe artist, Painted by John W. Dodge (romlie) New Orleans, March 2nd. 1848./Mr. N.N.Wilkinson Cash. o Canal, bank New Orleans,La. Oil on ivory, 3 7/8 x 3 3/8 in., mounted ina gilt-brass mat, with burgundy velvet orematin a pressed-paper case. Condition: Casesplit, otherwise very good.

    $600-800

    213Anglo/Continental School, Late 18th/Early

    19th Century

    Portrait Miniature o a Gentleman,

    Reportedly Robert Burns. Unsigned.Watercolor on ivory, the reverse with anopalescent enameled engine-turned plaquemounted with ornate hairwork, gilt wire andhal-pearl composition, (loose segments tohairwork plaque), 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in., in an ovalgilt-brass rame, mounted in a later moldedwood case.

    $250-350

    214Small Framed Hairwork on Ivory Memorial

    Picture, c. 1844, depicting a weeping willow

    above an urn-topped monument, the urn isinscribed in sepia ink with the initials AMF(orS)L the monument indistinctly inscribed ---21 Sept. 1837/-----17 Nov. 1844, (dust anddebris under glass), dia. 2 1/4 in., in a periodmolded wood rame with gilt-brass liner.

    $400-600

    215Framed Miniature Handwriting Picture with

    the Lords Prayer and a Verse, America,19th century, watercolor and ink picturedepicting a wreath o roses and a verse writtenin miniature titled The Star o Bethlehem in

    six parts surrounding an urn-topped scrolldepicting The Lords Prayer, also written inminiature, fanked by laurel branches, (laiddown onto thin card, toning), 3 3/8 x 3 in., in aperiod molded giltwood rame.

    $400-600

    216American School, 19th Century

    The Old Stone Mill or the Newport Tower,Newport, Rhode Island. Unsigned. Oil oncanvas, 16 x 18 3/4 in., in a period moldedwood rame. Condition: Tears u.l., u.c., u.r.,and l.r., craquelure.

    Note: The Newport stone tower is a roundstone tower with arches located at the top oa hill in Touro Park, Newport, Rhode Island.It was thought to have been a 17th centurywindmill but archeological observations putit several centuries older o pre-Columbiantrans-oceanic contact.

    $1,500-2,500

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    221Federal Mahogany and Mahogany and

    Figured Maple Veneer Bowront Chest o

    Drawers, Massachusetts or New Hampshire,c. 1810-15, the top with ovolo corners abovequarter-engaged reeded post continuing toturned legs and eet, old replaced brasses,(imperections), ht. 41 1/2, wd. 40 1/2, dp.22 in.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.$1,000-1,500

    222Federal Mahogany Inlaid Card Table,probably Massachusetts, c. 1800, therectangular top with ovolo corners onconormingly shaped base with inlaid ovalbordered by stringing and banded edgejoining square tapering legs inlaid with

    bellfowers, diamonds, and dots, renished, ht.29 3/4, wd. 34 1/2, dp. 17 in.

    $1,500-2,500

    223Federal Mahogany Upholstered Easy

    Chair, probably Massachusetts, late 18thcentury, with serpentine cresting and sides onoutward-scrolling arms and molded squaretapering legs joined to the raking rear legs bybox stretchers, (imperections), ht. 42 1/2,seat ht. 16 in.

    $1,500-2,500

    224Federal Maple and Tiger Maple Veneer

    Inlaid Tilt-top Candlestand, probablyMassachusetts, early 19th century, theoctagonal beaded top with mahoganycrossbanded edge, on a vase- and ring-turned support continuing to tripod base oshaped legs ending in spade eet, ht. 28 3/4,wd. 13 3/4, dp. 18 1/2 in.

    $600-800

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    225Federal Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer

    Inlaid Card Table, Massachusetts, c. 1800,the top with elliptic ront and hal-serpentineends and banded edge above the conormingskirt o matched mahogany veneer, string-inlaid panels, and banded lower edge joiningdelicate double-tapering legs inlaid withstringing, bellfowers, and dots, toppedwith gured paneled dies, renished, (minorimperections), ht. 30, wd. 36, dp. 17 1/2 in.

    Note: Underside o top branded R.H.$2,000-3,000

    226Federal Walnut and Mahogany Inlaid Tilt-

    top Candlestand, probably Massachusetts,early 19th century, the octagonal beadedtop with tiger maple crossbanded edge, ona vase- and ring-turned post continuing totripod base o shaped string-inlaid legs, ht. 27,wd. 15 1/2, dp. 19 3/4 in.

    $600-800

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    227Federal Carved Mahogany Upholstered

    Lolling Chair, probably Massachusetts, c.

    1795-1800, the serpentine back on hal-serpentine arms terminating in scrolledhandholds, on shaped paneled supports andmolded tapering ront legs, (repairs), ht. 46,seat ht. 17 in.

    $1,500-2,500

    228Federal Inlaid Mahogany Upholstered

    Lolling Chair, probably Massachusetts, 1810-15, with hal-serpentine arms on string-inlaidconcave supports terminating in inlaid panelson turned ront legs, renished, (restoration),ht. 45 1/2, seat ht. 16 in.

    $1,000-1,500

    229Neoclassical Carved Mahogany and Birds-

    eye Maple Veneer Worktable, possibly NewBrunswick, Canada, c. 1815, the lit top abovethe wool work surace and compartmentedinterior, and case o one alse drawer and oneworking drawer, old brass, (imperections), ht.28, wd. 21, dp. 16 3/4 in.

    $3,000-5,000

    230Federal Mahogany Worktable, probablyMassachusetts, c. 1800-10, the rectangular

    top above two drawers on square taperinglegs, old brass, (minor imperections), ht. 27,wd. 18 1/4, dp. 15 3/4 in.

    $600-800

    231Federal Gilt-gesso and Eglomise Mirror,probably Massachusetts, c. 1810, the reverse-painted tablet showing a basket o ruit againstred drapery, (minor imperections), ht. 26 in.

    $300-500

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    Federal Gilt-gesso Mirror, probablyMassachusetts, early 19th century, witheglomise tablet showing a armer by a riversedge, (imperections), ht. 19 3/4, wd. 13 in.

    $250-350

    233Inlaid Maple Tall Case Clock, TimothyChandler, Concord, New Hampshire, c.

    1800-10, the arched hood with piercedret joining inlaid plinths, above the glazedtombstone door opening to the white-painted,polychrome, and gilt iron dial with secondshand, calendar aperture, and moons ageindicator in the arch decorated with a shipfying an American fag, the dial letteredTIMOTHY CHANDLER/CONCORD, withbrass, eight-day, weight-driven movementxed to a seatboard impressed CHANDLER,on the waist with string-inlaid molded doorand fanking reeded quarter-columns, all onthe string-inlaid base with ogee bracket eet,(imperections), ht. 88 1/4 in.

    $3,000-5,000

    234Carved Birch Tall Clock, probably southernNew Hampshire, late 18th/early 19th century,the hood with molded swans neck crestingending in carved pinwheels, above the white-painted, polychrome, and gilt iron dial withforal spandrels and a bird in the arch, andbrass, eight-day, weight-driven movement,on a case with thumbmolded waist door andbracket base, renished, (imperections), ht.84 1/2 in.

    $4,000-6,000

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    238Framed Zuber Panoramic Niagara Falls

    Block-printed Wallpaper Panels, rom VuesdAmrique du Nord wallpaper, ater Jean-Julien Deltil by Jean Zuber, France, mid to late19th century, paint on paper, (imperections), 7t. 5 1/2 in. x 5 t. 5 in., in a later rame.

    $3,000-5,000

    239American School, 19th Century

    Frog Pond, Old Hill Burying Ground,

    Newburyport, Massachusetts. Unsigned.Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in., in a period moldedgilt-gesso rame. Condition: Craquelure,minor surace grime.

    Provenance: The Estate o Charles P. Fisher.

    Note: A partial exhibition label rom theBoston Athenaeum inscribed ...NewburyportBurying ground... Bricher...be returned to MissBryant is axed to the back o the rame.This note reers to Julia Bryant (1847-1901),an owner o the Seymour Ladys Secretary/Bookcase (Lot 186).

    $4,000-6,000

    240American School, 19th Century

    Essex County Farm House, Mass. Circa

    1850. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 15 x 20 in.,in a later molded giltwood rame. Condition:Relined, craquelure, minor retouch to sky u.l.,and rame edge l.r.

    $800-1,200

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