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Important American Furniture, Paintings, Folk Art and Decorative Arts

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IMPORTANT AMERICAN FURNITURE, PAINTINGS, FOLK ART AND DECORATIVE ARTS

Sale:

Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:00 AM

Viewing:

Saturday, January 19, 2013 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, January 20, 2013 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Monday, January 21, 2013 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:00 a.m. to End of sale.

(viewing available during sale)

Preview and Sale Location:Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, Wallace Hall

980 Park Avenue South at 84th Street

New York, NY 10028

Auction Code: 1009For absentee bids or inquiries, this sale should be referred to as

SALE 1009.

President and Owner:

Leigh Keno, [email protected]

Staff:

Catherine Skibitcky, Specialist

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Marybeth Keene

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Conditions of Sale:

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Important Notices, Conditions

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Front cover: Lot 49Back cover: Lot 123, 52, 39, 80Inside front cover Lot 40Page 3 Lot 121, 122

Properties from:

James and Kathryn Abbe

The Estate of Violetta J.P. DuPont

A California Gentleman

A New York Lady

A New York Gentleman

The Dr. and Mrs. Robert Isbell

Collection

The Late Valdemar F. Jacobsen

A Rhode Island Lady

A Massachusetts Family

An Ohio Collection

A Phoenix Gentleman

A New England Estate

A Private American Collection

Direct Descendant of Thomas

Kittredge, North Andover,

Massachusetts

The Bulkeley Family of Hartford,

Connecticut

A Virginia lady

A Direct Descendant of

John Ritto Penniman

The Collection of Joanne and Jeffrey Klein

The Descendant of a Prominent

Massachusetts Family

The Estate of a Florida Lady

A New York Family

Direct Descendant of the Brown and

Smith Families of Providence, Rhode Island

A New Mexico Gentleman

Direct Descendants of John

Breckinridge

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Handling and Collection

Lots will not be released until all outstanding charges due to Keno Auctions are paid in full. Please contact Keno Auctions Client Accounts department at +1 212 734 2381 or [email protected].

Administration and Handling Charges

Property not paid for and retrieved the day of the sale or by 3:00 p.m. January 23, 2013 will result in handling and administration charges plus any applicable sales taxes.

Charges All Property

Administration and Handling fees (per lot, per day beginning 3:00 pm, January 30, 2013) $15.00

Keno Auctions Sale Site Church of St. Ignatius LoyolaWallace Hall980 Park AvenueNew York, NY 10028Hours: 9:00 a.m. – End of saleJanuary 22, 2013Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.January 23, 2013

Welpak Corporation 58-60 Grand AvenueMaspeth, NY 11378718 391 [email protected]: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Monday – Friday, except public holidays

Directions to the Sale

By Subway:

Take 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street.

Driving Directions

From Westchester

• New York State Thruway (I-87) South

• Exit 3, towards East 138 Street

• Stay straight to go onto Exterior Street. Turn right onto Madison Avenue Bridge

• Madison Avenue Bridge becomes Madison Avenue. Turn Left onto 135 Street. Turn Right onto Park Avenue.

• Turn Left onto East 132 Street, take the FDR Drive South to 96 Street (exit 14)

• Either go right onto 96 Street, drive across town to Park Avenue and turn left OR

• Go straight onto York Avenue, turn right at 85 Street, turn left at Park Avenue.

From Long Island

• Long Island Expressway (I-495) to exit 30W, towards Midtown Tunnel

• Take Grand Central Parkway (Exit 22A) towards 108 Street Keep right at the fork in the ramp.

• Grand Central Parkway goes into Triborough Bridge. Keep to the Right, take the exit for Manhattan. Keep to the center through the tolls, follow signs for FDR Drive South.

• Exit at 96 Street (exit 14).

• Either go right onto 96 Street, drive across town to Park Avenue and turn left OR

• Go straight onto York Avenue, turn right at 85 Street, turn left at Park Avenue.

From Connecticut

• I-95 South

• Continue onto 1-278 W

• Take exit for FDR Drive

• Merge onto Robert F. Kennedy Bridge

• Keep right and follow signs for 125 St./2nd Avenue

• Turn right onto E. 125th Street

• Turn left on Lexington Avenue

• Turn right on E. 85th Street

• Take fi rst left on to Park Avenue

From the Lincoln Tunnel

• On exiting the tunnel, exit on the left towards 40 Street 7 North/West Side Highway

• Take West Side Highway to 79th Street

• Turn left onto Broadway

• Take Broadway to 86 Street, turn right onto 86 Street

• Take 86 Street through Central Park. You will exit the park on 84 Street.

• The church is on the corner of 84 Street and Park Avenue.

Parking:

There are many parking garages in the neighborhood. The closest is Belmont, on 84th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues

Additional parking garages include:

• Albert Parking 30 East 85th Street 212 249 5290

• East 82nd Street Garage 111 East 82nd Street 212 288 9645

• Gold East Garage 55 East 87th Street 212 831 4818

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Property of James and Kathryn Abbe

1Black Painted Queen Anne Heart and Crown Arm Chair

Stratford area, Connecticut, 1765-1775

H. 47 ½ in.

Literature: A nearly identical example is in the Silas

Deane House, Wethersfi eld, Connecticut. Please see

Robert F. Trent, Heart and Crown Chairs, New Haven:

New Haven Historical Society, 1977, pl. 17, p. 48.

$1,500-2,500

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James (1912-1999) and Kathryn Abbe shared a love for art, antiques and photography. Each had well-established careers, James, as a pho-tographer and later as a well known dealer in Folk Art and Americana. He was known for his excellent taste and was a pioneering advocate for Folk Art, “The emphasis should be on the ‘Art’ and not the ‘Folk’ ” he would say. Kathryn, a photographer and an identical twin, is the author of several books; her work has been widely exhibited in museums and galleries. Each had a great eye, and when they worked together, the result was often splendid. They liked the juxtaposition of one object with another and the effects of light and shadow. Our January 22 sale features some of the best works from the folk art collection that they built together. Starting the sale off will be a Black Painted Queen Anne Heart and Crown Arm Chair with a classic shaped and pierced crest-rail and graceful arms that shows more than 250 years of usage; it was made in Connecticut in the fi rst-half of the 18th century (lot 1).

Prominent among the pieces is a rare 18th century Polychrome Painted White Pine Countertop Figure of a standing gentleman (lot 18). A pair of early folk art paintings of twins, circa 1815, is powerful for the sitters stern expressions and edginess (lot 3) that brings to mind

photographer Diane Arbus’s haunting work Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey, 1967.

The Abbes loved carved and painted wooden and metal fi gures. A painted wood, tin and iron fi gure of a rooster (lot 4), probably used

as a roof ornament, is a whimsical accessory to any home. A portrait of a Girl in a Rocking Chair by Asahel Powers (lot 15) is an excellent example of Powers’ work. As an untrained artist Powers had a diffi cult time making items appear to be anchored to the fl oor; the young girl appears to be fl oating.

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAMES AND KATHRYN ABBE

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4Painted Wood Tin and Iron Figure of a Rooster

American, 1830-1890

H. 22 ½ in.; W. 25 ½ in.

Probably once used as a roof ornament.

$1,500-2,500

2Gilt Copper Weathervane Depicting a Steer

Probably L. W. Cushing & Sons

Waltham, Massachusetts, second half 19th century

H. 12 ¾ in.; L. 23 in.

$300-600

3American School, First Quarter 19th Century

A Pair of Portraits Depicting Twin Girls in White

Dresses

Oil on canvas

18 x 16 inches (each)

$2,000-4,000

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5Green and Yellow Painted Half Hull Model

American, circa 1843

With painted inscription: “Plymouth, 1843”

H. 11 in.; L. 56 in.

$800-1,200

6A Group of Four Carved and Painted Wooden Figures

Comprising: Pair of white painted mermaids: American,

late 19th / early 20th century, H. 2 ¾ in.; L. 6 ½ in.

Figure of a lion and lamb, probably Pennsylvania, late

19th century, H. 5 in.; L. 9 in.

Green, yellow and white painted fi gure of a standing

woman, American, late 19th century, H. 13 ¼ in.

White painted wooden rooster with repair done with

tin and nails, fi rst half 19th century, H. 5 ½ in.; L. 7 in.

(4)

$1,200-1,800

7Naive Carved Bone Figure in the Form of a Female Nude

American, second half 19th century

With movable section.

H. 4 in.

$200-400

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8Pair of American School Portraits

Sarah Bennett, age 11 and Mary Bennett, age 10

Possibly Isaac A. Wetherby (American, 1819-1904)

Oil on canvas

29 x 24 inches (each)

Portrait of Mary Bennett inscribed on verso: “Mary

Bennett born 1845 daughter of Hon. A.H. Bennett,

Davenport, Iowa, 10 years old when this was taken.

Possibly by Isaac Augustus Wetherby (1819-1904)” and

“attributed to Isaac Wetherby 6/1/1988, James Abbe

Junior Oyster Bay, NY”

Portrait of Sarah Bennett inscribed on verso of canvas:

“attributed to Isaac A. Wetherby (American, 1819-

1904) and “Sarah Bennett, born 1844, daughter of Hon.

A.H. Bennett, Davenport, Iowa, 11 years old when this

was taken”.

(2)

$2,000-4,000

9Four Cast Iron Mechanical Banks and Tin Mechanical Bank

Comprising: Speaking Dog, Red Dress, H. 7 ⅛ in.; W.

8 in.

Uncle Sam, Shepard Hardware Company, Buffalo New

York, circa 1886, H. 11 ¾ in.

African American Man, H. 6 ½ in.

African American Woman, H. 6 ½ in.

Pool Player, painted tin, H. 7 ⅛ in.

(5)

$200-400

10Painted Sheet Iron Figure of Indian with Bow and Arrow

American, second half 19th century

H. 26 ½ in.; W. 14 ½ in.

$300-600

11Painted and Decorated Circular Covered Wooden Box

American, fi rst half 19th century

Inscribed on bottom: “James Abbe, Jr. Jericho, N.Y.”

H. 10 in.; Diam. 14 ½ in.

$200-400

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12Chauncey Wheeler (American, 1888-1945)

Brant

First half, 20th century

Branded on base: “WFB”

Label inscribed on base: “William F. Beale Long Island N.Y. by Chauncey Wheeler”

Carved and painted wood.

L. 18 in.; W. 7 in.

$1,200-1,800

13A Group of Four Portrait Miniatures

Comprising: A Silhouette of a young lady with woven hair and original gilt metal frame,

inscribed on verso: “1828”, H. 4 ¼ x 3 ½ in.

Ink silhouette of Thomas Goddard (English, 1762-1834), ink and watercolor on paper,

inscribed on verso: “Thomas Goddard 1762”, signed: “... Hiddleton,” H. 5 ½ x 2 in.

Naïve full length silhouette of a woman glued to a page from an accounting book,

19th century, collage and ink, 6 x 4 ½ in.

Portrait of Mrs. Robert Sackett, 1846, watercolor on paper, 5 ¼ x 4 in.

(4)

$300-600

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New York, late 19th century

Inscribed: “TALLMAN 15 RUBLE HOUSE N.Y.”

Oil on canvas

13 ½ x 21 inches

$200-400

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15Asahel Lynde Powers (American, 1813-1843)

Girl in Painted Rocking Chair

Circa 1835

Oil on canvas

33 ¾ x 26 inches

Provenance: Washburn Gallery, New York

$4,000-8,000

16American School, 19th Century

Double Portrait of Boy with Whip and Girl

with RoseOil on canvas

27 x 24 ¼ inches

Provenance: Washburn Gallery, New York

$3,000-6,000

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17American School

Peri at the Gates of Paradise

Circa 1845

Oil on canvas

30 ¼ x 25 inches

$1,200-1,800

18Polychrome Painted White Pine Countertop Figure of a Standing Gentleman

American, late 18th / early 19th century

Wood analysis by Alden Identifi cation Service,

November 2012.

H. 38 in.

$4,000-8,000

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From the Estate of Violetta J.P. DuPont

19Group of Miniature Portraits Daguerreotypes and Tintypes

American, English and Continental, late 18th / 19th century

Comprising: Six daguerreotypes (four in gutta-percha hinge frames), one tintype, one

photograph, nine painted portrait miniatures, one bronze portrait medallion inscribed:

“LOUIS XVIII / ROI DE FRANCE”

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime DuPont (1912-1991) of

New Jersey

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$1,500-2,500

Property of a Lady

20Auguste Edouart (American, 1789-1861)

An Interior Including Young Girl on Candle Stand and One Holding Doll,

1839

Signed and dated lower center : “Aug. Edouart, fecit 1839”

Watercolor and black paper

13 ¼ x 18 ½ inches

$2,000-4,000

21Attributed to Rufus Porter (American, 1792-1884)

Double Portrait of Husband and Wife (b. June 1799 - d. Jan 30, 1877)

Circa 1820-18306

Watercolor and ink on paper with gold leaf and black eglomise glass panel.

The portrait of the lady inscribed in graphite on verso: “Died January 30 1877 /

Aged 77 yrs. 7 months.”

6 ¾ x 9 inches (including frame)

$2,000-4,000

Property of a California Gentleman

22Painted Sea Chest with Carved Ship

New England, 19th century, the carving and painting probably fi rst half 20th century

The painting on the ship is signed indistinctly and dated: “32,” possibly 1932

With inlaid diamond-shaped whalebone escutcheon and fi tted with beckets.

H. 15 ½ in.; W. 43 ¼ in.; D. 16 ¾ in.

$2,000-4,000

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Property of a New York Lady

23American School, 1849

Portrait of Boy With Dog, 1849

Dated lower right: “1849”

Oil on canvas

48 ½ x 38 inches

Provenance: Arthur Rupley, Alexandria, Virginia;

Sloans & Kenyon, Chevy Chase, Maryland, 7-9 December 1990;

Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1991

$12,000-18,000

24Pictorial Hooked American Rug: Ms. Hen

Laura H. Loeffl er, 1920-1930

On verso: “’Ms. Hen’ hand hooked by Laura H. Loeffl er”

35 ½ x 26 in.

Note: A closely related rug, based on the same design as the present lot sold at

Sotheby’s, New York, Important Americana, Lot 167, 22-24 January 2009 for $25,000.

$2,000-4,000

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29Painted Wood and Decorated Grocery Store Bag Sorter

American, second half, 19th century

With original stenciled decoration and inscription

from Troy, New York Grocers.

With original stenciled decoration and inscription from

Troy, New York Grocers.

H. 15 in.; W. 16 in.; D. 8 ¼ in.

$200-400

30A Monumental Black Painted Cast Iron Windmill Weight

American, second half 19th century

H. 15 ¼ in.; W. 22 in.; D. 4 ¼ in.

Provenance: Descended from the consignor’s great

grandfather Haldo O. Slinden, a Norwegian immigrant

who set up homestead in Altwater, New York. The farm

has been in the family for four generations.

$1,000-2,000

31Grain Painted Three-Drawer Blanket Chest

Pennsylvania, 1780-1800

H. 29 ⅙ in.; W. 50 ½ in.; D. 24 ½

$8,000-12,000

32Two Yellow Spatterware Pitchers

English, circa 1835

The fi rst with tulip and leaf decoration, the second

with thistle and leaf decoration

H. 12 in. (each)

Condition note: extensive restoration.

(2) Not illustrated

$500-800

Property of Various Owners

25Painted Bellamy Style Eagle and Painted Bluebill Drake

Eagle with banner and painted inscription: “~DON’T

GIVE UP THE SHIP”

American, 20th century

H. 10 in.; L. 28 ½ in.; D. 4 ½ in.

Bluebill Drake, Henry Kilpatrick (1868-1945), circa

1920

(2)

$300-500

26Model Butcher Shop in Old Case

English, 1850-1890

H. 18 ½ in.; W. 20 in.; D. 6 ¾ in.

$2,000-4,000

27Needlework Sampler Initialed ‘B.K.’, dated 1730

American or English, 1730

Work in silk stitched on linen ground

12 in. x 12 in.

The central motif is that of large fl owers and a two-

handled urn, on a linen background. The same design

can be found on fi ve, possibly, six known samplers

each attributed by design to the Elizabeth and Ann

Marsh School of Philadelphia (1683 to 1784). This elite

school was originally under the direction of Elizabeth

Marsh and then, by her daughter, Ann. Each sampler

attributed to the school’s students is of similar central

design created by a different student girl, all, apparently,

utilizing the Marsh School’s same art source material.

$4,000-8,000

28Group of Five Painted Plywood Life Saver Signs

American, circa 1930

“ASSORT O MINTS”, “GRAPE”, “PEP O MINT”,

“STICK O PEP” and “WINT O GREEN”.

Incorporating tin foil decoupage elements.

The exterior of the Life Saver building was famous for

having large images of Life Savers projecting from its

lower façade.

Provenance: Made for and used in the offi ces at the

headquarters of the Life Saver Company of Port

Chester, New York, constructed in 1920.

L. 46 ¾ in.; H. 15 ½ in. (each)

(5)

$1,200-1,800

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From the Estate of Violetta J.P. DuPont

33Group of Thirteen Flasks

Comprising: Dyotteville Glass Works, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania Aqua glass “The Father of Our Country”

“GEN. TAYLOR NEVER SURRENDERS / DYOTTE-

VILLE GLASS WORKS,” George Washington / General

Taylor Portrait Flask, Two Green Eagle / Cornucopia

Flasks, Amber Eagle/ Cornucopia Flask, Olive Cornuco-

pia / Fruit Basket Flask, Amber Cornucopia / Fruit Bas-

ket Flask, Two Amber Eagle / Eagle Flasks, Olive Eagle

/ Eagle Flask, Aqua Cornucopia / Cornucopia Flask,

Amber Sheath of Wheat / “TRAVELER / COMPAN-

ION,” Olive Green Sheath of Wheat / “WESTFORD

GLASS Co / WESTFORD CONN”

H. (tallest) 9 in.

(13)

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime

DuPont (1912-1991) of New Jersey

$500-1,000

34Classical Painted and Decorated Dressing Table with Painted Splashboard Depicting Departing Sailor and Ship with American Flag

New England, 19th century

H. 39 in.; W. 34 ⅝ in.; D. 23 ½ in.

$5,000-10,000

Property of a Lady

35An Assorted Group of 18th and Early / 19th Century Ceramics

Comprising: A Staffordshire fi gure of a young man with

arms crossed and with black hat, late-18th century; a

Staffordshire fi gure of a boy with fl owered toga and

holding parrot, circa 1800; a Staffordshire fi gure of a

standing woman with yellow barrel and wearing yellow

bonnet; an agateware cat, circa 1765; a covered shell

form teapot, circa 1765; and a Dutch delftware fi gure

of a man with a basket on each hip. Together with a

late-19th century covered fi gurine depicting a man,

woman and child.

Condition note: Various repairs and restoration.

H. (tallest) 8 ½ inches

(7)

$200-400

36Pair of Blown and Molded Glass Whale Oil Lamps and a Chinese Export Jappaned Tea Caddy

Enclosing Lead Tea Canisters

Lamps: New England, Possibly New England Vase

Company, circa 1830

Lamps: H. 11 ½ in., Box: H. 5 ½ in.

(3)

$200-400

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The rococo-carved walnut dressing table (lot 48) has acanthus leaf–carved front legs and central drawer with naturalistic shell and fl anking leafage attributed to the well-known carver Martin Jugiez (d. 1819). A pie-crust tea table (lot 61) is another wonderful example of Philadelphia rococo furniture. The table displays a crisply cut scalloped top and well-shaped acanthus leaf–carved cabriole legs.

The winsome Portrait of a Young Child in a White Dress and Red Shoes with Peach and

Dog by Deacon Robert Peckham (American, 1785-1877) (lot 39) is a colorful pastel portrait probably executed in Massachusetts circa 1830. It survives with its original glass and frame intact.

We also have a family reunion of sorts with a double portrait (c. 1828) by the

renowned deaf-mute artist John Brewster Jr. Portrait of Marcia Bowman Winter (b.

1824) and William Drew Winter (b. 1820) of Bath, Maine (lot 52). It is serendipitous that two of their siblings, Sarah and Wealthy Winter, also painted by Brewster at about the same time, were recently discovered at the family homestead in Maine. They are depicted in another double portrait in this sale consigned by direct descendants of the sitters (lot 49, front cover).

It is an honor and pleasure for Keno Auctions to offer for sale the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Isbell. People collect for a variety of reasons; the Isbells assem-bled a fabulous Americana collection because of their passion for each piece. Over three decades they sought out the best examples of high quality Colonial American furniture and folk art using the criteria of quality, rarity, condition and provenance as their guide. Two examples of Queen Anne furniture, each from mid-18th century Massachusetts, rank high on the scale in terms of the Isbell’s standards. The Queen Anne diminutive mahogany table with rectangular drop leaves (lot 53), is constructed of the very best quality highly fi gured mahogany, with powerful, yet graceful cabriole legs. One of just a few Queen Anne tables in the world of this small size, it also retains much of its original fi nish. The Cox-Pickering Bonnet-Top mahogany high chest (lot 40) displays vertical proportions, a crisply scalloped skirt and shell-carved drawers and an impeccable pedigree; the piece descended directly from Timothy Pickering (1702-1778) the prominent merchant of Salem, Massachusetts.

Philadelphia Chippendale furniture from the 1760s is well represented in the collection by two pieces, each purchased by the Isbells more than 20 years ago.

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The Dr. and Mrs. Robert Isbell Collection

37Anne Pratt Armstrong (American)

Winter in Shushan, New York

Circa 1900

Oil and mica on canvas

18 x 25 inches

Provenance: Private Ohio Collection;

Olde Hope Antiques, Inc., New Hope, Pennsylvania, 2009

$3,000-6,000

THE COLLECTION OF DR. AND MRS . ROBERT ISBELL

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38Grain Painted and Smoke Decorated Cupboard

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1840-1860

H. 84 in.; W. 52 in.; D. 17 ¾ in.

Provenance: H. William Koch Collection, Milton, Pennsylvania;

Dr. James Bohn Collection;

David Wheatcroft Antiques, Westborough, Massachusetts;

Helen Hunt Collection

$60,000-90,000

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39Deacon Robert Peckham (American, 1785-1877)

Portrait of a Young Child in a White Dress and Red Shoes with Peach and

Dog

Circa 1830

Pastel on paper

Retains what appears to be its original giltwood frame and glass.

25 x 20 ½ inches

Provenance: A typewritten label on verso reads: “Given to Dorothy by her grand-

mother, Sarah Dobson Norris 4/1/55”

Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York, 1995;

Jon and Rebecca Zoler, Sotheby’s, American Folk Art Collection of Jon & Rebecca

Zoler, New York, January 22, 2005, lot 63, cover illustration, sold for $102,000

$60,000-100,000

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40The Cox-Pickering Family Queen Anne Bonnet-Top Walnut High Chest

Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1750

H. 88 ½ in.; W. 39 ½ in.; D. 21 in.

The High Chest, of a desirable small size, great proportions, retaining its original

brasses and fi nials, is a superlative example of its form. The fact that it has descended

directly in the prominent Pickering family of Salem adds to its importance.

Fire Bucket and silver bag inscribed: “FRANCIS COX / 1806” accompany this lot.

Provenance: Timothy Pickering (1702-1778) married Mary Wingate (1708-1784);

To their son, Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) married Rebecca White (1754-1828)

[Timothy held several cabinet positions under Presidents George Washington and

John Adams, including Postmaster General, Secretary of State, and Secretary of War];

To their son, John Pickering (1777-1846) married Sarah White (1777-1846);

To their son, John Pickering (1808-1882) married Mehitable Cox (1815-1879);

Thence by descent in the Cox branch of the Cox-Pickering Family until 1994;

Northeast Auctions, August 20 and 21, 1994;

Eastside Winter Antiques Show, Wayne Pratt, January 20, 1995

Literature: Illustrated in-situ at the Pickering home in Samuel Chamberlain, Salem

Interiors: Two Centuries of New England Taste and Decoration, New York: Hastings House,

1950, p. 6.;

A similar walnut high chest from Salem is described as a ‘Masterpiece’ in Albert Sack,

et. al., The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American, New York: Crown Publishers,

1993, p. 198.

$80,000-120,000

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A view of the present High Chest inside the Pickering House

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41Oblong Burl Bowl with Open Handles

Probably, Woodland, late 18th / early 19th century

H. 8 ½ in.; L. 19 in.; W. 16 in.

$4,000-8,000

42Ovoid Ash Burl Bowl

Probably Woodlands, American, fi rst half 19th century

H. 9 in.; W. 21 ½ in.; D. 16 ⅛ in.

Provenance: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Gale Carter, Old Greenwich, Connecticut, June

19, 1987;

David A. Schorsch, Inc., Woodbury, Connecticut

$1,500-3,000

43Oval Ash Burl Bowl with Lug Handles and a Burl Ladle

Woodlands Indians, early 19th century

Bowl: L. 22 in.; W. 16 in.; H. 7 in., Ladle: L. 13 ¾ in.

(2)

$1,500-3,000

44Attributed to John Brewster Jr. (American, 1766-1854)

Portrait of Ruth Avery Brewster, Artist’s Stepmother

Oil on canvas

28 ½ by 22 ¼ inches

Provenance: Previously in the collection of the Lyman Allyn Museum, New London,

Connecticut, 1970

Literature: Harlan Lane, A Deaf Artist in Early America: The Worlds of John Brewster Jr.,

listed in “A Brewster Inventory,” Boston: Beacon Press, 2004, p. 142.

$5,000-10,000

41, 42, 43

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45Federal Grain Painted Lift-Top Blanket Chest

Probably Vermont, 1820-1840 H. 43 ½ in.; W. 41 in.; D. 17 ¾ in. The grain-painted decoration is similar to that found on pieces from the Shaftsbury, Vermont region.

Provenance: Private New England collection; Eastside Winter Antiques Show, Olde Hope Antiques, Janu-ary 2009

$12,000-18,000

46Yellow and Red Paint Decorated Small Chest on Turned Feet

Manheim, Pennsylvania, circa 1830 H. 15 ½ in.; W. 25 ½ in.; D. 13 ⅜ in.

Provenance: Garthoeffner Gallery, Lititz, Pennsylvania

$2,000-4,000

47Chippendale Walnut Valuables Chest

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, circa 1780 H. 20 in.; W. (at base) 11 ⅞ in.

Provenance: Christopher Rebollo Antiques, Mechanicsville, Pennsylvania

$4,000-8,000

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48Chippendale Walnut Dressing Table with Shell and Foliate Carved Drawer

Carving attributed to the workshop of Martin Jugiez (d. 1819)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1760

H. 30 in.; W. 36 ½ in.; D. 21 ⅛ in.

Literature: A similar example, with an apron of different profi le, once belonging to Polly

Riche of Philadelphia was advertised by Israel Sack, Inc. in Antiques, June 1965, p. 622.;

Detailed information about the carvers, Nicholas Bernard and Martin Jugiez in Luke

Beckerdite and Alan Miller, American Furniture, ed. Luke Beckerdite, “A Table’s Tale: Craft,

Art, and Opportunity in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia,” Milwaukee: Chipstone

Foundation, 2004, pp. 2-45. July 28, 1984.

A report on this table by Alan Miller, dated August 26, 1994 accompanies this lot.

Please visit Kenoauctions.com.

$50,000-80,000

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Property of Direct Descendants of the Sitters

49Attributed to John Brewster, Jr. (American, 1766-1854)

Double Portrait of Wealthy Jones Winter (b. 1819) and Sarah Marie Winter

(b. 1817)

Bath, Maine, circa 1827

Oil on canvas

22 x 17 inches

The Winter family traces its roots in Bath, Maine to the mid-eighteenth century, when

the grandfather of the sitters, Francis Winter, a Boston native and Harvard graduate

settled in Bath, Maine. At that time, Maine was still a part of Massachusetts and he

served as a representative to the Massachusetts legislature the First Congregational

Pastor in Bath. He married Abigal Alden (1750-1826) in 1768. Francis and Abigal

The following lot comprises a portrait of Wealthy and Sarah Winter, sisters of Marcia and William Winter (whose portrait will be offered as lot 52). The present owners of lot 49 are direct descendants of the Winter family. Keno auctions is honored to offer these sibling portraits in the same auction.

49

Winter had four children, including Samuel (1789-1835). He married Sarah Bowman

(1793-1828) in 1814. They had seven children, including the four depicted here in lots

49 and 52. Thier mother, Sarah Bowman (whose portrait, also by john Brewster, Jr., is

still in the family collection) died just six days after giving birth to her seventh child.

Thier father, Samuel Winter, a seaman, distiller and leader of the local Whig Party, was

regarded as a “notable citizen”. He died in 1835; his orphaned children were adopted

by family members.

The Winter Family homestead remains with the direct descendants to this day. Until

now, this portrait hung on the wall across from a portrait of their mother, Sarah

Bowman, since it was painted circa 1827. The portrait of William Drew and Marcia

Bowman Winter (offered as lot 52) was sold by the family some years ago and thus

the portraits were separated. It is serendipitous that these two portraits are reunited

for the fi rst time in more than thirty-fi ve years.

Provenance: Descended directly in the family of the sitters to the present owner.

$40,000-80,000

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51Panelled Maple and Pine Valuables Chest

New England, 1690-1720

H. 21 ½ in.; W. 19 ½ in.; D. 12 ½ in.

Provenance: Rhode Island School of Design,

Providence, Rhode Island;

Whimsy Antiques, Arlington, Vermont, June, 1965;

The Deyerle Collection, Sotheby’s Charlottesville,

Virginia, 1995, Lot 567

Literature: Illustrated in Wallace Nutting, Furniture

Treasury, New York: Macmillan, 1928, pl. 917;

Also, illustrated in Wallace Nutting, Furniture of the

Pilgrim Century, New York: Bonanza Books, 1921, p. 399;

Advertised by Whimsy Antiques, Arlington, Vermont,

in Antiques, June 1965, p. 635.; Illustrated in Shop Talk,

1960, p. 98.

$3,000-6,000

The Dr. and Mrs. Robert Isbell Collection

50Set of Five Matched Painted Sack-Back Windsor Armchairs and a Tall Painted Sack-Back Windsor Armchair

Rhode Island, circa 1795

H. 37 in. (average)

Tall Sack-Back Windsor Armchair

Connecticut, circa 1770

H. 42 ¼ in.

Provenance: Bennington, Vermont family collection for

over 50 years;

Patty Gagarin Antiques, Southport, Connecticut, 1984

Literature: A similar example in Charles Santore, The

Windsor Style in America, Philadelphia: Running Press,

1987, plate 106, p. 103.;

Wallace Nutting, The Windsor Handbook, Rutland,

Vermont: C.E. Tuttle, 1973, p. 11.

$3,000-6,000

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52Attributed to John Brewster, Jr., (American, 1766-1854)

Double Portrait of Marcia Bowman Winter (b. 1824) and William Drew

Winter (b. 1822)

Bath, Maine, circa

Oil on canvas

Probably 20th century inscription incised on the original white pine stretcher: “Marcia

Bowman Winter born Bath June 25 1824 William Drew Winter born oct 1822...”

14 x 20 ¼ inches

Provenance: Richard L. Mills, Exeter, New Hampshire;

Marna Anderson Gallery, New York;

Collection of Brian and Janice Oberman, New York;

David A. Schorsch, Woodbury, Connecticut

Literature: Harlan Lane, A Deaf Artist in Early America: The Worlds of John Brewster Jr.,

listed in “A Brewster Inventory,” Boston: Beacon Press, 2004, p. 168.

$30,000-60,000

Please see lot 49 for a portrait of Marcia and William’s older siblings.

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53Diminutive Queen Anne Mahogany Table with Rectangular Drop Leaves

Massachusetts, 1740-1760

Tables of this small size rarely come into the market-

place. This example exhibits a graceful arched apron

and cabriole legs with delicate ankles ending in bold

pad feet. The surface, with its worn mellow patina is

exemplary.

Provenance: A private New England family;

Northeast Auctions, March 1, 1997, Lot 548;

Robert Fileti, consultant for G.K.S. Bush, Inc., New York,

1997.

Please see Kenoauctions.com for more information

about this lot.

$15,000-25,000

53 53

54

This lot and lot 62 are both examples of diminutive

Queen Anne drop leaf tables. Their desirability is best

stated in American Antiques from the Israel Sack Col-

lection “Authentic Queen Anne dropleaf tables thirty

inches or under are considered collectors’ prizes.”

H. 28 in.; W. (closed) 12 in.; W. (open) 29 in.

Literature: For a pair of tables of this rare small size

please see Albert M. and Robert M. Sack, American

Antiques from the Israel Sack Collection, Vol. IV, New York:

Highland House, 1974, p. 981, pl. P3678.

54Gilt Confederate Cavalryman Copper Weathervane

Probably Harris & Co.

Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1870

H. (including base) 21 ½ in.; L. 27 ¾ in.

Copper and cast zinc with traces of original gilding and

mustard sizing.

One of two known examples. The other sold by Peter

Tillou, Litchfi eld, Connecticut, 1992.

Provenance: Edmund Fuller, Woodstock, New York (c.

1940-1985);

J.J. Frank, Washington, D.C.;

Steve Miller, New York, 1992

$10,000-20,000

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56

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55William and Mary Painted Maple Butterfl y Table

New England, 1745-1760

H. 27 ½ in.; W. 34 ¼ in.; D. (closed) 12 ¾ in.; D. (open) 38 ¾ in.

The table, with block and turned splayed legs, retains full height and has sup-

porting turned stretchers. The oval top is supported by well-shaped butterfl y

wings and a square apron. The whole retains a 19th century varnish over a red

stain with a washed top.

Provenance: Jonathan Trace, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Antiques

Show, April 8, 1988

A letter of authentication and condition report, dated May 3, 1989, written by

Alan Miller for Dr. and Mrs. Isbell accompanies this lot and is illustrated in full at

Kenoauctions.com.

$5,000-8,000

56Miniature Carved Classical Chest of Drawers

McIntire School, Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1810

Samuel McIntire (1757-1811)

H. 19 ½ in.; W. 16 ¾ in.; D. 9 ¼ in.

Carving and punch work decoration of fruit and basket motif characteristic of

the Samuel McIntire (1757-1811) school.

Provenance: Private New Hampshire home;

Stephen-Douglas Antiques, Rockingham, Vermont

Literature: Advertised in Maine Antiques Digest, October 1991.

$3,000-6,000

57Pair of Chippendale Brass Engraved Andirons

Probably English for the Charleston Market, 1780-1800

H. 28 in.; W. 15 in.; D. 19 ½ in.

Bradford L. Rauschenberg’s two publications on Charleston andirons provides

insight on the location of manufacture. In a 1979 article, he attributes andirons

of this style to Charleston, South Carolina, but a more recent article indicates

they were likely made in England for Charleston market.

References: Bradford L. Rauschenberg, “A School of Chaleston, South Carolina

Brass Andirons,” Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, North

Carolina: MESDA, May 1979, pp. 26-77.;

Bradford L. Rauschenberg, “Reconsidering Brass Andirons,” Journal of Early

Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina: MESDA, November

1992, pp. 37-53.

$5,000-10,000

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58Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American, 1813-1884)

Young Girl Holding a Cluster of Grapes with Her Dog at Her Feet

Probably Massachusetts, circa 1837-1845

Oil on canvas

38 ⅞ x 26 ¾ inches

Provenance: Leila and Merton Banks, Treasure House Antiques, Searsport, Maine, 1978;

James D. Julia Auctions, Rockport, Maine, August 31, 1990;

Olde Hope Antiques, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1990

A description of the painting’s history prior to being sold at James D. Julia Auctions

appeared in the October 1990 issue of the Maine Antiques Digest. After the death of

Mrs. Leila Banks, the painting was to be sold by F.O. Bailey Co. in June 1976. The night

before the auction it was stolen, only to be discovered two years later in a Parke-Bernet

sale catalogue by the editor of Maine Antiques Digest, Sam Pennington. Minor paint loss

below the dog helped to identify the painting and return it to its rightful owners.

Please note: Accompanied by a conservation report from Fred Koszewnik, Marlton,

New Jersey, December 17, 1990.

Please see Kenoauctions.com for more information about this lot.

$12,000-18,000

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59The Blake Family Chippendale Mahogany Block Front Chest

Boston, Massachusetts, 1760-1780

H. 30 in.; W. 36 in.; D. 22 in.

Provenance: Descended in the Blake family of Brookline and Lenox, Massachusetts;

Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc, New York, November 1978, lot 1072;

Julia Overing Beals;

Kenneth Van Blarcom, Natick, Massachusetts

Literature: For an example of similar quality with rounded blocking, but lacking a drop

pendant, please see Albert M. and Robert M. Sack, American Antiques from the Israel

Sack Collection, New York: Highland House, Vol. VIII, P5982, p. 2360.

$40,000-80,000

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60Queen Anne Cherry and Maple Tray-Top Tea Table with Scalloped Skirt

Probably Hartford County, Connecticut,1750-1780

W. 29 ⅛ in.; L. 27 in.

Provenance: Eastside Winter Antiques Show, Wayne Pratt, January 2006

Literature: Another example, the shaped skirt of similar profi le, illustrated in Connecticut

Furniture: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, Wadsworth Athenaeum: Hartford,

Connecticut, 1967, p. 91, pl. 158.

$20,000-40,000

60

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61Chippendale Mahogany Birdcage Piecrust Tea Table

Philadelphia, circa 1765

H. 28 ½ in.; Diam. 30 ½ in.

David L. Barquist, in Treasures of the State, attributes this table, another at the Rhode

Island School of Design, and the example illustrated from the collection of the U.S.

State department to the same workshop.1

Provenance: From an old Germantown, Pennsylvania collector in whose family it has

descended for several generations;

David Stockwell, Inc., New York

Literature: Referenced in Clement E. Conger and Alexandra Rollins, Treasures of State,

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1991, pl. 68, p. 152.

Advertised by “David Stockwell, Inc.” in Antiques, June 1970, p.771.

An authentication note from Alan Miller dated August 26, 1994 accompanies this lot,

and can be read at Kenoauctions.com.

$30,000-60,000

1Clement E. Conger, Treasures of State, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1991, p. 152.

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62Queen Anne Tiger Maple Tri-Drop Leaf Table with Pivoting Top on Triangular Base

New England, probably Connecticut, 1735-1770

H. 25 ¾ in.; Diam. 27 ¾ in.

This rare table is ingeniously designed to pivot so the three leaves are supported by

the triangle base. It is also distinguished by its curly maple top and shaped apron, all

supported by turned legs, ending in pad feet.

Provenance: E. Guy Sawyer, Glastonbury, Connecticut;

Paul Koda, Windsor, Connecticut, 2001;

Eastside Winter Antiques Show, Wayne Pratt, January 2001

$20,000-30,000

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63Diminutive Queen Anne Mahogany Drop-Leaf Table with Rounded Leaves

Boston, Massachusetts, 1740-1780

H. 27 in.; W. 28 ¾ in.; D. (closed) 11 ⅛ in.; D. (open) 27 ⅜ in.

Provenance: Descended in a family from South Weymouth, Massachusetts;

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Antiques Show, Herrup & Wolfner, 1989

Literature: Please see Albert M. and Robert M. Sack, American Antiques from the Israel

Sack Collection, Vol. IV, New York: Highland House, 1974, p. 981, pl. P3678.

$15,000-30,000

63 open

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64Queen Anne Maple Porringer Top Tea Table

Probaby Wethersfi eld area, Connecticut, circa 1750

H. 29 in.; W. 33 ⅞ in.; D. 24 ⅞ in.

For a similar example please see David S. Smith, “Con-

necticut Spring Antiques Show” in Antiques and the Arts

Weekly, April 3, 2007.

$5,000-8,000

65Carved White Oak and White Pine Bible Box

Probably New Haven Colony, Hammonasset River

Valley, Connecticut, 1670-1700

H. 9 ⅝ in.; W. 24 ¾ in.; D. 15 ⅛ in.

Literature: A related, more elaborate example is

illustrated in Patricia E. Kane from the Museum of Fine

Arts, Boston (32.275), Furniture of the New Haven

Colony, New Haven: New Haven Historical Society,

1973, pp. 44-45.

The box bears a partial label of the Connecticut

Tercentenary Exhibition on the bottom.

Recent wood analysis by Harry Alden Identifi cation

indicates the bottom board is white pine native to

northeastern U.S. and Canada and the backboard is

white oak. “The backboard sample is white oak with

narrow rings indicating extremely slow growth which

would not be expected in English furniture of 1600-

1750.” – Harry Alden, September 2012

$3,000-6,000

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65

66Painted and Decorated Dower Chest

Probably Berks County, Bern Township, Pennsylvania,

1785-1799

H. 22 ¼ in.; W. 50 ½ in.; D. 23 in.

The base molding and feet are replaced on this chest.

This restoration work was not disguised.

Provenance: H. William Koch Collection;

David Wheatcroft Antiques, Westborough, Massachu-

setts

Literature: For an article about Berks County chests:

please see Patricia J. Keller, “Black Unicorn Chests of

Berks County” in Antiques, October 1991, pp. 594-605.

$4,000-8,00066

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67Federal Inlaid Mahogany Tall-Case Clock with Rocking Ship Mechanism

David Wood (1766-1855)

Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1800

The dial inscribed: “DAVID WOOD / NEWBURYPORT”

Dial has a rocking ship in the arch with painted geometric spandrels in the corners

and an eight-day brass striking movement.

H. 94 in.; W. 18 ½ in.; D. 9 in.

Provenance: Patrick Tracy Jackson, born Newburyport, August 14, 1780, died Septem-

ber 12, 1849. Married Lydia Cabot, born June 20, 1820, died May 31, 1869;

To their fi fth child, Hannah Lowell Jackson, born June 20, 1820, died June 30, 1879.

Married Dr. Samuel Cabot, born September 20, 1815, died April 13, 1885;

To their daughter, Helen Jackson Cabot, born January 13, 1856. She married Charles

Almy;

To their fi fth child, Elizabeth Mason Almy, born August 28, 1892. Married Dr. Stanley

Cobb. Their children Sidney, Helen and John;

Written on reverse of paper listing provenance: “On the decease of Elizabeth Belt and

Elinor Meserve, this clock is to be given to: John Delaney, West Townsend, Massachu-

setts”

$15,000-30,000

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69

Property of Descendants of the Brown Family of Providence

68The Brown Family Queen Anne Mahogany Slipper Foot Tea Table

Goddard-Townsend School Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1750

H. 26 ½ in.; W. 33 ¼ in.;, D. 22 in.

Provenance: Descended in the Brown Family of Providence to present owner

Rectangular top with applied convex molding strips, applied convex apron fl anked by

shaped brackets, above cabriole legs, with peaked knees and terminating in pointed

slipper feet. A heavy convex molding is applied to the perimeter. With a broad convex

inner edge and beaded top edge with a rounded exterior. The skirts on most known

examples have a convex applied skirt molding. On most tables, including this example,

the knee brackets are separate pieces of wood affi xed to the bottom of the molding

and the adjoining leg. Six of the eight returns on this table are original. This tea table is

notable for its exemplary proportions, condition and provenance. These proportions

are accentuated by the bold convex moldings that encircle the top. Also contribut-

ing to the successful proportions are sinuous cabriole legs with their notable peaked

knees, graceful ankles, and elongated slipper feet. A Chippendale drop-leaf table,

attributed to John Goddard (1723/4-1785), also descended in the same family as the

present table, sold in Keno Auctions inaugural sale in May 2010 (lot 253).

$10,000-20,000

Property from a Florida Estate

69Chipppendale Mahogany Reverse-Serpentine Chest of Drawers with Claw and Ball Feet

Massachusetts, circa 1770-1790

H. 33 in.; L. 36 in.; D. 20 ¼ in.

$3,000-6,000

Property of a Rhode Island Lady

70Chippendale Fan-Inlaid Cherry-Wood Reverse Serpentine Chest of Four Drawers

Connecticut, circa 1785-1810

H. 33 ⅜ in.; W. 36 ½ in.; D. 18 ¾ in.

Thumbnail molded two board top inlaid on both top and front edge with stringing.

Provenance: By family tradition, this chest was purchased by the consignor’s great

grandparents who lived in Union, Connecticut before moving to Uxbridge,

Massachusetts;

To their youngest daughter who lived in the family home in Uxbridge, Massachusetts

until her death;

To her niece, the consignor’s mother;

Thence by descent

$3,000-6,000

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71 detail

71A

Property of a Gentleman

71Chippendale Walnut Tall Case Eight-Day Clock

Ellis & Isaac Chandlee, Nottingham, Maryland,

1792-1804

Dial inscribed in black paint: “Ellis & Isaac Chandlee /

Nottingham”

For an in-depth discussion and illustrations of related

tall case clocks by Ellis and Isaac Chandlee, please see

Edward A. Chandlee Six Quaker Clockmakers, Stratford,

Connecticut: The New England Publishing Company,

1973 (originally published 1943), pp. 181-206.

Provenance: Descended directly in the Breckinridge

family to Mrs. Elizabeth (Breckinridge) Field and her

husband, Eben J.D. Cross II (classmate and lawyer of F.

Scott Fitzgerald);

To the present owner, her son in law

The founder of the Chandlee dynasty of clock and

scientifi c instrument makers was Benjamin Chandlee,

Sr., who migrated in 1702 from Ireland to Philadel-

phia, where he was apprenticed to Abel Cottey,

clockmaker, and eventually married Cottey’s daughter.

His son Benjamin Chandlee, Jr. (1723-1791), worked

as a clockmaker in Nottingham, Chester County

Pennsylvania, where he produced instruments as well

as clocks. He had four sons, Goldsmith, Ellis, John and

Isaac. Ellis Chandlee (1755-1816) was apprenticed to

his father, and he worked with his brothers in the shop.

He established the fi rm of Ellis Chandlee & Brothers

in 1790, shortly before his father’s death. The fi rm was

dissolved in 1797 when the youngest brother, John

Chandlee, left the fi rm. Ellis continued in partnership

with his other brother, Isaac Chandlee (1760-1813),

until about 1804, producing clocks, surveying instru-

ments, and other metal articles. Their products were

signed “Ellis and Isaac Chandlee, Nottingham,” or, in the

case of a surveying compass in the collection of the

Chester County Historical Society, “E. & I. Chandlee,

Nottingham.” Isaac Chandlee also produced clocks

and instruments on his own, for there are a number

of surviving clocks and surveying compasses signed in

such manner

The above information quoted from Silvio Bedini,

Early American Scientifi c Instruments and their makers,

Washington D.C., Smithsonian, U. S. National Museum,

1964, p. 56.

$6,000-12,000

Property of a New England Gentleman

71AA Salt-Glazed Stoneware Crock with Incised Cobalt Blue Ship and American Flag

Initialed “AGP”

Attributed to Abial Price, the Congress Pottery

South Amboy, New Jersey, 1838-1840

The reverse with an incised cobalt blue fl ower

H. 11 ¼ in.

Provenance: Purchased in the Berkshire Mountains,

Massachusetts, circa 1985

$10,000-15,000

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75

From the Bulkeley Family Collection

72Queen Anne Sycamore Child’s Slant-Front Desk on Stand

New England, 1740-1760

H. 39 in.; W. 29 in.; D. 19 in.

Provenance: E.F. Simons, 1896;

Mrs. Morgan J. Bulkeley, Hartford, Connecticut;

$4,000-8,000

73Federal Mahogany Pembroke Table with Inlaid Marquetry Star

New York or New Jersey, circa 1790

H. 29 in.; W. (closed) 30 in.; D. 32 in.

Provenance: Simons and Stevens, Hartford, Connecticut,

1900;

M.G. and F.B.H. Bulkeley;

Mr. and Mrs. Ingersoll;

Thence by descent to present owner

$3,000-6,000

74Chippendale Cherry-Wood Pembroke Table with Open Fretwork Stretchers

New England, circa 1785

H. 27 ½ in.; W. 21 ¼ in.; D. 30 in.

$1,500-2,500

Property of a Massachusetts Family

75Chippendale Mahogany Bonnet-Top Chest-on-Chest with Fluted Pilasters

North Shore, Massachusetts, circa 1760

H: 88 in.; W: 44 ½ in.; D: 22 ¾ in.

This example is distinguished by fi gured mahogany, claw

and ball feet and shaped drop pendant.

$12,000-18,000

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From the Bulkeley Family Collection

76Chippendale Inlaid Mahogany Bow-Front Chest

New England, 1780-1790

H. 33 ½ in.; W. 39 in.; D. 21 ¾ in.

Provenance: Walter Hosmer (1794-1852) collection,

New York;

Elinor H.B. Ingersoll, 1896

Then by descent to the present owner

$4,000-8,000

77Chippendale Cherry-Wood Tilt-Top Candle Stand with Scalloped Top

Connecticut, circa 1780

H. 27 in.; W. 18 ½ in.; D. 18 in.

Provenance: Mr. Granger, Bloomfi eld; Simons & Stevens,

Hartford;

Governor Morgan G. Bulkeley, Hartford, 1894;

Thence by descent in the Bulkeley family

$1,500-2,500

78Federal Eagle Inlaid Two-Part Demi-Lune Mahogany Dining Table

Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1790

Each D-Shaped section with a hinged drop-leaf, sup-

ported by a swing leg.

Condition note: Once had a rectangular middle section

with drop leaves.

H. 28 ¾ in.; W. 48 in.; L. (assembled) 6 ft. 7 in.

$4,000-8,000

79Pair of Chippendale Brass Andirons

American, late 18th century

H. 25 ½ in.; D. 19 in.; W. 11 in.

$1,000-1,500

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measuring 2 ¼” on the upper right of the central drawer has been re-glued. A small

piece of veneer measuring 1” x ½” at the lower left corner adjacent to the stringing

has been re-glued.

This previously unrecorded dressing table is among the best veneered examples

known. The scale and proportion as well as the choice of crotch walnut veneers, light

and dark fan inlay and fully veneered sides are rare. It exhibits classic mid-18th century

Boston characteristics such as a veneered rectangular top, molded on all four sides,

the concave fan-decorated central drawer above the stepped fl at valences with typical

acorn pendants.

Provenance: A label attached to the inner front skirt reads: “Old family piece which has

always/ been in the house so far as we know/ Feet called “camel feet”/ AWS/ 1897.”

Family descent from the inventory of the personal estate of Thomas Robinson

(1730–1817), Newport, RI. Probate dated December 6, 1817, vol. 5, page 418;

to his daughter Mary Robinson, who married John Morton;

to their daughter Esther Morton, who married Daniel B.Smith;

to their son Benjamin R. Smith, who married Esther Fisher Wharton (the daughter of

William Wharton and Deborah Fisher from Philadelphia);

to their son Edward Wanton Smith (the Wantons were shipbuilders from Scituate,

MA), who married Dorothea Atwater, and also the brother of Anna Wharton Smith;

to their daughter Deborah Lutman Paul;

to her children Richard, Edward and Mary Smith;

by the family to Gustav White Auction, Newport, RI, May 21, 2003, lot 155;

Leigh Keno, American Antiques, New York, 2003

$120,000-180,000

Property of a Mid-west Gentleman

80The Thomas Robinson Queen Anne Inlaid Walnut Veneered Dressing Table

Boston, Massachusetts, 1735-1755

H. 31 ½ in.; W. 33 in.; D. 21 ¾ in.

The rectangular overhanging two board white pine top veneered with four book-

matched rectangular highly-fi gured veneered panels enclosed by light and dark wood

stringing edging a double band of herringbone veneer, a border of cross-banded

walnut veneer with a convex-molded walnut edge. The case below fi tted with an

arrangement of two short drawers above a pair of deep short drawers centered by

a deep drawer with concave inlaid lightwood fan motif. All drawers with a book-

matched crotch walnut veneered panels enclosed by light and dark wood stringing

and a double band of herringbone inlay and all fi tted with original Queen Anne

brasses. The veneered skirt with a pair of fl at arches fl anking a wider central fl at arch

that conforms to the concave drawer above. With turned acorn drop pendants, the

sides of the case, each with book-matched walnut veneer, on cabriole legs ending in

pad feet.

The piece has survived in an extraordinary state of preservation. The surface retains a

warm mellow patina. The Queen Anne brasses and turned drop pendants appear to

be original. The right drop pendant was missing the bead terminal. It was replaced by

Robert Fileti Restoration in June 2003. The left side front knee return appears to be

an old replacement. A veneered patch measuring approximately 1” x 1¼” has been

replaced on the veneered skirt of the central arch. A single strip of veneered banding

80 top

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From the Collection of the Late Valdemar F. Jacobsen

81Edward Lange (American, 1846-1912)

John C. Tottan, Cold Spring, Long Island

Signed lower right: “Edw. Lange/ Artist./ Elwood Suffolk

Co NY/ 1881”

Watercolor and gouache on paper

6 ¾ x 23 ½ inches

Quality examples of Lange’s work rarely come to the

market. When this painting came up at South Bay auc-

tions in 1998, it set a record for William Edward Lange

at $26,400.

The Livery Store and barn depicted were the property

of John C. Tottan, a merchant who lived across the

street behind the main stores. Livery Stores were

places where the mail coach would stop, The fi gures

depicted in the foreground are probably gathered in

anticipation of the arrival bell.

Provenance: South Bay Auctions, East Moriches, 1998

Literature: Illustrated and discussed, “Fall Sales at South

Bay,” Antiques and the Arts Weekly, January 2, 1998,

p. 77.

$8,000-12,000

82Edward Lange (American, 1846-1912)

The Shipman Family “Menagerie” or 300 at Stony Brook, Long Island

Signed lower right: “Edw. Lange 1882”

Grisaille watercolor on paper

12 ½ x 20 inches

Lange depicted the Shipman house twice the other

entitled The Shipman House, of the same year, 1882.

This watercolor and its mate are pictured in Dean

F. Failey’s book Edward Lange’s Long Island. William

Shipman kept a menagerie of exotic animals behind his

residence facing Cedar Street, including peacocks, cattle

and “camelopards” (giraffes), as seen in the image.

Game Cock a boat house still on Long Island at the

time of Failey’s publication (1979), and probably still

standing, is all that remains of the prominent Shipman

Estate.

Literature: Illustrated, Dean F. Failey and Zachary N.

Studenroth, Edward Lange’s Long Island, Setauket:

Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities,

1979, p. 47, pl. 46.

Provenance: South Bay Auctions, East Moriches, 2000;

Valdemar F. Jacobsen

$4,000-8,000

83Edward Lange (American, 1846-1912)

Residence of Selah Bunce, Northport, Long

Island, 1872

Signed lower left corner: “E. Lange 1872”

Watercolor and ink on paper

11 ¼ x 17 ¼ inches

Captain Selah Bunce returned to California after the

“Gold Rush” and found his friend Captain John Lidell

had died of cholera leaving a wife Susan and a little girl

Alice. In 1852, Bunce married Susan and the family

moved to this home, which is still standing. Lange

was especially interested in the early-19th century

architectural features and geometric order, which he

accented by placing the house in the background of a

geometrically ordered natural environment.

Provenance: On the verso of the painting is an

attached letter from Mrs. Jonathan Hendrie the great-

granddaughter of Susan Bunce, and granddaughter of

Alice Bunce describing the descent of this work from

her great-grandmother to her;

Susan Bunce;

Alice Bunce;

Mrs. Jonathan Hendrie;

South Bay Antiques;

V.F. Jacobsen, 2000

Literature: Illustrated, Dean F. Failey and Zachary N.

Studenroth, p. 37, pl. 32.

$5,000-10,000

84Edward Lange (American, 1846-1912)

Unidentifi ed Ship, 1881

Signed lower left corner: “Edw. Lange, Artist/ Elwood,

Suffolk Co. N. Y. 1881”

Grisaille watercolor on paper

18 ¾ x 12 ¾ inches

This painting which includes a sail and steam-powered

warship along with an ironclad Monitor-type gunboat

in the distance depicts a specifi c event, possibly “Van-

dalia’s” visit to Huntington Harbor in 1881.

Literature: Illustrated, Dean F. Failey and Zachary N.

Studenroth, Edward Lange’s Long Island, Setauket:

Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities,

1979, p. 62, pl. 71.

$1,500-2,500

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From the Bulkeley Family Collection

85Queen Anne Cherry-Wood Chest-on-Chest on Frame

Connecticut, 1750-1780

H. 27 ¼ in.; W. 41 ½ in.; D. (molding) 20 ¾ in., (legs)

22 ½ in.

85

Reference: a similarly carved chest on frame sole,

Schoedinger Collection, January 2008, Christies, New

York, Lot 477

Provenance: Patrick Stevens, Hartford, Connecticut;

W.H. and F.B.H. Ingersoll;

Thence by descent to the present owners

$40,000-80,000

*Please visit Kenoauctions.com for an early photo

of this chest-on-chest in the family home and more

information.

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87Federal Veneered and Inlaid Mahogany and Maple Secretary-Bookcase

North Shore, Massachusetts, circa 1790-1810

H. 41 ½ in.; W. 39 ¾ in.; D. 19 in.

$3,000-6,000

Property of a New York Lady

86Chippendale Birch Wood Reverse Serpentine Secretary Desk and Bookcase

New England, probably New Hampshire, circa 1800

H. (overall) 96 ½ in.; W. 42 in.; D. 20 ¼ in.

$3,000-6,000

89

89Chippendale Mahogany Claw and Ball Foot Upholstered Easy Chair

Massachusetts, probably Boston, circa 1765

H. 49 in.; W. 41 in.; D. 29 ½ in.

Provenance: Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York

$8,000-12,000

88

88Queen-Anne Curly Tiger Maple Bonnet-Top High Chest of Drawers

New England, probably New Hampshire, circa 1750

H. (with fi nial) 81 ½ in.; W. (at base) 39 in.;

D. (at base) 20 ½ in.

$6,000-12,000

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Property of a Phoenix Gentleman

90Chippendale Shell-Carved Mahogany Slant-Front Desk

Attributed to Samuel Loomis (American, 1748-1814)

Colchester, Connecticut, 1774-1800

H. 43 ½ in.; W. 37 ¾ in.; D. 21 in.

Note: Appears to retain it’s original brasses

Provenance: By family tradition, this desk belonged to John Pierpont Morgan (1837-

1913) of Hartford, Connecticut;

Emily Stansbury (Rich) Brown (1869-1949) and Dr. Charles H. Brown, Mt. Vernon,

New York, as a wedding present, 1894;

To their daughter, Eleanor (Brown) Pack Hibben (1898-1992) and Arthur N. Pack,

Waterbury, Connecticut, as a wedding present, 1919;

Thence by descent to their grandson, the present owner

$30,000-60,000

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95

91Federal Upholstered Mahogany Lolling Chair

Massachusetts or New Hampshire, 1780-1800

H. 45 in.; W. (at seat) 27 in.; D. (at seat) 24 ¼ in.

Provenance: Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York,

1990

Unusual craved and fl uted molding on hand holds and

Greek key banding on the front legs.

$3,000-6,000

92Gilt and Painted Iron and Wood Eighteen-Light Chandelier

North American, 19th century

H. 33 ½ in.; W. 45 in.

Now electrifi ed.

$5,000-10,000

Property of a New England Estate

93Double Spiral Shaft Tilt-Top Mahogany Tea Table

North Shore, Massachusetts, or English, 1760-1770

H. 27 ¼ in.; W. 32 ¾ in.; D. 32 ½ in.

$2,000-4,000

94Red-Painted Pine and Maple Shoe-Foot Hutch Table

Connecticut, fi rst half 19th century

H. 28 in.; Diam. 53 ½ in.

The underside of the sliding seat lid is covered with

The Connecticut Herald Weekly Journal newspaper from

New Haven, dated January 11, 1873.

$3,000-6,000

91 92

95A Group of Six Carved and Painted Wood Alice in Wonderland Figures

American, circa 1900

Comprising: The Mad Hatter, Frog Footman, The Duch-

ess, The March Hare, Alice, and White Rabbit

These fi gures, with their heavy bases, were likely meant

to be used as doorstops. The imagery is based on illus-

trations by John Tenniel (1820-1914) for Lewis Carroll’s

(1832-1898) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865).

H. (tallest) 17 ½ in.

$5,000-8,000

96Chippendale Mahogany Oval Polescreen

The screen painted with red primed cotton.

Salem, Massachusetts, 1770-1790

H. 54 ½ in.

Provenance: Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., Long Island

City, New York

$2,000-4,000

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Property from a Private American Collection

97Federal Ivory Serpentine-Front Inlaid Cherry Wood Sideboard

Probably Connecticut, circa 1800

H. 42 in.; W. 72 in.; D. 26 in.

Provenance: Descended in a New England family

The oblong serpentine front top with alternating light and dark inlaid edge above a

case with two concave banded short drawers with line inlaid quarter round inlaid

corners and oval inlaid center, centering a long convex drawer with similar inlay and an

ivory escutcheon plate above a pair of concave hinged cupboard doors with banded

and line inlaid quarter round inlaid corners and circular inlaid center and ivory key

escutcheon, centering a pair of recessed convex hinged cupboard doors with similar

inlay and ivory key escutcheons fl anked by concave panels with line inlaid quarter

round inlaid corners and vertical oval inlaid center, joined by oval, bellfl ower and line-

inlaid square tapering legs ending in cross banded cuffs.

$15,000-25,000

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98Federal Blue and Red Paint-Decorated Two Drawer Poplar Blanket Chest

York County, Pennsylvania, circa 1820

Initialed and dated: “C S 1820”

H. 30 ½ in.; W. 51 in.; D. 23 ½ in.

Provenance: Herrup & Wolfner, New York, 1991

Underside of the lid with stamped wallpaper depicting an offi cer on horseback, fl ow-

ers and hearts.

$12,000-18,000

Property of Descendants of Thomas Kittredge, North Andover, Massachusetts

99Schoolgirl Needlework Sampler, “Tought Not to Spend My Time for Nought”

Hannah Phippen (American, 1768-1837)

Salem, Massachusetts, 1781

20 x 16 ½ inches

Provenance: Hannah Phippen (1768-1837) married George Hodges (1765-1827) to

their daughter ;

Hannah Hodges (1793-1877) married Dr. Joseph Kittredge (1783-1874), son of

Thomas Kittredge (1746-1818), to their son;

Joseph Kittredge (1822-1878) to his daughter

Anna Kittredge (1848-1926) to her son;

Joseph Kittredge Elliot (1883-1939) to his son;

Joseph Kittredge Elliot, Jr. (1925-2006) to his daughter, the present owner.

$1,200-1,800

Property of a New York Lady

100Pair of Classical Birds-Eyed Maple Upholstered Benches

American, probably New York, circa 1835

H. 20 in.; W. 25 ¼ in.; D. 15 ½ in.

The seats are now covered in quilt fragments.

Provenance: Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York, 1990

$1,200-1,800

101Painted and Decorated Blanket Chest Initialed “ER”

Schoharie County, New York, 1820-1830

H. 19 in.; W. 46 in.; D. 19 1/4 in.

Literature: A nearly identical example with feet illustrated in Christie’s, New York, Janu-

ary 2012, lot 217. The present example was designed without feet.

$1,500-2,500

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Property from a Private American Collection

102Serpentine Chest of Drawers

Massachusetts, 1760-1780

H. 32 ¾ in.; W. 34 in.; D. 20 ¾ in.

Literature: Two related chests are illustrated as “Best” in Albert Sack, Fine Points of

Furniture (N.Y., 1950), p. 100; and as “Masterpiece” in Albert Sack, The New Fine Points

of Furniture (N.Y., 1993), p. 103

The chest with a richly fi gured crotch mahogany overhanging rectangular molded-

front serpentine top above a conforming cock-beaded case fi tted with four graduated

long drawers over a molded base with boldly carved claw-and-ball feet and spur

returns.

Chests with serpentine blocked-end facades were among the most expensive forms

of case furniture produced in eighteenth century New England.

This chest is an extremely successful example of the form in the beauty and execution

of its design, and the selection of richly swirled dense mahogany. The proportions are

superb; the narrow case is balanced by the generous overhanging top. In addition, the

carved claw-and-ball feet are boldly carved expression of the design element, with

well-articulated talons gripping the carved ball.

Please note: Typical of Boston practice, the top is attached to the case sides with a slid-

ing dovetail, the drawers have fi ne dovetails and the drawer bottoms are chamfered

and received into the drawer front and sides. The claw-and-ball feet are tenoned up

through the case (rather than just being glued on the underside and secured with

additional glue blocks in the standard manner. This through-tenon method was a more

laborious means of construction, yet yielded a stronger bond with the case.).

$50,000-80,000

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Property of a New York Lady

103Yellow Painted Semi-Hollow Copper Fish Weathervane on Iron Rod with Yellow Painted Copper Directionals

American, late 19th / early 20th century

On iron rod with yellow painted copper directionals

H. 33 in.; W. 12 ½ in.; L. (fi sh) 10 ½ in.; L. (directional)

16 1/4 in.

$1,500-2,500

104Painted Tilt-Top Candlestand with Checkerboard Top

American, 1835-1870

H. 27 ½ in.; W. 16 ½ in.

$1,000-1,500

105Carved and Painted Ship’s Chest with Eagle

American, 19th / 20th century

Inscribed: “E PLURIBUS UNUM”

H. 20 in.; W. 50 ¾ in.; D. 21 in.

$1,500-2,500

Property from the Bulkeley Family of Hartford, Connecticut

106Queen Anne Mahogany Tea Table with Crenulated Skirt

New England

Comprised of 18th century parts. The legs with splices

at upper leg stocks.

H. 27 ¼ in.; W. 30 in.; D. 20 ¼ in.

$1,500-2,500

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105

106

107

108

Property of a New York Lady

107Federal Inlaid Birdseye Maple Veneered Card Table with Flame Birch Inset Panel in Skirt

New Hampshire, circa 1810

H. 29 in.; W. 35 in.; D. 15 ½ in.

$2,000-4,000

Property from the Bulkeley Family of Hartford, Connecticut

108Matched Pair of William and Mary Upholstered Walnut Benches

English, early 18th century

Original receipt for one bench dated 1927 to accom-

pany lot.

H. 14 ½ in.; W. 29 in.; D. 16 ¼ in.

Provenance: Sam Wineck, Hartford, Connecticut;

Mrs. J. Ingersoll, 1927 and 1931

$800-1,200

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110

109

Property of a Gentleman

109A Pair of Polychrome Painted Bass-Wood Blackamoors

Probably English, 18th century

Early Blackamours are very rare. The design of this pair,

with tubaned fi gures on tripod bases comprised of

acanthus leaf carved cabriole legs ending in bold claw

and ball feet, is very dramatic and appropriate for what

one would expect to be produced for a home in 18th

century England, or its American colonies.

Wood analysis by Henry Alden confi rms that the

wood of the tables is bass-wood, also known in Eng-

land as lime-wood. This hardwood was popular with

carvers in England because of its close grain. Grinling

Gibbons (1648-1721) did most of his fl ower and fi gure

carvings for St. Paul’s Cathedral and Windsor Castle

in lime-wood. Bass-wood was also often used as a

secondary wood for craftsmen such as Japanners.

An additional report by Jennifer Mass, Senior Scientist

at Winterthur, confi rms the presence of seven paint

layers executed in period techniques including smalt,

verdigris and bronze powder paint.

H. 28 in.; W. (of base) 20 in.; W. (of top) 12 in.; D. (of

top) 17 ½ in. (average measurements for pair)

$6,000-10,000

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Property of a New York Lady

110Diminutive Red and Grey Painted Lift-Top Blanket Chest with Scalloped Skirt American, fi rst half 19th century

H. 15 in.; W. 31 ¾ in.; D. 12 ¼ in.

$300-600

Property of a Virginia lady

111Cut Out of Soldier Riding a Horse and Holding a Pistol

American School, 1825-1850

Watercolor and ink on paper

6 ¼ x 7 inches

$200-400

112J. & E. Stevens Company, Boy Scout Painted Cast-Iron Mechanical Bank

Cromwell, Connecticut, circa 1912

H. 6 in.

$2,000-4,000

Property of a New York Lady

113Polychrome Painted Noah’s Ark with Animals

American, 19th century

With assembled group of eighty carved and painted

wooden fi gures.

H. 10 ½ in.; W. 20 in.; D. 6 ½ in.

$2,000-4,000

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116

Property of a Virginia Lady

114American School, 19th Century

View of Marblehead, Massachusetts, Looking Out

to Sea

Circa 1830-1840

Boston Art Supply stencil on verso: “FROM / J.

WHIPPLES / Artists Supply Store / 35 CORNHILL /

Boston”

Oil on canvas

16 x 24 inches

Provenance: Descended directly in the Wardwell Green

family of Marblehead Essex / Massachusetts.

Dr. Arthur Wardwell Green b.1874;

MaryAn Wardwell Green who was born in Marblehead

in 1909

$4,000-8,000

115Percy Sanborn (American, 1849-1929)

Clipper Ship P.R. Hazeltine, 1876

Signed lower right, “Percy Sanborn”

Inscribed lower center “Ship P.R. Hazeltine, E.H.

Harriman, Master, Built at Belfast, ME, 1876”

Oil on canvas

26 ⅛ x 40 ¼ inches

$8,000-12,000

Property of a Gentleman

116Attributed to Erastus Salisbury Field (American, 1805-1900)

A Pair of Paintings:The Arcadian or Pastoral State

and Desolation From the Course of Empire

Each retaining its original stretcher and frame

Oil on canvas

25 ¼ x 30 ⅝ inches (each)

Provenance: Purchased by the present owner from a

Connecticut Estate

(2)

$2,000-4,000

The Course of Empire is a fi ve-part series of paintings

created by Thomas Cole in the years 1833-36. The

series refl ected popular American sentiments of the

times, when many saw pastoralism as the ideal phase of

human civilization, fearing that imperialism would lead to

decadence and inevitable decay.

The series was acquired by The New-York Historical

Society in 1858 as a gift of the New-York Gallery of

Fine Arts, and comprises the following works: The Course

of Empire - The Savage State; The Course of Empire - The

Arcadian or Pastoral State; The Course of Empire - The

Consummation of Empire; The Course of Empire - Destruc-

tion; and The Course of Empire - Desolation.

The series of paintings depicts the growth and fall of

an imaginary city, situated on the lower end of a river

valley, near its meeting with a bay of the sea. The valley is

distinctly identifi able in each of the paintings, in part be-

cause of an unusual landmark: a large boulder is precari-

ously situated atop a crag overlooking the valley. Some

critics believe this is meant to contrast the immutability

of the earth with the transience of man.

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Property of a New England Gentleman

117American School, late 18th century

Naive still-life with Birds, Butterfl y, and Beetle

Oil on canvas

22 ¼ by 28 ½ inches

This still-life by an untrained artist with assorted fruit, bird, wormk, butterfl y and

beetle is charming for it’s naivety.

$3,000-6,000

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119

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From the Collection of the Late Valdemar F. Jacobsen

118Edward Lange (American, 1846-1912)

Sumner Sturtevant’s House in Nyack, New York, 1875

Signed and dated lower right corner: “Edward Lange 1875. M. 25”

Watercolor on paper

12 ¾ x 19 ½ inches

Sumner, a Sturtevant Nyack piano maker, married Ellen Burd, the daughter of Thomas

Burd, carpenter – builder of Nyack who built the house sometime between 1859-

1875. The house was reportedly the last house built using mortise-and-tenon joints

and wood dowels.

$2,500-3,500

119Edward Lange (American, 1846-1912)

Residence in Elwood, Long Island

Signed lower left: “Edw. Lange / Elwood”

Watercolor on paper

9 ¾ x 15 ½ inches

$2,000-4,000

119AJohn Bradley (English, d. after 1847)

A Portrait of a Young Lady in Blue Dress with Cat and Book, 1830

Signed lower left corner: “I. Bradley Delin 1830”

9 ¾ x 8 ½ inches

Oil on canvas

As is typical of Bradley, this painting employs the use of bright, clear colors to depict

a sitter at half length. Few details are known of John Bradley’s biography, though he

is known to have been active in New York in the mid-1830s. This portrait may have

been painted in the United Kingdom or in the United States.

$1,000-2,000

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Property of a Descendant of John Ritto Penniman (1782-1841)

120John Ritto Penniman (American, 1782-1841)

Boston’s Exchange Coffee House Burning of 1818

Boston, 1824

Signed and dated lower right, “J R Penniman Pinxt 1824”

Oil on canvas

27 ⅜ x 41 ⅝ inches

The Exchange Coffee House (1809-1818) functioned as a hotel, coffeehouse and

commercial establishment in early 19th century Boston. It was designed by Asher

Benjamin (1773-1845), and was one of the largest buildings in Boston, and one of the

tallest in the United States.

Provenance: By descent through the artist’s family to the present owner

Literature: Illustrated and discussed in Carol Damon Andrews, “John Ritto Penniman

(1782-1841), an Ingenious New England Artist,” Antiques, July 1981, pl. VIII, pp. 147-170.;

D. Breton Simons, Boston Beheld, Hanover, New Hampshire: UPNE, 2008, p. 34-35.;

Jane Kamensky, The Exchange Artist, New York: Viking, 2008, cover and p. 291.

Exhibited: Worcester Art Museum exhibition of Penniman’s works, 1982

$50,000-100,000

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THE COLLECTION OF JOANNE AND JEFFREY KLEIN

Collectors Joanne and Jeffrey Klein enjoy the eclectic mix of American folk art, painted furniture and modern sculpture and paintings. They love the juxtaposition of modern with traditional ranging from symbolism to widely varying textured painted and weathered surfaces. Their appreciation of form, color and texture is exhibited in their collection of exceptional painted furniture, weathervanes, redware pottery, hooked rugs and wood carvings. Over a period of about 30 years, dealer and consultant Mary Beth Keene, then working at Wayne Pratt Inc., expertly guided and advised them on the very best of their acquisitions. Typical of the quality of several weathervanes in the collection is the wonderful gilt cop-per peacock, circa 1865, (lot 121) and the leaping stag, attributed to Harris & co. Boston (lot 123).

The Queen Anne Salmon-Painted Chest of Five Drawers, made circa 1795, (lot 122) and attributed to Samuel Dunlap of New Hampshire, is the collection’s mas-

terpiece. This bold form, a case of drawers raised on graceful cabriole legs, most remarkably retains its original salmon red paint, and the oval pressed brasses are also original. Not only is it a sublimely beautiful object in remarkable condition; it is a rare Rosetta stone for Samuel Dunlap furniture. The equivalent in vintage car world would be a beautiful 1959 Ferrari Testarossa racing car which has survived with its original paint.

The Kleins assembled a spectacular group of Windsor armchairs with an emphasis on great form and excellent surface. It is rare to see such a fi ne group of exam-ples in one collection (lot 50).

Joanne and Jeffrey Klein are the perfect example of a couple who simply bought what pleased them and as a result formed a truly wonderful collection. It is an honor and a pleasure to offer these pieces at Keno Auctions.

— Leigh Keno

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The Collection of Joanne and Jeffrey Klein

121Gilt Copper Peacock Weathervane

Probably A.L. Jewell and Company

Waltham, Massachusetts, 1850-1877

L. 33 in.; W. 19 in.

Provenance: Alex Acevedo, New York

Eastside Winter Antiques Show, Wayne Pratt, 1994

Literature: A similar example with a less ornate tail is in the collection of the Museum

Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts (accession no. 54.1089).

A similar example illustrated in Charles Klamkin, Weathervanes, New York: Hawthorn

Books, 1973, p. 136.

$5,000-8,000

122Queen Anne Salmon-Painted Maple Chest of Five Drawers

Attributed to Samuel Dunlap (1752-1830)

Henniker or Salisbury, New Hampshire, circa 1785-1820

H. 48 in.; W. 37 ½ in.; D. 18 in.

Provenance: Roy B. Gookin, Warner, New Hampshire;

Richard Withington Inc. Auctions, Gookin Sale, Warner, New Hampshire, 1975;

John Krapp, Henniker, New Hampshire, d. 1978;

Henry A. Berman & Sons Auction, Henniker, New Hampshire, October 29, 1997;

Eastside Winter Antiques Show, Wayne Pratt Inc., 1997

Literature: A nearly identical, signed Samuel Dunlap chest illustrated in Gerald W. R.

Ward, American Case Furniture, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988, pp. 145-46, no.

65.

Related examples illustrated in Currier Gallery of Art, The Dunlap’s and Their Furniture,

Manchester, New Hampshire: Currier Gallery of Art, 1970, fi gs. 57, 59-61.

Maine Antiques Digest, Oct 1997.

Gerald W.R. Ward in American Case Furniture states that eight fi ve-drawer chests were

entered into Samuel Dunlap’s account book between 1785 and 1820. Characteristic

of Dunlap school fi ve-drawer chests, this example exhibits pad feet, cornice molding

and lipped drawers. The nearly identical chest in the Yale Gallery of Art collection has

been furnished with replacement brasses and stripped of its original red paint, though

according to Ward’s entry, traces of red paint remain. On the present example, the

brasses (with the exception of the bottom right brass, which is an early replacement)

and paint in this example are entirely original.

$200,000-300,000

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121, 122

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126

125

124

126

128

129

127

123-129 insitu

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123

125

124

126Pair of Brown Painted and Yellow Decorated Sack-Back Windsor Arm Chairs

Connecticut, circa 1785-1790

H. 38 in.

Provenance: Purchased from a local convent in the

early 1970s by Terry Tomlinson, Connecticut

(2)

Illustrated on facing page

$8,000-12,000

127Hooked Rug in “The Tree of Life” Pattern

American, Possibly Massachusetts, 1881

Signed lower right “Kane 81”

7ft. by 8ft. (approximately)

Provenance: James and Judith Milne, Inc., New York,

1995

Illustrated on facing page

$3,000-6,000

123Gilt Copper Leaping Stag Weathervane

Attributed to Harris & Company

Boston, Massachusetts, 1875-1900

H. 30 in.; L. 25 in.

Provenance: Eastside Winter Antiques Show, Wayne

Pratt Inc., 1997

$5,000-8,000

124Redware Copper Oxide and Manganese Decorated Ovoid Jar

New England, late 18th / early 19th century

Provenance: Sam Herrup, New York

$2,000-3,000

125Queen Anne Maple Red-Stained Oval Top Tavern Table

New England, probably Rhode Island, 1740-1765

H. 26 in.; W. 30 ½ in.; D. 39 ¼ in.

Provenance: Skinner Auctions, Bolton, Massachusetts,

1997;

H. Schiller Collection, New Jersey, 2001

$4,000-8,000

128Painted Cast Iron Mechanical Bank

J. & E. Stevens Company

Cromwell, Connecticut, circa 1886

Inscribed: “PROFESSOR PUG FROGS / GREAT

BICYCLE FEAT”

This bank, designed by Charles A. Bailey (1848-1926)

for J. & E. Stevens Company, operates by placing a coin

on the rear of the bicycle. The frog then circles the

base and drops the coin into the basket.

This rare bank retains much of its original paint and is

in working condition.

Literature: F. H. Griffi th, “Professor Pug Frog’s Great

Bicycle Feat”, HOBBIES Magazine, January 1953.

$10,000-15,000

129Blue-Painted and Stenciled Star Decorated Blanket Chest

Maine, fi rst half 20th century

H. 20 in.; L. 38 in.; W. 19 in.

Provenance: Judith and James Milne, Inc. New York

Illustrated on facing page

$1,500-2,500

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133Graduated Set of Three Slip-Decorated Redware “Moon” Jugs

Galena, Illinois, mid-19th century

The largest jug inscribed on handle: “2” (gallons)

Provenance: Walters Benisek Art and Antiques,

Northampton, Massachusetts, 1996

(3)

$2,000-4,000

134A Group of Five Glazed Redware Vessels

American, fi rst half 19th century

Comprising: Three ovoid jugs, a fl ask and a pitcher.

(5)

Please see these pieces illustrated insitu above

$400-800

130Federal Tilt-Top Candlestand with Game Board Top

New England, circa 1815

Provenance: Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York.

1995

$2,000-4,000

131Miniature Wire-Boneshaker

American, early 20th century

H. 6 in.

Provenance: Thos. K. Woodard, American Antiques,

New York, 1995

$200-400

132Slip Decorated Redware Charger with a Double Wavy Line Motif

American, fi rst half 19th century

Diam. 13 in.

$300-600

131 132 133134

130

135

136

137

138

139

141

142

135Gilt Copper Rooster Weathervane

North American, late 19th century

Provenance: James and Judy Milne Inc. New York, 1991

$4,000-8,000

136Painted Cast Iron Full Length Figure of Uncle Sam

Columbia Iron Foundry, Columbia, Pennsylvania, circa

1920

Designed as a mailbox holder.

H. 61 in.

Provenance: Robert and Mary Lou Sutter Antiques,

East Chatham, New York, 1987

$4,000-6,000

130-142 insitu

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130

131

133

132 136

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137Queen Anne Red-Stained Maple Porringer-Top Tea Table

New Hampshire, 1730-1765

H. 27 in.; W. 31 ½ in.; D. 23 ½ in.

Provenance: Private collection, Simsbury, Connecticut,

1981;

Private collection, Roxbury, Connecticut

Literature: A similar example is illustrated in Albert

Sack, Fine Points of Furniture, New York: Crown, 1993,

p. 263.

$8,000-12,000

137

138

138Red Painted Comb-Back Windsor Arm Chair with Knuckle Arms

Isaac Kitchell (working 1789-1812)

New York, 1790-1795

Branded on bottom: “Ic. KITCHEL” and an owner’s

brand: “G.M. TIBBITS” in two places.

H. 36 ½ in.

Literature: Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor

Chairs, New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1996, p. 199, fi g.

5-10.

Continuing the Philadelphia fashion, Kitchell uses a

similar crest rail with scroll motif and knuckle arms

as illustrated on p. 91 of American Windsor Chairs. A

trend for high-back Windsor chairs was established in

Connecticut in the 1780s, and Kitchell continued the

style in New York soon after. This example, however,

more closely relates to the fi ner details of Philadelphia

models. A simpler example (with a replaced medial

stretcher) is illustrated in American Windsor Chairs, fi g.

5-10. Both models feature the “Ic. KITCHEL” brand

mark and an owner’s brand, “G.M. TIBBITS.”

Provenance: Christie’s, 1992;

Private Collection, New York

$5,000-10,000

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140

141 142

139Red Painted Comb-Back Writing Arm Windsor Chair

New England, circa 1790-1810

H. 44 ¼ inches

Provenance: The Collection of the Late Jeanette R.

Marks, Christie’s, June 1987, Lexington, Kentucky, lot 49.

$20,000-30,000

140Glazed Earthenware Pottery Recumbent Lion

American, 19th century

$800-1,200

141William and Mary Black-Green Painted Maple One-Drawer Tavern Table on Stretcher Base

New England, 1720-1760

H. 25 ¼ in.; L. 43 in.; D. 26 in.

Provenance: H. Schiller, New Jersey, 1997

$7,000-10,000

142Sewing Basket on Stand with Cabriole Legs

Nantucket, Massachusetts, circa 1890

H. 25 ½ in.; W. 35 in.

Provenance: Courcier & Wilkins Antiques, Massachu-

setts;

Eastside Winter Antiques Show, Wayne Pratt, 1997

Literature: A similar example is illustrated in Connois-

seur Quarterly, p. 19

Illustrated in David Wood, Lightship Baskets of Nantuck-

et, A continuing craft, 1994 (Former Curator of Nantucket

Historical Association)

$3,000-6,000

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143Painted Windsor Writing Arm Chair

Ebenezer Tracy (1744-1803)

Lisbon Township, New London County, Connecticut, 1780-1803

Branded: “EB: TRACY”

H. 48 in.

Provenance: Private collection, Middlebury, Connecticut, 1996

Literature: For a discussion of a nearly identical example, please see Charles Santore,

The Windsor Style in America, Vol. II, Philadelphia: Running Press, 1987, p. 169, pl. 181.;

Ebenezer Tracy, Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Chairs, New York: Hudson Hills

Press, 1996, pp. 285-308.

$20,000-30,000

143

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144Three Glazed and Decorated Redware Vessels

Shenandoah Valley, Pennsylvania, 19th century

Comprising: A mug and two pitchers, each with copper oxide and slip-decoration

(3)

$500-1,000

145Two Similar Slip Decorated Redware Rectangular Trays

Huntington, New York, early 19th century

Each with geometric and wavy line decoration

(2)

$1,200-1,800

146Four Redware Vessels and Two Slipware Plates

American, fi rst half 19th century

Comprising: Cylindrical jar with manganese decoration, two slipware plates each with

wavy line decoration (possibly Pennsylvania), and three vessels with strap handles and

manganese decoration.

(6)

$800-1,200

147Three Redware Vessels and Two Slipware Plates Together with a Pair of Yellow Ware Dice and Earthenware Match Strike

American, 19th century

The manganese decorated jar with applied handles, the cake mold with manganese and

copper oxide decoration, the covered jar with manganese decoration, and the slipware

plates from Huntington, New York, with geometric and wavy line decoration.

Provenance: Redware Ovoid Jug, Geranium Antiques, Dorset, Vermont

(8)

$800-1,200

144 144

145

146

146

146

146

147

147

147 147147147

147

146

146

145

144

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148, 149, 150

150 151

148Painted Tin Eight-Light Chandelier

Probably Northern Michigan, early 19th century

H. 26 ½ in.; Diam. 38 ¼ in.

This lot is accompanied by a tin chandelier snuffer and wick lighter. This chandelier is

one of a pair originally purchased from a church in Northern Michigan.

Provenance: Dr. George L. Compton, Tipton, Indiana;

Carleton and Hazel Brown, Dearborn, Michigan;

Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York, 1993

Eastside Winter Antiques Show, Wayne Pratt, 1993

$5,000-8,000

149Yellow and Red Painted Cant-Back Cupboard

New England, 1800-1830

H. 78 in.; W. 33in.

Provenance: Northeast Auction’s, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1997

$8,000-12,500

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152, 153

154, 155

156, 157 (only two shown)

150Painted Tall Sack-Back Windsor Arm Chair

New England, probably Connecticut, 1790-1810

H. 44 ⅜ in.

This armchair exhibits rare vertical properties. The section above the back-rail is

exceptionally tall.

Provenance: J. Stodell Stokes Collection, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

A very similar example sold Sotheby’s, New York, September 2012, lot 49.

$5,000-8,000

151Green Painted Comb-Back Windsor Arm Chair

New England, 1780-1810

H. 46 in.

Provenance: Private Collection, Connecticut

Wayne Pratt, Woodbury, Connecticut, 1996

$10,000-20,000

152Large Iron and Wood Boneshaker

American, circa 1870

Deaccessioned from the Boston Museum of Transportation.

$2,000-4,000

153Small Iron and Wood Boneshaker

American, circa 1870

$800-1,200

154Navajo Rug Depicting Seven Houses

American Southwest, circa 1920

Handspun wool

40 ½ x 37 inches

Literature: Illustrated in Tyrone Campbell and Joel and Kate Kopp, Navajo Pictorial

Weaving (1880-1950), Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1995, p. 75, fi g. 102.

Provenance: America Hurrah, New York, 1994;

Eastside Winter Antiques Show, Wayne Pratt, Inc.,1995

$5,000-8,000

155A Painted Sheet Iron Snowman Weathervane

American, Probably Connecticut, circa 1920

Provenance: Fred Giampetro, New Haven, Connecticut;

Kelter-Malce Antiques, New York, 1991

$3,000-6,000

156Painted Linoleum United States Travel Map

American, circa 1940

73 x 92 in.

Provenance: James and Judy Milne, New York, 1996

This map of the United States was produced by Armstrong and was the centerfold in

their 1940 Linoleum Rug catalogue. The wide black border depicts the development

of transportation in the United States from horse and wagon to the streamlined

trains of the 1930s.

This rug has been personalized by a previous owner in red paint to refl ect their

travels.

Now mounted for hanging

$3,000-6,000

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157Six Painted Bamboo Turned Windsor Side Chairs Together with a Pair of Yellow Painted and Decorated Hitchcock Chairs

Windsor Chairs, New England, circa 1800

Hitchcock Chairs, New England, circa 1830

(4)

$1,500-2,500

158Painted Scallop-Top Hanging Shelf

Mid-Atlantic States, 19th century

Provenance: Jane F. Wargo, Wallingford, Connecticut, 1988

$200-400

159A Group of Eight Reticulated Soft-Paste Tea Strainers

English, second half 18th century

Comprising: A pair of small strainers with shell form handles

Two cream ware examples with twisted foliate vine handles

One cream ware strainer with foliate vine handle

Two Leeds type with blue decoration

One Willow pattern with Lovebirds

L. (Longest) 5 in.

(8)

$800-1,200

160Three Soft-Paste Trays and Soft-Paste Miniature Covered Tureen

Two Staffordshire Trays, English, 19th century

The fi rst, with feather edge and fl oral decoration, the second, with transfer decora-

tion depicting fl owers

A Miniature covered tureen and under tray, English, early 19th century, H. 3 in.

L. (longest tray) 9 in.

(4)

$600-900

161Five Examples of English Soft-Paste Table Ware

Comprising: A cream ware cup and saucer with foliate twisted handle, English, circa

1765.

Three English molds, early 19th century: one yellow Davenport Basket and under tray

each with black painted fl oral decoration, English, circa 1819,

L. 9 ⅞ in.

(5)

$800-1,200

158

159 159

160

160

161

161

161

160

160

159 159 159 159 159 159

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165162

166

163

164

162A Redware Jar with Punch Decoration and Slip Decorated Pitcher

Jar, probably Benjamin Dodge Pottery Works (c. 1790-

1875)

Portland, Maine, dated August 1, 1810

Pitcher: late 18th / early 19th century

Provenance: Eastside Winter Antiques Show, Samuel

Herrup, 1995

(2)

$1,200-1,800

163Hooked Rugs, “On the Wing” Three Pairs of Mallards

Jane Kingsley

Connecticut, circa 1920

Signed and titled on verso: “Jane Kingsley / On the

Wing”

Provenance: Judith and James Milne, Inc, New York,

New York, 1996

$800-1,200

164Red Painted and Floral Decorated Window Valence

New England, circa 1820-1840

H. 8 in.; W. 54 in.

Provenance: Wayne Pratt, Nantucket, Massachusetts

$2,000-4,000

165Painted Sheet Iron ‘EAT’ Sign

American, 20th century

Provenance: Judith and James Milne, Inc. New York,

1995

$1,000-$2,000

166A Group of Twenty Yellow Ware Pieces

American, 19th century

Including covered jars, pitchers, molds, and bowls

(20)

$800-1,200

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167Painted Sheet Iron Indian with Bow and Arrows

Pennsylvania, last quarter 19th century

H. 36 ¾ in.

Provenance: Steven Still, York, Pennsylvania, who removed it from a barn in Lan-

caster County, where it had been since the late 19th century;

Frank Gaglio, Wurtzboro, New York;

The Bruce Wilt Collection, New Jerse

Eastside Winter Antiques Show, Wayne Pratt, 1991

Literature: For a nearly identical example Christie’s, “Important American Furniture

and Folk Art,” January 20, 2012, lot 238.

$4,000-8,000

167

169

168Grain Painted and Decorated Thirty-Two Drawer Apothecary Chest

New Hampshire, 1800-1830

H.78 in.; W. 36 ¼ in.

The sides with vivid swirled grain-painted decoration

Provenance: Butterfi eld and Butterfi eld, 1991;

Eastside Winter Antiques Show, Wayne Pratt Inc., 1992

$10,000-20,000

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169Chippendale Carved Red-Stained Birch Tall Chest of Six-Drawers

Dunlap School, New Hampshire, 1780-1810

H. 62 in.; W. 36 in.; D. 17 ½ in.

Provenance: Virginia Carlson Collection;

David Schorsch, New York;

Wayne Pratt, Woodbury, Connecticut, 1996

$2,000-4,000

170A Red Painted Iron, Wood and Rubber Scooter

American, fi rst half 20th century

$800-1,200

171Two American Hooked Rugs

Lighthouse Rug: American, 20th century

Provenance: Judith and James Milne, Inc., New York,

1996

Square Rigger Ship: American, circa 1920

(2)

$500-1,000

172Hooked Rug with Heart Motif

American, late 19th / early 20th century

38 x 42 inches

$2,000-4,000

173A Pair of Red-Painted Tin Fire Lanterns

New England, 1820-1840

The number “4” is painted on the side of each lantern.

(2)

$800-1,200

172173173

143

170

170, 172, 173 insitu

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174

174

174The Bradlee Family Monumental Queen Anne Mahogany Drop Leaf Dining Table

Massachusetts, 1740-1765

28 ½ in.; W. (open) 60 ½ in.; W. (closed) 19 ½ in.; D. 48 in.

A nineteenth century brass plaque attached to the table reads: “1746 NATHANIEL

BRADLEE 1813.”

Provenance: Nathaniel Bradlee (1746-1813) of Massachusetts;

Thence by direct descent;

Eastside Winter Antiques Show, Wayne Pratt Inc., 1995

Literature: Similar example with a cyma-shaped skirt illustrated in Albert Sack, The New

Fine Points of Furniture, New York: Crown, 1993, p. 274

$10,000-20,000

175Pair of Painted Brass Frog and “Moving Turtle” Candlesticks

American, Early 20th century

H.7 in.

(2)

$1,200-1,800

176No Lot

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179175

177

180

177A Pair of White Painted Carved Wooden Seagulls

American, probably Maine, circa 1930

H. 19 in. (largest)

Provenance: Judith and James Milne, The Wilton Show,

1996

(2)

$400-800

178Classical Red Stained Birchwood Candlestand and One-Drawer Red-Painted Stand

Birchwood Candlestand: New England, circa 1830

H. 30 ½ x W. 18 x D. 18 ½ inches

Provenance: Hagadone’s Antiques, Jamesville, New York,

1988

Joan Darnell, Akron, Ohio, 1987

One-Drawer Painted Candlestand

Judith and James Milne, Inc., 1996

(2)

(not illustrated)

$200-400

179Four Yellow Painted and Decorated Step Down Windsor Chairs

American, circa 1810

H. 35 in.

Provenance: Marguerite Riordan, Stonington, Con-

necticut, 1994

Eastside Winter Antiques Show, Wayne Pratt, 1995

(4)

$1,200-1,800

180White Painted Wooden Porch Support in the Form of a Lady

Southern Michigan, fi rst half 20th century

Provenance: Judith and James Milne, Inc, New York,

1996

$2,000-4,000

181No Lot

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182A Glazed Covered Redware Jar and A Glazed Redware Mug Dated “1867”

American, 19th Century

The ovoid covered jar with applied ears and copper oxide and manganese decora-

tion

Mug provenance: Chris A. Machmer, Annville, Pennsylvania, 1991

(2)

$800-1,200

183Hooked ‘Welcome’ Rug with Basket of Flowers

American, 1932

Initialed and dated: “SG / 32”

$500-700

182, 183

184

185

186

186A

184Ship’s Diorama

American

Diorama

Provenance: Judith and James Milne, Inc., New York, 1996

$200-400

185A Group of Ten Yellow Ware Molds and Vessels

19th century

Comprising: Five molds including various animals, and fi ve vessels

(10)

$800-1,200

186A Group of Seven Redware Vessels and One Slipware Plate

American, 19th century

Comprising: A tall mug with strap handle, an ovoid jug with two tone glaze, a bottle

with three concave sides, an ovoid jar with vertical handles, a covered jar, two red

ware molds and a slip decorated Huntington, Long Island Plate with scrolled decora-

tion depicting “JJ.”

(8)

$800-1,200

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188A

189A

188

187

189

186ARed Painted Queen Anne Cherrywood Bird Cage Tilt-Top Tea Table

Connecticut, 1760-1780

H. 27 in.; D. 38 in.

An unusual example of diminutive scale with its origi-

nal painted surface.

Provenance: Descended in the prominent Howard fam-

ily of Hartford, Connecticut

$3,000-6,000

187Routh’s Ice Cream Sign

Ice Cream Sign

Provenance: Judith and James Milne, Inc., New York,

1996

$500-800

188Pair of Pumpkin Head Iron Andirons

American, fi rst half 20th century

$300-600

188A‘Eat It All’ Ice Cream Cone

American, fi rst half 20th century

H. 21 inches

$200-400-

189Zinc Lady Liberty Head Architectural Element

American, late 19th century

Provenance: Judith and James Milne, Inc., New York,

1996

$2,500-4,500

189ANewlaid Eggs Sign

American, fi rst half 20th century

Provenance: Judith and James Milne, Inc., New York,

1996

$200-400

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Property of a New York Lady

190Red Painted Pine Livery Cupboard with Vertical Open Slats

New England, late 18th / early 19th century

H. 31 in.; W. 48 in.; D. 12 in.

This cupboard is known as a livery cupboard based on a description given of its form

by Wallace Nutting who discovered a turned example of a livery cupboard front. The

only other known example of this form is illustrated in his book and in Essex County

Furniture: 1636-1700.

Literature: Wallace Nutting, Furniture of the Pilgrim Century, New York, Dover Books,

1965.;

Benno M. Forman, The 17th Century Case Furniture of Essex County, Massachusetts

and It’s Makers, University of Delaware (thesis) June 1968, p. 120, pl. VII.

Provenance: Lillian Blankley Cogan, Farmington, Connecticut (d. 1991)

$800-1,200

191Ancient Order of Foresters Cabinet with Enclosed Mirror

American, 1834-1850

Doors open to reveal mahogany veneered looking glass. Inscribed on shaped crest:

“Ancient Order of Foresters” and on cornice “COURT UNITY. 2316.”

H. 46 in.; W. 30 in.; D. 5 ¾ in.

The Royal Ancient Order of Foresters was founded in England in 1790. It was a

Fraternal Group. Their object was to “…unite the virtuous and good in all sects… of

man in the sacred bonds of brotherhoods that while wandering through the Forest of

this world they may render mutual aid and assistance to each other.” The order came

to the United States in 1832, and took the prefi x “Royal” off from the title of the

organization in 1834.

$1,200-1,800

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194

195

190

191

Property of Descendants of Thomas Kittredge, North Andover, Massachussets

192Inlaid Mahogany Bracket Clock with Inset Brass Tuck-Away Handles

James A. Lightbody (working 1820-1837)

White enamel dial inscribed: “J.A. Lightbody / Lanark”

Lanark, Scotland, circa 1825

The case with quarter columns and tapered bracket feet.

H. 14 ½ in.; W. 11 ¼ in.; D. 7 ¼ in.

$800-1,200

Various Owners

193Pair of Mahogany George II Side Chairs with Slip in Seats

English, circa 1765

H. 39 ½ in. (2)

$800-1,200

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202

198

200

Property of a Virginia Lady

198Three Yellow Thistle Pattern Spatterware Saucers

English, circa 1830

Comprising: A pair of lighter yellow examples

and one deep yellow example.

Diam. 5 ¾ in. (each)

(3)

$400-800

199Two Slip-Ware Plates and a Salt-Glazed Stoneware Blue Decorated Crock

Plate Inscribed: “Cheap / ware,” Diam. 11 ¼ in.

Plate: Diam. 8 in

Crock: Features chicken picking decoration, 1 ½ gallon,

H. 8 ¼ in.

(3)

Not illustrated

$200-400

Property of the Descendant of a Prominent Massachusetts Family

200John Hancock Document

Partially printed DS, 4 May 1789, as Governor of

Massachusetts. Appointment for James Dickenson as

Lieutenant of a company in the 6th Regt. and 3rd

Division of the Militia of Middlesex County. Boldly

signed John Hancock in the left margin, below the

intact large paper seal.

12 ¾ x 15 ¾ inches

$1,500-3,000

201A Collection of Twenty-One Autographs including, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry W. Longfellow, Booker T. Washington, and General W. T. Sherman

Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Alabama, Aug 8, 1905

Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) was an American clergy-

man and author, known for being the lyricist of “O

Little Town of Bethlehem”

“the night shall be fi lled with music, And the cares,

that infest the day, Shall fold their tents like the Arabs,

and silently steal away.” Henry W. Longfellow, Nov.

13, 1879

“Yours truly, G.W. Cable” George Washington Cable

(1844-1925)

“Character is destiny, Mary A. Livermore, January

9, 1900,” Celia Laighton Thaxter, Abolitionist “Celia

Thaxter,” “W.D. Howells,”William Dean Howells (1837-

1920), “And if I should live to be / The last leaf upon

the tree / In the spring, / Let them smile, / as I do now,

/ At the old forsaken bough / Where I cling.” -The last

verso of “The Last Leaf ” by Oliver Wendell Holmes,

1831, W.T. Sherman (General William T. Sherman),

General Philip H. Sheridan

Edwin Thomas Booth (1833-1893), “Yours respectfully,

A.W. Tourgee, Dec 12/1883”

$1,000-2,000

Property of a New York Lady

202Painted Laminated Wood Sign in the Form of Shakespeare

Inscribed “Shakespeare in Hamlet…”

English, Second half 19th century

H. 29 in.; W. 16 ¾ in.

Provenance: Purchased by Sebastian Gaeta, Esquire,

in England in the 1970s and displayed in his home

Shakespeare Museum for decades.

$200-400

Property of a Virginia Lady

194Oval Painted Bentwood Bride’s Box, Lid Decorated with Man and Woman

Continental, Late 18th / early 19th century

H. 7 ½ in.; W. 19 ¼ in.; D. 11 ¾ in.

$300-600

Property of a New York Lady

195Painted Forty-Drawer Apothecary Chest

American, late 19th / early 20th century

H. 30 in.; W. 30 ¾ in.; D. 7 ½ in.

$400-800

196Three Painted Wooden Fish Decoys

American, 20th century

The largest example is in the form of a sucker.

L. (largest) 16 in.

(3)

$150-250

197Nantucket Light Ship Basket with Swing Handle

Nantucket, Massachusetts, fi rst half 20th century

Ink inscription on the bottom: “BARTEL”

H. (with handle) 6 ½ in.; Diam. 5 in.

$400-800

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205Twenty-Seven 18th Century German Engravings of Various Subjects

Including prints by: Georg Balthasar Probst (German, 1673-1748), Franz Xaver

Habermann (German, 1721-1796), Johann August Corvinus (German, 1683-1738)

and Karl Remshard (German, 1678-1735).

Provenance: Thomas Kittredge (1746 -1818), married in North Andover,

Massachusetts, 1771;

Thence by descent to the present owners.

(27)

Not illustrated

$1,000-2,000

203English, Second Half 19th Century

Juliet in Friar Laurence’s Cell

Oil on canvas

16 x 12 ¼ inches

Provenance: Handwritten note verso reads “It belonged for many, many years to Wil-

liam Jaggard, descendent of Isaac Jaggard, who with Ed Blount, published Shakespeare’s

First Folio in 1623.”

Purchased by the late Sebastian Gaeta, Esquire, in April 1963 from Shakespeare

Gallery in Stratford-on-Avon, England.

$200-400

Property of Descendants of Thomas Kittredge of North Andover, Massachusetts

204 Kittredge Family Federal Inlaid Mahogany Card Table

New England, circa 1800

H. 27 ¾ in.; W. 36 ⅛ in.; D. (closed) 18 in.; D. (open) 35 ¾ in

Provenance: Descended in the family of Thomas Kittredge (1746-1818), North

Andover, Massachusetts;

Thence by descent to the present owners.

$1,000-2,000

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214

210

211

212

Property of a New York Lady

206Three Spatterware Teapots each with Painted House Decoration

English, circa 1830

H. (tallest) 8 in.

(3)

Note: restorations

$400- 800

207Set of Five Yellow Painted and Decorated Plank-Bottom Chairs

Pennsylvania, circa 1830 H. 34 ¼ in.

(5)

$1,200-1,800

Various owners

208Carved and Painted Poplar Spoon Rack

Probably New Jersey, 1750-1800

H. 23 in.; W. 9½ in.

$2,000 – 4,000

Property of Descendants of Thomas Kittredge of North Andover, Massachusetts

209Kittredge Family Chippendale Mahogany Ball and Claw Drop Leaf Table

Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1770

H. 29 ½ in.; W. (open) 41 in.; W. (closed) 15 ¾ in.; D.

44 in.

Condition note: the corners of the rectangular leaves

have been rounded.

Provenance: Thomas Kittredge (1746-1818), who was

married in North Andover, Massachusetts in 1771;

Thence by descent to the present owner.

$1,500-3,000

Property of a Texas Family

210Louis Comfort Tiffany Glass Vase

Tiffany Studios, New York, Circa 1905

Inscribed on bottom, near ground pontil “3027 L / L.C.

Tiffany-Favrile”

H. 10 ½ in.

$2,000-4,000

Property of the Estate of a Florida Collector

211Assorted Group of Silver Hollow Ware

American and English, 19th century

Comprising an Eastlake style coffee pot, inscribed: “JHA

1874” (26.735 ozt., including non-silver inlay on han-

dle); Coffee pot stamped Tiffany & Co., ( 17.710 ozt.);

Four-part service comprising coffee pot, warmer stand,

sugar bowl and creamer with London Hallmarks

(62.1 ozt.); A London Rococo decorated teapot

with ball feet (18 ozt.).; A cup, Boston, Massachusetts,

inscribed: “Waldo Parry Kennard / from /

Grandmother” (5.195 ozt.); circular serving tray, Tiffany

and Co., (29.270 ozt.) together with a silver-plated

four-footed circular tray

(9)

$12,000-18,000

212Assorted Group of Silver Flatware

American and English

Including examples by: Gorham for Stanwood & Co.

(Boston, Ma, 1860-1869), Lincoln & Foss (Boston,

1848-1857), Currior & Trott, Crump & Low, Farrington

& Hunnewell, J. Raynes & Co., Barker Brothers, G.A.

Mudge & Co., Henry Wilkenson & Co. (London, 1831-

1892), Bigelows Brothers, (Boston, 1846-1847), Shreve

Stanwood & Co, (Boston, 1860-1869), Currier & Trott,

(Boston, 1823-1855), J. Raynes & co. (Lowell, Ma, 1860-

1879), William Fordham & Albert Faulkner.

(Total approx. weight 239 ozt.)

(180)

$7,000-10,000

Property of a Lady

213 Chinese Blue Glazed Porcelain Vase

With an elongated neck rising from a pear form body

supported on a low foot, the mottled cobalt wash of

rich hue applied to the exterior beneath a colorless

glaze applied to all surfaces except the foot pad

H. 17 in.

$1,200-1,800

Property of a New York Family

214A Ming-Style Blue and White Porcelain Moonfl ask, Qianlong Six-Character Sealmark

Painted on each side in cobalt blue with eight radiating

lotus petal-shaped panels enclosing the bajixiang around

a central raised base with a stylized fl ower head, divided

by keyfret and lappet bands, all within a key-fret border,

the slightly convex sides with a wide band of leafy scroll

issuing lotus blossoms, the neck and foot with bands of

lingzhi scroll beneath a keyfret band to the rim, the cylin-

drical neck fl anked by scroll handles

H. 22 ⅞ in.

$2,000-4,000

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Property of a Virginia Lady

215Pair of Silver-Inlaid Stirrups (Abumi)

Edo Period, 18th century

With red lacquer coated interiors.

H. 10 ½ in.

$500-1,000

Property of a Texas Lady

216Vincenzo Gemito (Italian, 1852-1929)

L’Acquaiolo, 1881

Bronze fi gure of a boy, 19th century

H: 21 in.

$2,000-4,000

217Daum Glass Vase with Rose Motif

20th century

H. 13 in.

$800-1,200

218Brass and Wood Wool Winder

English or American, second half 19th century

H. 26 in.; L. 24 in.

$500-1,000

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219Hans Christensen (Danish, 1924-1983)

A Group of Five Brass Sculptures

Produced in Rochester, New York

Including: Walk Softly but Carry a Big Stick, 1980

Life, 1980

Prototype for Nathanial Rochester Society Stabile, 1979

(5)

$1,200-1,800

220Platinum and 14 Karat Yellow Gold Mounted Diamond Bar Pin.

Circa 1920

The bar style brooch is set with twelve old European cut diamonds totaling approxi-

mately 3.90 carats. The diamonds are set in a rectangular platinum mount with

engraved sides. The pin is 18 karat yellow gold. The brooch has a gross weight of

approximately 8.3 grams. The brooch measures 2 ¼ inches long.

1,200-1,500

221Antique Platinum and 14 Karat Yellow Gold Three Stone Diamond Ring

Circa 1890

Containing three old European cut diamonds weighing approximately 1.23 carats,

1.58 carats and 1.24 carats each. The ring has a gross weight of approximately 4.5

grams. Along with an antique Tiffany ring box. The ring exhibits wear to mount.

Unsigned.

$6,000-8,000

222A 14 Karat Yellow Gold, Sapphire and Diamond Pendant

Circa 1980

The center oval faceted blue sapphire weighs approximately 8.91 carats, surrounded

by two rows of brilliant cut and radiant cut diamonds weighing a total of approxi-

mately 3.75 carats. The pendant has a gross weight of approximately 14.5 grams and

measures 1 1/8 by 7/8 inches.

$4,000-8,000

222AA platinum, 14 Karat White Gold and Diamond Bar Pin

Circa 1920

The diamond set bar pin contains 15 old European cut diamonds weighing a total of

approximately 3.15 carats. The brooch has an open geometric pierced gallery. The

brooch weighs approximately 7.3 grams and measures 2 7/8 inches long.

$800-1,200

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223Three White Painted Wood Rio Grande Pueblo Birds

Rio Grande Pueblo, 1900-1930

Constructed from found wood.

H. (Largest): 12 ½ in.

Provenance: From a New Mexico Collection

(3)

$800-1,200

224A Carved and Painted Wood Rio Grande Parrot

Probably Pueblo, late 19th century

H. 4 in.; W. 9 in.

Possibly intended for use in a home altar.

Provenance: Private California Collection

$800-1200

Property of a New Mexico Gentleman

225Life-Size Intricately-Detailed Anatomical Model, Designed and Created by the French Physician Dr. Louis Thomas Jerome Auzoux (1797-1880)

Crafted by Workshop of Louis Auzoux, Paris, circa 1883

Signed indsitinctly and dated on outer left thigh “Anatomie Cl./Auzoux/1883”

Calcium carbonate hyde glue and rag pulp paper fi ber

This hand sculpted sculpture stands on its original cast-iron base.

H. 49 in.

Dr. Auzoux’s realized in 1822 during his medical training, that cadavers rapidly deterio-

rated and wax models were not readily available, hence there was a need in the fi eld

for anatomically correct models. The workshop of Louis Auzoux used an innovative

papier-mâché method to cast anatomical fi gures for teaching purposes. (reference:

Maine Antiques Digest, June, 2012). The internal body cavity and head open and, like

the exterior they are meticulously labeled with Latin inscriptions on small strips of

paper.

Provenance: Private Collection, Mexico, circa 1883

A similar example sold Bonham’s, Knightsbridge, April 2011.

$12,000-18,000

226Yokut Polychrome Bottleneck ‘Friendship’ Basket

Tulare Lake region, Central California, circa 1900

Woven from Caladium root, redbud shoots and bracken fern roots.

H. 6 ¾ in.; W. 10 in.

‘Friendship’ baskets were given as gifts to family and friends to store personal items.

This basket represents the three dimensions of human existence: the celestial world

is represented as a star motif along the upper neck, the human dimension represent-

ed as 25 stylized fi gures holding hands, and the stylized rattlesnake wrapped around

the base symbolizes the protector of the underworld.

Provenance: Pook and Pook, Inc., The Americana Collection of Richard and Rosemarie

Machmer, Dowington, Pennsylvania, October 2008, lot 772 (sold for $15,210)

$7,000-10,000

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227 Pair of Hopi Katsina Dolls

Central Northern Arizona, circa 1890

Seated fi gure: H. 8 ¾ in.; W. 5 in

Standing fi gure: H. 9 in.; W. 4 in.

The Hopi made Katsina dolls to use in ceremonies, which often included depictions

of neighboring tribes. These two depict a seated Navajo drummer dressed as a clown,

wearing turquoise earrings, and a standing Navajo Yei Bichai dancer wearing a corn

mask. Not only were they ceremonial, but often the dolls were used to educate

children. The costumes are unique, and are entirely original.

Provenance: Keams Canyon Trading Post, Arizona;

The Steven and Linda Nelson Collection, California

(2)

$5,000-10,000

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227

229

228 New Mexican Folk Art Death Cart Figure

Attributed to Frank Applegate (American, 1881-1931)

New Mexico, circa 1925

Death carts, with their terrifying fi gures of La Muerte, are a peculiarly New Mexican art

form, appearing in the Holy Week processions of the Brotherhood. In their secret rites,

Penitentes dragged the heavy, cumbersome death carts to calvarios, where they com-

memorated the Crucifi xion. The fi gure and cart represents the power of death during the

period between the crucifi xion and the resurrection, and the ritual foretells the miracle of

Christ’s ultimate triumph over death.

H. (seated) 38 in.; H. (extended) 50 ¼ in.

Note: Cart is missing

$1,500-3,000

229Felipe Benito (1910- 1991) Archuleta Folk Art painted Wood Lynx

Tesuque, New Mexico, 1978

Signed and dated on underside of belly:“F B A 7. / 6. / 78”

With plastic nails

$6,000-10,000

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235Ninety Assorted Intaglios Including Plaster Intaglio Casts

Italian, fi rst half 19th century and later

Lot includes a handwritten note dated “1822” which

presumably identifi es the artist of some of the inta-

glios: “…engraved at Rome by Pickler…” Pickler, also

spelled Pichler, is the surname of known gem-engraver

Anton Pichler (1697-1779) who worked in Rome. His

sons Giovanni Pichler (1734-1791) and Luigi Pichler

(1773-1854) were also successful gem engravers in

Rome and Vienna, respectively.

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime

DuPont (1912-1991) of New Jersey

$1,200-1,800

236Inca Red Earthenware Water Bottle with Lizard Man Carving

A nineteenth century extensively inscribed and par-

tially indecipherable label identifi es this bottle as a “…

Guaca waterbottle about the 10th century,” found in

“…the city capital…” It also states: “The animal on the

top is the iguana- a giant lizard that grows sometimes

to a length of 5ft.”

H. 9 ½ in.

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime

DuPont (1912-1991) of New Jersey

$1,200-1,800

230Iron and Wood Crooked Knife in Form of Fist Effi gy

Woodlands, fi rst half 19th century

Blade fashioned from a trade fi le.

H. 4 in.; L. 10 ½ in

Crooked knives, or draw knives were used to make

bowls or cut deeply into wood because the special

shape allowed for increased wrist mobility.

$1,200-1,800

231Black Painted Carved Wooden Mirror

Welsh, fi rst half 19th century

Relief carved with acorn and fl oral motifs. Mirror

fl anked by two bearded fi gures. Sun motif surmounted

by fi nial comprised of crowned effi gy head.

H. 21 in.; W. 15 ¼ in.

$200-400

Property from the Estate of Violetta J. P. Dupont

232A Navajo Figural Rug and Navajo Geometric Rug

Figural rug with nine full length male and female fi g-

ures, mid-20th century, 4 ft.4 in x 2 ft. 8 in.

Geometric rug, circa 1920s, 2 ft. 11 in. x 1 ft. 11 in.

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime

DuPont (1912-1991) of New Jersey

Not illustrated

$200-400

233An Assorted Group of Twenty-Two Chinese Jade and Hardstone Items

Including a fi gure, a pendant, two cups, a mounted

plaque, and other small carvings.

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime

DuPont (1912-1991) of New Jersey

$1,000- 2,000

234An Egyptian Dark Green Stone Heart Scarab and Nine Egyptian Items, Including Four Scarabs and Three Seals

The green stone Scarab

Probably Dynasty 18-20, circa 1550-1070 B.C.

Inscribed with hieroglyphics on base.

L. 2 ⅛ in.

Note: A very similar dark green stone scarab is in the

collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession no. 10.130. 1650—gift of Helen Miller

Gould, 1910

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime

DuPont (1912-1991) of New Jersey

(10)

Green stone scarab illustrated

$500-1,000

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233 detail

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234 235

237Pottery Pipe from Tennessee and a Green Stone Effi gy Figure of a Man’s Head

Southeastern woodlands, 19th century or earlier

A circa 1880-1900 label affi xed to the pipe reads, “No.

6672 Pipe of Granger Co. Tenn was found in 1890 on

bank of river” H. 3 in.; L. 4 ¼ in.; H. 3 ½ in

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime

DuPont (1912-1991) of New Jersey

$200-400

238Four Pre-Columbian Pottery Vessels

Two with 19th century labels documenting where they

were found.

Including a polychrome vessel inscribed “HUETARE

POLYCHOME (sic.) CHORTEZA COSTA RICA”

and a vessel, possibly Mayan, inscribed “NEAR LAGO

ATITLAN / GUATEMALA”.

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime

DuPont (1912-1991) of New Jersey

$200-4000

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241240

242

239Mass of Copper Coins from Shipwreck

Corroded, oxidized and melded together. Originally in

a fabric or leather bag which presumably disintegrated,

resulting in the present shape.

H. 7 ½ in. L. 9 ¼ in.

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime

DuPont (1912-1991) of New Jersey

$400-800

240Two British Cameroons Pipes

The fi rst, a British, 18th / 19th century, Cameroons

bronze effi gy pipe in the form of a man’s head, H. 1 ⅝

in.; L. 1 ¾ in.

The second, a terracotta Elbow Pipe, L. 3 in.

Elbow pipe not illustrated

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime

DuPont (1912-1991) of New Jersey

$100-200

241A Group of Nine Iridescent Roman Glass Vessels

First-second century A.D.

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime

DuPont (1912-1991) of New Jersey

$200-400

242Aztec Carved Stone Head of a Man

1300-1550 A.D.

Head with crown ornament and earrings

H. 7 in.; W. 8 in.

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime

DuPont (1912-1991) of New Jersey

$500-800

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246

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246

246 246

245

243Nine Wood and Metal Weapons and a Documented African Malachite Specimen

Including eight African weapons and one spear. Malachite fragment with late 19th cen-

tury label inscribed “Malachite/ Green Carb Copper / W. Africa”.

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime DuPont (1912-1991) of New

Jersey

Not illustrated

Please see Kenoauctions.com.

$500-1,000

245Babe Ruth Signed Baseball

American League

Desirable Sweet Spot signature.

Baseball type cannot be determined. Date and marking on south panel written in

unknown hand.

$1,000-1,500

246Group of Six American League Signed Baseballs

Chicago White Sox Team Signed Baseball; Circa 1928; Signatures include: Ed Walsh Jr.

(Hall of Fame) / Red Faber (Hall of Fame) / Ted Lions (Hall of Fame) / H. McCurry /

A. Shires / B. Cussell / B. Huntsfi eld / M. Berg; Some signatures partially obliterated.

Bib Falk Single Signed Baseball; 1929-1930; Signature on a Reach Offi cial American

League Baseball.; Inscriptions on side panel written in unknown hand.

Chicago White Sox Partial Team Signed Baseball; 1926-1927; Signed on a Reach

Offi cial American League Baseball.; Signatures include: Tommy Thomas, Bob Falk, Willie

Kamm, Elmer Jacobs, Clyde Crouse

Willie Kamm / Bib Falk dual signed baseball; 1926-1930; Signatures on an obliterated

Offi cial American League Baseball.; Additional indecipherable signature on an adjacent

panel.

(6)

$1,000-1,500

247Babe Ruth / Lou Gehrig / Ty Cobb Signed Baseball

American League, circa 1926-1927

Signed on a Reach Offi cial American League Baseball.

Ban Johnson, President

Very scarce grouping of the greatest players of the 1920s.

$1,500-2,500

244Engraved Copper Plate for Printing Currency

American, late 19th century,

Engraved: “STORE OF THE SAVAGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY” in denomina-

tions of twenty-fi ve cents, fi fty cents and one-dollar for bill prints.

9 ¼ x 14 ⅛ inches

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime DuPont (1912-1991) of New

Jersey

Not illustrated

Please see Kenoauctions.com.

$200-400

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252

251

Property of Direct Descendants of John C. Breckinridge

248Rembrandt Peale (American, 1778-1860)

Portrait of Margaret Irvine (Mrs. John) Miller

(1756-1847)

Circa 1805-1807

Oil on canvas

27 x 22 ½ inches

This portrait exemplifi es Peale’s tendency to take

liberty with the way in which he portrayed his sitters.

Mr. and Mrs. Miller begin as a working class family

who later raised their position in Philadelphia society.

Though her clothing is aristocratic, Mrs. Miller’s pose

and gaze are those of a straightforward, working class

woman. Likewise, Peale depicts her husband in a fi ne

suit, resting on a stone, with detailed work affected.

Mr. John Miller (1754-1814), a stonecutter, and his fam-

ily were painted in exchange for steps and chimney

pieces for Peale’s house. The fi ve other family por-

traits are also illustrated in the exhibition catalog.

$4,000-8,000

249American School, late 18th century

John Breckinridge (1760-1806)

Oil on canvas

27 x 22 ⅝ inches

$4,000-8,000

John Breckinridge (December 2, 1760-December

14, 1806) served as a lawyer and politician from

Virginia and later Kentucky. He was elected to the

United States Senate and appointed the fi fth United

States Attorney General during President Thomas

Jefferson’s second presidential term. He is the origi-

nator of Kentucky’s Breckinridge political family and

represents the namesake of Breckinridge County in

Kentucky. Despite his prominence, period images of

Mr. Breckinridge are quite rare.

An often reproduced painting by Alban Jasper Conaut

(1821-1915) was painted in 1863, more than 55 years

after Breckinridge’s death.

250American School, late 18th century

Portrait of John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875)

Oil on canvas

27 x 22 ⅝ inches

$2,000-4,000

John Cabell Breckinridge, the grandson of John

Breckinridge (1760-1806), is offered as lot 243, was

the youngest Vice President in the history of the

United States when he was elected to the White

House in 1856 with President James Buchanan. He

was active in the Army, Kentucky State Legislature and

United States House of Representatives. During his

Vice Presidency, he was well respected for his unfailing

fairness in the Senate during an unprecedented com-

bative era in United States history.

251American School, circa 1845

Miniature Portrait of John C. Breckinridge

(1821-1875)

Oil on panel

2 ¾ x 2 ¼ inches

$400- 800

252Sydney Mortimer Laurence (American, 1865-1940)

Evening Light, Mount McKinley, Alaska, 1923

Signed lower left “Sydney Laurence”

Signed, inscribed with title and dated on an old label

attached to the backing: Anchorage, Alaska, 1923

Oil on artists board

8 x 10 inches

$7,000-10,000

253No Lot

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258

259

254William Stanley Haseltine (American, 1835-1900)

Italian Landscape at Sunset

Initialed and dated lower right “ WSH 83”

Oil on canvas

12 ⅝ x 16 ⅛ inches

Provenance: Recently found in Rhode Island

$4,000-8,000

Property of Various Owners

255Aaron Draper Shattuck (American, 1832-1928)

River Valley Landscape

Signed lower left: “A.D. Shattuck”

Oil on canvas

10 ½ x 19 ⅛ inches

$4,000-8,000

256Charles Edwin Lewis Green (American, 1844-1915)

Boatyard At Nahant, Massachusetts

Signed lower right “C.E.L. Green”

Oil on canvas

14 x 18 inches

$1,200-1,800

254

255

257Paul Raphael Meltsner (American, 1905-1966)

The Broken Fence, 1924

Signed and dated lower right “P. Raphael OSB 1924”

Oil on board

12 x 16 inches

$1,000-2,000

Not illustrated

258Charles Edwin Lewis Green (American, 1844-1915)

House on a Lake

Signed lower right “C.E.L. Green.”

Oil on canvas

10 x 14 inches

$800-1,200

259Edmund Darch Lewis (American, 1835-1910)

New England Landscape with Figures, 1875

Signed and dated lower left, “Edmund D. Lewis 1875”

Oil on canvas

30 x 50 inches

Provenance: Berry Hill Galleries, New York (before 1988)

$3,000-5,000

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The Estate of Violetta J.P. DuPont

260William Trost Richards (American, 1833-1905)

Gentle Surf, New Jersey Coast, 1905

Oil on canvas

28 ¼ x 48 ⅛ inches

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime DuPont (1912-1991) of New

Jersey

$40,000-80,000

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260AGideon Eldon Bradbury (American, 1833-1904)

Battleground on Lovewell’s Pond

Signed “G.E.B. 1871”

Oil on board

5 x 3 ¼ inches

The Battle of Pequawket (also known as Lovewell’s Fight) occurred on May 8, 1725

$200-400

Various Owners

261James MacDougal Hart (American, 1828-1901)

Cows at a Trough, 1889

Signed and dated lower-left: “James Mc Hart. 1889”

Oil on canvas laid down on masonite

30 ½ by 50 ⅝ inches

$1,500- 2,500

261

261A

260A

265

262

266

263

264

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261ANelson Augustus Moore (American, 1824-1902)

View on Mahong River, 1895

Initialed and dated lower left 1895

oil on board,

5 ¾ by 4 ⅛

$200-400

262Attributed to Alexander Helwig Wyant (American, 1836-1892)

Summer Stream

Unsigned

Oil on Canvas

Retains original frame

30 ⅛ x 40 ¼ inches

$1,000-2,000

263Milton Talbot Menasco (American, 1890-1974)

Harness Race at Goshen, New York

Signed lower right: “Menasco”

Oil on Canvas

17 ⅞ x 24 inches

Provenance: From the artist to Florence Menasco;

Thence by descent to present owner

$1,200-1,800

264Joseph Honore Pellegrin (French, 1793-1869)

Barque Orono of Ellsworth Entering the Port of

Marseilles, 1852

Inscribed lower center “Barque Orono of Ellsworth.

C. Chase Master, Entering the Port of Marseilles jan.y

7th 1852.”

Watercolor, gouache and Chinese white on paper

18 ½ x 24 inches (sight)

$2,000-4,000

265Attributed to Samuel Walters (American, 1811-1872) and/or His Father Miles Walters (1774-1849)

Black Ball Line, Europe

Oil on canvas

27 x 40 inches

Provenance: Alexander C. Marshal; Peabody to his son,

Rushton Peabody, his son, Charles Marshall Peabody,

To his daughter, Eugenia Peabody; thence by descent to

the present owner.

In 1816 Captain Charles H. Marshall founded the Black

Ball Line the fi rst scheduled transatlantic passenger

service, employing a fl eet of clipper ships, one of which

was commanded by the founder’s brother, Captain

Alexander Marshall. The service operated for over

60 years between New York and Liverpool fl ying the

house fl ag, which consisted of a black ball centered on

a red background.

$2,500-3,500

266Attributed to Raffaele Corsini (Turkish, active 1830-1880)

Bark Kazan of Boston Entering the Bay of

Smyrna, 1841

Inscribed lower center : “Kazan of Boston John LOCKIE

COMMANDER entering in the Bay of Smyrna Asia

Coast”

Watercolor, gouache and Chinese white on paper

Inscribed on verso: “R. Chafford Mills” Watermark Sky

toned

15 ½ x 21 ½ inches

$2,000-4,000

267Follower of Richard B. Spencer (British, fl . 1840-1874)

Brig Off Dover

267

267A

Initialed lower left on plank in water ‘WW’

Oil on canvas

20 x 30 inches

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime

DuPont (1912-1991) of New Jersey

$400-800

267ATheodore Victor Card Valenkamph (American, 1868-1924)

Sailing ship, 1901

Signed lower right and dated 1901

Oil on canvas

28 x 40 inches

$1,000-2,000

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273

274

275

268

269

270

271

268Clement Drew (American, 1806-1889)

Ship Isabella of Boston off Boston Light, 1854

Inscribed on verso “Isabella of Boston / Clement Drew

/ 1854”

Oil on canvas

18 x 24 inches

$2,000-4,000

269Clement Drew (American, 1806-1889)

Brig Antares Off Boston Light

Inscribed lower right: “ANTARES W COUSEN /

MASTER BOUND FOR DEMERARER (sic)”

Oil on canvas laid down on panel

20 ¼ x 24 inches

2,000-4,000

270George Mears (British, 1865-1910)

A French Channel Packet, 1886

Signed lower right “G. MEARS / ‘86”

Oil on artists board

14 ¾ x 23 ½ inches

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime

DuPont (1912-1991) of New Jersey

$200-400

271Antonio Jacobsen (American, 1850-1921)

Auxiliary Iron Screw Steamer Monmouthshire,

1887

Signed and dated lower right: “Antonio Jacobsen. 1887

/ 31 Palisade Av. West Hoboken n.j.”

Oil on canvas

22 x 36 inches

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime

DuPont (1912-1991) of New Jersey

$3,000-6,000

272Antonio Jacobsen (American, 1850-1921)

Four Mast Schooner in Heavy Weather, 1918

Signed lower right “Antonio Jaconsen. / 31 Palisade Av.

West Hoboken n.j.”

Oil on masonite

20 x 35 ½ inches

$1,200-1,800

A California Gentleman

273Chinese Export School, 20th Century

Ship Winnie C in Heavy Weather

Oil on canvas

18 x 23 ½ inches

$400-800

274Student of Annibale Carracci (Italian, 1560-1609)

Reclining Female Nude

Possibly Domenico Zampiero, “Domenichino” (Italian,

1581-1641)

Charcoal on paper

Written on verso in pencil: “By Domenichino”

Domenico Zampieri was an Italian Baroque painter of

the Bolognese School, or Carracci School of painters,

and he was considered by some to be Carracci’s best

student.

7 ⅝ x 11 inches

$800-1,200

275European School, 17th Century

Dog Attacking Boar

Oil on canvas laid down on masonite

39 x 52 inches

$2,500-4,500

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280

281

282

276

277

278

276Follower of Brueghel the Younger

Bountiful Still Life with Flowers and Fruit

Surrounding a Niche with Diana and Cupid

18th century

Oil on canvas

37 ½ x 30 inches

$2,000-4,000

277After Andrea Del Sarto (1486-1530)

Madonna and Child with St. Elizabeth and St.

John the Baptist

Oil on canvas

36 x 24 inches

$1,200-1,800

278KPM Porcelain Plaque, After Titian

Woman with Fruit

The back impressed with “KPM”

Painted on porcelain

15 x 12 ¼ inches

$2,000-4,000

279Jean-Baptiste Jules Trayer (French, 1824-1909)

The Young Mother

Signed lower right, “J Trayer”

Oil on canvas

24 ½ x 16 inches

$3,000-5,000

280Henri Duvieux (French, 1855-1920)

A Gathering at Dusk in Constantinople

Signed and dated lower right, “H. Duvieux 1860”

Oil on canvas

11 ¼ x 18 ⅛ inches

$1,500-2,000

281Georges Seurat (French, 1859-1891)

Portrait of a Cardinal

Circa 1876-1879

Signed on verso in red crayon: “Georges Seurat”

Black crayon on blue rag paper with watermark “DC”

18 ¼ x 12 ¼ inches

Provenance: The collection of Felix Feneon;

Schweitzer Gallery, New York;

Arthur Deane, Greenwich, Connecticut;

Charles Marshall Peabody, Sarasota, Florida;

Thence by descent to the present owner.

$3,000-6,000

282Eugenio Scorzelli (Italian, 1890-1953)

La Place de la Madeleine a Paris a la Belle

Epoque

Signed lower left “Eug Scrozelli”

Oil on panel

14 ¼ x 18 ⅞ inches

$800-1,200

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283

287285

283French School

Setters on the Scent

Unsigned

Oil on panel

8 ¼ x 10 ½ inches

$400-600

284British School, Late 19th/ Early 20th Century

The Explosion

Signed lower left “J.E. Ragg”

Oil on canvas

9 x 12 ⅛ inches

Not illustrated

$200-400

285Anders Monsen Askevold (Swedish, 1834-1900)

A View of the Fjord River, 1882

Signed and dated lower left: “A. Askevold 1882”

Oil on canvas

14 ½ x 21 ¾ inches

$3,000-6,000

286English School, 18th Century

Portrait of Gentleman in Red Jacket

Oil on canvas

50 x 40 inches

$800-1,200

287Walter James Shaw (British, 1851-1933)

Off Salcombe, South Devon

Signed lower left “Walter Shaw”

Oil on canvas

14 ½ x 29 inches

Provenance: From the collection of James Maxime DuPont (1912-1991) of New

Jersey

$1,000-2,000

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290288

288Andrea Cascella (Italian, 1920-1990)

Untitled

Circa 1980

Marble

Diam. 30 in.; H. 10 in.

$1,000-2,000

289Sotiris Sorogas (Greek, b. 1936)

Chains Over Rocks

Acrylic on canvas

59 ⅛ x 78 ½ inches

$2,000-4,000

Not illustrated

290Markos Armaos (Greek, b. 1945)

Untitled

Stainless steel sculpture

H. 84 in.

$1,000-2,000

291Vangelis Rinas (Greek, b. 1966)

Untitled

Acrylic on two canvases

47 x 63 inches

$3,000-6,000

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Index

Last Name First Name Lots

A. L. Jewell Company 121

After Titian 278

Applegate Frank 228

Armaos Markos 290

Armstrong Anne Pratt 37

Askevold Anders Monsen 285

Auzoux Dr. Louis Thomas Jerome 225

Benito Felipe 229

Benjamin Dodge Pottery Works 162

Bernard Nicholas 48

Bradbury Gideon Eldon 260A

Bradley John 119a

Brewster, Jr. John 44, 49, 52

Brueghel Pieter, the Younger 276

Carracci Annibale 274

Cascella Andrea 288

Chandler Joseph Goodhue 58

Christensen Hans 219

Columbia Iron Foundary 136

Corsini Raffael 266

Corvinus Johann August 205

del Sarto Andrea 277

Drew Clement 268, 269

Dunlap Samuel 122

Duvieux Henri 280

Dyotteville Glass Works 33

Edouart Auguste 20

Ellis & Isaac Chandlee 71

Field Erastus Salisbury 116

Gemito Vincenzo 216

Goddard-Townsend School 68

Green Charles Edwin Lewis 256, 259

Habermann Franz Xaver 205

Harris & Company 54, 123

Hart James MacDougal 261

Haseltine William Stanley 254

J. & E. Stevens Company 112, 128

Jacobsen Antonio 271, 272

Jugiez Martin 48

Kilpatrick Henry 25

Kingsley Jane 163

Kitchell Isaac 138

L.W. Cushing & Sons 2

Lange Edward 81, 82, 83, 84, 118, 119

Laurence Sydney Mortimer 252

Lewis Edmund Darch 259

Lightbody James A. 192

Loeffl er Laura H. 24

Loomis Samuel 90

Mears George 270

Meltsner Paul Raphael 257

Menasco Milton Talbot 263

Moore Nelson Augustus 261A

New England Vase Company 36

Peale Rembrandt 249

Peckham Deacon Robert 39

Pellegrin Joseph Honore 264

Penniman John Ritto 120

Phippen Hannah 99

Pichler Anton 235

Porter Rufus 21

Powers Asahel Lynde 15

Probst Georg Balthasar 205

Remshard Karl 205

Richards William Trost 260

Rinas Vangelis 291

Sanborn Percy 115

Scorzelli Eugenio 282

Seruat Georges 281

Shattuck Aaron Draper 255

Shaw Walter James 287

Sorogas Sotiris 289

Spencer Richard B. 267

Tracy Ebenezer 143

Trayer Jean-Baptiste Jules 279

Valenkamph Theodore Victor Card 267A

Walters Samuel 265

Wetherby Isaac 8

Wheeler Chauncey 12

Wood David 67

Wyant Alexander Helwig 262

Zampiero Domenico “Domenichino” 274

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Bidding Increments The auctioneer will commence the bidding at any level and in increments con-sidered appropriate. Bids will be sought in increments selected by the auction-eer who will have the absolute discretion to select any increments for any lot (and the discretion to vary the increments in the course of the bidding for any lot). However, generally speaking, the increments will depend upon the low estimate for the lot. Thus for example, for lots having a low estimate below $1,000, bids will be sought at increments of $50. The normal pattern for bid-ding increments will be as follows:

Low Estimate Increments< 999 $50s$1,000 – 1,999 $100s$2,000 – 4,999 $250s$5,000 – 9,999 $500s$10,000 – 29,999 $1,000s$30,000 – 49,999 $2,500s$50,000 – 99,999 $5,000s> $100,000 at auctioneer’s discretion

These increments may vary during the course of the auction at the discretion of the auctioneer.

Estimates Pre-sale estimates are provided to encourage competitive bidding. These esti-mates may not be relied upon as any predictions of the selling price and may not be considered to be any opinion or representation regarding the value of the property. Keno Auctions shall not be responsible or liable for any differ-ence between a pre-sale estimate and the actual selling price for any lot.

Reserves Unless otherwise indicated, all lots are offered subject to a reserve, which is a confi dential minimum price set by the seller below which the lot will be not be sold. The reserve will not exceed a given low pre-sale estimate at the time of the auction. Regardless of whether there is a reserve, the auctioneer may reject any bid and withdraw any lot for any reason. In order to comply with the seller’s reserve on any lot, the auctioneer may open bidding by placing a bid on behalf of the seller. The auctioneer may bid further on behalf of the seller (i.e. a bid from the book held by the auctioneer) up to the amount of the reserve by placing consecutive bids or by placing bids in response to other bidders. If a lot is not sold, the auctioneer will announce that fact (normally by stating that the lot has been unsold or passed).

Property of Keno Auctions / Guarantees Should Keno Auctions own any lot in whole or in part or have a fi nancial inter-est in any lot equivalent to an ownership interest, the catalogue will clearly iden-tify any such property as the Property of Keno Auctions. From time to time, a lot may be offered for which a guaranteed minimum price or an advance secured by the consigned property has been given to the seller. Such property will be identifi ed in the catalogue with the symbol * next to the lot number.

AFTER THE SALE

Successful BidsKeno Auctions is not able to notify successful absentee bidders. While invoices are sent out by mail after the auction we do not accept responsibility for notifying you of the result of your bid. Buyers are requested to contact us by telephone or in person as soon as possible after the sale to obtain details of the outcome of their bids to avoid incurring unnecessary handling charges.

Buyer’s Premium A buyer’s premium will be added to the hammer price of each lot and is pay-able as part of the total purchase price (comprising the hammer price, buyer’s premium and any applicable taxes). The buyer’s premium is 24% of the hammer price.

Sales TaxUnless exempted by applicable law, all purchases are subject to the 8.875% sales tax of the City and State of New York. Any buyer claiming exemption from sales tax must have the appropriate documentation on fi le with Keno Auctions prior to the release of the property.

Conditions of SaleParticipation in this auction is subject to and governed by the following contrac-tual terms. Each prospective buyer is deemed to have reviewed, understood and accepted these conditions of sale and participation in the auction in any manner (in person, by telephone, by written bid or on-line) constitute an accep-tance of these conditions of sale by the participant.

BEFORE THE SALECondition Every item offered for sale will be sold subject to the actual condition of the property at the time of the sale (generally referred to as ‘as is’). Prospective buyers are permitted and strongly encouraged to thoroughly examine any prop-erty before the auction with the understanding that there is no representation or warranty of any kind concerning the condition or any of the physical aspects of any items offered for sale. Catalogue descriptions or verbal statements are offered as opinion and shall not constitute a representation or warranty or assumption of liability of any nature whatsoever.

Registration before Bidding Prospective buyers who wish to bid in the saleroom can register online in advance of the sale, or can come to the saleroom approximately 30 minutes before the start of the sale to register in person. A prospective buyer must complete and sign a registration form and provide identifi cation (including a check acceptance form) before bidding.

Absentee Bidding Reasonable efforts will be used to carry out written bids delivered to us before the sale for the convenience of prospective purchasers who are not present at the auction in person, by an agent or by telephone. If written bids for identi-cal amounts are submitted for the same lot and are the highest bids on this lot at the auction, the property will be sold to the person whose written bid was received and accepted fi rst. Execution of written bids is a free service under-taken subject to other commitments at the time of the sale and there shall be no liability for failing to execute any written bid or for errors and omissions in connection with any written bid.

Telephone Bidding Telephone bids will be accepted on lots with a low estimate of more than $2,500, no later than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the commencement of the sale and only if capacity allows. Arrangements to bid in languages other than English must be made well in advance of the sale. We will use reasonable efforts to contact prospective purchasers to enable them to participate in the bidding by telephone as a free service, however there will be no liability for any failure or for any errors or omissions in connection with telephone bidding.

Online BiddingPlease register for online bidding at KenoAuctions.com. Reasonable efforts will be exerted to place on-line bids in the saleroom. However there will be no liability for any failure or error in the placement of such bids.

AT THE SALE

Terms of Bidding The auctioneer has the absolute and sole discretion to refuse any bid and to advance the bidding in any manner. The auctioneer also has the right to with-draw any lot, and in the case of error and dispute (whether during or after the sale) to determine the successful bidder, to continue the bidding, to cancel the sale or to reoffer and resell the property. The highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer will be the purchaser. In the case of a tie bid, the winning bidder will be determined at the sole discretion of the auctioneer. In the event of a dispute between bidders, the auctioneer has fi nal discretion to determine the successful bidder or to reoffer the lot in dispute. If any dispute arises after the sale, the sale record of the auctioneer is conclusive.

Participation in the auction may be disallowed for any reason. A bid is an offer to purchase and by making a successful bid, a bidder is accepting personal liabil-ity to pay the purchase price, plus the buyer’s premium, all applicable taxes and all other applicable charges.

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In the event that the property is removed from the auction premises by Keno Auctions, the buyer will be charged for 120% of the actual packing and shipping cost incurred in transporting the property and a daily storage charge of 1.5% of the purchase price of the property (commencing on the day following the completion of the auction). At the option of Keno Auctions the property may be transferred to and stored at a bonded warehouse and the buyer agrees to pay all the transfer and storage expenses and accepts all risks of loss or damage. Keno Auctions will only release the items after payment in full has been made of transportation, administration, handling, insurance any other costs incurred, together with all other amounts due to us.

Warranty Except as specifi cally described in this particular condition, Keno Auctions makes no representation or warranty of any kind as to the accuracy of any description of any lot and any information regarding any subject including quality, authentic-ity, medium, size, date, importance, rarity, provenance or historical relevance. Any statements made in the catalogue or at the sale or in any invoice or in any other writing shall not be deemed or constitute any warranty, representation, statement of fact or assumption of liability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Keno Auctions will warrant the accuracy of any statement or information set forth in BOLD type in the catalogue description of the lot, unless clearly and conspicuously modifi ed prior to the bidding on the applicable lot. This warranty regarding the information in bold type shall exist for a period of fi ve (5) years from the date of the auction and is given solely to and strictly for the benefi t of the original purchaser of record at the auction. It may not be transferred to any third party. Furthermore, the exclusive remedy of the original buyer in the event of any inaccuracy not otherwise excluded herein shall be a refund of the hammer price and buyer’s premium actually paid by the buyer for the lot at the time of the sale. Keno Auctions and its consignor shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages incurred or claimed under this warranty.

The warranty does not apply if: (i) a written claim supported by a written report by a recognized expert in the applicable fi eld is not delivered by the original buyer to Keno Auctions before the expiration of fi ve (5) years from the date of the sale; or (ii) the catalogue description was consistent with the opinion(s) of generally accepted scholar(s) and/or expert(s) at the date of the sale; or (iii) the only method of establishing any inaccuracy in the warranted informa-tion is by means or processes not generally available or accepted at the time of the auction sale or by means and processes at the time of the auction sale that could have caused damage to the lot or could have caused loss of value to the lot; or (iv) there has been no material loss in value of the lot from its value had it been in accordance with its description in the Bold type; or (v) the property is not returned to Keno Auctions in the same condition as on the date of the auction sale.

Governing Law These Conditions of Sale and the rights and obligations of all participants here-under, shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The buyer and any agent for the buyer shall be deemed to have consented to the jurisdiction of the state courts of, and the federal courts sitting in, the State of New York.

Notice: Regarding jewelry, all weights and dimensions are approximate only. It is strongly recommended that you bring your own expert to examine any prop-erty prior to the auction. Regarding colored stones: Historically colored stones have been enhanced or treated to improve their appearance. It is widely believed that these treatments are permanent; buyers should assume that treatments may not be permanent and stones may require additional care over time. These treatments have been accepted by the jewelry trade. Keno Auctions, its employees, or representatives make no opinions or warran-ties regarding these enhancements/ treatments. All Jewelry is sold as is with no representations of enhancements, treatments or assumption of liability is assumed. This includes all weights, measurements, carats and clarity.

PaymentBuyers are expected to pay the full amount due (comprising the hammer price, the buyer’s premium and any applicable taxes) the day of the auction. Please note that Keno Auctions will not accept payments for purchased lots from any party other than the registered buyer.

Lots purchased may be paid for in the following ways:

(i) bank checks (ii) checks (iii) cash (up to $7,500)(iv) money orders (up to $7,500)(v) travelers checks (up to $7,500)(vi) Pay Pal (up to $10,000)

Bank checks and personal checks should be made payable to Keno Auctions. Checks must be drawn on a US bank and payable in US dollars. In order to process your payment effi ciently, please quote sale number, invoice number and client number with all transactions. Buyers not known to us who wish to write a check must complete a bidder registration form and check acceptance form no later than two business days preceding the auction.

Remedies for Non Payment If a buyer fails to make payment in full in good cleared funds, Keno Auctions shall be entitled in its absolute discretion to exercise anyone or more of the fol-lowing rights or remedies (in addition to asserting any other rights or remedies available by law):

(i) to charge interest at a rate of 1.5% per month;(ii) to charge $50 for any dishonored check; (iii) to hold the defaulting buyer liable for the total amount due and to com-mence legal proceedings for its recovery together with interest, legal fees and costs to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law; (iv) to cancel the sale; (v) to resell the property publicly or privately on any terms; (vi) to pay the seller an amount up to the net proceeds payable in respect of the amount bid by the defaulting buyer; (vii) where several amount are owed by the buyer in respect of different pur-chases, to apply any amount paid to discharge any amount owed in respect of any particular transaction, whether or not the buyer so directs; (viii) to reject at any future auction any bids made by or on behalf of the buyer or to obtain a deposit from the buyer before accepting any bids; (ix) to exercise all the rights and remedies of a person holding security over any property in our possession owned by the buyer, whether by way of pledge, security interest or in any other way, to the fullest extent permitted by the law of the place where such property is located and in this regard the buyer will be deemed to have granted such security to Keno Auctions which may retain such property as collateral security for such buyer’s obligations; (x) to take such other action as may be deemed necessary or appropriate. If the property is resold as described above, the defaulting buyer shall be liable for payment of any defi ciency between the total amount originally due and the price obtained upon resale as well as all costs, expenses, damages, legal fees and commissions and premiums of whatever kind associated with both sales or oth-erwise arising from the default. If any amount is paid to the seller as described above, the buyer acknowledges that Keno Auctions shall have all the rights of the seller, however arising, to pursue the buyer for such amount.

Collection of PurchasesWe shall be entitled to retain items sold until all amounts due to us have been received in full in good cleared funds or until the buyer has satisfi ed such other terms as we, in our sole discretion, shall require.

Packing, Handling, and ShippingThe removal of purchased property is entirely the responsibility of the buyer. Accordingly, packing, handling and shipping arrangements for any purchased lot is at the entire risk and cost of the buyer. Where we may suggest other handlers, packers or carriers if so requested, we do not accept responsibility or liability for their acts or omissions.

Failure to Collect Purchases Where purchases are not collected from the auction premises, whether or not payment has been made, Keno Auctions will remove and store such property in any manner and by any means that it deems appropriate. Keno Auctions will not be responsible or liable for any damage caused as a direct or indirect result of the removal and storage of such property.

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Important American Furniture, Paintings, Folk Art and Decorative Arts

Tuesday, 22 January 2013 10:00 AM

127 East 69th Street New York, NY 10021 +1 212 734 2381 Kenoauctions.com

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