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Part I:
Original Shaker Furniture and Accessories, many of
which have been exhibited at The Whitney Museum
of American Art, The Smithsonian Institution,
& The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Exceptional provenance with purchases from the
Andrews, early dealers, and the Shakers at Hancock,
MA, Canterbury, NH, and Sabbathday Lake, ME. Shaker
desks including a red sewing desk purchased from
Sister Eleanor Philbrick in 1953 (last used by
Sister Jennie Mathers of the Sabbathday Lake
Shakers), and a rare stand up Shaker desk in
original green paint signed Alfred Collier, Harvard
Shaker Community; a rare Rocking bench with taped
seat and back; a small Ministry Trestle table from
Harvard purchased from Edna H. Little Greenwood
(“the cornerstone of Dr. J.J. Gerald McCue’s superb
Shaker collection”); Cupboard over drawers in
original red stain; Cupboard over cupboard in a deep
red; Blanket chest attributed to Grove Wright with
original grain paint; Paneled orange/red blanket
chest similar to a Hancock chest (from Dr. McCue’s
journal); a fine Enfield, NH one-drawer stand; a
rare Trustee’s desk; Red blanket chest on base with
Hancock history & purchased from the Andrews;
Outstanding yellow painted woodbox purchased from
Sabbathday Lake, large red Work table with
Sabbathday Lake history (from the journal); painted
pails, oval boxes, work utensils & hangers, poplar &
paper boxes, rare tiny spool holder with original
spools & silk thread.
Color
catalogs available for $35
781-834-7774, MC/Visa, 17% Buyer’s
Premium, MA Lic. #294
Harvard Historical Society is
sponsoring a SHAKER VILLAGE HOUSE TOUR, Saturday,
Sept. 15, 2012
www.harvardhistory.org
Past Auctions below
John P Richardson Collection
Session II
Books, Maps, Documents,Vintage Movie
& Travel Posters,
Art & Historical
Prints/Autographs/Illustrations/ Beston
(naturalist)/ Coatsworth (author of The
Littlest House), Collection of prints &
drawings from Hosea & Isaac Sprague,
including prints by H. Sprague, I. Sprague
watercolors & rare oil painting, Work from
graphic artist & important print maker
W.A. Dwiggins along with his
personal artifacts and a print (possibly of a
marinette), 17th c Indian document of land sold
to John Tower of Hingham, Hingham broadsides,
18th c documents, Civil War diary &
Photo album, Ambrotype of Lincoln, Autographs: Mark Twain, Einstein &
Teddy Roosevelt, Photos: Yosemite by Fiske,
Curtis unpublished Indian, dags, carte de vistes,
etc., Collection of 17th, 18th, & 19th c Maps of
the United States, World, & France, Coll. of
finely hand-colored British prints, Modern Art
prints/posters by Matisse, Calder, Cocteau,etc., Large coll. of
Travel posters from around the world, Lg. coll.
of Vintage Movie posters, 2 Disney cells, a few
theater posters inc. Uncle Tom's Cabin, and
more.
The John P. Richardson (Hingham, Mass.)
Collection
with Selected Additions from other Gentlemen
Collectors
Lot 110C. Rare miniature Hingham tub in original
red paint, stamp initialed "SH" (in our
opinion), John's tags reads "Toy Tub by Cotton
Hersey, Hersey St., Hingham, Mass"
Lot
110B. Rare Miniature Hingham firkin, in
original green paint, stamp initialed "R.H." &
stamp dated "1859"
PLEASE NOTE THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF
ITEMS IN THIS COLLECTION
Lot 50.
Sargent Buker's (of the 32nd Regiment) Civil War
Box with rareConfederate surrender flag
Session I: A
Fascinating lifetime collection of 17th, 18th &
19th c. artifacts, all documented from
many historical families of HINGHAM MASS:very rare Hosea Sprague woodcut/block
print; Isaac Sprague (worked with
Audubon) watercolors; signed Hersey
Hingham woodenware;
Dr. Morse's microscope & operation bag (doctor
to Helen Keller),large advertising coll.; decoys & Joe
Lincoln materials; Civil War guns & a
rare Confederate Surrender flag from the
Battle of Weldon R.R.; shipwrights/carpenters
tools; early wood signs with Hingham history;
sea, carpenter & blanket chests; pond models;
rare bottles & flasks; early lighting & iron;
toy collection, 19th c. Hingham; taxidermy
collection; stoneware & redware; railroad
memorabilia; much more. Info:
781-834-7774, 17% BP, ML #294
Lot 66.
Isaac Sprague w/c of Mic Mac Indian. Sprague
traveled with Audubon & painted for him. Other
examples in auction.
Lot 41
Lid of wooden box with stencil figure of man in row
boat with initals "JWL", Joe Lincoln Decoy carver
Lot 43A.
Contains personal artifacts & lot of box with brant
painted on it with photos inside.
back
Lot 182.
Very rare Hosea Sprague (1779-1843)
woodcut/block print
Lot
53. Civil War revolver, Maj. E.T. Bouve,
26 Reg. NY Cavalry
Estates
& Decorative Arts
FALL ANTIQUES AUCTION
UNDER TENTS
Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011
at 11 am
Previews: Friday 12-6pm,
Sat. 9-11am
406 High Street,
Pembroke, MA
Thank you for helping us have
a successful sale!
Preview: Fri. 12-6 pm (left bids*); Sat. 9-11 am
Severe weather
postponement – Sat. Oct 15 at 11am, Call ahead
Comprising estates
from the Massachusetts South Shore including 18th
& 19th c. furniture in old finish
(painted Early American, glazed corner cupboard in
green,
hanging cupboard in red
and ochre, highboy, cherry secretary, cherry
Hepplewhite desk, highboy, candlestands, chairs &
rockers), Victorian cabinets (inc. Herter style),
MT, mirrors, hall tree,
more; Arts & Crafts fire screen; Signed paintings
inc. portraits of M & G. Washington attrib. to W. M.
Prior (see Bishop),
G.P.A. Healy portrait of Mrs.T.B.
Bryan (Chicago history), G. H. Durrie summer scene,
F. Hill Smith, G. Rispoli, & many others (to be
cataloged),
bronzes (I. Bonheur, A. L. Bayre, F.
Guis, figural lamp F. Moreau, Handel lamp base), and
signed prints, also M. Parrish & L. Icart; early
Dolls
(German, Grenier, blonde china heads, Effanbee
& collectable); toys (cast iron, banks, Britains,
early marbles); Gold Jewelry: Nantucket
baskets
(w/diamonds), island, shells, etc. Sterling
silver (many sets of flatware, hollowware,
collection inc. cruet set, bell, muffineer, salt &
pepper, etc.);
lighting (fluid, student, crystal
lamps); Rare Ediphone Dance Hall horn; Asian (jade,
Chinese screen & furniture); several clocks
(mantle); Fine cut glass
& crystal (art glass vase – Loetz, cranberry); Steins; decorated stoneware and
ceramics (Faience, Rose Medallion, Flow Blue, onion
blue & white);
Copper (pans, still, candy kettle);
Americana: Nantuckets baskets, East coast
Indian baskets (one painted & signed), Taconic swing
handle
(choice color & size); 18th/19th
c. kitchenware utensils; Abacus, marine (sea chest,
Santa Maria ship model); World’s Fair collectables;
Oriental rugs;
etc. Info: 781-834-7774,
Tents-Chairs-Catered (BBQ), ML 294, 17% Buyer's
Premium. *We bid you in like you were there.
Just received gold Nantucket Jewelry &
Baskets -
Large lot of heavy hallmarked sterling
dinnerware to be added soon.
18th c.Windsor in old green paint, Am. tall clock,
Chippendale maple tall chest, Folk Art portrait of
woman, Oil signed "C.H. Gifford, 72", Grand Manan
19th c. Eagle in the manner of Bellamy, 28"l
Rooster target
John Nicholl, Belvidere, NJ,
Belter Settee and matching chair
W. Plummer,
Charles H. Gifford, 88' ,
Two oils of Swallow Tail Lighthouse, Grand
Manan,
(unusual Gifford painting of the dark of night with
moonlit brighter than the lighthouse)
19th
c. coin silver Presentation Pitcher; British
Coronation coll.; antique "Tycoon No. 3" pistol;
lg.
Clock coll.-banjo, CT mantle, calendar, brass &
glass, tall clock; ephemera & postcards (Duxbury &
S. Shore);
books; Important U.S. Gold &
Silver coins; stamps; Estate gold & silver jewelry;
Nat. Am. pottery, pipe, etc.;
mirrors; violins &
bows; Flow Blue; Canton; lamps; 25 Oriental rugs;
quilts; etc. Dir: Rt. 3 to Exit 14, hotel ¼
mile on left.
Info: MC/Visa, MA Lic. #294.
S. Hoadley Early American tall clock in old red
Federal mahogany secretary with eagle finial in
broken arch top, Chinese Export sewing table
Collection of Oceanic & African -
New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Uramot Baining
People & African mask, Salampasu, DR of Congo
Fine assortment of antique accessories:
19th c Coin silver Presentation pitcher, "B F Crane"
Arts & Crafts bronze tray with inlaid decoration,
Tiffany Studios NY "1728" Sterling
Tiffany, and collection of sterling mostly Tiffany
platter,Tycoon #3 pistol, Iver Johnson Arms Co,
Worcester, Mass; Iron door stops in original
paint; all orig.
Effanbee, Steiff
and Ginny doll, fine jewelry, banjo clock,
mantle clocks, Oriental Rugs, etc.
Margaret Yates
Berkheimer was the author of a well known mystery
Widow's Walk ,among other novels
William Flavin
performed as an Opera singer worldwide and taught
voice and English literature at Curry College
Including Chippendale 18th c. tiger maple NE Tall
Chest (above); William and Mary Highboy; Queen Anne
Wing Chair; 18th c. stepback cupboard with raised
panel doors; 19th c. adjustable Firescreen with
needlepoint picture; 18th c. Hepplewhite side chair;
Early 19th c. snake leg candlestand; English 18th c.
Queen Anne Secretary; American 19th c. walnut
Secretary; 19th c. walnut Davenport desk; Early 19th
c. four drawer stand; Nautical: ship model of the
Alabama with history, sextant with Philadelphia
label; Sea chest with original beckets; etc.
Fine Art: Portrait of Young boy accompanied by a
letter identifying the sitter as Edward Bassett,
descendant of Nicholas Brown & also related to 3
ship captains, portrait is pencil signed "painted by
F.B. Carpenter"Lot
127; Oil on board by John Wells Stancliff,
American, 1814-1879; signed W/C's & photos
of Venice; print by A. Thieme of Gardner Museum;
19th c. oval portrait of a child with dog; much more
to come. .
Boston Marriott® Newton
2345 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton,
Massachusetts
02466
USA
The lecture will present an overview on the history
of the Harvard and Shirley Shaker villages including
focus on Shaker industries, spiritual beliefs and
practices and membership trends.
Oct. 2 Fri. 6:00 pm Shaker Dinner $50
Recipes from Shaker Your Plate by Sister
Frances Carr
Cherry, original dark red painted finish, New
Lebanon, NY, c.1830-1840, this small dining table
was used by the Elders or Eldresses of church
family, 27" h, 65" l, 35"w. it is one of two trestle
tables of this size known to be in private
collections; provenance: Charles and Helen Upton
collection.
An exceptional & diversified group of Shaker
antiques
FURNITURE:
Period: Hepplewhite and Empire bureaus, Early
beds, 19th c. mahogany & maple drop leaf
dining tables, set of 19th c. dec.
chairs, very early European decorated bridal chest,
19th c. painted accountant’s desk,
tip-top candlestands, card table, 2 drw. light
tables, cupboards, cradle, Eng. mahog. Sideboard
with inlay (as is), 18th c.Tavern table
and ladderback side chairs, 19th c.
shaped hanging shelves, dovetailed desk box, early
chests inc. bright blue one, armchairs.
Victorian: Walnut sewing table with orig. Boston
label, "Geo. W. Wear & Co.", marble top bureaus(2),
chairs, oak tea cart, etc. Arts & Crafts:
Hall tree, music stand, chairs, andirons, etc. 18th
& 19th c. Asian Furn.: Chinese
tables, altar stands, benches, Bridal chests,
cabinets, 19th c. Anglo/Indo travel chest
with interior. Custom:
Mahog. Secretary with glass top, QA style dining
table, 6 matching chairs, mahog. serving table,
Governor Winthrop desk on bandy legs, pr. of Custom
mahog. Martha Washington armchairs.
ACCESSORIES:
Country period: 19th c. Hingham
signed firkins, painted pantry boxes, blue dec.
crocks & jugs, child’s
blue sled, flax wheel, exceptional sailboat model of
"Fascination" Ipswich, MA, ships in bottles,
Colonial style animal cage, salesman sample stove,
tin wind-up toys, mirrors, pewter, children’s books
inc. B. Potter, CH Cady, T. Burgess, etc.
Textiles: Hooked rugs, quilts.
Paintings: many oil portraits, 18th
c. style Euro lady, nudes, as well as signed
landscapes
and 19th c. oil landscapes, Madame
Chiang Kai-shek from life.
Coll. of lamps and lighting: many Victorian inc.
pr.
of bronze cherub candlesticks, early iron bronze
stand for hanging fluid lamps, hand-painted shades,
slag glass lamp,
cut glass candlesticks, candlestick lamps, early
lanterns, etc. Fine glass & china: Cut,
Waterford, German Porcelain:
Lg. early dinner sets, Lg. collection of blue and
white china inc. Flow Blue, Staffordshire, Belleek
tea set. Pottery:
SEG vase, German steins, old Asian pottery and
porcelain. Clocks: mantle, school house &
more. Jewelry: Costume,
14 & 18K gold. Lg.Sterling coll.: inc 3 flatware sets, serving
dishes, salt & peppers, muffineer, candlesticks,
Estate
Oriental rugs.
Many fine antiques drawn from estates all
over the country including over 30 oils, watercolors
prin bronzes, important American clocks, rare
congressional desk, signed Tiffany vase
Early
Fernand Goutier French fashion doll,
marked "5"
Many Dolls and Doll houses (very interesting), toy
or doll furniture labeled Loring Cushing, Hingham &
Hingham Agricultural Society dishes, samplers, and
more to come.
See other paintings below
An
Important carved Desk made for the
chambers of the House of Representatives in 1856,
John Covode (1808-1870) of Westmoreland County, PA,
served 1855-1863, a confidant of President Lincoln
during the Civil War
Signed “Aaron Willard, Boston” banjo clock; Early
19th c. American Tall clock
in the original red painted finish
Andrew & Anna Robeson, family portraits from New
Bedford, MA
prominent merchants whose home is now an Historical
site
attributed to William Allen Wall
Oil on canvas, signed R. Lehmann Jan. 1864, 30 X
32"; Portrait of Joseph Jefferson
(famous actor- depicting Rip Van Winkle, signed
Frederick D. Sutton, Paris, 1908; Still
life signed lower right G. Allison Weber 42"
x34"
Three oils on canvas by C.H. Gifford,
1878,1878,1875 respectively
Oil on canvas,(center) signed “C.H. Gifford, Great
Flat Rock, Marblehead Neck, MA
Signed lower right DAVOL,(Joseph Benjamin Davol
1863-1923) , 4'5" x 6'6"; The end of the Trail",
signed "F.M. Lamb '90, Stoughton", 4'5" x 6'6"
Hudson River school;
Wharf scene (9" x18")
Past AMERICANA - FOLK ART AUCTION
Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 11 AM
Dedham Holiday Inn, Dedham, MA
Lot 95. Child's blanket chest $3627.00
Lot 56. Miniature C. H., Hingham, Ma.
firkin
$8892 Lot 9. Owl carved by R.Bernier
$1170.00
Scroll down to see
more photos or Lot
53. $1404.00
Folk carvings
from the hand of the late Rosario Bernier, formerly
of Middleboro, Mass.: Abe Lincoln, Native Americans,
cowpokes, animals
, 25 songbirds, snakes, decoys including geese,
fish, gulls, swan, heron, flying mallard, "A
wonderful and sometime humorous collection". Folk
Art Adam & Eve pottery tiles from a Duxbury artist,
carved wood Adam & Eves "Jose Mondragon, Chimayo,
N.M." and "George Lopez,
Cordova, N.M.", Noah’s Ark by "Luis Tapia", carvings
by "Unto Jarvi" of Kentucky.
Rooster & Chicken Collection inc. cast iron
targets, well
weights, door stop, still bank, wood toys, pottery
and barn decorations, carvings from Africa, New
Guinea, Australia, Haitian paintings, 18th
&
19th c. Santos carvings, Hopi Kachinas,
Pueblo pottery, Navajo rugs (Am. flag), David
Alvarez and Alonzo Jimenez of Santa Fe, NM.
Americana including child’s 19th c.
1-drawer blanket chest in orig. green; orig. 19th
c. stenciled Mammy’s Bench; wonderful boat model of
a
19th c. Nantucket Whaling Dory with
whale; carved ivory canes; early hanging pipe box
with pipes; carved 19th c. sailor’s ditty
box with
ship; miniature blanket chest (1866 history);
miniature Hingham firkin in green "CH"; rare 19th
c. adjustable candlestand; 18th c.
rockers;
Shaker style 19th c. orig. blue painted
spice chest; 19th c. horse weathervane;
Folk portraits: 1820-30 of young lady with puffy
sleeves,
others; hooked rugs (scenic) & early penny mats; 19th
c. Spongeware tea set; coverlets; Amish quilts
(diamond in the square), children’s,
1930 examples; Peaseware; Trade signs; Folky
shelves; toys (cast iron); games; game boards;
Popeye; cartoons (Sluggo & Nancy); Hopalong
Cassidy collection; tin train; great advertising
collection – "Kodak"; soda fountain Orangeade
dispenser; "Coffee" General Store containers;
collection of German candy containers, pumpkin
heads, rooster, rabbits, ducks, nodders, country
bumpkin, etc.; Basket collection inc.
early miniature, "Prison Baskets", etc.; early
Hessian andirons; 19th c. Spring
watercolor; sampler collection (Mrs. Parsons
school);
Treenware; 6’ standing & painted "Uncle Sam"; 18th
c. tavern table, much more.
Directions: Take Exit 15A off Rt. 128 at Rt.
1. Info: 781-834-7774. See our website for
full catalog. We accept absentee and phone
bidding. 17% Buyer’s Premium. MC/Visa. MA License
#294.
This auction will be held in conjunction with
Nan Gurley’s Thanksgiving Sunday Antiques Show at
the Royal
Trade Center. Come and spend Saturday night at our
auction in Marlborough& attend the show the next
day.
Our Country Auction offers Early American
Antiques: Furniture & Accessories in original paint
& finishes.
This collection was formed by an avid New England
country collector within the past 25 years, as well
as
additions of other fine Americana gathered from
estates across the country.
ANTIQUES ESTATES
AUCTION
Sunday, October 1, 2006 at 11:00 am
406 High St., Pembroke, MA
Preview: Sat., 12-5 pm; Sun., 9-11am
In case of severe storm
call 781-834-7774 for postponement date
Lot. 66. Oil on canvas, C.H. Gifford, 1875 sold for
$18,400 including 15% buyer's premium
Lot 67. O/C signed C.H.Gifford sold for
$13,800 with buyer's premium
Lot 72 O/C, signed C. M. Wright, "Sea Meadow"
(20" x 40").
Willis Henry Auctions, Inc establishes
new world record prices for Shaker!
Lot. 35 Orren Haskins workstand
brought $491,400
Setting
the Auction record for the highest piece of
shaker furniture
to have been sold and Lot 81 the chrome yellow carrier
also set a record
for an oval box or carrier at $105,300.
The Revolver chair lot lot 36
brought a respectable amount
of $10,530.
Sunday, May 29, 2005 at 11:00 am
Preview: Fri. 4-7pm; Sat. 10am-3pm; Sun. 9-11am
406 High St., Pembroke, Mass.
Directions:
From Boston, Rt. 3 S, Exit 13, S on Rt. 53 for 6 miles, turn right at Hackett's Restaurant, left on High St., 1/3 mi. on left. Parking in the field.
UNDER TENTS * CHAIRS * CATERED Auction of 18th/19th c. furniture and accessories gathered from estates and collections from Ohio, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts
including a MA card table, slant lid desk, tall chest, cupboards, dry sink, etc., also samplers, checkerboards, prints, nautical paintings, C.H. Gifford oil paintings, portraits attrib. to Wm. Matthew Prior, Ruth Henshaw Bascom, Outsider Art – Bill Traylor, Moset, etc. watercolors, porcelain plaques KPM, Rose Medallion, Imari, Canton, ironstone, sterling silver, carpet balls, reverse glass mirror, old ship models, fine early Caucasian & Persian Oriental rugs, and Oriental furnishings & decorations, much more. Call (781) 834-7774 for more info.
Lot 36: 19th c. portraits attrib. to Wm Mathew Prior
(out of a wonderful antique home)
.
THE PEAR TREE
Lot
53. $1404.00 
Lot
62$936.00
Lot
138. $9067.50
