To be sold under tents at Mr. Towle's 18th c. home
Gilmanton, NH at Rtes. 107 & 140 (near The Brick House)
Public previews: Sat. Sept. 3, 10am - 5pm & Sun. 9am - 11am

An important collection of over 380 lots featuring many exceptional Shaker furnishings previously purchased from the collection of the late Dr. Donald Sprowls of Ohio – a Benjamin Youngs Tall Clock, a classic Enfield, NH settee, a rare Watervliet Trustee’s Desk, a scarce community dining table with trestle base, a set of Enfield, NH cane seat side chairs, a rare Enfield child’s chair. Also featured are a pair of rare Mt. Lebanon side chairs with pewter tilters, sets of NH dining chairs, Cases of drawers, Cupboards & Cupboards over drawers, Sewing stands, Blanket chests, Work tables, Candlestands, Hanging cupboards, Tailoring and Work counters, Harvard childrens’ chairs and Elder’s rockers in bird’s-eye & tiger maple, and others, revolver stool with original plush cover, many wonderful accessories: seed boxes, baskets, oval boxes & “personal” boxes ( with provenance), painted pails, buckets, brushes and colorful dusters, woodenware of all types from kitchen to utility items, an outstanding collection of Shaker textiles including over 50 rugs, a collection of tinware, many bottles, hangers, dolls and miniature rooms. Important ephemera: an 1860 Henry Blinn manuscript/book, labels, postcards, letters and photographs. C. Helena Sarle collection with painted scenes of Canterbury, NH. Full color catalog $28, call 781-834-7774, MC/Visa or send check. Call for hotel listing.

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406 High St., Pembroke, MA
Previews: Sat: 1 - 5pm & Sun: 9 - 11am

catalog listing

Advance Preview: by appt. Tues-Fri 11-4 pm, 781-834-7774. FURN: 18th/19th c. Gov. Winthrop desk; 18th c. mahog. Bureaus. 19thc. Sheraton: mahog. secretary; dropleaf tables; wash-stands; nightstands. 19th c. country: server; pie safes; dry sinks; standing cobbler’s bench; 6-board chests; trunks; beds; wardrobe; commodes; pine & walnut bureaus; 18th c. banisterback; child’s chairs; wicker. Oak: desk; chest; 2 tall clocks. 18th&19th c. Chinese Furn: Rare calligraphy table 6’ l; desks; wedding chest; herb chest; sign; Chinese scrolls. Mahog: W&M style dining table; 18th c. style desk; parlor & gateleg tables. Toys (30 Lots): “Hill Climber” touring car; tin battleship, c. 1910; C.I. World’s Fair Bus; cannons; cap guns; Tootsie & Matchbox toy vehicles; Marx litho friction cars; Doepke red MG; Buddy “L” fire trucks; Hubleys; Excel; litho tin windups. ACCESS.: Three 19th c. Rosewood Swiss music boxes; inlaid “Porter” music box & discs; gold top cane; doorstops; Ship models. Woodenware: bowls; firkins; rooster; sea-man’s box. Many China Sets: Harvard College Wedgwood (100 pcs); Haviland (100); Limoges (90); Flow Blue (75); Fiesta (75); Stafford- shire (30). Lg. wash set; Fish set; Chelsea portrait tiles; S.E.G.; Dedham; Chinese porc.; soft paste; Irish Belleek (50); steins. Glass: cut; colored, etc. Stoneware. Paintings. Prints: litho; Alex. Calder c. 1970 (on front). Sterling Silver: Important lg. coll. of hallmarked snuffs & vinaigrettes (30); hollowware; coll. of Gold watches, etc. Decoys: Mason & other old birds. 35 Oriental Rugs. Dir.: From Boston, Rt. 3 S, Exit 13, S on Rt. 53 6 mi., turn rt. at Hackett’s Rest., left on High St. Info: 781-834-7774, www.willishenry.com, 15% Buyer’s Prem., MC/Visa, Tents-Chairs-Catered, MA Lic. #294.

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