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FIRE FIGHTING EXTINGUISHER

"Eclipse dry Dust Fire Extinguisher", "Haverhill Fire Appliance Co, Haverhill Mass. Pat Oct 16, 1906", 26" l; three fire fighting bottles with liquid "throw at base of flames", two red and one blue "star" hand grenade, "Shur Stop, The Automatic Fireman on the Wall...if absent Shur Stop works automatically", "found hanging in stairwell of Agricultural Hall Hingham" (JPR), and "Red Comet, the Original Automatic Fire Extinguisher", the "Fireen metal tube fire Extinguisher...price $3.00", red with gold lettering, 10 1/2" h; and a brass fire hose nozzle "Excavated at site of Torrent Engine House, Marshes Bridge, West Hingham, Mass." (JPR), 10" l.

TWO TOYS

Cast painted metal pickup truck, friction toy with driver, red front wheels, gold/yellow back wheels, gold striping, "acquired from Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston, was her husband's Henry Beston's Toy Truck...in the Hingham House on Ship St..." (JPR), 6 1/2" h, 12 1/2" l; Rare covered wagon on four wheels with two oxen, all made from cactus, "I purchased this cactus artifact which she (Elizabeth Coatsworth) said was purchased from a Roadside Indian Trading Post at some place near Tucson Arizona in the early 20th century." (JPR), 9" l.

19TH C. WATERCOLORS

Collection of six small 19th c. watercolors of birds, roses, floral wreaths, and a memorial initialed "LVR" below an urn under a willow tree, signed on reverse "Abigail P. Cary", approximately 2" across, framed in plastic.

FOUR BOTTLES

Light aqua blue/green, Bitters, "Healy & Bigelow Indian Sagwa", with portrait of an Indian, 8 1/2" h; twelve-sided "Atwood's Jaundice Bitters, Moses Atwood, Georgetown, Mass"; "Dr. Kiloners Swamp Root Kidney Liver & Bladder Remedy, Binghamton, NY", 8 1/2" h; "Dr. Geo. Pierce's, Indian Restorative Bitters, Lowell, Mass.", 8" h.

RARE CLOCK LABEL

Small round clock label, on green colored paper with black print, "Joshua Wilder, Watch and Clock Maker, South Parish, Hingham", with decorative embellishments including a shelf clock, small tear at the bottom, on the reverse of the label is a handwritten note "Nov 19 1850 (or 1840), Mr. James Stevensons Hingham, Exchanged the Venge (sp?) & Cleaned $1.00", 2" dia.

FIVE BOTTLES

"Cushing Process Brandy, Purified, Cushing Medical Supply Co., Boston, Mass.", "Henry Beston found this in the cellar of "The Littlest House"...He kept it as a Novelty because he thought it was bootleg alcohol..." (JPR); "Van Wert Distilling Co...Whiskey.", "Found in the attic of the Agricultural Hall, Hingham, Mass." (JPR); "Fine Old Sherry Wine", "ex. Cushing House Hotel, North St." (JPR); "For Exportation, J. Duncan & Co. Ale, Brewery Edinburgh, ex. Cushing House Hotel" (JPR); "Susquehanna Rye 1890, Proof 115, Bottled July 1906 by P. Dempsey & Co.", "found in the wine cellar of Gov. John D. Long's House Hingham, Mass." (JPR), never opened. 

GRAIN SIEVE

Oak and wire screen, "from the Hingham Grain Mill, Oldest Mill in the U.S. located on Mill Street when it closed in 1943", "ex. Mason Foley" (JPR), very good old patinated surface, 5 1/2" h, 24 1/2" dia.   

FIVE TIN AND WOOD MOLDS

Handled butter print with flowers and carved vines, "from Lane House, North St., found in an old Jelly Cupboard" (JPR); Tin heart (for the tin man?), "Salvaged from the Howe General Store" (JPR); Oak leaf and pig cookie cutters, "ex. Allan Gay House and the Old Farmer House"; Corn pudding mold, "ex. Charles Lane House, c. 1880's" (JPR). 

SIX CARPENTER'S WOOD PLANES

Two marked "Stanley, Rule & Level No. 27" and "Stanley Bailey No. 26", and initialed "JDW" (Wilder?), one marked "Millers Falls No. 56B", one Stanley "salvaged from the Henry B. Hardy Shop, Mill St. Hingham just before building was razed" (JPR).   

WASH STAND

Birch and cherry, backsplash top cutout for bowl and two cups, shelf below with dovetailed drawer, pegged and mortised construction, turned posts with unusually fine turned ball and cap finials, "ex. Cushing House Hotel on North St." (JPR), 33" h. 

THREE WOODEN CHOPPING BOWLS

Maple, large bowl in the original yellow painted finish, "ex. the Hingham Agricultural and Horticultural Society Bldg." (JPR), stamped on the bottom, 15" dia; Two other wood bowls, also stamped "HAS & H.So.", 12" and 13" dia.   

SCRUB BOARDS AND WOOD BOX

Two wooden scrub boards and a sectioned wood box, includes a rare 18th c. grooved board with handle, "ex. Solomon Lincoln collection, used for washing clothes, ex. Olive Loring" (JPR), 26" l; 19th c. cutlery scouring board "that belonged to Hingham Agric. & Horticultural Society" (JPR), 13" l; and a six-sectioned 24" l box, "ex. Wm. Davis Loft, mkd "AH" possibly Abijah Hersey (1769-1841)" (JPR).   

WASH STAND WITH BOWL AND PITCHER

Pine, with original paint and varnish finish, turned side towel racks and backsplash, top cut for bowl, shelf below with drawer, turned legs, "ex. Cushing House Inn" (JPR), 32" h; Glazed ironstone matching bowl and pitcher, with red and blue floral decoration, small hairline in handle, "ex. Norman Hersey, ex. S. Randall Lincoln, ex. Cushing House Inn", (JPR), 13" h, 16" dia. 

EARLY BASKET WITH BUNTING

Two-handled basket with double wrapped rim, "a gift from my Uncle N.A. Hersey from S. Randall Lincoln of So. Hingham Mass" (JPR), 13" h, 19" dia; Bunting with star and stripe banners and florets in red, white and blue, the "Bunting found in attic of Ag. Hall Hingham before it was torn down...used on the Hall & Fair celebrations late in the 19th c." (JPR).   

FOUR MOVIE POSTERS

Colonial Natick Charlie Chaplin "The Great Dictator", and Mickey Rooney as "Young Tom Edison" at Brant Rock Theatre, 28" and 22" h; and two Cameo Theatre posters, So. Weymouth, "Man Power" with Edward G. Robinson and Marlene Dietrich, and "Barnacle Bill" with Wallace Berry, 26" h.   

THREE MOVIE POSTERS

Cameo Theatre, Abbott & Costello in "Buck Privates"; the Strand Theatre "Hired Wife, Rosalind Russell, Hit Parade of 1941", etc.; the Cameo "Moon Over Burma" with Dorothy Lamour; and a Laurel & Hardy "Saps at Sea".   

RAILROAD SIGN

Pressed cardboard, hand-lettered in black on both sides,"Hingham to Scituate" on one side (pumpkin color background), and "Thompson to Norwich" (Connecticut) on the other (light gray color background), 14" x 20". 

TWO TWINE HOLDERS

Cast iron with twine, single holder with white cone of string, "Pat. Aug 25, 1914", 11" h; and a double adjustable lift twine holder with heavy braided jute twine and a cone of string, adjustable height, ex. "T. Howe General Store" (JPR), 26" h.   

MOHAWK TRAIL PILLOW, PORTRAIT OF CHIEF

"Mohawk Trail Through the Berkshires" pillow, "acquired from Mabel Dwiggens, she and her husband W.A. Dwiggens purchased it on a trip along Rt. 2 in early 20th c.", "Panorama from Lookout Tower, Western Summit" (JPR), with fringe, 16" sq; Guide book, "The Trail of the Mohawk, a Souvenir Guide Book", lithograph photographs of the Mohawk Trail; and a framed Native American portrait of a chief with peace pipe and arrows, embroidered in color on cloth, 13 1/2" x 16 1/2".   

TWO MINIATURE CARVED WOOD BIRDS

Shorebird, 4" l, signed on base "made by Frederick Leigh", and pencil signed "W.A. Dwiggens"; and a mallard landing with wings spread (small chip at wing tip), signed on bottom "made by Frederick Leigh" and pencil signed "W.A. Dwiggens". 

BROADSIDE

"Grand Republican Ratification Meeting" broadside, "at Faneuil Hall on Friday Evening Sept. 26 1879...Hon John D. Long...a Special Train for...Hingham and Cohasset (sic.) will leave Boston at 11:15 pm, J.R. Kendrick Supt. OCRR.", blue ink on paper, some water stain at bottom, "from attic of John D. Long's House" (JPR). 

ASSORTED BOXES AND A SANDER

Collection of assorted small boxes and a sander: two hand-hammered brass boxes, highly decorated, one with interior sections, "Mrs. Wilmon Brewer...asked me if there was anything I could use..." (JPR); snuff boxes including round orange lacquerware dated 1760, "owned by Mrs. Emery" (JPR); hinged horn rectangular snuff (with snuff), "given to me by Olive Loring" (JPR); an early 18th/possibly 17th c. black lacquerware round snuff, with painted scene of men playing cards and smoking pipes, "from the Allan Gay House South St Hingham, Ma. I found it on a beam in the barn. The owner Hannaford let me take what I could find in 1958." (JPR), some wear at top, 3 1/2" dia; hinged clam shell change purse with red paper interior, (very finely executed), 3 3/4" l; treenware tobacco jar in the shape of a barrel, turned knob on fitted lid, 4" h, "ex. Lane estate" (JPR); an early fine coin silver snuff or pill box, hallmarked "TG" with crowns, scene of a nude woman painting on an easel and holding a palette with brushes, with a seated putti writing on a tablet, signed on top "F" with a rampant lion, "ex. Gov. J.D. Long's house" (JPR); and a turned wood sander, used to seal wax on letter envelopes.   

18TH C. PEWTER MUG

Tulip shaped, possible round touch mark (perhaps Robert Bonnynge, Boston, 1731-1763) inside bottom but not showing scroll hollow handle, "descended through the Lincoln Family back to Jedediah & Mary (daughter of Paul Revere)" (JPR), 6 1/8" h, 4 5/8" dia, 4" d top.   

EARLY PEWTER CHARGER

Marked "London", 2" flat rim, paper labeled "Samuel Lincoln", from the Solomon Lincoln collection, "I purchased the collection from Henrietta Hilles, a descendant" (JPR), 15" dia. 

EARLY PEWTER DEEP DISH

Marked on top of rim "EB" for Elisha Beals (1690-1761) "of Burton's Lane Hingham, married Lydia Whiton who survived him. She then married Stephen Lincoln 1762." (JPR), "The note on the back of the plates is by Henry Hersey (1796-1877), from Solomon Lincoln heirs." (JPR), 12" dia.