WINTER ANTIQUES AUCTION     -   FEBRUARY 7, 2009 @ 11AM    -     DEDHAM HOLIDAY INN

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Einstein, Albert (1879-1955), autographed typed letter, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University letterhead to Dr. William Kimball of Michigan State College, dated Jan. 24, 1939, typed in German, single sheet, signed on reverse in black ink Albert Einstein., letter was folded, with small imperfections at folds, otherwise very good condition with distinct signature, (consigned from relative of Dr. Kimball), 9 7/8" x 7 7/8".

Einstein, Albert (1879-1955),autographed page of a mathematical equation on one side and signed on opposite Albert Einstein, Schloss Lautrach, bed Memmingen, Bayern in black ink, Castle Lautrach was a Bavarian meeting place for science, art and culture, and Einstein was there as a guest in the early 1920's, fold lines, overall good condition, (Note: This page is from the same consignor as Lot 1 and was possibly included in the letter to Dr. Kimball), 10 1/2" x 18 1/2". 

President Harry Truman photographic portrait, signed on the mat in brown pen "To Hon. Maurice J. Tobin, with kindest regards from his good friend. Harry Truman, White House, Jan 5, 1952", by "Miller of Washington", framed and glazed, 13" x 10" (sight), (Note: Maurice Joseph Tobin, 1901-1953, was a former Mayor of Boston from 1938-1945, and a former Governor of Massachusetts from 1945-1947, he also served as Secretary of Labor under President Truman from 1948-1953). 

Presidential appointment, Harry J. Truman... "Know ye, That reposing special trust and confidence in the Patriotism, Integrity and Abilities of Maurice J. Tobin of Massachusetts, I have nominated, and by, and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, do appoint him Secretary of Labor... done at the City of Washington this First Day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty nine...", signed l.r. in brown ink Harry Truman and l.l. John Peterson Secretary of State, Presidential seal with spread wing eagle lower left, fading, clear signatures, framed and glazed, 18 3/4" x 22 1/2".   

Photographic portrait of the Presidential Cabinet of Harry Truman, each member of his cabinet has signed below on the margin as they were seated originally from the estate of Maurice J. Tobin, photo by Harris & Ewing, framed and glazed, 11 1/4" x 16 1/4" including margins. 

Presidential photograph of Harry Truman shaking hands with Joseph Duke, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate through five Presidents, signed "Kindest regards & best of luck to Joe Duke from his friend Harry Truman 6/12/59", framed and glazed, 10" x 7 1/2" (sight). 

President William H. Taft photographic portrait, Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C., signed below "For Mrs. Thomas D. Webb with Best Wishes, Wm H Taft, May 22 1911", 9" x 6" (image), 13 1/2" x 9 3/4" overall. 

John F. Kennedy letters, including a typed thank you letter to a Mrs. Stephens with letterhead of Congress of the United States, Oct. 28, 1952, signed "John Kennedy", franked envelope signed "John F. Kennedy"; and another typed letter with secy. signature John F. Kennedy; lot also includes postcards, brass Kennedy '62 tieclasp, name tag "Joan Kennedy". 

Byrd, Richard E., printed letter with tipped in autograph on... "a piece of insulation from the wall of the advance meteorological Base the southern most habitation ever occupied by man", framed, matted and glazed, 10 1/4" x 7 1/2" (sight). 

Four bronze medallions including: 1929 Commemorative of the Wright Aeronautical Corp. Travel Air Company, workers with a plane and winged Mercury signed "Medallic Art Co, N.Y.", initialled "J.M.S."; Commemorative of the Dedication of the Pan American Airways Inc. and the christening of the Christopher Columbus by Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, 1923, pictoring the globe and North and South America, signed "Whitehead-Hoag"; "Commemorating the conquest of the Poles by Rear Admiral Byrd...May 1926-Nov 1929", picturing Commander Byrd in profile above the clouds and the opposite side an eagle perched on his plane in flight, signed "Kilenyi"; and a larger medal commemorating the 1st North Pole Flight,...Wright Aeronautical Corporation, globe on one side and Byrd's plane over a dogsled team on the opposite, signed "Kilenyi" and "Whitehead-Hoag". 

Rosenthal, Joe and Rodriguez, V.E., Lt. Gen. USMC, autographed signed print (framed and glazed) of the raising of the flag on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 18" x 14 1/2"; and a map of Enemy Installations: Iwo Jima, marked "Secret", 16 1/2" x 21 1/2".   

Rare slave documents: eight (8) printed receipts of "Auctioneers" and "Negro Brokers" with written script in ink of dates, values, names, age, and witness and seal; i.e., "Richmond Va, Feb. 28, 1861, Received of Jos. Silver, Esq., Twelve Hundred Dollars, being paid in full for the purchase of one Negro Slave named 'Armistead', the right and title of said slave...warrant him sound and healthy...witness my hand and seal 'Sneed Young'." Four receipts are dated 1861, all from Richmond, Virginia, and are on average $1,000+ a piece, with a family of "Edward, Lucy and her three children Milly, Frances and Martha" being sold for Twenty Six Hundred Dollars; the other four receipts are from Atlanta, Georgia, dated Dec. 23, 1862, all sold to Joseph Silver with the price per slave at average $1,500 per man, i.e., "Fifteen Hundred Dollars paid in full for one Negro Slave named 'Dick', Nineteen years old."; eight documents measuring approximately 8" x 2 1/2". 

Rare 19th c. slave documents: six (6) manuscript receipts on stationery and lined paper, 1862, 1863 and 1864, primarily from Mobile, Alabama and for Joseph Silver; i.e., "Mobile January 4 1864, Received of Joseph Silver a negro boy named Wash and Nine Thousand dollars in full for six negro slaves, Peter forty years old, Priscilla forty years old, Isabella sixteen years old, Emma ten years old, Dolphus eight years old, Peter, one year old...warrant them sound and healthy...". 

Rare 19th c. slave documents: five (5) manuscript receipts on blue and white stationery and blue lined paper, dates from 1838, 1841, 1843, etc.; i.e., "Received from Joseph Silver, Twelve Hundred Dollars in full pay and satisfaction for one Negro woman named Louisa aged about twenty five years and her two boy children Dennis age about four years and Henry about six months, slaves for life sold...by the Hon. C.W. Wilkins Judge of Probate...sold for a division of the Estate of Mary A. Stedham deceased...". 

17th c. Scituate, Massachusetts documents, deeds and transfers of land, primarily the lands of Timothy Hatherly, including the division of lands "given and granted to Mr. William Bradford...and the north border beginneth at a little neck of land formerly called and known by the Indians or natives per the name of Conehassot alias Cohasset...1646...Transcribed out of the boke of records of conihassot lands February the 24th 1701/2...compared and examined by me Steven Vinall, Cleark To Conihassot Company and...". 

Oil on canvas, seascape signed l.l. "C.H. Gifford, 1876", early dawn light with two men rowing to a two-masted sailing vessel on a calm sea, cliffs on the right side with other sailing vessels in the distance,(two small holes - one in the cliff, and one in the rowboat), pencil writing on back difficult to read "...Grand Manan", 12" x 20". 

Oil on canvas, signed "C.H. Gifford 1878", (Charles Henry Gifford, American, 1839-1904), seascape with large rock formation, churning water/waves with spray, overcast sky, sailboat with gull, sails in the distance, signed on back upper stretcher in pencil script "Great Flat Rock, Marblehead Neck, Mass", conditioned-cleaned/reframed, 9 1/4" x 14 1/4"(Pictured without frame). 

Oil on panel, shipwreck on a strong sea, broken mast, men in long boats, signed l.r. "C.H. Gifford", in a gilt frame, 7" x 10". 

Oil on canvas, seashore with large rocky outcropping, signed l.l. "C.H. Gifford", some paint loss along lower edge, carved wood frame, 9" x 15". 

Rare 17th c. leather bound volume Experimenta...de Vacuo Spatio, Guericke, Ottonis, Amsterdam, 1672, Latin text, foldout plates, 244 pp index and errata, possibly ex. libris Dr. Henrick Lorentz, Nobel Prize winner 1902s). 

Tuin-Sieraaden, Laar, G. Van, Amsterdam, Dutch text, 1802, 190 hand-colored plates and descriptions of Garden Architecture, plans and furnishings, needs rebinding.   

Leather and marbleized board, The Harleian Miscellany, 10 Vols., complete set, 1808 edition, London, "A collection of Scarce, Curious and entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts...from the Library of Edward Harley...". 

Van Loon, Gerard, Histoire Metallique des XVII Provinces des Pays-Bas., 1732-1736, 4 vols. (of 5), folio, leather backed, floral covered paper boards. 

Morhofii, Danielis Georgii, Polyhistor, Literarius, Philosophicus Et Practicus, Lubecae, 1732, 3rd Edition, 3 vols. in 1, Frontis portrait, original binding shows wear. 

Knibbe, David, Den Sendbrief des Apostels Pauli Aan Den Colossensen,..., Leyden, Felix Lopez, 1686. 

Valckenaer, L.C., Theocriti Bionis et Moschi, Carmina Bucolica, Lugduni Batavorum, 1810; Frontini, S. Julii, Lubri Quator Strategematicon, 1779; Gregorius, 1766, 3 vols., gilt decorated vellum, front is engraved. 

Important Civil War Presentation sword, upper sheath engraved "presented to Major Gen. N.P. Banks (Nathaniel Prentice) by his Friends through the Metropolitan Fair, United States Sanitary Commission, New York, April, 1864...". 

Important Civil War Commission, "The President of the United States of America...Trust and confidence in the patriotism, valor, fidelity and abilities of Nathaniel P. Banks... Major General... sixteenth day of May, Eighteen Hundred and Sixty One... Given Under My Hand, at the City of Washington this seventh Day of August,... One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty One...... By the President, Abraham Lincoln" (signed in brown ink), also signed underneath by Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, and at the top left J. Thomas, Adjt. Genl., matted and framed, fold lines, slightly faded ink, excellent orange seal at top left is intact, 17" x 13 1/4" (sight). 

Rare Civil War map signed in ink on the outside "Military Department of the Gulf, Prepared by Order of Major General N.P. Banks _ Major D.C. Houston, 1864.", shows Texas to Florida and Arkansas to Georgia, also showing major towns, forts, railroads, rivers, coastal and Atlantic ports, drawn by F. D'Avignon & C.D. Elliot, Jan. 1864, minor imperfections, folds, some fading, backed on finely woven linen, for field use, 25 1/4" x 46 1/2" unfolded. 

Silver lined, finely turned wooden Presentation chalice, engraved on the outside lip "Charles Thatcher to N.P. Banks" on one side, and "The Old Boston Elm. 1860" on the other side, 6" h, 3 1/2" dia. 

Civil War ephemera to include: cloth badges of Union Veterans Union with copper medallion of an anchor and crossed rifles, Union Veteran Club, Peoria, Illinois, and a Major William McKinley photo button; 108th Reg. Ill. Volunteers, with a Union Encampment button; 86th Regiment, Ill. Vol. Infantry, on a dark blue cloth badge and a button with two wounded Union Veterans shaking hands; 20th Ill. Veterans Vol. Inf. 1892 Reunion with a copper star badge, and a card dated July 4, 1863 swearing not to aid the enemy; a Political photo button of George Edmond Foss for U.S. Senate; and a lithograph, J.H. Bufford, Boston, of "the First N.H. Battery Winter Quarters, 1864...near Brandy Station, Va.", some foxing and slight discoloration. 

Two 19th c. tin stick-up flat toys, cut and hand-painted, printed to resemble Union soldiers/musicians, one with missing horn, articulated legs. 

Dickens, Charles, American Notes for General Circulation, 2 vols., 8VO, three-quarter green levant Morocco, gilt tops, uncut original covers bound in, 1st issue of the 1st edition, with the faulty pagination in the Table of Contents of Vol. I. Fine Copy, with the stamp of the Dickens Centenary Testimonial on a white dress, (The Doheny Copy). 

19th c. portrait of a young girl in a white dress holding a cat, found in the top of a barn in Scituate, Mass., 2" tear upper right, scrapes and scratches, pulled away from the stretcher, stencilled on reverse "Prepared by Hollis & Wheeler, 59 Union St., Boston, Mass.", c. 1840, (the firm was called Hollis & Wheeler from 1843-1849), 27" x 22". 

19th c. portrait of a young lady holding a red leather covered book, fine lace collar with ruby and gold clasp, and a similar ring on her forefinger, as found condition in a barn in Scituate, Mass., original carved wood gilt frame, 29" x 24".   

19th c. American portrait of a middle-aged lady, in a lace bouquet and collar, canvas stencilled on reverse "Goupil & Co Artist...104 Broadway, New York", original carved and gilt frame, 30" x 25".   

19th c. matching toy carved wood bedroom set: four-poster bed with foot and headboard, 9 1/2" l; wash stand, (missing drawer - one side), 5 1/4" h; drying rack, paper labeled "Manufactured by Samuel Hersey, Hersey Street, Hingham, Mass.", 4" h; and a three-drawer chest with same label, "Samuel Hersey" inside top drawer, and pencil signed "Presented to Bessie, by sister Carrie - May, 1869", 5" h, 6 1/2" w; all pieces are decorated with green paint - "N" stencil and line. 

19th c. carved wood toys including two rare octagonal wash tubs with steel wraps, attributed to William Tower, Hingham, Mass., 4" and 4 1/2" dia; a handled pail with steel wraps, mahogany and pine staves, 2" dia; rare patent modeled chair/table, labeled "Patented June 15, 1875, Herbert H. Ham, Boston, Mass., No. 11739"; and a scrub board and clothes roller signed in pencil "Bernadette".   

19th c. oil on canvas, portrait of a young boy with blue eyes and rosy cheeks, broad white collar and a black jacket, holding a riding crop, 19th c. frame, black with gold print, 27" x 21 1/2". 

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19th c. oil on canvas portrait of a gentleman with blue eyes, white collar, coat and vest, with a landscape background, small punctures and scrapes, original carved and gilt frame, found in an estate in central Ohio, 30" x 25". 

Rare manuscript book of Polls and Valuation, Town of Quincy 1792-1821, includes mention of President John Adams and other Adams family members, as well as other prominent citizens of Quincy, etc., also taxes for Towns of Dedham, Braintree, Weymouth, etc. 

19th c. New England Federal mirror, overhung molded top board, over convex molding with rope twist center, over a eglomise panel with black and gold drape and swag, with two Grecian female figures holding floral garlands, original gilded surface, original label on reverse "P. Cermen...No 63 Corn Hill, Boston,"  30" l, 14" w.

19th c. watercolor portrait of a young girl with blue eyes and her mother, in a gray shawl, signed l.l. "F. Franks, 1844", in a 19th c. bird's-eye maple veneered frame with gilt liner, 6 3/4" x 5 1/2". 

18th c. New England, William and Mary two-drawer blanket chest, simulated three-drawer top, pine, red and black feather grained decoration, molded lid, original snipe hinges, single arch molded front, two-board back, right side shows restoration, left foot appears to be original, arch sides, with flat board foot, 37 1/2" h, 36" w, 18" d. 

Early 19th c. hanging cupboard, pine with early washed green painted finish, dovetailed case, molded top, over single plank doors, two-shelf interior with drawer under, dovetailed, door shows split, original key and lock, molded base, 24" h, 21 1/2" w, 11 1/2" d. 

Rare powder horn, heavily scrimshawed with a young man with rifle, a clipper ship, a spread winged eagle, a Colonial house, a dog, a cannon, a heart, Hex symbols, a man with a sword drawn, a Masonic square and compass, two faint skulls, and a meandering banner containing the words "For our Freedom we fought Dear, The Bell of Liberty now rings clear", W. Arnett, 1802 (William Arnett), 13" l, 3" dia of top. 

Rare powder horn, scrimshawed with a young lady holding a banner in three parts, Jacob Trent, New Haven, 1770, a young soldier with a rifle and tricorner hat, and an Indian brave holding a rifle and carrying a powder horn and a fringed pouch, decorative swags at top rim, 12" l, 3" dia of top. 

19th c. New England pine desk box, in early green paint, with slanted hinged lid, pigeonhole interior. 

18th c. Pennsylvania, cherry and poplar tavern table, early red painted finish, original two-board poplar top with two canted cleats, single lipped and dovetailed drawer with original turned knob, pegged and mortised inset skirt, over four turned and ring block legs, medial "H" stretcher, through mortised on the sides, original turned feet, 29 1/4" h, 30 1/2" w (top), 27" d; case measures 20" d x 21" w, drawer measures 6" h, 17" w, 1 1/2" dia turned knob. 

Miniature firkin, original finish, faintly stamped "CH" on the lid (Cotton Hersey, Hingham, Mass.), 2 1/2" h (to lid), 2" dia (across the lid). 

Miniature firkin, original finish, with numbers penciled on bottom "25/13K", long fingered laps secured with copper tacks, attributed to the Herseys of Hingham, Mass., 2 1/4" h (to lid), 2 1/4" dia (across the lid).   

Miniature checkerboard box, inlaid black walnut and maple playing surface, with small carved drawers on opposite sides with miniature checkers, signed on bottom "To Vivian Mell from Bibbs.", 6 1/4" l, 4 1/2" w.   

19th c. carved, painted and jointed comic figure of "John Gilpin", in a red tailed coat with blue leggings and gray socks, older tag reads "John Gilpin - 100 years old", Gilpin was made famous by the published 1782 poem by William Cooper, (from an early estate in Hingham, Mass.). 

Very fine restoration period, French chest of drawers, Paris, c. 1825, overhung dark gray cut marble top over a molded edge, swelled top drawer over three flush drawers, over a hidden drawer in bottom molding, on squared concave feet, exceptional matched veneered front. 

19th c. hand-colored lithograph of "Gen. George Washington. The Father of his Country, N. Currier, 2 Spence St. N.Y.", on horseback saluting with his tricorner hat, framed and glazed, 15" x 11 1/2" (sight).   

19th c. hand-colored geological map of England and Wales, "Published under the Supervision for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge", London, Charles, Knight & Co., 22 Ludgate St., J&C Walker, Sculp., framed, glazed and matted, 15 1/2" x 12 1/2" (sight). 

17th c. engraved map of Virginia, Gerard Mercator/Hondius, c. 1630-40, Nova Virginiae Tabula, double page with French script on reverse "Description De La Virginie.", original hand-coloring with depictions of the Chief Powhatan smoking sacred tobacco surrounded by his subjects, in a long house in the upper left, and a British Royal Coat of Arms on the right, with a Native warrior holding a war club and long bow, Amsterdam, Henricus Hondius, map is originally derived from the John Smith Map of Virginia of 1612, and the Jadocus Hondius version of 1618, accurately depicting the "Chesapeake Bay" and its tributaries, and a good portion of what is now the Southeast U.S., overall good condition with full margins, 18" x 21 3/4" (including margins). 

Early 20th c. cotton quilt, with eight-point radiating star, on a red washed background, white chain surround, 80" x 82". 

18th c. Pennsylvania pine blanket chest, in original blue paint, breadboard molded top, original strap hinges, interior till, original spring-load lock and key, dovetailed case above three small drawers, dovetailed on an ogee bracket base, some repairs, signed in chalk under lid "Jacob Wein, October 26, 1801", 30" h, 50" w, 22" d.   

19th c. fraktur, printed and hand-color depicting angels and birds in frame, birth certificate 1857, Allentown, Pennsylvania.   

Late 19th/early 20th c. pine marble ladder game, in original blue painted finish.    

19th c. New England stoneware 1 1/2 gal. jug with cork, signed "J. Norton & Co., Bennington, VT.", cobalt blue bird on a branch, excellent condition. 

19th c. Pennsylvania stoneware jug, 3-gal., decorated in blue, stenciled double floral top, "from James Hamilton & Co., Greensboro, Pa.". 

Early 19th c. Pennsylvania pine blanket chest, original bright feather grained paint in bittersweet, black and yellow, applied molded lid, through mortised construction at ends, interior till, dovetailed case, thin applied molding at base, on original turned feet, bottom board is pegged onto case and appears to be dated "1808", 29 1/4" h, 42" w, 22" d. 

Early hooded cradle (shaped hood), in original old green and second coat of early red paint on pine, dovetailed front, rosehead nailed back, 30" h, 3' l.   

19th c. pine firkin, original light green paint, stenciled inside lid "HCP, 1874", initialed HCP in pencil on bottom, remnants of bright green powder/paint pigment, 13 1/2" h to top of handle. 

19th c. New England pine firkin, over paint removed to original blue paint, 13" h to top of handle. 

19th c. New England pine firkin, original dark green painted finish, 13" h.    

18th c. New England, pine and maple hutch table, early red painted surface, circular two-board top, 46 1/2" dia (one board measures 30" w), shaped cleats, pegged and mortised arms, chamfered supports, pine seat with dovetailed drawer under, chamfered legs, 17" seat h, 29 1/2" overall h. 

18th c. bedwarming pan, turned pine handle, large brass pan with decorative engraving of flowers entwined and an exotic bird in the center, 42" l. 

Early 20th c. red, white and blue quilt, nine major squares with small central red diamond in a white crossed "X" on blue, in a patriotic nautical motif, 75" x 73". 

19th c. cradle in original paint, open top, in original blue paint with sponge decorated dark blue designs, 18" h, 37" l, 16" w.   

19th c. sperm whale's tooth, with fine 20th c. scrimshaw picture of a three-masted ship in full sail, 6" l.   

Two metalware snuff boxes; one in brass, engraved on the lid with three-masted schooner on waves; one in steel and brass with hinged top and bottom. 

19th c. sailor carved wood busk, with finely chip-carved decoration, heart top, mariner's compass, diamond with double heart interior, whirling "good-luck" hex signs, etc., 14 1/2" l.    

19th c. ship portrait, oil on canvas on board, two-masted Brig flying an American flag and ship's colors "Lizzie M. Merrill" of Richmond, Maine, signed l.l. "C. Olsen", overall good condition, needs cleaning, some crazing, carved and gilded frame, (noted in the New York Times, September 25, 1871, as being in one of the hurricanes for that year), 20" x 32". 

Two early Seth Thomas ship's clocks; one in brass with Arabic numerals; and one in oak with Roman numerals on a white face, strike and time; from an early home in Quincy, Mass. 

19th c. ship's portrait, watercolor on paper, "Bourne of Boston Entering the Port of Palermo, July the 6, 1828.", two-masted schooner entering a harbor with a brick lighthouse and masts in the back showing flags of Britain, United States, France, et al, nine figures shown on the deck of the Bourne, very small puncture in upper right corner, some wrinkling at bottom edge, otherwise good condition, framed and glazed, 15" x 23" (sight). 

Exceptional 19th c. pine ship model of the schooner "Liberty", original salmon red and black paint, carved eagle figurehead, yellow painted deck with plank opening to below deck, painted green interior, raised cabin with red roof, ship's wheel turns rudder, fully rigged at a later date, with carved walnut block and tackle, bowsprit and masts in good condition, plank construction, heavy carved wide beam, fitted to a framed stand, (remnants of sails to accompany the lot); (possibly one of the four schooners of the First Texas Navy, 1836-1838),60"l, 52"h,12"w.   

19th c. ship model of a three-masted schooner, fully rigged (rigging is 95% intact), black and green hull, on a wooden mount, found in Norwell, Mass., 16" h, 25" l. 

19th c. Connecticut pillar and scroll mahogany shelf clock, labeled "Patent Clocks. Invented by Eli Terry. Made and sold @ Plymouth, Connecticut, Eli & Samuel Terry.", strike and time, original face shows horizontal wear, 32" h, 16" w.   

Early 20th c. Rookwood vase, high glaze, Iris Pattern, white poppies design with green stems, light blue base graduating to cobalt blue at the rim, stamped on bottom "C.A.B. (Constance Baker), 927D", 8" h. 

Pair of early 20th c. Gustav Stickley, brass and hammered copper wall candle holders, original patinated surface, both stamped with early Stickley logo of "Als Ik Kan.", (slight drip cup curl to front edge on one sconce), 9" overall h. 

18th c. American tall clock, pine case, original red and black grain painted finish, alligatored finish, heavy cove molded cornice, bonnet with carved and columned hinged door with square molded opening for glass, finely engraved and detailed brass face, brass face inscribed "Geo. Nethercot", "Wantage", "4567", black Roman numerals, outside Arabic numerals with five second intervals, arabesque halved angels in the corners, finely cut steel hands, strike and time, brass works.   

19th c. percussion rifle, muzzle loader, marked "Tower" on lock. 

Carved wood Goose Decoy, Mason Premier Grade, glass eyes, c. 1910, original paint, lead weight intact, crack along side, minor abrasions and in-use wear, from the estate of a Marshfield, Mass. hunter, 23" l. 

Carved wood Black Duck Decoy, Joseph Lincoln of Accord, Mass., c. 1910, original painted surface, glass eyes, shot over, original lead weights and line, filled crack on back, wear on head, and in-use surface abrasions, from the estate of a Marshfield, Mass. hunter, 19 1/2" l.   

 Two carved wood Whistler Decoys, Golden Eye Drakes, both in excellent condition and original paint, minor surface abrasions and in-use wear, both with inset circular lead weights, found in Marshfield, Mass., possibly Martha's Vineyard, 14" l. 

Carved wood decoy, Broadbill hen, glass eye, J.M. Hays Wood Products Co, Jefferson City, Missouri, original paint, minor in-use wear, crack along the bottom, circa 1920-25  14 1/2" l. 

Pair of carved wood decoys, Mallard Drake and Hen, finely carved bills, inset glass eyes, raised carved wings, original paint with minimal wear. 

19th c. percussion double barrel shotgun, "W.W. Greener, London, Laminated Steel, Indestructible by Gunpowder". 

19th c. pine firkin, original blue painted finish, top rim shows wear, 12" h to top, 11" dia at top. 

Early 19th c. finely shaped trencher, maple, with early blue painted finish, 3 1/2" h, 19 1/2" l. 

19th c. pine firkin, early mustard yellow over cream paint, with painted dancing figure in blue frock coat, green pants and hat, signed under lid in pencil on bottom "Thayer", 9" h, 8 1/2" dia. 

19th c. pine firkin, early green painted finish over original blue, lid shows a split, 9" h, 8 1/2" dia. 

Thin early 19th c. hanging or table top cupboard, with open door and drawer on top with brass pull, in original oxidized blue paint, large dovetailed construction, four shelves, 28" h, 7" w, 12" d.   

Two New England, first half of 19th c. mahogany and mahogany veneered bowfront bureaus, four thumbnail molded drawers, reeded front posts, turned legs, from an early Cape Cod house in Scituate, Mass. 

Rare large Pennsylvania sampler and family record, "The Asa & Mary Walton family of Lancaster Co., wrought by Sarah Walter", c. 1820-30, Teacher Zellah Embree (sp?), framed and glazed, 25" x 26" (sight). 

Early 18th c. American sampler, Emma Easton(?) Sutton, alphabet, prayer in frame, trees, "N" at bottom, 16" h, 7" w (without frame). 

18th c. New England pine tavern table, early black painted finish, breadboard top, single dovetailed drawer (replaced), turned legs, boxed stretcher base, good feet. 

Early 19th c. New England sampler, dark green, light brown and brown/red letters in five alphabets, "wrought by Lois B. Chase June 3", in a dark green painted "arts & crafts" frame, 13" x 8 1/2" (sight), 19" x 12 1/2" (frame). 

Two framed 19th c. samplers: three alphabets in blue and brown and "Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, Phoebe P. Dyer Aged 10", 8" x 12 1/2"; alphabets and numbers and "While in this world I dwell,..., Lucy Simonds Aged 7", blue, yellow, green and brown threads, label on back "Haley & Steele, Boston", 10" x 8". 

19th c. sampler, two alphabets and numbers, and a poem "Fresh in the morn... Lydia Leavitt wrought this in the 13 year of her age and of the care of MS", blue and cream threads, framed and glazed, 14" x 10". 

Early 18th c. English blanket chest on tall squared legs, three molded inset raised panels, original forged strap hinges, small interior till on right side, original lock plate, raised paneled front, pine with original oak grained finish, pegged and mortise construction, 24" h, 46" w, 17 1/2" d.   

Rare 18th c. New England wrought iron toggle stick candle holder, rectangular back plate with four holes for attaching to a wall post, three hinged shaped arms ending in a low edged dip pan, with candle holder and keeper, excellent condition, 18 1/2" l (open), 4" dia pan. 

18th c. Rush light, wrought iron, clip with staff and flattened lollipop wrought handle on chamfered wooden block, in old black paint.   

18th c. gooseneck andirons, faceted head and penny feet (19" h, 20" d), rare form with hangers for spit (41") and hooks with skewers (five).   

Standing wrought iron meat spit, skewer and handle to turn, 36" stand having arched foot with penny feet and cross bar, three notches for spit cooking adjustment, 24" h, 24" w.   

Early 19th c. New England, inlaid mahogany, Tambour style writing desk, molded top section with double hinged folding doors, finely reeded front panels with two matching highly figured mahogany veneered oval panels, in boxwood inlaid rectangles opening to an interior with pigeonhole compartments over four small drawers on a base with lift lid, with large oval figured mahogany veneer with delicate inlaid surround and a central lock with bone escutcheon plate, opening to a green felt writing surface and two pencil holders, above two drawers with similar matched oval figured mahogany veneers, with finely inlaid borders, brass pulls and shield shaped bone escutcheons, all on finely reeded and tapered legs on a tall turned foot, pine and chestnut secondary woods, minor imperfections, 45 1/2" h, 36" w. 

19th c. leather fire bucket, black and red painted with gold lettering, "Jon A Marsh. Quincy. No. 2", missing handle, stamped twice at center binding "N. White", 14" h; 19th c. leather fire bucket, black and red painted with gold lettering, "Wilson Marsh. Quincy. No. 1", 19" h to top of handle; 19th c. leather fire bucket, black and red painted with gold lettering, "Lem _ Brackett. Quincy. No. 1", 19" h to top of handle. 

Two 19th c. pine and maple pantry boxes, in original green painted finish, from an 18th c. farmhouse in Scituate, Mass., 8" and 10 1/2" dia. 

Early 19th c. round New England coopered pantry box, original putty gray painted finish, intertwined finger construction with copper tacks, signed on bottom "G.M. Cognantt", 6 3/4" h, 12" dia. 

Three 19th c. small pantry or pill boxes, all with opposing fingers: dark cherry red, 2 3/4" dia; dark blue, 2 1/4" dia; and yellow with scratched initials on bottom "W.P.S.", 1 3/4" dia. 

Early 19th c. New England coopered pantry box, original dark Windsor green painted finish, 13 3/4" h, 14 1/2" dia at base, 13 1/2" dia at top. 

19th c. pine desk on tapered legs, original red painted finish, lift lid opening to a dovetailed case, above a full dovetailed drawer with original turned pull, tapered square leg, 30 1/2" h, 23" w. 

19th c. New England needlework sampler, depicting a wreath of white roses and birds, dated 1828, "Wrought by Mary M. Brigham (Brigham's Ice Cream family), Born April 27th 1816, Aged 12 yrs, East Sudbury (Mass), Sept 26th 1828", framed, 19 1/2" x 17".   

19th c. New England needlework sampler, attached paper on back "This sampler was worked at the age of 10 years by Susan Hobart (married Whiton) born in Hingham", the lines at bottom are "Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent the tree is inclined, Susan Hobart, Hingham, Mass.". 

18th c. New England needlework sampler, "Sally Freeman, her sampler, made in the Ninth year of her age, she was born Monday September the 6th, 1790...", southern coastal Mass. region, 9 1/2" x 14".   

Fine pair of Federal 19th c. brass andirons, ball and plinth form on arch spurred legs on ball feet, with brass log stops, excellent condition. 

18th c. mahogany Boston Hepplewhite card table, original finish, intricate inlaid edges and oval inlaid front frieze, with crotch grain plum mahogany square legs, with accelerated tapered foot with inlaid band, 29" h, 36" w.   

Sheet iron weathervane, Indian with a bow and arrow, 16" h, on an iron shaft, mounted on a pine block, 28" overall h. 

Late 18th/early 19th c. pencil and watercolor, "Washington's Head Quarters", picturing the Colonial, c. 1759, used by Washington during the Revolutionary War, and later owned by the family of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Brattle St., Cambridge, Mass., appears to be the original gilt frame, some discoloration from backboard, 9 1/2" x 11 1/2". 

Early 19th c. engraved portrait "Le General Washington", by Noel LeMire (French, 1724-1801), shows Washington holding Declaration of Independence, and the Treaty of Alliance, label on back, in a molded fruitwood frame, small water stains at bottom left, 19 1/2" x 14" (sight). 

19th c. porcelain head doll and doll carriage: signed "Simon & Halbig, Heinrich Handwerck, Germany", curly dark blonde wig, original white lace clothing with original white satin shoes, marked "HH" in a heart, size 4, overall good condition, 25" l; and a period doll's stroller, original black paint, with faux panel in green with yellow stripe, fancy iron and turned wood handle, adjustable canvas hood, fair condition, includes embroidered pillow, 28" h, 36" l.   

20th c. doll house, c. 1930-40, two-story colonial, red chimneys, green shutters, column and arch front door, two hinged sections opening to interior, with six rooms and two stairways, screen windows, 40" h (with chimneys), 45" w, 24" d. 

Doll house furniture, approximately 60 pieces, some hand carved, painted and upholstered, contemporary to Lot 105. 

106A.

Two 19th c. porcelain dolls: one in brown velvet with white lace, "Germany, Queen Louise, 9", 24" h; one in blue silk with white lace, "Made in Germany Armand Marseille 390U,...DRGM, 246-1, A-7-M", 23" h; and a composition doll body with patent leather shoes (not pictured). 

German Kestner bisque head doll, with large brown sleep paperweight eyes, leather jointed body with bisque forearms and hands, marked "DEP 154.14." on the back of the head, pate intact, blonde wig, dressed in a sailor white dress and blouse with red anchor on sleeve, early brown leather shoes, gold locket and chain, Germany, c. 1900-1910, 30" h. 

19th c. Greiner papier-mache shoulder head doll, original finish, finely painted face with blush cheeks and blue eyes, stitched muslin body, with antique cutwork green leather shoes with heels, 26" h. 

First half of the 19th c., American bureau, cherry top and sides, pine secondary wood, and bird's-eye maple drawer fronts, inset panel ends, turned feet, 42" h, 41" w, 19" d. 

Fancy natural wicker babies stroller, curlicue and fan decoration, adjustable foot and head, also includes cloth umbrella on iron shaft, 36" h, 48" l.    

Two 20th c. toy tin trains, painted decoration, red "Overland Express, 3140", and gray "Trans-Continental Express, 6601", "Trade Mark - Modern Toys, Made in Japan", 15" l; and a model wooden steamboat with a central chimney, mahogany and pine, 16" l. 

19th c. pine stepback cupboard, in early red painted finish, two inset panel doors over two solid doors, (top doors removed for display purposes), applied miter cut bracket base, 5' 8" h, 3' 5" w, 17 1/2" d. 

Two blue and white Spongeware butter crocks, with oval cartouche "BUTTER", 5 3/4" and 9" dia. 

Two blue and white Spongeware pieces: pitcher with solid blue rim, 6 1/2" h, 4 1/2" dia; and a flared flat bowl (milk pan), 3" h, 10" dia.   

19th c. American mahogany veneer, adjustable shaving mirror, on a stand with two drawers below, fine condition.   

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19th c. Hingham firkin, old finish, medium brown, stamped on lid "C. Wilder & ..., So. Hingham..." ("Son" and "Mass." are not showing), small split in rim of lid, overall good condition. 

19th c. Hingham firkin, dark brown finish, stamped on lid "___ & Son, So. Hingham, Mass." ("C. Wilder" doesn't show), repaired crack on lid, bottom oak wrap is cracked but intact. 

19th c. Hingham firkin, varnished pine, stamped on lid "C. Wilder & ..." ("Son", and "So. Hingham, Mass." does not show), lid rim has splits and missing portion, otherwise good condition. 

Two blue and white Spongeware pieces: pitcher, 9" h, 4 1/2" d; and milk pan with flared sides and flat bottom, 3 1/2" h, 10" dia. 

Very fine early 19th c. English dining table, with rectangular tip-top on a spiral turned urn shaped shaft, on four curved and molded legs, ending in original brass lion's head capped castors, 29" h, 52" x 41" top. 

Two blue and white Spongeware pitchers, one with diagonal designed sponging, the other with vertical sponging, both 9" h, 5" w. 

Six pieces of blue and white Spongeware: large bowl with solid blue stripe (cracked), 12" dia; three cups (two cracked), 2" dia; small bowl, 5" dia; and small milk pan, 8 1/4" dia; (all "as is"). 

Blue and white Spongeware covered dough bowl (or dutch oven), knobbed lid, wire bail handle, 7" h, 11" dia. 

On 3: Two blue and white Spongeware pitchers, openwork circle sponge design, 6 1/2" and 9 1/2" h; and a cup, 3 1/2" dia.   

Fine matched set of six 19th c. Maine pine and maple side chairs, exceptional grain painted finish to resemble rosewood, with yellow stripe faux inlay, shaped crest rail with urn shaped splat over carved seat rails with cane seats, overall good condition, 17 1/2" seat h, 33 1/2" overall h.   

Large blue and white Stick spatterware bowl, zigzag outer rim and circle inside rim, also circles in interior, 14" dia.   

Three 19th c. Canton plates, overall good condition: flower shaped dish, 10" l; leaf shaped sauce, 7" l; and a shaped plate, 8 1/2" dia.   

19th c. Canton china teapot with strap handle; two handled cups; and six 6" tea plates; (overall good condition).   

Twelve 19th c. Canton china plates: six are 8 3/4" dia; six are 7 1/4" dia; (overall good condition, six are pictured).   

Pair of early 19th c. Chinese rosewood carved armchairs, in original red stained finish, carved openwork crests with central carved foliate panels, over inset panel back flanked with scrolled tendrils on inset panel seats, over a foliate carved front rail, stepped rectangular arms, boxed stretcher base on a squared foot, overall good condition, 18" seat h, 37" overall h, 23 1/2" w.   

19th c. silhouette of a young gentleman, cut paper and black ink, "Samuel A. Rowe, born Campton 1820...Died Cambridge...1849.", oval brass frame, 3 1/2" x 2 3/4". 

19th c. checkerboard, with multicolor and cream outline, black background and alternating reddish colored squares, name in border "James Morisey", back has backgammon, 12 1/2" sq.   

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19th c. checkerboard, with red background and black alternating square, with back side of another game, 12 3/4" sq.    

19th c. pine checkerboard, black squares on a light green/yellow background, raised molded edge, game on reverse with small concentric circles on corners and sides of three graduated rectangles, 23 1/2" x 16".   

Two 19th c. blue and white New England coverlets, from an early Cape Cod home in Duxbury, Mass., some wear, jacquard woven, 6' x 7', and 7' 6" x 6' 4". 

20th c. Paines Furniture, custom Duncan Phyfe, mahogany and mahogany veneered double pedestal dining table, with two leaves. 

Set of six 20th c. Paines Furniture, custom Chippendale style dining chairs, (two arm). 

18th or early 19th c. pine butter scale, carved oak with maple cross bar, with two carved pine square platforms, string replaced, old patinated finish.3' across and 10"x11" platforms. 

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Very finely turned, small treenware lidded container, possibly used for snuff, apple or pear wood, circular formed snug fitting cover with the initial "I." neatly carved into the top of the tiny pull, small decorative concentric circular lines on lid top, step footed base, initials in black ink on bottom of lid, 2 1/2" h, 3 1/4" dia. 

      133.

19th c. hanging nine-drawer spice chest, walnut, with small white porcelain pulls, "T" head nail constructed and lipped drawers, older varnish finish, 25" h, 15" w, 5" d. 

133A.

19th c. tabletop 10-drawer spice chest, walnut, full width bottom drawer, with small white porcelain pulls, "T" head nail constructed and lipped drawers, old refinish, 12 1/2" h, 13" w, 7 1/2" d. 

18th c. New England mahogany side chair, serpentine crest, carved ears, pierced splat, upholstered seat on Chippendale carved and molded legs, "H" stretcher base, 18" seat h, 39" overall h.   

18th c. New England, country Queen Anne tavern table, pine and maple, old refinish, single board pine top, carved skirt, straight turned legs on button feet, 26 1/2" h, 32" w, 21" d.   

19th c. oak and pine, round lidded storage box, 6 1/2" h, 11 1/2" dia; and two 19th c. lidded applesauce pails, one with original label "Joseph Middleby's, Currant Jelly, Boston, Mass." and stamped on bottom "J. Middleby Jr. Jan 1 1894", 6 1/2" h, 6 1/4" dia. 

Two late 18th/early 19th c. gin bottles: dark olive green, small flanged lip, concave bottom, pontil mark, 9 1/2" h; light olive green, heavy lip, concave bottom, pontil mark, 10 1/2" h. 

Two early glass inkwells: medium olive green, umbrella octagonal sided ink, pontil, 2 1/2" h; and a central neck domed "Bertin Quest", dark olive green, pontil, 2" h.   

19th c. Keene, NH amber eagle flask, with cornucopia on reverse, pontil base, 6 3/4" h.   

Two 19th c. beer bottles: dark olive green, inverted bottom, 7 3/4" h; dark amber, embossed "Clapp" on one side, 6 3/4" h.    

19th c. snuff bottle, olive green, embossed "E. Roome, Troy, New York", pontil, 4 1/2" h.    

Three 19th c. bottles, aqua: two flasks - scroll with pontil, c. 1830-1850, 5 3/4" h, and "Travelers Companion", vertical mold seam, eight-pointed star embossed on reverse, 5 3/4" h; and a cylindrical snuff bottle, light aqua, pontil, 5" h.     

Two American snuff bottles: an 18th c. 6 1/2" h, octagonal sided, in olive green; and a c. 1840 4 1/2" h amber, with octagonal sides. 

Four late 18th/early 19th c. glass containers: Spirits bottle, clear with etched tulip on front and reverse, pontil, 9 3/4" h; smaller Spirits bottle with matching etched flowers on four sides, 6 3/4" h; clear glass flip, pontil, 4 3/4" h; and an apothecary bottle, clear with stopper, 7 1/2" h.   

19th c. pickle bottle, six-sided, light aqua, 13 1/2" h. 

Rare signed mid 19th c. redware covered jar, in a pink/cinnamon red glaze, signed on lid "A. Wilcox, West Bloomfield" (Alvin Wilcox, working 1825-1860), New York, minor imperfections, 9" h. 

Matched set of four mid-19th c. pillowback side chairs, with original gilded stencil and freehand decoration, back slat with pineapple and leaf and floret motif, inset rush seat, overall good condition, some minor imperfection, 18" seat h, 34" overall h. 

140A.

Two 19th c. pillowback side chairs, with original fancy gilt stencil decoration, inset rush seats; one with carved slat of facing cornucopia and fruit with central mariner's compass; the other chair with carved central back, stenciled with Federal style eagle heads with fruit and leaves.    

Very early ceramic lighting device, chamberstick with yellowish color, 4" and 17th c. redware, brown glazed clay oil lamp, with ring handle, 3 1/4". 

19th c. New England redware bottle/flask, brownish orange/red glaze with dark brown splotches, Connecticut, c. 1840, overall good condition, 7 1/2" h. 

17th c. English ceramic redware nursing jar, with yellow slip decoration and dotted medial handle, 4" h. 

Early 1800's clay bank in the form of a fruit, 4" h. 

Pair of similar 19th c. Chinese Export rosewood marble inlaid stands, carved openwork skirts, stylized heads at the corners, finely carved claw and ball feet, 16" and 18" h.   

19th c. Chinese Export Rose Medallion bowl, green and blue, figures in garden scenes, 6" h, 14 1/2" dia. 

Oriental rug, roomsize Persian Isfahan, blue borders with intertwined vines and flowers, with light blue field and multicolor flowers and geometrics, 8' x 12'. 

19th c. Chinese Export Rose Medallion teapot, 7 1/2" h and brush pot, (shows age line); and three graduated bowls with courting scenes. 

19th c. collection of Chinese Export Rose Medallion and Rose Canton: two matching 8" plates with exotic birds and butterflies; teapot, 4 1/2" h; two covered vegetables; and a rectangular serving bowl. 

19th c. collection of four matching Rose Medallion plates, 8 1/2" dia; and a large similar plate, 9 1/2" dia. 

19th c. Chinese standing cupboard, Asian pine in enhanced early red finish, molded top with two double hinged doors with intricate foliate carved panels, over three dovetailed drawers with round ring pulls, over four sliding panels with molded geometric carvings, through mortise construction, 70" h, 41" w, 22" d.   

19th c. collection of Rose Medallion: milk pitcher, bowls, two matching tea cups with yellow cats, saucers, (8 pieces). 

Four swords: two Masonic swords and scabbards, square and compass, and shields with red crosses; GAR sword with anchor and rifles; early sword with carved bone on hardwood and brass pommel. 

Two 19th c. Chinese Canton elliptical covered vegetables, overall good condition, 9 1/2" and 9" l.    

Collection of 19th c. Canton china: covered oval vegetable, (shows age line and rim chips); oval shaped serving dish, 10 1/2"; handleless cups; three 7 1/2" plates; five 8 1/2" plates, (some chips).   

19th c. New England, pine and poplar, Empire style, four-drawer bureau, with two small drawers above, original red paint, original faux grained drawer fronts in bird's-eye maple, tall curvilinear backsplash, elephantine carved front legs, turned back legs, minor imperfections, 53" h, 42" w, 20" d.   

Two Chinese cylindrical brush pots, blue and white with brown rims, one pictured with deer, very good condition, 4 1/2" h.   

Collection of 19th c. Chinese Canton china to include: four handleless teacups; four saucers; two shallow bowls, 8" dia; and a deep bowl, 9" dia (small age line on rim); overall good condition.   

Two 19th c. Chinese Canton porcelain plates, signed on bottom, 9 1/2" dia; an 8" plate (rim imperfections); and a ginger pot, 6" h.    

Five carved Japanese ivory and wood figures: three small carved Elders, and two Netsukes, a man riding a carp and a carved wood elder beggar. 

19th c. New England, rectangular, birch, country Hepplewhite drop leaf table, straight leaf, tapered square legs, overall good condition, 29" h, 38 1/2" l.   

19th c. Doctor's or Pharmacist's medicine box, figured mahogany, hinged lid opening to a lined shelf with four lidded bottles, and a small glass mortar and pestle, over a dovetailed drawer with sectioned compartments with a hanging medicine scale, brass weights, etc., recessed brass pulls, 8 1/2" h, 7 1/2" w. 

Set of six tall ladderback side chairs, birch, maple and fruitwood, four shaped slats, paper rush seats, turned front stretcher, cup and ball finials, 16 1/2" seat h, 47" overall h. 

19th c. rosewood cane, with chased silver collar inscribed "J. Taylor" and a 2 1/4" ivory top, 34" l.

19th c. carved ivory top silk umbrella, with a carved ivory top of a parrot's head with glass eyes, ivory stave tips, (one split in cloth and one eye missing), 25" l. 

19th c. tiger maple and maple splay leg stand, skirt is through mortised into legs, early crackle finish, 29" h, 17" sq top.   

Gentleman's locking, figural silver plate, cigar humidor, separate lidded compartments with hunting dogs, one holding a partridge and the other on point, decorative raised band of fauna and game birds, on ball feet, stamped "Meriden Company" on bottom, with two keys, 12" x 8". 

19th c. mahogany octagonal shaped wig box, hinged top with brass handle, drawer below sectioned for powder, comb and brushes, on a stand with cross stretcher. 

18th c. New England, Connecticut River Valley highboy base, cherry wood and pine, mahogany molded top with slight overhang, over a full drawer, over three large drawers, central carved fan, scalloped base on delicate Queen Anne cabriole leg and carved duck feet, 35 1/2" h, 39 1/2" w, 20" d.   

19th c. child's, pine and maple, shaped plank seat rocking chair, in original blue paint, hand-painted crest with red and pink flowers, shaped arms in original red, overall good condition, 10" seat h, 24 1/2" overall h. 

19th c. child's pine trundle bed, in original blue painted finish, mortise and peg construction, rope mattress support, 57" l, 44" w. 

19th c. child's New England pine blanket box, on a tall step carved base, old refinish, minor imperfections, 15" h, 24" w, 11 1/2" d. 

Child's early dry sink, pine, poplar and walnut, rounded top splashboard, inset dovetailed well with an ogee molded rim, flat panel doors with porcelain and iron closures, single underslung side drawer, all on an applied and molded bracket base, 25" h, 27" w, 12" d.   

On 4: 19th c. Battersea enamel pill box, hand-painted lid with rabbits, signed "Limoges"; porcelain pill box, signed "Feint Main, Tiffany et Co"; and two early Asian porcelain lidded boxes, polychrome decorated with Ying/Yang circles. 

Five 19th c. brass candlesticks, 5 1/2" to 9 1/2" h. 

18th c. New England mahogany side chair, slip seat with needlepoint picture with lion and unicorn, pierced back, tag inside support "Given about 1840 by James Hillhouse of New Haven, Conn. to Timothy Fowler, Great, Great Grandfather of Timothy English", 17 1/2" seat h, 38" overall h. 

Early 20th c. oil on canvas, portrait of a gentleman, seated at his desk holding a book, signed l.r. "Mildred Chandler.", originally purchased from Mrs. Niles at the Old Fashion Shop in Newport, R.I. in the 1970's, 24" x 15". 

English earthenware covered tureen with transfer scenes, with a family walking in a botanical garden, c. 1770, 14" l; similar ladle, (repaired); four matching plates, cows and castle scenes, (some rim chips), 10" dia; octagonal sided platter, cows and castle, marked "Priory", John Alcock.   

English earthenware 19" rectangular platter with figures, oxen and watch towers, marked "Rogers", c. 1784-1814, small chip; deep blue transfer covered round vegetable, with cows and castles, marked "Cauldon", good condition; square vegetable with Oriental scene; rectangular 8" sauce with lion's head finial and handles, country scenes, good condition; two 19th c. vegetables - one with original cover, "Mecklinberg, Stoke on Trent", 11"; and four "Pearl Stone ware plates", Washington vase, PW&Co., c. 1849, (one shows rim chips).    

18th and 19th c. English Earthenware: blue transfer decorated teapot dated 1844, age line on spout; covered sugar, floral decoration; four matching handleless cups, scenic decoration with figures, good condition; four saucers (as is); partitioned rectangular sauce with cover, William Ridgeway & Co., c. 1830, "48 apple blossoms"; gravy liner; ridged bowl with figures and castles; 1842 octagonal butter; 10 plates and two soups, some with matching scenes, Ridgeway "Oriental"; Washington urn, PW&Co, "Venus", Ontario "Lake Scenery Priory"; overall fair to good condition.    

First quarter of the 19th c. New England, Sheraton plum mahogany drop leaf table, shaped leaves, reeded legs, single dovetailed drawer with original turned brass pull, decorated with a hand holding a sheath of wheat, pine secondary, original brass castors, 29" h, 35" l, 24" d. 

Two 19th c. boxes of German colored toy building blocks, "Richters Anchor Box, containing Building Stones...New York, 310 Broadway,...Pat. October 1880", all original colored labels inside and out in German and English, 14 1/2" and 15 1/2" w, both 11" d. 

Collection of English Earthenware: platters and plates to include scenic "Gondola" 8 1/2" serving dish; 10" vegetable; Pearlware Washington vase; Ridgeware Oriental cup plate; handled "Tyrolean" serving plate; "Minerva" 9 1/2" plate, PW&Co; "Mamora" 9" plate; "Long Port Park Scenery" 10 1/2" plate (rim chips); 16" oval platter, "Granada", good condition; oval platter, 12 1/2", raised shell edge, "Mesopotamia", good condition; 9" "Swiss Scenery", scalloped edge "Opaque China", c. 1822, good condition; 10 1/4" "Garden Scenery" Long Port (small stain); fancy 10 1/2" "Chinese Fountains", good condition; 16 1/2" "Florentine", Thomas and Joseph Mayer, c. 1836, platter with raised central oval scene with figures and castles, good condition.   

Fine 19th c. Federal, New England, Sheraton two-drawer stand, thin mahogany figured top, over two dovetailed drawers with original decoration, brass pulls, over turned and reeded legs, turned and tapered feet. 

Collection of 19th c. English Earthenware: two 10" plates in a dark blue (one chipped); rectangular platter, Thomas and Joseph Mayer, Non-pareil (1843-50), with river scene and ladies fishing (rim chip); Oriental Beauties with raised rim, good condition; rare handled openwork vegetable with liner, apple blossoms, William Ridgeway & Co (1830-48), good condition; serving bowl with raised white side handles, 13", "Florentine Fountain", small chip under handle.    

18th c. pine and maple, stretcher base, New England tavern table, dovetailed drawer with single wood pull, breadboard ended pine top, 27" h, 49" w, 29" d. 

19th c. marquetry inlaid desk box, slanted hinged top opening to a gilded green leather writing surface, and hinged top key locked black enameled ink and pen caddy, with original key, 4" h, 14 1/2" w. 

Small 19th c. marquetry inlaid cabinet, decorative copper hinged doors opening to six small drawers, shaped copper pulls, over a large drawer, doors have inset panels with Japanese black lacquered scenes of golden songbirds on red berried trees, side handles, 10" h, 9 1/2" w. 

19th c. marquetry inlaid tea caddy, hinged Japanese black lacquered lid, with floral landscape drawer below (missing pull). 

19th c. marquetry chest, asymmetrical, two drawers by three drawers over large drawer, small turned wood pulls, 8 1/2" h; and a 20th c. marquetry hanging wall box, with canted sides and an onion-shaped top, 8 1/2" h, 9 1/2" w. 

19th c. New England Sheraton, cherry wood shaped leaf, drop leaf table, finely carved rope turned legs on original castors, c. 1840, 36" l.   

19th c. English Earthenware collection (9 pieces): rare 12" dark blue pierced edge serving dish, with a pastoral family picnic scene next to a river with castle in background, (excellent condition); three graduated bowls; oval serving piece; and plates.   

Three matching 19th c. side chairs, vase shaped back splats with curvilinear tops, saber leg, bow fronts, two with matching needlepoint seats.   

Set of six historical blue Staffordshire dinner plates, transfer decoration of the Boston State House, with cows and figures on the Common, c. 1835, one with small nick on underside raised foot, otherwise overall good condition, 9 3/4" dia. 

Large redware bowl, slanted sides, 5" h, 14" dia. 

19th c. New England Sheraton, mahogany drop leaf table, dovetailed drawer, original decorative brass pull, carved rope turned legs, tapered foot, 29" h, 36" l, 17" d.   

Pair of 19th c. tall elegant brass candlesticks, square Chippendale bracket style footed base, 18" h.  

Two pairs of 19th c. candlesticks: square base, brass push-up style, 12" h; and smaller faceted beehive, 8" h. 

Collection of 19th c. brass objects, apothecary mortar and pestles, handled scoop, bowls, etc. (eight pieces). 

Late 19th/early 20th c. oil on canvas, still life of a blue compote of fruit on a white cloth, silver napkin ring in the foreground, finely carved oak frame, gilt liner, 18" x 22". 

Early 19th c. five slat rocking chair with arms, maple, original brown painted finish, shaped arms on turned and square bearing supports, wood pegged shape rockers, original rush seat, graduated ladders, overall good condition, 45" h.   

Country Hepplewhite one-drawer stand, aqua blue painted base, dovetailed single drawer with turned wood pull, added Parchesi board top in black, red and faded yellow, tapered legs, 27 1/2" h, 18 1/2" sq top. 

18th c. brass decorated bedwarming pan, turned walnut handle, 44" l; and 19th c. turned brass andirons, fire tools and holder. 

Three Pyrographic pictures, including C.D. Gibson copies of "The Chess Players", 18" x 24"; the artist and his model, 16" x 20"; and a Gibson girl on oval board, 20" h. 

Four Pyrographic ware pieces: a collapsible side serving tray with carved handles, in quarter sawn oak, 28" l, 21 1/2" w; intricate mirror frame with roses and vines, beveled mirror, (originally from the estate of Richard Burton); picture of puppies in a basket, 12" x 5"; and a hand-colored pastoral scene on plank of a woman and her daughter in a garden, 11" x 19". 

Two pieces of Pyrographic ware: carved wood miniature grandfather's clock, with 20th c. German wind-up spring works, 14" h; and a tall stein or tankard depicting two young ladies in oval cartouche on either side, hinged lid with thumb latch, 14 1/2" h. 

Collection of painted Pyrographic ware: thermometer with art nouveau decoration; pair of 7" matching candlesticks; pair of napkin rings; lidded bureau jar; ladies boot match holder. 

Pyrographic ware desk set including: lidded inkwell dated 1900, with pair of milk glass inks; long letter opener decorated with owls, 14" l; folding book stand with floral decoration; shallow bowl; and a red silk lined, hinged lid collar box.  

Five Pyrographic ware carved wood frames, round, oval, and square, approximately 9" tall. 

Custom mahogany serpentine front server, backsplash, drawer with ring pulls, shaped shelf below on cabriole legs with ball and claw feet, brass label inside drawer "Phelps and Bradley, Boston, Maker", 38" h, 36" w, 16" d.   

Pyrographic ware: three mirrors with handles; three fans; and two frames (quarter sawn oak veneer); and one not pictured. 

Pyrographic ware lidded pine box, opening to three sections, decorated with holly leaves and red berries, 4" h, 32" l, 5 1/2" w. 

19th c. English dark blue and white Staffordshire teapot, (overall good condition), 10" h; Pennsylvania style decorated Lustre bowl, 6 1/2" dia; and a mulberry decorated oval serving dish, 9" l. 

19th c. English Staffordshire tea set, soft paste, red and green floral decoration, teapot, covered sugar, creamer, waste bowl, two plates, six cups and saucers, overall good condition.   

Early 20th c. oval, custom, full length mirror on stand, on four claw and ball feet, beveled glass.   

Small New England brown knitted bag, decorated with tiny cut silvered beads, signed "Sarah Akin. 1843." in the beads, 4" h.   

19th c. pencil drawing of "Ship Ida B, Barnstable, Mass", [Note: A Bark the Ida of Boston was used in the Blockade of Charleston S.C. during the Civil War, sunk near Cape Henry, as noted in Harper's Weekly, dated June, 1861...Captn. Johnson], early frame, 7 1/2" x 10". 

Late 19th/early 20th c. apothecary chest, pine, 12 drawers constructed from early cigar boxes, tongue and groove top, original brass pulls, scrolled base, inset panel sides, 15" h, 19" w, 9" d. 

19th c. toleware tray, oval with original painted design of an exotic bird and colorful flowers and leaves, red cherries and gold leaves on the rim, mother-of-pearl inlay, 20" l. 

Mahogany dovetailed hooded cradle, shaped rockers, canted sides, 37" l.   

Collection of 27 postcards in green album, "Tuck", Raphael Tuck & Sons, includes early railroad trains, Christmas, Ireland, Washington State, Cat, etc., 1900-1910. 

Collection of 37 unique ink and watercolor postcards, German, French and British, all signed "G. Chabernaud Fevier", 1917, cartoons and caricatures of WWI, depicting Uncle Sam, with miniature German soldiers, etc. in an album. 

1939 New York World's Fair ephemera, including "Views..." booklet with colored lithographs of Architectural Fair buildings; three sets of Souvenir Fathers" postcards; "Futurama" booklet; "Billy Roses' Aquacade" program featuring Johnny Weismuller; "The Town of Tomorrow" booklets; Official 25¢ Guide Book; and more. 

1939 and 1940 New York World's Fair ephemera, including 1939 75 movie views and pathegrams in original box; 1940 Chevrolet booklet with color lithographs; 1940 World's Fair souvenir tickets; Pavillion pamphlets, "Kodak", "GE", "Firestone", "Chrysler"; Royal Dutch Airlines; 1939 and 1940 Railroad pamphlets; official World's Fair Game, Parker Bros., (cards in original box); and more. 

19th c. French ceramic charger, central floral motif, edged with green petal red flowers, in a Stickspatter design, pre-Quimper style coloration with yellow and light blue lined bands, 14" dia. 

19th c. ironstone tureen in a blackberry pattern; 19" platter in similar decoration; smaller ironstone covered vegetable in wheat pattern; and undecorated platter, 15" l. 

Early storage/wood box, hand-hammered brass plated pine chest, with raised decorative motifs on animal paw foot, brass side handles, 18" h, 32 1/2" w, 17 1/2" d. 

Collection of 19th c. objects including: decorated Irish horn snuff with buck deer, "Killarney Lakes"; horn spoon, 10" l; hinged brass snuff box, 5" l; signed and decorated Whitesmith candle snuff, "Cape and Cutler" with patented guillotine movement, and another; plus two cast iron taylor's shears, "Pineknot & Diamond Edge". 

Collection of 12 M.I.T. dinner plates, c. 1930, signed Wedgwood English blue on white transfer ware, Lowell Court (one of 12 separate scenes of "Massachusetts Institute of Technology"), 10 1/4" dia, in original shipping box marked "College Plates, James, McDuffee & Stratton, Boston, Mass.". 

Four hand-colored early French prints of web footed birds, finely detailed, "Le Grebifoutque de Cayenne", etc., signed "Martinet", matted, framed and glazed. 

Three hand-colored early French prints of songbirds, "Petit Pic, de Cayenne", etc., signed "Martinet", matted, framed and glazed. 

Three framed and matted watercolors: "top of Hammond Hill, George L. Hammond, Aug 27, 1898", 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" (sight); unsigned still life of flowers in a blue Grecian vase, 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" (sight); landscape with clouds, signed l.r. "Alton Wiles", 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" (sight). 

Collection of 19th and early 20th c. Mercury glass: two small balls (one on black base, signed "Chas F. Zeller, Morgantown, W.Va"); footed chalice, 5" h; footed bowl, 9" dia; and a grape decorated tie back, 3 1/2" dia. 

Collection of 19th and 20th c. Mercury glass: hand-blown footed vase with black polka dots, 7" h; small footed wine decorated with grapes; footed chalice decorated with grapes and vines, lidded, 8" h; and a hand-blown footed wine with black polka dot decoration, 4" h. 

Collection of 19th and 20th c. Mercury glass: vases; cups; blue glass wine; large ball, 8" dia; shot glass; other balls and whimseys (9 pieces). 

Three hand-colored prints of soldiers, "The Sunday Herald, June 1895", framed, glazed and matted: "Boston Fusiliers", "Worcester Continentals", and "First Corp. Cadets". 

Two-section oak lawyers bookcase, glazed doors, stamped "Gunn Sectional Bookcase, Pat. 1899-1901, Grand Rapids, Mich. USA", 34" w. 

19th c. ceramic yelloware mold; frog form, 7" l; and an oval Bennington pottery bowl, 8" l. 

Collection of boxes: two enamelware and copper lidded lunch boxes, wire handles; small Chinese painted leather trunk with sea scenes of sailing vessels; Dutch silver tobacco box with tavern scenes; small Asian brass lidded box; English Victorian pewter cheese or meat plate, marked "George Ira". 

Collection of Victorian silver and silver plate (five pieces): hallmarked pitcher; wax seal; two cups, Roberts & Belk, Ltd, Sheffield, England, 1886-1921; Nautilus shell form server, 7" l. 

19th c. stoneware pitcher, brown glaze, 11" h; and two stoneware bottles. 

Pair of 19th c. Victorian walnut side chairs, basket and grape carved, openwork back, saber legs.   

Pair of ceramic Majolica style candlesticks, signed on bottom "Bretby", 9" h; with a pair of Majolica creamers, 3 1/2" h. 

Ansonia keywind iron case mantle clock, columned front, gold plated face, Parthenon frieze style, 11" h, 15" w. 

Collection of painted and carved, wooded and clay figurines on horseback, elephants and camels, small birds and animals, Portugal and Indian, early 20th c. 

"New Haven Clock Co." mahogany cased banjo clock, brass eagle finial, silver dial, blue, black and cream decorated throat glass, with ship print on the bottom glass. 

Custom mahogany, Chippendale style, lowboy dressing table, molded top, four drawers, carved central opening, batwing brass, cabriole legs with four claw and ball feet, 30" h, 34" w, 18" d.   

18th c. New England, maple and oak candlestand, old refinish, adjustable round lipped table top, turned shaft on a turned tripod base, 36" h, 16" dia. 

Two canes: one marked "New York World's Fair 1939", paint decorated to resemble zebra wood; and another painted to resemble rosewood, 36" l. 

Large 19th c. New England firkin, original pale blue/green painted finish, swing handle, found in an early Scituate, Mass. home, 14" h, 15 1/2" dia at base, 14 1/2" dia at top. 

Collection of 19 of the "Thistle Library" of small Scottish books, in plaid/tartan covers, illustrated, Andersons, Edinburgh, Ltd., early 1900's-1920's. 

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Early 20th c. hinged cribbage box in a Scottish plaid design, with separate counters, (pegs in hidden compartment); and another plaid covered box. 

19th c. pine wash stand, early white painted finish, drawer with opalescent Sandwich glass pull, finely turned legs.   

Ten wooden bocce balls, each inlaid with six ivory circular spots, in a 19th c. round French steel pan, with swing handles, 17 1/2" dia. 

Collection of six 19th c. transfer decorated cups and mugs, Burslem, children with rabbit, two raised multicolor florals, exotic scenes of foreign lands, and a Staffordshire green transfer mug with dragons and foo dogs. 

Collection of four 19th c. children's mugs: transfer designs, "ABC's" with children at fence in brown, children playing badminton and jumprope in blue, hand-painted multicolor of boating, "J and I", justice and a cobbler multicolor (age line). 

Faux bamboo dining table with drawer, inset panels with bamboo moldings and legs; faux bamboo cross-stretcher tray stand or valise; small hanging mirror in faux bamboo. 

Collection of five 19th c. purple marble glass: rare swan form gravy boat; oval bowl; two compotes (one with branch formed base, one with grape press design); and a small pressed floral and leaf creamer. 

Purple marble glass: mugs; cups; goblets and chalices; including press patterns of fruit and tree boughs, birds on nests with cat below, pairs and singles, (9 pieces). 

Collection of Chinese pottery plates and bowls, green and white tea caddy, serving dishes, and a Rose Medallion bud vase, 3 1/2" h, (11 pieces). 

Two Chinese planters: octagonal footed Celadon, with raised white vines and flowers, and blue stylized bats, 10" h; and a circular white glazed pottery planter, with Chinese calligraphy around the sides, 9" h. 

19th c. New England, Maine, country pine half-round table, base in original black and red grained paint, original grained top has been flipped because of damage, square tapered legs, 28" h, 27" w, 16" d.   

Two hand-colored prints, "The Duke of Wellington" and "Field Marshal von Blucker", both on horseback, both dated 1815, London, 9" x 11". 

Pine rectangular hinged lid box, "Warners Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, Rochester, N.Y."; brown bottle with raised lettering; and a 19th c. firkin with imperfection to rim of lid; (all found in a barn in Scituate, Mass.).   

19th c. Chinese three-shelf cupboard with spindle sides and two doors, inset raised panel top, openwork set of turned spindles inset in doors, square foot, 46" h, 32" w, 12" d.   

19th c. Rose Medallion vase, raised foot, red band decorated with cranes, cobalt blue rim, 1/2" hole on one side, 9" h; and an early blue and white Asian tile, with aquatic scene with lilies and trees, 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". 

Early 18th/19th c. New England pine bench, original natural finish, rectangular top secured with hand-forged nails, carved and molded skirt, bootjack ends, 22" h, 4' l. 

Ceramic figurine of Napoleon striking a pose with crossed arms, hand-painted, with detailed features, minor imperfections, 7 3/4" h. 

Pair of wrought iron, swan neck andirons with arched feet, head with long bill and circular eyes. 

Large 19th c. collection of 12 ironstone pudding molds, various designs. 

Child's wood wheelbarrow, pine, original red paint, spoked wheel, signed underneath "J.H. for Nancy Ann, March 1938", 43" l. 

Pair of late 18th c. Hepplewhite side chairs, carved openwork arched back, upholstered seats, "H" stretcher base, minor repairs. 

19th c. double sided quilt, 56 squares, multicolor designs with an overall blue border, reverse with red/pink, blue and yellow stripes, sewn dated "1888". 

Eight English bone china dinner plates, "Royal Worcester", Oriental Canton motif of an exotic tree in multicolors, green border, 10 1/4" dia. 

Pair of 19th c. Victorian walnut square ottomans, with cushioned tops and curvilinear carved turtle sides, spool turned medial stretcher. 

Collection of 19th c. Oriental china: blue and white 11" chop plate with central dragon; 8" blue and white small bowl; Willoware 10 1/2" plate; rectangular bowl; Canton lid; small sauces.   

Custom mahogany pie crust tea table, triple pedestal stand on a carved singular platform with snake legs.   

Three Chinese oyster plates, two matching with scallop shell centers, 9" dia; and a glass bread serving plate, with lion center, "Bless this Day our Daily Bread", 10" dia. 

19th c. stoneware jug, with cobalt blue bird. 

Three 19th c. stoneware jugs, with cobalt blue designs. 

Late 19th c. child's sled, pine, with original red paint stenciled design of a rearing horse, 46" l, 11" w. 

Custom mahogany, oval tip-top candlestand, with inlaid handled urn with flowers, fine inlay, ball and claw feet.    

18th c. European low bench with crest rail, hardwood, possibly walnut with pine seat, older dark finish, some splits and tightening, imperfections, 25 1/2" h, 46 1/2" l. 

Child's 19th c. pine and maple rope bed, in original red painted finish, through peg and mortise construction, rectangular foot and headboard, wood wheels, roped, 5' x 3' 4". 

Custom mahogany music cabinet, hand-painted floral decoration in yellow, blue and red on a yellow background; and a tip-top round top candlestand, with stenciled and freehand floral decoration. 

Mahogany tea cart, shaped drop leaves, wood spoke wheels, good condition.