WINTER ANTIQUE AUCTION
Sat, February 21, 2004 at 5:00 pm
Holiday Inn, Dedham, MA
Preview: Sat. 12-5pm
Drawn from Estates from Duxbury, Mass.; Providence, Rhode Island; Dayton, Ohio; and Great Falls, Montana..
[Large collection of over 40 early Staffordshire figurines to be sold starting at 5:00 pm]
FURNITURE: Two 18th c. Gov. Winthrop desks; two RI 7-drawer tall chests, one w/orig. brass (both in orig. painted finish); Four New England maple & cherry 3- and4-drawer Chip. & Hep. bureaus;18th c. round top shoe foot hutch table in early paint (ex. J. Walton); Two stretcher base NE tavern tables (one oval top);
Three early 19th c. corner cupboards (two in orig. paint), one w/early glass top;18th & 19th c. pine NE wall cupboards, and an early 19th c. creamery cupboard w/traces of orig. red; Two 19th c. pie safes w/punched tin panels; Two and three-drawer 18th & 19th c. blanket chests;18th c. RI blanket boxes in orig. paint (one in wild graining, one dated "1808";Two tall clocks (one R. Whiting);19th c. cherry deep drop leaf dining table, and Hep. drop leaf tables;Two QA tiptop mahogany and maple breakfast tables; Many Am. Hep. & Sheraton (Federal) 1-, 2- & 3-drawer stands (tiger maple, mahogany, etc.);18th c. inlaid Martha Washington lolling chair w/inlay; Early mahogany serpentine sideboard w/eagle & shield inlay; Over 15 18th & 19th c. NE bowback & fanback Windsor chairs, inc. Am. chairs in orig. paint;QA Spanish foot chair in old black; Set of 5 18th c. ladderback chairs;Early rockers (orig. paint and decoration);18th c. mahogany armchair;Duncan Phyfe style mahogany inlaid dining table; RI 18th c. Newport style mahogany shell carved chest;
ACCESSORIES: Early 19th c. banjo clock (signed "J.B. Wilbour, Newport, RI", throat glass signed "D. Williams");Two fine Nantucket baskets (one oval, labeled "F. Sylvaro"); Early samplers (two by sisters from Beverly, MA);19th c. boxed sextant (labeled "F. Lincoln, Boston"); Redware & stoneware;
Hist. Blue Staffordshire; Many pairs of 19th c. brass candlesticks; Chinese Export: unusual Celadon pieces; two palace vases; blanc de Chine jar;19th c. brass andirons; early iron cooking utensils;18th c. Am. pewter 18" charger;19th child’s stepback cupboard;Shaker rug whip and 3-finger oval box; Early framed watercolor map of Duxbury, MA; Early pine and maple woodenware: painted sugar bowl, signed firkins (Hingham), lapped 18th c. wash tub, churns, cradle;
Folk Art: 19th c. copper cow weathervane; small collection of 20th c. carved horses, riders & farm animals; contemporary carousel horse; Civil War musket "Brandenburg", and Bandolier bag; collection of tin cookie cutters; Paintings: two o/c seascapes, signed C.H. Gifford;Trout o/c, signed "Wm. Brackett, 1873"; o/c Indians on horseback, "Alvan Fisher"; o/c "Florence", signed "M. Viana"; o/c "Carl Johansen"; 17th c. portrait on board of a young lady; 19th c. o/b portrait of a young girl; w/c "F. Hopkinson Smith"; orig. w/c’s from Treasury of American Design; Oriental Rugs: Sarouk, Hamadans, scatters, runners, roomsize, etc.
Info: 781-834-7774, www.willishenry.com, 15% Buyer’s Premium, MC/Visa, MA Lic. #294. Directions: From Rt. 128, take Exit 15A north onto Rt. 1, take left at first light