Arts and Crafts two-door china cabinet, solid oak. American. Circa 1910. A double door cabinet with glass front and sides. Three adjustable oak shelves. Original finish. Unmarked. Size: 40 inches wide x 61 inches high x 16 inches deep. Excellent condition.
Primitive portrait of Reverend Ebenezer Gay of Suffield, Connecticut. Oil on canvas. Unframed. Unsigned. Circa 1770s. Size: 35.5 inches x 29 inches. This portrait is very similar to one attributed to the portrait painter Winthrop Chandler that was published by David A. Schorsch in his exhibition catalog in 1989 and which recently sold at auction at Sotheby's in Sept. 2010. Our portrait has descended through the family of Ebenezer Gay's daughter, Lucy Gay Swan, of Woodstock, Vermont...
Federal period mahogany sideboard, probably Boston, Massachusetts area. Circa 1815-1820. This fine Sheraton sideboard comes from an early residence in Claremont, New Hampshire and features a bowed central section with a stepped top with rare central demi-lune recess. It is adorned with bands of lunette inlay reminiscent of the work of the cabinetmakers John and Thomas Seymour...
Antique Classically designed gilt over mantel mirror with three beveled glass panels flanked by columns with finely detailed Corinthian capitals and featuring a frieze depicting lions pulling a chariot with a victorious armored warrior. The mirror is trimmed with twenty-one gilt balls. 19th century. Size: 54 inches length x 35.25 inches height x 5 inches depth. Condition: very good with a few chips and cracks to the gilt gesso and with some seam separation in the top molding...
Early American Chippendale period cherry chest-on-chest. New England origin. 18th century. The upper section contains an arrangement of nine graduated drawers above a lower case with three drawers, which is supported on a bracket base. Condition: the top cornice is a later replacement as are the brass pulls. Some old chips and roughness to a few drawer edges. Old refinish. Not a marriage. Dimensions: 73 inches height x 40 1/2 inches width x 21 3/8 inches depth.
New York state Federal era side board with serpentine front. Circa 1795-1805. This mahogany Hepplewhite sideboard has four drawers above four conforming doors faced with book matched, figured mahogany veneers. The tapered legs are adorned with inlaid Grecian urns above bellflowers and elliptical inlay. There is a signature on the underside which has not been deciphered, apart from the letters NY for New York...
Early American Chippendale period slant lid desk in maple. New England origin. Late 18th century. Size: 38 inches wide x 18 inches deep x 43 inches height. Writing surface - 31 inches ht. An attractive maple desk with some tiger graining to the slant front. Dovetailed construction visible on top corner joints; high French feet; four graduated drawers with replaced Chippendale style brasses. The interior reveals a combination of five pigeon holes and seven drawers.
Alice Standish Buell (American, 1892-1964) - Vermont Landmark. Original signed etching on paper. Circa 1940. Image size: 6.75 inches x 9 inches. Published by Associated American Artists. Offered unframed, but retaining the original AAA descriptive label. Titled and signed in lower margin. Some toning in the margins and with remnants of mounting tape on back side, but over all in good condition and with a strong plate impression...
Luigi Lucioni (Italian/American, 1900-1988) original signed etching - Two Silos. Ed. 250. Published in 1943 by Associated American Artists (AAA.) Ref. Embury, 81. Image size: 7.25 inches x 11.75 inches. Signed and dated 1942 in the plate. Pencil signed by the artist in lower right margin. A clean copy of this popular image; offered unframed but retaining the original AAA descriptive label. Full margins. No toning.
New England early blanket chest retaining its original faux flame mahogany paint decorated surface. Pine construction. Early 19th century. Lift-top storage compartment above two dovetailed drawers with original brass pulls supported on high French feet. Offered in as-found estate condition, with some light scratches to the paint. Original hinges and locks. Desirable size: 39 5/8 inches length x 19 1/2 inches depth x 36 3/4 inches height.
Pair of Chinese yoke back arm chairs. Late 19th century. Shanxi province. Elmwood. Dimensions: 43.5 inches height x 25.25 inches width x 22 inches depth. Seat height is 19.5 inches. Each chair has a back splat with carved figural panels. Condition: repair to break on one arm, replaced glue blocks on undersides of seats, some scuffing to one side stretcher on base. Structurally sound.
Large Federal style giltwood girandole mirror with convex glass, surmounted with a fully figured, carved and ebonized eagle with outstretched wings above an acanthus leaf crest. Early 20th century. Size: 42 inches width x 11 inches depth x 55 inches height. The convex mirror measures 22 inches in diameter and is encircled by bands of gilded balls and ebonized stars, between four girandole electrified candle arms. This mirror is in excellent original condition and has modern wiring.
Tiffany Studios - Zodiac pattern - hexagonal bronze inkwell. Circa 1915. Including the original glass inkwell insert (with internal fracture to the glass). Size: 6.75 inches x 6.25 inches x 3.5 inches ht. Excellent condition.
Rookwood Pottery vellum glaze vase adorned with a blue iris against a matt glaze background that shades from dark blue to light blue and finally into peach. Decorated by Caroline Steinle, 1913. Size: 9.75 inches ht. Excellent condition. Manufacturer's and potter's incised marks on underside of base.
Set of four Tiffany and Company large place spoons in vine Grape pattern. 8 5/8 inches length. Monogrammed on the reverse of handle in script 'SLG.' Excellent condition.
New England folk art theorem with fruit painted on velvet. Circa 1830s. Attractively painted with grapes, peach, lemon, strawberries, pear, cherries, black currants and other fruit. Offered in its original pine frame and wavy glass. Found in a Dorset, Vermont residence. Excellent original condition. Size: 11 inches x 14 inches.
Pair of patinated bronze argand lamps by John B. Jones of Boston, MA. Each lamp has a floral finial and an urn-form fluid reservoir. Circa 1830-40s. These lamps have been electrified but have not been drilled. One of the wheel-cut glass shades has a minor chip and line at the top rim. Dimensions: 19 inches ht. x 11 inches length x 5 inches depth. Excellent condition. With label of John B. Jones.
R.C. Gorman (Native American, 1931-2005) - Red Concho. Date: 1989. Original signed limited edition lithograph, 248 of 300, including the accompanying book, "R.C. Gorman: The Graphic Work" bound in leather and linen in a slip case. Both the lithograph and the book are signed by Gorman and numbered. Size of print: 10.75 inches x 13.5 inches. Excellent condition and offered framed. R.C. Gorman has become one of the best known artists of the American Southwest...