Important Antique Furniture, Fine Art and Decorative Arts - October 20, 2012

Auction Results Overview

A summary of the items offered from this sale are listed below.

Antique American Furniture- 2 small New England Queen Anne Highboys; NJ tip and turn ball and claw foot tea table with carved knees and arched door pane 2 painted corner cupboards; cherry PA blind door Chippendale secretary; NY Hepplewhite Pembroke table with bell flower inlay on the legs; R Perkins, Jaffrey, NH tall clock; Chippendale and Sheraton 4 drawer chests; shaped top Queen Anne candle stand; one drawer stands; paint decorated dressing table and wash stand; tiger maple Sheraton field bed; 2 mahogany  Empire drop leaf dining tables plus more.

Antique English Furniture - 1^st period Walnut Queen Anne wing chair with cabriole front legs, serpentine stretchers and cone arms; walnut Queen Anne mirror; chinoiserie decorated Chippendale side chairs; William and Mary ball foot 4 drawer chest; Late Sheraton 2 part banquet table with reeded legs; 19^th century inlaid tall case clock by Cyrus Crew Tetsburg; Edwardian cluster leg pierced tray silver table.

Custom Furniture-Pair of ladder back armchairs; William and Mary tavern table, camelback sofa, carved Chippendale wing chair; pair of Queen Anne side chairs with needlework seats; Set of 10 pierced splat Chippendale dining chairs with 2 arms.

American Fine Art-Important Thomas Moran watercolor of the Italian coast line; Charles Wilson Knapp oil on canvas landscape; large William Blair (Bruce) oil on canvas Mt Ascutney, VT; others by Eloisa Schwabb, E Bauer, I Moskowitz; Primitive portrait of Young man; Frederick Rhodes Sisson, plus lots more.

Sporting Fine Art- Important Edmund H Osthaus water color of 3 hunting spaniels; Harry Stone Reeves oil on canvas horse portrait and a grouping of Robert and Virginia Warfield carved & painted birds some in large group sizes; 2 George Connell watercolors; sporting prints and  etchings.

English, Continental, Philippines & other Fine Art-Philippines:  Important Fernando Amorsolo oil on panel of a woman hand washing clothes; UK-William Huggins oil on canvas landscape; also art by George W. Rice; Frederick Calvert oil on panel Dutch landscape; James McBey water color seascape; Sidney R Percy oil on canvas farm scene; Continental: French, Jean Jacques Morvan; 2 oil on canvas interior scenes 1 signed illegibly, numerous prints and etchings 1 by Albrecht Durer and another by Ferdinand Shmutzer.

Accessories-Important Fitchburg, Mass Pratt family register and fire bucket: Clocks: French figural marble and Chelsea mantle clocks; Pottery and Porcelain: Mocha pitcher, Staffordshire vases, Historical blue, decorated lustre & other historical pitchers; 4 silhouettes; appliqué quilt; 4 Miniature paintings on ivory with provenance; large Bein Ed Audubon; Marine: whale bone swift, 2 ships models and  7 volume set Jackson’s History of American Merchant Marine; Pre-Columbian: 2 ceremonial decorated clay flutes and Machalilla carved owl; Native American: Penobscot decorated war club; lot of early pewter; set 4 Vaseline glass  Sandwich candlesticks; cast iron urn with base; set of 4 FJ Huntington terrestrial maps and a horse weather vane.

Coin, Sheffield & Sterling Silver: Coin: Important English shell decorated flatware service with provenance plus other early continental flatware and American basket of flowers decorated spoon and  ladle collection; NY creamer by Ball/Black and ladle by Albert Coles; Sheffield: large candelabrum by M Boulton plus other candle sticks, wine coasters and serving pieces; Sterling: Important Arthur Stone tea/coffee service plus other Stone items; Tiffany & other round trays; large vase; Gorham & Durgin tea sets; 3 large flatware services fiddle head and Deco designs; plus lots more for a great selection.

Asian Antiques & Fine Art- Chinese: 2 early scroll paintings plus other artwork  porcelain: large lot of Canton including reticulated oval basket & tray, large lot of Rose medallion; large blue and white ginger jars; bronze vases; Lacquer sewing box with ivory tools; important carved Chinese canopy bed; pair yoke back and carved armchairs; lion head Nepalese brass scepter; Persian decorated plate

Antique Oriental Rugs- Room size: bold center med 10 by 13 Heriz plus a center med, 1930s Sarouk; worn geometric Sumac; scatter size: Sarouk, 3 early Caucasians, Tekke Bokhara, modern silk Tabriz style.

Jewelry – 2 kt. diamond & amethyst earrings; diamond and gold mans ring; Paul Morelli, 750 marked bracelet; Movado watch; blue topaz necklace and  earrings, Italian 14 and 18K necklace & bracelet; diamond necklace and earrings; Tiffany charm bracelets and a Tiffany marked ring; opal earrings and necklace; plus numerous pieces of sterling silver  and Native American jewelry