A large tin tankard with early painted decoration in the form of a bold red flower that looks like a poinsettia. It has nice form. The background paint has wear but the decoration is still bold. It is presently in stable condition. The height is 6". The base diameter is 4".
$195.00
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PAINTED TINWARE TRUNK
A very large colorfully painted tinware trunk from the North family who worked in Berlin, Connecticut and Fly Creek, New York. It is in very good original condition and has its original hasp, hinges and brass carrying handle. The trunk measures 9 3/4" long, 6 1/4" wide and 7" high.
$995.00
19TH CENTURY CHECKERS BOARD
A beautiful game board in early red and black paint. The board is of square nail construction. It has a nice old surface with appropriate wear. The board measures 16" X16".
$895.00
PAINTED TINWARE TRUNK
This is one of the most pristine painted tinware boxes that I have ever seen! After researching the painted design and comparing it the the examples in Gina Martin's books,We believe it may be from Fly Creek, NY. The box has a mottled asphaltum background with delicately painted tulips and swags. It measures 5 3/4" high, 8 3/4 wide, and 4 3/4" deep. There are only very minor losses to the paint.
$795.00
19TH c. PORTRAIT OF BOY WITH HOOP
A charming c. 1840 American watercolor of a young boy with hoop. It is in its original mahogany weneered frame and is in excellent condition. The overall size is 13 7/8" X 11 5/8" wide.The sight size is 7 1/2" X 9 1/2".
$1995.00
A LOVING LIKENESS
A copy of the highly acclaimed reference book titled A Loving Likeness American Folk Portraits of the Nineteenth Century. The book feathres portraiture by numerous folk artists many of these works are in their original frames. The collection belonged to the Raymond & Susan Egan . This was the catalog that accompanied the Bristol Meyers Squibb exhibition in1992. The text is by Marna Anderson..
$85.00
EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT ON PANEL
This portrait is painted in oil on a pine panel. The gentleman is nicely dressed in a greatcoat. He is wearing what appears to be a diamond stickpin in his blue stock. The back of the panel has a later floral painting. There is a spline running through the back top and bottom to keep the panel from warping. The painting is framed in a period frame. the framed measurements are 12 3/8:" X 16 3/8". Minor loses would be an easy touch up for a conservator!
SOLD
PAIR OF PORTRAITS CIRCA 1830
A pair of marriage portraits of an exceptionally good looking couple. The sitters in these oil on canvas portraits were identified at some point in the past by a family member. the names Grandfather Walker and Grandmother Walker [Diancy] are written in pencil on the back of the stretchers. There is a verbal hoistory of the sitters being from Springfield, Massachusetts. The portraits have not been relined and they retain their original stretchers. While there is heavy craquelure, the paint is not flaking at all and is very stable. There is scattered retouch to the background near the stretchers on each. The sight size is 20 1/2" X 25".. The stretcher size is 22" X 27". The deeply molded wood frames were made rather recently to fit the paintings.
$3450.00
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VERMONT SCHOOL GIRL WATERCOLOR
Circa 1835, this watercolor was done by Jennett King. It came from an estate in Brownsville, Vermont. The name Jennett King as well as the dimensions of the artwork appear in old script en verso. The work appears to be in its original frame. The overall size is about 17" X 21". The sight is 12 1/2" X 16 1/2".
$1200.00
CONNECTICUT FAMILY DOUBLE SILHOUETTE AND FAMILY REGISTER
This is a wonderful piece! it is a double silhouette of a couple. The silhouetts are housed in their original mahogany veneer frame with the lower tablet of the frame containing a record of the family of Joseph Webster and his wife Mehetable Drake. Joseph was born Feb 1, 1762 to William Webster and Anna Case Webster. Mehetable Drake was born Jan 28, 1766 to Ebenezer Drake and Mehetable Cook Drake. They were married April 14th 1785 in Wintonbury, (Bloomfield) CT where it appears they continued to reside. The register gives the dates of birth of their 7 children. Death dates were also carefully added as they occured. The overall dimension of this piece is 12 1/2" X 10 3/4".
$2000.00
SIGNED CHARCOAL DRAWING OF KITTENS
This is an adorable charcoal drawing depicting two very friendly kittens. It is beautifully rendered by Bernice Viets who was from East Granby, CT 1910 census she is listed as 24 years of age and living on an East Granby farm with her parents Scott and Chloe Viets and her sisters Esther and Dorothy. The charcoal drawing is signed B. Viets on the lower left and BLV on the lower right. It measures ( sight) 8 3/4" X 10 1/2". The framed dimension is approx. 12 1/2" X 14 1/4".
$995.00
DRAWING OF EBENEZER MASON'S HOUSE ASHFORD, CONNECTICUT
This is a fantastic piece that is much nicer in person than we can capture in the photos! It is a watercolor copy, painted by Samuel R. Mason on June 7 1832, titled "The Residence of the late Ebenezer Mason Ashford, Conn. The painting is done predominantly in shades of gray with the chimney of the house, the dirt road and the body of the stagecoach accented in color. The brownish red painted frame is original to the piece and has a fantastic crazed surface. The matt is also original. Even the hand planed wood back board is original to the piece. I believe the house pictured was that of either church Deacon Ebenezer Mason born in 1749 or that of his sone Ebenezer who was born in 1782. Both men were born in Ashford. That branch of the Mason family came from Roxbury, Massachusetts, settled in Woodstock, CT and then Ashford. Deacon Ebenezer Hastings Married Mary Haastings. Their son also Ebenezer married Martha Harwood.
