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SMALL BIBLE OR VALUABLES BOX IN ORIGINAL RED PAINT
New England, ca. late 18th.
Pine, and basswood with original dark very dry crusty red paint. Also retains original iron hinges, lock, key, and side batons. (lock and key still function). The brass escutcheon shows no signs of being replaced. Nicely molded front of lid. Joinery by early cut nails.
The box in excellent condition with just minor period wear. Interior crisp and clean and has a pencil inscription under the lid as shown.
Just 19 ½ inches wide x 8 tall x 10 deep, a desirable smaller example of this form.
Civil War Butter Print
PA 181 Pennsylvania Volunteers
.....sale pending
Pennsylvania, 1863-1870. Carved for/by the 181st Pennsylvania Volunteers, aka the 20th Pennsylvania Calvary.
Close examination shows a number of subtle features ,including a Hardee hat with two feathers, saber, two crossed flintlock pistols, and other symbols. And the letter ‘A’ which likely indicates Company A.
An excerpt from Wikipedia about the PA 181: “from the counties of Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Montgomery, and Union, as well as from the city of Philadelphia during June and July 1863, this regiment was composed of six companies of men who were commissioned for six months' service plus five companies of existing emergency militia units that had been assigned to picket and scout duties along the Susquehanna River and the roads leading toward Carlisle, Marysville and York during the Emergency of 1863 when regiments of the Confederate States Army invaded Pennsylvania”.
About 3 7/8 inches diameter. Fine condition. From a fine southern collection of early woodenware.
Two Colorful
Pantry Boxes.
..blue sold; red sale pending
Bittersweet-Red: Scare vivid warm-red color. Thick walled; fingered. Large size at about 9 ¾ inches diameter. Very thin crusty over-varnish.
Blue: Patinated Robin’s-Egg Blue. Dry surface. About 7 7/8 inches diameter.
From a private Maine collection….They work well together as a splash of authentic antique color.
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Exceptional
Small Portrait
A Lovely Young Lady
.....SOLD
Northeast, ca. 1810-1820, likely New York, Pennsylvania, or Ohio. Oil on thin wooden panel.
Soft and very pleasing.
The young lady in profile with lacy high-waisted dress with pink ribbon, her hair held up on a comb with distinctive tendrils.
Attributed to Jasper Miles, formerly misidentified tied as “Mr. Boyd”, was the subject of a research paper in Magazine Antiques in 2016. This portrait bears that distinctive Jasper Miles "horn shaped" inner ear, and precise attention to detail in the hair.
Excellent untouched condition. Old frame not original yet works well with the portrait. Shadows may be faintly seen about the perimeter of the portrait from the first frame. Frame size about 9 inches x 6 ¾.
The
RED BOOK ARTIST
Rare PAIR
of Profile Portraits
Likely New Hampshire, ca. 1830.
The sitters are rendered in three-quarter length on paper, hands in opaque (gouache) white watercolor each holding a red book with distinctive long curled-upward thumbs. The outer hands are also white yet with a subtle blue tint, and rest on their hips.
The stylish gentleman in long black coat (with sharp little spike at the shoulder), with blue vest, the blue echoed in the trim of the lady’s beautiful lace collar which falls over her shoulders.
Their heads are hollow-cut backed by black silk, bodies are watercolor with gouache detailing. Hair is painted, hers up in a comb as typically seen in this period.
Presented in mahogany veneered frames which are likely original (backboards replaced), frames about 6 inches x 5. The lady’s background is lighter and a bit puckered indicating that she lost her backboard early on. The gentleman’s is lightly toned from longer contact with its original backboard.
The book the gentleman is holding initialed “HH”, which may be important, as another portrait by the Red Book Artist has pencil inscribed on the back “H.P. Hammons, Concord, NH”. This suggests that H.P Hammons could be the name of the Red Book Artist.
Superior
Paint Decorated
Watch Hutch
So good!
.....SOLD
Pennsylvania, ca. 1800-1825.
With a REMARKABLE degree of precision and skill in its making and a sensational dry untouched surface.
Basswood, featuring a black and white hex spiral (compass rose) and highly oxidized bittersweet paint overall. The “tombstone” top formed by cutting kerfs into its underside so it could be bent into the round. The hinges are made in a Pennsylvania (Lancaster) tradition incorporating tin-tabs piercing the side wall. The original wavy glass is held in the corners by tin “points”. Joinery by square wooden pegs and hide glue.
About 9 inches tall x 3 5/8 wide x 1 ¾ deep.
Although known as a watch hutch to display a prized timepiece (and function as a wall clock), this hutch could have also displayed a choice piece of jewelry.
Important provenance includes the historic William Koch collection, Courcier and Wilkins, and exceptional private Connecticut collection.
Folk Art Portrait of a Young Boy.
Prior-Hamblen School
.....SOLD
New England, probably Boston, ca. 1840-1850. Oil on board. Attributed to E.W. (Eli) Blake, a physician at a Boston hospital, who is believed to be the "Double Swag Artist" and/or the “Pointed Finger Artist”.
The very pleasing gray-blue eyed little boy wears a GREEN buttoned shirt with white collar and holds a riding crop ......
Rare ELL RULE
Dated 1738
.....sale pending
Wrought in iron, inlaid in brass with the initials ‘ST’ and the date ‘1738’. England.
In England at this time, the “ELL RULE” was a standard measure of length by which all cloth was sold, based loosely on the length of an arm. Ell translates to "arm", and now in modern English "elbow" (arm-bend). There are several scribed lines on this ell suggesting shorter lengths were also measured.
In perfect condition with rich surface, this wrought ell is flattened and tapers from the dated area to the bottom end. Above the date is fully rounded, with pierced finial for hanging and flatten knop. Total length about 36 inches. .
Fine Burl Bowl with Especially Good Surface
Northeast, ca. 1800. Ash burl, lightweight, thinly and expertly turned on a slow lathe, in the classic rimmed and footed form of this period.
With an especially desirable very dry surface, never varnished, nutty brown color, showing darkening at the rim, graduating to less away from the rim, reflecting how is was handled.
Fine condition; internal checks; hairline at rim. About 7 7/8 inches diameter x 3 1/8 tall.
Provenance includes a Midwest collection; Bob Jessen and Jim Hohnwald (NH). .