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 May, 2019 | 36 Items | July, 2019  |
| PENNSYLVANIA COUNTRY PAINTED POPLAR BUCKET BENCH, unusual form, upper shelf fitted with applied gallery and lower dovetailed drawer, above open shelf, solid ends with cut-outs. Retains an old blue-painted surface. 19th century. 36" H, 62" W, 14 3/4" D. Condition: Very good overall condition, possible areas of paint restoration, with areas of expected usage wear. Provenance: The Jack and Tommie Marsh collection, Columbia, SC. Acquired from Country Treasures, Preston, MD. Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 21, 2019. Estimate: $800-1,200 Price Realized: $4,095 | |
| JOHN COFFMAN, ROCKINGHAM CO., SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA INSCRIBED AND DECORATED STONEWARE SQUAT POT / PRESERVE JAR, salt-glazed, globular form with plain flat-top rim and grooved, arched handles. Neatly inscribed "Peach" on one side with "Francis Mc mulen" on reverse, having erratic incised lines below one handle. Brushed cobalt at handle terminals and highlighting inscriptions. John Coffman (1824-1899), Park Factory, Eastern Rockingham Co., VA. 1845-1856. 7.25" H, 6.75" D rim. Condition: Having a few flakes to rim, otherwise undamaged. Literature: Parallels Evans/Suter - "'A Great Deal of Stone & Earthen Ware': The Rockingham County, Virginia School of Folk Pottery", p. 38, figs. 20, 21. Catalogue Note: This jar is likely inscribed for Francis Marion McMullan (1830-1905), a distinguished lawyer, judge, and educator from Stanardsville, Greene Co., Virginia. During the Civil War, he served as Captain of the Greene Guards and 4th VA Heavy Artillery. After the war, he and his wife ran a school in Stanardsville until it was incorporated into the public school system in 1876. McMullan served as Judge of Madison Co. from 1886 to 1904. The Coffman family pottery site was located in Beldor, which is directly across the Blue Ridge Mountains through Swift Run Gap, about 12 miles west of Stanardsville. A sizable number of Coffman squat pots have been recovered in Greene and adjoining Madison Counties, indicating the Coffmans were selling their wares across the mountain in this northwestern Piedmont region. Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 22, 2019. Estimate: $1,000-1,500 Price Realized: $4,095 | |
| | SIGNED SIMON LAUCK, WINCHESTER, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA KENTUCKY-STYLE LONG RIFLE, figured tiger maple full-stock, engraved brass patchbox with quatrefoil fore-end, double set trigger, carved and incised scroll on butt-stock along with additional C-scrolls, period ramrod. Inscribed "S. Lauck" to top of octagon barrel. Historical conversion to percussion. Simon Lauck, Sr. (1760-1815), Winchester, VA. Circa 1810. 56.75" LOA, 40.5" L barrel. Condition: Stock cleaned, patchbox lacking release button, toe plate replaced, short crack and losses to top edge of stock end, lacking one screw on backplate, other small imperfections. Literature: See Whisker - Gunsmiths of Virginia, p. 85 for a similar example. Provenance: From a Staunton, VA private collection. Catalogue Note: Simon Lauck, Sr. was the preeminent Winchester gunsmith from the Revolution until his death in 1815. On July 14, 1775 he and his brother Peter marched with Daniel Morgan's Virginia Riflemen to the relief of Boston. They then joined the ill-fated expedition against Quebec. Upon his death, Simon left his gunsmithing tools to his sons John, Jacob, and William. Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 22, 2019. Estimate: $2,000-3,000 Price Realized: $4,387.50 |
| | U. S. MODEL 1808 / 1812 CONTRACT MARYLAND MILITIA FLINTLOCK MUSKET, long narrow band springs behind the bands, lockplate marked with an eagle above "NEW HAVEN" in front of hammer and arched "U. STATES" to rear, large "MARYLAND" branded to forestock, with ramrod. First quarter 19th century. 57.25" LOA, 43" L barrel. Condition: Very good as-found condition, staining to stock, lacking sling rings, hammer lacking screw down. Provenance: Historic property descended in the Clopper-Hutton family, "The Woodlands", Montgomery Co., MD. Catalogue Note: This musket is thought to have been used by a member of the Byrne or Hutton family during the War of 1812. See lot 1164 in this auction for a belt with period inked inscription that appears to read P. J. Byrne, likely for Patrick John Byrne (1790-1829), brother of Anna Jane Byrne Clopper of "The Woodlands". It is also possible that this musket was used by one of numerous members of the Hutton family who served in the War of 1812. Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 22, 2019. Estimate: $500-800 Price Realized: $3,802.50 |
| THOMAS SULLY (PENNSYLVANIA, 1783-1872), ATTRIBUTED, PORTRAIT OF FRANCIS CASSATT CLOPPER (1786-1868) OF MONTGOMERY CO., MARYLAND, OIL ON CANVAS, (updated 6/19/19) recorded as No. 316 "Mr. Clopper" in the artist's registry, exceptional waist-length depiction of a seated figure in partial profile, face turned toward the viewer, he wearing high white stock and green coat with large brass buttons, no signature located. Retains likely original gilt-molded frame, as-found. Circa 1810. 32.5" x 27" OA. Very good visual condition, lined, with minor scattered areas of repair and inpainting, including figure's proper right eye, proper left cheek, clothing, and background. Literature: See Leland Little Auctions, Lot 65, 3/17/2012 for the oil on board study of the present portrait, the study inscribed "Clopper / p. 55. S. B." to paper backing. Provenance: Historic property descended in the Clopper-Hutton family, "The Woodlands", Montgomery Co., MD. Catalogue Note: Francis Cassatt Clopper (1786-1868) was an important early Montgomery Co., Maryland resident. Born in Baltimore, Clopper initially achieved success as a merchant in Philadelphia, where he had this portrait commissioned in 1810, but moved to Montgomery Co. in 1812 with his new bride Ann Jane Byrne Clopper. Here the Cloppers established a grand home, "The Woodlands", as well as a farm, grist mill, and blanket factory, all of which remained important landmarks for over 150 years. Tragically, the home and property were acquired in 1968 through eminent domain by the state of Maryland and burned by arsonists shortly thereafter. Luckily, through the shear determination of the remaining heir at the time (the present consignor), most of the family possessions were saved and transported to Virginia where they have remained until now. The present portrait of Clopper by Sully stood as one of the iconic fixtures at "The Woodlands" for well over a century, witnessing the passing of several generations. According to family history, the damage to the sitter's eye was done by an African-American servant who was tired of being startled by "Marster's" gaze. After the damage was done (a puncture to his proper right eye), the family promptly contacted Sully, still living in Philadelphia at the time, and the artist insisted that the portrait be sent to him for repair, calling it one of his best. The present portrait of Francis Cassatt Clopper by Thomas Sully stands as an outstanding example of the then-young portraitist's work, exhibiting many of the key features for which the artist is recognized. Descended directly in the family, the appearance of the present portrait on the open market represents a rare opportunity to acquire a significant work by a significant artist. Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 22, 2019. Estimate: $4,000-6,000 Price Realized: $14,040 | |
| ANDREW ELLICOTT (AMERICAN, 1754-1820) PLAN OF WASHINGTON, D.C., ENGRAVING ON LAID PAPER, engraved by Thackara & Vallance in Philadelphia, the full title "PLAN / of the CITY of / Washington / in the Territory of Columbia / ceded by the States of / VIRGINIA and MARYLAND / to the / United States of America, / and by them established as the / SEAT of their GOVERNMENT, / after the Year / MDCCC", 19th-century pencil inscription lower right "From Capt. C. P. Patterson / WRH", likely William Rich Hutton (1826-1901). Unframed. 1792. 20.75" x 28" plate mark, 21.75" x 29.375" object. Condition: Good overall as-found, unrestored condition with minor toning and scattered foxing / discoloration, small stain at upper edge. Margins likely trimmed. Several scattered small edge tears (largest 2" at center lower edge), and several small edge losses (largest 1.25" x .5”). Provenance: Historic property descended in the Clopper-Hutton family, "The Woodlands", Montgomery Co., MD. Catalogue Note: Discovered rolled up in a trunk with family papers, the present example is one of the earliest official printed plans depicting what would become the nation's capitol. Based on the design of Pierre l'Enfant and the survey work of Andrew Ellicott, the Ellicott version conspicuously fails to mention the contributions of L'Enfant. A rare and visually appealing work, the present example is unrecorded and completely fresh to the market. Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 22, 2019. Estimate: $2,000-3,000 Price Realized: $12,870 | |
| | HISTORICAL COLONIAL VIRGINIA IMPRINT WITH WILLIAM BEVERLEY OWNERSHIP, "The Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia. With the Titles of Such as are Expired, or Repealed; Notes in the Margin, shewing (sic) how, and at what Time they were Repealed: And An exact Table to the Whole", Williamsburg: Printed by William Hunter, 1752, 455 pp plus "Errata" page. Full-calf binding. Retains original engraved bookplate for William Beverley (1696-1756) below signature and "October 1752" inscribed date. Endpaper bearing ink inscriptions, including "John Kenney March 9th 1813" and "Afterwards Judge of the 12th Judicial District / as shown by records in my office as Clerk / J. S. Messerley County Clerk". Folio 14" x 9”. Condition: Fair as-found condition, lacking spine, covers detached, toning and staining, some insect damage to flyleaves, etc. Provenance: Property of the Massanutten Regional Library. Sold to benefit the collections and programming funds. Catalogue Note: William Beverley (1696-1756) was a Colonial Virginia planter, landowner, and legislator. His role in stimulating western settlement in Virginia during the 18th-century was pivotal, particularly his development of the 118,941-acre tract known as "Beverley Manor" in present-day Augusta County, and his active recruitment of Scots-Irish immigrants in this endeavor to populate these vast holdings. This volume is an important Colonial Virginia imprint representing the first significant work from the press of the state's second printer, William Hunter. William Parks, the first printer, died in 1749, and Hunter set up his shop in Williamsburg in late 1750. In 1752 he was awarded the contract to print the laws for the General Assembly. The present volume is an extremely rare survivor of the Colonial period, made even more significant by its history of ownership. Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 22, 2019. Estimate: $2,000-3,000 Price Realized: $11,700 |
| 1844 HENRY CLAY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FLAG BANNER, hand-sewn cotton, the blue glazed canton with 29 double-appliqued stars arranged in a Great Star-type pattern, ten separately sewn stripes, cord edging, retains two possibly original silk ties, "HOME PROTECTION AND HENRY CLAY” stenciled in black paint on lower stripes. Unframed. 1844. 41.5" x 61". Condition: Good as-found condition with heavy fading / loss to red dye on stripes, moderate toning and discoloration throughout. Some minor glue and paper residue from previous use. Heavier staining and discoloration at fly end. Provenance: Historic property descended in the Clopper-Hutton family, "The Woodlands", Montgomery Co., MD. Catalogue Note: When recently discovered in a trunk with family papers, the present flag banner retained several sheets of 19th-century ruled paper marked for "HANCOCK AND ENGLISH" pasted over the original Clay slogan. Hancock and English were Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates in the 1880 election when the nearly 40-year-old Clay campaign relic was re-purposed by a family member in support of the then-Democratic nominees. Thankfully, after the 1880 election, the flag was put away and not used in this manner again. The "HOME PROTECTION" slogan exhibited here is undoubtedly a reference to Clay's American System, which chiefly promoted internal improvements, a national bank, and tariff protections. Though worn, the present example exhibits several of the most desirable characteristics of early American political textiles, namely a dynamic star pattern coupled with a bold slogan. Fresh to the market and unrecorded, this Henry Clay campaign flag banner may well be a unique example. Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 22, 2019. Estimate: $800-1,200 Price Realized: $8,775 | |
| MARYLAND CHINTZ APPLIQUE BED COVER, (updated 6/14/19) hand-stitched, four-paneled white matelasse-type fabric ground having cut-out chintz fabric designs applied to top in a medallion arrangement, comprising a center vignette of a fountain and a perched crane-like bird among flowers, an inner and outer vine border with various blossoms, scattered butterflies, and a group of flowers in each corner, three sides with applied fancy fringe. Circa 1840. 115" x 117" with fringe. Condition: Very good overall condition with areas of light to moderate toning, scattered stains and spots, one small hole near top edge, spots of bleeding to back from chintz fabric on front. Provenance: Historic property descended in the Clopper-Hutton family, "The Woodlands", Montgomery Co., Maryland. Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 22, 2019. Estimate: $500-800 Price Realized: $5,265 | |
| JOHN GADSBY CHAPMAN (VIRGINIA, 1808-1889), ATTRIBUTED, PORTRAIT OF MARIA GRAHAM KOONTZ (ROCKINGHAM CO., VIRGINIA, 1812-1896), OIL ON CANVAS, fine half-length depiction of an auburn-haired young woman in high-waisted Empire-style gown holding a rose in one hand, sporting drop earrings, necklace, and unusual blue wrap/draped textile around her shoulder and secured with ovoid clasp at her waist, no signature located. 19th-century inscribed note in the sitter's hand attached verso (with losses), which reads, in part, "This portrait of Maria Graham / Koontz born in Harrisonburg Rock / ingham [County] Va, daughter of Jacob / Koontz and Maria Gilbert Gra[ham] / Painted by John G / [Chapm]an in Alexandria Va / year 1826 / Maria G. Carr, M. D. / Chicago 1882". Housed in a later 19th-century gilt frame. Circa 1826. 26.75" x 22" sight, 33.5" x 28.5" OA. Condition: Excellent visual condition. Professional conservation undertaken in 1986 by the Washington Conservation Studio, treatment including lining (on original stretchers) and minor scattered inpainting to sitter, clothing, and background. Frame with minor wear and discoloration. Provenance: From the private collection of Dr. George A. and Mary Jane Haas, Alexandria, VA. C. G. Sloan and Company, Auctioneers, Washington, D.C., 1986. Catalogue Note: According to the note attached verso on the original canvas, the present portrait of Maria Graham Koontz (1812-1896) was completed in Alexandria, VA in 1826 by then seventeen-year-old artist, John Gadsby Chapman, when the two were students in neighboring Alexandria academies. Chapman, then on the cusp of a great artistic career, was clearly lacking formal training at this point but nonetheless inherently capable of capturing something of the essence of his sitter. Interestingly, Chapman notes in his diary a year later that he had recorded his first fee for a portrait, so it is likely that the present likeness of Maria Graham Koontz was completed gratis. Chapman's long and illustrious career as one of America's most popular 19th-century artists is well-documented, and his most famous work, the monumental "Baptism of Pocahontas" remains an iconic fixture at the U. S. Capitol Building. The Koontz family were important early settlers of Rockingham Co., VA in the area known as "Rocktown", today the city of Harrisonburg. Her grandfather had been a Colonel in the local militia and even served in the Virginia Legislature. Her mother, Maria Graham, tragically died only a month after the birth of her daughter, leaving her father, Jacob Koontz, to raise her alone. In 1825, when Maria was 13 years old, her father sent her to school in Alexandria, VA, at the time one of the young nation's most bustling cities. Maria Koontz married Dr. Waltson Carr of West Virginia just a few years later in 1829, and the couple settled in the Shenandoah Valley to raise a family. In 1892, nearly 63 years after her marriage to Dr. Carr, Maria published a short autobiography, titled "My Recollections of Rocktown, Now Known as Harrisonburg". A scarce surviving portrait by an important artist of an identified Shenandoah Valley sitter, the appearance of the present work on the market represents a rare opportunity for collectors. Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 22, 2019. Estimate: $5,000-8,000 Price Realized: $15,210 | |
| STIREWALT FAMILY, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, PAINT-DECORATED YELLOW PINE DIMINUTIVE BOX, the hinged rectangular lid (retaining remnants of original leather hinges) over a rectangular case of dovetailed construction, raised on four turned and ebonized feet mortised through the bottom of the case, the edges of both lid and bottom exhibit a round profile which extends slightly beyond the parameters of the case. Retains dry, original yellow and black decoration (stenciled and freehand) against a deep red ground, design featuring characteristic eight-pointed "Virginia" star to lid and unusual circle within radiating lines to case panels, old pencil inscription to back "Estate of Samuel Shuttes (?)". Attributed to Jacob Stirewalt (1805-1869) and/or John N. Stirewalt (1802-1836), New Market, VA. Circa 1840. 5 .375” H, 7.125" W, 4.25" D. Condition: Excellent overall condition with very minor wear and discoloration. Lid detached with typical wear and losses to leather hinges. Literature: See Moore and Goodman - "Painted Boxes and Miniature Chests from Shenandoah County, Virginia: The Stirewalt Group", The Magazine Antiques, September 2007, pp. 76-83 for similar examples and a discussion of the group. Provenance: From a Virginia private collection. Catalogue Note: This chest is one of an important group attributed to the Stirewalt family of New Market, Shenandoah Co., VA that are all linked by parallels in construction, materials, and decoration. Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 22, 2019. Estimate: $8,000-12,000 Price Realized: $12,870 | |
| JOHANN VALENTIN SCHULLER (NORTHUMBERLAND CO., PENNSYLVANIA) FOLK ART FRAKTUR GERBURTS UND TAUFSCHEIN / BIRTH AND BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATE, watercolor and ink on laid paper, a vibrant example, the central register inscribed for Johannes Groff, born 1799 in Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, flanked by fantastical flowering urns, signed at lower edge. Housed under glass in a 19th-century paint-decorated frame. Circa 1810. 7.5" x 12.125" sight, 11.5" x 16" OA. Condition: Very good overall condition with minor toning and foxing, light vertical center fold line, not laid down, margins possibly trimmed slightly. Frame with minor wear. Literature: See Earnest and Earnest - Fraktur: Folk Art & Family, p. 55, for a similar example. Provenance: From a Virginia private collection. Catalogue Note: As the Earnests note in "Fraktur: Folk Art & Family", most of Schuller's taufschein incorporate a central printed register. The present example, entirely hand-drawn, is scarce in this respect. Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 22, 2019. Estimate: $1,000-2,000 Price Realized: $4,095 | |
| RARE WYTHE CO., VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, PAINT-DECORATED POPLAR BLANKET CHEST, the hinged rectangular lid with applied edge moldings and original wrought-iron strap hinges over a dovetailed case, interior with lidded till, base with two short thumb-molded drawers framed by waist molding and applied cut-out bracket-foot base. Retaining original paint-decorated surface, the front featuring three tombstone panels, each bearing design of small handled urn below large central tulip flanked by four smaller tulips, each central tulip in flanking panels with halo-like device above, center panel with additional six-petal rosette to urn body, top retains worn decoration consisting of two oblong panels. Attributed to John Huddle (1772-1839) and family. Circa 1810. 27" H, 52" W, 22.75" D. Condition: Good overall condition with moderate expected usage wear. Decoration to top worn. Brasses replaced in likely original drillings. Some losses and damage to drawer facings and feet. One strap hinge with break. Very minor touch-up to proper right panel. Literature: See J. Roderick Moore - "Painted Chests from Wythe County, Virginia", The Magazine Antiques, September 1982, pp. 516-521 for a discussion of the group. Provenance: From an important Virginia private collection. Catalogue Note: The present blanket chest exhibits construction elements and decorative features that link it with a group of paint-decorated chests from Wythe Co., Virginia. The discovery of a similar chest bearing the signature of John Huddle (recently sold by JSE & Associates on November 10, 2018, Lot 2296), clearly identifies him (and possibly other members of the Huddle family) as the maker and / or decorator of a large portion of these distinctive chests. Likely influenced by the work of Johannes Rank (1763-1828) in Jonestown, Pennsylvania, the Huddle chests differ in materials, construction, and decorative scheme from their Pennsylvania counterparts. An important artifact from the Great Road region, the appearance of the present chest on the market represents a unique opportunity to acquire a rare work by a desirable Southern maker in an fine state of preservation. Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 22, 2019. Estimate: $5,000-8,000 Price Realized: $11,700 | |
| PAIR OF MASSACHUSETTS FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY LOLLING CHAIRS, each with arched back, subtle serpentine open arm rests, trapezoidal seat frame, square-tapered front legs with banded cuffs and simple line inlay, outswept square rear legs, off-set box stretcher, covered in fine modern silk damask. Retains an old-refinished surface with warm color. Late 18th/early 19th century. 16" H seat, 44.5" HOA. Condition: Very good overall visual condition with minor wear. Upholstery not removed for examination. Very minor areas of discoloration and fading to upholstery. Provenance: From a Williamsburg, VA private collection. Acquired from Sack Family, Boston, MA. Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 22, 2019. Estimate: $1,000-2,000 Price Realized: $5,850 | |
| ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE CREAMWARE CERAMIC DOVECOTE MODEL, having cylindrical form with four tiers resting on a circular base with numerous arched cut-outs and applied birds. 1770-1785. 9" HOA. Condition: One bird with loss of tail and some with minute wear, otherwise undamaged. Some firing flaws, as made . Provenance: Property deaccessioned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA. All proceeds to benefit the Collections Acquisition Fund. Ex-collection Zeitlin (retains collection label). Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 22, 2019. Estimate: $200-300 Price Realized: $2,574 | |
| ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE CERAMIC RABBIT / HARE STIRRUP CUP, with cup materializing from head with handle, ears laid back having alert eyes, with polychrome hand-painted decoration and gilt. Circa 1840. 7" L, 3.25" D. Condition: Having areas of restoration, some flakes to ears, one flake to muzzle, and minute loss to gilt decoration. Provenance: Property deaccessioned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA. All proceeds to benefit the Collections Acquisition Fund. Ex-collection Harry H. Coon (retains collection label). Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 22, 2019. Estimate: $200-300 Price Realized: $4,972.50 | |
| ENGLISH SPATTERWARE CERAMIC CHILDREN'S CUP AND SAUCER SET, comprising a saucer featuring a star design in bright yellow, red, and green sponge decoration with a handleless cup having the same sponged colors. Unmarked. First half 19th century. 1.875" HOA, saucer 4.625" D, cup 2.875 D. Condition: Saucer undamaged, cup having flake to rim adjacent to kiln kiss with minor rim wear. Manufacturing flaws, as made. Provenance: From the private collection of Dr. George A. and Mary Jane Haas, Alexandria, VA Sold at Jeffrey Evans Auctions June 22, 2019. Estimate: $80-120 Price Realized: $2,233 | |
| SMALL STIEGEL BOTTLE, white glass, paneled with floral branch decoration. Authenticated by Miles Kiefer, Manheim. Bought from Lester H. Good, Landisville. Feb. 23, 1975. Known as vivat bottle. Held perfume showered on a bride at the wedding. Sold at Horst Auctions, Clarke Hess Estate, June 7, 2019 Price Realized: $625 | |
| ROUND, WOODEN BUTTER PRINT, whittled, 1.5” x 2.875” carved on both sides, tulip w/saw-toothed edge w/four stars on one side. One other side, large star surrounded by 5 small stars. Minerva Stauffer sale Brownstown, PA, Oct. 27, 1990. Sold at Horst Auctions, Clarke Hess Estate, June 8, 2019 Price Realized: $2,200 | |
| CROSS-STITCH SAMPLER, 17.75” x 17.75”. Worked on a penelope cloth with a pale blue stripe. Format is of a square floral wreath with a floral spray and a pair of small floral motifs in the center. Victorian, done in wool flosses, red, black, white, green, gold, ivory. Inscription reads, “Anna H. Hess her/work done in the sev/enteenth year of her/age 1855”. Below that is “When this yo/u see” “Reme/mber/me”. The sampler fabric has browned from acid transfer from the backboard. The green flosses have faded to olive. It is mounted in a modern frame. Sold at Horst Auctions, Clarke Hess Estate, June 8, 2019 Price Realized: $3,100 | |
| FRAKTUR, REWARD OF MERIT, 3.875”Lx 2,75”H. Red mottled border w/large bird in the center at a tulip, bird is mottled red & brown w/a yellow head & yellow stripe on wing w/ red & blue dots. Inscribed at top B. Buchwalter, another inscription in a different hand, “first to schull 1826 Apr 17th to Abr Brubaker Master”. This is a very important piece as this Fraktur hand was previously suspected to be that of schoolmaster Abraham Brubacher who taught in E. Lampeter & Leacock Twps. for many years. This piece confirms his attribution. Exhibited at the Museum of American Folk Art, NY, NY. Sold at Horst Auctions, Clarke Hess Estate, June 8, 2019 Price Realized: $2,250 | |
| FRAKTUR WOOD-BLOCK PRINT, Attributed to David Bixler working c.1830-40 in Fivepointville, Lancaster Co. Image of “The Scholar”, a young woman seated in a chair holding a book in one hand and a quill pen in the other. Approx. 3”W x 4”H. In a small gold 19th century frame. Watercolors green, tan, & dark blue. It is one of Bixler’s more famous works. Bought at the Chester Co. Antique Show on March 3, 2007 from Sidney Gecker of New York, NY. Sold at Horst Auctions, Clarke Hess Estate, June 8, 2019 Price Realized: $4,100 | |
| SLIPWARE PLATE, 13.75” D. broken into 8 pieces. Has central design of two tulips and a bird, the inscription around the border reads “lieber will ich ledig leben als der frau de hosen geben” “borgen das machd sorgen” “fogel”. The translation is “Rather would I single live then to the wife the britches give” “To borrow is to sorrow” “Bird”. A framed letter accompanies it and states the plate was made about 1796 by John Leidig (Leidy) of Souderton, Montgomery Co, PA. In 1907, the owner, Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker loaned it to the Jamestown Exhibition, and they broke it. The piece was repaired using wire clips, but has started to come apart. It was sold Feb. 12, 1932 by American-Anderson Art and Auction Galleries. Sold at Horst Auctions, Clarke Hess Estate, June 8, 2019 Price Realized: $3,900 | |
| FRAKTUR FLORAL DRAWING, 3.375”W x 5.625”H. Drawing of vase with sprays of flowers, double-lined ink border. Green, yellow, red, orange, pale blue & pink watercolors, some color loss due to flaking. The piece was drawn by the same artist that executed my 1832 Susanna Landis bookplate, E. Lampeter Twp., Lancaster Co. and was heavily influenced by schoolmaster Abraham Brubacher. Bought from Steven Still on Feb. 1995. Likely by Abraham’s sons, Abraham, Jr. or Tobias Brubaker. Sold at Horst Auctions, Clarke Hess Estate, June 8, 2019 Price Realized: $4,500 | |
| MT. LEBANON NEW YORK SHAKER HIGHCHAIR, Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs. Sold at Pook and Pook June 26, 2019. Estimate: $200-300 Price Realized: $4,000 | |
| NEW ENGLAND QUEEN ANNE DRESSING TABLE, American, mid-18th century. A Queen Anne dressing table in cherry, having a molded top board over one long and three aligned short drawers, the central drawer with fan carving, over a scalloped apron and cabriole legs terminating in pad feet; ht. 32.5, wd. 35.25, dp. 20 in. Provenance: Kenneth E. Tuttle Antiques, Gardiner, Maine Property from the Americana Collection of Robert and Barbara Hudson, Lakewood, Colorado Condition: Replaced brasses. Sold at Cowan’s Auction June 8, 2019. Estimate: $1,000-1,500 Price Realized: $2,750 | |
| NEW YORK CREWELWORK BEDCOVER, American (New York), ca 1831. A wool bedcover with fine polychrome flower and vine crewelwork decoration, signed Lucretia Brush / Busti and dated to upper center; 90 x 75 in. Provenance:Stephen-Douglas Antiques, Rockingham, Vermont Ex Gregory and Barbara Reynolds Collection Property from the Americana Collection of Robert and Barbara Hudson, Lakewood, Colorado Condition: Small losses to ground, u.l. corner. Scattered areas of thinning and small, scattered losses to stitching. Sold at Cowan’s Auction June 8, 2019. Estimate: $400-600 Price Realized: $2,875 | |
| MASSACHUSETTS SAMPLER SIGNED MARY ANN WHITON, DATED 1825, Mary Ann Whiton was born June 8, 1816 in Hingham, Massachusetts. This sampler was listed in Bolton, Ethel Stanwood and Eva Johnston Coe,American Samplers, Massachusetts Colonial Dames Society of America, 1921, p.241 . Provenance:Ex Debra Elizabeth Schaffer, Wiscasset, Maine, January 16, 1999 Property from the Americana Collections of Kenneth and Barbara Gruver, Germantown, OH Condition: Mounted on acid free board with spacers. A few minor holes, light stain near center, small dark stain above rosebuds, some fading. Sold at Cowan’s Auction June 8, 2019. Estimate: $200-400 Price Realized: $1,875 | |
| RARE WAYNESVILLE SCHOOL OHIO SAMPLER BY MARGARET HOOD, DATED 1835, American (Ohio), 1835. A silk on linen ground sampler with an all-around border of arcaded queen stitch strawberries surrounding large decorative elements including Quaker motifs in the upper portion such as a large rose and rosebud bouquet, a butterfly, various potted flowers, a Waynesville basket, and cornucopia, above the verseAlmighty power whose tender care did infancy protect / Let riper years thy favour share and every step direct, and below the verse a large Federal house with a green front door, front steps, and a walkway through a green lawn with an ornate iron fence, trees, birds, andon the front corner of the lawn, a very large striped cat, signed at bottomWrought by Margaret A. Hood 1835, framed; 24.75 x 17 in. (sight), 28 x 20 in. (frame). Margaret Hood was born in Thompson, Ohio in 1820. Her sampler includes many of the sophisticated features that 1830s Waynesville School samplers exhibit, and the oversized striped cat is a highlight. Sue Studebaker notes in her 2002 publicationOhio is My Dwelling Place: Schoolgirl Embroideries 1800-1850, thateighteen samplers from the Waynesville School, established in 1805, are known. This sampler was identified as a Waynesville School Sampler in 2002 by the dealer that the Gruvers purchased it from, but it is unclear if Studebaker included this sampler as one of the eighteen identified samplers. Provenance:Purchased from La Belle Collectibles, Los Gatos, California, January 1, 2003 Property from the Americana Collections of Kenneth and Barbara Gruver, Germantown, OH Condition: Mounted on acid-free backing. Faded, especially on signature line. A few scattered small holes and a larger loss and stain in the lower left, a few other stains. Frame is grain-painted to resemble birdseye maple with decorative corner blocks. Sold at Cowan’s Auction June 8, 2019. Estimate: $1,500-3,000 Price Realized: $2,000 | |
| FOLK ART PORTRAIT OF FREDERICK HOWARD THATCHER WITH RABBIT, Attributed to Edward A. Conant, American (Boston, Massachusetts), 19th century. Oil on canvas, housed in a period grain-painted frame, not original. A portrait of a boy identified as Frederick Howard Thatcher (1834-1838), unsigned; 26.5 x 21.5 in. (sight), 31.5 x 26.5 in. (frame). Provenance:Property from the Americana Collection of Robert and Barbara Hudson, Lakewood, Colorado Acquired from Stephen / Douglas Antiques, 1988 Ex Collection Christopher and Ellen Huntington, Maine Ex Collection Dr. Beavis, Connecticut Condition: Craquelure. Sold at Cowan’s Auction June 8, 2019. Estimate: $1,000-1,500 Price Realized: $2,000 | |
| PENNSYLVANIA FANCY PARROTS WATERCOLOR FRAKTUR, American (Pennsylvania), early 19th century. A watercolor fraktur depicting two parrots in a tree, titled Fancy Parrots. Housed in original frame and glass; 9.5 x 7.5 in. (sight), 11.25 x 9.25 in. (frame). Provenance:From the collection of Hugh Williamson Kelly, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Stephen Douglas Antiques, Rockingham, Vermont Property from the Americana Collection of Robert and Barbara Hudson, Lakewood, Colorado. Sold at Cowan’s Auction June 8, 2019. Estimate: $800-1,000 Price Realized: $2,000 | |
| NEW ENGLAND OLIVE PATTERN MOLDED PITKIN FLASK, American (likely New England), 19th century. An olive blown glass pattern molded pitkin flask; ht. 6.25 in. Sold at Cowan’s Auction June 8, 2019. Estimate: $400-600 Price Realized: $1,000 | |
| STENCIL DECORATED MUSTARD BERRY BUCKET, American, 19th century. A berry bucket with swing handle, in mustard yellow paint with stenciled decorations of vines, roses, a bird and horse, likely Pennsylvania German; diameter. 7.5 , ht. 5.5 in. (without handle). Sold at Cowan’s Auction June 8, 2019. Estimate: $400-600 Price Realized: $1,216 | |
| AMERICAN REVOLUTION DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, [1848 or 1833]. ENGRAVED. BROADSIDE, 30.25 x 24.75 in., (770 x 630mm) (sight). Moderately toned; minor wrinkling; scattered light spotting. In early 20th century mahogany frame; not examined out frame. Bidwell 7. Rare 1833 copperplate engraving of the Declaration of Independence. This strong impression of archivist Peter Force's facsimile was printed by engraver William J. Stone and based on his own facsimile executed in 1823. This copy, one of an unknown number originally printed for inclusion in Force's planned 20-volume American Archives, is a rare survival as the greater project was eventually cancelled due to production delays and mounting costs. Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams advocated making copies of the original document due to its deteriorating state. Sadly, it continued to do so and it is now—in 2019—virtually illegible. The Stone and Force facsimiles are the equivalents of photos, snapshots in time of what is arguably the most famous government document in the world after the Magna Carta. Sold at Freeman’s Auction June 20, 2019. Estimate: $8.000-12,000 Price Realized: $15,000 | |
| | THE TRAVELLER’S DIRECTORY, OR A POCKET COMPANION: Shewing the Course of the Main Road from Philadelphia to New York, and from Philadelphia to Washington. With Descriptions of the Places through which it Passes…[Philadelphia] Moore, S.S., and T.W. Jones. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1802. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated with 38 engraved maps on 22 leaves, light offsetting, map leaves trimmed close to image with numeral '15' of the Philadelphia to New York map gone. 19th century three-quarter red morocco over marbled boards, joints and spines rubbed; spine stamped in gilt; all edges gilt. Dampstaining to several top margins, occasionally extending into text; ownership signature on half-title and p.1., half-title and title-page washed? Howes M-778, ' One of the earliest guides; Sabin 50436 Among the earliest American books of road maps, and the first road map book to provide detailed maps of the road north through New Jersey to New York, and from Philadelphia through Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia to Washington. Sold at Freeman’s Auction June 20, 2019. Estimate: $4,000-7,000 Price Realized: $4,375 |
| PRESIDENTIAL GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT, SIGNED, Member Certificate of the Society of Cincinnati for George Bush, Esquire, signed by Washington as president of the society, counter signed by Henry Knox as secretary. Mount Vernon, Virginia: October 31, 1785. Folio; 13.875 x 19.75 in., (313 x501mm). Engraved on vellum with vignette borders, filled in manuscript. Darkening and chipping at edges of vellum sheet, some small dampstains in body of document, but not affecting signatures or other manuscript elements, some fading to Knox's signature, last few letters of Washington's signature faded. Sold at Freeman’s Auction June 20, 2019. Estimate: $5,000-8,000 Price Realized: $8,750 |
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