Exceptional late 17th c. steel fork with multiple hearts and scrolls.
English, c. 1680-1700.
17 1/2” h.
Mangle Board
No doubt intended as a love token or marriage gift, this elaborately decorated oak mangle board incorporates a crest with six carved rosettes and six carved roundels with start motifs flanking a central heart with the initials of the married couple "MSL."
Netherlands, early 18th c.
37 " l.
Sugar Cutters
A truly special pair of sugar cutters engraved with a lady and gentleman on one side, and a love poem on the other. The inscription reads: “For love is of, A truer Kind, When they are, With virtue entwined. There is no flower, That lovelier Blooms, Than when two hearts, Have but one mind.”
Germany, probably, Nuremberg, early 18th c.
18th C. Needlework Picture
A very finely worked eighteenth century needlework picture of a shepherd and shepherdess that derives firstly, from scenes of courtly love, and then, from earlier 17th c. pictures of courting couples amid a pastoral landscape.
England, c. 1740.
Silk and wool on canvas.
In excellent color and condition; 20 3/4” x 18 3/4” framed.
Wrought Iron Trammel
A bold and unusually large wrought iron trammel with scrolled hearts and a snake "finial"—no doubt used in a cooking fireplace.
French or Flemish, late 17th -early 18th c.
In excellent condition.
46” l.
Inlaid 1705 Pipecase
A wonderful dated “1705” pipecase with copper hearts, and inlaid salmon, blue, black and white circles.
From the Wynkoop-Lansing house, Stone Ridge, NY.
Probably Hudson Valley, possibly Dutch
Small loss to one side of end of stem.
6 1/2” l.
Silver Pique Snuff Box
A delightful silver pique snuff box depicting a festive scene of musical entertainment.
English or French, c. 1725.
3” x 2 1/4”
Marriage-Themed Tobacco Box
An unusual Dutch brass tobacco box commenting on the consequences of power-sharing in a marriage: with a monkey orchestrating chaos, the inscription reads (roughly):
”Where the woman (wife) rules and wants to be guardian over the house..there things are already wrong..there is no bigger cross."
Signed under the monkey, “A.V. Houte."
Both sides are identical.
Netherlands, c. 1700.
3 3/4” diam.
Queen Anne Taperstick
A superb 18th c. English Queen Anne taper stick with exceptional detail, in excellent condition. Underside shows evidence of original gilding.
England, c. 1740-5.
4 3/4” h.
For related stick, cf. Gentle and Feild, English Domestic Brass 1680-1810, p. 117, fig. 27.
Lovely Utensil Rack
A lovely wrought iron utensil rack with a central floral element surrounded by a play on a floral/fleur de lys motif.
In excellent condition.
France, 18th c.
18” w. x 10 3/4” h.
For a related rack, cf. H R D’Allemagne, Decorative Antique Ironwork, fig. 340
1692 Delft Marriage Plate
Fine Delft marriage plate, initialed and dated “1692."
17th c., probably English, possibly Dutch.
In excellent condition with very minor glaze flakes.
Whimsical Utensil Rack
A beautifully designed utensil rack, the sheet-iron plate with a cut out star motif flanked by cut out hearts, topped with an exuberant floral motif centering on a single iron and copper flower.
Flemish or French, 18th c.
For related racks, cf. H R D’Allemagne, Decorative Antique Ironwork, p. 340.
18th C. English Needlework Picture
A large early 18th c. pastoral needlework picture depicting a lady and gentleman in a landscape with various fauna and flora; in excellent condition with warm and vibrant color.
England, c. 1730.
19 1/2” x 23."
In period frame.
Bold Bannisterback Armchair
A bold and unusual 18th c. bannister back armchair with cut-out heart in dome-shaped crest, acorn finials,”sausage” turned stretchers, and complex molded bannisters; in fine old, painted surface.
Prob. coastal Connecticut or New York / Long Island; c. 1760.
Maple and ash; 44 1/2” h., 17” sh.
No repairs or restoration.
Rare Standish
A very fine and rare brass and iron standish with original red fabric wind shield/penwipe in the shape of a flame.With adjustable candleholder on an iron shaft topped by a brass finial in the shape of a dog, four bird finials atop the elaborately embossed brass standish top, ending in four brass claw feet holding up a shaped iron base.
Continental, prob. French or Italian, first half 18th c.
In excellent condition with only a small bit of ribbon trim missing from the flame-shaped shield.
Provenance: Kindig collection.
"AJ 1742"
A characterful oak lever action nutcracker, signed and dated “AJ 1742” in the shape of a stern bearded man.
Probably English.
11 1/2” l.
Kneeling Monk
A beautifully carved and designed treen snuffbox in the form of a kneeling tonsured monk.
England, c. 1800.
In excellent condition.
3 1/4” h., 1 3/4” d.
Rhode Island Windsor Armchair
An excellent continuous-arm Windsor armchair with full height and in superb condition. In early 19th c. black with striped decoration over the original gray.
Rhode Island, c. 1780.
37” OH; 18 1/4” SH.
Rare Boston William & Mary Daybed
A very fine early 18th c. maple William and Mary Boston daybed with period, though not original, 18th c. crewel flame stitch upholstery. The crest mirrors the best of the related leatherback arm and side chairs found in Boston in the early 18th c. This rare example is in excellent condition.
Boston, MA, c. 1725; 37 3/4” l. x 21” w. x 70” l.
Provenance: New York Historical Society, Mrs. J. Insley Blair
For related Boston daybeds; cf. Nutting, Furniture Treasury, pl. 1603; Lockwood, Colonial Furniture in America, p.145, fig. 641.
"BY THE NAME OF SYLVESTER"
This heraldic watercolor illustrates, by means of sylvan imagery, the family name of “Sylvester.” More complex and artful than most of these family crests attributed to the Massachusetts heraldic painter John Coles (1749-1809), the crest is surmounted by a fifteen star American flag. The fifteenth star was added to our flag on Jan. 13, 1794, and we assume that to be the approximate date of the watercolor.
Massachusetts, c. 1794.
In excellent condition; 12” x 16” framed.
