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An imaginative cherry Connecticut Queen Anne highboy, with square carved Spanish feet, knees carved with hearts, carved shells and rosettes on the body, fluted and canted quarter columns, and original finials
Woodbury/Southbury area, CT, c. 1760.
83” h., x 35 1/4” w. (upper case), 38 1/4” w. (lower case).
SOLD.
An unusual pair of 18th c. Queen Anne brass candlesticks with distinctive balusters and sockets.
England, c. 1740.
In excellent condition with minor solder tightening in base of one.
7 3/4” h.
SOLD.
A beautifully turned lignum vitae mortar and original pestle in great condition and wonderful patina.
England, 18th c.
Signed “J. Salisbury” on the underside of the mortar and on the pestle
Mortar 7 1/2” h., pestle 10 1/4” l.
SOLD.
A beautifully carved maple scoop with heart handle.
New England, early 19th c.
10” l.
SOLD.
A lovely pair of 17th c. English needlework pictures featuring two ladies; in fine color and condition.
England, c. 1650-75.
7” x 9.”
SOLD.
Left:
Miniature 17th c. Westerwald flagon with marked pewter lid, in very fine condition.
Germany, c. 1600-25.
5 ¼” h. overall, 4 ½” h. (stoneware).
SOLD.
Right:
Miniature Westerwald ewer with excellent detail and in superb condition.
Germany, c. 1650.
5 ½” h.
SOLD.
A lovely William and Mary one drawer blanket chest with unusually well laid out double arch molding design and especially elegant turned ball feet. Chest is one of a group with similarly distinctive ball feet.
New England, early 18th c.
39” w. x 35 ½” h. x 17 ¾” d.
Excellent condition, in untouched red painted surface with evidence of slightly later faint yellow decoration. Escutcheons original, two brasses on drawer replaced.
SOLD.
A very fine engraved brass, steel and wood tinder pistol with oversized and finely detailed candle holder; in excellent condition.
England, 2nd half 18th c.
7” l.
SOLD.
A fine and unusual steel churchwarden’s pipe that unscrews into three separate parts for ease while traveling.
Prob. England, mid-18th c.
18 ½” l.
SOLD.
Extremely rare signed and dated 18th c. quillwork mirror.
American or English, 1790.
11 1/2” x 12 1/4”.
Stamped on the reverse “John S. Walton Inc.”
For similarly dated and initialled (“LH 1737”), though much more elaborate, work by Lydia Hutchinson, cf. Women’s Work, Embroidery in Colonial Boston, p. 16, fig. 7. The simplicity of the border and the late 18th c. date may suggest further research into a possible American origin.
SOLD.
An exceptional New England pine settle in untouched red surface and excellent condition.
New Hampshire, late 18th c.
Reputedly from the Erving family of Dover, NH.
59 1/2” x 60 1/2”.
SOLD.
A beautiful 17th c. Dutch brass heemskerk with lovely tulip-shaped socket, in superb condition.
Netherlands, c. 1670.
7 3/4” h
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An extremely charming New England needlework and watercolor picture illustrating a tale from John Bunyan’s allegorical Pilgrim’s Progress (1678). In the narrative Prudence, a damsel who lives in the House Beautiful, asks Christiana if she can cathechise Christiana’s children James, Joseph, Samuel, and Matthew. She speaks to the children in order of their age.
Connecticut or Massachusetts, c. 1800-20.
Silk and watercolor on silk.
20” x 17 ½”
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Two exceptional late 15th c./early 16th c. brass candleholders in superb condition.
L: A beautifully balanced candlestick with opposing pear-shaped teardrops and balanced by three discoidal knops. Northwest Europe, c. 1500; 9 1/4” h. SOLD.
R: An extremely fine, unusually elegant, candleholder with corrugated baluster. Nuremberg, Germany, c. 1500; 9 1/8” h. SOLD.
A wonderfully charming early 18th c.needlework pastoral riff on the story of Cupid and Psyche—a determined Cupid about to “smite” the unaware object of his affections.
England, 1st quarter 18th c.
In great color and condition.
9” x 8 1/2” (needlework); 12 3/4” 12 1/2” (framed).
SOLD.
A beautiful 16th c. teardrop candlestick in excellent color and condition, with base and baluster ribbing intact.
NW Europe, c. 1500.
8” h.
SOLD.
A very fine four-knop Gothic candlestick in excellent condition.
Netherlands, 1500-1525.
9 1/4” h.
SOLD.
An unusually fine 17th c. Charles II English needlework picture depicting Christ and the Samaritan Woman.
England, c. 1660-85.
In excellent color and condition.
9 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (panel), 16 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (frame).
SOLD.
An extremely rare 15th c three-tiered wrought iron Gothic candleholder, fitted with both prickets and candlesockets.
France, c. 1450.
7’ 1” h.
For related pieces in both the Victoria and Albert and Cluny museums, cf. Baur, Metal Candlesticks, pp. 56 and 57, figs. 39 and 41.
SOLD.
A charming 17th c. silk needlework picture incorporating, in lovely color, many elements of the “vocabulary" of pictures from this period.
England, 3rd quarter 17th c.
16 1/2” x 21 1/2” (framed); 10” x 14 1/2” sight.
SOLD.
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