Double portrait of a husband and wife, o/c, unsigned. The woman is wearing a white lace bonnet and black gown with a lace collar. The man is dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and black tie. The painting is presented in an outstanding paint decorated frame, likely original. The painting is in good condition, with some craquelure and scattered inpainting. Mid-19th century, American School.

Dimensions: 35” x 46½”; Viewed Area: 26½” x 46½”

Item No. 260170

Price: $3,200.

Portrait of a young girl, oil on panel, unsigned. The painting is presented in an original gold leaf frame. It descended within a Western Massachusetts family that believed the painting was done by Robert Peckham, a prolific 19th century folk artist, best known for his portraits of children. This lovely and very special portrait is in very good condition with some spots of inpainting. Circa 1830, Massachusetts.

Dimensions: 23¾” x 21”; Viewed Area: 18” x 15¼”

Item No. 260128

Price: $2,950.

Folk art landscape painting, “American Harvesting”, after Jasper Cropsey, o/c, unsigned. Cropsey was an important landscape artist of the Hudson River School. In 1851, his painting of “American Harvesting”, now in the collection of the Indiana University Art Museum, was widely acclaimed, and was soon copied as a lithograph by Currier and Ives and also painted by several other artists of the Hudson River School. This is one of those paintings. It depicts men haying, along with a farmhouse and the Hudson River in the background. It is in very good condition, professionally cleaned and restored, with craquelure. Mid-19th century, American.

Dimensions: 27½” x 33½”; Viewed Area: 22” x 28”

Item No. 250063

Price: $3,650.

Paint decorated six-board child’s blanket chest, pine. The chest sports a one-board top affixed with battens to the underside, solid sides with bootjack cutouts. It is decorated with original black and yellow freehand decoration with a very striking pattern. The chest is in good overall condition, with an area of mouse chew on the front panel under the lid, an old knot repair on the proper left side, a small loss to the back of the lid, and other wear and tear from age and usage. First quarter of the 19th century, New England.

Dimensions: 19½” high x 35½” wide x 15” deep.

Item No. 260171

Price: $1,250.

Painted stand-up schoolmaster’s desk, pine. This two-piece desk has an upper case with a hinged slant lid and an open interior well, raised on a separate stand with a single full drawer, chamfered legs and a stretcher base. It retains the original Spanish brown paint, with original brasses and original hand-wrought iron hinges. The desk is in very good condition, with the expected wear and tear from age and usage. Circa 1800, New England.

Dimensions: 53½” high x 39” wide x 21” deep.

Item No. 260175

Price: $875.

Full-bodied gilt copper codfish weathervane. The weathervane is in very good condition, with no apparent repairs and some small losses to the gilt. The metal stand is contemporary. 19th century, American. 

Dimensions: 13½” high x 26” long.

Item No. 260151

Price: $3,100.

Rare diminutive butterfly table, figured maple. This table sports D-shaped leaves, a single drawer and turned, slightly splayed legs with a box-stretcher base. It is in good condition, with burns/stains to the top. 18th century, American.

Dimensions: 25” high x 36” long, (leaves up) 13½” long, (leaves down), x 25½” wide.

Item No. 260177

Price: $3,950.

Painted pine settle bench. The settle sports a high rectangular back over a chest-form base opening onto a large storage area, all flanked by shaped solid ends and raised on short cut-out feet. It retains its original red paint, with very good proportions. The settle is in very good condition, all original, exhibiting only the expected wear and tear from age and usage. Late 18th or early 19th century, New England.

Dimensions: 51½” high x 62½” wide x 18” deep.

Item No. 260166

Price: $3,300.

Scarce swell-body ewe weathervane. The weathervane is made of molded copper with a cast zinc head and is displayed on a black wooden stand. It is in very good condition, with untouched patina and no observable repairs. Attributed to Cushing and White, circa 1870.

Dimensions: 27” high x 22” long x 5” wide.

Item No. 260178

Price: $7,500.

Diminutive hooded pewter cupboard. The cupboard sports an overhanging rectangular top over three shelves, the uppermost having a plate groove. Below is a single door opening onto an interior with one shelf. The red paint is early, perhaps original, and the hinges and turnbuckle are original as well. The cupboard is in good condition, with the expected wear from age and usage and with the initials, “CVH” , carved in the front. Early 19th century, New England.

Dimensions: 70¼” high x 36” wide x 17½” deep.

Item No. 260165

Price: $3,300.