Adjustable candlestand, maple. The candlestand sports a two-candle bracket attached to a threaded shaft above a round tray. It is supported by a thick turned standard on tripod legs ending in stylized pad feet. The candlestand is in good condition, structurally sound, with a repaired break to the top of one leg.
Dimensions: 41½” high x 14” wide x 14” deep
Item No. 260285
Price: $975.
Red toleware document box. The box sports a floral decoration on the top and on three sides. It is in very good condition with sporadic small paint losses. Early 19th century, Pennsylvania.
Provenance: Stephen-Douglas Antiques, Rockingham, VT.
Dimensions: 5¼” high x 9” wide
Item No. 260282
Price: $785.
Portrait of a young man, o/c, attributed to John Brewster, (1766-1854). The painting depicts a young man in formal attire, and is presented in an antique gold leaf frame. It is in good condition, with wear and craquelure but no evidence of restoration when viewed under black light. Circa 1800, probably Maine.
Dimensions: 21½” x 17½”; Viewed Area: 18½” x 14½”
Item No. 260272
Price: $2,300.
Windsor comb-back armchair. The chair sports a serpentine crest rail over tapering spindles, a bowed arm rail with outswept arms, a shaped pine seat and splayed bamboo turned legs joined by an “H” stretcher. It is in good condition, with an old finish, structurally sound and sturdy. Circa 1810, New England.
Dimensions: 43” high x 23” wide. 17½” seat height.
Item No. 260271
Price: $1,550.
Paint decorated Maine dressing table. This table sports the original paint decoration, a scrolled backsplash over a stepped upper case fitted with two short drawers, above a lower top with a single long drawer, raised on tapered legs with ring turnings. It is decorated in simulated rosewood graining with yellow and green line borders. The table is in good condition with some paint wear. Circa 1820-1830, Maine.
Dimensions: 37” high x 31½” wide x 17” deep.
Item No. 260264
Price: $1,550.
Deck-top sewing table, birch and cherry. This unique table sports a removable upper section having a scrolled backsplash over an arrangement of 10 drawers which are contained within a step-back case, below which is a drop-leaf table with turned legs. It is in good condition, with an old refinish and the expected wear from age and usage. Circa 1820, New England.
Dimensions: 51” high x 39” wide x 18” deep.
Item No. 260263
Price: $875.
Reproduction Hessian soldier door handle, iron. The handle is a full-body standing figure casually holding an upright musket, with a riveted handle on the torso. This distinctive piece of folk art was patterned after historic 18th-century originals. During the Revolutionary War era, Southeastern Pennsylvania blacksmiths crafted whimsical, full-bodied wrought iron door handles in the likeness of German Hessian mercenary soldiers. The handle is in excellent condition. 20th century, Pennsylvania.
Dimensions: 15” high
Item No. 260214
Price: $395.
Painting of a snowy mountain village, oil on canvas board, signed “W. E. Baum”. Walter Emerson Baum, (1884-1956), was a well-known artist and art critic for the Philadelphia Bulletin. The painting depicts a village with colorful roofs and a church steeple nestled in a hilly landscape covered with snow. It is in excellent condition, with no restoration visible under black light. 20th century, Pennsylvania.
Dimensions: 28¼” x 22¼”; Viewed Area: 24” x 18”
Item No. 260221
Price: $3,300.
Portrait of a woman, o/c, attributed to Winthrop Chandler, (1747-1790). The portrait portrays an elderly woman sitting in a Chippendale chair and leaning on a small round table on which there sits a sewing basket. The woman is holding a book in one hand, thereby demonstrating that she is literate. The painting is presented in an 18th century, probably original, frame. It is in very good condition, lined, with minor spots of restoration. 18th century, Connecticut or Massachusetts.
Dimensions: 42” x 36”; Viewed Area: 37½” x 31½”
Item No. 260315
Price: $5,900.
Portraits of a man and a woman, oil on panel, by William Matthew Prior, (1805-1873). Painted in 1833, the paintings are in good condition. When viewed under black light, the woman’s portrait has very minor inpainting. The man’s portrait has minor inpainting on his face and somewhat more inpainting elsewhere.
Provenance: Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Cambridge, MA. Property from the Saint Louis Art Museum, sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund. Christie’s New York, Jan. 20, 2022,
Dimensions: 14” x 16½”; Viewed Area: 11” x 13½”
Item No. 260239
Price: $7,500.
