Hanging Spoon Rack
Painted hanging spoon rack. The spoon rack sports old green paint with salmon paint underneath, and has an excellent tombstone-shaped top. It is in very good condition. Circa 1790-1800, Hudson Valley, NY.
Provenance: Estate of Kathy Seibel, (Hudson Valley dealer and collector.)
Dimensions: 12¼” wide x 7” deep x 20¾” high.
Item No. 190208
Price: $1,900.
Sale Price: $975. (Firm)
Set of 6 Paint Decorated Chairs
Set of six paint decorated chairs. The chairs sport a tablet top and shaped plank seats and retain their original paint decoration of fruit and acorn stenciling on a pea green background. One chair is stamped “J. SWINT/CHAIR MAKER” on the underside of the seat. (John Swint was a Lancaster County, PA cabinetmaker, active from 1845-1850.) The chairs are in good to very good condition, with a repaired leg on one chair and the expected degree of wear and tear from age and usage. Mid-19th century, Pennsylvania.
Dimensions: 32” high; 17.5” seat height.
Item No. 220120
Price: $1,200.
Sale Price: $675. (Firm)
Pig Trade Sign
Wooden trade sign. The sign advertises “Larsen’s Prize Pigs/For Sale or Stud”, with a phone number, “27”. It is painted on one side on a thick wooden board and is in good condition with the expected degree of wear and tear from being hung outside for many years. Early 20th century.
Dimensions: 48” long x 7¼” wide x 1¾” thick.
Item No. 220134
Price: $875.
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Large Blue Trencher
A large blue trencher in original blue paint. Hand planing marks are visible underneath. The trencher is in very good condition, marred only by a small chip out of the rim and a hole that was drilled for hanging. A great display piece! Early 19th century, American.
Dimensions: 21” long x 11½” wide x 5” high.
Item No. 220108
Price: $2,500.
Needlework Sampler - Margaret Patterson
Margaret Patterson’s needlework sampler. The sampler is worked in multi-color silk threads on a linen ground. The top register consists of flower and leaf motifs above five alphameric rows above a row of various crowns and initials of family members. Below that are facing birds and trees above the maker’s name and date, “Margaret Patterson/Aged 8, 1810”. The bottom register has trees, a stylized flower and the initials, “ML” and “HL”, all within a Greek key border. The sampler is framed under glass in a birdseye maple frame. It is in good condition, with a few small holes and some staining. English.
Dimensions: 17¼” x 12”.
Item No. 220082
Price: $575.
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Eight-Inch Onion Bottle
Early onion bottle, 8” high. Onion bottles were used in the 17th and 18th centuries, mainly to hold wine. They achieved their dark green or brown colors from iron oxide found within the sand used to make them. The color was further darkened by the coal used to heat the furnaces, leaving the bottles almost black. Collars were applied to the top so that corks could be tied down. Very good condition. 18th century.
Item No. 220037
Price: $650.
Sale Price: $550. (Firm)
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