Early tavern table with a drawer. The table sports wonderful early turnings on the legs and medial stretcher and chip carving on the edges of the drawer. It is in good condition with wear commensurate with age. Old top by association. Circa 1740-1750, New England.
Dimensions: 28” high x 38½” long x 28” wide.
Item No. 250178
Price: $1,300.
Four-slat ladderback armchair. The chair sports shaped slats and curved arm rests. It is in good condition, sturdy, and with a good rush seat. The legs have been cut. 18th century, New England.
Dimensions: 42” high; 16½” seat height.
Item No. 250183
Price: $575.
Early lift-top blanket chest, hard pine. The chest sports a single drawer, a lid with a thumbnail edge, original brasses and lock parts, an inset molded board below the drawer, bootjack ends and an early reddish-brown finish. The box is surrounded by bullnose molding that drops down near the middle to frame the escutcheon for the lock, an unusual/rare design feature. The date “1766” is painted across the backboard. The chest is in very good condition considering its age. There is slight damage to the molding at the bottom right side of the box that is hard to notice and a few other minor repairs. The snipe hinges are original but one snipe has a replaced cotter pin. Circa 1776. New England.
Dimensions: 36” h x 43” w x 18½” d.
Item No. 250226
Price: $1,800.
Painted Queen Anne drop-leaf table with shaped apron ends, maple. Later black paint has been taken down to the original red. The table is a good classic example with excellent proportions. It is in very good original structural condition, with paint wear on the leaves, some paint enhancement, evidence of moved or replaced hinges and a small loss to one toe. Circa 1750-1760, New England.
Dimensions: 27½” high x 41¾” long x 40¼” wide, (leaves up), 14” wide, (leaves down).
Item No. 250222
Price: $1,950.
Early painted lift-top blanket chest, pine. The chest sports two false drawers over two real drawers, old red paint, early moldings, a shaped apron and original snipe hinges. It is in good condition, with wear and tear commensurate with its age. 18th century, New England.
Dimensions: 45½” high x 40” wide x 18” deep.
Item No. 250193
Price: $1,400.
Queen Anne highboy, butternut. The upper section sports an attractive cornice containing a secret drawer above four graduated drawers. The lower section sports a single wide drawer over three small drawers, and is supported by delicate cabriole legs ending in pad feet. The highboy is in very good condition with a warm honey finish. The brasses have been replaced, the drops on the apron are missing, there is minor damage to one brass backplate and wear commensurate with age and usage. From our own collection. Circa 1770, New England.
Dimensions: 69½” high x 39¾” wide x 22” deep.
Price: $1,900.
18th century tripod base candlestand. The candlestand sports a round top on a shaped standard, supported by three turned legs. It has traces of red paint on the legs and is in good condition, but with age cracks on the legs, Early 18th century, American.
Dimensions: 21” high x 15½” diameter.
Item No. 250194
Price: $1,600.
Folk art painted tool chest lid. The painting, which was found on the underside of the lid, depicts stylized trees and flowers along with the initials, “G.M”. It makes a very unusual, one of a kind wall hanging and is in very good condition. 19th century, American.
Dimensions: 41½” wide x 19¼” high
Item No. 250205
Price: $2,900.
Painting of Washington’s tomb at Mount Vernon, o/c, by William Matthew Prior, (1806-1873). This beautiful painting was one of at least thirteen views of Mount Vernon painted by Prior over his lifetime. It shows the tomb, the mansion up on a hill behind it and the Potomac River off to the right. The painting is in very good condition, lined with some craquelure. Minor damage to the frame. Mid-19th century, Virginia.
Dimensions: 22½” high x 30¼” wide; Viewed Area: 18½” high x 26¼” wide
Item No. 250227
Price: $6,500.
Carved dome-top trunk. The trunk is constructed of one-inch boards and sports beautiful fan carvings on the front and both sides. The underside of the lid is painted with a stylized scene of three men and a woman relaxing by a fountain. The trunk is in fair condition, with considerable paint wear on the lid and losses to the corners. 18th century, possibly New Mexico.
Dimensions: 19” high x 48” wide x 19” deep.
Item No. 250198
Price: $900.
