Sheet metal rooster weathervane. This whimsical weathervane is in very good condition, with some rust and pitting. The stand is new. 19th century, Pennsylvania.
Dimensions: 17½” long x 11” high, (21” high on stand).
Item No. 240245
Price: $1,175.
Comb-back Windsor rocker, Stephen Tracy. The chair sports an old refinish with traces of old paint and a nicely shaped chestnut seat. It is signed underneath, “S. Tracy”. Stephen Tracy was a nephew of Ebenezer Tracy, the prolific Connecticut chairmaker. The chair is in good condition, with an old repair to the center rail and some minor inactive worm damage under the seat. Circa 1800-1820, CT or NH.
Provenance: Nathan Liverant and Son Antiques, Colchester, CT.
Dimensions: 40¾” high; 15” seat height.
Item No. 240287
Price: $975.
A hard-to-find matched set of seven 9-spindle bow-back Windsor chairs. The chairs sport a 19th century red paint over the original red, bold bulbous turnings and well-formed saddle seats. They are tight, in good condition and ready for everyday use, with well-worn paint and butterfly repairs underneath two seats. 18th century, New York.
Provenance: Wayne Pratt, Woodbury, CT.
Dimensions: 36” high; 17½” seat height.
Item No. 240297
Price: $6,900.
Queen Anne two-part bonnet-top highboy, cherry. The upper section sports a bonnet-top with a well-formed broken arch pediment having three carved flame finials, over an arrangement of nine drawers including a central fan-carved bonnet drawer. The lower section sports four drawers, including a fan-carved central drawer, and an attractively shaped apron on cabriole legs and pad feet. The highboy is in very good condition, with an old refinish, replaced brasses in the original holes and professionally spliced repairs to the proper left front and right rear legs. Circa 1760-1780, Connecticut.
Dimensions: 89” high x 36” wide, (39½” wide at bonnet top), x 21” deep.
Item No. 240274
Price: $4,300.
Pilgrim century trestle table, white pine and maple. The table sports a two-board top with breadboard ends, (one end is missing), and is assembled with large hand-wrought rose-headed nails. It is in good condition, with a well-worn top and the expected wear and tear commensurate with its age. Early 18th century, New England.
Literature: Illustrated in New England Furniture at Williamsburg by Barry A. Greenlaw, Figure 114.
Provenance: Colonial Williamsburg, John Walton.
Dimensions: 35½” x 25¾” top x 27½” high
Item No. 220215
Price: $4,800.
Diminutive cupboard, cherry. This attractive cupboard sports a red stain, with an applied cornice, a single paneled door over a single dovetailed drawer fitted with period hardware, canted corner columns, and a shaped bracket base. The cupboard is in good condition, with a shrinkage crack in the door and on the proper right side and the expected wear and tear from age and usage. Late 18th century, New England.
Dimensions: 47¾” high x 24” wide, (26¼” wide at the cornice), x 17¼” deep.
Item No. 240277
Price: $1,900.
Fan-back Windsor armchair. The armchair sports nicely shaped hand-holds, a good saddle seat and turned legs supported by an “H” stretcher base. It is in good condition, with the expected wear and tear from age and usage. Late 18th century, New England.
Dimensions: 46½” high; 17” seat height
Item No. 240246
Price: $1,675.
William & Mary two-part highboy, walnut. The upper section sports a stepped cornice with a secret drawer, and three side-by-side drawers over three graduated full-width drawers. The lower section has six drawers, a shaped apron, trumpet-turned legs, a low scrolled stretcher and bun feet. The highboy has an old refinish and some restoration. Circa 1720, New York.
Dimensions: 72½” high x 44” wide x 22½” deep.
Item No. 240273
Price: $2,900.
Sewer tile frog. This molded frog has incised features and is in excellent condition, with no chips or cracks. 19th century.
Item No. 240262
Price: $295.
Pair of portraits of a sea captain and his wife, o/c, unsigned. The captain is shown holding a spyglass. His wife is holding a bouquet of flowers. Behind her are flowers in a window box and a window looking out at mountains in the background.
A brass plaque affixed to one frame attributes the portraits to George Kennedy, (1818-1870), but experts who have subsequently examined the portraits have attributed them instead to Daniel G. Lamont, (1817-1883). The portraits are in good condition with some repair. Mid-19th century.
Provenance: Peter Tillou
Dimensions: 39” x 31½”; Viewed Area: 33½” x 26”
Price: $23,000.
