Chippendale mule chest in blue paint, pine. The chest sports old 19th century blue paint over the original 18th century red, a hinged top with a molded edge, leather strap hinges, two drawers and a Chippendale bracket base. It is in fair to good condition, with drawer lip damage, repair to the proper right front foot, replaced brasses, replaced hinges and the expected wear and tear from age and usage. Late 18th century, American.

Dimensions: 38½” high x 37½” wide x 16¾” deep.

Item No. 250067

Price: $3,900.

Portrait of a young girl, o/c, unsigned. The girl is said to be Mary Bartlett York. She is shown sitting on a sofa, wearing a blue dress and playing an instrument that appears to be a type of squeeze box. The painting is in good condition, having been professionally conserved with craquelure. Circa 1830-1840, New England.

Dimensions: 35½” x 29½”; Viewed Area: 33” x 27”

Item No. 250010

Price: $1,500.

Sheet iron Indian weathervane. The weathervane is a nice large size and in excellent condition. It can either be exhibited on a custom-made stand, (not included), or hung on a wall. Last quarter of the 19th century, American.

Dimensions: 40” high x 34” wide.

Item No. 250082

Price: $3,900.

Painting of a cat in a basket, o/c, unsigned. The painting is in very good condition, relined, with minor in-painting. 19th century, American School.

Dimensions: 25” x 21”; Viewed Area: 20” x 16”

Item No. 250081

Price: $1,275.

Pair of painted Windsor stools. The stools sport a worn salmon-painted surface with several layers of earlier paint. The upholstered seats are in good condition with minor defects, and the stools are structurally sound and ready for use. Early 19th century, American.

Dimensions: 26¼” high x 20½” wide x 20” deep.

Item No.250079

Price: $1,900.

Portrait of Anna Hawley, o/c, attributed to Edward Sheffield Bartholomew, (1822-1858), based on Anna's diary. The painting shows Anna in profile, an unusual pose, wearing a white dress, holding a sprig of wildflowers, and gazing out on a bucolic landscape. The painting is housed in a beautiful gold leaf frame with ornamental details in the corners. Copies of Anna’s diary attached to the back identify her as the sitter at two years old and the artist as being Edward Sheffield Bartholomew.. The painting is in very good condition, relined, with craquelure and some in-painting. Circa 1840-1850, probably Connecticut.

Edward Sheffield Bartholomew first attempted portrait painting as a vocation, found he was color blind, and subsequently became a noted sculptor. Fifteen of his sculptures and reliefs are owned by the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT and one relief is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Dimensions: 50½” high x 43½”wide; Viewed Area: 39½” high x 32½” wide

Item No. 250048

Price: $2,600.

One-piece architectural barrel-back corner cupboard. The upper section sports a single molded arch door with four raised panels opening onto three beautifully shaped shelves. The lower section has a single door with two raised panels opening onto an interior with a single shelf. The surface is painted in later Spanish brown paint. The cupboard is in very good condition, with a minor repair to the edge molding on the proper left side, (the molding is seen as missing in the photos but has now been added back), and the normal wear and tear from age and usage. Late 18th/early 19th century, New England.

Dimensions: 79¼” high; Requires a 32” corner.

Item No. 250029

Price: $2,400.

Queen Anne tiger maple highboy. The top section has an applied molded cornice over four long graduated drawers. The bottom section has a single drawer with a carved fan, simulated to look like three drawers. The apron sports acorn drops and is supported by cabriole legs ending in pad feet. The brasses are old replacements. The highboy is in very good condition, marred only by a tight shrinkage crack on the proper right side of the upper section and by the normal wear and rear from age and usage. Circa 1760-1780, New England.

Dimensions: 71” high x 38” wide x 20” deep.

Item No. 240183

Price: $2,975.

Folk art landscape painting, o/c, unsigned. The painting shows men haying, along with a farmhouse and the Hudson River in the background. The scene portrayed is after Jasper Cropsey’s “American Harvesting”. 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 is in very good condition, with craquelure. Circa 1851, Hudson River School.

Dimensions: 33” x 25”; Viewed Area: 30” x 22”

Item No. 250020

Price: $2,400.

A primitive full-length portrait of a young girl and her dog, o/c, unsigned. The girl is shown in a blue dress and coral necklace embracing a large dog, with a landscape in the background. The painting is housed in a period gilt-decorated frame. It was conserved by Yost Restoration in Oxford, CT in 2022, including relining, a new stretcher and some inpainting. Circa 1830, American School.

Dimensions: 42½” x 36¼”; Viewed Area: 35½” x 29¼”

Item No. 250021

Price: $2,700.