2015 FALL FEATURE AUCTION

1: SOUTHERN FOLK ART PAINTING - Study of a Sliced Watermelon, oil on cotton sheeting, signed 'M. Fair' lower left, dated '06, found in South Carolina. In gilt molded frame, OS: 20 1/2" x 25 1/2", SS: 17 1/2" x 22 1/2". C

2: BURLWOOD BOWL - American Chestnut Burled Bowl, 18th c, New England, with lightly collared rim and a very shallow foot, roughly 4 1/2" x 13 3/4", very good condition

3: 19TH C GENRE SCENE - Chicks in a Bowler Hat, oil on canvas, an unsigned rendering, ca 1890, in period deep cove etched gold frame, OS: 21 1/2" x 29 1/2", SS: 16 3/4" x 24 3/4". Cleaned, minor retouches.

4: (3) SAMPLERS, All early 19th c

5: FOLK ART CARVING - Great Barn Owl in carved and painted wood, with glass eyes, by Joseph Neal of Woolwich, Maine

6: JOHN HENRY DOLPH (NY/OH, 1835-1903) - Puppy and Two Kittens in Apple Basket Bed, oil on canvas, signed lower left, numbered 494 in the artist's hand verso, in gold gesso cove frame, OS: 21" x 27", SS: 15 1/2" x 21 1/2"

7: HENRICUS ENGELBERT REYNTJENS (Netherlands, 1817-1900) - "A Declaration of Love", oil on mitered panel, signed lower left, partial title on label remnant verso, SS: 7 1/2" x 6", losses to frame, painting cleaned and re...

8: FRANK FINNEY (VA, 1947 - ) - "Great Horned Owl", carved and painted wood with glass eyes, on integral artist-painted stand, with script 'F' monogram on underside, 23" tall figure, 29" tall overall

9: JEAN PAUL HAAG (France, 1854-1906) - - Thanksgiving Day Revolt, oil on canvas, signed lower right, dated 1885. OS: 37" x 28", SS: 28 1/2" x 20".

10: WINDSOR ARMCHAIR - Sack Back New England Windsor Armchair, circa 1800, with detailed provenance including family geneology and copies of photos of early owners, including one taken in the chair of the elderly woman re...

11: CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD WALKING STICK - Hardwood Stick with high relief carved grape vine, knob top, silver cartouche engraved "Dunker Church" and band reading "Wood from Dunker Church, Battle of Antietam, Sept 17, 1862"

12: CIVIL WAR COMMEMORATIVE WALKING STICK - 50th Anniversary Gettysburg Veteran's Walking Stick in stripped hardwood with scorched decoration and "Gettysburg" in block letters, the bark intact on the grip, 35 1/2" long

13: CIVIL WAR VETERAN'S WALKING STICK - Short Hardwood Stick with Self-Portrait Head of a Soldier wearing a Kepi, having glass eyes, painted goatee, the shaft wrapped with a snake having painted scales

14: (3) FOLK ART WALKING STICKS - 19th c

15: (2) FOLK ART CANES - Both 19th c, with relief animal carvings, including: Heavy Crooked Hickory Cane with thirteen various animals, charmingly rendered, and having a rabbit head handle, 36" long; PLUS Hickory Stick wi...

16: FOLK ART CANE - Scarce 19th c

17: CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD CANE - Hardwood Cane with engraved silver band that reads "D

18: COLLECTION OF CIVIL WAR P

19: JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (NY, 1785-1851) - "Castor Fiber Americanus, Linn

20: PIE SAFE - Maine Country Pine Pie Safe in Red Paint with Punched Star in Circle Tin Panels, thumb turn latch, two shelf unfinished interior, single drawer at bottom with mushroom knobs, 54" x 39 1/2" x 17 1/4", good c...