2016 WINTER FEATURE AUCTION

1: FOLK ART ROCKING HORSE - Early 19th c. New England Carved Pine Rocking Horse in spattered casein paint finish, with leather harness, real horsehair tail, later oil cloth saddle covering, having very long bentwood runn...

2: SIDNEY LAWRENCE BRACKETT (MA, 1852-1910) - Portrait of a Tiger Kitty, oil on academy board, signed lower right and dated '97, in the original gold oak frame, OS: 10 3/4" x 9 1/2", SS: 6 3/4" x 5 1/2". Cleaned and reto..

3: FOLK ART EAGLE - Carved Mahogany, set on a sphere, atop a ring turned column, possibly for use as a newel post finial, having both loose wings set with dowel, mounted on later base, 15" x 15" x 14'

4: AMERICAN FOLK ART CARVING - 18th c. New England Colonial Full Length Portrait of a Young Man Giving a Public Speech, in mahogany with elm plate base, his well rendered head set on a slightly cruder body, left hand rai...

5: CAROUSEL HORSE - Inside Row Jumper by Charles Looff (1852-1918), from the original ride at Whalom Park, on Lake Whalom, Mass., a 'trolley park' built as a destination by the Fitchburg and Leominster Street Railway in .

6: TRADE SIGN - Diminutive Interior English Hatter's Trade Sign, consisting of a red painted top hat above a torch form wall mount, on pressed and soldered tin, 18" tall overall. Good condition.

7: BARBER POLE - Wall Mount Half-Round Stationary Painted Wood Barber Shop Pole, tapered, mounted on a blue painted plank with diagonal cut ends, 60" x 7 1/2" overall. Good old original surface, slightly weathered.

8: 19TH C FOLK ART PAINTING - Still Life of Two Apples on a Plate, signed lr 'John Stock, '61', in lemon gold molded deep cove frame, OS: 12 1/2" x 14 1/2", SS: 7 1/4" x 9 1/4". Cleaned and retouched.

9: COURTING MIRROR - 18th c. Primitive Red Painted Pine Courting Mirror with applied shaped crest and having old glass, 16" tall, 9 1/2" wide. Mirror desilvering.

10: WILLIAM & MARY CHEST OF DRAWERS - Two over Four Drawers, pine in red paint, single plank top and sides, with applied cove molding at top and bottom of the case, the molded edge drawers flush to the case, having approp...

11: BURLWOOD BOWL - Early 19th c. American Deep Bowl in burlwood elm, having an integral knothole hanger, old walnut dowel repair, 5" x 14 1/4". Two old rim shrinkage cracks, wonderful age and use wear and patina.

12: COLLECTION OF CLAY PIPE FRAGMENTS - Over (50) Clay Pipe Bowls and countless stems recovered during foundation work by the Gay family at 81R North Street, Hingham, Mass in 1988-89

13: FRAMED MASSACHUSETTS CURRENCY - October 16, 1778 Paul Revere Engraved "Codfish" Twelve Pence Note, second issue

14: UNKNOWN ARTIST - Still Life of Petit Fours with Glass of Red Wine on a Red & White Tablecloth, oil on canvas, partially eradicated signature lower left appears to be 'Noyes', the date of '83 remains, a later inscripti

15: WEATHERVANE - "General Patchin", Full-Body Running Horse Weathervane, based on a champion thoroughbred, having a zinc head, copper body, Puritan Iron Works, circa 1885, on museum stand, roughly 20" x 42"

16: FIREMAN'S TRUMPET - 19th c. Silver Plated Megaphone, possibly a parade horn, having a shaped cup mouthpiece, what appears to be the original red silk cord with tassels, no maker's mark or engraving. 17 1/2" x 7" diam..

17: WILLIAM HENRY BROWN (SC, 1808-1883) - Very well executed cut paper silhouettes of two men facing each other, mounted on a lithogaph background interior having the artist's printed signature lower left, a common practic

18: AUGUSTE EDOUART (UK/NY, 1781-1861) - Very Choice Double Silhouette of a Couple in an interior, standing in front of a fireplace with a landscape painting above, signed lower left "Aug

19: MINIATURE PAINTINGS - Two early 20th c. miniature oil on canvas paintings depicting fruit. One depicts an apple on a branch and the other a bunch of grapes. The grapes are signed "M. Little" lower right, marked verso ...

20: AMERICAN COLONIAL BLANKET CHEST - Pine Six Drawer Chest in untouched original finish, the single plank top with snipe hinges revealing a deep unfinished storage having a covered till and shelf, the case with three fau...