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July 23 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

July 24-25 from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m.

July 26 from 8:45 a.m. to 11 a.m. and by appointment

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I M P O R TA N T N O T I C E S All lots from this auction can be viewed online at www.eldreds.com.

A text-only catalog with all lots is also available upon request.

Bidding Options In-person, online, phone and absentee bidding is available. To register for absentee and telephone bidding, visit our website, or call 508-385-3116.

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Terms A buyer’s premium will be added to the hammer price of all purchases.

The buyer’s premium is 26 percent of the final bid price up to and including $500,000, and 10 percent of the final bid price over $500,000.

We accept checks, cash, money orders, wire transfers and major credit cards for payment. Credit cards can only be used for up to $5,000 of the invoice total and the card must have a U.S. billing address.

Bidders holding a resale number must provide the certificate or copy thereof when registering to bid or otherwise will be required to pay 6.25% Massachusetts sales tax on purchases. Items picked up in or shipped to Connecticut are subject to 6.35% Connecticut sales tax.

Residents of other states may be subject to state and local sales taxes.

Condition Reports Prospective bidders should satisfy themselves by personal inspection as to the condition of each lot. It is the bidder’s responsibility to obtain a condition report, by either visiting our website or contacting us.

Although condition reports may be given on request, such reports are statements of opinion only. The absence of a condition report does not imply the property is in good condition. Regardless of whether or not a condition report is given, all property is sold subject to Item 1 of our Conditions of Sale, which provides that all property is sold as is.

All dimensions are approximate.

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are very proud to present the following highlights from our annual Summer Sale.

The selections you see here showcase the diversity of the amazing material that has been consigned with us over the last several months, including significant pieces of traditional Americana, early silver, rare Shaker objects, sporting art, classical furniture, Oriental rugs, and European fine and decorative arts. Many of these items will be presented as singleowner collections across the first two days of the auction.

The third and final auction session will be dedicated to a curated selection of American art, ranging from Colonial period portraits to contemporary abstracts. An outstanding group of Provincetown and Cape Cod art will be included, featuring works from an important private collection.

Whether you are leisurely leafing through it over your morning coffee or an afternoon at the beach, we hope you enjoy this small preview of items in what we believe to be one of the strongest sales in our long history. Nearly 1,000 lots will cross the block during the sale, so there is so much more to see and discover than what you see here. View all lots on our website, eldreds.com, examine them in person during the auction exhibition, or join us to bid live in the saleroom.

As always, we are more than happy to answer questions or provide whatever information you need so you can bid with confidence. Please don’t ever hesitate to reach out.

Best wishes and happy bidding, Josh Eldred President

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S TA F F D I R E C T O R Y BOARD OF DIRECTORS Joshua F. Eldred CEO and President Head of American and European Paintings jeldred@eldreds.com

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Head of Oriental Rugs glen@eldreds.com

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Jennifer Lacker

Mystic Gallery jlacker@eldreds.com

Wendy A. Dunford

Treasurer wendy@eldreds.com

Anne G. Lajoie

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F E AT U R I N G P R O P E R T Y F R O M

An Important North Shore Collection An Upstate New York Collection An Important Connecticut Collection A Private Collection, Watch Hill, Rhode Island The Henry and Sharon Martin Collection of Realist Paintings A Private Cape Cod Collection And Numerous Other Estates and Collections

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An Important North Shore Collection Thoughtfully curated over 30 years by a couple with an impeccable eye for quality, sound guidance from reputable dealers, and a strong sense of what they liked A N I M P O R TA N T and would enjoy living with in their home.

Connecticut Collection

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HEPPLEWHITE BOWFRONT BUREAU ATTRIBUTED TO JUDKINS AND SENTER Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Circa 1810 In cherry. Four graduated full-width drawers, each with cock-bead molding along edges and three flame birch panels framed with string inlay. Brass beehive pulls, possibly original.

Shaped skirt with matching flame birch panel drop at center. High splayed French bracket feet. Height 38”. Width 41”. Depth 21.75”.

5,000/8,000

A similar example is illustrated in Portsmouth Furniture Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast edited by Brock Jobe (Hanover, N.H.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities/University Press of New England, 1993), p. 115, fig. 11A.

Cabinetmakers Jonathan Judkins and William Senter established operation in 1808 in Portsmouth.

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An Important North Shore Collection

JOHN WHITE ALLEN SCOTT Massachusetts, 1815-1907 View of Eastern Point Lighthouse from Stage Fort, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Signed and dated on mast lower right “JWA Scott 1866”. Oil on canvas, 30” x 50”. Framed 42” x 62”.

20,000/30,000

John White Allen Scott, a painter and lithographer, is closely associated with Fitz Hugh Lane, with whom he operated a lithography firm from 1844 to 1847. The two maintained a friendly relationship with thereafter. Scott belonged to the New England Art Union and the Boston Art Club; he was the club’s oldest member at the time

Exhibited: Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Massachusetts: May 23, 1998-February 28, 1989.

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FEDERAL TWO-PART CYLINDER DESK SECRETARY Probably Boston, Circa 1810 In mahogany with flame satin veneer. Reverse-arch pediment with three brass eagle finials. Upper case with two Gothic arch glazed doors enclosing two shelves. Lower case with two tiers of varied small drawers, a cylinder front, half drawers above a full-width drawer, and delicate ring-turned legs. Cylinder opens to reveal six drawers, four pigeonholes and a slide-out writing surface. Height 90”. Width 36.25”. Depth 32”.

10,000/15,000

SIMON WILLARD TALL-CASE CLOCK Boston, Circa 1800 Mahogany case. Pierced fretwork joins three fluted plinths, the central plinth supporting an eagle finial and the side plinths with ball-and-steeple finials. Arched dial door and arched glazed side windows. Bonnet fronted by full fluted columns with brass stop fluting. Molded pendulum door flanked by brass-capped fluted quarter columns. Molded base on ogee bracket feet. Painted metal face with floral decoration at corners, a Roman numeral hour dial, an Arabic numeral minutes register, a second sweep and a calendar dial. Moon phase disk in lunette. Signed on dial “Simon Willard”.

Height 88”.

25,000/35,000

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An Important North Shore Collection

CLASSICAL KNIFE BOX 19th Century Sarcophagus form in flame mahogany and mahogany veneer with brass line inlay. Hinged lid with brass ball knob. Fruitwood interior knife partition with contrasting inlay along perimeter. Brass grape cluster medallions applied to each of the four corners of the plinth base. Brass paw feet fitted with casters. Includes a 50-piece cutlery set with green wood handles and silver bolsters. Height 16”. Width 14.5”. Depth 10.75”.

5,000/7,000

SHEICHUR RUG: 3’4" x 3’10" Circa 1900 Ivory field with traditional faded blue, brown, gold and tangerine X-shaped medallions. Interior border with a traditional cresting blue and brown wave motif.

400/600

CHINESE EXPORT ROSE MEDALLION PORCELAIN COVERED SOUP TUREEN AND UNDERTRAY 19th Century All three pieces with matching figural decoration and floral vignettes. Cover with gilt stem-form knop. Tureen with gilt boar’s-head handles. Tureen height 6”. Length across handles 13”. Undertray length 14”.

800/1,000

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EXCEPTIONAL AND HISTORIC CHINA TRADE SEWING BOX Dated 1854 Presented to Mrs. E. Hunt by Namcheong Tailor, Whampoa (China).

Includes original photos of Captain Thomas Hunt and Mrs. Hunt, as well as a fine assortment of carved ivory and other sewing implements.

Mansard-style box covered with ivory veneer and micromosaic and set on ivory ball feet. Ivory plaque mounted to interior of lid engraved “Presented to Mrs. E. Hunt By Namcheong Tailor Whampoa 1854”.

Interior lined in purple velvet and fitted with a compartmented liftout tray, the compartment covers with coordinating ivory veneer and micromosaic. Height 4.75”. Width 13”. Depth 9”.

4,000/6,000

Thomas Hunt founded his eponymous company in Salem, Massachusetts in the mid-1840s. Initially only carrying dispatches between Canton and Whampoa, Thomas Hunt & Company soon expanded from the packet boat business to include ship chandlery, dry dock support and merchant commissions. After having made his fortune, Hunt sold his business in 1854.

Hunt family papers indicate Hunt’s wife, Elizabeth (Cook) Hunt, and their young son, Thomas “Frankie” Hunt, joined Captain Hunt in China around 1848, using one of the company ships as a residence. This box was presumably a goodbye gift for Mrs. Hunt when the family returned home in 1854.

BIDJAR RUG: 7’0" x 14’0" First Quarter of the 20th Century Navy blue field with three columns of red, blue, green, pink, gold and lilac boteh arranged in cruciforms. Two phrases in Arabic script near the center line of the field. Multiple narrow borders contain a variety of motifs.

1,000/2,000

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AMERICAN SCHOOL 19th Century Portrait of a Black nanny holding an infant. Unsigned.

Oil on board, 20” x 17”. Framed 29” x 26”.

3,000/5,000

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VERY FINE THREE-DRAWER WORK TABLE Philadelphia, Circa 1820 Exceptionally figured mahogany, bird’s-eye maple and tiger maple veneer. Top with a tiger maple panel bordered with rosewood.

Compartmented top drawer fitted with writing slant. Graduated drawers below. Period, possibly original, ivory escutcheons and brass pulls. Ring-turned turrets at corners of case with ivory caps.

Mahogany base with a spiral-carved knop, four reverse-arched legs with carved moldings, and brass-capped paw feet fitted with casters. Height 29”. Width 21.75”. Depth 16”.

3,000/5,000

AMERICAN SCHOOL 19th Century View of a farm with a stagecoach in the foreground.

Signed and dated lower right “E.S.B. 1875”. Frame with maker’s label for Hall and Garrison, Philadelphia.

Oil on canvas, 16” x 24”. Framed 25” x 33”.

2,000/3,000

JOHN CROWLEY BRACKET CLOCK Philadelphia, Early 19th Century Rare and desirable example of a bracket clock with an American-made case and movement.

Chippendale mahogany and mahogany veneer case with white pine and oak secondary woods, a brass handle at top, a molded cornice, glazed rectangular panels at sides, and brass bracket feet. Matching tombstone-shaped glazed dial and rear doors with inlaid diamond-shaped key escutcheons. Painted iron face with a Roman numeral hour dial, an Arabic numeral minutes register and a strike/silent selector in the arch. Cut steel hands. Brass double fusee movement.

Back plate is not engraved, further indication the clock works were produced in America and not England. Dial signed “John Crowley Philad.a”. Superb old surfaces. Height 18.25”.

Width at feet 13”. Depth 8”.

3,000/5,000 John Crowley was active from circa 1803 to 1823 producing bracket and shelf clocks. Bracket clocks produced by American makers are particularly rare; the majority were produced in England and sold via American retailers.

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SCHOOL OF GODDARD-TOWNSEND CHIPPENDALE CARD TABLE Newport, Rhode Island, Circa 1780 In mahogany. Modified serpentine top with delicate carved molding along edge. Diminutive foliate molding along lower edge of skirt. Fluted and stop-fluted block front legs with Chinese Chippendale-style corner returns. Rear swing leg conceals a drawer. Finish possibly original.

Height 28.5”. Width 34.25”. Depth 16.75”.

6,000/9,000

CAUCASIAN SCATTER RUG: 3’10" x 5’6" Late 19th/Early 20th Century Abrashed blue field contains three blue, faded red and khaki Lesghi stars surrounded by small colorful geometric medallions with latch hook perimeters.

Several colorful borders contain a variety of motifs.

400/600

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FRANK HENRY SHAPLEIGH New Hampshire, 1842-1906 “Mount Washington & Saco River at Hiram, Maine”. Signed and dated lower left “F.H. Shapleigh 1888”. Titled in the artist’s hand verso. Housed in a period hand-carved frame. Label verso for art supplier Frost and Reed, Boston. Oil on canvas, 18” x 30”. Framed 26” x 38”.

5,000/8,000

EXCEPTIONALLY RARE QUEEN ANNE FOOTSTOOL Boston, Circa 1760 In walnut. Rounded rectangular molded frame for slip seat.

Cabriole legs with beautifully carved C-scrolls and robust pad feet. Interior of legs with excellent color. Slip seat, not original, with ivory striped upholstery. Height 18”. Length 20.5”.

Width 15.75”.

5,000/10,000

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SET OF SIX CHIPPENDALE DINING CHAIRS ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT HARROLD Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Circa 1770 Each seat and frame numbered in Roman numerals I through VI. In mahogany, the finish with a rich dark color and excellent patina. Backs with nicely carved and pierced Gothic splats. Original trapezoidal seat frames. Cabriole legs with foliate-carved knees and claw & ball feet are joined by block and turned stretchers. Back heights 38”. Seat heights 18”.

5,000/8,000 A chair with a similarly carved and pierced back attributed to Robert Harrold is illustrated in Portsmouth Furniture Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast edited by Brock Jobe (Hanover, N.H.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities/University Press of New England, 1993), p. 322, fig. 87.

Robert Harrold (d. 1792), who arrived in Portsmouth in 1765, was the town’s principal preRevolutionary War cabinetmaker. He received commissions from Governor Wentworth, including a pair of chairs for the governor’s pew at Queen’s Chapel and another chair for the governor to use at the state house. It’s believed Harrold came from England, based on his affiliation with the Church of England and the English training and aesthetic indicated in his pieces. He spent the Revolutionary War years in Conway, New Hampshire, located in the Mount Washington Valley, but he returned to Portsmouth after the war and continued working as a cabinetmaker until his death.

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HERIZ RUG: 8’8" x 11’2" First Quarter of the 20th Century Brick red field with a bright ivory subfield, blue spandrels, and a navy blue, salmon pink and light olive green gabled medallion. Golden vines bearing colorful leaves and blossoms throughout. Broad midnight blue main border features a turtle motif.

1,500/2,500

EDWARD PERCY MORAN New York/Pennsylvania, 1862-1935 “The Opening of the Erie Canal”. Depicts New York Governor DeWitt Clinton christening the canal by pouring water from Lake Erie into the Atlantic Ocean. Signed lower left “E. Percy Moran”. Titled on frame plaque. Oil on canvas, 30” x 40”. Framed 38” x 48”.

3,000/5,000 A major civil engineering project spearheaded by Governor Clinton, the Erie Canal connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie. It cemented New York’s role as the leading port for commerce and aided in the growth of many of New York’s secondary cities, including Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany.

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Jacob Hurd (1703-1758) is considered the most talented and prolific Boston silversmith of his time, and a leading silversmith of colonial America. He worked in a late baroque style and his engraving has been described as without

EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND IMPORTANT JACOB HURD AMERICAN SILVER LIDDED SUGAR BOWL Boston, Circa 1745 Engraved crest on side. Marked on lid and bowl “Hurd”.

Height 4.5”. Diameter 4.875”. Approx. 12.6 troy oz.

40,000/60,000

parallel. His work was favored by the city’s leading merchant and political families, and thus he received the most important commission work, but he died bankrupt.

He was father to silversmiths Nathaniel Hurd (1729-1777) and Benjamin Hurd (1739-1781), and grandfather to Benjamin Hurd, Jr. (1778-1818).

Hurd pieces are in the collection of several museums, including Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Peabody Essex Museum and Winterthur.

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NEWPORT QUEEN ANNE TRAY-TOP TEA TABLE Rhode Island, Mid-18th Century In mahogany. Delicate cabriole legs end in slipper feet.

Height 26.25”. Length 31”. Width 20”. 3,000/5,000

RARE CHINESE EXPORT PUNCH BOWL OF MASONIC INTEREST Late 19th Century Decorated with numerous Masonic emblems including the square and compass.

Almost identical to a bowl made for Richard Gridley of Massachusetts, which is currently in the collection of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, the U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. Height 4.5”. Diameter 11.5”.

500/1,000

GEORGE WASHINGTON INAUGURAL BUTTON 1789 Round brass button with “Long Live The President” and “GW” in raised lettering. Original shank on reverse.

Diameter 1.5”.

2,500/3,000

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WILLIAM MATTHEW PRIOR Massachusetts/Maine, 1806-1873 Portrait of a mother and child. Unsigned. Stamp verso for canvas preparer O. Sterns, Boston. Oil on canvas, 27” x 22”. Framed 35.5” x 30”.

20,000/30,000 Provenance: A Private New England Collection.

A Private Indiana Collection.

Exhibited: The Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, Indiana.

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QUEEN ANNE BONNET-TOP HIGHBOY Massachusetts, Mid-18th Century In mahogany. Nicely arched bonnet with an unusual back panel and flower blossom carvings at the ends of the scrolls. Three flame and urn finials with gilt twisted flames. Upper case with three side-by-side drawers, the central with shell carving, over four graduated full-width drawers. Lower case with a full-width drawer over three side-by-side drawers, the central with repetitive shell carving.

Skirt with two acorn drops. Cabriole legs end in pad feet. Old label and chalk writing on upper case backboard. Height 84”. Width 40.5”.

Depth 21.75”.

8,000/12,000

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EARLY AMERICAN ARMCHAIR Circa 1690 In hardwood, accompanied by an analysis identifying the wood as American. Arched raised carved crest with scrolled ends. Foliate-carved arms. Front legs carved with an effigy design. Turned and blocked H-stretcher. Back and seat with old, possibly original, painted leather upholstery.

Back height 52”. Seat height 18.75”.

1,800/2,500

MASSACHUSETTS NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER Dated July 1818 Wrought by “Sally W. Hum born April 23 1807 aged 11 Marlborough July 1818”.

Rows of alphabets, numerals and small images above the verse “Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand, As the first efforts of an infants hand, And while her fingers o’er this canvas move, Engage her tender heart to seek thy love”. Maker’s inscription below flanked by trees. Wide floral sprig border. 16” x 16” sight. Framed 23” x 22.75”.

1,000/1,500

PEWTER DOUBLE-LENS LACEMAKER’S WHALE OIL LAMP First Half of the 19th Century Height 9”.

250/350

FIREBOARD DEPICTING A HUDSON RIVER SCENE 18th/19th Century Unsigned. Oil on canvas laid down on board, 31.75” x 36.5”.

3,000/5,000

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THE WAY FAMILY OF PAINTERS New London, Connecticut/New York, Early 19th Century Collection of six portrait and other miniatures by three different family members: 1) “Temple of Friendship” by Eliza Way Champlain Riley (1897-1886). Depicts a lady hanging flower garlands on a garden folly. Titled in script lettering lower margin. Complex, fine workmanship and an appealing subject.

Watercolor, 2.125” x 2.125”.

2) “Self Portrait / Girl with Curls” by Elizabeth Way Champlain (1771-1825). Possibly unfinished. Believed to be intended as a gift to Mary Way, circa 1816-1819. Watercolor, oval 1.75” x 1.25”.

3) “Baby” by Elizabeth Way Champlain. Watercolor, oval 1” x 0.75”.

4) “Christ Rejected” by Elizabeth Way Champlain. Watercolor, 2.875” x 3”.

5) “Woman with Black Hat” by Elizabeth Way Champlain. Delicately painted, with excellent detail and subtle color. Watercolor, 2.25” x 1.75”.

6) “Mrs. Lizy Champlain / The Artist’s Stepmother” by Mary Way (1769-1833). Typical work with collaged elements. Fabric and watercolor, 3.25” x 2.375”.

Housed together in folding frame. Frame closed 4.25” x 9.5”.

10,000/15,000

References: All these works are illustrated in Sisters of the Brush: Their Family, Art, Lives & Letters 1797-1833 by Ramsay MacMullen (New Haven, Ct.: PastTimes Press, 1997), plates 7.17, 3.11,1.2, 4.12, 3.10 and fig. 2, p. 18.

“Christ Rejected” seen here bears similarities to works by Benjamin West (1738-1820) and William Dunlap (1766– 1839). West’s painting, “Christ Rejected by the Jews”, was originally exhibited in London at the Royal Academy in 1814. Dunlap completed his work in Norfolk, Virginia in March 1822, exhibiting it locally that spring, and then in Philadelphia, Boston and Portland in June and July.

MacMullen’s notes indicate Eliza identified the subject of “Woman with Black Hat” as Madame Junot, Duchess of Abrantès (1784-1838), based on a circa 1803 engraving.

Mary Way and her sister, Elizabeth “Betsy” May Champlain, are among the first professional female artists in America, working in New London, Connecticut, from the 1790s to the early 1800s. They worked in miniatures, including “dressed” portraits, with pieces of fabric pasted to the painting as clothing. It is believed the two were entirely self-taught, but they taught all they knew to Eliza Way Champlain Riley, Betsy’s daughter, who also became an artist.

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AFTER THOMAS COLE America, Circa 1850 “The Voyage of Life”. Unsigned copies of the series of four paintings: “Childhood”, “Youth”, “Manhood” and “Old Age”. Artist unknown. Oils on canvas, 26” x 36”.

Framed 33” x 43”.

20,000/30,000 Provenance: Private Western Massachusetts Collection.

Eldred’s, Spring Americana Auction, April 8, 2016, Lot #815.

Private Collection, Connecticut.

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FEDERAL FIRE SCREEN Boston, First Quarter of the 19th Century In mahogany. Pole with delicate urn finial. Turned base with arched legs ending in spade feet. Octagonal screen with needlework depicting a woman playing a harp, marked within floral surround “S.W. 1826”.

Height 62.75”.

600/900

DELAWARE VALLEY LADDERBACK ARMCHAIR Circa 1780 In maple under red paint. Back with five arched cross rails. Rush seat. Front stretcher with ring and ball turnings. Back height 47”. Seat height 16”. 700/1,000

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AMERICAN SCHOOL 19th Century View of the estate of Mathias Collins by “itinerant painter Miss Polly”. Unsigned. Old handwritten note affixed verso inscribed “The Estate of Mathias Collins [?] 1852 Weston[?] Mass. Mathias Collins is in his yard. His grandchildren are passing on their way to school. George, Fred & Ann Collins.

Their own home adjoins to the grandfather’s estate to the right of the cows in the yard. Painted by an itinerant painter named Miss Polly.”. Oil on canvas, 22” x 30.25”. Framed 27.5” x 36.25”.

10,000/20,000 Provenance: The Collection of Bob & Nancy Skinner.

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WILLIAM RICKARBY MILLER New York, 1818-1893 Still life of apples. Signed, dated and inscribed lower margin "W.R. Miller 1891. N.Y. No. 10".

Oil on canvas, 12.5" x 10.5". Framed 20" x 18.5".

7,000/10,000

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ENGLISH SHELL TEA CADDY 19th Century Bombé form with bun feet. Height 7”. Width 7.5”.

Depth 4”.

1,000/1,500

CAUCASIAN AREA RUG: 4’3" x 6’5" First Quarter of the 21st Century Navy blue field with a central column of six light blue, navy blue, dark red, bright ivory and salmon red Lesghi stars flanked by neatly arrayed geometric elements and stylized bird figures.

Salmon red, blue and red reciprocal spearpoint guard borders.

Ivory main border.

550/750

WILLIAM CURLETT America, Mid-19th Century “John Kemble Esqr as Hamlet”. Inscribed verso “John Kemble Esqr As Hamlet Painted by Wm. Curlett for His Friend James P. Dorritee Baltimore 1839”. The painting is a copy of the 1801 work by Sir Thomas Lawrence, currently in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Lawrence’s work was the basis of a popular 1838 mezzotint by James Egan, which is likely the source of this copy by Curlett. Oil on canvas, 32.75” x 21.25”.

Framed 39.5” x 28”.

5,000/10,000 Little can be found about William Curlett, although he is credited with creating an 1844 campaign banner for Grand National Whig Prize Banner Badge.

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PAIR OF CHINESE ROSE MEDALLION PORCELAIN TEMPLE VASES 20th Century Polychrome and gilt decoration. Heights 37”. With rosewood stands.

2,000/3,000

PAIR OF CHINESE MOTTLED CELADON JADE BOXES 20th Century One with spinach skin tones. Includes one open-carved wood stand. Box heights 2". Lengths 3". Stand height 2". Length 3".

5,000/7,000

KARL ALBERT BUEHR Illinois/Vermont/France, 1866-1952 “Afternoon Shadows”. Signed lower right “Karl Buehr”. Titled on frame verso. Oil on canvas, 25” x 30”. Framed 34.5” x 39.5”.

8,000/12,000

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WILLIAM MOORE DAVIS New York, 1829-1920 Still life of dandelions. Signed and dated lower right “W.M. Davis 1859”.

Oil on canvas, 7.25” x 6”. Framed 12” x 10.5”.

5,000/7,000

LEE LUFKIN KAULA Massachusetts/New Hampshire, 1865-1957 “Vacation Days”. Signed in pencil verso “Lee Lufkin Kaula 311 Fenways Studios Boston”. Titled verso. Oil on canvas, 29” x 24”. Framed 33” x 27”.

5,000/10,000 Provenance: Private Collection, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

JANE PETERSON Massachusetts/New York/Kansas/Illinois, 1876-1965 Zinnias. Signed lower right “Jane Peterson”. Oil on canvas, 32” x 32”.

Framed 38.5” x 38.5”.

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EASTMAN JOHNSON Massachusetts/Maine /Europe, 1824-1906 “David H. Taylor” (The Shy Musician). Signed lower left “E. Johnson”.

Number 31.5.18 in the Eastman Johnson online catalogue raisonné.

Oil on board, 21.75” x 13”. Framed 28” x 19.25”.

12,000/18,000 [detail] Provenance: Estate of the artist, acquired in 1906.

American Art Association, New York, February 26-27, 1907, Lot #56, consigned by the above.

Estate of Bernardine M. Boyle, Connecticut.

Fairfield Auction, Monroe, Connecticut, March 24, 2017, Lot #78, titled “Master David Taylor with His Violin”.

Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Exhibited: The Century Association, New York: "Memorial Exhibition of Eastman Johnson", February 1907, no. 56, titled “The Shy Musician”.

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JAPY FRÈRES LOUIS XVI GILT-BRONZE CLOCK GARNITURE France, 19th Century Retailed through J.E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia, 1884. Comprised of a clock and a pair of candelabras in a Japonesque peacock motif.

Maker’s mark under bell. Includes key. Height 13”. Width 12.75”.

Depth 6.75”.

2,500/3,500

MONUMENTAL FLOOR-STANDING W. & A.K. JOHNSTON 30-INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE Edinburgh and London, 20th Century Oak stand with block and turned legs and a cross-stretcher base.

Engraved brass meridian and polar ring. Globe with 36 colored printed gores. Maker’s cartouche in the Pacific with a unicorn and lion crest above “30 inch Terrestrial Globe by W. & A.K. Johnston, Limd. Geographers, Engravers and Printers Edinburgh & London”.

Total height approx. 47”.

5,000/7,000 W. & A.K. Johnston, Ltd. was founded by brothers William and Alexander Keith in 1825 after they previously worked for leading globe manufacturer James Kirkwood. The Johnston firm quickly became one of the most renowned globe makers in Britain, receiving a royal appointment from Queen Victoria. The firm remained intact into the Early 20th Century. The 30-inch model seen here was the largest they created and the first of that size produced in Britain.

CONTINENTAL AUTOMATON BIRD BOX Late 19th Century Gilt bronze case with repoussé shoreline scenes of figures, sailing vessels, sea birds and assorted cottages, windmills, lighthouses and other structures. Round hinged cover with repoussé decoration of a songbird in a tree. Bird-form latch opens the cover to reveal a feathered singing bird. Key-wind movement. Height 1.5”.

Length 3.75”.

3,000/5,000 This item is being sold to benefit the Cape and Islands United Way, which last year invested more than $700,000 in local nonprofits to support sustainable community impact within the health, education, economic stability, housing and basic needs sectors. To read more about their mission, please visit capeandislandsuw.org.

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In the mid-1830s, Theodore Frere, traveled to Algeria.

Like the many artists who flocked there after Charles X’s conquest in 1830, Frere was intrigued by its culture

THEODORE FRERE France, 1814-1888 "The Caravan". Signed lower left. Titled on label verso "No. 95 - The Caravan". Oil on canvas, 16" x 24.25".

Framed 23.5" x 32.5".

20,000/30,000

and climate. He began contributing to the Orientalist movement, which highlighted the architecture, daily life and cultural practices of the near and Far East. He later traveled through Greece, Turkey and Syria, and he spent several years in Egypt, establishing at studio in Cairo. He had a staggering number of paintings accepted by the Salon, indicative of his talent as an artist and the popularity of Orientalist themes with the public and the French government during the time period.

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HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH New York/Connecticut, 1880-1980 The Fisherman. Figure seated beside a sundial. Signed and dated on base “Harriet W. Frishmuth 1912”. Bronze, height 11.5”. Length 17”.

20,000/30,000

Considered a “master of lyrical sculpture”, Harriet Whitney

height of her career, the women’s rights movement escalated with

Frishmuth was particularly drawn to the female form. Her favorite

the ratification of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to

models were dancers, and her most well-known pieces feature

vote, in 1920. In response to her growing activism, Frishmuth joined

lithe nudes.

the Philadelphia Ten, a group that promoted women as professional artists, not just hobbyists, through equal exhibition opportunities, salon-style forums, and access to models and instruction.

She was born in Philadelphia but spent much of her childhood in Dresden and Paris, studying at age 19 under Auguste Rodin.

She later worked under Cuno von Euchtritz, Hermon MacNeil and

Frishmuth was forced to leave New York and return to Philadelphia

Gutzon Borglum, and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and the

due to financial hardship during the Great Depression. She remained

Art Students League of New York.

there the rest of her life, continuing to sculpt. Her work was included in exhibitions at the National Academy of Design, the Academy

She opened her own studio in New York in 1908 and began

of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, the Salon in Paris, the Golden Gate

receiving commissions from the Gorham Manufacturing Co. and the

International Exposition and the National Association of Women

New York County Medical Society around 1910, mostly for utilitarian

Painters and Sculptors, among others, and is currently in the

items like bookends, garden ornaments and park fountains.

collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the Dallas Museum of Art.

Her work was critically well-received, and her reputation grew steadily throughout the first decades of the 20th Century. At the

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GILTWOOD AND PAINTED SIX-PEDAL HARP 19th Century Crown with carved leaf decoration. Body with painted urn, floral and bird decoration.

1,000/2,000

RARE VICTORIAN WICKER "GOSSIP" OR TÊTE-À-TÊTE CHAIR America, Late 19th Century Attributed to Heywood-Wakefield Co. Back height 37”. Seat height 16”.

Length 48”.

1,000/1,500

FRENCH AUTOMOBILE ADVERTISING POSTER Circa 1900 “Automobiles De Dietrich & Cie Luneville Neuillys-Seine”. Depicts a woman with a donkey cart being spooked by a De Dietrich automobile. De Dietrich, a holding company based in France that dates back to 1684, manufactured automobiles from 1896 to 1905.

Possibly from the 1902 Paris-Vienna car race. Marked lower right “Affiches Belleville, Grande Imprimerie de Montrouge, Paris”. 44.75” x 61”. Framed 45.5” x 61.5”.

1,000/2,000

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ROYCROFT ARTS AND CRAFTS HAND-HAMMERED COPPER BUTTRESS VASE BY KARL KIPP New York, Circa 1910 Cylindrical vase supported by four angular handles or buttresses. Four applied squares at rim. Orb and cross mark on base. Height 8”. Width across buttresses 3.5”.

2,000/3,000

BIRDS OF PARADISE DESIGN RUNNER: 2’9" x 10’0" 21st Century Borderless peach field contains flowering branches and exotic birds rendered in shades of dark blue, pale blue, ivory, taupe and subtle rose red.

500/800 [detail]

NANCY CALLAN Massachusetts/Washington, 1964Blown glass top in shades of blue and green. Signed and dated near base “N. Callan 09”. Length 17”.

2,000/3,000

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JAMIE WYETH Pennsylvania/Maine/Delaware, 1946“Corbett House”, Monhegan Island, Maine, 1973. Signed lower left “Jamie Wyeth”. Includes a copy of the original bill of sale from Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, March 16, 1981. Watercolor, 20.75” x 28.5”. Framed 32” x 40”.

25,000/35,000 The house depicted here is on Monhegan Island, Maine, and was built in 1908.

It sits on the path out to Burnt Head, one of the three cliffs on the eastern side of the island. Helen Corbett bought the house in 1953 and owned it until 1980.

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RARE AND UNIQUE CARVED AND PAINTED WOODEN CRANE Late 19th/Early 20th Century Highly decorative and monumental piece of folk art. Height approx. 8'0".

Length approx. 17'0".

8,000/12,000

Provenance: John C. Newcomer, Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

Important Connecticut Collection.

DONALD A. DUNLAP TIGER MAPLE SECRETARY DESK New Hampshire, 20th Century Fully fitted interior. Signed and dated 2003 on a drawer bottom.

Height 87”. Width 39”. Depth 22”.

10,000/12,000

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ATTRIBUTED TO ROY LICHTENSTEIN New York, 1923-1997 Airplane. Signed and dated verso “Roy Lichtenstein 1978”. Newspaper clipping with a felt-tipped pen and ink drawing (of a brushstroke?) adhered to the backside. Acrylic on wood, height 15.5”. Length 34.5”.

1,500/2,500 Possibly an additional mock-up for “Airplane”, 1977. See catalogue raisonné #RLCR 2539 (RL 0262) at lichtenstein.org.

“Airplane” was created as a prop for Kenneth Koch’s three-act play, “The Red Robins”, which was directed by Donald Sanders. Lichtenstein was one of several well-known artists of the time to contribute to the set design.

Others included Alex Katz and Red Grooms. The play was performed in New York in late 1977 and early 1978.

According to the catalogue raisonné “the artist signed the work when the performances ended and donated it to help cover the cost of production.”

JOHN WHORF Massachusetts, 1903-1959 Nighttime view of the Brooklyn Bridge from the water. Signed upper right “John Whorf ”.

Watercolor on paper, 16.5” x 21.75”. Framed 26.5” x 30”.

2,000/4,000

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KENNETH NOLAND New York/Maine, 1924-2010 Geometric abstract. Signed lower right “KN”. Mixed media on paper, 25” x 19” sight. Framed 27” x 21.5”.

8,000/12,000 Provenance: Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York.

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BAR CHEST MADE BY EDWARD AUGUSTUS TURPIN Dated 1948 Brass-bound mahogany chest extensively carved with maritime scenes and verses. A 1935 map of the world drawn by Turpin is affixed to the top. Spinning the small brass and wood ship's wheel raises the top, exposing the fitted interior. Built while at sea as a gift for his wife and dated "XMAS 1948". Height 22”.

Width 34”. Depth 24”.

1,000/2,000

Provenance: Descended in the family of Capt. Edward Augustus Turpin.

Captain E.A. Turpin (Truro, Masschusetts, 1903-1960) was co-author of the Merchant Marine Officer’s Handbook, master of a California Maritime Academy training ship, and commander of United Fruit Co. merchant ships and U.S. Navy ships during World War II and the Korean War. Turpin's many talents included cartography, cabinet making, wood carving and ship model building. He was also a banana farmer, notably spending five years in the Guatemala division.

RARE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC FLAG Portland, Maine, Circa 1909 Silk 46-star flag with “In Memoriam Bosworth Post No. 2 G.A.R.” in gilt and black painted lettering in the field. Honors Frederic W. Bosworth of Portland, Maine, who enlisted August 18, 1862 into Company A of the 17th Maine Infantry. He was killed August 15, 1863 at Wapping Heights, Virginia. 29” x 44”.

1,000/2,000

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IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING LOT PERTAINING TO THE CAREER OF COLONEL ERNEST LESTER JONES Late 19th/Early 20th Century During his illustrious career Jones (April 14, 1876-April 9, 1929) served as Deputy Commissioner of the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1913 to 1915 and Superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1915 until his death.

He was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Signal Corps during World War I, and later became Colonel of the Division of Military Aeronautics. He notably helped settle the Alaska boundary dispute between the U.S. and Canada, was instrumental in establishing the American Legion, and was decorated with the French Legion of Honor and by the King of Italy. Throughout his career he encountered and befriended several well-known men of the time period, including President Woodrow Wilson, Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Charles Lindbergh and General John J. Pershing.

Lot includes photographs, documents, autographs, medals, certificates, several political cartoons, etc. Notable items include a flag Byrd carried on a flight to the polar regions, a small urn with a plaque indicating it was made from wood from the hull of Admiral Peary’s polar exploration ship Roosevelt, letters and a photograph signed by John J. Pershing, a ticket to the gallery of the House of Representatives for the Wilson memorial in 1924, several letters and a photograph signed by Woodrow Wilson, a 1917 letter from the postmaster general sent with two rare stamps, and a photograph of the Directors of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey meeting in Washington D.C., signed by several members including Byrd and Charles Lindbergh.

5,000/10,000

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CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE TRUNK Circa 1860 In chestnut under gray-black paint. “W.E. Webster C.S.A.” in yellow lettering on lid. Ropework handles. Height 17.5”.

Width 37.75”. Depth 17.5”.

1,000/1,500

JOHN ORNE JOHNSON FROST Massachusetts, 1852-1928 “Baker’s Island with Twin Lighthouses”. Unsigned.

Inscribed verso “Jo J Frost of Marblehead, Mass” and “Sold at PB Auction April 8, 1971”. Oil on board, 11” x 19”. Framed 14” x 22”.

7,000/10,000

COUNTERTOP BARBER’S POLE TICKET DISPENSER New England, 19th Century Carved and red, white and blue painted pine pole with a gilt finial and foot. Four hooks at base with numbered tags.

Height 32.5”.

1,000/1,500

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EIGHT REDWARE MINIATURES, MOSTLY OHIO 19th Century Six jugs, one pitcher and a crock. Heights to 4.5”.

1,500/2,500

KEEN SUNBURST GLASS BOTTLE 19th Century In olive green. Height 5.5”. 800/1,200

RARE PENNSYLVANIA WOOL BUGGY LAP BLANKET 19th Century Design of hearts, peafowl and bells. 29” x 65”. 1,000/1,500

COPPER BULL’S HEAD TRADE SIGN 20th Century Green patina. Height 29”. Width 23”.

Depth 18”.

1,000/2,000

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ALBERT BIERSTADT New York/California/Massachusetts/Kansas/Germany, 1830-1902 Sailors on the wave. Signed lower right “A. Bierstadt”. Oil on board, 9” x 10”. Framed 14.5” x 15.5”.

80,000/120,000

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From an Upstate New York Collection

RARE SHAKER TWO-PART WORK CABINET America, 19th Century In pine. Upper case with 20 small drawers. Lower case with a fold-out work surface over four full-width drawers. All drawers with period turned wooden knobs. Bracket feet.

Height 63.75”. Width 42.5”. Depth 20.25”.

3,000/5,000

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RARE SHAKER TRESTLE TABLE America, 19th Century Pine top with breadboard ends. Arched legs end in diminutive shoe-style feet. Height 26.75”. Length 98.25”. Width 37.25”.

30,000/50,000

EAGLE HEAD HITCHING POST ATTRIBUTED TO J.W. FISKE Mid-19th Century Eagle grasping a ring in its beak. Baluster post with acanthus leaves at base. Height 43.75".

1,000/1,500

ADVERTISING CLENCHED FIST HITCHING POST Circa 1865 Stood in front of the Maxwell Hardware Store in Oakland, California. Cast in the round. Powerful fist with well-defined fingernails and a muscular palm. “Maxwell Hardware Store” on back of hand. Shows traces of blue paint. Height 48.5”.

1,000/1,500 Provenance: Phil and Bunny Savino.

Illustrated: Horsing Around: 19th Century Cast Iron Hitching Posts

by Albany Institute of History & Art (Albany, N.Y.: W. Douglas McCombs, 2008), p. 49.

Exhibited: Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, New York: “Horsing Around: 19th Century Cast Iron Hitching Posts”, January 26, 2008-May 25, 2008.

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CAST IRON STAG ATTRIBUTED TO J.W. FISKE 19th Century No signature noted. Height 59.5”. Length approx. 47.5”.

2,000/3,000

PAINTED TRADE SIGN 19th/20th Century "4 Miles to Graves and Jennison's One Price Clothing House, Hudson", probably referring to Hudson, Massachusetts. Oil on board, height 47.75". Width 11.75".

2,000/3,000

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ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT WESLEY AMICK Connecticut/Colorado, 1879-1969 Stagecoach in a Western mountain settlement, in front of a Wells Fargo & Co. branch and other storefronts. Unsigned.

Oil on canvas board, 21.75” x 27.75”. Framed 24” x 30”.

4,000/6,000

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BRYANT CHAPIN Massachusetts, 1859-1927 Still life of peaches and grapes. Signed and dated lower left “Bryant Chapin 1904”. Oil on canvas, 13” x 17”. Framed 18.5” x 22.5”.

3,000/5,000

PANTRY CHEST 19th Century In maple, the case painted black. Fitted with eight drawers, each with a painted ribbon-style label for different foodstuffs. Shaped bracket base. Height 34”. Width 27.75”. Depth 15”. 500/800

KARAJA RUG: 5’1" x 6’2" First Quarter of the 20th Century Tomato red field is occupied by three traditional blue and ivory medallions, a busy array of small stylized blossoms, and elaborate light blue, pink and brown scrolling leaves at each corner. Abrashed marine blue and gold guard borders.

Navy blue main border.

300/500

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FREDERICK A. BUTMAN California/Maine, 1820-1871 Pair of landscapes depicting Mount Shasta and Mount Hood.

Signed lower left “F. Butman”. Oils on canvas, 34” x 24”.

Framed 45.5” x 35.25”.

7,000/10,000

TITIAN RAMSAY PEALE Pennsylvania, 1799-1885 “Pilots House at the Mouth of the Rio Negro, Patagonia.”.

Signed and dated lower left “T.S. Peale 1839”. Titled lower center. Peale was the chief naturalist on the United States Exploring Expedition (The Wilkes Expedition) from 1838 to 1842. The expedition explored and surveyed the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands. Pencil on paper, 6.5” x 9.5”.

Unframed.

3,000/5,000 Reference: "Titian Ramsay Peale's Specimen Portraiture; or, Natural History as Family History" by Kenneth Haltman, included in The Peale Family: Creation of a Legacy, 17701870 edited by L.B. Miller (Washington, D.C.: Abbeville Press with the National Portrait Gallery, 1996), p. 205.

JOHN JAMES LAFOREST AUDUBON New York/France, 1785-1851 “Wild Turkey: female and young”. Published by the American Museum of Natural History, New York and Alecto Editions. Printed in 1985 from the original plates engraved by W.H. Lizars and R. Havell between 1828 and 1836. Color etching with aquatint and additional hand coloring, 46.75” x 32.25”. Framed 53” x 39”.

1,000/1,500

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A. ELMER CROWELL East Harwich, Massachusetts, 1862-1952

MINIATURE PINTAIL DRAKE Circa 1925 Mounted on a round base. Height 3.5”.

1,000/1,500

MINIATURE SPOTTED SANDPIPER Circa 1925 Mounted on an oval base. Rubber stamped. Height 2”.

1,000/1,500

MINIATURE STILT Circa 1925 Mounted on an oval base. Rectangular stamp. Height 4”.

1,500/2,500

RARE MINIATURE SURF SCOTER Circa 1930 Mounted on a round base. Rectangular stamp. Height 3.25”.

1,500/2,000

RARE MALLARD HEN DECOY Circa 1920 Head turned to the right. Glass eyes. Oval brand. Marked “Hoover” in white paint on underside. Length 17”.

3,000/5,000

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DAVID A. MAASS Minnesota, 1929 “Deep in the Backwater - Mallards”. Signed lower left “Maass”.

Titled on label verso for Abercrombie & Fitch, Madison Ave. at 45th Street, New York. Oil on panel, 24” x 30”. Framed 31” x 35”.

12,000/15,000 Provenance: Private Collection, Watch Hill, Rhode Island.

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EMILE ALBERT GRUPPE Massachusetts, 1896-1978 “Drying the Sails”. Signed lower right “Emile A. Gruppe”.

Titled and dated 1961 verso. Oil on canvas, 25” x 30”.

Framed 30” x 35”.

8,000/12,000

ALDRO THOMPSON HIBBARD Massachusetts/Vermont, 1886-1972 “Stream, Branch of the West River, Near East”. Signed lower left. Titled on label verso for Vose Galleries, Boston.

Oil on board, 18” x 25”. Framed 26.25” x 33.25”.

8,000/12,000

JOHN JOSEPH ENNEKING Massachusetts/New York/Maine/Ohio, 1841-1916 “Woodland Whitewater”. Signed lower right “Enneking”.

Titled on frame plaque. Oil on canvas, 24” x 36”. Framed 33” x 45”.

6,000/9,000

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JAMES BRITTON Connecticut, 1878-1936 “Coal Picker, Connecticut River”, Hartford, Connecticut.

Signed and dated 1902 lower left. Titled verso. Artist’s thumbnail #90 from his sketchbook. Oil on board, 13” x 17.25”. Framed 13” x 15”.

5,000/7,000

HERMANN OTTOMAR HERZOG Pennsylvania/California/Germany, 1832-1932 Driving cattle down a country path. Signed lower right “H. Herzog”. Oil on canvas, 30” x 38”. Framed 41” x 49”.

10,000/15,000

WILLIAM STANLEY HASELTINE New York/Pennsylvania/Italy, 1835-1900 “Narragansett Bay”. Signed and dated lower right “W.S. Haseltine ‘64”. Titled on gallery label verso. Oil on canvas, 12” x 22”. Framed 21” x 31”.

8,000/12,000

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NANTUCKET MINIATURE OR "ONE EGGER" BASKET Late 19th Century Round, with swing handle. Height 2.25”.

500/800

RARE JOSÉ FORMOSO REYES NANTUCKET BASKET TRAY 20th Century Shaped handles. Signed on underside. Height 4.5”. Diameter 19”.

3,000/5,000 Provenance: Descended in a ‘Sconset, Nantucket family.

JAMES WALTER FOLGER Nantucket, 1851-1918 Nantucket homestead, possibly the home of Captain Benjamin Whitford Joy. Signed and dated lower right “Jas. W. Folger 1886”. Inscribed verso “Painted by Jas. Walter Folger Sept 24th 1886 Nantucket, Mass.

B. Whitford Joy Present”. Oil on canvas, 8” x 15”.

Framed 9.5" x 16.5”.

4,000/6,000 Captain Joy was the last of the Nantucket’s squarerigger captains. His family had deep roots in Nantucket’s whaling industry, with “A Dead Whale or a Stove Boat” as their family motto.

NANTUCKET ROCKING HORSE Circa 1830 Made by John Way Coleman for his son Edwin Monroe Coleman, born in 1828. John Way Coleman was a mariner whose father was lost at sea in 1802, the year of his birth. Painted pine horse with footrests and canted rockers. Upholstered seats with leather nailhead trim.

Leather nailhead bridle. Card documenting provenance affixed to underside. Height 28”. Length 41”. Width 14”.

2,000/4,000

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RARE AND IMPORTANT WELLFLEET FAMILY RECORD NEEDLEWORK Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Datd 1829.

Wrought by “Harriot N Rich ads 12th year 1829”. Lists members of the Covell-Wiley family born between 1788 and 1828. Floral border. 22.5” x 17” sight.

Framed 25.5” x 20”.

1,000/1,500

C. MYRON CLARK Massachusetts/Maine, 1858-1925 The steamship Mayflower. Signed and dated lower left "C. Myron Clark 1892 after Wm Hudson Jr. 1848". Oil on canvas, 23" x 34".

Framed 27" x 40".

2,500/3,500

CAPE COD LEATHER FIRE BUCKET Dated 1815 Together with two pairs of bellows with painted floral decoration. All found in an Orleans, Massachusetts barn. Fire bucket with “Jos. Bassett. 1815” in yellow painted lettering against a green-black ground. Bucket height 12.5”.

Bellows lengths 18”.

500/700

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ELMER O. STENNES GIRANDOLE CLOCK Weymouth, Massachusetts, 20th Century Mahogany case with a gilt spread-wing eagle finial, brass sidearms and a gilt foliate presentation bracket. Doors and throat with elaborate gilt surrounds. Reverse-painted lower door depicts “Aurora”. Arabic numeral dial.

Height approx. 48”.

4,000/6,000

HINGHAM FIRKIN 19th Century Painted green. Partial stamp on lid.

Height 10”.

1,000/2,000

VERNON B. SMITH Massachusetts, 1894-1969 Cape Cod houses in a tree-filled landscape. Etched signature lower left “Vernon Smith”.

Painted bas-relief wood carving, 13.75” x 36”. Unframed.

2,000/3,000

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RALPH EUGENE CAHOON, JR. Massachusetts, 1910-1982 “Bound Home”. Signed lower right “R. Cahoon”. Set within an octagonal shellwork valentine by Bernard A. Woodman, signed on interior of case “B.A. Woodman #93”. Painting diameter 5.5”. Valentine case 15” x 15”.

10,000/15,000

ELDRED WHEELER DUNLAP-STYLE CHEST-ON-FRAME Massachusetts, 20th Century In tiger maple. Shaped cornice over five graduated full-width drawers, the top drawer simulating three small drawers with central fan carving. Frame with scroll and fan carvings, and cabriole legs ending in pad feet. Original Eldred Wheeler paper label inside a drawer. Height 63”. Width 36”. Depth 21”.

2,000/3,000

ELIZABETH MUMFORD Massachusetts, 1950-2020 “Why Does a Fireman Wear Red Suspenders?”.

Depicts the “Volunteer Fire Co” in a seaside village parade. Unsigned. Artist identified on label verso for Tree’s Place Gallery, Orleans, Massachusetts, where she was represented for many years. Oil on panel, 18” x 30”. Framed 20.5” x 32.5”.

5,000/7,000

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STEVAN DOHANOS Connecticut/Ohio, 1907-1994 Gay Head Light, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Shows an early location of the lighthouse. Signed lower right “S. Dohanos”. Reverse painting on glass, 23.5” x 30.5”. Framed 27.5” x 34.5”.

15,000/25,000

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DAHL TAYLOR New York, 1954Day at the beach, Nantucket. Signed lower right “Dahl Taylor”.

Oil on canvas, 20” x 30”. Framed 23” x 33”.

2,500/3,500

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WILLIAM ROBERT DAVIS Massachusetts, 1952“Windswept”. Signed lower left “William R. Davis”. Signed and titled verso. Oil on canvas, 15” x 30”. Framed 23” x 38”.

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JOSEPH MCGURL Massachusetts, 1958“The Deep Blue Sea” (Naushon Island). Signed lower right “Joseph McGurl”. Titled on label verso for Tree’s Place Gallery, Orleans, Massachusetts. Oil on canvas, 24” x 48”. Framed 36” x 60”.

25,000/35,000 Provenance: Tree’s Place Gallery, Orleans, Massachusetts.

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JOSEPH MCGURL Massachusetts, 1958“Offshore”. Signed lower right “Joseph McGurl”. Titled verso. Oil on canvas, 24” x 48”.

Framed 34” x 58”.

20,000/25,000 Provenance: Tree’s Place Gallery, Orleans, Massachusetts.

The Henry and Sharon Martin Collection of Contemporary Realist Paintings.

Exhibited: Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, Massachusetts: August 21, 2010-November 7, 2010.

Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Connecticut: March 18, 2011-August 21, 2011.

Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, Washington: June 9, 2012-September 3, 2012.

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A Private Cape Cod Collection

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HOPE HAZARD VOORHEES Massachusetts/Michigan, 1891-1970 “A Provincetown Street”. Signed and dated lower right “Hope H. Voorhees, 1930”. Titled lower left. Titled verso on label cut from original, inscribed “Given to [...] Mrs. Swartz by Hope Voorhees, September 1935”. Colored woodblock print, 9.5” x 13.5” sight.

Framed 16” x 20”.

3,500/4,500

VOLLIAN BURR RANN Massachusetts/North Carolina, 1897-1956 “Pamet River”. Signed and dated lower right “V.B. Rann 1935”. Signed, titled and marked “W.P.A. 1935” on stretcher. Oil on canvas, 25” x 30”. Framed 30” x 34”.

3,500/5,000 Provenance: A Provincetown Estate.

Eldred’s, The Fall Sale, November 19-20, 2020, Lot #813.

Reference: Cape Cod Gardens and Houses by Catherine Fallin and Taylor Lewis (Simon & Schuster, 1994), p. 231.

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A Private Cape Cod Collection

MINNIE LOIS MURPHY New York/Colorado/California/Kansas, 1901-1962 “Provincetown Playhouse, 29”. Signed lower left “M. Lois Murphy”.

Titled verso. Oil on canvas, 20” x 28”. Framed 29” x 36”.

10,000/15,000

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ROSS E. MOFFETT Massachusetts/California/Iowa, 1888-1971 “Winter Afternoon, 1917”. Signed lower left “Ross E. Moffett”.

Housed in a Heydenryk frame. Oil on canvas, 36” x 46”.

Framed 45” x 54”.

30,000/50,000 Provenance: James Bakker Fine Arts, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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A Private Cape Cod Collection

BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956 Street Scene, Provincetown. Signed lower right “B. Lazzell”. Inscribed verso in the artist’s hand “painted in Provincetown, Mass. [...] Aug. 1915,

by Blanche Lazzell”. Housed in a Heydenryk frame. Oil on canvas, 17” x 15”. Framed 24” x 23”.

25,000/35,000 Provenance: Swann Galleries, June 14, 2012.

LUCY BROWN L’ENGLE New York/Massachusetts, 1889-1978 “Figure”. From the Martha Graham Dancer series. Signed and dated lower right “Lucy L’Engle 1928”. Titled, signed and marked “151 E. 53rd Street” verso. Oil on board, 24” x 30”. Framed 33” x 38”.

20,000/30,000 Provenance: Christie’s, Sale 1859, July 31, 2007, Lot #89.

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TOD (RAPHAEL LEROY) LINDENMUTH Massachusetts/Florida, 1885-1976 The Rescue Dory. Signed and dated lower left “Tod Lindenmuth '34”.

Oil on canvas, 30” x 50”. Framed 35” x 55”.

12,000/18,000 Exhibited: Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), Provincetown, Massachusetts: “Themes and Variations: Tod Lindenmuth 1915-1917”, May 12-July 2, 2017.

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A Private Cape Cod Collection

KARL (OTTO KARL) KNATHS Massachusetts/Wisconsin, 1891-1971 Still life of fruit and bread. Signed lower left “Knaths”.

Remnants of Los Angeles Exposition label verso. Oil on canvas, 18” x 18”. Framed 23” x 23”.

5,000/8,000 Provenance: Christie’s, Sale 1971, March 4, 2008, Lot #94.

EDWIN WALTER DICKINSON New York/California/Massachusetts, 1891-1978 View of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Titled, dated and artist identified on label for Graham Gallery, Madison Avenue, New York. Handwritten “painted in Wellfleet, flats between Partridge Heights and Wellfleet” and dated 1942 verso. Oil on canvas, 12” x 10”. Framed 11.5” x 13.25”.

15,000/20,000 Provenance: Christie’s, Sale 2455, June 21, 2011, Lot #9.

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PETER BUSA Pennsylvania, 1914-1985 Monumental Indian Space Painting, circa 1950. No signature noted. Oil on canvas, 63” x 69”. Framed 66” x 71.5”.

25,000/35,000 Provenance: Purchased directly from the estate of the artist by the consignor.

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Three generations of Provincetown Artists Turn-of-the-century Impressionist Max Bohm lived in Provincetown toward the end of his career, painting seascapes while also being an instrumental force in the creation of Provincetown’s emerging art colony. His granddaughter, Anne Packard, synonymous with contemporary Provincetown art, continues to be greatly influenced by his work. Although she never met him, she grew up with his paintings and his presence around her. Her pieces are typically harbor landscapes inspired by the view out her window. Anne's daughter Cynthia Packard works closely with her mother, using a variety of mediums and focusing on figures and interiors.

Although these artists have a different approach to their work, each embodies a sense of changing light, shadows and color to convey the mood of their subject. Determined, motivated, inspired and compassionate, this family of artists connects over 150 years of representational art in Provincetown.

MAX BOHM New York/Ohio/France/England, 1868-1923 “In the Orchard”. Titled verso on canvas, stretcher and label for Alfred Walker Fine Art, Newbury Street, Boston. Estate stamped. Oil on canvas, 19.5” x 12.5”.

Framed 25.5” x 18.5”.

2,000/3,000 Provenance: Brunk Auctions, September 15-17, 2022, Lot #1343.

ANNE PACKARD New Jersey/Massachusetts, 1933View of Provincetown, Massachusetts from the Harbor.

Signed and dated lower right “A. Packard ‘80”. Oil on canvas, 36” x 53”. Framed 39” x 56”. 30,000/40,000

CYNTHIA PACKARD Massachusetts/Florida, 1957Interior scene with a chair and a vase of flowers. Signed lower right “Cynthia Packard”. Label verso for Erdreich White Fine Art, Boston. Oil on canvas, 60” x 48”.

Framed 64” x 51”.

5,000/7,000

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BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956 Still life. Signed and dated in margin lower right “B. Lazzell 1924”.

Watercolor and gouache on paper, 9” x 6.5”. Framed 16” x 14”.

10,000/12,000 Provenance: Private Connecticut Collection.

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BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956 “Star Phlox”, 1930. Signed, titled and dated in pencil lower margin.

Inscribed in pencil verso “Wood Block Print ‘Star Phlox’. 280 no. from all blocks 1 no. from this block Blanche Lazzell. Provicetown, Mass September 20th, 1930”. Fraction “280/1” written in pencil in all four corners of the sheet verso. Color white-line woodcut, 14” x 12”.

Framed 24.75” x 22.5”.

35,000/45,000

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TONY VEVERS Massachusetts/Indiana/England, 1927-2008 Figures in a doorway under a full moon.

Signed and dated lower right “T. Vevers ‘69”.

Oil on canvas, 36” x 26”. Framed 37” x 27”.

3,000/5,000

OLIVER NEWBERRY CHAFFEE Massachusetts, 1881-1944 “Sun Goddess, or Venus of Provincetown”. Signed and dated lower right “Chaffee ‘41”. Titled on Hirschl & Adler label verso. Other labels verso for Grogan, Julie Heller, Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) and Cahoon Museum of American Art exhibitions.

Woodcut print, 14” x 12” sight and original woodblock, 14” x 12” sight, housed together in a common frame. Framed 26” x 37.5”.

8,000/10,000 Provenance: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York.

Julie Heller Gallery, Provincetown.

Private Boston Collection.

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WOLF KAHN New York/Vermont/Germany, 1927-2020 Trees in an expansive landscape. Signed lower left “W. Kahn”.

Pastel on paper, 21” x 28” sight. Framed 29” x 36”.

15,000/20,000 [detail]

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