CONNECTICUT SPRING CUTLINES

 

GARY LUDLOW ANTIQUES, Lyndhurst, Ohio — A set of five Windsor bow back side chairs featuring well shaped backs, saddle sets and nicely splayed legs. Attributed to Abraham Shove, Berkley, Mass., circa 1800.

AUTUMN POND, Bolton, Conn. — Blue and white puzzle jug, England, circa 1730.

AUTUMN POND, Bolton, Conn. — Pair of zinc finials, France, circa 1860.

AUTUMN POND, Bolton, Conn. — Polychrome delftware charger, England, circa 1750.

AUTUMN POND, Bolton, Conn. — Small scalloped side dish, Holland, circa 1750.

JANE WARGO, Wallingford, Conn. — Full-bodied architectural rooster on a black painted base; late Nineteenth/early Twentieth Century, zinc with gilt covering, weathered surface. Measures 22½ inches high by 16½ inches wide.

JANE WARGO, Wallingford, Conn. — Excellent small size Connecticut Filley painted tin trunk circa 1840; all original, excellent condition. Measures 7¾ inches long by 37/8  inches wide by 47/8  inches high.

JANE WARGO, Wallingford, Conn. — Mid Nineteenth Century hanging painted watch hutch, pumpkin over salmon, hinged lift lid, glass missing. Measures 6 inches wide by 11 inches high by 4¼ inches deep.

JANE WARGO, Wallingford, Conn. — Early Nineteenth Century bed warmer with an extraordinary painted handle, red and green sponging over a mustard base. Copper basin with punched design on brass lid.

BRIAN CULLITY ANTIQUES, Sagamore, Mass. — A rare earthenware “bear” pomade identical to Sandwich Glass examples but bearing the British registry mark for 1854.

BRIAN CULLITY ANTIQUES, Sagamore, Mass. — A tall Westerwald beaker or pitcher with a GR medallion and what appears to be baronial coat of arms on the front, circa 1740.

BRIAN CULLITY ANTIQUES, Sagamore, Mass. — A miniature manganese decorated redware pitcher, Pennsylvania, circa 1840.

BRIAN CULLITY ANTIQUES, Sagamore, Mass. — Engraved brass snuff box in the shape of a heart. Engraved with a man being thrown from a horse, England, circa 1820.

CAROL WOJTKUN ANTIQUES, Preston, Conn. — Offering a nice selection of Eighteenth Century accessories.

CAROL WOJTKUN ANTIQUES, Preston, Conn. — Batersea candlestick 6½ inches high, circa 1750

CAROL WOJTKUN ANTIQUES, Preston, Conn. — Ribbon back chair in original red surface. Attributed to Chapin School, Connecticut River Valley, circa 1790.

CAROL WOJTKUN ANTIQUES, Preston, Conn. — Walnut wall box with dovetailed construction, circa 1830.

 

MAD RIVER ANTIQUES, LLC, North Granby, Conn. — Pair of Nineteenth Century blown glass hyacinth vases in a rich cobalt blue.

MAD RIVER ANTIQUES, LLC, North Granby, Conn. — Cast iron eagle manufactured by Low and Leake, Albany, N.Y. Originally an elaborate finial on a wood stove, it dates to the mid Nineteenth Century.

 

MAD RIVER ANTIQUES, LLC, North Granby, Conn. — Large bird’s-eye maple cutlery box. It has dovetailed sides and an elaborately carved handle.

 

THE HANEBERG’S, East Lyme, Conn. — A Rose Medallion garden seat.

THE HANEBERG’S, East Lyme, Conn. — A lyre clock.

THE HANEBERG’S, East Lyme, Conn. — China Trade painting of Danish ship.

THE HANEBERG’S, East Lyme, Conn. — Rhode Island tap table, old red paint, scrubbed top.

PORTLAND ANTIQUES, Portland, Maine — Baltimore Chippendale chest, 34 inches tall.

PORTLAND ANTIQUES, Portland, Maine — Philadelphia walnut lowboy.

PORTLAND ANTIQUES, Portland, Maine — Heraldic watercolor by John Coles of Boston.

BLUE HERON FINE ART, Cohasset, Mass. — George Albert Frost (1843–1907), “Springtime in the Orchard,” signed lower left, oil on canvas, size 14 by 22 inches.

BLUE HERON FINE ART, Cohasset, Mass. — Chauncey Foster Ryder (1868–1949), “Autumn Landscape,” oil on board, signed lower right, 12 by 14 inches.

BLUE HERON FINE ART, Cohasset, Mass. — Alexander Charles Robinson, (1867–1940), “Winter Country Scene,” watercolor on paper, signed lower right, 10 by 17 inches.

FINE AMERICANA, George & Debbie Spiecker, North Hampton, N.H. — Half-hull catboat

FINE AMERICANA, George & Debbie Spiecker, North Hampton, N.H. — Tiger maple and cherry two drawer stand, circa 1815.

FINE AMERICANA, George & Debbie Spiecker, North Hampton, N.H. — Mahogany Queen Anne tilt top table, circa 1780.

 

FINE AMERICANA, George & Debbie Spiecker, North Hampton, N.H. — Fine Windsor fanback circa 1790

DANIEL & KAREN OLSON, Newburgh, N.Y. — Eighteenth Century New England country Queen Anne maple and white pine tavern table with a drawer, 28 inches high, one board top, 27 by 46½ inches.

 

DANIEL & KAREN OLSON, Newburgh, N.Y. — A set of four New England Eighteenth Century Windsor armchairs with cut-a-way arms, old red stain, probably Rhode Island (See Nutting, plate 2655 for a similar example), 37 inches tall, 17½-inch seat height.

DANIEL & KAREN OLSON, Newburgh, N.Y. — Upper Delaware Valley pewter white pine cupboard circa 1825–35, original blue-green paint, 44 inches wide, 6 foot, 2 inches tall, minor repairs.

 

DANIEL & KAREN OLSON, Newburgh, N.Y. — New England country Chippendale six-drawer tall chest in old red made of birch, white pine and tulip poplar. Dated 1805 on the reverse side. Size is 60½ inches tall, 36-inch case. Wonderful proportions.

 

DAVID & DONNA KMETZ, Douglas, Mass. — Theodore Wendel (1859–1932), “A Hillside in France,” 1888, oil on panel, 4 by 7 inches, signed lower left.

DAVID & DONNA KMETZ, Douglas, Mass. — G.A. Hays (1854–1934), “Homeward Bound,” 6 by 8 inches, signed lower left.

DAVID & DONNA KMETZ, Douglas, Mass. — Vincent Clare (1855–1930), “Still Life in Nature,” oil on canvas, 9 by 12 inches, signed lower right

DAVID & DONNA KMETZ, Douglas, Mass. — Charles Paul Gruppe (1860–1940), “Cows by a Stream,” oil on board, 9 by 9 inches, signed lower left.

COOLEY GALLERY, Old Lyme, Conn. — Wilson Henry Irvine (1869–1936) “Glimpse of the Connecticut,” oil on canvas, 25 by 30 inches, signed lower right, circa 1920.

 

COOLEY GALLERY, Old Lyme, Conn. — Wilson Henry Irvine (1869–1936), “Mr Sterling Goes to the Barn,” oil on canvas, 24 by 27 inches, signed lower right.

 

COOLEY GALLERY, Old Lyme, Conn. — Nelson Augustus Moore (1824–1902), “Kensington Pond,” 1893, oil on canvas, 13¼ by 18¼ inches, signed and dated lower left.

 

COOLEY GALLERY, Old Lyme, Conn. — Henry Ward Ranger (1858–1916), “Clouds Over Noank,” oil on canvas, 28 by 36 inches, signed and dated lower left.

 

COLETTE DONOVAN, Merrimacport, Mass. — Eighteenth Century cast iron “four points” mortar and pestle, probably from England, and painted to look like bronze.

 

COLETTE DONOVAN, Merrimacport, Mass. — Yarn sewn rug, size 30 by 64½ inches, worked on coarse woven linen, early Nineteenth Century. Exhibited and published by Bates College 1980, “19th C Maine Rugs,” ex Roberta Hansen.

 

COLETTE DONOVAN, Merrimacport, Mass. — Folky feline American hooked rug, olive drab, browns, blues and reds, size 29 by 47 inches, circa 1870–90.

 

COLETTE DONOVAN, Merrimacport, Mass. — American late Nineteenth Century mustard velveteen cat with hand painted features.

 

DAVID M. EVANS ANTIQUES, Cincinnati, Ohio — Mid Nineteenth Century diminutive game board with red paint, black squares and green accent, applied molding, approximately 15 by 11 inches, excellent condition.

 

DAVID M. EVANS ANTIQUES, Cincinnati, Ohio — Painted tinware, straight spout coffeepot, black ground with polychrome paint decoration, 9 inches tall, Pennsylvania, circa 1830–40.

 

DAVID M. EVANS ANTIQUES, Cincinnati, Ohio — An Eighteenth Century Rhode Island ladder back chair with sausage turnings, flame finials and rush seat, seat height is 17½ inches.

 

DAVID M. EVANS ANTIQUES, Cincinnati, Ohio — Prior-Hamblin School half-length portrait of young boy with pleated collar with charming expression, oil on artist board, overall size is approximately 10 by 14 inches.

CAPTAIN’S QUARTERS, Amherst, Mass. — A 1773 sampler.

CAPTAIN’S QUARTERS, Amherst, Mass. — An early Inuit walrus pipe.

NATHAN LIVERANT AND SON, Colchester, Conn. — Carved and painted ship shadow box, New England, 1880–1910.

NATHAN LIVERANT AND SON, Colchester, Conn. — William and Mary tavern table, New England, 1730–1755.

RON CHAMBERS, Higganum, Conn. — Josiah Danforth coffeepot, Middletown, Conn., circa 1825–37; Samuel Danforth beaker, 51/8  inches, circa 1795–1815.

RON CHAMBERS, Higganum, Conn. — Matching pair of English tankards, Robert Bush Sr, Bristol, circa 1765.

RON CHAMBERS, Higganum, Conn. — Fine selection of brass candlesticks dating from the 1600s.

THOMAS SCHWENKE, INC, Woodbury, Conn. — Very fine maple Queen Anne rectangular drop leaf dining table, having bull nose edge top set on a four leg frame with raised, blocked and cyma curved aprons, standing on four cabriole legs ending in fully developed pad feet. Probably New Hampshire, circa 1740–60, 48 inches wide, 49½ inches long, 27½ inches high.

THOMAS SCHWENKE, INC, Woodbury, Conn. — Exceptionally fine and rare Hepplewhite inlaid mahogany four-drawer chest, with cherry top and sides, having a deep top drawer with inlaid diamond of satinwood centering an inlaid conch, with a central cartouche shaped inlay bordering an oval inlaid American eagle with stars, above three graduated drawers with string inlays, raised on flaring French feet with shaped apron. Provenance: Newington Historical Society. Attributed to Aaron Chapin, Hartford, Conn., circa 1800–05; 43¾ inches high, 43½ inches long and 21 inches in diameter.

THOMAS SCHWENKE, INC, Woodbury, Conn. — Very fine Chippendale transitional carved mahogany four-drawer chest, with complex molded top above four graduated cockbeaded drawers, flanked by fluted, chamfered corners with lamb’s tongue terminals, raised on finely shaped bracket feet. Original hardware, rich dark color and old finish. Some repairs to feet facings. Southern, possibly Virginia or North Carolina, circa 1775–80;. 39 inches wide, 20½ inches deep, 35 inches high.

THOMAS SCHWENKE, INC, Woodbury, Conn. — Very fine and rare Sheraton carved and gilded architectural mirror, with cove molded cornice with gilded spherules, above a classical genre scene of a lady at her dressing table, flanked by cove molded columns with inset twist moldings, above an original mirror glass. Bears the label of James Todd, Portland, Maine, on the original backboard, circa 1810–15; 18 inches wide, 31 inches high.

HANAUER & SEIDMAN ANTIQUES, Colchester, Conn. — An early Nineteenth Century portrait on panel in excellent original condition. It is probably of Pennsylvania origin. What is possibly a signature appears on the letter paper lower left in front of the book. The painting is in a period gold leaf frame.

 

HANAUER & SEIDMAN ANTIQUES, Colchester, Conn. — A finely worked sampler by Eliza Ann Chambers. The work was wrought in 1814 under the tuition of Mrs Clark Selby. Original frame, original mounting. This sampler has never been removed from its frame or backing.

 

HANAUER & SEIDMAN ANTIQUES, Colchester, Conn. — A beautiful tall bandbox covered in blue flocked wallpaper. The merchants label remains on the lid. It is from “Stephen W. Olney, No. 29 Washington Street, Boston, Importer and Manufacturer of Ladies Dressed Fancy Furs.”

 

HANAUER & SEIDMAN ANTIQUES, Colchester, Conn. — A watercolor portrait of a boy with toy hoop. It is in excellent original condition and is mounted in a wonderful old veneered frame that is likely the original for the painting.

SILVERMINE ANTIQUES, New Canaan, Conn. — Decorative apron of finely ribbed silk taffeta embroidered with large flower and leaf sprays in silk and gold and silver metal threads. Similar example in the Colonial Williamsburg collection.

 

SILVERMINE ANTIQUES, New Canaan, Conn. — Cream satin damask with floral brocade in reds, plum and green; bodice lined in homespun linen; elaborate fly fringe trim.

 

SILVERMINE ANTIQUES, New Canaan, Conn. — Initialed “GW” and dated 1770. Brilliant shades of yellow, pink, blue, green and plum in a carnation design with salmon silk lining. Ex Weld collection.

SILVERMINE ANTIQUES, New Canaan, Conn. — A rare signed lantern clock, made in London, with anchor escapement and fine details. This clock is in excellent working and striking condition.