The Cobbs Auctioneers
Important Antique & Fine Art Auction, July 2, 2005, at 10 am
 in Historic Noone Falls Mill, Peterborough NH

July 2nd, 2005 Auction Addendum

26A  Canton covered tureen with boars head handles and stem form finials, 13”wide by 7 1/2” tall, 19th C. Chinese. Estimate $1000-1500.
115A  Gilded convex girandole mirror. Black painted with gold accent spread wing. Eagle crest with flanking deer and flowers. Round convex mirror surrounded by 3/4 column molding over a base comprised of a sea- horse, leaves and 2 twisted   Candle arms with original cut glass drip pans and brass candleholders. American/English circa 1820-30, 41” tall, 26” wide. Estimate $5000-7000.
142A  Benjamin Champney attribution, 1817-1907 Boston, depicting a man seated on rocks viewing a waterfall. Pencil signed on reverse “By Benjamin Champney of Champney Falls on Mt. Chicorua”, Property of E. Mike Goodwin, Thompson Falls, White Horse Lodge, North Conway, NH”, 24” by 18” sight, new frame.   Provenance: Ron Bourgeault Auction to a private collector. Estimate $1800-2500.
168A  Native American woven rug. Vertical stripes of cream, red (2 tones) 76” by 61”,   Probably L. 19th C., Southwest, wear, small hole, bleeding. Estimate $500-800.
177A  Primitive painting on board, showing a couple and a young girl standing by a stream with fisherman near by, unsigned 19 1/4” by 24” sight. Poplar panel, old labels on reverse: From an old catalog and “John J. O’Brien” picture frames, 69 Corn Hill, xxx”. Estimate $1000-1500.
216A  of coin silver. Five bright cut English 18th C demitasse spoons, along with 2 English round-footed salts. Estimate $100-$200.
249A  of 4 pieces of Paris porcelain each with classical figure profile with Greek key decoration. French, 19th C. Estimate $100-200.
260    “We have been informed by a collector of J.Frank Currier works, that this painting may not be his work, and we are, therefore, retracting our attributio
268A  2 Continental watercolors depicting a street scene with mother and child signed   L.R. “E. Benvenuti”, 5 1/2” by 11” sight, along with a city street scene with people, 9” by 13” sight, unsigned both circa 1900. Estimate $150-250.
290A  of 3 fireplace items: Wooden lollipop handles peel, large saw tooth trammel and ram’s head wrought iron rake. Estimate $100-200.
293A  of woodenware (9 pieces). 4 butter prints, 3 scoops, mortar & pestle and German plate with saying. All 19th C. Estimate $100-200.
317A  Charles Franklin Pierce 1844-1920, attr4ibuted, signed lower left “CFP”, oil on canvas painting of rocky hillside, and 9 1/2 “by 13 1/2” sight, framed. Estimate $500-700.
319A  French brass and beveled glass jewelry box. Quality impressed brass surrounds oval glass panels set on 4 ball feet. Late 19th C. French. Estimate $100-200.