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The Cobbs Auctioneers
Important Antique and Fine Art Auction
Monday October 11th 2004 at 10am in Historic Noone Falls Mill

 

    

Important Antique Furniture (American and Continental) ~ Fine Art ~ Chinese Export ~ Oriental Rugs ~ Sterling and Coin Silver ~ Glass ~ Antiquities ~ Guns ~ Ceramics ~ Antique Accessories

 

 

 

For our important annual fall antique auction, we have assembled some of the best fine art we have ever sold, including a partial NH collection, a NJ collection, an estate from Maryland plus numerous other collectors, we are also selling part II of a fine estate from New Ipswich, NH, collections of Chinese and export items and the final settlement of an estate which had homes on Block Island, NY and Washington, DC. Directions: From the traffic lights at the intersection of routes 202 & 101 in Peterborough, NH, proceed west on 202 for 1 mile to the old mill complex on the left, signs will be posted.

American antique furniture: Important lg pr of Girandole mirrors w/eagle crests in good condition plus a smaller pair; Southern Chipp walnut chest of 4 drs & Kentucky folk carved blanket chest; rare 33" QA chest drawers, stretcher base tavern table & QA d/l table; Cherry 6 drawer tall chest; lg Chipp mirror; Phila Sheraton mah Pembroke table; Empire-good set of 12 gondola form dining chairs in old finish, lg mah & gilt pier mirror & carved sofa; 2 19th Century carousel horses; Cherry Hepp 4 dwr chest; rare inlaid Conn cherry sideboard-feet spliced; pt press bed; Windsor chairs; set 8 Hitchcock din chairs; good repro block front knee hole desk, Kittenger furniture and more

English & Continental furniture: Eng- Important QA burled walnut 2 part secretary desk w/ mirrored doors & well; Mah Hepp sideboard w/inlay, sm Chipp mah bachelors chest/desk, 71" QA & Chipp mirrors, campaign chest of 4 drawers, butlers tray tables & swell front server; Chinese export lg camphor-wood trunk & 8 part double sided screen; Cont- 6 Biedermeier din chairs, heavily carved 17thC cassone; early carved Italian 7’ 6" console table; set 8 oak17thC revival leather upholstered dining chairs w/2 arm chairs; Fr Vict carved & Louis XV canapés; gd gilded courting & over mantle mirrors; Louis XV fauteuil; Louis XVI marble top commode; marble plinth; E paint dec credenza; pier tables & mirrors, lg 2 part carved bookcase; Louis XV style desk, cheval mirror plus lots more

Important fine art: American- Important lg o/c B Champney -Mt Washington & J A Codman- Squam Lake & lg o/c "Near Mt Monadnock"- H Dudley Murphy; portrait & winter landscape-Lilla C Perry; Mt Monadnock-WP Phelps; "Old Barn Brownfield, Me"-FH Shapleigh; Vt landscape-L Lucioni; Charles Schulz pen/ink "Peanuts" cartoon of Snoopy; Monhegan Is & Dorset, Vt-JH Connaway; Wt Mtn-CW Knapp; Arab girl/garden-AC Bevin, others by W Webber, GA Wiegand, Wm Paskell, J S De Martelli; Henry W Rice, (2)Rachael Hartley, EL Vail, D Stirling, FW Weber, Carl Ringius, (2)R Brackman, Dorset, Vt- Dean Fausett & John Lillie, primitives, T B Craig, F Flanagan, D Jerome Elwell, AM Sirena, P Arndt, G Fletcher, SR Chaffee, G Green, FH Tompkins, AD Wilder; JH Twachtman, S Bagnell, PF Berdanier, K Gore, A Berkman, JW Champney; English/Continental & other-Important lg o/c soldiers having lunch in a town sgn Raf Sorbi, 1907; Franz Moormans, interior scene; fishing village attr Aloysius O’Kelley; Chinese export ship; others by E Muncay, Mastrocristino, Weimar, A Millrose, JB Pyne, F Turner, K W Kowalski, D Edzard, O Boyer, A Doyneka, CL Schmitz, WH Cubley, N Vilmos, G Cambier, M Dupond, OK Hoffmann, A Piletti, F Diaz Carreno; terracotta bust of woman w/hat signed & dated 1753; Bronzes: pheasant-J Moigniez, seated Whippet, bookends-I Konti, Roman bust, antiquity Roman "Lar" plus others, "The Whistler"-V Szczeblewski, Crucifix- J Lambert-Ricki; Prints: 4 birds-Martinet, 15 apostles by AI Callot; gessoed frames plus more.

Accessories: Important Fireplace spit engine, stone weight, basket spit, 3 spit hook andirons & rare tin footed grease catcher; C1900 cased 4 mast schooner model; Amer & Eng samplers incl lg 1821 Mass- house w/trees; Coin silver-Eng taper candlestick, NY 5 pc tea set by W Gale & son; Sterling-66pc Tiffany & Co flatware, Kirk, Towle & others, 6 pc tea/coffee service w/ster tray & Sheffield; Tiffany art pottery vase; Chinese & export- lg Rose med punch bowl, collection of Canton, Tang horse & rider, scroll paintings, bronze Buddha & others, porcelains, bronze horse & rider plus other early bronze figures; fine soft paste & china to include: Whieldon tea pot, figural candle stick, Staff dog pen holders & pr Zebras, Dr Syntax, Royal Worcester game set, Doulton Lambreth, Wedgwood, Nant Garw, Mason’s ironstone & coll Bennington Rockingham incl signed min cov toby; sm tapestry hanging, trapunto & framed picture; Art Glass: Daum Nancy & Galle vases, Tiffany- tumbler, compote w/under plate, finger bowl, pr salts, cordial & other good glass incl a collection emerald green; Waterford crystal chandelier; antiquities & Grand tour items, lg wax seal collection; Eng Glass inkwell collection; blue dec stoneware, chess set, andirons and lots more.

Oriental Rugs: Roomsize- Mahal Sarouk, Heriz, Afghan, Meshad, Isphahan, Chinese; Scatter- Bokhara, Chinese, Hamadan and others.

Clocks & Barometers: Important 82" Waterbury #7 regulator; presentation banjo clock after L Curtis; E Eng Mah tall clock-Fawkes, Plym Dock; Sienna marble Fr Emp mantle for Tiffany; Fr brass mantle; repro brass tower; repro musical Eng bracket clock-TB Starr; Fr wag on the wall; C Wilder & Timbys’ barometers; Lowes Graphic Hygrometer plus more.

Sporting: Important set of 4 lg JF Herring Sr fox hunting colored prints; engraved 12 g dbl bar shotgun Edwin Hunt, NY; engr percussion rifle A Leonard & Son, Saxon River, Vt; pr blue bill ducks-Ken Gleason; w/c fly fisherman-Milton Weiler; Steuben Glass fish w/fly; print "Driven Turkeys" A Lassel Ripley; duck etchings- FW Benson & H Klieber.

Musical Instruments: Rare Hutter & Kitteredge lg Empire organ-Mont Vernon, NH another rosewood organ; 2-early Angelic organs; 19thC Fr 10 song Orchestrion-Brunophone- works; German Ant Stradiuarius Cremenenlis violin; 2 Mandolins; banjo; trumpet; sax; 1878 Fr trombone & more.

Special: Mercedes Benz 1964, 250 DSL 2 door coup, as is.

 

   

Previews: Friday October 8th, 10am to 5pm ~ Saturday October 9th, 2pm to 5pm ~ Sunday October 10th, 2pm to 5pm ~ Monday October 11th, 8am to 10am ~ Or by Appointment.
Buyers premium 18% discounted to 15% for cash or good check

 

 

 

 


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