For this
auction we will be selling an important collection of 17 Russian Icons
purchased during the 1950s-60s in Europe, part II of a good Oriental rug
collection, White Mountain art from 2 old collections; firearms and
sporting art from 2 NH collections plus many other estates &
collections.
Directions: From the traffic lights at the intersection of routes
202 and 101 in Peterborough, NH, proceed west on 202 for 1 mile to the
old mill complex on the left. Signs will be posted.
Saturday 11AM
Antique Furniture-Important
paint decorated Classical server; birds eye maple bow front Sheraton
chest attributed to Spooner & Fitts; Mahogany tambour 2 part secretary
with spade feet; QA tip top
tea table-old color; Chippendale 4 drawer chest; rare heavily carved
Chinese export dressing table
with tri-fold mirror; Cont rosewood worktable; Italian Baroque animal
carved and gilded pier mirror
with crown crest; eagle crested convex gilded mirror; French pierced &
carved gilded mirror; pr bow
back Windsor’s & set 4 red painted Windsor armchairs plus lots more.
Custom
Furniture-Eldred Wheeler
labeled QA style banquet tale with 2 leaves & Sheraton style serpentine.
canopy double bed; Baker branded banquet table with banded top and large
leaf; Florentine style upholstered settee & 2 armchairs, pr of round
French Empire style lamp tables plus more.
Russian Icon
Collection-Important
signed Karl Faberge “The Mother of God of the Sign” also signed Philip T
Ringe- 23” tall; others are trip-tic with ivory, silver w/enamel and
brass cased others are two sided, most are egg tempera on wood with
silver facings; detailed photos with marks available on our website, 17
lots in total.
Antique
Oriental Rugs-room
size-Important large ivory medallion Serape; red Mahal, Early Karaja; 2
large early (1 worn) & 1 small Heriz; 1950s Serape & Tabriz style;
scatter size-Zychor, Kazak, Lesgi star & other Caucasians, Bijar, Sarouk
& Hamadan runner plus others.
American,
English & Continental Fine Art-Benjamin
Champney (2) “Sunset over Mt Chocorua” & oval lazy stream; Samuel W.
Griggs “Wiley Brook, N Conway”; Frank H Shapleigh winter ”W Lebanon.
Me”; George L Brown “ First fall snow Mt Lafayette”; sailing ships by
James Gale Tyler & Willard G Fitton; Anton Fischer o/c destroyer; Large
Hugo Ballin old master style o/c in an important Stanford White designed
Newcomb/Macklin frame; others by Mary Ann Merrill; George McConnell;
Adelbert S Pratt; William Henry Chandler; William H Weisman; F Giobbi;
William Wolcott; David Blossom; Rob Ring (3); Vint Lawrence (2); Anna C
Freeland; Benjamin Tupper Newman; Daniel Francis Santry; Charles Wilson
Knapp plus others.
Miscellaneous-Sterling
silver: 27” wide Canadian hallmarked tray & 2 Georgian style coffee
pots, numerous bowls, small trays and serving pieces, 6 & 12 piece place
settings, sets of spoons including coin & engraved chalice, 2 overlay
perfumes; Sheffield silver candle sticks, trays & tea set; A L Jewell
attributed running horse weathervane with cast zinc head & old gilt
surface; pair of TIFFANY & Co standing adjustable lamps; Christolphe
Fratin balancing bears bronze candlestick; Swiss 6 tune music box;
sailor’s 2 part valentine & ivory & rosewood pie crimper; rare Mills
Novelty Co 25c slot machine; signed Bennington hounds handle pitcher;
large cloth covered horse pull toy; 3 early Louis Vuitton suitcases;
Seth Thomas ship’s clock; 2 primitive house paintings; pt pantry boxes;
large JF Taft, Keene decorated jug; Scheier pottery casserole &
sugar/creamer; large brass cherub kerosene lamp & pr brass candlesticks
with blown glass hurricane shades; (5) Robert & Virginia Warfield carved
bird groups; 32 Baccarat glass dinner wines etc; old Sicilian knight
puppet; pewter- (2) 17C & (1) 18thC chargers, German tankard & basin;
Chinese-6 panel lacquer screen w/double sided gilt decoration, 2 early
scroll paintings, porcelain & other paintings; brass andirons, fender
and tools; Levitt’s White Mountain 1888 map; gold rings & misc jewelry
plus lots more.
Firearms-
(4) blunder buss rifles- 1778 Flintlock Pike, Turner, Milnes Patent
brass barrel & German; CP Foster, Taunton, Mass oct barrel percussion
target rifle; Mark III Remington shot gun pistol; Hopkins & Allen 12ga
shot gun; Ketland & Co flintlock rifle; collection of 15 brass & copper
powder flasks; (3) Continental flintlock pistols plus more.
Horse/Sporting Art & Accessories-Chet
Reneson w/c of campfire with hunters/fisherman; Philip R Goodwin signed
oil on birch bark painting of a salmon; pair o/c Edward Benj Herberte
hunt paintings; 3 w/c hunt scenes by E Blocaille; horse portrait by
Edward Lloyd; Colin Hunter (Scottish) 3 etchings of fisherman/boats; JJ
Audubon elephant folio of the American fox caught in a trap; 2
illustrations by Bill Griffith; large collection of early Eng horse
brasses mounted on display straps or martingales; new Canadian cedar 16’
single seat kayak, 16’ Adirondack guide boat & 12’ canoe; nice
collection of sporting books & a bear skin.
