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The Cobbs Auctioneers
Important Antique, Fine Art Auction and Sporting Auction Monday October 13th 2008
First Session Begins at 10AM
Second Session (Sporting) begins at 2:30PM
At Historic Noone Falls Mill, Peterborough NH
 

 

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 Lot Number and Description Images and Close-ups
11. Howard And Davis Banjo Clock, rosewood grain painted mahogany case with painted iron dial, signed, “Howard And Davis, Boston,” 50” tall, some dial repaint, possible restoration to the lower glass tablet. Appears to be working & complete. Provenance: A Concord, NH estate clock collection.
Estimate $10,000-15,000
 
12. New Haven Calendar 30 Day Wall Clock, carved oak case with old finish, 48 ½” tall, “New Haven, USA trade mark,” located in a circle at the top of the calendar dial. Provenance: A Wilton, NH estate.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

13. German Brass Shelf Clock, urn finial over a molded pierced case with figural & floral decoration set on front scrolled feet, 18 ¼” tall, time & strike movement appears to work, round signature mark on back of works, “Gustav Becker.” Provenance: A Wilton, NH estate.
Estimate $300-500

14. Sterling Silver Travel Clock, engraved silver case marked, “Sterling Black Starr And Frost,” 3” tall x 2½” wide, raised enamel dial marked “Black Starr And Frost, New York,” 8 days, with seconds dial, working condition with key. Provenance: A Florida collection.
Estimate $200-300

16. Canton Deep Dish Platter On Stand, 19 ¾” x 16 cut corner platter, 2 ¼” deep, set in a custom made bamboo turned cross stretcher base, along with a 7 ¼” diameter soup dish, both 19th century Chinese export. Provenance: A Florida collection.
Estimate $400-700  
23. Three Part Folding Screen, each section has 3 panels front & back, oil on canvas painted in Chinese manner, wooden frame in red paint with gold decoration, crackle, frame chips, 71” tall, 23 ½” wide each section, probably 19/20th  century France. Provenance: A Florida collection.
Estimate $1,600-2,000
26. Blue Painted Blanket Crane, carved back board with hinged arm, 50” long, 18/19th century. Provenance: A New Hampshire collection.
Estimate $200-400
 
26B. Red Grain Painted Hanging Cupboard, remains of leather hinges, “T” head nails, 18” tall x 14” wide, 18/19th century American. Provenance: A New Hampshire collection.
Estimate $200-400
26C. 4 pieces of tin lighting, a pair of 13.5” high tin candle sconces and 3 lanterns; one barrel shaped lantern with   intricate protective wire work over its mica panes (electrified) measuring 12.75” inches high; A round 1 lantern that measures 16.5” inches high candle lantern and a square 13.75” inches high lantern with glass panels and a replaced handle. All lanterns are 19th C. American/European. Provenance: A Dublin NH . Collection.
Estimate $600-900
47. Eagle Crest Oval Mirror, and a brass French style candle lamp, mirror is 35¼” tall x 17½” wide, both 20th century. Provenance: A New Hampshire collection.
Estimate $100-200

50. Pair Of Bronze & Tin Candle Sconces, double arm patinated black, crystal drops around bobeche, round oil painted floral decoration, framed by cast back, 13” w x 12 ½” t, 19th century continental. Provenance: Dublin, NH collection.
Estimate $200-300

52. Set Of Six Framed Floral Rug Designs, matching gold newer frames, 17” x 21 ¼” overall size, matted under glass, 19/20th century. Provenance: A Cooperstown, NY painting collection.
Estimate $200-400

68. Jacquard Coverlet, red green & blue woven into a natural back ground, signed & dated twice in bottom corners, “Philip Krebs 1847,” 98” x 88”, cotton & wool. Exhibited 1988, “Hirschl & Adler Folk,” New York, “Warm & Wonderful, The Jacquard Coverlet,” p. 33. Provenance: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, NY.
Estimate $500-700

98. Three Oriental Items, 2 pieces of celadon: ginger jar, covered, squat form, blue decoration with people, 9” tall & a blue decorated vase, 23” tall & an inlaid table top screen, 30” tall x 29” wide, with carved crest & base. Provenance: A Florida collection.
Estimate $300-600

99. Pair Of Ancestral Portraits, vividly colored gouache on paper, 48” x 20 ¼”, including frame, 19/20th century Chinese. Provenance: A Florida collection.
Estimate $200-400

100. Lot Of Three Chinese Export Items: A – Pith painting depicting 2 domestic scenes of vendors, 5” x 6 ½”. B – Table top screen, marble panel with painted figures & characters, 10” tall. C – Cloisonné bowl, brass wire inset on black, 4” tall. All appear to be 19/20th century. Provenance: A Hancock, NH estate.
Estimate $200-300
 
101. Miniature Lotus Flower Bowl, 2” tall & a tea box, paper decorated on all sides & top, 12” x 16 ½” x 11”, both 19th century Chinese. Provenance: A Dublin, NH collection.
Estimate $100-200
102. Chinese Miscellaneous Lot: A – chased brass on leather purse with iron striker base used to hold a flint, 2 ¾” wide. B- Two carved ivory scholar figures, 1 ¾” tall. Provenance: A Florida collection.
Estimate $100-200
118A. Green Painted Sea Chest, hard pine, canted dovetailed sides, becket handles. The interior has 2 tills missing fronts, the lid is paint decorated with a maritime scene of a central sailing ship flying an American flag, a light house, a steam ship & a sailboat, 35½” wide, minor in-painting to scene, flaking to canvas top cover, 19th century. Provenance: A Southern NH collection.
Estimate $1,800-2,400
124. Chippendale Mirror & Dove Tailed Hanging Shelf: Mirror, old glass, applied gilded eagle at top & cartouche at bottom, 29” tall. Shelf 19” tall including pierced lollipop, (broken), contains leather bound Rollins History books. Provenance: A Florida collection.
Estimate $200-400

125. Federal Brass Fireplace Fender, “D” shaped with a pierced top section set on 3 paw feet, 19th century American or English, 53” wide. Provenance: A Dublin, NH collection.
Estimate $200-300

125A. Pair Of Brass Andirons & Fender, left & right ball top andirons, log stops & cabriole legs ending in pad feet, 14½” tall. Fender pierced decorated. 37” wide, 19th century. Provenance: Boston, MA collection.
Estimate $200-400

127. Gilded Eagle, carved wood, gessoed under gilding, 27”wide , 21” tall, 19th century, probably Continental. Provenance: A Dublin, NH collection.
Estimate $2,000-3,000
129. Needlework, silk of a child in a red dress, full body, classical setting, 11 ½” x 9 ¼”, oval sight, matted under glass, not examined out of the frame, cracks to silk background, 19th century England. Provenance: A Hopkinton, NH collection.
Estimate $300-500
132. Chip Carved Checkerboard & Brass Warming Pan, punch decorated bird on the cover, grain painted handle, 18th century. Provenance: A New Hampshire collection.
Estimate $200-300
139. French Brass Transit, circular dial with 2 folding sight arms, glass covered silvered dial with “fleur de leis” designated as north & raised outer dial calibrated, “0 to 90,” in quadrants, directional needle with locking devise, 4½” diameter, probably French, 18/19th century, no tripod stand. Provenance: A Dublin, NH collection.
Estimate $600-900

140. Cut Crystal Gas Chandelier, 6 arms ending in cut bobeche topped with bulbous glass shades, embellished with crystal drops & rope swags, originally gas now electrified, 38” diameter & 31” tall, 19/20th century, probably Irish, minor damage. Provenance: A Dublin, NH collection.
Estimate $7,000-10,000

142. Thomas Eastland, London, England, Tall Clock, pagoda bonnet top with a glazed arched door, silvered dial signed, “Tho Eastland, London,” with brass spandrels, silent & strike brass 8 day movement, oak grain painted pine case with chinoiserie painted door panel and base front set on an applied molded base, 7’ 10” tall. Provenance: A New Hampshire collection.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

144. Wall Clock, painted iron dial, moon phase brass works, date dial missing, set on a scrolled back board & bonnet cover with glass front & side, reverse painted oval pendulum cover, 47” tall plus brass finials, 19th century Europe. Provenance: A Dublin, NH collection.
Estimate $900-1,200

144A. English Bible Box Dated 1725, rectangular oak box with strap hinge lift top, decorated on the front, BB 1725,” with iron dome top tacks, 26” x 15 ½” deep x 11” tall. old worn varnish finish. Provenance: A New Hampshire collection.
Estimate $600-900

145. Les Oiseaux Dans La Nature, E. Rambert & P. Robert, D.Lebet Editeur, Paris, volume of Chromolithographs of birds, printed 19/20th century. Provenance: A Dublin, NH collection.
Estimate $800-1,200

148. Sulky & Driver Horse Weathervane, attributed to “Harris Manufacturers,” hollow copper body, cast zinc driver, old green patina, 33” long, vane has old repairs & splits, probably due to it falling at some point in time, late 19th century. Provenance: A Southern Monadnock Region, NH collection.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

149.Carousel Horse, prancing white horse with yellow, green, red & orange tack, old if not original paint, attributed to “Denzel,” 53” nose to tail, early 20th century. Provenance: An Amherst, NH collection, supposedly came from Coney Island, NY.
Estimate $2,000-3000

150A. Tiger Maple Stock Percussion Rifle, signed on the plate, “J. Bishop Warranted,” old refinished stock surface, 60 ½” long, 19th century American. Provenance: A New Hampshire collection.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

162A. Nantucket Wall Basket, a rare form, oval top & bottom with single side handle, 8” tall to top of handle by 8 ½” wide at top, 19/20th century, Nantucket made. No visible repairs or losses. Provenance: A Massachusetts collection.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
163. Pair Of Cast Iron Garden Rabbits, with folded hands, 12 ¾” tall, 19/20th century. Provenance: A New Hampshire collection.
Estimate $200-400

181. Civil War Folk Art Frame, hand carved, old varnish finish, accompanied by a card, “Whittled out with jack-knife while in Columbia prison, SC, 1862, Barrett, presented by CH Heald,” 3 tiers, 2 with openings & one with 2 openings at the top. Provenance: A Southern NH collection.
Estimate $400-600

181A. Pair Of Brass Queen Ann Candlesticks, petal base with corresponding bobeche tops, push up candle ejectors, (1 rod missing), 8½” tall, 18/19th century English. Provenance: A Massachusetts collection.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

181B. Set Of Four Federal Brass Candlesticks, round bobeche candle sockets, fluted tapered shafts set on a square base, 9½” tall, all with push up candle ejectors, early 19th century English. Provenance: A Massachusetts collection.
Estimate $700-1,000
190. Continental Mirror, gold paint over gesso & carved wood, mirrored side panels, 45” tall, chips, 20th century,  Continental. Provenance: A Boston, MA collection.
Estimate $200-400

193A. French Brass & Crystal Chandelier, a brass curlicue form frame, 3 candle arms interspersed with 3 crystal reflectors, crystal & pear shaped amethyst drops, crystal drops ending in floral embellishments, 19th century French. Provenance: A Florida collection.
Estimate $800-1,200

197. Needlework Flocked Beaded Picture, of a cockatoo & flowers on a beaded background, 17” x 20 ½” sight, under glass, not examined out of the frame. Provenance: An Amherst, NH collection.
Estimate $300-500

 

207. Rag Rug Runner & Woolen Blanket, hand woven, the runner in pastel shades, blanket in orange & ivory, 19/20th century. Provenance: A Southern collection.
Estimate $100-200

236. Four Pieces of Pewter, a, ”Sellow & Co., Cincinnati, 8” tall & 4 indistinctly marked, 8 ¼” plates, 19th century. Provenance: A Massachusetts collection.
Estimate $300-400
238A. Strapped Liquor Keg, oak staved keg with 12 fitted straps, initialed, “D” at one end, 18/19th century American, old color. Provenance: A Massachusetts collection.
Estimate $200-300
238B. Pair Of Owl Andirons with glass eyes, foundry mark on inside reads, “R.S. & W. Co.”, 15” tall. 
243. Three Miniature Boxes: Carved amber with woman in silver inset in lid 3” long; a simple pewter box with hinged back, 2 ¼” long & a 2 ½” diameter silver box inset with mother of pearl & tortoise shell, 19th century Europe. Provenance: A Florida collection.
Estimate $300-500
244. Six Pieces Of Metal: Sheffield candle snuffer & tray; a miniature silver guitar with relief decoration; a gold filled watch fob mounted on mesh; “Cross” silver traveling cups, and a silver plated woman’s head, 8 ¾” x 8 ¼”, 19/20th century. Provenance: A Florida collection.
Estimate $200-300
245. Brass Monteith Form Planter, 12” long, raised decoration, liner, 19th century Continental.
Estimate $100-200
246. Two Flutes & Piccolo, a silver plated marked ”Bonneville, Paris, #5334” flute, a Rosewood flute & a piccolo (illegibly marked), 20th century. Provenance: A New Hampshire collection.
Estimate $300-500
253. Seth Thomas Rosewood Mantle Clock, a tin face with painted Roman numerals, eglomise panel with putti & shield, labeled on interior, 15½” tall, 19th century New England. Provenance: An old Hancock, NH family.
Estimate $200-400
254. Mahogany Tea Box, line inlaid edges & key hole, opens to reveal 2 covered cubbies and a replaced glass, 12” long, 19th century English. Provenance: A Massachusetts collection.
Estimate $300-500
255. Dovetailed Box, with ivory fittings, 8½” long, 19th century. Provenance: A Florida collection.
Estimate $100-200
256. Nantucket Style Covered Basket, bone mounts, leather hinges, mahogany base & center of top, rock form bone finial, branded on bottom with basket & back to back “C’s,” 11½” diameter, 9” body height, 20th century. Provenance: A Florida collection.
Estimate $200-400
 

 


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