2009 July Sale

WEDNESDAY JULY 1, 2009 at 3:00 PM
HILLVIEW COUNTRY CLUB
PHOTO GALLERY OF ITEMS BELOW. DOUBLE CLICK ON PICTURE TO ENLARGE

We have been commissioned by a major Boston bank to sell at public auction items from the Beverly Farms Ma, Residence of Katherine Brooke Hamlin Whittier on behalf of The Ross Whittier Remainder Trust. Katherine is a descendant of Statesman & Vice President Hannibal Hamlin under Abraham Lincoln. The Whittier’s Greek revival farmhouse overlooks West beach. Along w/ family items, the Whittier’s carefully collected choice art & antiques to grace their home. Highlights include: A fine grouping of oil paintings discovered in the attic & throughout the house by Rockport artist Henry Aiken Vincent (1864 - 1931). An important Folk Art Carved eagle with American flag by George Stapf (1862-1958). We will also be selling a fine grouping of period furniture& accessories from the Whittier estate in this auction.

We are also representing the Estate of George Russell Harding. Mr. Harding was a former executive at State Street Bank and Trust Company in Boston, he resided at 81 Fairmont Street in Chestnut Hill. Mr. Harding is a descendant of President Warren G. Harding. The Whitney Estate of Westwood Ma, the Estate of Lydia Prescott Thayer of Cragie Street Cambridge, Ma. The Prescott’s and (Coffins) were an early family from New Bedford Ma and has a summer estate in S. Dartmouth named “Mariano”. Items descending in the Fuller family Concord Ma, Fine Paintings from The Gallatin / Hoppin Family from East Hampton, Long Island & NYC, Items from a Weston, Ma home descending in the collection of George Frederick Stevens of Bronxville, NY. Items from an early Worcester Ma family from their home on Cliff Road in Wellesley Ma, Items from two Dover, Ma. Estates including “Overfields” The Estate of Allan J. Wilson, Also a prominent estate on Farm Street of a former Governor of Massachusetts. Textiles deaccessioned from a local Art Museum to benefit The Capital Campaign.

FURNITURE: French & Continental include 18th C elaborately inlaid ladies bombe desk, French secretaire, two-drawer Cont. commode, Louis XV bombe m.t. commode, set Cont. cane back chairs & similar armchair, fruitwood multi-drawer commode, pr. Louis XV style 2 dr. m.t. stands, French fireside bench, pr. Trumeau mirrors, Cont. round & hall tables, parquetry Dutch style china cabinet, English bird’s-eye maple Davenport desk sgnd. Jno Wells, pr. Georgian kettle stands, Cont. style dining table, bronze candelabra & wall sconces, w. i. Torchere, oriental & painted screens, Regency style bookshelf, fern stand, etc.
PERIOD AMERICAN FURNITURE: Chippendale 18th C maple s.f. desk, Chip. Mahogany Pembroke table w/cross stretcher, Classical Phila. mahog. sideboard, Sheraton bow front chest w/curly maple drawer fronts, curly maple Pembroke table, NEOCLASSICAL M.T. PIER TABLE, brace & bowback Windsor armchairs, Shaving Mirrors, good assortment of country table & stands, (4) dec. Hitchcock chairs, early 19th C paint dec. arm chairs, Hepp. & Sheraton stands, lge. gilt tripart mirror, bannisterback & rodback chairs, good Windsor youth’s highchair, Victorian m.t. table & more.
CUSTOM & FINE FURNITURE: WALLACE NUTTING FURNITURE–Pr. Chip. curly maple 4 drawer chests, pr. curly maple chip. Lge. looking glasses, Chip. mahog. s.f. desk on cab. legs w/b&c feet, pr. bowback arm chairs, Sheraton 2 dr. stand #608, maple dble. canopy bed, curly maple candlestand, Windsor hall or tavern table, unusual Phila. style round-about chair #413, Windsor arm chair #410, Chip. mahog. mirror, bannisterback chair #380, other chairs, tables, stands by or attrib. to W. Nutting .
CUSTOM MADE FURNITURE CIRCA 1940 by Old Colony, Gerte & others including outstanding Federal Breakfront, Newport shell-carved chest on chest, Newport shell-carved 4 dr. chest, 6 dr. silver-linen buffet w/shell carving, Sheraton card table, Regency library table, pr. Chip. influenced wine stands, dble. ped. dining table w/lvs., pr. oct. fernstands, pr. twin beds, chest w/brushing slide, coffee table, vanity stool, set 12 Davenport dining chairs, lge. dining table attrib. to Davenport, Chip. mirror & 4 dr. serp. chest, SIGNED LIEBERMAN OUTSTANDING INLAID BENCH, MID CENTURY MODERN INCLUDING Conference Table, rosewood Bar-Cabinet by Mobelfakta, DUNBAR includes sofa, chair & ottoman, pr. arm chairs, pr. Dunbar modernist shelf units, fine Hepp. Sideboards & servers, sets Chip. & Hepp. dining chairs, pr. Sheraton Boston bedside stands, Sheraton sofa, Chip. style maple highboy, Q.A. style lowboy, brass & onyx stands, OAK INCLUDES outstanding dble. side by side bookcase-desk combination, Mission bowed arm Morris chair, joint stool ca. l900, sheet music chest, Florentine mirror, other modernist & decorated pieces.

FINE COLLECTION OF MILITARY MEDALS FROM A WESTON MA ESTATE INCLUDING WW1, WW2, Am. Civil War, French Leg. of Honor, British Military Cross, Greece Royal Order of the Phoenix, Pr. British War Medals, German, Spain, Japan, India, U.S.S.R., Jordan, Laos, Japan Order of the Golden Kite, Group Victory Medals 1914-1918 (16), (2) Military Escape Kits, and others.

PAINTINGS: ELEVEN SIGNED OIL PAINTINGS BY HARRY AIKEN VINCENT & FOUR UNSIGNED ATTRIB. TO H. A. VINCENT, (3) oils by Albert Prentice Button, (3) lge. watercolors Yale/Harvard Football scenes & (1) Baseball scene by Howard Giles, Gloucester Harbor o/c by W. Lester Stevens 24″ x 29″, o/c Frank H. Shapleigh “Old Barn Jackson, NH 1887 10″ x 15″, minia. pntg. on ivory of Napoleon, pr. minia. w.c.’s of couple, D.A. Fischer o/c seascape 11″ x 17″, o/c seascape Thorolf Pedersen 14″ x 22″, o/b Portland Light, others by Wayne Davis, E. C. Wooley, H. P. Flagg, O. Weber, o/c Winter Cambridge VT by G. Cilfone, V. Smith, (3) Wm. Hogarth etchings, drawings, etchings, engravings, lithographs incl. Raoul Dufy, J. Pennell, (5) LGE. COLORED CARTOONS BY AL CAPP, S. Gallagher, F. Remington, M. W. Enright, etc.

JEWELRY: Ladies cocktail ring w/canary yellow 2-1/4 carat center diamond flanked by (2) one carat diamonds, other rings set w/precious stones, Art Deco & other bar pins incl. one with a 5/8 carat diamond & one by Tiffany, 18K & other gold earrings incl. Tiffany, E. Frederica & others, G. Jensen 18K ring 18K Rhino pin by dunay, NY, diamond & pearl 14K bracelet, 18K heart pin by Naltchayan, P. Picasso 18K pin, other 14K & 18K gold jewelry incl. bracelets, brooches, pins, some sterling and bagged lots.

SILVER: Large & outstanding group of sterling & other silver. S. Kirk flatware 119 pcs. (Rose & Repousse) - 116 weighable t.ozs., Gorham “Chantilly” flatware (49) pieces, Gorham 5 pc. tea & coffee set attrib. to F. A. Heller 1891 62 t.ozs., 7 pc. English silver tea & coffee set 151 t.ozs., “Fairfax” pat. sterling tray L: 24″ 102 t.ozs., Irish & English salvers, G. Jensen serving pcs., punch ladle & stuffing spoons, heavy Gorham Hollowware, A. Stone bowl, B.S & Frost bowl 25 t.ozs., water pitcher 28 t.ozs., Coin mug by Low & Ball, other silver incl. Tiffany, Fischer, Ericson, Bryant, Jensen, etc. Sheffield silver soldered & other lge. serving pcs. a very nice assortment.

CLOCKS: George III red chinoiserie tall clock by Edmund Martyn, lyre-carved Banjo clock by Walter H. Durfee, Providence, R.I., French bronze figural mantle clock, French white marble & brass clock set, French crystal regulator, boulle style bracket clock, S. Thomas dble. dial calendar, mantle by Leroy, Paris, lge. carriage clock, bisque figural clock, an Aurora clock, etc.

ORIENTAL RUGS: At least 25 estate carpets –antique, semi-antique & mid 20th century including Ferreghan Sarouk, Senneh, Soumac, Bidjar, Kazak, Bokharas, another Sarouk, Ersari surround, caucasian, bagface, etc. in room and scatter sizes—no dealer goods.

ACCESSORIES: IMPORTANT RUSSIAN BRONZE OF WARRIER ON HORSE BY E. LANCERAY 1886, H: 20″ , Provenance: “Overfields”. Dover, MA estate, FOLK ART CARVED & PAINTED EAGLE W/FLAGG & SHIELD ATTRIB. TO GEORGE STAPH, PA. W: 36″, Trade Sign “Fremlins Ale & Stout” purchased Sotheby’s in the 70’s, Celestial Globe by H. Hughes & Son in satinwood inlaid case, ART POTTERY: Grueby multi-color vase H: 10-3/4″, Merrimac gourd-shaped vase mkd. S.P. 1903, pr. Marblehead bookends, P. Revere 5 color plate, Rookwood, etc. Chinese Export & Canton china incl. platters, sauce tureens, cider pitcher, entrees, etc., Famile Rose & late 18th & early 19th C pcs., choice QUEZAL s.s. overlay vase #732, OUTSTANDING RUSSIAN LGE. JEWEL BOX W/CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL COVER “ADAM & EVE”, 5 string Banjo by Camminger, Surgeon’s Kit by Shephard & Dudley, NY, pr. epaulets in original tin box, hand painted floor screen, lamps incl. porcelain, tole, basalt, bronze, Wedgwood, French & others, ship model, lge. balance scale, banner “Sons of Pompei” 59″x71″, girandoles, Lustres, R. Worcester ewers, pr. Staf. dogs, lge. selection of good Cut Glass, crystal, R. Vienna, Minton, Nippon, Transferware, Ironstone, Limoges, Pink Lustre, old Paris, Caylyx, Herend, Spode, HEARTH ITEMS incl. pr. sgnd. Hunneman andirons, f.screen, etc., Cloisonne’ country items incl. firkins, molds, early Nantucket basket, pr. Indian moccasins, chandeliers, figurines, group daguerreotypes incl. Lincoln & others as is, and much more.

CLOTHING & TEXTILES: A fine and diverse lot from the 18th (?), 19th & early 20th century-some deaccessioned from a local museum incl. early silk embroidered man’s waist coat, wedding & ladies long dresses, christening dresses & accessories, children’s clothing, etc. beaded bags, fans, tortoise hair combs, ladies items, boy’s Eaton suit, gold threaded drapes, bed spreads, FINE PAISLEYS, table & other linens to be sold in group lots.