Hillview Country Club, North Reading, MA
Preview 12 Noon – Auction Begins 3 PM
Items Drawn From The Estate of Alain de Pierrefeu
formerly of Argilla Road, Ipswich, Ma and Hancock, New Hampshire.
(Per order of The Alain de Pierrefeu Trust)
The de Pierrefeu Property has remained in storage in
Salem and Haverhill Ma since the late 1930’s.
Items from Charles Wilson Taintor family of Prospect Hill, Topsfield, Ma
Items removed from a Fisher Hill Brookline, Ma residence
Items from The Chestnut Hill Towers: The Estate Of Herbert Selib
Items from a Rocky Neck Gloucester, Ma Residence.
DIRECTIONS: From Rte. 93 north or south take Rte. 62 east and then take left onto North St. Country Club is half mile on left.
FURNITURE: An extremely large selection. AMERICAN, GEORGIAN & CONTINENTAL from the 18th & 19th century. In part: small Chippendale George III serpentine chest, marquetry items include dressing table, chairs, etc. N.E. tall & low chests, slant-front desks, dining, drop leaf, tea & other tables, pair Dutch games tables (a.f.), large N.E. Queen Anne dining table, pairs of bergeres & fauteuils, Dutch rosewood desk ca. l700 (a.f.), Boston classical box sofa (a.f.), fancy rosewood Victorian & walnut pieces, pair Continental window seats, decorated pieces, inlaid sideboards & servers, Georgian and centennial corner chairs, rosewood & mahogany beds, (2) Georgian bowfront chests, polychrome Tibetan cabinet, Regency cylinder double bank desk, large pine stepback cupboard, antique & decorative mirrors, pastry servers, partial list of antique furniture. FINE CUSTOM & REPRODUCTION FURNITURE: Mahogany pedestal dining table L: 10′ by Wm. Tilman from Harrods, 10 Chippendale dining chairs, Kittinger sideboard, JOSEPH GERTE FURNITURE INCLUDES oval dining table, 6 chairs & server, pair Queen Anne wing chairs, set centennial shieldback chairs, pair centennial Chippendale china cabinets (a.f.), pair Queen Anne armchairs, Continental, Georgian & French style tables, red Chinese Chippendale press cabinet, Asian items, Victorian & mahogany (some a.f. removed from storage), modern tufted leather sofa.
SILVER: Georgian includes oval tray L: 22-1/2″ (61 ozs.) touchmark E.I., silver kettle on stand (33 ozs.) J.E., early teapot with touchmark H.C., other Georgian silver, Gorham flatware set “Kings II” 126 pieces (220 ozs.), R. Dimes 6 piece coffee & tea service (120 ozs.), early Gorham loving cup (43 oozes.), 12 Russian enameled vermeil spoons, OR. Dimes pitcher (24 oozes.), OR. Dimes tall vase (29 oozes.), early coin silver mug. Silver by the following makers: Tiffany, Kirk, A. Stone, Relic, Starr & Marcus, whiting, TO. Starr, Reed & Barton & Cartier. Patterns in part: “Lily”, “Francis I”, “Love Disarmed”, “King George”, Russian hollowware, sterling silver and 14K box we/rubies, European, Sheffield and more.
COINS: (10) GOLD 1852-1861 $1, $1/2 & $1/4 dollars, Albums, paper currency, foreign coins –selling in (3) lots, STAMPS: from (3) homes- Albums, box & envelope of stamps, 123 First Day covers (selling also in (3) lots.
JEWELRY: A very nice selection including pins, cameos, group and bagged lots of items from the 20’s to 50’s by Cartier, Tiffany, Castillo, Channel, Coro, Dior, bag 36 pieces Givinchy, Fendi, Hill, Kahan, Kramer, Hobe, Gucci, Lanvin, Lieber, Spratling, men’s lot, etc.
ACCESSORIES: LARGE GAMBLING WHEEL BY H. C. EVANS & CO., CHICAGO, ILL MAKERS, boxes of Waterford crystal, pair Steuben (?) compotes, cut and other glassware, Georgian liquor chest, decorator and antique table lamps, paintings on ivory and porcelain, 99 piece Calyx “Ming Jade” dinner set, Wedgwood, Royal Worcester, Coalport, Ridgeway and other service sets, Art Pottery, clocks, fine furs and quantities of other smalls being sold individually and in lots.
PAINTINGS: early oil of Child with Doll, watercolors by Jose’ Donnelly ‘29, (2) by Tudor, along with other paintings and prints, large box daguerreotypes and ambrotypes, albums, etc.
ORIENTAL RUGS: Antique and contemporary examples including late Persian Bidjars in room, runner and scatter sizes, 8′ x 12′ ivory Tabriz, other older examples-some as is, (2) Priscilla Turner hooked rugs one being 10′ x 17′, the second an oval example, etc.
EARLY GAS POWERED MOTOR BIKE BY SATHS, BEARING A 1927 MASSACHUSETTS NUMBERPLATE (BADLY RUSTED).
15% Buyer’s Premium. Licenses #219 & #140.
