Hillview Country Club, North Reading, MA
Preview 12 Noon – Auction Begins 3 PM
WE WILL BE OFFERING HUNDREDS OF ITEMS DRAWN FROM ESTATES AND COLLECTIONS FROM WELLESLEY, WAYLAND, ROCKPORT, BEACON HILL AND THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND.
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.
PAINTINGS: Fine o/c Motif #1 by and signed EMILE A. GRUPPE in original frame purchased circa 1960 for the Peg Leg Inn 29-1/2″ x 35-1/4″, o/c landscape by CHARLES P. GRUPPE 17-1/2″ x 23-1/4″, SINGLE OWNER ESTATE COLLECTION OF (20) PAINTINGS BY NOTED AMERICAN ARTIST ALDRO T. HIBBARD including AH-7 o/c a Winter landscape w/sleigh, figure, home 28-3/4″ x 33-3/4″, AH-9 Winter landscape with cutter sleigh, church and village 23-1/4″ x 29″, AH-3 o/b Provincetown Waterfront 17″ x 14-1/4″, AH-15 o/b Autumn Village scene with covered bridge 16-1/2″ x 19-1/2″, AH-27 oil Motif #1 Rockport with boats, figures, nets 14-1/2″ x 17-1/2″, AH-26 o/b Quarry Walk road with carts, figures, houses 14-1/2″ x 17-1/2″, AH-25 o/b Red Barn, buildings, beach 14″ x 17-1/2″, AH-21 o/b Sugar House VT with figure 16-1/2″ x 19-1/2″, AH-23 o/b Venetian scene boats, figures at dock 17-1/4″ x 23-1/4″, AH-20 Woman in Doorway 13-1/4″ x 10-1/2″ a.f., AH-10 o/b “Bow River Canada” winter landscape 17-1/2″ x 14-1/2″, AH-11 o/b possibly Canadian Rockies scene 14-1/2″ x 11-1/2″, AH-16 o/b Autumn evergreens/mountains 16-1/4″ x 19-1/2″, AH-8 o/b Venetian Harbor boats, figures at work 16-1/4″ x 14-1/4″, AH-6A o/c Thames River with tugboats 8-1/4″ x 9-1/2″, AH-6B o/c Thames River with Bridge 8-1/2″ x 10-1/2″, AH-4 o/b Venetian Harbor boats and figures 15-1/2″ x 20-1/4″, AH-22 o/b Winter River Scene 15-1/4″ x 19-1/2″, AH-38 Venetian Canal with Gondola, buildings 9-1/4″ x 11-3/4″, AH-31 o/b Grotto-coastal scene 8-1/2″ x 10-1/2″, o/c Mill Pond (near Peg Leg Inn by S. Mirsky 15″ x 19-1/2″, CHINA TRADE o/c Bark Benj. F. Hunt, Newburyport, MA in Hong Kong harbor 25-1/2″ x 34-3/4″, o/c ship in St. John New Brunswick harbor by J. T. Dix 14″ x 19-1/2″, o/c New Hampshire landscape by Robert S. Dunning 1882 8″ x 13″, o/c winter landscape by Wm. S. Macy 12″ x 20″, o/b by Rudolf Geyling (Austrian) “Fairies Fishing landscape 17-1/2″ x 12-1/2″, o/b by Alec Williams RHA “Cottages at Malhide” 12″ x 20″, large o/c At the Piano ca. l9l5 signed illegibly 39-3/4″ x 29-3/4″, (2) large watercolors depicting A. H. Davenport furniture pieces, etching by Elbridge Kingsley, engraving Paul Guland, Currier & Ives ship print, Theorem, sandpaper drawing,, etc.
CLOCKS: Grandfather clock by AARON WILLARD in mahogany (all original including finish). This clock having stood in the Peg Leg Restaurant/Inn in Rockport, MA for many years, New Hampshire birch string inlaid grandfather clock with brass works and painted dial, another New Hampshire grandfather clock a mahoganized inlaid example by J. D. Jones, Pittsfield, NH, centennial mahogany (9) tube grandfather clock its dial marked Tiffany and Co., mahogany lyre case banjo clock marked John Sawin with bracket beneath L: 39″, rosewood cased banjo clock by E. Howard & Co., Boston L: 29″, pillar and scroll clock by Seth Thomas, steeple clock by Brewster and Abrahams, Bristol, CT ca. l835, mid l9th C continental portico clock, French gilt wood mantle clock by Gide, Paris, French boule inlaid shelf clock, fancy continental mahogany and brass mounted bracket clock, (3) brass and glass French shelf clocks (one oval form), (3-4) brass and glass travel-carriage French clocks.
FURNITURE: Chippendale maple 6 drawer tall chest (all original) circa 1770, Queen Anne curly and figured maple oval top drop leaf table, tiger maple and cherry candlestand, IMPORTANT ORIGINAL PAINTED CHIPPENDALE TAVERN TABLE, 18th century green painted corner cupboard, rare Massachusetts Hepplewhite marble top mahogany inlaid huntboard/server, early candle and nightstands, period wing chair, Chippendale maple slant-front desk w:35-1/4″, Sheraton bowfront chest with bird’s-eye maple drawers, Hepplewhite mahogany demilune card table marked “Captain Bradford” in chalk, late Sheraton bowfront chest with bird’s-eye drawer fronts, Boston Chippendale slant-front desk with serpentine front and massive ball and claw feet, Hepplewhite mahogany satinwood paneled card table with bowfront and serpentine ends, another Hepplewhite demilune card table (one of several from the Beacon Hill estate of William Yorkja, Boston captain’s desk, Hepplewhite mahogany sideboard with satinwood panel and banded case circa 1800, pair Chippendale mahogany chairs late 18th century, Hepplewhite mahogany bowfront chest with inlaid top, Chippendale four drawer graduated chest with ogee feet, pair cherry Chippendale sidechairs, inlaid card table, painted six board chest circa 1820, red painted Pennsylvania two door (2 drawer) cupboard circa 1840, Chippendale and Sheraton tables, country twin beds, mirrors, Windsor rocker and armchair, Victorian serpentine commode, etc.
ORIENTAL WOODBLOCK PRINTS AND DRAWINGS: Waterfalls by Hiroshi Yoshida 32″ x 21″, Mt. Fuji by H. Yoshida 27-1/2″ x 21″, “El Capitan” Yosemite Valley by H. Yoshida 14-1/4″ x 9-1/2″ (1925), water scene also by H. Yoshida 19-1/2″ x 13-1/2″, woodblock by Hiroyuki Tojima 24-1/2″ x 18-1/4″, black/white print by Misch Kohn “Kubuki” 19-3/4″ x 14-1/2″ (1954 20 imp.), (4) by Hashiguchi-Kiyoshi (Goyo) “Girl Combing Hair” 17-1/4″ x 12-1/4″, seated Nude 17″ x 11-1/4″, Woman in Kimono 17″ x 10-3/4″, “Girl Applying Makeup” 20″ x 14″, oriental scroll (parchment-silk ?), Japanese naturalist drawings, (26) more Japanese woodblock prints, pair ancestors on rice paper, grouping of MUGHAL architectural and other drawings, watercolor by Y. Ito 13″ x 19-1/2″, a few books on History, Japanese Culture, etc. ORIENTAL ITEMS: Bronze crab and crawfish, oriental ivory figural groups, hardstone figures, nest lacquered tables, metal and ceramic items, Japanese bronze panther, Canton square cut corner bowl, oriental floor and table screens, etc.
SILVER: OUTSTANDING GEORGIAN SILVER –Peter & Ann Bateman teapot on footed stand 21.5 ozs., P & A Bateman sugar basket, Collection of Hester Bateman items including salver D: 14-3/4″ 38.7 ozs, sugar caster, wine taster, pitchers, tea caddy, dessert spoons, soup spoons, (2) teapots attributed to M. Plummer, silver creamer EW/IB along with English w/sugar jbowl and sauceboat 17 ozs., sterling silver cup by Sheibler, Gorham mug, Tiffany silver bottles H:6-3/4″ 20 ozs., s.s. wines and bread plates 32.5 ozs., Tiffany mug 1861, 11 large s.s. serving pieces 37 ozs., bread trays, cake plates, baskets, assorted s.s. flatware and collector items in group lots, napkin rings, coin silver flatware, Arts & Crafts silver, A. Stone, Russian Neillo box, s.s. ribbed bowl Irish reproduction 15 ozs., trays, fancy cut decorated bowl 13 ozs., s.s./cobalt salts, decanter coasters, Gebelein bowl, Tiffany hollowware, s&p shakers, flatware service “Old French” by Gorham over 100 pieces (approximately 144 ozs., 54 piece flatware by Black, Starr & Gorham, sugar and creamer and nut dishes 21 ozs., groupings of silverplated items, box set apostle spoons, Jensen and Cartier items, etc.
JEWELRY: Large yellow gold 18K ribbed ball necklace marked Buccellati 164 grams, hollow cast link necklace (no assay mark) L: 13-3/4″, Egyptian pin marked 750, link bracelet with scarabs, Jensen and Hansen bracelets, (2) 18K Bulgari medallions, bracelet w/pearls (Napoleon/Josephine?), assortment of necklaces, bracelets, jade necklace, mesh pin with tiny stones including diamonds. IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF GOLD CUFFLINKS SOLD AS SINGLE PAIRS AND IN GROUPS—–APPROXIMATELY 50 PAIR —-(15 lots) including 18K Tiffany examples Schlumberger in form of fish w/green and ruby color stone eyes, Tiffany owl-formed pairs, Bulls with blue stone eyes, snake-formed w/diamonds, Chinese symbols, Irish Harps, knot form, modernist form, horse head form, Flush of Cards, antique auto form, panthers, pair $2-1/2 U.S. in 14K settings, unmarked Fox, clipper ships, some marked Finland Lapponia Bjorn, pair with intaglio cut classical heads, 18K Tiffany bar style with polished lapis stones marked Schlumberger, white gold Art Deco with stones, pair platinum with pink cabochon stones, sterling by Hans Hansen, Denmark signed Nero, Jules Brenner pair dolphin, s.s. by George Jensen etc.
ACCESSORIES: FOUR ORIGINAL CLARK VOORHEES CARVED AND PAINTED WHALES, pair Hepplewhite mahogany inlaid knife boxes circa 1800, (3) Icons, Staffordshire, 10 Ironstone castle plates, Meissen, Minton, lighting, Harvard-Yale football (19–6) Capt. Johnny Dean & Capt. Bob Lassister, framed “Johnny Harvard-His Machine” 1914 by Harold Graves, table top globe sans base of stand circa 1840, early Delft chargers, earthenware items, tea caddies, boxes, brass bedwarmer, biscuit boxes, bronze peasant, Imari charger meiji D: 18″ on stand, Tiffany candlesticks w/original labels H: 7-1/8″, (2) Tiffany scalloped bowls LCT D: 7-1/2″ & 6-1/4″, Kewblas plate & Aurene bowl, (13) METTLACH STEINS #2247, #812, #1520, #2302, #2024, #2100, #2082, #2231, #2580, #2599, #2003, #202, #2025, large Imari design Mason’s covered tureen, assorted early pewter pieces, painting of lady in ivory frame, large grouping of lead and cut crystal stemware, several Imari porcelain pieces, rose Medallion fruit basket and stand, other Rose medallion individually and in groups, China in part includes Royal Albert, R. Worcester, Adderley, etc. Limoges dinner service, grouping of Cut glass bowls, etc. Wedgwood items, large “Oregon” Flow Blue platter, basket of toys, erector set, assorted antique swirl marbles (l lot), pair large Staffordshire spaniels, brass candlesticks, WWI sword, wicker baby carriage, cast iron rooster and sadiron doorstops.
ORIENTAL RUGS: VERY FINE ANTIQUE SERAPI 9′-8″ X 12′-5″, old Oushak 8′ x 10′, old Herez 11′-8″ x 19′-6″, persian pictorial, Kurd and other caucasian scatter rugs, etc.
Licenses #219 and #140. 15% buyer’s premium.
