Collector Auction
Thursday, June 19, 2008

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PA AU 1265L

Objets d'Art

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1. 

Delaware Valley needlework sampler

Field containing letters, numbers, trees, flowers, fruit, and dogs; signed:

This Work in Hand my Friends May have
When I am Dead and in my Grave

Mary Gillinghams Sampler.  Made in
The Year 1811.  She Being ten Years
And Five Months Old

Opportunity Loft Cannot Be Recalled

17" x 13".

A Philadelphia business ledger (ca. 1802) accompanies this lot.  In the book, Samuel, James, Yeamans, and Thomas Gillingham are listed.  The Gillingham family name was prevalent in eighteenth and ninetenth century.  Research at Spruance Library in Doylestown has uncovered 27 Mary Gillinghams in this time period.

An interesting note:  David Moon is also in the ledger and listed as Chairmaker.  This is the Philadelphia Moon family who built Windsor chairs.  David worked with his family - Samuel and  William.  David worked at 18 Carter's Alley.

 

2. 

Amphora figural vase

Woman picking fruit, signed - Imperial Amphora Turn in cartouche
ca. 1903-1918, 12 1/4" T.

3. 

Carl Kauba bronze figurine (Austrian 1865-1922)

Spanish American roughrider taking aim, mounted on onyx base, rifle barrel broken, signed on left leg, 12 1/4" L.

4. 

Roseville two-part jardiniére and pedestal

Dogwood II pattern, unsigned, 27 3/4" TH.

5. 

Cut glass oval center bowl

4 1/4" H.

6. 

Satsuma tea set

Includes:  teapot, covered sugar bowl, covered creamers, waste bowl, and six cups with saucers.

7. 

Handpainted bronze stained glass table lamp

Six-panel shade, first quarter twentieth century, 23" T.

8. 

English needlework sampler

Field containing flowers, tree, bird, teapot, and numbers; signed:

Benjamin James Rose Age 13 October 27, 1868
Golen Land Farm, Dorking [,] Surry [Surrey]

7 1/2" x 8 1/2".

9. 

Cut glass center bowl

9 1/2" D.

10. 

Cut glass shallow bowl

8 3/4" D.

11. 

Royal Bayreuth oak leaf pitcher

Tettau Porcelain Factory mark, produced after 1902, 6 1/2" T.

12. 

William Ridgway Staffordshire sepia meat platter

Lausanne pattern, 19 1/8" W.

13. 

Brass double arm student lamp

Applied decorative castings, attributed to Bradley & Hubbard, unrestored, 20" T.  See Student Lamps of the Victorian Era, by Richard C. Miller & John F. Solverson, Antique Publications, Marietta, Ohio, 1992, plate 31, figure 79.

14. 

Cut glass two-part compote

Polished out flake on rim, 11 3/4" H.

15. 

Cut glass bowl

Gorham sterling rim, 9 1/4" D.

16. 

Cut glass two-part punch bowl

Rim chips, 10 3/4" H.   10 1/4" D.

17. 

Scottish mercury wheel barometer

Signed D. F. McClaren, 43 Union Strt, Aberdeen, early nineteenth century, 38" T.

18. 

Gray stoneware jug

Signed E. & L. P. Norton, Bennington, VT, two gallon, cobalt floral decoration
wc 1861-1881, 14" H.

19. 

Gray stoneware jug

Signed S. L. Pewtress & Co., New Haven, Conn, two gallon, cobalt floral spray decoration, 14" H.

20. 

Gray stoneware jug

Signed Connolly & Palmer, New Brunswick, N.J., cobalt design, 14 3/4" H.

21. 

Ansonia figural mantel clock

Cast iron and white metal, Euclid, brass time and strike movement
ca. 1880-1890.

22. 

Canton porcelain

Oval pie plate, 11 1/4" W;    Pierced fruit basket, 8 3/4" W.

23. 

Edison Standard Phonograph Model F

With morning glory horn and attaching rod.  Lot also includes 90+ Edison cylinders.

24. 

Cold painted bronze Irish setter

5 3/4" L.   3 3/8" T.

25. 

C. F. Martin & Co. mandolin

Serial number A-17825, ca. 1950, in original case, crack on body.

 

 

26. 

Bird-in-cage automaton

German.

27. 

Toy papier-maché and fur goat

With nodding head attached to sound mechanism, glass eyes, 21" L.

28. 

Chiromagica game

By McLoughlin Bros., New York, ca. 1870.

29. 

Toleware counter top store coffee tin

H. K. Thurber & Company, 19 3/8" T.

30. 

Cast iron combination Radio Bank

Kenton Toys, Kenton, Ohio, 3 1/2" T.

31. 

Carnival ball toss target

Handpainted cat on canvas, wooden base, 15 1/2" T.

32. 

Carnival ball toss target

Cat, wooden base, 22 1/2" T.

33. 

Selection of six Carnival ball toss targets

Various animals, all on wooden bases, 10 1/2" to 13 1/2" T.  Buyer's Choice.

 

 

34. 

Cut glass footed compote

7 3/4" T.   8" D.

35. 

Brilliant cut glass bowl

9" D.

36. 

Cut glass pitcher

7 1/2" T.

37. 

Tantalus

Acid cut glass Scotch and Rye bottles with stoppers.

38. 

Italian bronze bouilotte lamp

Two socket, adjustable toleware shade.

39. 

Gustav Stickley coal bucket

Hammered copper, wrought iron trimmings, signed Als ik kan in compass
19" H.

40. 

Gustav Stickley round serving tray

Hammered copper, signed Als ik kan in compass, 12" D.

 

 

41. 

Gustav Stickley blotter

Hammered copper, signed Als ik kan in compass, 25" x 15".

 

 

42. 

Gustav Stickley inkwell

Hammered copper, retaining glass inkwell, signed Als ik kan in compass
5 1/2" D.

 

 

43. 

Gustav Stickley desk box

Hammered copper, signed Als ik kan in compass, 4" L.   2 1/4" D.   2" H.

44. 

Gustav Stickley ashtray/match holder

Hammered copper, signed Als ik kan in compass, 3 3/4" H.

45. 

Pair of unsigned Gustav Stickley candle brackets

Hammered brass, 10 1/4" H.

46. 

Arts & Crafts chamber stick

Hammered copper, unsigned, 5 7/8"W.   2 1/4" H.

47. 

Roycrofter inkwell

Hammered copper, retaining glass inkwell, signed, 3 7/8" D.   2 1/4" H.

 

 

48. 

Arts & Crafts copper humidor

Signed The Burton Studio and Craft Shop, Hand Made, Glen's Falls, N.Y., mounted on oak base, interior wood lining with lid, embossed signature in wood liner and on leather covered base.

49. 

World War I ephemera from John Michael Daly

Includes:  two identity discs, Victory Medal with Meuse-Argonne & Defensive Sector battle clasps, buttons, German participation medal, photographs, postcards, and brass registration plate from Bieriot biplane S15 manufactured July 26, 1918.

50. 

Civil War Union cap

The following three lots appeared from one estate and were bound together by the decedent.

Retains 51st regiment number inside a wreath insignia.  Lot also includes paperwork of William W. Hallman, Private, Co. F, 88th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry.  Plus an unidentified ambrotype and black and white photograph of visitors on post Civil War battlefield.

 

 

51. 

Sixteenth Encampment Grand Army Republic souvenir medals

Mounted together on period cardboard marked 1866--1882, Baltimore, June21st, 22nd, & 23rd, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"

52. 

Grand Army of the Republic

Two-part Pennsylvania medal in original jeweler's box; 39th National Encampment GAR, Denver, Sept. 1905, two ribbon medals; GAR National Encampment Washington, 1892 medal; breast pin, and pair of cuff links.

53. 

French Empire mantel clock

Ormolu ornamentation, four column suports, brass time and strike movement, dial signed Guyerdet aine a Paris, pendulum period but not original to clock, early nineteenth century, 17 3/8" H.   9 5/8" W.   5 3/8" D.

54. 

Lowestoft coffee pot

Armorial shield design, professionally repaired, cracks, married lid, 9 1/2" T.

55. 

Cut glass wasp waisted vase

Sterling rim, 11 3/16" T.

56. 

Lalique molded glass vase mounted as table lamp

Ronces pattern [bramble and bushes], signed R. Lalique in script at base
ca. 1921, 9" T.

57. 

"Thrifty The Wise Pig" cast iron bank

By Hubley, cast verse - Save a penny yesterday, another save today, tomorrow save another, to keep the wolf away., 6 3/4" T.

58. 

Miniature painting on ivory - Bataille de Friedland

Signed Roiby, Napoleon on horseback with officers, in Napoleon crest brass frame, 2 7/8" x 3 5/8".

59. 

Miniature painting on ivory - Marriage of Napoleon

In brass frame, 5 1/4" x 3 3/4".

60. 

Armand Marseille bisque head doll

Sleeping glass eyes, open mouth with teeth, jointed composition body, head impressed Made in Germany, Armand Marseille, 390, A 4 M, 19" L.

61. 

Florodora German bisque head doll

Sleeping glass eyes, open mouth with teeth, jointed composition body, head impressed Made in Germany, Florodora, A 1 1/2 M, 17" L.

62. 

Simon & Halbig bisque head doll

Glass eyes, jointed composition body, head impressed S 7 H, 950, 16" L.

63. 

Simon & Halbig bisque head doll

Sleeping glass eyes, open mouth with teeth, jointed composition body, head impressed Halbig, K [Star of David] R, 13" L.

64. 

Armand Marseille bisque head doll

Blue glass eyes, open mouth with teeth, jointed composition body, head impressed 1894, A M 2/0 DEP, 14" L.

65. 

Pair of brass tavern candlesticks

Each set with bell on shaft, nineteenth century, 11 1/4" T.  See The Brass Book, by Peter, Nancy and Herbert Schiffer, Schiffer Publishing Limited, Exton, PA, 1987, illus. 175 A & B.

66. 

Wooden bird pull toy

With bellows sound mechanism, wheeled base, antique wood wheels reattached, purchased from the Bernard Baronholtz collection, 4 1/2" L.

67. 

St. Denis Porcelain Works pottery vase

Handpainted vignette of Renaissance gentleman on front, flowers on reverse, France, nineteenth century, 11" T.

 

 

68. 

Bronze bust of Classical gentleman

6 1/4" T.

69. 

Victorian figural banquet lamp

White metal, electrified, 32" T.

70. 

Reproduction diminutive walnut blanket chest

In the Chippendale style, hinged lid, two drawers, ogee bracket feet
8 1/2" T.   11" W.   6 1/4" D.

71. 

Paul Jones Whiskey advertising tray

Chromolithograph on tin, black theme, marked - The Temptation of St. Anthony, Louisville, KY, 19 1/2" W.

72. 

Needlework sampler

Linen field containing alphabets and verse:

On all Occasions to declare the Truth,
Is most Praise worthy in a virtuous youth
A Fault extenuated by a Lye,
Is doubled in Reality thereby
And he that to this Vice becomes a Slave,
In Fire and Brimstone shall his Portion have.

No Tongue can Speak, no men can well exprefs, Praise to the Lord
The punishments prepared for Wickednefs, the Lord's time be
The quickest Thought by no Means can conceive, Praised
What they shall suffer who ungodly be.  God save the King

and signed:

Phillis Celia Winter.  Her Work Finished 1790

12" x 13", in bird's-eye maple frame.

73. 

Needlework sampler

Linen field containing alphabets, numbers, trees, birds, flowers, vine border, and signed:

Jane Allen her Work 8

12 1/4" X 12 1/4". 

Both samplers (72 & 73) were obtained in Washington D.C. by the present owner.

74. 

Bronze and enameled Christian cross

Relief design set with cabochons, possibly originally from Syria, 25 1/2" T.

75. 

Victorian sewing box

Gilt japanned style decoration, coffin lid, paw feet, fitted interior, nineteenth century.

 

 

76. 

German enameled glass Reichsadlerhumpen

Painted in various colors with escutcheons of members of the Holy Roman Empire and a crowned double-headed eagle, dated on reverse 1212, probably nineteenth century, 7 1/4" T.

 

 

 

 

77. 

Continental etched glass urn

Round footed base and cut pedestal, elliptical shape, conforming lid, 18 1/4" T.

78. 

Pair of Satsuma double gourd bottles

Lot includes two repaired lids, 6 1/4" T.

79. 

J & L Lobmeyr, Wien glass urn with lid

Handpainted gilt decoration with angel and classical figures, double handled, circular paper label on base - J & L Lobmeyr, Wien.  The second matching urn in poor condition accompanies the lot.

80. 

Selection of J & L Lobmeyr, Wien enameled glass

Coffee cups, saucers, pitcher, and tumbler; signed.

81. 

Gray stoneware crock

Blue leaf design, 9" T.

82. 

Three-piece American Rococo Revival style girandole set

Sultana model, gilt-bronze, marble bases, prisms:  three-socket candelabra
18 3/4" T.;  two single socket, 15 1/4" T. 

83. 

Golden Oak poker chip case

Fitted interior containing chips, quarter oak grain, ca. 1890-1900.

84. 

Cast iron French Bulldog doorstop

7 5/8" T.

85. 

Cast iron Ducks doorstop

8 1/4" T.

86. 

Cast iron Russian Wolfhound doorstop

7 5/8" T.

87. 

Cast iron Gnome with Keys doorstop

10" T.

88. 

Softwood kneeling bench

Scroll-cut legs, original green paint, 37" L.   5 1/2" T.

89. 

Child's softwood table

Round top, tapered and chamfered legs, nineteenth century, 21 3/4" T.

90. 

Child's plank seat Windsor chair

Handpainted decoration, 20 1/2" T.

 

91. 

South American native pot

10 1/2" T.

92. 

Shaker oval box

Single swing handle, 7 1/4" L.   4 3/4" W.   2 3/4" H.

93. 

Set of five Imari plates

Rim chips, 8 1/2" W.

94. 

Two pair of Imari plates

Two patterns, rim chips, 8 1/4" D.

95. 

Pair of flint cut glass compotes

Nineteenth century, 9 3/4" T.

96. 

Set of four Continental blown glass bouillons with underplates

White latticinio design on copper color glass, applied handles.

97. 

Set of three Continental blown glass bouillons with underplates

Clear glass with white latticinio, applied handles (lot includes a fourth bouillon with one handle off).

98. 

Set of three Continental blown glass bouillons with underplates

White glass threading over gilt glass, applied handles (lot includes an extra saucer). 


Together with a single bouillon and three saucers, gilt lobed shape with white latticinio.

 

 

99. 

Pair of cut glass cruets

Both with original stoppers, 7" T.

100. 

German magic lantern and glass slides

In original box, missing burner, nineteenth century.

101. 

Wood, iron, and chromolithograph "Yankee Dump Cart" toy

19 1/4" L.

102. 

Wood, iron, and chromolithograph horse and cart toy

14 1/2" L.

103. 

Ithaca walnut calendar clock

Two dials displaying the time and day/date, signed lower dial H. B. Horton's Patents...April 1865...1866...Ithaca Calendar Clock Co., Ithaca, N. Y., 21 3/8" H.

104. 

Patchwork quilt

Star pattern, 7' 2" x 7'.

105. 

Blue Staffordshire meat platter

Ivanhoe pattern, made by Podmore, Walker & Co., Tunstall, 1834-1855, 18" W.

106. 

Bucks County needlework sampler by Sarah Taylor, 1825

Field containing alphabets, flowers, and fruit baskets; signed Sarah Taylor, 1825.  Sampler measures 12 1/2" x 11 1/4".

Accompanying the lot is an ambrotype of Sarah and her daughter Anna taken in the 1850's. Sarah was born 18 August 1813 and died 25 January 1888.  She married Arthur Cernea.  Their daughter Anna was born 10 December 1854. 

Also included in the lot is a small book - Domestic Portraiture of our Ancestors Kirkbride 1650-1824.  Sarah's parents were John and Elizabeth Kirkbride.  Their ancestor, Joseph Kirkbride, arrived in the Province of Pennsylvania  with William Penn in 1682. 

 

 

107. 

Bucks County needlework sampler by Sarah Z. Eastburn, 1815

Field containing alphabets, numbers, and signed Sarah Z. Eastburn, 1815, unframed, 9" x 18".

108. 

Banjo clock

Mahogany veneer and pine case in the Classical style, thistle finial, painted dial, eglomized center panel, replaced mirrored panel on bottom door, brass eight-day, weight-driven movement, 33" H.   Hand written note inside - made in Salem by Currier in 1837 for Jeremiah ?, Edmund Currier (1793-1853) worked in Salem, Massachusetts from 1837-1853. 

109. 

Low gray stoneware crock

Blue floral spray, double handled, with lid,  5 7/8" H.   11 1/4" D.

110. 

George III mahogany fan-inlaid tea caddy

Decorated on four sides and lid, interior compartments, lock intact, no key
ca. 1790, 5" H.   9 1/2" L.   5 1/8" D.

111. 

Child's Victorian marble top bureau

Three drawers, ball feet, marble top reglued, nineteenth century
12 1/2" T.   14 1/4" W.   7 1/2" D.

112. 

Victor Heinrich Seifert bronze figure (1870-1953)

Dutch boy with scythe, mounted on marble base, OH - 6 1/4".

113. 

Porcelain figural inkstand

Child and dog on lid, opens to well and pounce pot.

114. 

Ansonia Victorian Eastlake mantel clock

Cast iron case with gilt-white metal ormolu, incised line decoration,
ca. 1875-1880.

115. 

Teddy bear

Jointed legs and arms, hump back, long nose, ca. 1903, 11 1/2" T.

116. 

Wooden model stagecoach

Diamond Tally-Ho.  Family history indicates the model was used as a display in the 1939 World's Fair.  12 1/2" H.