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The watch hutch was $200 from Ann
Dowrick of Westport Island, Maine.
The U.S.S.
Constitution
model in front was $50, and the
Hannah
was $85 from Gerald Ricker of Litchfield, Maine.
The
Hannah
was a 78-ton fishing vessel leased by George
Washington for the Continental Army in August 1775. After
four cannons were added to her, she sailed as a commis-
sioned ship in September 1775. (She didn’t last long—she
was run aground in October 1775—but she is still known as
the founding vessel of the U.S. Navy.)
The pipe box with a copper-lined humidor and carved panels depicting
a man plowing and a woman with a pig and a dog was $185 from Mac
and Celia Williams of Oakland, Maine.
If liquor is evil, these monkeys wanted people to see more, speak
more, and hear more. The three bottle pourers were $35 from
Hob Nob Antiques, Newport, Maine.
The wind-up musical bowling ball
decanter was $50 from Hob Nob
Antiques. If someone removed a
bottle, the music would start play-
ing, alerting the owner.
The pair of Herman
Miller armchairs was
$175. If you’d prefer a
more traditional look, the
thumb-back painted and
stenciled rocker was $70.
All were from River Edge
Antiques, Pittston, Maine.
The Revolution bait by Wm. Shakespeare Jr. Company
with its slide-lid box was $1600 from Joel C. Gushee
of Appleton, Maine, who calls his business Allenbrook
Farm Tackle.
Charming unmarked doorstop with an elephant, lion, mon-
key, and giraffe, $45 from Roland Jellison of Jellison Traders,
Augusta, Maine.
Goat with cart toy, $49
fromPatriciaAnn Breame
of Woodstock, Maine.
The make-do Chinese
export teapot with a sil-
ver spout, circa 1760, was
$265 from R.C. Bowen of
Kennebunk, Maine.