Maine Antique Digest March 2015

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Maine Antique Digest, March 2015 31-CS
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Large-format albumen print of
the Siamese twins Chang and Eng
Bunker (1811-1874), Philadelphia,
1860s-70s, 20¾" x 16¾" (image
size), $7500 (est. $2000/3000) to a
phone bidder. Another large-for-
mat albumen print (not shown)
from the same source, a 22" x 18"
(image size) depiction of the “Car-
olina Twins” Millie and Christine
McKoy (1851-1912), conjoined
African American sisters, sold for
the same price to the same buyer
(est. $2000/3000). The proceeds
benefited the Vineland (New Jer-
sey) Historical & Antiquarian
Society.
George Ohr (1857-1918), scrod-
dled, folded, and bisque-fired ves-
sel, 1898-1910, with incised script
signature “G E Ohr,” 4½" x 7½" x
3½", $1375 (est. $1000/1500).
Mrs. Moses B. Russell (1809-1854),
miniature portrait of a young child
in a white dress holding a rose,
watercolor on ivory in a gilt frame,
3½" x 2½" (sight size), $6875 (est.
$4000/6000)
Needlework sampler by Amanda Malvina
Morris (1809-1829), Newtown, Pennsyl-
vania, 1818, 10½" x 10¼" (sight size),
$2125 (est. $800/1200) to members of the
Newtown (Pennsylvania) Historical Soci-
ety who were bidding in the room for the
society. She stitched the words “Amanda
Malvina Morris’ / work, wrought in the
ninth / year of her age. 1818. / Bucks
County / Academy Newtown” and her
school building, carriages, trees, and ani-
mals below in polychrome silk on linen.
The daughter of a wealthy Newtown
attorney, Enos Morris, and his first wife,
Elizabeth, Amanda married John Lloyd in
1827 and had one son.
Tiffany leaded glass and bronze chan-
delier in amber to white tones with
Greek key bronze rim, circa 1920,
stamped “Tiffany Studios New York
5075,” 25" diameter, $32,500 (est.
$8000/$12,000) to a phone bidder. A
similar example sold for $32,500 at
Christie’s in December 2010.
Art Deco sterling silver centerpiece
bowl, Hayes & McFarland, Mount
Vernon, New York, early 20th cen-
tury, 7¾" high x 12" diameter, 62
troy ounces, $7500 (est. $2000/4000).
According to the catalog, “In 1903,
Hayes & McFarland merged with
Mauser Mfg. Company (New York)
and the Roger Williams Silver Com-
pany (Providence, Rhode Island) to
form the Mt. Vernon Company Sil-
versmiths, which was ultimately pur-
chased by Gorham in 1913.”
Set of 11 Rutherford B. Hayes (as president, 1877-81)
presidential pattern oyster plates, designed circa 1880
by Theodore Russell Davis (1840-1894) for Haviland &
Co., Limoges France, each with an eagle on the under-
side of the rim, $10,000 (est. $6000/8000). The design
was patented in 1880, and the plates were mass-pro-
duced to meet the public’s demand.
Federal carved mahogany sofa, attributed to Henry Connelly (1770-1826)
and Ephraim Haines (1755-1837), Philadelphia, circa 1815, 36¼" x 72½" x
28", $10,625 (est. $4000/6000) to a phone bidder. It is similar to a sofa in Wil-
liam Macpherson Hornor’s Blue Book: Philadelphia Furniture.
Tiffany patinated bronze and
leaded glass Daffodil table
lamp, circa 1910, the shade
with a metal tag impressed
“Tiffany Studios New York,”
the base stamped “Tiffany
Studios New York 365,”
21½" high x 15 7/8" diameter,
$21,250 (est. $15,000/25,000).
Tiffany patinated bronze and
leaded glass Tyler Scroll table
lamp, early 20th century, the shade
stamped “Tiffany Studios New
York 10056,” the base stamped
“Tiffany Studios New York 366,”
24½" high x 18¼" diameter,
$21,250 (est. $15,000/20,000).
U.S. International Centen-
nial Exhibition carved walnut
armchair, 1875-76, the finials
inset with exhibition medal-
lions, the backrest with printed
scenes under glass, the seat rail
stamped “Pat. Appld. for Nov
29, 1875,” 53½" x 28½" x 28",
$36,250 (est. $10,000/15,000) to
a collector in the room, under-
bid on the phone. It was made
for the Pennsylvania Pavilion at
the Philadelphia Centennial.
Five phone bidders competed for this
figured mahogany high chest with
fan carving and ball-and-claw feet,
Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1770,
84¼" tall x 40" wide x 22½" deep,
ex-Ginsburg and Levy. It sold for
$27,500 (est. $8000/12,000).
William Russell Birch (1755-1834), View of Spring-
land, the country estate of the artist on the Dela-
ware River, circa 1800, watercolor, ink, and pencil
on paper, 4" x 5 7/8", $28,750 (est. $3000/5000) to
a collector on the phone. It was illustrated on the
front cover of William Birch: Picturing the Ameri-
can Scene (2011) by Emily T. Cooperman and Lea
Carson Sherk and had been exhibited at the Athe-
naeum of Philadelphia.
The following lot (not shown), a 4" x 5 7/8" (sight
size) watercolor, ink, and pencil on paper view from
Springland by Birch, also previously exhibited at
the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, sold to an institu-
tion for $20,000 (est. $1000/2000).
Three phone bidders competed for
this 9½" x 16¾" x 12½" patinated
and gilt bronze “Mountain Rail-
way” jewelry box with the marks
of Pyetr Baskakov, Moscow, 1883-
1908, and retailed by Tiffany &
Co. (est. $2000/3000). Modeled as
a mountain with trains and tracks
running through, raised on a
molded gilt metal and wood base,
the bronze impressed with circular
double-eagle for Moscow, a circular
maker’s Cyrillic touchmark “np”
for Pyetr Baskakov, and “Tiffany
& Co.,” it was reportedly presented
in 1910 to the chairman of the New
York Central Railroad, and a note
accompanying the box said it was
cast in Austria for Tiffany. A phone
bidder took it at $12,500.
Five phone bidders competed for this pair of Classical
giltwood girandole looking glasses, circa 1810, 38" x 24",
each with a paper label for Henry Marks, Boro, England.
Previously advertised by Israel Sack, Inc. in The
Magazine Antiques, April 1957, it sold on the phone for
$31,250 (est. $10,000/20,000). The girandoles were part of
a large consignment from aWashington, D.C., gentleman.