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30-C Maine Antique Digest, April 2015
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Philadelphia Tucker cam-
pana urn, circa 1825,
decorated with Napoleon
burning Moscow, 9 7/8"
high, sold for $7800 (est.
$3000/4000).
Three phone bidders and
bidders in the room com-
peted for this 19th-cen-
tury Pennsylvania redware
pitcher, 11" high, with
mottled green, orange,
and brown glaze, the rim
and body with bands of
potato stamp decora-
tion and sgraffito leaves
and flowers, and it sold for
$7800. Ron Pook said he did
not know where it was made,
but it was appealing, with good
form, rich glaze, and incised decoration.
New York six-gallon stoneware
crock, 19th century, impressed
“Ithaca, NY,” with two cobalt
birds on floral sprigs, 14"
high x 12¾" diameter, sold in
the salesroom for $5280 (est.
$3000/5000).
This rare six-gallon stone-
ware crock, 14¼" high x 13½"
diameter, circa 1875, impressed
“M & T Miller, Newport, PA,”
with bold cobalt decorations of
a bird on a leafy branch, sold
for $33,600 (est. $8000/12,000).
Few works of this caliber are
known by Miller.
The buyer in
the salesroom was Ron Hummel
from Duncannon, Pennsylvania,
who said he lives ten minutes
from where the crock was made.
Rare Philadelphia Tucker
porcelain urn, circa 1825,
decorated with a central
panel depicting St. John
with an eagle, sold on
the phone for $9000 (est.
$2000/4000), even though
it was cataloged as depict-
ing a woman with a dove.
York County, Pennsylvania, pine corner
cupboard, 19th century, probably by
John Rupp, in two parts, with its original
red-grained surface and floral accents,
86" high x 52½" wide, from an East Ber-
lin, Pennsylvania, estate, sold for $5760
(est. $3000/4000).
New England painted pine blanket
chest, circa 1820, with original deco-
rated surface, 36½" high x 36" wide,
sold for $2880 (est. $1500/2500).
Pennsylvania
Queen
Anne walnut chest-on-
frame, circa 1770, 72"
high x 40" wide, sold on
the phone for $10,200
(est. $2000/4000).
This Philadelphia dish-
top tea table, with a well-
turned bird cage, suppressed
ball on its shaft, and three
ball-and-claw feet, sold for
$5520 (est. $4000/7000). An
age crack and a repaired
bottom board of the
birdcage and some
stains to the
top seemed like
small flaws.
Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts/Colonial Revival
wrought-iron and copper settee, 37¾" x 36¾"
x 15½", circa 1920, attributed to Morgan Colt
(1876-1926), New Hope, Pennsylvania, with
pierced hearts, shaped balusters, and basket-
weave seat, sold for $2280 (est. $1000/1500).
Four phone bidders competed
for this New York brace-back
Windsor armchair, circa 1790,
branded “I. Sproson,” with
old red over ivory over origi-
nal green paint, that sold for
$7800 (est. $1500/2500).
Hans Jacob Brubacher, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, active 1751-1801,
ink and watercolor on laid paper, frak-
tur religious text, initialed lower right,
12¼" x 15½", sold for $3360. It sold at
the Donald Shelley sale on October 8,
2004, for $2530. Shelley bought it at the
Arthur Sussel sale at Parke-Bernet Gal-
leries on October 23, 1958, for $125.
Fraktur by Adam Wertz, southeastern
Pennsylvania, mid-19th century, dated
1831, for Jacob Spengler of Paradise
Township, York County, with hearts,
birds, and flowers, 13¼" x 16½",
sold in the salesroom for $9000 (est.
$4000/6000). The current exhibitions at
the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Win-
terthur, and the Free Library of Phila-
delphia have given the fraktur market a
boost.
Lancaster,
Pennsylva-
nia, walnut tall-case
clock, circa 1790, with an
eight-day rocking ship
movement and brass
face, inscribed “George
Hoff, Lancaster,”
90"
tall, sold for $15,600
(est. $12,000/15,000) to
dealer Jamie Price in the
salesroom.
Chester County, Pennsylvania, walnut tall
chest, circa 1760, with a document drawer
over five short drawers and four long draw-
ers, raised panel sides, and ogee bracket
feet, 67¼" x 40" wide, sold for $10,800
(est. $6000/9000) to Vernon Gunnion. The
drawer in the cornice opens with a Quaker
lock in the third drawer down.
Four phone bidders competed for this
New York Classical rosewood veneered
pier table, circa 1820, with a marble top
and gilt-stenciled decoration, supported
by animal paw feet and carved brackets.
It sold for $6000 (est. $2000/4000).