Maine Antique Digest April 2015

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Maine Antique Digest, April 2015 31-C
Pennsylvania walnut schrank, late 18th century, with star-inlaid doors,
86" high x 65½" wide, sold on the phone for $18,000, underbid in the
salesroom by dealer Jamie Price. The feet had been added; originally,
it probably never had feet. The side cornice was replaced, there are
shelves on one side and hanger knobs on the other, and it comes apart
for moving.
This lot of Cook family items included an 11½" x 13" needlework sampler, dated 1823,
wrought by “Mary Cook born in 1811,” with family names below the alphabet; Leah
Cook’s bookplate that reads “Leah W. Cooks Book bought by her father in Hanover in
1830”; Leah’s pen-and-ink multiplication table, dated 1831; and a 12"
diameter scherenschnitte valentine, dated 1830, which includes Cook
family names. These all sold to a member of the family in the salesroom
for $5760.
Philadelphia Tucker porcelain urn, dated 1828,
with the initials “ACW” in gilt, probably for
the modeler Andrew Craig Walker, the reverse
side with floral decoration, 10½" high, sold on
the phone for $2640 (est. $1500/2500). A section
of the base was restored.
Philadelphia Tucker porcelain vase, circa 1825, with
grisaille landscape decoration, the reverse with flo-
ral decoration, 11 5/8" high, with repairs and chips,
sold for $7800 (est. $1500/2500) to a phone bidder.
This carved and painted
kangaroo, probably
Pennsylvania, retaining
its original red and black
spotted decoration, 27¾"
high x 47" long, found in
Lebanon, Pennsylvania, had
sold at the John Gordon
sale at Christie’s in 1999
for $17,250. It failed to
sell at Sotheby’s Esmerian
sale when it was estimated
at $80,000/ $120,000, and it
failed to sell at Pook & Pook
on October 4, 2014, estimated at $30,000/50,000. This time it
sold for $19,200 (est. $5000/10,000) to a phone bidder.
- AUCTION -
3255 Rt. 7 South
Box 378, East Middlebury, Vt. 05740
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Francis and Dianne Stevens
Walnut Lowboy
19th c., English
29" W x 19" D x 30" H
Donald Rich Antiques & Interiors
114 Main St., New Canaan, CT 06840
203-966-5433