Maine Antique Digest April 2015

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Maine Antique Digest, April 2015 25-A
Jeffrey T illou AnTiques
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Chippendale Drop-leaf Dining Table. Possibly attributed to Gilbert Ash.
New York, ca. 1760-1775. Mahogany, white oak, pine, poplar: secondary
woods. Fine condition. Provenance: Tillou Gallery, advertised in Magazine
Antiques , March 1969, Private Collection, Buffalo, New York. 29"h x 54"w x
19 1/2"d (54 1/2" open)
Benjamin Greenleaf (1769-1821) American, Lived/Active:
Massachusetts, New Hampshire Portrait of Mrs. Nancy Wyman-
Houghton. Unsigned, ca. 1810-1815. Reverse painting on glass 19 1/2" x
14 1/2" framed. Fine condition, retains original backboard, in a period gilt
frame. Provenance: Descended through a prominent Massachusetts family
related to the sitter. Label on backboard: (Mrs.) Nancy W. (Carter) Wyman
Houghton. Born in Stowe, Mass. 1791. Died in Winchester, Mass, 1878.
This painting is for Mrs. Florence G. Wiley, Gardner, Mass.
William Matthew Prior (1806-1873) American, Lived/Active: Maine/New
England Portrait of a Gentleman. Inscribed on verso: Painted in Portland,
August 2, 1838/ Wm. M. Prior of Bath Oil on wood panel 13" x 10 3/4" panel;
16 3/4" x 14 1/4" framed. Excellent condition, in a period grain painted frame.
Provenance: Purchased in Maine, 1960's, Private Collection, Cape Cod.
Carved Black
Forest Bear
Umbrella Stand.
Swiss, early 20th
century. Carved
walnut with glass
eyes. Wonderful
condition, with
original pickax,
great patina, and
original varnish
surface.
34"h x 29"w x
18"d
Portrait of a Schooner with American Flag. Artist Unidentified,
American, mid-19th century. Oil on panel in a cove molded frame which
appears original.14 3/4" x 18 3/4". Untouched original condition, minor
abrasions. Ex collection: Howard Richmond.
Rare and Unique
Paint Decorated
Tilt-top
Candlestand
Pennsylvania,
ca. 1770. Paint
decoration 19th c.
Walnut, polychrome
paint decoration Fine
condition, minor
losses to some of the
paint decoration on
the top.
27"h x 18" x 17 1/2"
diameter (top)