Maine Antique Digest, May 2015 33-B
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This fraktur cutwork true lovers knot in a fancy
maple frame, attributed to Adam Dambach of
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was $22,000
from James and Nancy Glazer of Bailey Island,
Maine.
Made in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the quilt and
two pillowcases by Mary Grumbine, each pillowcase marked MG, were
$3100 from Don and Trish Herr of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Historical blue Staffordshire platter depicting the
Pittsfield Elm, circa 1825, $2600 from Margaret John-
son Sutor of Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania. She said the
four streets that converged at the elm in front of the
church were routed around the tree to save it.
Charlie Chaski, the 16-month-old son of John Chaski, is getting
an early start in the trade. He especially likes clocks, and he likes
this painted chest.
Made in southeastern Pennsylvania, the 1785-
dated schrank with original hardware except
for one replaced hinge, fitted with shelving, and
with the finish restored, 81" x 68¼" x 18½", was
$17,500 from John Chaski of Camden, Delaware.
Lana Smith of Louisville, Kentucky, asked
$775 for this early 19th-century New England
rush-seated, yoke-back chair in black paint.
Alice and Art Booth of Wayne, New Jersey, asked $3200 for
this collection of 29 sewing balls on a large pewter plate.
The English or
American red-
ware rundlet, or
small cask, dated
1773, was $2200
from
James
Island Antiques,
C h a r l e s t o n ,
South Carolina.
Pat and Rich Garthoeffner of Lititz,
Pennsylvania, asked $1100 for the Lan-
caster, Pennsylvania, hooked rug, The
late 19th-/early 20th-century cloth doll,
found in Lancaster, was $950, and the
circa 1830 painted box was $1800. The
Garthoeffners sold a lot of toys and
dolls, a sheep on wheels, and more.
The 18th-century wooden oak sieve, made
to sift wood ashes for making soap, was
$495 from Cheryl Mackley of Red Lion,
Pennsylvania.
Forty-five pieces
of stone fruit in a
wire bowl, $2500
from
Dover
House Antiques,
L o u i s v i l l e ,
Kentucky.
Rare orange Nanking vegetable dish, $2500 from The
Antique Store in Wayne, Wayne, Pennsylvania. Nan-
king porcelain is usually blue and has been found in
green, according to Julie Lindberg, who with Dale
Hunt runs The Antique Store in Wayne.
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