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10-B Maine Antique Digest, May 2015
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Single-sided Merchants-Grocers Association tin sign, white design on a red ground, wooden
frame, American, mid-20th century, 20" x 98", minor flaking, $720.
Pair of Federal brass andirons attributed to Daniel King, New
York, late 18th century, 29" high, $2040.
Wooden Statue of Liberty
mold for making papier-
mâché figures, early 20th cen-
tury, natural finish, 38" high,
age split, water damage, and
arm with torch reattached,
$2520.
Sterling silver two-light candela-
brum by Johan Rohde for Georg
Jensen, no. 343, natural motif
with branches, buds, and ber-
ries, Denmark, mid-20th century,
10¼" high, minor scratches, pol-
ished, $3900.
Sheet iron snake sign in blue paint, 20th century, 28" long, overall
pitting and some rust, $1200.
Drawing of a Pennsylvania farm by Ferdinand Brader (Swiss/Ameri-
can, 1833-1901), graphite on paper, signed, 34" x 40" plus frame, sev-
eral repaired tears, including one that runs from top to bottom at right
center, glued down, and trimmed to the drawn border (may have orig-
inally had name and date underneath, as nearly all Brader drawings
do), $1800.
Redware lamb signed by
William Raab of Waterloo,
Iowa, late 19th or early 20th
century, original white paint,
9" high x 16" long, wear, $1080.
Modernist lounge chair and ottoman by Charles and Ray Eames
for Herman Miller, molded rosewood veneer shell and black leather
upholstery, wear consistent with age, some damage and dryness to the
leather, sun fading to the veneer, $2750.
Valley of Repose
by Erastus Salisbury Field (1805-1900), charcoal on paper,
signed, romantic scene of couples picnicking among tropical flora and
fauna with a city in the background, 20¼" x 27¼" plus mat and frame,
$4200.
The catalog noted, “With the advent of photography, Field began experi-
menting with subjects other than portraits, including Biblical and romantic
scenes. These subjects became his focus after he moved permanently to
Sunderland, Massachusetts, following the death of his wife in 1859. The
present large drawing likely dates from this later period of his life.”
New England school desk of pine with old green paint,
19th century, bears writing that appears to read “Desk
of Thomas Bridgham, son of Samuel, 1st Mayor of
Providence, 1784,” $1560.
The catalog noted, “The stone house suggests that this drawing is an
early Brader farm portrait, done in eastern Pennsylvania and before
he moved west in 1883. Noted Brader scholar Kathleen Wieschaus-
Voss has dubbed it an important transitional drawing when Brader
was still developing his style.”