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Maine Antique Digest, December 2016 29-A
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Dough box in pine with red paint, first half of
the 19th century, 29" high x 36¼" wide, $1200.
Rebecca Fry birth fraktur by
the Ehre Vater Artist (active
1782-1828), records her 1809
birth, watercolor on paper,
13¾" x 11¾" plus modern
frame, foxing, tape residue,
crease, tears, and edge loss,
with a youth instruction
book, $14,400.
Benjamin Thomas Essex birth fraktur (right), by the Ehre Vater Artist (active 1782-1828),
records his 1807 birth, dated 1812, 12½" x 7½", unframed, stains, tears, creases, glued down
to a page from the family history, with related books and documents, $8700.
Folk art whirligig of an Indian
standing in a canoe, carved and
painted wood, early 20th century,
original paint and paddles, 26½"
high, paint wear, slight loss to the
canoe, $3250.
Folk painted
door depicting
an eagle over a
colorful shield
lettered “Please
Call and Settle
Before the
Fifteenth of
Jan’y 1876,”
78½" x 35¾",
wear and scuffs,
some edge losses,
unfinished primitive scroll painted
on the back, $2640.
Ernest “Popeye” Reed (1919-
1985), sandstone carving of an
angel holding a baby, signed, 23"
high, good condition, $3900.
American
Revolutionary War
powder horn, carved
map of “Boston” with
buildings and “Shoreline”
and the surrounding area including
“Roxbury,” “Castle William,” and
“Cambrige” [
sic
], plus a cannon and “Boston
Artilry [
sic
] 1775,” 13½" long, age splits and minor
end loss, $3000.
Full-bodied sheep weathervane, copper, late
19th century, 24" high x 30" long, extra solder
on top of head, modern base, $2760.
Twenty-gallon stoneware
crock, stenciled cobalt
eagle holding a banner
lettered “Star Pottery”
over “Charles Miller /
Matamoras / Ohio,” second
half of the 19th century,
some cracks and chips,
$4800.
Shaker berry crate
with berry baskets,
19th century,
original
surface, $1875.
Drawing of an Ohio farmstead by E.L. Ott of Doylestown, Ohio, depicting
“Residence of C Smith Southington O,” pen and ink on paper, signed and dated
January 1897, 27" x 38½", stained left edge, $2640.