30-A Maine Antique Digest, December 2016
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Ohio sampler, silk on linen, family record for John and
Elizabeth Hupman and their children, alphabets and
verses with births, marriages and deaths, created by
18-year-old Sarah M. Hupman, Mad River Township,
Clark County, Ohio, dated July the 28th 184_, 21"
square, $1680.
Hepplewhite chest of
drawers in cherry,
curly maple, and
walnut, late 18th or
early 19th century,
39½" high x 43"
wide, refinished,
some cockbeading
and veneer replaced,
other imperfections,
$3360.
“Sleepy Eye” sheet-metal
sign, first half of the 20th
century, 58" high overall,
significant wear and paint
loss, later altered and
added lettering, $3600.
Cast-iron yard stag, late
19th century, gray paint,
58" high x 40¼" wide,
areas of rust, hoof repair,
$2400.
Masonic
frame by
John Bellamy
(1836-1914),
black walnut,
late 19th
century, the
elaborately
pierce-carved
frame with
various symbols
and columns on the side,
gilt liner with mirror, 30½" x 21½", crest
broken and glued, $2500.
Portrait of the Sanderson children by William
Matthew Prior (1806-1873), oil on canvas,
unsigned, 36" x 26½" plus later frame, rebacked
on canvas, light scratch, inpainting, $12,000.
One-piece dry sink
cupboard in old
robin’s-egg-blue
paint, 1880-1910, zinc
well, 89" high x 65½"
wide, some edge wear
and minor paint loss,
$5400.
American 37-star flag in wool, cotton, and silk, hand-
stitched, 57" x 78", machine repairs, losses, holes, stains,
and a loose stripe, $10,800. Nebraska was the 37th state
admitted to the Union in 1867.
Unsigned polar seascape with a shipwreck, American school, third
quarter of the 19th century, oil on canvas, 24" x 34" plus frame,
some flaking, $3000.
American miniature Sheraton chest
of drawers in curly maple, mid-19th
century, 14½" high, refinished, loss to
most of the beading, $1800.
English settle bench in pine
with old dark gray-brown
paint, early 19th century,
arched and canted back,
three drawers, 63" high x
61½" wide, $5160.