Maine Antique Digest, March 2017

12-D Maine Antique Digest, March 2017

AUCTION -

NPY

Frederick Wingate

(1782-1864) of

Maine, tall-case

clock in mahogany,

the inlaid and

grain-painted case

with bird’s-eye

maple half columns,

eight-day time-and-

strike movement on

bell, rocking ship

decoration, the dial

set with calendar

and seconds,

circa 1810, signed

indistinctly, 92½"

high, one brass

mount missing,

damaged finial,

slight paint loss

to dial, movement

and case probably

associated, $7800.

Pine tall-case

clock having

a 30-hour

time-and-

strike weight-

driven wooden

movement

signed by

Silas Hoadley

(1786-1870) of

Connecticut,

circa 1825,

the Eastlake-

style painted

decoration and

landscape scenes

added circa 1884

and attributed

to Uriah Dyer

(1849-1927) of

Maine, 91¾"

high, minor

paint loss to

case, $3000.

Early Seth Thomas (1785-1859) of Connecticut off-

center pillar-and-scroll clock in mahogany, 30-hour

time-and-strike on bell, wooden strap movement and

pulleyed weights, painted wooden dial with Roman

numerals, reverse-painted lower glass panel depicting

country houses, circa 1820, paper label on interior, 31"

x 17" x 4¼", case refinished, splat repaired, brass urn

finials are period replacements, $2091.

Scroll-top Massachusetts

shelf clock in mahogany,

silvered dial with Roman

numerals, with newer

movement by Kilbourn &

Proctor, 42" x 13½" x 13½",

missing key, finial present

but not attached, $3360.

Hepplewhite mixing table in mahogany

veneer, with hand-cut marble top,

American (possibly Maryland), 1790-1800,

28" x 43" x 23", frame sun-bleached,

original marble top with slight sag, $9600.

Adirondack autumn landscape by James McDougal Hart (Scottish-American,

1828-1901), signed, oil on canvas, 17½" x 30" plus frame, $19,200.

Portrait of American patriot Joseph Reed

(1741-1785), attributed to Charles Willson

Peale (1741-1827), unsigned, oil on canvas,

29" x 24" plus frame, relined, heavily

restored, $5400.

Reed served as George Washington’s

aide-de-camp and adjutant-general from

1775 to 1776, was elected to the Continental

Congress in 1778, and passed a law abolishing

slavery in Pennsylvania while governing

the state from 1778 to 1781. While Reed was

instrumental in formulating the early United

States government, Peale’s role in his portrait

is not so obvious. The auction catalog notes,

“Traces of the original artist’s hand are visible

in the eyes, nose, and part of the face. All other

areas of the canvas have been overpainted.

Peale’s original painting may lie beneath the

restored surface.”

Portrait of an American militia officer,

attributed to Ezra Ames (1768-1836),

unsigned, early 19th century, oil on canvas,

29½" x 23½" plus frame, relined, with

evidence of inpainting, repaired tear, $5700.

The identities of both the sitter and the

artist have been questioned for many years.

Originally thought to portray an American

naval commodore, the painting was later

determined to depict an officer in a state

militia, possibly Massachusetts or New York,

based on the subject’s uniform and details on

the buttons. When the painting was exhibited

in the 1940s, two museums attributed the

portrait to John Wesley Jarvis; it has since

been attributed to Ezra James.

Two-piece Pennsylvania corner

cupboard in cherry, the swan’s-neck

pediment with carved floral rosettes

and flame finials, the turned half-

columns in a dark stain, early 19th

century, 94" x 46" x 26", refinished,

minor repairs, $5400.

Large chalkware cat with painted

and smoke-decorated surface,

American, 14¾" high, some areas

of paint loss, $7500.