Maine Antique Digest, March 2017

26-D Maine Antique Digest, March 2017

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26-D

This Chippendale walnut lowboy, circa 1770, displays a partial label from

New Brunswick, New Jersey, cabinetmaker Matthew Egerton Sr. The lowboy

features a rectangular top with notched front corners. The case exhibits

pegged construction. It has is a single upper drawer and three small drawers

below. The skirt is shaped and features a carved central shell design. The

sides and back panel are also shaped. The piece is raised on cabriole legs that

terminate in ball-and-claw feet. The lowboy sold to a telephone bidder for

$6250 (est. $5000/8000).

This walnut press cupboard is from East Tennessee, circa 1830. The

cupboard displays a rectangular two-board top and is configured with

two drawers over two fielded-panel doors. The sides feature double-

panel construction. There is a wide applied molding at the base, and

the piece is raised on modified scrolled feet. This cupboard sold for

$750 (est. $600/900).

This French bronze figure of a retriever

with a pheasant in its mouth is after Emile

Lienard (b. 1842). The bronze measures

15" in height and 20" in overall width.

The base is marked “E. Lienard.” The

figure sold to a telephone bidder for

$812.50 (est. $400/600).

The Reverend Howard Finster

(1916-2001) was a prolific

Outsider/folk artist known

for the lengthy inscriptions

that he incorporated into his

works. Each piece of Finster’s

art is identified with his unique

numbering system. His ever-

present patriotic spirit and

religious convictions are evident

in each of the tens of thousands

of pieces that he created. This

example is a 12" diameter acrylic

on wood buffalo nickel, dated

April 1, 1996. On the back is a

lengthy inscription. This piece

sold to an Internet buyer for

$1000 (est. $800/1200).

Here is a set of decorative plates by Piero Fornasetti (Italian, 1913-

1988). The set is marked “Fornasetti – Milano / Made In Italy” and

“Le Oceanidi.” Each plate is numbered, and the set of 12 appears to be

complete. Each of the 8

" diameter black-and-white plates is decorated

with a different sea theme image that incorporates Fornasetti’s ever-

present female figure. The plates sold to a telephone bidder for $2250 (est.

$500/700).

The large (50" x 42") giltwood circa 1830

Classical mirror has a convex mirror plate

set within a reeded and ebonized band that is

itself set into the concave frame. The mirror is

flanked by a pair of two-socket candle arms,

and there is a spread-wing eagle crest. The

mirror sold to a telephone bidder for $2812.50

(est. $1500/2000).

This brightly colored woodblock depicting two stylized running horses is by

Tadashi Nakayama (Japanese, 1927-2014). The piece is signed by the artist

and dated 1984 lower left. At the lower right the piece is numbered “20/95.”

The woodblock print is 13¼" x 25½" (sight size), and it sold to an Internet

buyer for $2000 (est. $300/500).

Anyone looking for a Kennedy-related

item at a reasonable price need have

looked no further than this late George

III inlaid satinwood dressing mirror. The

early 19th-century piece features an arched

mirror over a low case with three drawers

raised on low ogee feet. The center drawer

is fitted with a lock with a bone shield-

shape escutcheon. The mirror posts are

topped with small turned urn-form bone

finials. The piece is 28¼" in overall height

and is from the Kennedys’ weekend retreat

in Middleburg, Virginia. This dressing

mirror sold to an Internet buyer for $125

(est. $200/300).