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22-B Maine Antique Digest, April 2017
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James M. Kilvington of Dover, Delaware, offered this circa 1800
oil on canvas painting of Warwick Castle with fishermen on
the River Avon. The painting, attributed to Alexander Nasmyth
(Scottish, 1758-1840), was tagged $12,500. The assembled set
of dinnerware consists of six 10" diameter plates, $2100, a pair
of serving bowls with an armorial crest, $2200 for the pair,
and a large serving bowl with drainer, $3700. The George III
candlesticks are by Robert Jones and John Scofield, London,
circa 1776. They were marked $4500.
Christopher H. Jones of Alexandria, Virginia, offered
this nice group of items. The 37" x 41" x 21" chest
of drawers was constructed circa 1810 of pine with
yellow pine and poplar secondary woods and is from
Frederick County, Virginia, likely created by one of
the Winchester cabinetmakers. The top features an
applied molded edge treatment, and the skirt is finely
shaped. It was priced at $4500. The hollow-body 30"
long locomotive weathervane is made of sheet copper
and dates from the late 19th or early 20th centuries.
It was tagged $6900. The copper-engraved hand-
colored map of “Carolina from Cape Canaveral to
Cape Henry” is a circa 1682 westward view by Dutch
cartographer Johannes van Keulen (1654-1715). It was
$5400.
This miniature Delaware Valley highboy is a
cabinetmaker’s sample, circa 1790, and features
an upper case with ten small drawers above a base
section with a single long faux-front drawer with
two small drawers below. All drawer faces display
double-line inlay and a single brass pull. The
highboy has cabriole legs with shell-carved knees
resting on trifid feet. The chest was tagged $60,000
by Swan Tavern Antiques, Ordinary, Virginia.
This monumental corner cupboard was an
outstanding feature in the booth of Sumpter
Priddy III, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia. Priddy
explained that he is actively researching the
piece. The cupboard or “bowfat” is South
Carolina in origin and constructed entirely of
yellow pine. The surface is painted in reddish
brown with black decoration. The doors
feature raised panels with vertical reeding on
the panel faces. There is a single waist drawer.
The cornice is a complex molded overhanging
parapet. Priddy noted that the cupboard dates
1815-35 and is attributed to James Matteson, a
Virginia native who lived and worked in South
Carolina. The 87½" tall cupboard was priced
at $14,850.
Gail and Rich Mellin of Mellin’s Antiques, Redding, Connecticut,
literally wrote the book on collecting Chinese export porcelain
in the Canton design. They displayed several of those items. The
leaf-form dishes are special because of their extremely small size.
They were priced at $695 each. The water bottles were marked
$3200 for the pair. The child’s tea set includes a teapot, a creamer
and covered sugar, and a tray and was priced at $3400.
Here is one of a group of watercolor caricatures offered by Bruce Emond of
Village Braider Antiques, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Each depicts a figure
representing an avocation or hobby, with the figure’s body composed entirely
of examples of his interest.
The Entomologist
is composed of pieces and parts
of moths, caterpillars, spiders, and a grasshopper, among other critters. The
other examples depicted a fruitier, apothecary, mineralogist, botanist, poultry,
china, crockery, green grocer, conchologist, and circulating library. The set by
Mrs. C. W. Schreiner of Washington City was presented to the Honorable N.
P. Banks, December 6, 1870. The set of 11 was priced at $9500.
This cold-painted
Vienna bronze figure
of an alligator would be
classified as whimsical
were it not for the
fact that a pair of
shoes extends from
the alligator’s mouth
and the reptile wears
his victim’s top hat
and holds a book. The
soles of the shoes are
inscribed “Clay” and
“Greene,”and the book
is stamped “Bode.” The
figure is in reality a match safe, with the back hinged to reveal a cavity for storage as well as a striking surface.
The circa 1840 alligator was tagged $4950 in the booth of Leatherwood Antiques, Sandwich, Massachusetts.