Maine Antique Digest, April 2017

12-C Maine Antique Digest, April 2017

AUCTION -

The rare horseman brandishing a sword that is

painted at the bottom of the central panel pushed

up the price of this Berks County, Pennsylvania,

painted poplar dower chest. The 23¾" x 48½" chest

is dated 1778 and was decorated by the so-called

Black Unicorn Artist. The price went to $7930 (est.

$3000/5000), despite the chest’s lack of the till lid.

This Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, painted pine dower chest

is inscribed

“

Susan / Kifer / d’ 813” and retains its original

decoration of three tombstone panels with stars and tulips within

a red surround. The 24" x 50½" chest sold online for $3250 (est.

$2000/4000).

Probably made to commemorate General Winfield Scott’s

presidential candidacy for the Whig Party, this rare large Pittsburgh

colorless glass ale bowl, dated

1848, is engraved with the cipher of

Scott within a floral wreath. The reverse has a tiger in a tropical

landscape. The 13¼" high x 7½" diameter ale bowl sold online for

$3000 (est. $2500/3500).

This circa 1800 redware pitcher from

Alamance County, North Carolina,

with yellow and brown slip decoration

is 9¾" tall and from the collection

of the late Titus Geesey. It sold on

Bidsquare for $5250 (est. $500/1000)

despite rim chips and loss to

decoration below spout. Not shown,

the next lot was a Shenandoah Valley

redware charger, dated

1829 and

slip decorated with a bird, possibly by Peter Bell of Winchester,

Virginia, or Hagerstown, Maryland. The 11¼" diameter charger,

also with a Titus Geesey provenance, sold on the phone for $1708

(est. $400/700) despite rim chips and loss to decoration.

This 19th-century Shenandoah

Valley redware figural bottle or

flask, attributed to Solomon Bell

of Strasburg, Virginia, is 7

" tall.

Illustrated in Rice and Stoudt’s

The Shenandoah Pottery

, fig.

17, and with a Titus Geesey

provenance, it sold for $6710

(est. $1500/2500) despite

minor chips to spout and

glass flakes.

Of American interest, this circa 1876 Meissen

porcelain cabinet cup and saucer has relief

busts of George Washington and Benjamin

Franklin and an American eagle. The cup is

5¼" tall; the saucer is 6

" diameter. They

sold on the phone for $1342 (est. $300/400).

This Berks County, Pennsylvania,

painted pine and poplar blanket chest, early

19th century, retains its original vibrant black and

salmon grained surface and original brasses. The

30½" x 47" chest sold for $7930 (est. $2000/4000).

This circa 1840 Berks County,

Pennsylvania, painted pine blanket

chest, attributed to Jacob Blatt (1801-

1878), retains its original vibrant

salmon fan and circle decoration.

The 23¼" x 42" chest is illustrated in

Dean A. Fales Jr.’s

American Painted

Furniture

, fig. 347. Its provenance

includes Jean and Howard Lipman.

It sold on the phone for $14,640 (est.

$10,000/15,000).

This Bucks County, Pennsylvania,

painted pine blanket chest, 19th

century, is decorated in the Deep

Run Artist style and retains a

vibrant salmon-colored surface

with pinwheel top, cat’s-eye

front, and tulip sides with yellow

moldings. The 25½" x 37" chest

has some wear to the lid and sold

for $6710 (est. $3000/5000).

Attributed to Joel Palmer, this Fulton

County, Pennsylvania, painted poplar

diminutive dower chest is 19" x 33¼"

and circa 1850. With original red

surface with a central urn of flowers,

flanked by potted tulips and initialed

“

R.M.,” it sold online for $13,750 (est.

$12,000/18,000).

This 8½" tall English brass trumpet candlestick from

the 17th century has a mid-drip tray and provenance

that included a private Missouri collection and John

Walton. It sold for $5368 (est. $2000/3000).

Jacob Eichholtz (1776-1842) painted this oil on canvas

portrait of the Reverend James Ross Reily. The 29" x

24" portrait is dated 1814 and referenced in Rebecca

Beal’s

Jacob Eichholtz

, pages 207 and 299. With an old

(not original) lining, it sold on the phone for $9150 (est.

$1000/2000).