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Maine Antique Digest, April 2017 21-C
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Found at a farm sale in Elizabethtown,
Pennsylvania, and signed “DT” by the
maker, this wooden broom-making
machine wears old red paint and was
priced at $575. The funky wood carnival
game of an angry-looking clown with a
gaping mouth was tagged $395. These
items were offered by Graybill’s Antiques
& Folk Art, East Waterford, Pennsylvania.
Axtell Antiques and The Rookery
Bookery, Deposit, New York, featured
this colorful circa 1850 hearth rug
from Kingston, New York. Hooked
on a linen foundation, the 3' x 5' rug
was priced at $5500. A highly carved
Masonic cane hangs beneath the rug.
Included in the carvings are various
Masonic symbols such as an hourglass
as well as the date “1879.” The
cane was tagged $3950. At right is a
collection of five measures from New
York state, with the smallest being a
quarter pint and the largest a gallon.
The set was priced at $250. The blue-
painted flour bin with a sugar drawer,
the work of Jacob Kurtz (whose name
is printed boldly several times on the
inside of the lid), was $3800. We loved
its turned feet.
The child’s highboy in the dealer space of Steven F. Still of Manheim, Pennsylvania,
has lovely dovetailing and was priced at $2350. He also had a set of six paint-decorated
chairs (tops of two partially seen lower left) signed “Daniel Mershon / Fine and Fancy
Windsor Chair Manufacturer / 61 No. Front St. Philadelphia.” The set was tagged
$685. A courtship watercolor by Samuel Kedey, dated March 2, 1830, was probably
created to woo Eleanor Yates, whom he married on November 4, 1830. Kedey was from
Ireland, taught school in Wheeling, West Virginia, and moved to Illinois in the 1840s
with his wife. The watercolor was priced at $1950. The full-body fish weathervane was
tagged $1750, as was the miniature four-drawer comb-painted chest.
The booth of Dennis Raleigh Antiques & Folk Art, Wiscasset, Maine, and Phyllis
Sommer of Pumpkin Patch Antiques, Searsport, Maine, had a sculptural feel with the
number of weathervanes, trade signs, and decoys on display. The early 20th-century
copper prancing horse weathervane with a cropped tail was $4500. The striding Black
Hawk weathervane attributed to Harris & Son, Boston, Massachusetts, was tagged
$5500, while the zinc horse-head trade sign for a butcher shop was tagged $2400. The
dated 1902 28" diameter breadboard in its original blue paint was a winner at $795, and
the apothecary chest with dovetailed case and drawers was priced at $3900.
The sweet tavern table at left, with
delicate legs, had found a new home,
but there was plenty left to entice in
the booth of Scherre Mumpower of
Troy, Ohio. Want instant relatives?
The pair of portraits could be
had for $1595. The 18th-century
New England banister-back chair
was priced at $1695, while the
18th-century New England blanket
chest with a paneled front and
straight legs was tagged $695. The
decorative bride’s box on top was
priced at $925.
As if in conversation, this pair
of sewer tile eagles was found
in the booth of Greg Kramer
of Robesonia, Pennsylvania.
Large in size, the pair was
priced at $7500. They were
presented on a paint-decorated
Sheraton sideboard tagged
$1950, and the doll-size settee
with a spindle back was
wearing a $1250 price tag.