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Maine Antique Digest, April 2017 11-D
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This 89¾" x 68" x 22" walnut stepback cupboard from Pennsylvania
probably dates from the mid-19th century. The molded cornice features
a narrow, carved matchstick frieze above the upper case with two
12-pane doors enclosing four shelves and flanked by decoratively reeded
stiles. The lower case features the same reeding on the case but appears
to have been reconfigured; it is now fitted with 15 apothecary-style
drawers below three drawers. The cupboard is raised on dovetailed
bracket feet with a center brace and sold for $1125 (est. $600/900).
This grain-painted mule chest, constructed of white pine, features
two full drawers below the upper hinged-lid storage well. The surface
displays extensive paintwork, and the drawers and faux drawers have
framed faces and molded edges. The top is trimmed with an applied
molding, and the skirt is shaped, as are the side panels. The 37" x
44¾" x 17½" chest sold for $406.25 (est. $300/600).
The two larger pots of this group of three Native American
blackware are by Santa Clara Pueblo artist Teresita Tafoya Naranjo
(1919-1999). The larger pots measure 7½" and 5¾" tall. Each
displays a deeply carved stylized band and is clearly marked with
the artist’s identification. The small pot is not clearly marked. The
group sold for $1062.50 (est. $600/800).
This Hopi kachina is carved from a single piece of wood and is paint-
decorated with wide horizontal stripes. The facial features and foot
coverings are also painted. The 10" high kachina wears a coarsely
woven fabric breechcloth, a tight-fitting cap that appears to be made
of animal skin fixed with tufts of hair, and a bead necklace. Both of the
figure’s hands are damaged. The clown kachina sold to a telephone
bidder for $3125 (est. $600/800).
These high-top woman’s moccasins with hard soles
are from a Southern Plains tribe and date from the
late 19th century. The hide moccasins have extensive
beadwork depicting geometric and animal designs.
The leggings extend above the beaded area, and there
is a row of German silver buttons at the ankle. The
moccasins sold to a telephone bidder for $1125 (est.
$600/800).
This 29½" x 24¾" oval oil on canvas was
cataloged simply as a “Portrait of a Lady.” The
painting depicts a finely dressed young woman
wearing a pearl necklace, pearl earrings, and
pearls in her hair. Her dress is also decorated
with pearls. Modern notations on the back
indicate that the subject may have been a
member of the Harbord family. An old, perhaps
period, label indicates that the painting spent at
least some time with a framer in the East Anglia
city of Norwich. The portrait sold to an Internet
buyer for $6250 (est. $1500/3000). Rees estate.
This example of the several fine miniatures offered
at the Potomack sale is by Catherine Caroline
Cogniet (French, 1813-1892). The watercolor depicts
a finely dressed lady with a wide-brim flowered hat
seated in front of a drape and distant landscape. The
portrait is signed and presented in an oval frame set
into a fitted surround. This miniature portrait sold
to a telephone bidder for $812.50 (est. $300/500).
This colorful image is a large-
format screenprint by Andy Warhol
(1928-1987) on opaque acrylic. It
depicts a ticket with attached stub
to the fifth New York Film Festival
at Lincoln Center, 1967. The 45" x
24" ticket is signed by Warhol and
numbered 1/7. It sold to a telephone
bidder for $7500 (est. $7000/9000).
This gilt-silver powder box was among the lots that
were formerly the property of Wallis Warfield, who
became the Duchess of Windsor. The oval box stands
¾" high and is decorated with machine-turned wave
designs as well as a stamped floral leaf border. The
little box was purchased by an Internet buyer for
$1625 (est. $600/800).