American Furniture & Decorative Arts

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  1. American School, 19th Century


Portrait of Young Man Seated in a Chair Beside a Pillar, c. 1835.
Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 27 x 21 1/2 in., in a period red-stained
mitered wood frame. Condition: Good, retouch to face and shirt.
$1,000-1,500


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American School, 19th Century

Portrait of a Mother and Her Young Child, c. 1845. Unsigned. Oil
on canvas, 30 x 25 in., in a period molded bird’s-eye maple frame.
Condition: Relined, minor retouch to clothing and background.
$1,000-1,500

575.
Two Wirework Compotes, Three Kugels, and a Chinoiserie-
decorated Cast Iron Box, 19th century, one green-painted wirework
compote; three amethyst-colored kugels: one round, one lobed round,
one ribbed oval; rectangular box with lift top with scrolled foliate handle,
relief decoration of Asian figures and vases of flowers in scrolled foliate
reserves, ht. 4 1/4-7 in.
$300-500

576.
Pressed Glass Spill Holder and a Pair of Small Candlesticks,
probably eastern United States, early 19th century, hexagonal panel
emerald green glass spill holder with horizontal ovals and swags in
relief, a pair of yellow glass candlesticks with hexagonal candle cups
and shaft on stepped circle and square bases with extended round
corners, (minor chips), ht. 4 3/8, 4 5/8 in., respectively.
$300-500

577.
Cut Overlay Glass, Brass, and Marble Fluid Lamp, probably eastern
United States, mid-19th century pear-shaped font of transparent
amethyst cut to clear glass with cut punty and ovals, raised on
a columnar brass shaft and square stepped marble base, (minor
imperfections), ht. 10 5/8 in.
$600-800

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