Stoneware Pottery Tree Stump-form Planter, Bangor Stoneware
Co., Bangor, Maine, late 19th century, molded earthenware one large
and four smaller openings, with molded blossoms and foliage about the
base, the bottom impressed “BANGOR STONEWARE CO./BANGOR
MAINE,” (rim chips), ht. 14 1/2 in.
$400-600
Large Norton Rockingham Glazed Stoneware Tree Stump-form
Planter, F.B. Norton & Co., Worcester, Massachusetts, mid to late
19th century, molded with vines, cut branches, and bird’s nest on the
exterior, with large central and five smaller openings, the vines with
blue-green glaze highlighting, impressed “F.B. NORTON WORCESTER
MASS.” on base, (imperfections), ht. 18 1/2 in.
$400-600
Collection of Nine Woven Splint Baskets, late 19th/early 20th
century, a large white-painted rectangular storage basket with open
handholds, two rectangular baskets with upright handles, one green,
the other mustard; a light blue-painted flower gathering basket with
upright handle, a long rectangular basket painted creamy white, a
covered basket with wire-hinged lid and swing handles, painted brown;
a green-painted round basket, a red-painted buttocks basket, and
a deep tapered round basket with leather strap with natural surface,
(wear, losses), ht. to 15, wd. to 22 3/4, lg. to 40 in.
$600-800
Three Woven Splint Baskets, America, late 19th century, a deep
round basket with two carved handles, a round over square basket
with upright handle, and a flower gathering basket with upright handle,
(minor breaks on lashing of two baskets), ht. 13, 12, 13 1/2 in.,
respectively.
$300-500
Red-painted Hand-hewn Wooden Bowl, America, early 19th century,
round bowl with tapered sides, integrally carved handle pierced for
hanging, (imperfections), ht. 5 1/4, dia. 15 3/4 in.
$400-600
Nine Woodenware Household Items, America, 19th century, a hinged
wood and wire mesh egg carrier, a sieve with an 1878 manufacturer’s
patent label: “A.S. Clough Manufacturer/Meredith Village, New
Hampshire,” five assorted butter paddles, a strainer or whisk with
wirework bowl and turned maple handle, and a “Bloods Improved
Sifter” with original label affixed to the side, ht. to 12, dia. to 29 in.
$400-600
Food Chopper, early 19th century, the carved handle with pyrographic
dot and “V”-shaped decoration, wrought steel tang joining the blade, lg.
9 1/2 in.
$300-500
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Federal Paint-decorated One-drawer Stand, New England, early
19th century, with rounded leaves and square tapering legs, the top
with smoke decoration, the case and legs grain-painted, (paint wear),
ht. 28 3/4, wd. 20, dp. 17 1/4 in.
$800-1,200671.
Wool Hooked Floral Upholstered Stool, America, c. 1860, oblong
stool with wool hooked top of a maroon outlined blue flower on a pink
field with variegated blue border, supported on four turned maple legs,
ht. 7 1/2, wd. 8 1/2, lg. 10 in.
$400-600672.
Painted Federal Side Table, New England, early 19th century, with
scrub top and straight apron, ht. 30, wd. 33 1/2, dp. 17 in.
$700-900673.
Federal Pine and Maple Tavern Table, New England, c. 1800, the
rectangular breadboard top above a single drawer with chamfered front,
and square tapering legs, original surface, (imperfections), ht. 28, wd.
34 1/2, dp. 24 in.
$1,000-1,500674.
Paint-decorated Turned Wood Candlestand, probably Germany,
double-arm candlestand with tin candle cups adjusts on a threaded
shaft, on a turned round base with three ball feet, decorated with chip
carved leaves, painted with red, black, and green bands, (paint wear),
ht. 31 1/2 in.
$300-500675.
Small Brown-painted Pine Lift-top Desk on Frame, New England,
early 19th century, shaped gallery with beaded hinged lid opening to
compartments, drawer below, on square tapering legs, brass pulls
probably replaced, old surface, ht. 39 3/4, wd. 25, dp. 18 in.
$400-600676.
American School, Early 20th CenturyMonumental Mountain Valley Farm Scene. Signed and dated
“Glenn Hale 1924” l.r., the painting found in an attic over forty years
ago in Hillsdale County Michigan. Oil on canvas, the scene depicting
an early 20th century family farm with figures going about their chores,
a farmhouse and outbuildings, horses, several Holstein cows in the
large pasture, and a flock of chickens, with crops in the fields, and
grain and haystacks drying before a hilly and mountainous landscape;
in the foreground a Model A Ford passes by the farm, foreshadowing
the mechanization of the family farm; approx. 42 x 72 in., in a period
molded wood frame. Condition: Stable craquelure, two cows in the
barnyard were painted over, probably by the artist, minor paint losses.
$10,000-15,000136 additional information and photos at http://www.skinnerinc.com