Small Shaker Red-painted Oval Covered Box, America, late 19th
century pine top and bottom and bent maple sides joined with three
“fingers” fastened with copper tacks, ht. 1 1/2, dia. 3 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
Shaker Covered Oval Sewing Box, America, late 19th/early 20th
century, pine lid and bottom with bent maple sides and lid rim joined
with three lapped fingers, the interior lined with light blue padded silk
with four blue silk ribbons suspending a pincushion and strawberry
emery in matching fabric, a poplarware and felt needle holder, and
needle wax cake, (varnished exterior, pincushion loose), ht. 3 1/2, dia.
13 3/8 in.
$600-800
Shaker Maple Red-painted Tilter Chair, probably New Lebanon, New
York, c. 1840, with through-pinned top slat, old surface, (lacks taped
seat), ht. 40, seat ht. 16 in.
$400-600
730.
Shaker Iron Hearth Tongs and Shovel, America, 19th century, with
ball finials, black-painted sheet iron conforming wall mount, lg. 19 1/2,
21 3/4 in.
$300-500731.
Carl Worner Diorama Whimsy Bottle of a “Meat Market,” America,
probably early 20th century, signed “Carl Worner/Hanan/a/Main”
in pencil on the reverse, carved and painted wood and paper, and
foil, depicting a meat market with a sign above the counter reading
“Choicest and best/Meat at the Lowest Prices,” with butchers and
customer mounted in a glass bottle with glass stopper, ht. 11 1/2 in.
$1,500-2,500732.
Bird’s-eye Maple Crib, possibly New England, early 19th century,
with four chamfered tapering posts joining the rails with spindles, old
surface, ht. 25 3/4, wd. 21 1/2, lg. 49 1/2 in.
$1,500-2,500146 additional information and photos at http://www.skinnerinc.com