American Furniture & Decorative Arts

37. 
    

    Federal Carved and Gilt-gesso Mirror, New England, c. 1820-25, the
    tablet centering an acorn in high relief, original gilding, (imperfections),
    ht. 29, cornice wd. 20 3/4 in.
    $800-1,200

    
    


38. 
    

    Ten Early Kitchen Implements, late 18th/early 19th century, a handled
    wood and pierced sheet iron grater, a round cutting board with integral
    handle, a possible Shaker maple butter paddle with make-do pegged
    repair on crack, a sheet metal hand scoop, a steel spatula with turned
    wood handle, a tiger maple butter paddle, a steel chopper with turned
    wood handle, a small round lapped-seam sieve, an oval tin grater with
    handle, and a small tin strainer with handle, dia. 4 3/4-16 1/2 in.
    $400-600

    
    


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    Vermont Labeled Maple Yarn Swift, “Benj. Metcalf & Co. Cabinet
    Makers, Woodstock, Vt.,” 19th century, the swift topped with a turned
    yarn cup on shaft with adjustable expanding slat yarn winder and turned
    clamp with printed maker’s label, accompanied by a four-page memoir
    Metcalf Recollections by Minnie Metcalf, 1953-55, written for Arlene
    Metcalf Moran, ht. 22 1/4, dia. expanding to 26 1/2 in.

    
    

Literature: See Zogry, pp. 120-121; and Robinson, p. 78.
$400-600

40.

Paint-decorated Sideboard, attributed to the Loomis workshop,

Shaftsbury, Vermont, c. 1825-40, the rectangular top above two short

drawers and long drawer, with two recessed hinged doors below

flanked by ring-turned swelled pilasters continuing to turned feet, ht. 48

3/4, wd. 49, dp. 20 in.

Literature: See Zogry, pp. 45-46, cat. no. 17; and Robinson, p. 75.

Exhibitions: The Best the Country Affords, Vermont Furniture 1765–

1850, Bennington Museum, 1995, catalogue number 17.

$1,500-2,500

41.

Horace Bundy (American, 1814-1883)

Pair of Portraits of a Husband and Wife. Signed on reverse in black

script “H. Bundy Pinxt,” also bearing a stenciled Troy, New York, firm’s

mark on the back of the canvas. Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in., in original

giltwood frames. Condition: Good, relined, scattered retouch.

Note: Itinerant painter Horace Bundy often made large black script

notations on the reverse of his canvases, as in this case. In his later

works, he often used a painted oval to surround his subjects.

$3,000-5,000

42.

Horace Bundy (American, 1814-1883)

Portrait of a Ludlow, Vermont, Gentleman. Signed verso “Painted

By H. Bundy Ludlow, Sept. 1845.” Oil on canvas, 28 x 24 in., in the

original molded giltwood frame. Condition: Minor retouch.

$800-1,200

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