Four Early Lighting Devices, late 18th/early 19th century, an iron
multiple-wick pendant lamp with swivel suspension, an iron betty lamp
with wick support and hook, an iron pendant rush holder with candle
socket counterweight and sawtooth trammel, and a saucered tin lamp
stand or tidy, ht. 3 3/4-15 in.
$400-600
Three Wrought Iron Hearth Toasters, 18th to early 19th century, a
rotary toaster with scroll grill and tripod feet, two dangle toasters, one
with scroll grill and ram’s horn handle terminal, the other with bar grill
and handle with impressed monogram and possible year made “G.N.R.
1818,” ht. 6 3/4-28 in.
$500-700
Seven Iron Hearth Tools and Implements, late 18th/early 19th
century, a large deep sheet iron skillet with long wrought iron handle
stamped with indistinct maker’s name and pine tree on tripod legs; four
wrought iron trivets, two round, two triangular; a crown-shaped game
hanging rack; and a rectangular sheet iron ember carrier with hinged lid,
ht. 1 3/4-12 1/4, dia. 8-32 in.
$400-600
Bayonet-mounted Civil War Muzzle-loading Percussion Musket,
Lamson, Goodnow, & Yale, Windsor, Vermont, and Shelburne Falls,
Massachusetts, c. 1864, 58 caliber musket with walnut stock, the lock
plate marked “U.S./L.G-&Y/Windsor Vt” and dated 1864, “VP” and
eagle’s head marked on left side of the barrel.
$400-600
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Painted and Signed Vermont Storage Box, Firkin, and Footstool,
19th century, rectangular pine box with hinged lid with leather strap
handle, painted black over earlier red, the front inscribed with gilt
lettering “J. HERRICK. W. Randolph, Vt.”; the interior lined with period
printed cotton fabric and fitted with a red-painted two-compartment lift-
out tray, (minor paint wear, crack to lid), ht. 8, wd. 21, dp. 12; together
with a gray-painted stave and hoop-constructed covered firkin with wire
bail and turned hardwood handle, ht. 9 1/2; and a small red-painted
pine footstool with bootjack ends, ht. 6 1/2, wd. 13, dp. 7 3/4 in.
$300-500online bidding at http://www.skinnerinc.com 25
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