- Maple and Yellow Pine Tea Table, southern New England, probably
Rhode Island, mid-18th century, the oval top on four block-turned
tapering legs ending in pad feet joined by a straight skirt with cyma-
curved brackets, old refinish, (repairs to top), ht. 26 1/2, wd. 35 1/4,
dp. 29 in.
Provenance: Consigned by a descendant of John Goddard, the 18th
century Newport, Rhode Island, cabinetmaker.
$1,200-1,500
- American School, 19th Century
Portrait of Lavinia Fanning Age Seven Years, c. 1803. Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 35 1/2 x 27 in., in a later molded mahogany frame.
Condition: Tears, paint losses.
Provenance: Family descent, reportedly the portrait has hung in the
family home for over 200 years.
Note: Lavinia Fanning was the daughter and only child of six children
surviving infancy born to Nathaniel Fanning and his wife Elizabeth
(Smith). Her father Nathaniel (1755-1805) was an officer in the
Continental Navy and later the United States Navy, and most notable,
served as Midshipman on board the Bon Homme Richard under John
Paul Jones during its 1779 victorious ship-to-ship battle with the HMS
Serapis. (The battle where Jones uttered “I have not yet begun to
fight!”).
Lavinia was born September 11, 1796 in New York City, although
the family eventually resided in Stonington, Connecticut. She married
Nathan Smith March 6, 1814 in Groton, Connecticut. A group of
photocopied extensive Fanning family genealogy, excerpts from The
history of the Fanning Family, by Walter Frederick Brooks, published
in Winchester, Massachusetts, 1905, and an article about Nathaniel
Fanning from Historical Footnotes: Bulletin of the Stonington Historical
Society, Vol. XII, No. 3, May 1975, accompany the portrait.
$8,000-12,000
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Black-painted Fan-back Windsor Chair, possibly coastal
Connecticut, late 18th century, the curved crest rail with undulating
lower edge, carved seat, and vase- and ring-turning, old black paint
over earlier green and white, (paint wear), ht. 36, seat ht. 17 in.
$800-1,20077.
Pair of Fan-back Windsor Side Chairs, southeastern New England,
late 18th century, with carved terminals and saddle seats, and splayed
vase- and ring-turned legs, later green-blue paint, (minor imperfections),
ht. 39 1/2, seat ht. 18 in.
$2,000-3,00078.
Painted Continuous-arm Brace-back Windsor Chair, probably
Connecticut, c. 1780-90, old red-painted surface over earlier coats
including green and black, (imperfections), ht. 35 1/4, seat ht. 16 1/2 in.
$1,500-2,50079.
Red-painted Sack-back Windsor Chair, Newport, Rhode Island, area,
late 18th century, with curved arm supports and carved seat, old red-
painted surface over earlier green, (paint wear), ht. 36 1/2, seat ht. 16
1/4 in.Provenance: Consigned by a descendant of John Goddard, the 18th
century Newport, Rhode Island, cabinetmaker.
$800-1,200online bidding at http://www.skinnerinc.com 31