- Paint-decorated and Gilt-stenciled Pine Dressing Table,
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, c. 1815-20, the scrolled backsplash
centering a compote of fruit, above a concave shelf and two short
drawers, all on the rectangular top with rounded corners on a
conformingly shaped apron with long drawer joining four turned tapering
legs, replaced glass pulls, original surface of yellow paint bordered in
green, with black striping and simulated figured wood veneer, (paint
wear), overall ht. 39, case wd. 34, case dp. 17 in.
Provenance: A printed label inside the upper right drawer reads
“Samaha Collection.”
$7,000-9,000
Pair of Faux Green Marble Painted Wooden Half Columns, America,
late 19th century, ht. 7 ft. 2 in.
$1,000-1,500
American School, 19th Century
Theorem of a Basket of Flowers. Signed “Ellen A. Walker/2nd Term
l.r., the back of the frame inscribed “Painted at Susan Downer’s Private
School, Sharon, Vt.” Watercolor on paper, 11 1/4 x 14 1/4 in., in a
period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Minor toning.
$800-1,200
- American School, 19th Century
Schoolgirl Still Life Picture of a Bowl of Flowers. Unsigned.
Watercolor on paper, 11 1/2 x 10 1/8 in., in a gilt gadrooned wood
frame. Condition: Foxing, moisture stains on right side, subtle creases,
minor tear at l.l. edge.
$800-1,200
273.
American School, 19th CenturyMourning Picture with a Woman Grieving Beside a Monument.
Signed “P.B. Wescott Greenfield 1835” l.r. Watercolor, ink, and applied
gold foil on paper, the woman portrayed in an oval reserve with a sailing
vessel in the background, 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in., in a period molded wood
frame. Condition: Toning, moisture stains.
$800-1,200online bidding at http://www.skinnerinc.com 71
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