American Furniture & Decorative Arts

351.

American School, 19th Century

River Valley Landscape. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, possibly a New

Jersey view, with a Dover, New Jersey, framer’s label on the reverse, 9

x 15 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Very good.

$400-600

352.

American School, 19th Century

T. Fenn Prop’tr 1812./Primitive Tavern Beside a River. Unsigned.

Watercolor and graphite on paper, sight size 11 3/4 x 15 3/4

in. Condition: Paper laid down onto card, tears, losses, toning,

discoloration.

$400-600

From the Collection of Joanne Forney – Lots 353-406

353.

Blue-painted Oval Covered Box with Carved Ebony Whale,

Nantucket, 19th century, small oval lapped-seam box with pine top

and bottom and maple sides, the cover topped with an applied carved

ebony sperm whale plaque in high relief, (minor imperfections), ht. 2

3/8, dia. 5 1/8 in.

$1,000-1,500

354.

Miniature Wallpaper-covered Dome-top Box, early 19th century, the

wood box with hinged lid, covered with blue floral printed paper with gilt

floral embossed paper borders, brass swing handle and latch, (toning,

losses to borders), ht. 1 5/8, wd. 3, dp. 1 7/8 in.

$400-600

355.

Silhouette Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Yellow Dress, America,

c. 1830, hollow-cut silhouette with ink and watercolor details to hair

and dress, (minor toning and light stains), 3 3/4 x 3 1/8 in., in a period

eglomise and gilt mat and molded giltwood frame.

$400-600

356.

Pair of Miniature Red-painted Push-up Tin Candlesticks, America,

late 19th century, columnar form on square bases, (paint losses), ht. 3

in.

$400-600

357.

Wooden Trencher, probably New England, 18th century, the bottom of

the trencher inscribed “Anna Osgood,” dia. 7 3/4 in.

$700-900

358.

Carved Soapstone Memorial Inkwell and a Small Cloth Doll, found

at the Kendrick House, Ipswich, Massachusetts (built 1665), the inkwell

sides with carved name and date “Nat’l Osgood August 20th 1819,”

and trees, figure, skull, and a medallion, ht. 2 1/8; together with a small

carved wood doll, with painted cotton gauze face, wearing a bonnet

and shawl and black silk dress, (frayed, toned), ht. 3 7/8 in.; and a small

note inscribed “Miss G. Preston/Present, Will my dear Sister accept

of this little gift/with the best wishes for her happiness/from her sister

Annie.”

$700-900

359.

Two Paint-decorated Tinware Covered Boxes, 19th century, a

small oval snuff box painted black with metallic bronze border and

inscription “May Peace Once more/Our Trade Ref[s]tore”; and a brass-

footed rectangular box with shaped hinged cover, decoratively painted

with blossoms and leaves on the front on a ground of metallic bronze

brushed with black simulated graining, (minor paint losses), footed box

ht. 5 1/2, wd. 5, dp. 3 3/4, snuff box dia. 3 7/8 in.

$400-600

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