Winter Associates, Inc. Live Online
Monday, Feb. 22nd, at 5:30- pm
*** Heavy Snow Date: February 23rd,
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Previews: Friday, 2/19, 10am—4pm
Sunday, 2/21, 2—4pm
Monday 2/22, 11am—5pm or by appointment.
21 Cooke Street, Plainville, CT 06062
860-793-0288

Due to our concern for the safety of our clients and staff, this auction
will be LIVE ONLINE ONLY. Our gallery welcomes absentee and phone
bids, and live bidding on Invaluable.com and Liveauctioneers.com.
View catalog online as of Feb. 12th at www.AuctionsAppraisers.com
NEW START TIME! AUCTION STARTS 5:30 PM
African Lü Me Maternite figure; Museum Deaccessions
including Worth gowns, Quilts, 19th C. Weapons; single
owner Ancient Coins Collection; Fine Art, Miniatures and
Illustrations; Silver; Antiques and Fine Furnishings;
Oriental Rugs; etc.
African Lü Me Maternite figure: Dan Tribe from Ivory Coast, Libera c. 1940, Henri Kamer provenance, accompanied by Kamer’s 1974 “De L’Authenticite Des Sculptures Africaines” with personal inscription from Kamer to consignor, along with affidavit signed by consignor confirming Kamer’s gift of this sculpture to him.
MUSEUM DEACCESSIONS: Important Textiles: House of Worth, 5 gowns; Victorian wedding dress and slippers; Civil War era gown; two men’s period and ethnic costumes; infant gowns, and a dozen other Victorian and vintage clothing lots; quilts, including Broderie Perse, Chintz, etc.; 18th & 19th C. Weaponry: including Naval Cutlass, c. 1810; Japanese Matchlock, Civil War infantry swords; Military Officer Swords; some swords with engraved and/or decorated blades;18th C. Socket Bayonets; other swords, spears, scabbards, bayonet, ammo case, and leather accessories.
ANCIENT COINS: 62 lots from single owner collection: Ancient Greece, 12 lots including Sicily, c. 413-405 BC through 230-218 BC; Ancient Rome, 32 lots ranging from c. 240-225 BC through c. 161-180 AD; Ancient Crete, c. 350-330 BC; Seleukid Empire, c. 121-113 BC; Ancient Celtic, after 88 BC, 3 lots; Carthage and Ptolemaic Egypt Quartet, c. 205-180 BC; as well as some restrikes, casts and reproductions, 3 lots. [Descriptions of these ancient coins are believed to be accurate. However, bidders are expected to make their own evaluations of these items and bid accordingly, there is no guarantee of genuineness or of correct attribution.] FINE ART & MINIATURES: Lucien Abrams oil, Lyme artist; J. Adams beer still life oil; N. Henry Bingham, nude oil; George Drew, landscape oil; Gerald Fairclough, portrait oil; Malcom Fraser, portrait oil; Lena Gurr, still life oil; Frank Kirk, landscape oil; Richard Klein, 20th C. pastoral oil; Paul Eugène Mesplès, ballerina oil; Giuseppe Paladino, portrait oil; Grace Huntley Pugh, two child portraits; Walter Schofield, Cornwall Farm oil; Bruce Turner, seascape oil; landscapes and seascapes, including works by Eva Chapman, Andreas Friis, Raoul Girard, J.R. Miles, M.C. Waite, John Wheat, Robert Wheeler, etc.; various portraits, including nudes, men, women, and children; still lifes; genre scenes and afters; etc.; silhouettes in various groups, cut out and hollow cut, some with added detailing; Miniatures: 16 lots of 20 well painted portraits of military gentlemen, dignitaries, fashionable women, and Napoleon, each measuring between 1 ½” h. to 4” h.; some artist signed, including pieces by Malthe Hasselriis, Lincoln Dewick, etc.
PRINTS & ILLUSTRATIONS: Prints: Helen Farr, sunbather lithograph; Paulo Fidanza, angel engravings; Williams Lee-Hankey, two childthemed etchings; Madeline Scellis, color lithograph; Book Illustrations: Robert Sabin, romance novel cover illustrations; Charles H. Taffs, illustration from Harper’s; Comic Illustrations: Arne Starr, Star Trek comic panel signed by artist and actor Walter Koenig; Bill Ward, original black ink DC Comics story page for “Starman”, and original illustration for “Blackhawk”; King Syndicate comic strip panels, from “Annie”, “Archie”, and “On Stage”, artist signed.
ANTIQUES & FINE FURNISHINGS: Georgian bowfront chest on chest; 18th/early 19th C. American ladderback armchair; Victorian easel; Victorian marble-top chest with mirror; Demilune French cabinet, 19th C.; Kittinger Federal style mahogany “George Washington” faux partner’s desk; pair of Louis XVI style marble top stands; pair of early 20th C. carved frame exaggerated wing chairs; intricately carved wood settee; pair of benches with black faille upholstered seats; sofa with taupe button tufted upholstery, 87” l.; pine cabinet with peaked crest; metal and wood spiral garden ornament; oval table and pair of Continental two-drawer stands with marquetry; Renaissance style bench; pedestals, one wood, one marble; nesting table sets; tilt top stand; gilt and ceramic floral table; metal three-tier stands; Chippendale style wall shelf; two Sheraton fancy chairs; Eastlake stand; Lighting: Empire style carved wood sconces; Victorian floor piano/banquet lamp with marble insert; floor lamp with reproduction stained glass shade; adjustable arm brass candelabra pair.
ORIENTAL RUGS: Semi-Antique Persian Kashan, 9’ x 13’ 2”; Semi- Antique Persian Mashed, 6’ 6” x 9’ 8”; Agra Bakhtian, 8’ 10” x 11’ 9”; Semi-Antique Azerbaijan Caucasian, 4’ 3” x 9’ 2”; Modern Indo-Chinese, 12’ x 17’ 11”; Modern Persian tribal-style, 6’ 8” x 5’ 1”; Uzbek Kazak, runners and room sizes; Modern Caucasian, Persian, and Tekkee Bokhara, runners and room sizes.
IMPORTANT MISCELLANEOUS: Silver: Gorham sterling silver pitcher, 1883, with aquatic relief decoration, 7 ¼” h.; Taxco carving knife and meat fork; assortment of Jensen, Tiffany, Cohr, etc.; Fisher Silversmiths candelabra pair; demitasse cups with Lenox liners along with various dinnerware; Gorham, etc. flatware and serving pieces; “Shell and Thread” pattern serving pieces; Sculpture: Virgin and Child medieval wood sculpture; wood eagle and bear carvings; Victorian bronze of seated woman scribe; contemporary bronze bas relief, attributed to CT artist Peter Pellettieri; Oskar Gladenbeck discus thrower; two marked figural bronze sculptures; Glass: assortment of 19th C. American flasks, inkwells and bottles; and 20th C. including: Murano, Lalique, cut glass, art and studio glass; Ceramics: partial sets, including: Royal Doulton “French Provincial”; Minton “Brocade” and “Aragon”; Limoges; Richard Briggs; Lladro figure, Boehm flower and Herend dish; Asian: Utagawa Kunisada color woodblock prints; Uchida printed color woodblock prints with woodblock card assortment; black lacquer chest with figural inlay; Balinese carved wood goddess; open shelf with sliding panel base; brass planter on wooden stand; Japanese metalware, porcelain, carvings of Hotei, carved ivory set of Seven Lucky Gods; Eastern watercolors; cloisonne vases; Ephemera & Books: WWII era Japanese American relations and other paperbacks; Civil War era currency and related ephemera; flag of the Republic of China; 19th C. calligraphy samples; early photographs; coffee table and art reference books on Russian subjects, Pietra Dura, glass, Netsuke, etc.; Other: 14K Victorian hinged bangle bracelet with black enamel design; Victorian Ansonia “Cortez” figural mantel clock; scrimshaw decorated sperm whale teeth; assortment of Russian hand-painted boxes; Russian beverage samovars; tortoiseshell assortment; three tier bell gong; bookends.
TERMS: Please note our new start time, the auction will begin at 5:30 pm.
Due to our concern for the safety of our clients and staff, this auction will be LIVE online, Winter Associates will accept absentee and phone bids with a 23% Buyer’s Premium and live online bidding will be available on Invaluable.com and Liveauctioneers.com with a 28% Buyer’s Premium.
A 3% discount is available to buyers with cash and approved checks. Previews and pickups will be by appointment only, please email or call ahead and we will do our best to accommodate you.
LOCATION: 20 mins. west of Hartford, CT. Approx. 2 hours from NYC
or Boston.
Semi-Antique Persian Kashan
9’ x 13’
Walter Schofield, Cornwall Farm oil, 15” h.
2 of 3
American, 19th C. scrimshaw
1 of 8 Museum deaccession
Kittinger “George Washington” mahogany desk
88“ pine & metal
De Carlo, etc.
Carved frames
Helen Farr litho, 12” h.
Louis XVI style marble top
Robert Sabin
Ornately carved settee, oil landscape
Malthe Hasselriis, 4” h
G. Paladino, oil, 30” h.
Paul E. Mesplès, oil, 12” h.
House of Worth gowns, (3 of 5) museum deaccession
“Maj. King” miniature, 3 ¾” h.
Ancient Coins Single Owner Collection (62 lots)
18th C. bayonets, 19th C. French ammo box Deaccessioned c. 1810 cutlass, 1856 Ames, etc.
African Lü Me Maternite figure, Henri Kamer provenance, 26” h.
Gorham 1883

African Lü Me Maternite figure
Gorham Aquatic, 1883
Walter Schofield, Trewinnard oil, 15” h.
1 of 8 Quilt deaccessions
Medieval carving, 22” h.
Deaccessioned Sharps, Ames, Naval cutlass, etc.
Many Illustrations
Carved settee & other fine furnishings
M. Hasselriis, miniature
House of Worth (2 of 5), & other deaccessions
“Maj. King” (1 of 10 military miniature