Winter Associates Live Auction
May 23rd at 5:30PM
21 Cooke Street, Plainville, CT 06062
www.AuctionsAppraisers.com
860-793-0288

 PLAINVILLE, CONN. — Old Saybrook and Oxford, Conn., estates and deaccessions from the Slater Museum will be featured at Winter Associates’ May 23 auction. A varied selection of American and Continental art and antiques; Tiffany and Van Cleef jewelry; gold coins; Tiffany and Cartier silver; porcelain; glass; Asian decorative arts and Oriental rugs will be offered.

From the Old Saybrook estate comes a Jamie Wyeth watercolor, “Landscape with Boiler,” which was given to a member of the family by the Pennsylvania artist in the 1960s. The family once resided in New York City, and two oils on canvas show the room interiors of the residence as well as portraits of Harold Elstner Talbott, former secretary of the US Air Force and Mrs Margaret Thayer Talbott by Augustus Edwin John and Savely Abramovich Sorine. From the same family comes an 18K Tiffany & Co. diamond pendant/brooch with one 1.25-carat European cut diamond and 5.58 carats of additional diamonds, along with a Van Cleef & Arpels earrings and pin set and a platinum diamond brooch by Frank Walter Lawrence. A total of 41 lots of jewelry will cross the block.

From an Oxford estate are a wide variety of Asian items collected by a diplomat who traveled extensively in the Far East. An example is a pair of 15-inch-high Chinese porcelain vases, with figural decoration of Daoist immortals in famille rose enamels, as well as a pair of 4-inch-high Chinese porcelain yellow glazed beehive-form water coupes, Qing dynasty, with Kangxi reign marks on base. Other Asian items to be offered include Oriental carpets, an elaborately carved Chinese center table, large, framed embroidery, woodblock prints, watercolors, snuff bottles, etc.

An assortment of deaccessioned European and American furniture and art will cross the block to benefit the Slater Memorial Museum’s acquisition fund, which serves the students of the Norwich Free Academy and the Norwich, Conn., community. Items of note include a Seventeenth Century English wainscot armchair, a Seventeenth Century Spanish chest and an early American lowboy, butterfly table and joint stool, as well as number of elaborately gilt framed oils on canvas after Old Masters and miniature portraits. A rare Aaron Willard Jr banjo clock, No. 2452, circa 1822-25, with a reverse painted tablet and signed on face and throat from the Old Saybrook estate will also be offered.

Collectors of Connecticut artists should be aware that the third and final offering of Monroe, Conn., Burr Sisters artworks will be coming across block, as well as the final half of George Davidson works, a well-known Connecticut muralist raised in Waterbury and who was active in Roosevelt’s WPA program.Both collections feature a variety of landscapes, drawings and portraits.

Previews are Friday, May 20, from noon to 4 pm; Sunday, May 22 from 2 to 4 pm; and on Monday, March 23, noon to 5 pm. Previewers are welcome at other times by appointment.

Winter Associates is at 21 Cooke Street. For information, www.auctionsappraisers.com or 860-793-0288.

Previews: Friday, May 20th, 12 – 4pm Sunday, May 22nd, 2 – 4pm Monday, May 23rd, 12 – 5pm or by appointment
Museum Deaccessions and Connecticut Estates: American & Continental Art & Antiques; Tiffany and Van Cleef Jewelry; Tiffany and Cartier Silver; Coins; Porcelain; Glass; Asian; Oriental Rugs, etc.
View catalog online as of May 13th at www.AuctionsAppraisers.com
Highlights – Paintings and drawings including a Jamie Wyeth watercolor, Augustus Edwin John oil, Savely Sorine watercolor, Aaron Shikler (2) oils, William M. Post (2) oils, Aristide Maillol drawing, Alexander Theobald Van Laer oil, and the last offering of Burr Sisters (24 lots) and George Davidson (11); American and Continental Art and Antiques including 17th and 18th C. furniture and sculpture, Aaron Willard banjo clock, as well 7 works after Old Masters oils, 41 lots of fine jewelry including Tiffany and Van Cleef, 11 lots of silver including Tiffany and Cartier as well as early English silver, Coins (14 lots); Porcelain and Stoneware (3 lots); Glass including Steuben (9 pieces) and Venetian; Asian including a carved Chinese center table, ceramics, embroidery, woodblock prints, watercolors, snuff bottles, etc.; (16) Oriental Rugs; Modern sculptures (12) by James Lippitt Clark, Michael McLaughlin, Chaim Gross, etc.; Vintage textiles, etc.
18K Tiffany, 1.25 ct center
Platinum & diamond by Frank Walter Lawrence
Platinum, 60ct amethyst, diamonds
Van Cleef, 18K, diamond, pink tourmaline
George I & II sterling salvers
Jamie Wyeth watercolor, 1960’s, 17” h.
Aaron Abraham Shikler, two NYC room interiors c. 1958
William Merritt Post, oil, 7” h.
1 of 7 after Old Masters
Maillol, graphite, 15” h.
English, 17th C.
Italian,17th C.
A.T. Van Laer, oil, 11” h.
Napoleon III bonheur du jour
14K Hardstone cameos
Michael McLaughlin, 1 of 4 bronze
Pre-Columbian, 2 of 6
Spanish, 17th C., 51” w.
Gold & other
G. Davidson, oil, 30” h.
James Lippitt Clark bronze, 15” l.
Persian Sarouk, 4’ x 6’
Chinese, 15 1⁄2” h.
Qing Dynasty, 4 1⁄2” h.
Late 19th C.
Savely A. Sorine wc
Hemingway, A. Wyeth, Kai-Shek
Augustus E. John, oil, 29” h.
William De Matteo stlg, 6 1⁄2” h.
Burr Sisters, 24 lots
Aaron Willard c. 1825
TERMS: IN-PERSON AUCTION AUDIENCE- Auction begins at 5:30 PM. In addition to live bidding, 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. After the auction, pickup 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.