Winter Associates Live Auction
August 29 at 5:30 pm
21 Cooke Street, Plainville, CT 06062
www.AuctionsAppraisers.com
860-793-0288

PLAINVILLE, CONN. — From estates and private homes in Mystic, Guilford, Canton and New Haven, Conn., a wide variety of Americana and other items will be auctioned by Winter Associates on August 29 starting at 5:30 pm. The sale includes part two of a substantial quilt collection, five weathervanes, paintings, ephemera, books, stamps, silver, art glass, Asian and patio furnishings, as well as Oriental carpets.

The Guilford home contributes two of the weathervanes to this sale, a copper gamecock with patina and the iconic “Black Hawk” running horse design based upon an actual famous Morgan driving horse (1833-1856) who was known for his long driving range and sired more than 1,772 foals. His image was reproduced in a series of lithographs in the Nineteenth Century.

Also from this home with a taste for early American furnishings is an oil on canvas naïve landscape featuring Native American Indians, as well as a series of Nineteenth Century oils in ornate gilded frames by Henry H. Parker, George F. Higgins, Robert Gallon, Olaf Langer and others. Their antiques blended nicely with D.R. Dimes figured maple chairs and table, as well as reproduction.

From an impressive home and part of an ongoing offering of quilts from a New Haven estate is an album quilt circa 1840. More than 20 quilts from this estate will cross the block; the first selection from this estate was offered on August 1. The album quilt has unusually long inscriptions on the front and a label with a family record inscribed in ink on the reverse stating one of the blocks was provided by the maker’s grandmother, Anne Atkinson, born before the Revolutionary War in 1756 and died in 1842, a year after the quilt was finished. Early carved, painted and some Chinese lacquered boxes, including sewing boxes, lap desks, etc., are from another collection from this estate. Discovered in their voluminous library was an Eighteenth Century book of nine bound pamphlets by John Adams and Alexander Hamilton, as well as a signed first edition by T. S. Eliot and first editions by Ezra Pound and others.

Eighteenth Century American furniture, including many pieces from Pennsylvania have been sent to auction from an estate in Canton that had a 6,000-plus-square-foot home. It includes a Pennsylvania secretary, circa 1780, and a Pennsylvania hutch, circa 1790, as well as a Philadelphia tall clock, probably done by John Wood Jr, circa 1785. These pieces are in addition to an early slant lid desk, blanket chest and chest of drawers, as well as a Sheraton two-part dining table. The estate is also offering a large number of hand-woven Oriental rugs, many purchased from the well-known Hartford area rug retailer J. Namnoun.

From the estate in Mystic comes roundabout or corner chair from Norwich, Conn., circa 1760, which was illustrated and discussed in the Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, vol. 50, no. 4, in the fall 1985 and exhibited. The home also held a number of artworks including an 1894 ship portrait by Antonio Jacobsen and a landscape of bonfire in the forest by William Keith, who is known for his nighttime compositions. Also of note are three weathervanes, an unusual copper stag, copper running horse and a horse with sulky.

A thorough US stamp collection from 1847 to 2021 in five Scott Official National albums (green), which appears to be a lifelong, single-owner collection, includes a Columbian Exposition Issue 1893 (#230 – 245), which was the first commemorative grouping to have been issued in $1, $2, $3, $4 and $5. While the $1 and $2 were widely used by the public, and $5 used often for larger shipping, the $3 and $4 were much less common, and are, therefore, widely sought-after today. This stamp will be a part of one of the four large lots to be offered.

Previews are Friday, August 26, from noon to 4 pm; Sunday, August 28, from 2 to 4 pm; and on Monday, August 29, from noon to 5 pm.

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

Previews:
Friday, Aug. 26th, 12-4 pm
Sunday, Aug. 28st, 2-4 pm
Monday Aug. 29st, 12-5pm or by appointment.
Americana including Antiques; Quilt Collection; Weathervanes, Paintings; Books; Stamps; Ephemera; Silver; Art Glass; Asian; Oriental Carpets, etc.
Featuring a John Wood Jr. Philadelphia tall clock c. 1785, a Pennsylvania secretary c. 1780, a Pennsylvania hutch c. 1790, two 18th/19th C. slant lid desks, two 19th C. four drawer chests, etc.; Quilt Collection, 20+ pieces, most mid-19th C.; Books including 18th C. to modern including nine bound pamphlets by John Adams, Alexander Hamilton etc., first edition signed “T. S. Eliot”, and other first editions, etc.; Stamps collection with a Columbian Expo Issue 1893 and others; Ephemera including die-cut valentines (5 lots); Weathervanes (5); 19th C. to contemporary Paintings (51), Prints and Drawings (15); Asian including a two pairs of hand-painted chests and other furniture, pierced panels, porcelain, woodblock prints, etc. (25 lots); Oriental Carpets (22); Silver including ornate serving pieces by Gorham, Kirk,Whiting, etc. (8 lots); Art Glass (5 lots); Garden furniture and decorations (6 lots) etc.
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.
Applique, 1 of over 20 early quilts
Album quilt, c. 1841
American, 19th C., copper, 18” h.
Norwich, CT, c.1760 (CHS Bulletin vol. 50 no. 4 & exhibited)
Antonio Jacobsen, oil, 21” h.
$4 Columbian Expo. Issue 1893, part of collection
G. Higgins, oil, 11” h.
Glass shades inc. Steuben Aurene
American, 19th C., copper, 19” h.
American, 19th C., copper, 23” h.
American, “Black Hawk”, 19th C., 20” h.
19th C. American; sulky, 20” h.
Pennsylvania, c. 1790, 89” h.
Penn., c. 1780, 93” h.
c. 1825
D. R. Dimes figured maple
Antique Heriz, 6’ x 9’
Miniature
H. Townley scp.
Kirk, Caldwell, Whiting
H. H. Parker, oil, 11” h.
Tiffany bronze “Queen Anne Lace” D881, 18” h.
18th C. American, 9 bound pamphlets by John Adams, Hamilton, etc.
1st edition signed “T. S. Eliot”
Box collection
Chinese, 1 of 2
Philadelphia tall clock, prob. John Woods Jr., c. 1785
Dash, oil, 12”
Chinese Export; carved
Chinese, 50” h.
19th C. Amer. School, oil, 24” h.
Winter Associates, Inc. ٠ 21 Cooke Street, Plainville, CT 06062 ٠ 860-793-0288