Winter Associates Live Auction
January 16 at 5:30 pm
21 Cooke Street, Plainville, CT 06062
www.AuctionsAppraisers.com
860-793-0288

PLAINVILLE, CONN. — In a live auction on January 16 starting at 5:30 pm, Winter Associates will present property from a variety of New England estates with an offering of Asian antiques, furnishings, woodblocks, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, etc., along with early American and Continental furnishings, including museum deaccessions. Other items crossing the block include a Canadian stamp collection, silver and gold coins, as well as Franklin Mint silver ingots, jewelry and a jeweled Faberge-type box, prints, paintings, a large collections of books, including Tolstoy and Dickens, Oriental rugs; Courtenay lead soldiers, clocks, signed paperweights, etc.

A selection of Continental and American antiques from a Connecticut museum deaccession include a Spanish vargueno (also known as a burgueno), which is the oldest form of furniture known and has a mixed Spanish and Oriental origin that first appeared in Europe in the late Middle Ages. The drop front chest became a common article of furniture in the Spanish Colonial empire from the late Sixteenth Century onward. Valued for both its portability and ornate interior of numerous drawers and cabinets often inlaid with ivory and gilt it continues to appeal to collectors. From the same museum come a Seventeenth Century carved footstool and a Seventeenth Century oil on wood panel by Adriaen Van Der Werff (Dutch, 1659 -1722) “Ravishment of Lucretia,” which depicts the nude noblewoman in distress, fighting off her attacker, Sextus Tarquinius, the son of the king of Rome, who stands above her with dagger. Skillfully depicted by Van Der Werff, the incident is recorded by many great masters and recognized as the end of kings in Rome. Other deaccessions include early American chairs, carved barrel, Pembroke tables, as well as two large oils by Roger Van Damme.

For those interested in Continental decorative arts, among a collection of pietra dura and micromosaics there will be numerous pietra dura panels, boxes, picture frame and an unusual 11-inch-long bronze centerpiece basket containing nine oval plaques with floral decoration. From the same estate is a large Nineteenth Century micromosaic of an interior court scene executed with elaborate detail and measuring more than 13 inches long. Other items are a variety of jewelry and gold with highlights, including a 14K yellow gold and pink guilloche enamel pill box in the manner of Faberge with cabochon ruby and imperial eagle design to top, and a pair of 14K diamond and ruby earrings by Bulgari, as well as a variety of other jewelry containing diamonds, sapphires, rubies, opal, 18K, 14K, platinum, cameos, miniature portraits, micromosaic pendant, enamel, etc.

A large Asian assortment from a variety of New England estates blend nicely, with a six-panel Chinese cloisonné floor screen and a circa 1900 Japanese ancestral shrine. The ancestral shrine or Butsudan is recognized as a two-door cabinet that opens to reveal a richly layered lacquer and gilt interior with numerous steps, platforms, drawers and recesses to accommodate daily offerings to one’s ancestors, a tradition ordered by royal edict in 685 by Japanese Emperor Tenmu. Other selections include two Chinese cricket cages carved from gourds, two table screens (one reticulated ivory, and one cloisonne with inlay), a lady’s Manchu wedding robe, embroidered Mandarin rank badges and other textiles, collection of netsuke, 13 figural sculptures of deities in bronze, gilded and silvered metal, wood and stone, an abundance of woodblocks from antique to contemporary, ceramics, two altars and two cabinets with carved decoration, silver and ivory jewelry, carved stone amulets, snuff bottles and much more.

Stamp and coin collectors will find an impressive collection of Canadian, Newfoundland, New Britain, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island stamps from 1851 to 1984, including multiple 1897 Jubilee sets, as well as sets from France, Israel and the United Nations, a collection of 27 albums in total. From the same New England estate comes a variety of gold and silver coins, including a 1974 Cayman Islands $100 proof gold coin, two 1985 British Virgin Islands $20 coins, two Franklin half dollar sets, a 10 coin set of proof $20 coins from the 1988 Canada winter Olympics, a set of 28 silver Olympic coins from the 1976 Montreal games, Roosevelt dimes and others. In addition are numerous sets of Franklin Mint silver ingots.

Other items of interest include 23 signed Richard Courtenay (1892-1963) painted lead Medieval knights with shields and armor in animated battle stances, including several on horseback; bound collections by Tolstoy Dickens, Melville, Bronte sisters, Robert Browning, James Riley, etc., many complete sets and/or with numerous volumes, some with leatherbound and gilded covers; 13 signed paperweights by Rosenfeld, Ayotte, Tarsitano, Trabucco, Kaziun, G. Smith, Banford and Perthshire; four mantel and bracket clocks, including Tiffany & Co. Pagoda mantel, Continental ormolu and champleve mantel, Elliot London four-rod bracket and New Haven figural gilt. Lastly, for collectors of etchings, a complete suite of 12 “Industry and Idleness,” 1747, by William Hogarth (English, 1697-1764), and works by Frederick Childe Hassam, Renoir, Anders Zorn, Manuel Robbe, Whistler, Edgar Chahine, Raffaelli, Gatier, Legrand, etc.

Previews are Friday, January 13, from noon to 4 pm; Sunday, January 15, 2 to 4 pm; and on Monday, January 16, noon to 5 pm or by appointment.

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

***Heavy Snow Date: January 17th, call to confirm
Asian including shrine, cloisonne screen, altars, woodblocks, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, etc.; 17th-19th C. American and Continental Antiques including Museum Deaccessions; Pietra Dura and Micro-mosaic Collection; Contemporary; Coins; Stamps; Jewelry; Prints; Paintings; Books; Silver; Oriental Rugs; Courtenay Lead Soldiers; Paperweights, etc.
Asian including shrine, cloisonne floor screen, ivory and cloisonné table screens, altars, chests, woodblocks (38), sculpture including bronze, stone, wood and metal (13), netsuke (7), textiles including Qing dynasty Manchu wedding robe, Mandarin rank badges (3), and embroideries (11), ceramics, etc.; 17th – 19th C. American and Continental Antiques featuring Museum Deaccessions including 16th/ 17th C. Spanish Vargueno, Sicilian cart, 17th C. footstool, 18th C. ladderback, Bannister and Queen Anne chairs, pine barrel, Federal drop leaf table, along with a selection of early chairs, Queen Anne (3), Chippendale (1), Windsor (5), along with tavern table, stands (2), Pembroke tables (3); Continental library table 90” l., dining tables (3) including two Federal style banquet and one gateleg, set of Chippendale style armchair and side chairs (9), set of Hepplewhite form shield-back chairs (8); Pietra Dura and Micro-mosaic Collection, including unusual Pietra dura centerpiece basket set with nine inlaid panels 9 ¼” w., Pietra Dura boxes (3) and plaques (10) with figural and floral decoration, along with impressively large and detailed
micro-mosaic of interior court scene of Prince kissing a painting, 8 1/2” h. x 11” w., and a 18K Micro-mosaic pendant on chain of St. Peter’s Basilica set in green malachite, 1 ¾” w.; Contemporary “Flex Safari” lounge chairs by Ingmar Relling (pair); Coins, including gold and silver (10 lots); Stamps featuring an Important Canadian Collection (27 albums); Gold and jewels include a 14K yellow gold and pink guilloche enamel pill box in the manner of Faberge with cabochon ruby and Imperial Eagle design to top, a pair of 14K, diamond and ruby earrings by Bulagri, as well as a variety of other jewelry containing diamonds, sapphires, rubies, opal, 18K, 14K, Platinum, cameos, miniature portraits, enamel, etc.; Etchings by William Hogarth, Frederick Childe Hassam, Renoir, Anders Zorn, Manuel Robbe, Whistler, Edgar Chahine, Raffaelli, Gatier, Legrand, etc.; Paintings by Adriaen Van Der Werff, Roger Van Damme, Jacques Gautherin, Gershon Camassar, Sterling Strauser, Dan Radin, Irving Amen, Gluck Sandor, Bill Mayes, McCloy, etc.; Books by Tolstoi, Dickens, Melville, Bronte Sisters, Robert Browning, James Riley, etc., many complete sets and/or with numerous volumes, some with handsome
leatherbound and gilded covers; Silver including repousse Tiffany bowl 9 ½” diam. and many Franklin Mint ingot sets; Oriental Rugs (9) and hooked (4); Courtenay Lead Soldiers (23 pcs); Paperweights (13) including Rosenfeld, Ayotte, Tarsitano, Trabucco, Kaziun, G. Smith, Banford, Perthshire, etc.; clocks (4) including Tiffany & Co. Pagoda mantel, Continental ormolu and champleve mantel, Elliot London 4-rod bracket, and New Haven figural gilt, etc.