Winter Associates – Live Auction
December 12 at 5:30 pm
21 Cooke Street, Plainville, CT 06062
www.AuctionsAppraisers.com
860-793-0288

PLAINVILLE, CONN. — A highly desirable English “Necessaire de voyage” vanity box by Jenner & Knewstub is just one of the items from a New England estate, and other homes in Connecticut and Massachusetts that will be sold by Winter Associates on December 12 at its central Connecticut gallery. Also included will be a variety of fine jewelry, coins, stamps, paintings, prints, sculpture, miniature portraits, antique and benchmade furniture, Oriental rugs and books.

The vanity box is rare in its completeness, with each of the original gilt sterling fittings and toiletries present and all with London 1884 hallmarks and matching raised monogram. The case of exotic coromandel wood unfolds with an ingenious design by George Betjemann & Sons and showcases two of their sought-after inventions including the “Angle Wing Mechanism” which enables the box to cantilever out and open into six compartmented tiers, including two secret jewelry drawers with concealed spring-loaded buttons. The set is in excellent condition. For more information on the Jenner & Knewstub firm visit www.antiqueboxguide.org/jenner-and-knewstub/.

An 18K guilloche enameled snuff box, with a miniature portrait of Napoleon on its cover, is from the same New England estate; it is hallmarked with the letter “R” with a crown above it, believed to be for Jean Georges Remond & Co., Geneva. There are more than 40 other miniatures in the sale. Two other Continental pieces from the same home are automaton enamel and gilt musical boxes with singing birds, both German, early Twentieth Century, with cases by Emil Brenk and movements likely by Karl Griesbaum.

Many unusual and high-quality pieces of jewelry range from an antique rock crystal, enamel and 18K locket with a miniature of King George II to a very heavy 18K yellow gold contemporary diamond “zipper” necklace. Plique-à-jour works include two butterflies and a dragonfly that are mounted in 18K yellow gold with emeralds, opals, rubies and diamonds. A magnificent 14K diamond and ruby enameled bangle bracelet is set with 6 carats of diamonds and more than 140 natural rubies. Another impressive 18K piece is an eagle form necklace set with 91 round brilliant cut diamonds and weighing 130 grams. Also offered will be two 22K yellow gold necklaces, one with matching earrings; a platinum and diamond bangle; an 18K enameled, diamond, and ruby bird bath pendant with chain; a Jadeite pendant and earrings with diamonds; and a 14K enameled serpent bracelet with diamonds and rubies.

For those who prefer to hang their beautiful things on the wall there is a variety of artwork, including those with a strong New England flavor from an assortment of Connecticut and Massachusetts homes: a vibrant watercolor of two fisherman in rowboat by John Whorf, a native of Massachusetts and descendant of Cape Cod sea captains; an oil on canvas of cows in pasture by Charles Morris Young; a typical landscape with pond by Henry Pember Smith “View of Mill Pond, Lyme, CT”; a forest scene by Chauncey Foster Ryder; two studio etchings by Armin Landeck; and a Nineteenth Century folk art portrait of a little girl with doll in the manner of Joseph Goodhue Chandler. There is a charming bronze titled “Bedtime” by Bessie Potter Vonnoh of a sleepy child. Artwork featured of more Continental taste includes an early Nineteenth Century Italian landscape in the manner of Michele Felice Corne, two bronze sculptures after Jean de Bologne, a few Italian school oils on wood panel, and large number of drypoint etchings, aquatints and lithographs, etc by Théophile Steinlen, Paul Helleu, Louis Legrand, Jacques Villon, Manuel Robbe, Edgar Chahine, Jean Francois Raffaelli, Rene Genis and more.

Collectors of coins and currency, stamps and books will have a good assortment to choose from with 19 coin lots, including US Gold Type, a Series 1985 $20 Foldover Error note, and a 1922 $100 gold certificate. An important collection of American stamps, including a complete set of 1893 Colombian Expo zeppelins will cross the block. Also, not to be missed are 11 lots of books, including Kipling; 10 volumes by George Trevelyan, The American Revolution (N.Y. 1909); Works of William H. Prescott (Philadelphia, 1875), and many others, which will be sold to benefit a Connecticut nonprofit institution

The sale will be live at Winter Associates’ gallery, beginning at 5:30 pm on December 12. Previews are Friday December 9, noon to 4 pm, Sunday, December 11, 2 to 4 pm); and Monday, December 12, noon to 5 pm. Previewing at other times is by appointment. Winter Associates’ auction catalog is available at www.auctionsappraisers.com.

Absentee bids can be submitted prior to the sale and bidders are welcome to actively bid during the sale online or by phone bid. Pickup will be by appointment only, call the office and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Winter Associates is at 21 Cooke Street. For more information or to make an appointment to preview, 860-793-0288.

Previews:
Friday, Dec. 9th, 12-4 pm
Sunday, Dec. 11th, 2-4 pm
Monday, Dec. 12th, 12-5pm or by appointment.
Jewelry; Coins; Stamps; Paintings; Prints; Miniature Portraits; Sculpture; Antique Continental, American & English Furniture, also D.R. Dimes and E. Wheeler; Rugs; Ceramics; Glass; Books; etc.
Jewelry including 22K gold, unusual forms, precious stone, plique-à-jour, quartz rock crystal, Art Deco, etc.; Coins and currency, mostly US, gold, silver, errors; American Stamps from single collector including Columbian Expo and zeppelins; Paintings by John Whorf, Henry Pember Smith, Charles Morris Young, folk art portrait of girl with doll, and early Italian school; Prints by Théophile Steinlen, Armin Landeck, J. Audubon, Paul C. Helleu, Manuel Robbe, Louis Legrand, Jacques Villon, Jean Raffaelli, Kathe Kollowitz, Edgar Chahine, William Strang, Levon West, John Costigan, etc.; 18K box with Napoleon miniature and over forty other miniatures; Bronze sculpture ‘Bedtime’ by Bessie Potter Vonnoh, No. “XX”, 10” h.; cold painted bronze by Bergman; Antique Continental, American & English Furniture, also DR Dimes and E. Wheeler; Oriental Rugs; Glass including Baccarat “Massena” and Moser brandy set; clocks including English Bracket by James Brown; Books, 19th and 20th C. better sets including 28 volumes of Kipling; etc.
18K, Diam., Rubies
18K, Diamonds
Antique 18K, Napoleon
14K, Rubies, Diamonds
Necessaire de voyage, 1884,
by Jenner & Knewstub,
gilded silver, coromandel, rare complete set
Automaton, Brenk
Automaton, Brenk
Landeck, “Studio One”
C. M. Young, oil, 21” h.
18K, 139 Diamonds
Bergman, 7” h.
Steinlen, Chaix
18K, Plique-a-jour, 4” w.
18K, Jadeite
H. P. Smith; Federal
Georgian chest; Federal
Kipling, Collected Works, New York 1941, 28 vols
Leonards table; Books (11 lots); Rugs
Mid-19th C. Folk Art
Eldred Wheeler
1985 $20 Foldover Error
1832, Audubon
1922 $100 gold certificate
50 pc Commemorative
18K, Opal, Diam., Plique-a-jour, 3” w.
John Whorf, watercolor, 20” h.
19 Coin lots including US Gold Type set
19th C. Continental
Vonnoh
18K, Crystal, Diam.
14K, Plat., Diam., Enamel
14K, Diam., Rubies
Important American Stamps
Dimes, Wheeler, etc.