Bruneau and Co – Fine and Decorative Art Online Auction
Monday January 22nd at 10am EST
www.BruneauandCo.com
63 4th Ave. Cranston, RI

CRANSTON, R.I. — Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers will greet the New Year with a 438-lot winter fine and decorative art online-only auction featuring items from prominent area estates and collections. The event will be conducted on Monday, January 22, starting at 10 am Eastern time.

Expected top lots include a landscape painting by Bruce Crane (1857-1937); a rare circa 1880 Bark John & Winthrop carved whale’s tooth; a circa 1830 Chinese oil on canvas painting of the 13 Hongs of Canton; an early Twentieth Century Pairpoint Puffy Papillion table lamp; a 1977 Philippines 5,000-peso gold proof coin; and a Tavannes Hermes silver golfing belt watch.

The Crane painting, an oil on canvas depicting an open field with a small stream surrounded by a forest covered in fog, is expected to bring $2/3,000. Crane studied at the Art Students League and was influenced by the French Barbizon School in France.

The stout whale’s tooth was carved on the John & Winthrop, a whaling ship captained by William T. Shorey, the only Black ship’s captain of the time. It’s carved with an elaborate landscape depicting ships in a harbor with a bustling city (likely San Francisco) with hills. It’s marked “Bark John & Winthrop 1876 1880” ($2/4,000).

The circa 1830 Chinese export oil on canvas painting, unsigned, depicts the 13 Hongs of Canton, the site in which the legal trade with the West and China was conducted from 1757 to 1842. The work depicts numerous trade ships in the harbor of the factories where the Spanish, American, English and Netherlands flags flew ($3/5,000).

The early Twentieth Century Pairpoint Puffy Papillion table lamp depicts yellow butterflies and red roses in the Papillion pattern over a two-light lamp with two pulls over a shapely column with a botanical base. The brass and glass lamp is marked “Pairpoint Mfg. Co.” on the bottom and came out of a Massachusetts collection ($800-$1,200).

The first 29 lots in the auction are all gold proof coins, mostly individual coins but a few in groups. Chief among the gold coins is a 1977 Philippines 5,000-peso gold proof coin that’s expected to reach $3/4,000. The US Franklin Mint New Society V Anniversary coin, contains 2.21 ounces troy of .900/1000 fine gold. The coin is in uncirculated condition and is presented in the original plastic sleeve with folder case and papers.

The Twentieth Century Swiss-made Tavannes Hermes silver golfing belt watch boasts a white squared face with black Arabic numeral numbering in a sterling silver case set into a belt buckle attached to a deep brown leather belt. The lady’s watch is marked “Tavannes Hermes” and “Sterling Silver.” It should realize $1,5/2,500.

A blue wooden mandolin made in China in the Twentieth Century by George Washburn features a mother of pearl inlaid headstock and finger board with vibrant blue finish. It’s marked “George Washburn Model M-ISDL/TBL Serial No. DC04050202” to the interior and “Washburn” to headstock. Pulled from an Amherst, Mass., estate, it should go for $150-$250.

The Nineteenth Century American Wringer Company shaving cup salesman’s archive of Michael Martin Flynn, a salesman for the company, includes a shaving mug with wringer on the front; salesman’s sample; a three-piece sterling silver desk set; a collection of photographs; a cane marked “Won by M.M. Flynn in voting contest at Veteran Firemen’s Fair as the most popular Superintendent, Woonsocket, R.I., May 1897,” and some documents ($300/500).

Other noteworthy lots include a Chinese Qing dynasty tea dust porcelain vase having a tall neck and a wide body finished in a vibrant green tea dust glaze, with a partial mark on the bottom ($600/900); and a carved Eighteenth Century Dutch Continental soldier’s horn snuff box decorated with figures holding guns and plants with a carved wood botanical lid, pulled from the collection of a Newport, R.I., estate ($500/800).

Previews will be conducted by appointment only in the Bruneau & Co. gallery at 63 Fourth Avenue. For more information, www.bruneauandco.com or 401-533-9980.

Preview by appointment only.
Thirteen Hongs of Canton Chinese Export Painting
KPM Madonna & Child I/” x 13.5″ Plague
Bruce Crane Forest Stream Landscape Painting
Drug Store Apothecary Lighted Prescription Sign
1979 Franklin Mint Gold Piece .999 Proof Coin Set
C1900 Persian Heriz Oriental Carpet Rug
3 Piece French Mannequin Display Busts
19C. Rare Bark John & Winthrop Carved Whale Tooth
Pairpoint Puffy Papillion Table Lamp
George Washburn ISDL/TBL Blue Mandolin
Tavannes Hermes Silver Golfing Belt Watch
18-19C Continental Soldiers Horn Snuff Box
Patek Philippe 14K Gold Pocket Watch Repeater
Pair Chinese Republic Period Porcelain Bowls
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