Stanton MOST IMPORTANT AMERICANA, FINE ART & ANTIQUES
(THE ONE BEFORE THE “LAST” ONE)
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24TH AT 10AM
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This is “The one before the last one”; And as we’re preparing to close our doors forever, We can’t imagine how any sale could be stronger than this one, right here, right now! I want to thank all those who have al-ways promised us their important collections and have now come through in spades! Also thanks to Dr. & Mrs. Alan Gill from who’s CT home we brought 3 full truckloads of their lifetime collection in for this Auc-tion… We usually have 3 or 4 weathervanes; in this auction we have over 20! We usually have 1 or 2 quilts, we have 15! We usually have a few garden antiques, we have more than 30! A few decoys, we have 25; Huge collections of outstanding early lighting & fireplace antiques; Huge quantities of important Art & Pe-riod furniture; Fabulous treen & early ceramics; Antique Toys; Oriental Rugs; Historical Ephemera; Clocks incl 3 tall clocks; Fabulous trade signs; Gameboards; Great Victorian & Mission Oak furniture; Early brass & copper & cast iron plus doorstops; Antique glass; Rare & Important TIFFANY & way too much more to men-tion in this space!!! Go directly to our internet sites for all the detail you will need & don’t forget to come to one of our weeklong preview days &, of course, this AMAZING AUCTION itself!
Spectacular, Rare & Important late 19th/early 20th C copper seahorse weathervane w the best detail – Originally from The Gingerbread Castle in NJ – 41” tall
Exceptional Classical carved mahog & rosewood veneered ca 1800 NYC rare form sofa table w lyre ends featuring brass tines attrib to either Duncan Phyfe or Michael Allen – 26½”w x 24”d x 27¾” tall
George Inness (1825-1894) 7”x14¼” o/panel remote village in landscape orig found in a NJ estate sale w the signature not visible below the frame edge – it was quite some time later, that the frame was removed & the signature was discovered
Rare & important ca 1890’s pr of bronze & wrought iron TIFFANY andirons – very few Tiffany andirons have survived because of the very nature of the utilitarian function – This lot is rarer, still, in that it retains its orig crossbar – see Alastair Duncan’s “Tiffany Lamps and Metalware” pg 454 for related ex-ample 26 3/4” tall x 23” tall – 49” long crossbar
Fine Wm & Mary ca 1725 beautiful burl walnut Boston highboy in excellent proportions – 63” tall Henry Grinnell Thomson (1850-1937) very large 30”x42” o/c farm scene w a woman calling workers in from the field w a conch shell sgnd HG Thomson upper left & titled “The Dinner Call – Wilton, CT” w orig label on verso – active in the “Silvermine Guild of Artists”, Thomson was a regular exhibitor from 1881-1897 at The National Academy of Design, in great carved, possibly original, frame
Exceptional early Wm & Mary period ca 1725 Boston ball ft chest in crotch walnut veneer, fine surface & provenance 36¼” tall x 3½” case width x 19¾” deep
ca 1700-1720 great Wm & Mary dining size CT maple & pine tavern table w a fantastic 31”x68” single board orig top w its orig drawer & full stretcher base in great old grungy surface shown w a fine private collection of antique duck decoys
John Newton Howitt (1885-1958) 24”x32” o/c fantastic illustrator Christmas scene
Fine QA period ca 1740-1760 Central CT River Valley fan carved cherry flat top highboy in desirable diminutive proportions – descended in the Hotchkiss family – 73 1/2” tall x 34” upper case width x 37” lower case width
J.J. LaValley (1858-1930) 10”x13” o/bd still life of chestnuts
1 of 2 J.J. LaValley paintings in this sale
Extremely rare & early Wm & Mary period ca 1700-1725 Boston carved walnut oval tray top tea table in completely orig as found cond – possibly a unique form – 35 1/2” x 25 1/2” oval top ize
Spectacular 19thC Vict era horn armchair attrib to Wenzel Friederich of San Antonio, TX in wonderful cond – Best horn chair we’ve ever sold
Beautiful, rich & detailed Joseph  W. Johns (1833-1877 PA) very large 57½” x 37½” o/c “The Apparitions Gift”
Exceedingly rare & important copyright 1914 book titled “The Artwork of Louis C. Tiffany” w wonderful illustrations – rare to begin with as it is #110 of only 400 copies made & rarer, still
because it is sgnd by Louis C. Tiffany & dated June 1916 ca late 19thC attrib J.W.
Fiske Iron Works NY cast iron & glass aquarium (was being used in the house as a terrarium) embellished w cranes, birds & exotic water plants – Some missing elements & repairs – nonetheless a rare & important item 44” tall – 32” diam
Rare Ruth Henshaw Bascom (1772- 1848) 22½” x 15” wc & graphite on paperboard portrait of a woman ca 1830 housed in period gilded pine frame – Bas-com worked principally in the Ashby, MA area during her most productive period – this is a seldom found larger example in excellent untouched original condition
QA period ca 1750 CT River Valley 7 drawer (2 over 6 split top Varient) tall chest in maple featuring old surface, period QA brasses, incredible height, graduated drawers & elegant proportions –orig found in Hatfield, MA homestead where it had resided for over 200 yrs – 59½ tall x 36¼ case width
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Brian Coole 12½” x 15” o/bd summer sky portrait of Boston
Harbor as it appeared ca 1850
Brian Coole 12”x 29½” o/bd wonderful colorful blue sky panoramic of Boston Harbor from the Chelsea shore as it appeared ca 1860
Period Sheraton ca 1800 extremely fine & rare form carved mahog diminutive bowfront server attrib to Samuel McIntyre from Salem, MA featuring fluted columns w water leaf carving & turreted tops & gadrooned top edge & a very fine & rare period Sheraton ca 1800 Boston mahog dressing chest attrib to John & Thomas Seymour w 3 drawer gallery top &  carved columns & fluted & turned legs & carved posts ending in turreted tops attrib to Thomas Wight-man
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ca 1740’s early period Chippendale MA maple slant lid bracket base desk w center drop, full stepped interior, orig brasses & desirable 35” case width plus a fabulously narrow proportion ca 1740 QA period
CT cherry duck ftd slant lid desk w amphitheater interior & unusual pull out loper’s above matching pull out pencil drawers – very rare form – 33¾” case width! See our internet sites for many more period desks in a variety of forms
Fantastic period QA ca 1740 Newburyport, MA maple & pine rare chest on frame w orig QA brasses & great early red paint over the orig red wash – fully developed cabriole legs, scroll cut base, fine proportions & great cond 67½” tall x 17½” deep x 34½” case width
18thC Chippendale bracket base tall clock w broken arch crest, fluted columns & hand painted phases of the moon dial & brass works – 92” tall; Early 19thC CT River Valley carved pine 88” tall clock w 30 hour wooden movement, hand ptd dial & nice molded base – came out of a Southwick, MA home 45 years ago & has been in private collection ever since & an excellent late 19thC mahog carved Chippendale style grandfather clock w painted face & beveled glass waist door made by Paine Furniture Co (sgnd) Boston, MA – 91” tall – See our internet sites for details on all the clocks in this sale
Wonderful Vict sheet & cast iron Optician’s dbl sided trade sign w orig dbl bracket – 25” tall x 30” long plus an outstanding ca 1920’s dbl sided bronze doctor’s trade sign “Dr. Martin L. O’Neill” in great surface – McLellan Barclay mold – 21½” wide x 21½” tall
Showing 3 of 9 from a Private Collection of antique French wire planters incl a pr of 3 tier demi-lune examples & a round 3 tier example from the grounds of the Fairfield, CT estate – See our internet sites for details on these & the rest Showing just a bit of the fabulous treen collection from Bible to Pipe boxes, etc,
in fabulous paint &/or original patina – See our internet sites for details on these & much, much more!
Extremely rare ca 1750 QA period CT maple dropleaf breakfast table w cut corner top on cabriole legs & pad feet – a rare all orig survivor in a very desir-able size – 36” long Just showing a bit of the Early American iron from bootscrapers to grills from the Dr. Gill collection Just some of the Early American, mostly iron, lighting from the Dr. Gill CT estate – See our internet sites for details on these & much more, not shown here incl his fine brass candlestick pairs collection, etc
3’8”x 5’1” antique Kazak Oriental prayer rug – one of 30 Oriental Rugs in this sale
Extremely rare Federal period ca 1790 Robert Adam influenced carved Northern white pine fireplace mantle & mantle surround in white paint & as found condition accompanied by a box of loosened carvings & other pieces – a spectacular & worthy restoration project – approx 104” tall x 66” wide
Ca 1820 NY or PA superb orig paint dec (orange, umber & yellow) blanket chest featuring side by side central drawers, modified central drop bracket base & cupid’s bow bootjack ends – elaborately Vinegar sponge & feather painted, the front w central heart design, single plank cleated lid, lidded til & orig hardware – excellent untouched cond throughout – 31” tall x 51” wide x 20 1/2” deep shown w some of the private collection of cobalt dec stoneware – See our internet sites for many more ptd items & the rest of the stoneware
Wonderful dated 1900 Gorham sterling silver 3 handled 10” tall loving cup w repousee dec & presentation inscription “Rockwell Carhart from his Grand-mother Carhart 1900” – approx 73ozt
Fine Victorian carved walnut marble top, turtle top table w the selection of antique cast
iron doorstops atop Rare desirably diminutive period Chippendale ca 1755-1775 Delmarva peninsula carved black walnut chest-on-chest – 85” tall x 36” upper case width & 39” lower case width
There are a dozen period Windsor chairs in this sale incl these examples from Scituate, MA; VT; NY State; CT; etc incl sgnd E. Tracy & more
Outstanding ca 1860 American Vict walnut slant lid secretary w highly carved lady’s head crest & fine interior – approx 101” tall x 42” wide x 22” deep – There are several more excellent mid-19thC/Victorian secretaries in this sale
Rare & wonderful form early 20thC copper owl on arrow weathervane in old surface -22” tall x 45” long. There are more than 20 fine weathervanes & re-lated items in this sale
Significant historical display of 3 personal wax seals of Commander Isaac Hull w possible signature – Hull was commander of the US Constitution during the War of 1812 – overall framed size 4¾” x 5½”
Fine American School ca mid 19thC 23”x 29” o/c (oval formatted
size 20”x 26”) vibrantly painted still life of fruit in excellent carved & gilded vintage frame w a sand finish mat – One of many excellent still lifes
Clinton Loveridge (1838-1915) 12”x 18” o/c Hudson River autumn scene depicting figure w walking stick in foreground, village in mid ground & mountains in background dated 1873 in orig frame & as found cond w some restoration needed to both canvas & frame – nonetheless a strong & wonderful painting
Exceptional ca 1840 very large 19½” x 27½” theorem painting depicting a dbl handled basket of vibrant colored fruit housed in a period birdseye veneered frame in very good untouched cond – seldom do we see these this large – See our internet sites for more
Rare ca 1860 large Enfield, CT Shaker shoe ft maple & pine quilt rack in orig robin’s egg blue paint – 51” tall x 62” wide shown w some of the collection of 15 antique quilts from the Fairfield, CT estate – See our internet sites for more Shaker & the rest of the quilts
Fine 19thC cast iron garden urn – 23½” tall x 17” wide – The grounds of the Fairfield CT estate were loaded with garden urns & planters – See our internet sites
Evelyn Saczawa Dubiel (CT, 1922-) 9¾” x 8¾” w/c titled “Little Girl in a Blue Dress” in the manner of PA folk artist Jacob Maentel (1763-1863) – Dubiel is often referred to as America’s foremost living self-taught Folk Artist – Provenance: direct from the Dubiel family shown w a very rare 12” diam 19thC pantry box w paint dec by Evelyn Saczawa Dubiel (1922-) – This is an early Dubiel work dated 1978 – See our internet sites for 5 more Dubiel paintings in this sale incl one thought to be one first she ever painted
Fine 19thC copper rooster weathervane on zinc legs in great verdigris surface w red painted comb & wattle – 26” tall x 22” wide & a very rare early ca 1850 copper rooster weathervane by A.L. Jewell & Co Waltham, MA – robust flattened full body form w applied embossed & layered sheet copper tail in excel-lent verdigris & pewter gray patina in excellent untouched orig cond – This form exemplifies Jewell’s early work along with the use of high tin content in copper used to form the body – See “The Art of the Weathervane” by Miller page 37

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