William Smith Spectacular Annual July Estate Auction
Auction: Friday, July 7th 2017 at 10:00am
Preview: Thurs. July 6th from 12:00-5:00pm and morning of sale from 8:00am
Smith’s Auction Gallery
1064 Route 12-A Plainfield, NH
We have selected choice items from many area homes and estates
to present a very unique holiday auction event;

a diverse mixture of American furniture, paintings and accessories from The Francis X Houghton estate, related to the Bennett Family, early settlers of Stonington, CT. Francis was a Princeton graduate then NYC advertising executive for Ogilvy & Mather. A Kendal retirement home estate, loaded with clean antiques, modern and a life-time collection of 100+ occupational shaving mugs from a VT gentleman and much more. See our website for full auction details and images – www.wsmithauction.com. This will be a 500+ lot auction; please make plans to join us for a day of old-fashion auction fun.
Americana, Artwork, Accessories, Silver & Jewelry, Asian, Oriental Rugs, Occupational Mug collection, Automobile and much more!
In-Part: Early canted set-back cupboard, several other cupboards; cherry Queen Anne two-part highboy, fan carvings, other highboy; Chippendale maple corner cupboard, several other period corner cupboards; large country saw-buck table; early blanket chest; great early cobbler’s bench; blue painted built-in cupboard; period 18th & 19th C. chests of drawers; period card tables including inlaid examples; Wm & Mary gate-leg table, Bennett family prov.; green painted comb-back Windsor armchair; bannister back chairs; 19th C. dry-sink in yellow, other dry-sink; several painted blanket boxes; several period stands; period tavern/tap tables; Chippendale slant-lid desks; inlaid chest with tiger maple drawers; Federal secretary; inlaid mahogany cellaret; 18th C. armchair with carved legs; period Queen Anne chairs; child’s size furnishings; Baltimore area chairs and settee; massive 19th C. storage box in green paint; Shaker rocker; set of six St. Johnsbury, VT mushroom cap chairs; R. Whiting grandfather clock
Lovely 19th C. marquetry inlaid burl walnut two-part bookcase with sectional glass door top; good small size 19th C. inlaid mahogany serpentine sideboard, other sideboard; early Italian carved alter table; marquetry inlaid rosewood cabinet; tuckaway Sunderland table; Hepplewhite lolling chair; pair of decorated fireplace pole screens; Emil J. Paidar barber’s chair and Atwater “Cyclo” barber shop sign; floor standing antique brass shaving stand; pair of Chippendale corner cupboards, old elements; French style furnishings; massive carved French mantle elements; carved European storage box; carved English wing chair with book binding upholstery; Victorian mahogany triple door bookcase; a selection of English and Irish pine furnishings from a prominent Hopkinton, NH home including farm table, cupboard, chests of drawers and more.
Great 8’ solid birdseye maple dining table on cherry legs, made in Maine; set of six Windsor bow-back chairs; DR Dimes bowback dbl settee; Kittinger Queen Anne style tea table; Queen Anne style handkerchief table; set of eight carved Chippendale style chairs; double pedestal mahogany dining table with banded inlay and 3 leaves, other dining table; mahogany executives desk; nesting tables with leather tops; block front mahogany desk, several antique beds; Henkel-Harris sideboard; John Widdicomb labeled sideboard; etc.
Accessories: Good carved and polychrome decorated figure of Admiral Lord Nelson on pedestal; great 15.5” burl bowl; Nantucket tray/basket signed Jose Reyes; miniature portrait, E. Salisbury Field attrib.; 19th C. bronze of children holding box; 19th C. painting on porcelain; 19th C. ship captain’s writing box, other good writing boxes; lg. period walnut Queen Anne mirror with parcel gilt crest; convex mirror with eagle crest; girandole set; NY fire helmet; wall paper storage box; Shaker boxes in paint; Shaker cheese press; duck decoys; firkins in paint; lithophane figural lamp; pipe tomahawk; J & W Trolley dbl barrel shotgun; Winchester 30-30, other guns; early pipe box; early lighting; large totem pole carving; lg. cast iron lawn jockey; two large cased ships models; early carved Santos figures; fire alarm bell, Suncook, NH; early calligraphy work; early wooden “stop” sign; large Porcelain sign “East Ryegate”; Dartmouth man figural weathervane; Dustin Coates wood turning from Dartmouth tree; dress maker’s mannequin; pressed steel child’s ride-on toy; 14 “ bronze dachshund sculpture; figural lamps, other lamps; hallmarked sterling sword cane, other cane; 40” antique ships wheel; antique horse weathervane; early farm bell; Hay Budden anvil; two antique National Cash Registers; VT Knights of Templar hat & accessories; early needlework sampler, Eliz. Morgan, 18th C. sampler, Surey Whitney; Cockburn family silhouette, Edouart; selection of early 18th C. NH land deeds; bisque head dolls; Folk Art framed Am. flag, Folk Art birdcage; iron fountain of boy with goose; wrought iron window cages from a NYC brownstone; early lighting including whale oil and others.
A life-time collection of over 100 occupational shaving mugs, including some rare examples, most to be sold in small groupings, see website for lot listings.
Porcelains, Glass & China: Assortment of Meissen; figural groups; French bronze mounted crystal box; assortment of Staffordshire; set of eight Royal Worcester plates, 11 Minton plates, other good sets of plates; large selection of Chinese Export china including platters, tureens, plates, etc; Royal Doulton Lambeth vases; Baccarat paperweights; two-part Weller jardinière; pair of figural (parrot) candelabras; art glass pitcher; pair of scenic porcelain pitchers other porcelains.
Asian: A large lifelong collection of Chinese lacquerware and cinnabar from the estate of Frederick Sand; fine pair of Chinese cloisonné dragon vases, selection of early Chinese earthenware Sung Dynasty; Asian bronze Buddha; antique Chinese compass and sundials; Japanese wood blocks and Chinese paintings; two early framed Chinese embroideries on silk, both with metallic threads; early Chinese vase (converted to lamp); several pieces of Canton; several pieces of blue and white porcelain; large Imari bowl; bronze pieces; carved hanging hardwood display cabinet; Chinese Export leather bound camphor wood trunk, other Asian trunk; 35” Japanese carving of man, gesso and painted; various Asian artworks including woodblock prints, works on silk and much more…
Artwork: Wonderful full length watercolor portrait of Helen Turner with her mother signed and dated Elizabeth Gowdy Baker 1907, in original frame, descending directly through the Houghton estate; oil, Madonna & Child by Alden Twachtman; two nautical/ship paintings by Hunter Wood; oil painting of ship Tusitala, BW Arnold; signed Dutch nautical watercolor; large oil, still life “Cosmos # 9” signed Leota Williams Loop; watercolor, portrait signed Frank Stanley Herring; oil, landscape, Albert Stone; watercolor, Chas. L Tucker; pair of ancestral oil painting portraits, Sarah Lightbody and Luke Powers, Deerfield, MA, attrib. to Augustus Fuller; oil, landscape, S.A. Mulholland; oil painting of dogs by J. Langlois; oil, landscape, Guy Blanchard; Western scene painting by P. W. Griffin; cow painting, C. Clark; several 19th C. landscape paintings; watercolor, illustration, Orson Lowell; oil, figures, signed Barrer; Georgina Forbes; abstract painting; etc..
Churchill Ettinger presentation, migratory bird stamps and pencil signed etching; Ogden Pleissner print; Haskell & Allen print; lithographs by C. Augeri; nautical prints; map of Scotland; print of Amsterdam; antique horse race print; etc…
Silver & Jewelry: Selection of sterling including early hallmarked examples, trays, tea pots, flatware sets, ladles other serving pieces and much more. Approx. 1000 oz. – Estate gold jewelry including charms, watches, necklaces, gold Cross pens and pencils and more…
1996 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport, collector’s car; 16’ center console fishing boat with like new Suzuki outboard motor; Low-hour (150hrs) Kubota L3830 Diesel tractor (serial # 34424) with a LA723 bucket loader, Woods back-hoe, Woods 60 brush hog, Woods RB84 scraper blade, pellet forks.
Oriental Rugs: Many room size and scatter size Oriental rugs.
This is a general listing,
Please plan to attend or preview on-line.
No internet bidding at Smith’s, just great auction fun.
Terms: Cash-Check-Major Credit Cards:
18% Buyer’s Premium Reduced to 15%
with Cash or Check
No Sales Tax Catered Seating
Auctioneers: William G. Smith and Kenneth R. Labnon
Gallery Manager: Leon Rogers
Period American Furnishings Occupation Shaving Mugs
1996 Chevrolet Impala SS
Oil, Hunter Wood
Period Burl Walnut
Chinese lacquerware and cinnabar
from the estate of Frederick Sand
Large watercolor, Elizabeth
Gowdy Baker 1907 Period Antiques
Barber Shop Related Admiral Lord Nelson
Kubota L3830 Diesel tractor with attachments, 150hrs
Leota Williams Loop
Absentee and telephone bids accepted.
SEE WEBSITE FOR FULL AUCTION DETAILS AND LOT IMAGES: WWW.WSMITHAUCTION.COM