William Smith Important Country Americana Auction
The lifelong collection of a Vermont gentleman
The French House
Smith’s Auction Gallery,
1064 Rt 12A
Plainfield, NH
Auction: Friday, August 4, 2017 at 10:00am
Preview: Thursday, August 3 at 12:00-5:00 or by appointment
Photos & details at www.wsmithauction.com • No internet bidding
We have moved a wonderful collection of country Americana (a collection acquired over a lifetime) and combined with selected items from other estates which will make for a fantastic auction event. This auction will be displayed in the Historic French House and held under tents, with over 300 lots and no reserves this will be a sale you won’t want to miss!
An overview of items: 18th and 19th C. country American furniture most in old color including Chippendale chests and desks, cupboards, Windsor chairs, other early chairs, several early tavern, hutch and harvest tables, early candle and light stands; many early floor cupboards in paint; Q.A and other blanket chests in old paint; early VT grain painted chests of drawers; several early wall and pipe boxes in paint, document and writing boxes; and more.
Early painted game boards one with a drawer; great selection of early iron, hearth related, and lighting; good collection of early redware some with decoration including Nina Fletcher Little; many early pieces of decorated stoneware; early weathervanes; early blown glass and related; early textiles, floor and bed covers; early firearms, Kentucky flintlock, Hilliard under hammer and other antique long guns; bayonets; old American flag; Indian beaded gloves and moccasins; coffee mills and kitchen related- etc.
Early maps; primitive paintings and watercolors; early portrait paintings; early silhouettes; early door stops; Shaker items; many early chopping bowls in old paint, blue painted burl bowl, early treenware in old paint; old iron hardware; coffee grinders; early samplers including Chelsea VT; leaded glass windows; early liquor box with period bottles; early cobbler’s bench in blue paint; early chest on frame, old brass; early cast iron parlor stove; series of Currier & Ives, Darktown Battery; Folk Art floor standing barber’s pole; large Folk Art scissors trade sign; massive banner weathervane; small butcher’s block; collection of vintage clothing; 2 early tall clocks including Silas Hoadley and R. Whiting in old paint, other clocks; some early coin silver table wares, 19th C and earlier jewelry and much more,
please plan to attend.
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www.wsmithauction.com
info@wsmithauction.com
603-675-2549
Terms: Cash-Check-Major Credit Cards:
18% Buyer’s Premium Reduced to 15% with Cash or Check
No Sales Tax Catered Seating Tents
Auctioneers: William G. Smith and Kenneth R. Labnon
Gallery Manager: Leon Rogers
William Smith, Inc
Specializing in Fine Antiques
Plainfield, New Hampshire 03781
Tel. 603-675-2549
NH LICENSE #2825– VT #57-702 – FL #AU-4814
Offices – Plainfield, NH – Greenwich, CT – Sarasota, FL – Phoenix, AZ
Auctioneer and Appraiser
Wonderful country VT grain painted chest
Items in old paint
Fine country
Folk Art and period furnishings in paint The Historic French House
Large antique Banner weathervane
1 of 2 country grandfather clocks
Flintlock long guns
Country in old paint Am. School portrait
Redware
Period furniture / early lighting
Nina Fletcher Little box and redware
5 Church Hill Road / Newtown, CT 06470
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