Richard Degre Important Vermont Country Auction 2-Day Onsite Sale
The Soule Mansion
123 North Road, Fairfield, VT 05455
Fairfield, VT 05455
September 16 & 17
10 am both days
Preview: September 15, 9 am to 3 pm

We will be selling the contents of the Elizabeth Soule 1830 Federalist home and barns.
A Real Vermont Country Auction!

We are pleased to be selling the contents of the Elizabeth Soule mansion. The beautiful 1830 Federalist home and barns and their contents will prove to be a Vermont history lesson. The Soule family heritage and history includes the George Soule Evaporator Co., sugar making equipment and the Fonda Container Corp. Everything is in the place the way Elizabeth Soule last occupied the mansion. Subsequently, the present owners are offering the entire original contents at auction! This is a “brief” synopsis of the offering to include: Furniture: Plantation desk w/”tiger” interior, butternut desk & other desks, unusual high back sofa, other federal sofas, deacons benches, Sheraton hepplewhite & country chests in figured maple and birch, 5”6” harvest table in pine, several dropleaf tables, 1 & 2 drawer sewing stands, some with figured maple, candle stands & card tables, Windsor chairs & other early chairs, shield back & saber leg dining chairs, banquet table as found, fig. maple rope beds, twin beds, carved dome top chest on frame (Frank Moran?), folk art sewing stand, splayed leg dough box w/bb cover, 2 early tavern or work tables, armoires & cupboards, “Wesley Pope” writing arm Windsor, dry sink & sooo much more. Pottery, porcelain, glass, oriental: spongeware, FloBlue, yellowware, Bennington, Rockingham, Majolica, White Ironstone, Pattern glass, Limoge, Minton, Picard, KPM, Copeland Spode, Staffodshire, Royal Worcestor, Imari, Cloisonne, several nice decanters, Must See! Art & wall hangings: Ancestral portraits, reverse paintings of “George & Martha” (as found), mirrors of every description, silhouettes by Kellogg, several Currier & Ives, Oriental silks, Steeple Chase prints, Benson More etchings, interesting folky paintings & prints. We are finding art & frames everywhere! Childhood items: Old trains, sports equip., rocking horse, push sleigh & sleds, “Keystone” dump truck, “Structo” truck w/hopper, “model” Smith Miller, Tonka, doll furniture, children’s chairs and sooo much more!

Country smalls, lighting, iron, woodenware: Large & sm. trenchers,”tiger” rolling pin, butter molds, many oil & electric lamps, lanterns, floor lamps, lap desk, blanket boxes & trunks, horse bells, vast selection of old iron & brass kettles, hearth items, butter churn, water pumps, towleware, oak telephone, grain & wood boxes, ci stoves & floral plaques, well & sugar buckets, flax & spinning wheel, country store items incl. National cash register, Burl. VT. “Richardson” silk cabinet, several interesting canes & walking sticks. Several pieces of blue decorated stoneware. Textiles, linens, rugs: Hand wrought 1805 bag handiwork by Susan Foster, some good lots of fancy linens, several country braided rugs, room size & sm. oriental rugs, Jacquard style coverlets in blue & white, red w/eagle borders, vintage clothing, furs & accessories. Special: early Oliver typewriter, cow weathervane, 1857 map of Franklin county, 1871 Franklin county Atlas, wonderful Fonda Co., wooden signs, coal, lumber, cow signs, 2 Disney artist J. Gould sketches of Mickey Mouse “Happy Holidays signed & dated 1986, other signs, fireplace equip., clocks, good cast iron hall tree. From the barns: Mill stone, Doctor’s buggy sgn. Babcock, work wagon, 2 seater sleigh, child’s sleigh, “full body sleighs, 4 french iron chairs, barrels, spa & water gathering tanks, wonderful Fairbanks Morse architectural column platform scale, sheller, “funky” cast iron Dr. chair, milk cans, corn sheller, still uncovering sure to be a lot of “surprises”! Books & ephemera: Detailing Soule family /Fairfield & Franklin country historical dates & history beginning in early 1800’s. Also a good selection of books, photos etc.

Still discovering! A must attend
Richard Degre
802-744-2427 802-673-5840
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