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A LA VIEILLE RUSSIE, New York City — Diamond and pinkish Mississippi River pearl flamingo pin, American, circa 1930, measuring 2¼ inches long.

 

A LA VIEILLE RUSSIE, New York City — Gilded silver and shaded cloisonné enamel presentation punch bowl set, including ladle and eight charki, on tray, by P. Ovchinnikov, Moscow, 1885. The diameter of the tray is 12 inches. It was a gift from Alexander III in 1887 to the Chilean Navy Admiral who came to the rescue in 1881 of the Russian Imperial Navy ship Tunguss, commanded by Makaroff.

 

A LA VIEILLE RUSSIE, New York City — Gold-mounted bloodstone necessaire, the borders chased with foliage and scrolls, the lid featuring a watch. It is fitted with four glass bottles, scissors, tweezers with nail file, tablets, pair of gold pencil holders, two spoons, bodkin, hook, ear pick, ear cleaned, eyebrow comb and sponge. It is from the workshop of James Cox, the watch signed “Tho. Grant, London,” circa 1770. It measures 10 inches high.

 

A LA VIEILLE RUSSIE, New York City — Large diamond crescent brooch, English, circa 1870, 3¼ inches in length, approximately ten carats.

 

A LA VIEILLE RUSSIE, New York City — Large rectangular rhodonite table box with white enamel and gold mount by Faberge, workmaster H. Wigstrom, St Petersburg. It was retailed in Faberge’s London branch about 1912. It is with the original case and measures 4¾ inches in length. The gold-mounted oval nephrite tray on paw feet is by Faberge, workmaster H. Wigstrom, St Petersburg. It was retailed in Faberge’s London branch about 1912 and measures 5¾ inches in length.

 

BARBARA ISRAEL GARDEN ANTIQUES, Katonah, N.Y. — A carved Istrian stone bench, the slab seat ornamented with egg and dart molding, the two supports in the form of winged sphinxes, Italian, circa 1920. It measures 20¼ inches high, 58 inches wide and 19 inches deep.

 

BARBARA ISRAEL GARDEN ANTIQUES, Katonah, N.Y. — A carved Portland stone birdbath with tapered, fluted baluster and stiff leaf decoration on the underside of the bowl, English, circa 1930. It measures 47 inches high, 23-inch basin diameter and 12-inch base diameter.

 

BARBARA ISRAEL GARDEN ANTIQUES, Katonah, N.Y. — A monumental lime statue of Diana the Huntress wearing classical robes and a diadem, taking an arrow from the quiver on her back, shown standing beside as tree stump, her left hand resting between the stag’s antlers, on a square base. It is of French origin, circa 1900, after the Antique. Diana is 87 inches high, the pedestal 33½ inches high.

 

BARBARA ISRAEL GARDEN ANTIQUES, Katonah, N.Y. — A pair of carved stone putti, one with foot resting an skull and carrying a quiver filled with arrows, the other with ball and chain and holding flowers to his chest, Low Countries, circa Eighteenth Century. Each measures approximately 36 inches high, including the base.

 

COURCIER-WILKINS, Yarmouth Port, Mass. — Shaker tall clock by Benjamin Youngs, Watervliet, N.Y., circa 1800–1810.

 

COURCIER-WILKINS, Yarmouth Port, Mass. — This Massachusetts ball and claw foot corner chair, birch and maple, dates from the third quarter of the Eighteenth Century.

 

COURCIER-WILKINS, Yarmouth Port, Mass. — This miniature Chippendale side chair in mahogany was found on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

 

FRANK & BARBARA POLLACK, Highland Park, Ill. — A rare and fine English Staffordshire slipware pitcher, probably the Midlands, dated 1744, slip-trailed patterning in cream and brown on vertical bands and the lower portion is unglazed. It measures 6½ inches high and is in fine condition, with only one small chip on the spout.

 

FRANK & BARBARA POLLACK, Highland Park, Ill. — An exceptional and rare Federal painted and decorated pipe box, New England or New York State, original surface and decoration, 153/8  inches high, 5½ inches wide and 4½ inches deep.

 

FRANK & BARBARA POLLACK, Highland Park, Ill. — An exceptional full-length profile portrait of a woman with a pink scarf, attributed to J.M. Crowley, New York, pencil and watercolor on paper, circa 1835. This work measures 9 by 4¾ inches framed, 8¼ by 3¾ inches sight, and is from the collection of the late Roger Bacon. “Full standing portraits by Crowley are rare, I know of only three, as most of his subjects were seated and in much smaller scale.” —Barbara Pollack.

 

FRANK & BARBARA POLLACK, Highland Park, Ill. — The “Eliab Eaton and Lucretia Flint” Family Tree and memorial, New England, circa 1835, watercolor and ink on paper in the original grain-painted architectural frame. This watercolor, noting the births of the Eatons’ 12 children and a memorial noting the deaths of some family members, was probably executed by Sarah B. Eaton. It measures 23¼ by 25¾ inches framed.

GUTHMAN AMERICANA, Westport, Conn. — “James/Maccular his horn/made at North Castell 1776,” a fine engraved horn by Jacob Gay. This horn shows the profile of Washington with a scroll with “Liberty” within. Maccular served with the Massachusetts regiments. The plug is missing and there are some cracks and stains.

 

GUTHMAN AMERICANA, Westport, Conn. — A pair of model cannon with bronze barrels, inscribed “Relic of the Royal George/Sunk 1782/Raised 1840.” The barrel length is 12½ inches long.

 

GUTHMAN AMERICANA, Westport, Conn. — British provision return printed in Boston during the British occupation in 1775 for the 18th Royal Regiment of Foot.

 

GUTHMAN AMERICANA, Westport, Conn. — Exceedingly rare Massachusetts broadside with signatures proclaiming the war against Great Britain is just and necessary. It was printed by Benjamin Edes, Watertown, 1776, and the left margin is torn and some of the signatures are missing.

 

 

 

HILL-STONE INC, New York City — An etching by Antonio Canaletto, “Imaginary View of Padua,” circa 1750.

 

HILL-STONE INC, New York City — Framcesco Castiglione, “The Triumph of Galatea,” drawing in red chalk, brown and sanguine washes highlighted with white. It dates circa 1700.

 

HILL-STONE INC, New York City — Pietro Gonzaga, “Design for a Stage set,” drawing in brown pen and wash, circa 1800.

 

HILL-STONE INC, New York City — Tobias Verhaecht, “Draftsmen on a Hill Overlooking a Town,” drawing in brown pen and wash over black chalk, circa 1600. This is an exceptionally fresh and well-preserved sheet.

 

JAMES & NANCY GLAZER, Bailey Island, Maine — Apache Indian creel in mint condition.

 

JAMES & NANCY GLAZER, Bailey Island, Maine — Moravian fish bottle in the largest size made, 8 inches long, circa 1830, Salem, N.C.

 

JAMES & NANCY GLAZER, Bailey Island, Maine — Redware pottery cat figural from Pennsylvania, circa 1840, 7¼ inches high.

 

L’ANTIQUAIRE & THE CONNOISSEUR, INC, New York City — A pair of very large painted wood armchairs, Florence, 40 inches high, 27½ inches wide and 21 inches deep.

 

L’ANTIQUAIRE & THE CONNOISSEUR, INC, New York City — Chest of drawers, circa 1790, Paris, by Guillaume Beneman, in mahogany, ebonized mahogany, oak, gilded bronze and original white marble top. It measures 35 inches high, 53 inches wide and 23½ inches deep.

 

L’ANTIQUAIRE & THE CONNOISSEUR, INC, New York City — Mirror (specchiera), Florence, 1760–1770, gilded wood and mirror glass, 82½ inches high and 37½ inches wide.

 

L’ANTIQUAIRE & THE CONNOISSEUR, INC, New York City — One of a rare pair of German consoles with open work and with Rocaille motiflike shells on the stretchers, with two original scagliola tops. It is of carved, painted and gilded wood, Germany, circa 1730, and measures 32 inches high, 31 inches wide and 16¼ inches deep.

 

LOWY, New York City — A fine Venetian carved and gilt Sansovino frame ornamented with volutes, winged cherub heads at top and bottom centers, and cherub heads swagged with veils at the side corners. It is 3 inches wide, the opening is 18½ by 253/8 inches, and it dates from the late Sixteenth Century.

 

LOWY, New York City — A rare Italian carved and gilt cassetta frame with extended corners, polychrome sgrafitto frieze and Sansovino style outer ornamentation. It dates from the early Seventeenth Century and the opening size is 207/8  by 16 inches.

 

LOWY, New York City — An intricate carved, gilt and polychrome frame of reverse profile with inner continuous carvings of clustered fruit, panels decorated with spread-winged eagles at corners connected by an elaborately scrolled leaf ornament, and outer carving of a continuous wing motif. It is from the Eighteenth Century and the opening size is 18½ by 253/8 inches, 3 inches wide.

 

STEPHEN & CAROL HUBER, Old Saybrook, Conn. — A silk embroidered coat of arms of the Deming family, worked at the Misses Pattens’ School in Hartford, Conn.

 

STEPHEN & CAROL HUBER, Old Saybrook, Conn. — Hannah McCriller’s sampler worked in the 14th year of her age, 1795, from Canterbury, N.H. It is silk on linen.

 

STEPHEN & CAROL HUBER, Old Saybrook, Conn. — Silk embroidered picture depicting “Jeptha’s Rash Vow” in the original gold frame with the original gold eglomise glass. It was worked at Lydia Royse’s Academy in Hartford, Conn.

 

STEPHEN & CAROL HUBER, Old Saybrook, Conn. — This rare and important canvaswork from the Wing family of Sandwich, Mass., dates from the late Seventeenth or early Eighteenth Century and is mounted on the original pine backboard. It is worked in vibrant shades of wool and silk.

 

THROCKMORTON FINE ART, New York City — China, turtle, Neolithic period, Hongshan culture, 3500–2200 BCE, jade, 7 inches long.

 

THROCKMORTON FINE ART, New York City — Costa Rica, mace head of a face, 600–900 CE, green jade, 33/8  inches high.

 

THROCKMORTON FINE ART, New York City — Teotihuacan, mask with scarifications for inlays, 250–450 CE, basalt, 75/8 inches high.

 

THROCKMORTON FINE ART, New York City — Tibet, Buddha head, Fifteenth/Sixteenth Century, gold gilt copper repousse, 10 inches high.