Estates Auction
18th, 19th & 20th Century Furniture, Clocks, Bronzes, Works Of Art, Carpets, Silver & Jewelry
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
ESTATES AUCTION
The Jarvis Center - 40 Andrew Jarvis Drive
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Saturday, January 9th, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.
We will be offering fresh merchandise drawn from many local Seacoast homes as well as two Boston area Estates. 18th, 19th and 20th Century furniture, clocks, paintings, European porcelains and bronzes, Oriental works of art, carpets, silver and jewelry, Picasso “Laughing Eye” face jug and more.
FURNISHINGS: Chippendale & Hepplewhite bureaus; tavern tables; wonderful grain painted apothecary chest; pair of Windsor chairs in old paint; yellow painted rocker; rococo Revival mirror; Paine Furniture marquetry inlaid curio cabinet; mahogany art nouveau curio cabinet; mahogany Hepplewhite style dining room set w/(8) chairs; Sheraton style sofa; shield back settee & chairs; mahogany bedroom sets; mahogany bonnet top highboy; oak furniture (most with original finish) includes large carved “L” chest, china cabinets, matching chest & commode; custom mahogany furniture by Baker and Henredon to include oval mahogany dining table, sideboard, server, silver chests, love seat, chairs, coffee and card tables; pine cottage furniture in original paint; several cottage chests; carved mahogany music box base; mahogany floor Victrola; oak pie safe; etc.
WORKS OF ART: Oils signed Marie Laurencin, Michel-Henry, B. Bottel, Theodore Levigne, G. Nyup, Otis Cook, F.D. Ogden, unsigned landscape attributed to A.T. Britcher, and unsigned portrait of girl from Estate of Gov. John Andrew. Works on paper: by L.K. Harlow, Grant Wood, G.W. Harvey, Georges Braque, J.A.M. Whistler, Henri Matisse, Juan Gris, and Lyonel Feininger. Japanese prints: large variety of framed and unframed prints and Kakemonos by artists such as Toyokuni, G. Kuwayama, Tanzan, Hishikawa Moronobu, Shunyei, Kunisada, Yoshitora and Hiroshige.
PORCELAIN, ETC.: KPM plaque of woman signed Wagner; KPM jeweled portrait cups & saucers; Meissen figurines; wonderful selection of English, French & German porcelain demitasse cups & saucers, portrait plates, sets of plates, dinner services, urns and vases including Dresden, Ruddlestat, Limoges, Royal Doulton, Copeland, Minton and Lenox; (2) Wedgwood black & white plaques; Limoges enameled copper plaque and others; Steuben; large assortment of cut glass; Leeds platters; lot of Majolica; Roseville tea set.
BRONZE: Grouping of small Vienna cold painted bronzes; cold painted peacock; 12” long cold painted buffalo signed Geschutzt; 14” wolf on marble stand signed Valton, E. Colin & Co., Paris; 19th Century Chiurazzi Foundry 24” figure; 7” long bronze lion by Charles Masson.
SILVER: Porringer marked RA; English gravy boat; many sterling silver bowls, plates, hollowware, candlesticks & flatware by Tiffany, Gorham and others; (2) elaborate silver-plated tea sets; sterling dresser sets; Continental water font; (41) sterling silver Presidential plates.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST: Picasso Laughing-Eye Face Jug, Limited Edition 65/350; Madonna icon on wood with Roman labels; wonderful painted folk art game board; painted and furnished dollhouse circa 1900; assorted dolls & doll clothing; Bentwood child’s settee, chair & rocker; large covered box in original paint; carved whirligig; early photographs including daguerreotypes of John Mugford of Boston (a Civil War bugler); photograph albums & early negatives; early games; hooked rug of deer; 20” gilded Oriental figure; 23” wood carved & gessoed standing Buddha from Gump collection; (2) Carl Zeiss microscopes; pond model; large assortment of linens; Stanley #45 plow plane and other hand tools.
CLOCKS: E. Howard & Co. 60” walnut regulator clock; Sevres clock set; Tiffany & Co. French porcelain mantle clock; French repeating carriage clock; A. Stowell banjo clock; onyx mantle clock; beehive clock.
ORIENTAL RUGS: Tekke Bokharas; Tabriz silk & wool; Mahal, Sarouk and others.
JEWELRY: 14K white gold & diamond bracelet; 14K gold ruby & sapphire bracelet; blue sapphire & diamond platinum ring and other pieces.
BOOKS: Many sets of books including Cevates, Shakespeare, Swift, Richardson, Henry Fielding, Shelly, Plato, Dickens, Stevenson, Conrad & Emerson. Assorted Medieval library: Paradise Lost by John Milton, etc.
PREVIEW: Friday, January 8th from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. and morning of sale from 8:00 a.m.
TERMS: 15% Buyer’s Premium. Payment in full day of auction by cash, check with prior approval, MasterCard or Visa.
DIRECTIONS: From 1-95 N/S take exit 5 to the Portsmouth traffic circle, bear right onto the Route 1 By-Pass South; take a left at the third set of lights onto Greenleaf Avenue. At the top of the hill, take a sharp right, then the first left onto Andrew Jarvis Drive. The hall is behind St. Nicholas Church, just before the Portsmouth High School.
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FURNISHINGS: Chippendale & Hepplewhite bureaus; tavern tables; wonderful grain painted apothecary chest; pair of Windsor chairs in old paint; yellow painted rocker; rococo Revival mirror; Paine Furniture marquetry inlaid curio cabinet; mahogany art nouveau curio cabinet; mahogany Hepplewhite style dining room set w/(8) chairs; Sheraton style sofa; shield back settee & chairs; mahogany bedroom sets; mahogany bonnet top highboy; oak furniture (most with original finish) includes large carved “L” chest, china cabinets, matching chest & commode; custom mahogany furniture by Baker and Henredon to include oval mahogany dining table, sideboard, server, silver chests, love seat, chairs, coffee and card tables; pine cottage furniture in original paint; several cottage chests; carved mahogany music box base; mahogany floor Victrola; oak pie safe; etc.
WORKS OF ART: Oils signed Marie Laurencin, Michel-Henry, B. Bottel, Theodore Levigne, G. Nyup, Otis Cook, F.D. Ogden, unsigned landscape attributed to A.T. Britcher, and unsigned portrait of girl from Estate of Gov. John Andrew. Works on paper: by L.K. Harlow, Grant Wood, G.W. Harvey, Georges Braque, J.A.M. Whistler, Henri Matisse, Juan Gris, and Lyonel Feininger. Japanese prints: large variety of framed and unframed prints and Kakemonos by artists such as Toyokuni, G. Kuwayama, Tanzan, Hishikawa Moronobu, Shunyei, Kunisada, Yoshitora and Hiroshige.
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PORCELAIN, ETC.: KPM plaque of woman signed Wagner; KPM jeweled portrait cups & saucers; Meissen figurines; wonderful selection of English, French & German porcelain demitasse cups & saucers, portrait plates, sets of plates, dinner services, urns and vases including Dresden, Ruddlestat, Limoges, Royal Doulton, Copeland, Minton and Lenox; (2) Wedgwood black & white plaques; Limoges enameled copper plaque and others; Steuben; large assortment of cut glass; Leeds platters; lot of Majolica; Roseville tea set.
BRONZE: Grouping of small Vienna cold painted bronzes; cold painted peacock; 12” long cold painted buffalo signed Geschutzt; 14” wolf on marble stand signed Valton, E. Colin & Co., Paris; 19th Century Chiurazzi Foundry 24” figure; 7” long bronze lion by Charles Masson.
SILVER: Porringer marked RA; English gravy boat; many sterling silver bowls, plates, hollowware, candlesticks & flatware by Tiffany, Gorham and others; (2) elaborate silver-plated tea sets; sterling dresser sets; Continental water font; (41) sterling silver Presidential plates.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST: Picasso Laughing-Eye Face Jug, Limited Edition 65/350; Madonna icon on wood with Roman labels; wonderful painted folk art game board; painted and furnished dollhouse circa 1900; assorted dolls & doll clothing; Bentwood child’s settee, chair & rocker; large covered box in original paint; carved whirligig; early photographs including daguerreotypes of John Mugford of Boston (a Civil War bugler); photograph albums & early negatives; early games; hooked rug of deer; 20” gilded Oriental figure; 23” wood carved & gessoed standing Buddha from Gump collection; (2) Carl Zeiss microscopes; pond model; large assortment of linens; Stanley #45 plow plane and other hand tools.
CLOCKS: E. Howard & Co. 60” walnut regulator clock; Sevres clock set; Tiffany & Co. French porcelain mantle clock; French repeating carriage clock; A. Stowell banjo clock; onyx mantle clock; beehive clock.
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ORIENTAL RUGS: Tekke Bokharas; Tabriz silk & wool; Mahal, Sarouk and others.
JEWELRY: 14K white gold & diamond bracelet; 14K gold ruby & sapphire bracelet; blue sapphire & diamond platinum ring and other pieces.
BOOKS: Many sets of books including Cevates, Shakespeare, Swift, Richardson, Henry Fielding, Shelly, Plato, Dickens, Stevenson, Conrad & Emerson. Assorted Medieval library: Paradise Lost by John Milton, etc.
AUCTION LISTING
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PREVIEW: Friday, January 8th from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. and morning of sale from 8:00 a.m.
NOTE: ABSENTEE BIDS accepted until Friday, January 8th at 6:00 p.m.
NO ABSENTEE BIDS accepted on Saturday.
NO ABSENTEE BIDS accepted on Saturday.
TERMS: 15% Buyer’s Premium. Payment in full day of auction by cash, check with prior approval, MasterCard or Visa.
DIRECTIONS: From 1-95 N/S take exit 5 to the Portsmouth traffic circle, bear right onto the Route 1 By-Pass South; take a left at the third set of lights onto Greenleaf Avenue. At the top of the hill, take a sharp right, then the first left onto Andrew Jarvis Drive. The hall is behind St. Nicholas Church, just before the Portsmouth High School.
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