AMERICANA AUCTION

Saturday February 4th,9:30 AM

MERRILL’S AUCTION GALLERY

137 JAMES BROWN DRIVE, WILLISTON, VERMONT

DIRECTIONS: From Interstate 89 exit 12 proceed north on Rte 2-A towards Essex Jct. for 2.5 miles, turn left by Shell station.

PREVIEW: Friday, Feb 3rd from 1 pm to 5 pm, and Saturday, Feb 4th from 8 am until sale time, or by prior appointment.

Duane Merrill & Co. is pleased to present fine Americana & VT pcs from the estate of Stewart Martin of Jericho, VT, an early Bristol,VT home, and other private Vermont collections & homes.

IMPORTANT AMERICAN FURNITURE:

Secretaries/ Desks:
98” x 39” Important Phila Chippendale mahog triangle top desk/ bookcase w candle slides and 5 shell carved interior; 81.5” x 36” Virginia carved walnut desk / bookcase in original surface ca 1800; 32”x 60” Hepp mahog two part lady’s writing table / bookcase w oval urn inlays; 43”x 81” Sheraton two part Butler’s secretary w birdseye int dwrs; 38” x 62” VT Sheraton mahog & cherry bookcase/ chest w reeded legs; 41” x 79” VT Hepp cherry two part slant front secretary; 42” VT cherry French ft. slant front desk; 19^th c red pt Shaker style desk on frame; 35 ½” Chipp cherry slant front desk w stepped interior;

Chests/ Sideboards:
38.5 inch Chipp mahog 4 dwr ogee ft molded top chest AUCTION IMAGESw reeded quarter columns; 36” Queen Anne curly maple 6 dwr high chest on frame; 38” Chipp maple chest on chest; 36” Chipp cherry 6 dwr high chest; Fine Hepp Charlotte, VT d 1815 diamond inlaid cherry, butternut, & banded mahog 4 dwr chest w label attr to Lemuel Bishop; wonderful flame birch deck top Federal chest w carved acanthus legs & rope columns attr to Otis Warren, Pomfret, VT; 38” Chipp curly maple molded top 4 dwr chest; Vt Federal deck top curly maple cherry & birch chest; other VT chests; PA ball foot red & green pt dec blanket chest; PA Chipp salmon pt 3 dwr blanket chest; 60” Virginia Federal curly maple sideboard; pine dry sink; excellent 2 dwr lft-top
carpenter’s tool chest; Quebec child’s chest;

Cupboards:

54” x 84” Hudson River Valley pine 2 part raised panel 2 dr over 2 dwr over 2 door step back cupboard in red paint; 78” x 52” Ohio two part grain pt corner cupboard w two multi pane drs over 2 dwrs over 2 drs on bracket base; 76”x 40” Virginia curly maple corner cupboard w multi pane dr over raised panel dr; red pt 1 dr jelly cupboard; 18^th c hanging plate rack in Spanish brown pt; VT pine 2 dr jelly cupboard;

Tables:

18^th c 48” rd shoe foot hutch table in red pt; 34” NH Hepp mahog oval inlaid card table branded M S Marsh; 34” Hepp mahog 1 dwr Pembroke table having cornhusk, line, & bead
inlays w shaped leaves; 36” cherry scalloped top 1 dwr Pembroke table; signed CT Hall & Mellie mahog carved lyre base card table; 47” QA cherry cabriole swing leg dining table; small VT birch, cherry, & curly maple inlaid tapered leg tea table; 6’ turned leg harvest table- restored; cherry birdcage tilt top tea table; country drop leaf tables;

Chairs/ Benches:

Windsor arrow back bamboo bench in stencil dec; Windsor arrow back bench in orig floral
paint dec; T Tillson NY brace back Windsor in pt; set of 5 pt dec thumback Windsor sidechairs stamped Raymond; set of 6 floral pt dec half spindle back chairs stamped Adams & North, Central St, Lowell (MA); knuckle arm Windsor; Windsor arm chairs; 17^th c English carved & tooled leather arm chair; pr of MA Chipp pierced ribbon back uph chairs; pr of grain ptd thumb backs; pr fish tail Windsors; stepdown Windsor chr in pt; VT continuous arm
Windsor in orig pt; fanback Windsor; QA & sausage turned chrs; Chinese Chipp style sofa;

Stands:

NH Sheraton birdseye, birch, & mahog 2 dwr stand; MA Sheraton mahog reeded leg basin stand; Geo III two tier d l dumb waiter; coffin tilt top stand in Spanish brown pt; Sheraton reeded leg lady’s writing & sewing stand w bag dwr; pr of cherry scrolled top 1 dwr turned
leg stands; d 1834 tapered leg inlaid pine stand signed Simon Herrick, Springfield, VT; Geo III style tambour stand; selection of candlestands & nightstands;

Mirrors:

Two Federal style overmantle mirrors; Chipp mirrors; eglomise mirrors; ogee mirrors;

CLOCKS:

Federal Mahogany T F Bagnell Pa. tall case clock w sunburst inlay, broken arch top, & moon phase dial w celestial globes; Fine gilt Federal presentation banjo clock by T Whiting Concord NH w orig Perry’s Victory eglomise panel; 2 - J C Brown miniature beehive shelf clocks ribbon
& smooth rosewood; Federal cherry Eli Terry Porter contract Conn. Tall case clock w orig. surface in exc. Condition; W. M Noyes NH split eglomise panel shelf clock; Hasen NH split panel floral eglomise clock w George F Stetson presentation decoration; 18^th c pine tall case clock w pewter & tin dial having Phoenix engraving- Att. J. Fitch - Pepperell Mass.; “Gold Tonic” gilt dec advertising mahogany long pendulum regulator; Federal mahog. Howard banjo clock; mahog. Short ped. Regulator w cottage lane pt dec scene; New England cherry tall case clock w urn pt dec dial; C. Cerletti Glasgow mahogany banjo regulator; Jerome & Darrow stencil orig. split column shelf clock- orig. condition;

PAINTINGS:

18^th c Am 3 ft x 5 ft o/c double portrait of Mary (45yrs) & Reuben Booth (49 yrs) 1790 from Newtown Conn., identified on back w dates & ages, dated on front Pinxit 1790 in as found condition; set of 3 o/c 25” x 30” of Reuben, Rebecca, & their son (holding his dog) Fredrick Simmonds from Weston Vt signed Horace Bundy 1853 descending from Fredrick’s granddaughter; pr of o/c 30” x 25” portraits of Sarah & John Dodson in orig frames; 18” x 24” o/b Mount Mansfield in Winter by Thomas Curtin (Am 1899-1977); pr 7” x 5” o/c farm landscapes by John Sharman (Am. 1879-1971); 18” x 24” o/b “March Road” signed by Thomas Curtin (1899-1977); 22” x 16” w/c “Red Barn” signed by Walton Blodgett (Am. 1908-1963); 18” x 21” w/c summer country road signed by Walton Blodgett; 15” x 18” w/c “To Town” of buggy w mountain scene signed by Walton Blodgett; 10” x 13” w/c “New England” summer landscape of Mt Mansfield signed by Walton Blodgett; 2 pencils by W Blodgett; 20” x 24” o/c fall mill scene signed Thomas Curtin; 9” x 13” w/c still life of apples & hat signed by Ogden Pleissner (Am 1905-1983); 5 various L Lucioni etchings; 22” x 17” o/b floral still life signed by Ruth Mould (Am 1894-1975); 20” x 25” winter river scene signed by Henry Waltman (1871-1951); 16” x 20” o/b
Summer mtn landscape by Elwyn Gowen (1895-1954); 12” x 16” o/b landscape by Charles C  Allen (VT 1886-1950); 2 - 14” x 18” o/c winter cover bridges signed Peter B Mayer (1887-1993); 24” x 30” o/c “Sun Shafts Vermont” signed by Charles L Weena; 20” x 30” o/b “Green Peak Manchester VT” signed by Dean Fausett (1913-1998); 12” x 18” o/c Weston River Londonderry VT signed W Clark 1881; 18” x 20” o/c “Vermont Mtns” signed by Xavier J Barile (1891-1981); 14” x
19” o/c sheep pastoral signed by G A Gentile 1922; 15” x 19” w/c winter landscape signed by Ralph W Gray 1926: 15” x 10” graphite on paper of maple sugaring scene signed H Dunner 1904; 8”x 10” w/c skiing by Sears Gallagher (1869-1959); 7” x 9” w/c “Casey Maple Sugar Plant St Johnsbury VT” by G A Hays (1854-1955); 26” X 20” o/c of three dogs titled “The Braggart 1880” signed H J K 1880; fine 18” x 24” o/c mid 19^th c Hudson River landscape; pr of
3” x 4” o/ paper Views of Montieux; 4” x 7” wash on paper of seashore signed by Albert T Bricher (Am 1837-1908); pencil on paper of cows by A Healy 1971; 9” x 12” w/c landscape by Willem Van Hasselt (1882-1963); 4” x 6” w/c winter landscape by Betty Lee Hopkins 1944; 6” x 5” w/c Hudson River school signed Frank Peterson; 11” x 16” w/c Italian town scene signed C Segui;  mid 19^th c w/c sketch book by Mary Anne Whomes Frost inc people, landscapes, & flowers 42 + pcs; 1 ¾” oval early 19^th c miniature of young man;

COUNTRY ACCESSORIES:

ca 1900 folk art red & blue ptd & carved trolley car 28”; dated 1814 carved oak bible box initialed T B; red & white coverlet signed J Cunningham weaver Hartford Oneida Co, NY Maria Randle 1840; 4 color coverlet signed M K Springfield To(wn) Bucks Co (PA) 1842; tri color coverlet signed Andrew Hoover W Han(ove)r 1841 B.B Acker; blue & white coverlet w Boston town border; saw tooth patchwork quilt; 1833 Lucretia Whittle Danville, VT (age 13) sampler 17”x 17”; Elizabeth Kell Philadelphia sampler w verse 17” x 17”; 1867 sampler by Emma Simmons (age 12) 10” x 11”; sm sampler by Angelina Stevens (age 10); silhouette of John Vogler Salem, NC from Peale’s Museum 1804-1827; green demijohn bottle poss Salisbury, Vt from A B Kilbourne estate 1952; 4 bullseye glass window lights from the Martin Chittenden house in Jericho, Vt; pr of aqua glass apothecary window vases; E & LP Norton, Bennington, VT blue floral dec 1 gal jug; Satterlee & Morey Ft Edward, NY blue floral dec 1 gal jug; lg yellow ware bowl; yellow ware mustard jar w lid; sm redware jar w tin lid; sm ovoid jug; rd pantry box in red pt 16”; trencher trough/ bowl in red pt 33”; very rare & unusual wooden trencher/ dough bowl w domed wooden lid; wooden churns; pantry boxes; Nantucket, Indian baskets; 13” folk art mammy cloth over weighted bottle doorstop; stenciled toleware; pierced tin candle lanterns; tin candle molds; brass whale oil lamps; miniature lamps; Betty lamps; brass bed warming pan; min
boxes; multi raised panel grain ptd door 34.5” x 80”; Hepp oval attic window 43.5”x 29”; three window valences in orig paint 45”; early chest hardware, knobs, & parts; brass apple crate stencils; folk carved canes; 2 eight dwr spice wall boxes;

EARLY VERMONT FOUNDRY STOVES:

S Granger & Sons, Pittsford, VT parlor stove; C & EL Granger, Pittsford, VT No 3 parlor stove w half donut top; 1845 Stanley, W Poultney, VT Airtight Parlor No 1 stove; 1850 H J Ruggles, W Poultney, VT Green Mt Parlor No 2 stove; 1839 Plymouth VT Tyson Furnace No 7 parlor stove w steamships; E & A A Wainright parlor stove dec w classical figures w half donut top;

FORMAL ACCESSORIES:

early brass RR presentation lantern engraved William Conner Jr; Mary Powell wooden sidewheeler model 50”; 20^th c USS Constitution cased ship model; carved wooden Bellamy type eagle plaque w 17”; carved wooden eagle with outstretched wings 33”x 30”; half hull ship model in 24” shadow case; blown glass bird under glass dome; gilt brass & champleve enamel holy water font w plaque of Mary & Jesus; pr of alabaster table lamps; pr of alabaster & gilt putti column candlesticks; blue enamel brushes; embroidered Chinese robe; pr of early Chinese silk wall hangings; another embroidered Chinese wall hanging; F Porter pewter teapot; early cast iron fire marks- FA w tank & hose, UF w steam pumper, & oval tree; pr
of QA brass candlesticks; pewter ship’s inkwell; lg Diamond Safe bank; lg Japanese Safe bank; owl still bank w glass eyes; other animal cast iron still banks; Chipp ball & claw ft andirons ht 15”; ball top slipper foot brass andirons ht 12’; sev fine brass fireplace fenders; 3 painted slate checkerboards; glass parade cane; ivory carved tip canes;

VERMONT PHOTOGRAPHS:

Snowflake Bentley original photographs including a rare frost pattern, snow crystal, 2 multi snow crystal, 4 cloud pattern, & 5 leaf & dew drop pattern b&w photos;

MAPS, PRINTS, & ENGRAVINGS:

1734 Nova Anglia by Homann Norimbergae 2 sheet h/c map- restorations 19”x 23”; 1730 Carte de la Nouvelle Angliterre by Herman Moll from the Atlas Minor 7”x 9”; Mappe-monde ou Carte generale du Globe by Delamarche, Paris w new discoveries by Capt Cook 10”x 16”; 1800 h/c New Map of Scotland from Payne’s Universal Geo 10”x 9”; 1835 US Eastern States h/c map by Roswell Smith 9”x 16”; 1839 Mitchell’s Atlas w/ h/c maps Copperthwaite engr; 2 Walling 1857 Chittenden Co maps; 1862 Perthes school atlas map of N America; 1835 Newcastle & Carlisle Rwy broadside;

AMERICAN STERLING SILVER:

Tiffany ret oblong bread dish 16”; Tiffany oval bowl 11”; Tiffany sq plate 9”; 42 pcs Tiffany Colonial flatware w two ladles 13” & 11”; Towle Louis XIV pitcher, creamer, & sugar ht 10”; Gorham Plymouth pitcher ht 10”; two Gorham oval platters 18” & 14”; Gorham rd charger 14”; Gorham pitcher ht 10”; Gorham plate dia 10”; Towle plate 12”; Whiting 3 pc demitasse set; set of 12 Tiffany goblets; set of 10 Wallace goblets; sugar castor mkd HM 90 w Chinese characters; 53 pcs Gorham Imperial Chrysanthemum flatware; 49 pcs Whiting Louis XV flatware; 28 pcs Gorham flatware; Gorham Versailles serving spoon 9”; Gorham Luxembourg serving spoon 9”; 2 Gorham ret serving spoons w North Wind heads & faces 9” & 7”; 14 pcs Wood & Hughes Angelo flatware; 39 pcs Frank Smith Lion flatware; 15 pcs Gorham Medici flatware- 12 forks & 3 serving pcs;

AMERICAN COIN SILVER, ENGLISH, & DUTCH SILVER:

pr of J Kitts, Louisville, KY julep cups insc KY S(outhwestern) Ag(ricultural) Society premium 1857; Ramsey & Bro, Louisville, KY table spoon; 2 B H Tisdale, Providence table spoons; pr of H McKeen, Phila table spoons; 1804 Wm Eley & Wm Fearn serving spoon 10”; ornate Dutch ret serving spoon;

JEWELRY:

approx 1 CT rd cut diamond solitaire ring in 14 k yg; 22 k y.g nugget chain & pendent; Vict. Pearl, y.g, & jade pendent; Vict y.g earrings; sev pr y.g earrings; gold pencil; sev. Gold rings w various colored stones; sev. Diamond rings; Tiffany pocket watch; 14k y.g bracelet w sapphire; sev. 14k y.g chains; 14k y.g cross w bezel set sapphires; Black Starr
& Frost sterling Art N. necklace, earrings & bracelet; set smoke topaz set in y.g;

GLASS & CERAMICS:

Ohio amber ribbed covered sugar bowl; Sutherland Masonic motto transfer ware jug w Iron Bridge scene; Wedgwood majolica orange cov jar; 20+ pcs child’s ABC & motto transferware mugs & plates; pr. 12” h floral 3 mold light green jars; 30 pcs early 19^th c Chinese
blue & white gilt export tea set; 50+ pcs Chelsea England dinner service; banded yellow ware mustard pot; lrg yellow ware bowl; 8” Meissen stag dec. chocolate pot; sev colored syrups; 9” Landing of Lafayette transfer plate; 4 pcs. Blue Staffordshire Ireland tea set; 12 Booth’s Old Willow gilt plates; Cinnabar umbrella stand; 2 amber six log Drake’s Log Cabin Bitters bottles; Mary Gregory; pr. 18^th c Chinese 10” export floral plates; majolica
tea strainer;

ORIENTAL CARPETS &
RUGS:

Kazak allover medallion main carpet w 3 rows of 7 medallions 7’10”x 11’3”; Persian allover floral main carpet 9’6”x 10’11”; Sarouk main carpet 9’x 12’; Mahal main carpet 9’x 13’; late Persian main carpet 7’10’x 10’; late Tribal area rug w flatwoven ends 4’11”x 6’3”; Senna area rug 5’5”x 8’7”; Hamedan runner 2’9”x 10’1”; early Senna- worn 4’2”x 6’; early Tekke area rug w 3 rows of 5 guls 3’3’x 4’4”; Sarouk vine pattern 3’2”x 5’7”; Hamedan scatter 2’8”x 4’;

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DUANE MERRILL & COMPANY AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS

Specializing In Estate & Antique Auctions Three Generations Selling Since 1931

Mailing Address: 262 Eagle Mt. Harbor Rd., Milton, Vt. 05468

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