137 James Brown Drive
Williston, Vermont 05495
Consignment: 802-878-2625
COUNTRY & EARLY AMERICAN AUCTION
9:30 AM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2009
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:
Sunday,October 25th from 8:00 am until sale time, or by appointment
We are pleased to present fresh to the market Country & Early American antiques from the estate of Theodore Church of Georgia, Vt, country items from a Stowe, Vt home, pcs from a Ferrisburg, Vt lakeside camp,pcs from the collection of Orton Cushman of Shelburne, Vt, & early pcs descending in the Kingsbury family of Waterbury, Ct.
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COUNTRY & EARLY FURNITURE:
19th c pine 2 over 2 dr stepback cupboard w/ middle dwr; 6’1” turned leg country pine harvest table w/ 29” wide one board top; 6’ sawbuck table w/ 3 board top in old grunge over green paint; 9’ country work table w/ 5 board top; Sheraton birch tall post bed; cherry & birch cannonball beds; Vt birdseye maple secretary; Vt Sheraton/ Empire transitional roped half column cherry & mahog banded 3 over 3 chest; Empire mahog acanthus & claw ft 2 over 4 chest; 5’10”w pine 2 dbl dr 2 dwr cupboard base w/ flip over work surface; grain ptd 4 dwr Empire ribbon front chest; set of 6 grain prd sabre leg cane seat side chairs; writing arm Windsor rocker; birch & cherry snake foot candlestand; Sheraton 1 dwr cherry stand; 1 dwr mahog drop leaf stand; Empire mahog 2 dwr dl ctr ped stand; 1 dwr birch & pine stand; funky sorting board top 1 dwr tapered leg stand; delicate red & black grain ptd dl table; sm mahog acanthus & claw ft ctr column breakfast table; Empire block & turned dl table; Empire butternut 3 over 3 dwr chest; 2 long primitive grain bins; Sheraton pine dressing table; pine slant lid stretcher base desk; pine corner wash stand; pine cobbler’s bench coffee table w/ dwr; pine lift top commode; ash dbl school desk; pr of pt dec arrowback side chairs; pt dec rabbit ear Windsor chair; pr Sheraton stenciled pillow back side chairs; cherry & birch D- shape table; bowback Windsor side chair; pine blanket box; pine 3 tier plant stand; narrow pine custom stepback cupboard; Vict oak gate leg table w/ dwr; Gov Winthrop style mahog slant lid desk; custom mahog ball & claw foot 4 dwr chest; Vict bw spinet desk; Vict bw stand;
COUNTRY ACCESSORIES:
rare early pieced & embroidered bed quilt; 18”x 24” colored sandpaper picture of a girl holding a yellow bird; 4’ sanded & carved letters “Hat Shop” sign; 30” Grenier 1872 composition doll; push sleigh in orig white, red & gold dec; tin down spout w/ letter S & arrows; CI horse's head hitching post; Ferris Waists tin litho corset sign; 60"x 90"enameled ESSO gas station oval sign; “Fly Whirl Wind Flyers” adv sign (made into a door); Knox Hats brass faced store sign; pr folky carved herons; carved birds & snakes; Peter Ompir ptd cricket; Ruth Mould dec tin tray; Naughty Nellie CI bootjack in good pt; red & black grain ptd knife box; sponge pt dec dome top box; pr early silhouettes; early chestnut wall shelf; horn cups; iron toasters; tin wall sconces; pierced tin footwarmer; stenciled tin bread trays; trencher bowl; pantry boxes; yellow ware bowls; Rockingham bowl & milk pan; baskets; early hooked & braided rugs; sev good quilts; sev good homespun coverlets; St Albans Cooperative Creamery butter crock w/ lid; rare Hoyt E Salls- Burlington, Vt “Morning Call” chamber pot; blue dec crocks & jugs incl ovoid; sm Enterprise coffee grinder; Superior stoneware barrel butter churn; spinning wheel; yarn winder; pr of arched windows from the Middlebury, Vt Court house; set of molding planes incl rare H Russell- Cabot, Vt compound molding plane, R Waters plane; early B Clark hewing axe; Case hunting knife; early stag hdl Bowie knife; signed canoe paddle; 3 wood stoves; vintage refridgerator w/ compressor on top; snowshoes; 2 wooden wheel barrows; wicker wheel chair; Partridge- Boston World Championship bat (as is); lg blue ptd storage box; Socony 1929 calendar; Coca Cola drug store bottle; collection of St Albans, Vt drug store bottles incl Dutcher’s; primitive farrier’s vice; Bunker Hill pickle bottle w/ label; Jerome May 5-string banjo pat 1885; Rene Gerome tiger maple mandolin;
FORMAL ACCESSORIES:
sm bronze figural group of two work horses; early cut glass hanging hall lamp; French brass & tin table lamp; enameled NYC street sign Church St & Lispenard St; H C Smith OG clock; early English
pewter tray; Roswell Gleason pewter cov sugar bowl; sm Chippendale mirror; Sheraton split column mirrors; OG mirrors; Chinese Mandarin coat; early metallic thread brass button parade vest; sm Vt Militia buttons; 2 kittens door stop; brass andirons; brass fire place fender ;early fireplace tools; tall
English brass candlesticks; brass candle snuffers & trays; brass chamber candlesticks; brass kettles; copper cookware; clockwork spit; laps desks & writing boxes; MOP cased gambling chips; pond boat by Felix Bergwall, Stratford, Ct 1950; another pond boat; Polynesian outrigger canoe model;
GLASS & CHINA:
early flow blue cov sugar bowls, sauce tureen, & plates; early Staffordshire cov sugar bowl w/ stag & hound, Staffordshire plates, cups, & saucer; Staffordshire spaniels; sm Staffordshire figures; Burgess & Leigh flow blue cov veg, platters, pitcher; early copper luster pieces; 10” Quimper bowl; sprig pitcher; Murano glass dish; blown & cut decanter; Balleek china pcs; Limoges chocolate pot; Vict h/p china; ironstone pcs; pr Doulton plates; sev pcs Roseville pottery; Vernon Kilns “Chintz” dinnerware set; Wedgwood ivory dinner set w/ dbl hdl soup cups; Kensington “Onion” pattern dinnerware; Lenox “Gold Wreath” china set;
PAINTINGS, PRINTS, & ENGRAVINGS:
lg Vict o/c shoreline signed Alberta Luhmann- 1895;Hudson River primitive o/b w/ train & steamboats; sm prim pastoral o/c cows & bridge signed Carrie E Fay; lg primitive o/c cows at river; lg primitive pastoral o/c; pr 19th c English pastoral o/c’s on London canvas; Hutchinson’s Views of New York plate #1 “Broadway from the Bowling Green 1828”; N Currier “Tomb of Washington”; C & I “Trenton High Falls”; N Currier “Surrender of Cornwallis”; View of Park Row,
NY re-strike;
SILVER & JEWELRY:
early coin silver cup; coin silver spoons, tongs; 3 pc hair memorial set; sapphire & pearl broach; 10k, 14k pins; citrine pendant; pr 14k & garnet cufflinks; ivory bead necklace; SW turquoise & silver rings & jewelry; topaz & sterling pcs; sterling broach; sterling picture frames;
Accepting consignments for upcoming auctions.
Single items or complete estates. Competitive commission rates or purchase outright.
TERMS: Visa, Master card, cash or approved check. 13% Buyers Premium
10% for cash or check Chairs Caterer
All Items Sold As Is With No Implied Or Expressed Warranty.
DUANE MERRILL & COMPANY AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS
Specializing In Estate & Antique Auctions Three Generations Selling Since 1938
Mailing Address: 262 Eagle Mtn. Harbor Rd. Milton, Vt. 05468
Consignment Auction Gallery: 802-878-2625 e-mail: info@merrillsauction.com