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SMALL BIBLE OR VALUABLES BOX IN ORIGINAL RED PAINT
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New England, ca. late 18th.
Pine, and basswood with original dark very dry crusty red paint. Also retains original iron hinges, lock, key, and side batons. (lock and key still function). The brass escutcheon shows no signs of being replaced. Nicely molded front of lid. Joinery by early cut nails.
The box in excellent condition with just minor period wear. Interior crisp and clean and has a pencil inscription under the lid as shown.
Just 19 ½ inches wide x 8 tall x 10 deep, a desirable smaller example of this form.
Miniature Iron Spatula
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Pennsylvania, ca. early 19th century.
Blacksmith-worked in iron. Perhaps for showcasing his skill or “just for nice” this rare little survivor was worked from a single rod of iron into a flat blade with stylized pierced heart and a faceted swelled handle with conical terminus.
Terrific surface and condition. Just 5 ¼ inches long.
Choice
Human-Effigy Ladle
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Woodlands Native American, Great Lakes to Northeast, ca. mid 19th century.
Expertly and thinly carved from cherrywood using the woodworking skills and design language learned and passed down through generations. The back-facing effigy is a “reductive” representation of a man showing just his minimal essence, the carving possibly representing an honored ancestor.
Deep rich color to the cherrywood. Personal size at about 6 ½ inches long; bowl about 3 inches across. Superb condition; essentially mint.
From a fine southern collection of early woodenware, purchased years ago from Steve Powers.
Delightful Pair Portrait MINIATURES
American or English, 19th C., watercolor on paper.
Information on the backs of the frames indicates the names Janice Ward, and her little brother Thomas. One appears to be dated 1830 on the frame back. The images are beautifully composed retaining strong colors, the subjects in full length. The girl on a woodlands trail with her pull-toy, the little boy in dress seated holding a booklet.
Gilt frames about 7 inches x 6 ½. Formerly in a fine long time private NYC collection..
Two Colorful
Pantry Boxes.
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Bittersweet-Red: Scare vivid warm-red color. Thick walled; fingered. Large size at about 9 ¾ inches diameter. Very thin crusty over-varnish.
Blue: Patinated Robin’s-Egg Blue. Dry surface. About 7 7/8 inches diameter.
From a private Maine collection….They work well together as a splash of authentic antique color.
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Exceptional
Small Portrait
A Lovely Young Lady
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Northeast, ca. 1810-1820, likely New York, Pennsylvania, or Ohio. Oil on thin wooden panel.
Soft and very pleasing.
The young lady in profile with lacy high-waisted dress with pink ribbon, her hair held up on a comb with distinctive tendrils.
Attributed to Jasper Miles, formerly misidentified tied as “Mr. Boyd”, was the subject of a research paper in Magazine Antiques in 2016. This portrait bears that distinctive Jasper Miles "horn shaped" inner ear, and precise attention to detail in the hair.
Excellent untouched condition. Old frame not original yet works well with the portrait. Shadows may be faintly seen about the perimeter of the portrait from the first frame. Frame size about 9 inches x 6 ¾.
Folk Art Portrait of a Young Boy.
Prior-Hamblen School
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New England, probably Boston, ca. 1840-1850. Oil on board. Attributed to E.W. (Eli) Blake, a physician at a Boston hospital, who is believed to be the "Double Swag Artist" and/or the “Pointed Finger Artist”.
The very pleasing gray-blue eyed little boy wears a GREEN buttoned shirt with white collar and holds a riding crop ......
Colorful Primitive
House Portrait
or Birth Record
American, Pennsylvania, dated 1850.
Fraktur watercolor and ink on paper. Above the date and flanking it on the left and right written in ink in German. I suspect the translation would tell us who was born on this property in 1850 (would welcome translation). Even toning to the paper.
Painted frame appears original with nicely bubbled glass, frame size about 15 inches x 12 ¾..