William Smith Mid-March Madness Tuesday Evening Auction
Antiques, Decorative, Rugs, Artworks,
China & Glassware, Sterling & the contents of
safety deposit box to include gold coins.
Auction: Tuesday, March 15th, 2016 at 5:30pm
Preview: Day of sale from 12:00 noon
Smith’s Auction Gallery, Plainfield NH
All items to be sold to the highest bidder
Join us for an early springtime evening auction including part II of an important estate in Peru, VT (name withheld by request). We have rounded out the sale with many other local estates and collection residues, to make for an entertainingevening with over 400 lots. Partial listing below, view images at www.wsmithauction.com
Antiques: 18th C. Chippendale cherry desk; good 19th C. arched top mahogany china case with glass doors; 19th C. mahogany chest on French feet; Country hutch table; set of PA plank seat chairs; several 18th C. / 19th C. chairs; writing arm Windsor (copy) other Windsor chairs; country blanket boxes; period 18th C. tea tables and stands; Hepplewhite cherry Pembroke table; English pine settle bench; English setback pewter cupboard; mahogany settle/hall bench; Southern pine one drawer stand; 19th C. hanging wall cabinet with sectional glass doors; Centennial mahogany sideboard; Gothic secretary; walnut Civil War era secretary; clean Vict. oak combination desk/bookcase, lady’s oak Larkin desk; other clean oak; nautical decorated writing desk, chairs & stand
French style armchairs; Gov. Winthrop secretary desks; Good selection of beds including carved H.B. Herts & Sons; vast selection of traditional style furnishings.
Contemporary Furnishings: Clean leather sofa; sectional sofa set; upholstered chairs; lectern; coffee tables; occasional tables; cedar chest; and more.
Accessories: An early collection of photography including Dags/Ambrotypes; copper beaver weathervane; Lisa Larson ceramic bulldog; carved wooden Asian bust; Whirly-gig; Asian Buddha bronze sculpture; 16” Bronze pig sculpture; Cast iron model stove, “Little Eva”; Mexican carving of boy; bronze crucifix; English leather objects including boots, fire bucket, etc.; selection of stoneware; lighting including double angle lamp; double brass student lamp; Miller slag panel lamp, other antique lamps and lighting; pair of French bronze lamps; brass samovar; pair of well pumps converted to lamps; beaded moccasins; Arts & Crafts copper chandelier; Hart’s seed box; Childs push sleigh and sled; powder horn; large “John A. Brown Insurance Agency” sign; wooden sign “Temperance”; 19th C. NY tool box; keg barrel; cool lot of furniture builder’s blue prints, many by Andrew Szoeke; duck decoys; early flintlock tinder box; game mounts; whirly-gig lamps; copper pails; basket full of spurs; various dolls; fishing related lot including Orvis, LL Bean reels and more.
Sterling & Gold: Safety deposit contents including over 30 gold coins; four piece Shreve & Co San Francisco sterling tea set; large Shreve & Co San Francisco sterling flatware set, 125 pieces; 54 piece set of S. Kirk sterling flatware; Shreve & Co San Francisco sterling center bowl and pitcher; Shreve Treat’s (Eacret) sterling sherbets; large assortment of sterling flatware and related.
Glass & China: Roseville collection of over 50 pieces; B&G porcelain china set, Seagulls, other B&G; Dresden porcelain; Copenhagen pieces; Good set of Paris porcelain china; etched crystal wines; Simon Pearce wines; Steuben glass; French duck decanters; Indian Tree chamber set; slip decorated English redware; Royal Worcester demitasse; early blown Patriotic bottle, “ARS”; Carnival glass; lusterware pieces; Staffordshire; Royal Ducal “Gainsborough” set; Raku pieces; selection of vintage perfume bottles; Royal Worcester dinner plates; antique floral decorated china; over 50 collector’s plates to be sold as one lot; and much more!
Artworks: Oil on panel, Vilmore Schenardi, “Convito”; portrait of Sarah Ann Beldon of Mass, other pair of portraits; Carl Schmalz watercolors; oil, Sandecki “Mowing Machine”; primitive winter scenes; primitive oil, railroad; large oil, “ The Stanford House in San Francisco” by Leonard Guistino”; oil, still-life, A. Lechaire; artworks by Robert Huntoon, Elizabeth Berry, Natalee E. Goodman, Lucy Doane, K.L. Becker, Bob Seabeck, Birdsey, Hans Klein; David Utiger, Lyne Cloutier, Maureen Enn and more. Prints& Related: Donna Massimo, Susan Read, Lionel Lindsay; Henry Koehler; Anders Knuttson; etching, James E. Allen; large print of Lake Sunapee, NH; Audubon prints; Marie Laurencin; Lucioni; Vanity Fair prints; Currier & Ives including “View From Fort Putnam”, “American Homestead Summer”, “Lake Winnipesaukee”, Autumn on Lake George”; print of Mount Ida; signed Franklin Pierce card; 1 850’s German document; Several Japanese woodblock prints and related. Books & Maps: Library of books of various interests including cookbooks and gardening; 2 vols. Civil War memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant; other books. Good collection of antique maps including, “North America” by J. Russell 1799; “London,Westminister, Southwark” by Sholto & Reuben Percy; Louisiana, Wm, J McCulloh; “Moravia” Chr. Muller and more.
Rugs: Great selection of room size and scatter size Oriental rugs; many hooked rugs and more.
Terms: Cash-Check-Major Credit Cards:
18% Buyer’s Premium Reduced to 15% with Cash or Check
No Sales Tax Catered Comfortable Seating
William G. Smith and Kenneth R. Labnon – Auctioneers
Gallery Manager: Leon Rogers
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WILLIAM A. SMITH, INC.
AUCTIONEERS AND APPRAISERS
PLAINFIELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03781 – 603-675-2549
NH LICENSE #2825 – VT #57-702 – MA #525 – FL #AU-3179
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Specializing in Fine Antiques
Auctioneer and Appraiser
Plainfield, New Hampshire 03781 • Tel. 603-675-2549
NH License #2825 – VT #57-702 – MA #525 – FL #AU-3179
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