PORTRAITS OF ATTORNEY GENERAL AND STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE FREDERICK SMITH AND HIS WIFE CATHARINE Oil on tulip poplar panelCirca 1790-181011.5” x 9.5” Frederick Smith (1773-1830) and Catharine Smith 1776-1855UnsignedOil on poplar panelsCirca 1805-180811.5 x...
SPONGE MARKET Stephen Morgan Etnier (1903-1984) Signed lower right: Stephen Etnier ‘39 Oil on canvas 29” x 34” A vibrant painting of the sponge market in Nassau by Stephen Etnier. Born in York County, Pennsylvania, Etnier attended Yale University, Yale Art School,...
PORTRAIT OF A HOUND Oil on canvas Period walnut and gilt frame Restretched and relined H: 23.5″; W: 29.5″ A skillful portrait of a hunting dog in a landscape, possibly southern. The painting survives in very good condition with excellent color and...
GOLD POCKET WATCH Movement engraved: ‘Tho Tompion, 4437, London’, for Thomas Tompion (1639-1713) 22K gold case, brass, steel, Replaced bezel Diameter: 2” Thomas Tompion was one of England’s greatest watch and clock makers, recognized for his scientific...
TALL CASE CLOCK Works signed by Hugh Bigham (1742-1793) Walnut, silvered and brass dial 8-day moon dial H: 98.5″; W: 20″; D: 10″ Circa 1770 This clock face is inscribed Hugh Bigham/Marsh Creek. Marsh Creek was an early settlement of York County,...