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,...
TALL CASE CLOCK Walnut, brass dial H: 93.5″; W: 19″; D: 9.5″ An early walnut clock from Mendham, New Jersey made by Lebbeus Dodd (1739-1816). The Dodds were a family of scientists and mathematicians described as “remarkable for their...
SIMON CAMERON’S ARMCHAIR Armchair Belonging to Simon Cameron (1799-1889) Walnut Original leather upholstery Circa 1825 H: 36”; W: 24”; D: 21” This armchair was likely used by Simon Cameron when he was Adjutant General of Pennsylvania in 1826. Cameron went on to...
PHILADELPHIA DRESSING TABLE Mahogany, white cedar, poplar Circa 1770 H: 30; W: 34″; D: 22.75″ An excellent example from Philadelphia with exceptional carving. The drawer front is carved from the solid with a concave central medallion with an asymmetrical...
Stoneware Cooler Harman Brothers Whisky Merchants, Staunton VirginiaStoneware Cooler A.P. Donaghho & SonParkersburg, West VirginiaPossibly Dan Mercer (1865-Circa 1900 (Marked “Donaghho Pottery” in use after 1900).30.5” x 19” The applied block lettering and...
RARE 1849 NEW YORK NAUTICAL PRESENTATION TRUMPET RARE 1849 NEW YORK NAUTICAL PRESENTATION TRUMPET Presented to Capt. Charles H.E. Judkins, by his grateful friend, Eustace Barron, New York, August, 1849.UnmarkedBrass rim mouthpiece21” x 7.5” An unusual nautical...