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Northeast Auctions Annual Summer Americana Auction - Day 1
by Northeast Auctions
Platinum House04 August 2012
Manchester, NH, USA
Live Auction
Lot 500: Green-painted and decorated fan-back Windsor side chairLancaster County, Pennsylvania, circa 1790-1810
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Description: Maple, poplar and hickory, old green paint with yellow striped decoration, 37 x 21 x 14 inches.Bears an inscription on the underside of the seat: "G. Rau No. 2."A related side chair was sold by Northeast Auctions, in the "Americana Collection of Virginia Ramsey-Pope Cave," August 5, 2000, lot 50. PROVENANCE: Collection of Asher J. Odenwelder Easton, PA; Charlotte and Edgar Sittig; "The Pioneer Americana Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Shelley," Pook & Pook, April 20, 2007, lot 569; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles. Est. $4,000
View additional info »Lot 501: Paint-decorated slide-lid candle box inscribed to Jacob OberhofferAttributed to Jonas Weber (1810-1876)Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, dated 1851
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Description: Pine, original painted decoration, 5 x 5 x 12 inches.Candle boxes by Weber are very rare.PROVENANCE:Found in Terre Hill, Lancaster County, PA; Private collection; Greg K. Kramer.EXHIBITED: "Homespun: Two Centuries of American Folk Art," The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Ligonier, Pennsylvania, 1990.PUBLISHED: The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Homespun: Two Centuries of American Folk Art (Ligonier, PA, 1990), fig. 110, p. 17.
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Lot 502: Paint-decorated tin crooked-neck coffee potAttributed to The Filley Tin ShopPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1825-1850
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Description: Tin plated sheet iron, brass finial, original painted decoration on asphaltum ground, height 10 ½ inches.PROVENANCE: Elizabeth Hostetter-Huber (1809-1891,) Lancaster County, PA; Mary Landis, Manheim, PA; "The Personal Collection of Eugene and Dorothy Elgin," Conestoga Auction Company, April 3, 2004, lot 224; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles; "The Collection of Susan and Raymond Egan," Northeast Auctions, August 5, 2006, lot 738; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles. PUBLISHED: Advertisement for David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles, 2007 Philadelphia Antiques Show catalog, page 209.
View additional info »Lot 503: Paint-decorated lift-top chestProbably Shenandoah County, Virginia, circa 1820
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Description: Poplar and pine, original painted decoration, 23 ¾ x 44 ½ x 18 ½ inches.PUBLISHED: Advertisement for Greg K. Kramer, The Catalog of Antiques & Fine Art, Holiday, 2002, p. 67.PROVENANCE: Found at an auction in Southern Virginia near the North Carolina border; Greg K. Kramer.
View additional info »Lot 504: Miniature paint-decorated fan-back Windsor side chairAmerican, Probably Pennsylvania, circa 1820
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Description: Pine and hickory, original painted decoration, 7 ½ x 4 ⅝ x 4 inches.Inscribed in pencil on the underside of the seat: "A. T. 1820."The mate to this chair is illustrated in Susan Klein and Cythnia V. A. Schaffner, "Living with antiques, Pennsylvania German folk art in a City apartment," The Magazine Antiques, September 1982, page 511, plate. II.PROVENANCE: Raccoon Creek Antiques; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles.
View additional info »Lot 505: Paint-decorated slide-lid boxProbably Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, circa 1835
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Description: Pine, original painted, stenciled, and smoke grained decoration, 6 ½ x 8 ½ x 4 ⅞ inches.PROVENANCE: Found at a house sale in Mastersonville, Lancaster County, PA; Steven F. Still, Michael Goyda; Walters-Benisek; Frank and Barbara Pollack.EXHIBITED: "Homespun: Two Centuries of American Folk Art," The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Ligonier, PA, 1990.PUBLISHED: The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Homespun: Two Centuries of American Folk Art, (Ligonier, PA, 1990,) fig. 108, p. 16.
View additional info »Lot 506: Pair of miniature paint-decorated lift-top chestsPennsylvania, Possibly Lebanon County, circa 1840
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Description: Pine and cherry, inlaid bone escutcheons, original painted decoration, 5 x 8 ¼ x 4 ¾ and 5 ¼ x 8 ½ x 5 inches. Each chest bears a paper label inscribed "Samuel Ruth."PROVENANCE: Steven F. Still.
View additional info »Lot 507: Paint-decorated oval storage boxJacob Barb, Jr (1811-1864)Shenandoah County, Virginia, dated 1831
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Description: Yellow pine and poplar, iron staples, original painted decoration, 5 x 14 ¼ x 4 ½ inches. Inscribed in ink on the underside of the lid: "Jacob Barb This 24thday of August in the year 1831 / --- The 24th day of August in the year 1832 / Jacob Barb 1811." Inscribed in pencil in another hand at a later date: "This box belonged to Peter Safer (or Sayer) and shall now be...P R Bush." Jacob Barb was born August 21, 1811 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, the son of Jacob Barb (1779-1854) and Margaret Coffelt (born about 1780.) In the 1860 United Sates Federal Census he is listed in Liberty Furnace in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Two closely related boxes are represented in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum in Williamsburg, Virginia, see Beatrice Garvan, The Pennsylvania German Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, 1982,) p. 13, fig. 15, and Pennypacker Auction Centre, Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Art Auction, Walter Himmelreich Collection, May 21, 1973, lot 83, and Nina Fletcher Little, Neat and Tidy, Boxes and Their Contents Used in Early American Homes (New York, 1980), p. 99.PROVENANCE: Keible McCutcheon; "The Pioneer Americana Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Shelley," Pook & Pook, April 20, 2007, lot 739; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles.
View additional info »Lot 508: Child's size paint-decorated lift-top chest inscribed to Granville H. PoolGrayson County, Virginia, circa 1822-1830
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Description: Poplar, original painted decoration, 10 ½ x 17 ½ x 9 inches. The underside of the lid bearing the painted inscription "Granville H. Pool" within a border composed of red and green dashes. Granville Harris Pool was born in Virginia in April of 1822 and lived his entire life in Grayson County, Virginia. He served in Company K, Virginia 51st Infantry regiment, and survived the Civil War. In later census records he is listed as a resident of Elk Creek in Grayson County, with his occupation first listed as "Constable," and later in "coopering."PROVENANCE: Tom Boles Antiques; "The Collection of Thomas A. Gray," Brunk Auctions, March 29, 2010, lot 64; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles.
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Lot 509: Baptismal wish inscribed to Jonathan LangAttributed to "The Sussel-Washington Artist"Greenwood Township, Cumberland County (now part of Perry County), Pennsylvania, dated 1779
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Description: Ink and watercolor on paper, 6 ¼ x 7 ¾ inches, framed.This baptismal wish or Taufwunsch records the baptism of Jonathan Lang, born May 5, 1779, the son of Johannes Lang and his wife Catarina, born May 5, 1779. The baptism was performed by Pastor Michael Enderlein at St Michaels Lutheran Church in Pfotutz Valley, Greenwood Township. The sponsors were Jonathan Lang's maternal uncle, Philip Strauss and wife Sibila. PROVENANCE: Yorktown Auctions, August 28, 1999, lot 1000.
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Lot 510: Paint-decorated slide-lid book shaped box Attributed to George Robert Lawton, Jr (1839-1883)New Hope, Portage County, Wisconsin, circa 1869-1870
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Description: Pine, original painted decoration, 3 x 15 ⅛ x 11 ¾ inches. PROVENANCE: Pook & Pook, October 2, 2010, lot 545.PUBLISHED: David A. Schorsch, "Father and Son: The Painted Furniture of George Robert Lawton, Senior and Junior," in Jane Katcher, David A. Schorsch and Ruth Wolfe, Eds., Expressions of Innocence and Eloquence, Selections from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana, Volume II (New Haven and London, 2011,) fig.12.7, p.188.
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Lot 511: Paint-decorated slide-lid boxYork County, Pennsylvania or possibly Canada, circa 1830
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Description: Pine, original painted decoration, 5 x 12 x 4 inches.PROVENANCE: Said to have been found in Pennsylvania by the early Canadian collector Joseph Bauer; David Wheatcroft. PUBLISHED: Howard Pain, The Heritage of Upper Canadian Furniture (Toronto, 1978,) plate 1221, p. 467.
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Lot 512: Presentation drawingAttributed to David Kriebel (1787-1848)Gywnedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, dated 1809
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Description: Ink and watercolor on paper, 5 x 4 inches, framed. PROVENANCE: David Wheatcroft.
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Lot 513: Religious textAttributed to "The Striped Tulip Artist" Probably Northampton County, Pennsylvania, dated January 17, 1782
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Description: Ink and watercolor on paper, 8 ¼ x 13 ½ inches, framed.For information about The Striped Tulip Artist see Russel D. and Corinne P. Earnest, Papers For Birth Dayes , Guide to Identifying the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners, Vol. II (East Berlin, PA, 1997,) p. 749.PROVENANCE: Philip H. Bradley.
View additional info »Lot 514: Paint-decorated slide-lid box inscribed to W. FunckAttributed to John Drissell, Lower Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, dated 1795
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Description: Pine, original painted decoration, 6 x 4 x 10 ¾ inches.With its vibrant orange-red background color, this is considered the most well preserved of the eight recorded slide-lid boxes attributed to John Drissell. This box was included in the John Drissell study day conducted at Winterthur December 15, 2008.PROVENANCE: Acquired by Lee Nichols at a Pennsylvania estate auction about 1974; "The Americana Collection of Richard and Rosemarie Machmer," Pook & Pook, October 24, 2008, lot 694; Greg K. Kramer.PUBLISHED: Irwin Richman, Pennsylvania German Arts, More Than Hearts, Parrots, and Tulips (Atglen, PA, 2001,) p. 55. Clarke Hess, Mennonite Arts (Atglen, PA, 2002,) fig. 108, p. 65. RECORDED: Winterthur Museum, John Drissell: His Hand and Pen, p. 3.
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Lot 515: Paint-decorated signboard for "Hudson the Tailor" West Concord, Vermont, circa 1872-1876
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Description: White pine, original painted and gilt decoration, 16 x 66 inches. Henry W. Hudson was the son of Joseph T. and Lydia Farham Hudson and was born in Concord, Vermont in 1844. Henry's education was obtained at the common and selected schools of his native town. After clerking in a general store, Henry Hudson bought the merchant tailor business of C. P. Day at West Concord in 1872, which he conducted there until 1876, and which became his life work and in which his success has determined his fitness. Mr. Hudson removed from West Concord to Brookfield, Massachusetts, where he remained in trade four years. PROVENANCE: By descent in the family of Henry W. Hudson, Brookfield, MA; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles. Est, $8,000
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Lot 516: Paint-decorated hanging corner cupboardPennsylvania, circa 1820
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Description: Poplar, original painted decoration, 30 ¼ x 27 ½ x 19 inches.PROVENANCE: Thurston Nichols.
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Lot 517: Presentation drawingAttributed to Samuel Gottschall (1808-1898)Franconia or Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, dated 1831
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Description: Watercolor and ink with gum Arabic on paper, 6 ¼ x 3 ¾ inches, framed.A closely related example by Gottschall is illustrated in Clarke Hess, Mennonite Arts (Atglen, PA, 2002,) fig. 214, p. 123, which notes that "Gotschall's use of bold motifs executed in rich, deep colors created frakturs that rank among the most highly regarded examples of Pennsylvania German folk art." PROVENANCE: Collection of Sarah Asherton Mendenhall, David Wheatcroft.
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Lot 518: Paint-decorated open-top box with canted sidesProbably Centre County, Pennsylvania, circa 1835-1845
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Description: Poplar, original painted decoration, Height 3 ¾ inches, width 11 ⅜ inches, depth 6 ½ inches.PROVENANCE: Collection of James F. Spears, Robesonia, PA; "The Pioneer Americana Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Shelley," Pook & Pook, April 20, 2007, lot 117; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles.
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Lot 519: Shaker knitted oval-shaped rugAttributed to Sister Elvira Curtis Hulett (1805-1895)Hancock, Massachusetts, circa 1890
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Description: Wool, oval, 40 x 72 inches, stretched and mounted.Elvira C. Hulett entered the Hancock community as a child in 1812. She apparently engaged in textile production during the course of her long life as Shaker. Her name appears on an early nineteenth century pattern draft for huckaback, a type of weave. A related round example is illustrated in June Sprigg, Shaker Design (New York, 1986) pp. 186-187. This rug belongs to a small group of exceptional knitted rugs made in the Shaker community at Hancock, Massachusetts, and attributed to Sister Elvira Curtis Hulett based a knitted rug inscribed "Made in 1892 by Sister Elvira in her 87th year" illustrated in Robert and Katherine Booth, "Divine Design, A Shaker legacy," in The 1991 Philadelphia Antiques Show Catalogue, p. 40. PROVENANCE: Kelter-Malce Antiques; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles; Allan Katz.
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Lot 520: Little girl wearing a red dress and holding a basket of flowersPossibly Jacob Bailey Moore of the Prior-Hamblen schoolNew England, circa 1840
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Description: Oil on mattress ticking, 24 ½ x 19 inches, with original grain-painted frame.For reference to J. Bailey Moore see Nina Fletcher L:ittle, "William Matthew Prior and Some of His Contemporaries," Maine Antique Digest, April 1976, and David Krashes, "Understanding the Prior-Hamblen School of Artists a Little Better," Maine Antique Digest, July, 2011.PROVENANCE: Brian Cullity; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles.
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Lot 521: Heart-and-arrow weathervaneProbably Pennsylvania or Ohio, circa 1810
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Description: Sheet iron with wrought iron strap work, weathered surface with traces of reddish-brown paint, 19 ½ x 48 inches, with mount for hanging on a wall.A related weathervane is illustrated in Robert Bishop, American Folk Sculpture (New York, 1974,) p. 67.PROVENANCE: Found in Ohio; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles.
View additional info »Lot 522: Betty lamp inscribed to Martin MusserJohn Long (1787-1856)Sporting Hill, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, circa 1846
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Description: Iron, brass, and copper, 4 x 4 x 2 ⅝ inches.Engraved inscription: "Martin Musser" and "Made by John Long."The 1850 census records Martin Musser in Lancaster, County, Pennsylvania, living with Nancy, in Conestoga Township about twelve miles away from Sporting Hill where John Long lived and worked. A nearly identical lamp bearing the engraved inscription "Nancy Musser Made by me John Long Sporting Hill 1846" is illustrated on the back cover of John Long & John Boyer: Nineteenth-Century Craftsmen in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA, 2006,) and suggests that these lamps were probably made as a pair for Martin and Nancy Musser in 1846. A closely related lamp at Winterthur is illustrated in Wendy A. Cooper, An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum (Washington, DC, 2002,) p. 143; Donald L. Fennimore, Iron at Winterthur (Winterthur, DE, 2004,) p. 183.PROVENANCE: David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles.
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Lot 523: Carved and painted figure of a recumbent lionBucks County, Pennsylvania, circa 1830
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Description: Poplar, original ivory paint, 6 ½ x 12 x 4 ½ inches.This lion is one of a pair, the mate illustrated in Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo, "Eagles & Tulips, Snakes & Weathervanes, A Pennsylvania Folk Art Collection," Antiques & Fine Art, Spring 2009, page 123. The pose and characterization displayed in this pair of lions is similar to the ones depicted in Peaceable Kingdoms painted by Edward Hicks (1780-1839) in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The matching lion was originally found near Newtown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. PROVENANCE: David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles.
View additional info »Lot 524: Miniature presentation jugProbably New York or New Jersey, circa 1820
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Description: Incised cobalt decorated salt glazed stoneware, height 4 ½ inches. Incised initials 'E,J."PROVENANCE: Kelly Kinzle; Greg K. Kramer.
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Lot 525: Paint-decorated signboard for "D. Thurber 2nd Shoe Maker"Possibly Elisha Shearman (1781-1845)Mendon, Massachusetts, circa 1822-1836
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Description: Pine, original painted decoration, 18 x 57 inches. Inscribed "E. Shearman" on the verso.This sign was likely made for Daniel Thurber II (1797-1858) of Mendon, Massachusetts. The inscription of 'E. Shearman" on the back of the sign may refer to its maker, possibly Elisha Shearman (1781-1845) of Bellingham, Massachusetts.PROVENANCE: Found in a shed in Milford, Massachusetts; Carl R. Nordblom, May 12, 2002; Samuel Herrup; Austin T. Miller.PUBLISHED: Advertisement for Austin T. Miller, The Magazine Antiques, August 2002, p. 16.
View additional info »Lot 526: Paint-decorated bootmaker's trade sign for "H. Martindale"American, circa 1880
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Description: Pine, original painted decoration, 37 ½ x 21 ½ inches.Inscribed: "H. Martindale."
View additional info »Lot 527: Paint-decorated bellows Conrad Kistler (1786-1859)Lynn, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, dated 1851
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Description: Poplar, leather, iron, original painted decoration, 17 ¾ x 7 ½ x 3 ½ inches.Inscribed in yellow paint on backside: "1851" and "Conrad Kistler."Conrad Kistler was the son of Johannes Kistler (1750-1819) and Eva Maria Wiederstein (1750-1819.) Conrad was born October 1, 1786 in Lynn, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and died there on September 21, 1859. The 1820 census records "Conrad Kistler in Lynn Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania." The 1850 census show "Conrad Kistler, age 63, born about 1787 in Lynn, Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania." According the Hilffrich Pastoral Records of Lehigh County Pennsylvania, 1790-1810, and 1816-1862, "Conrad Kistler died September 21, 1859, aged 72, died from weak stomach." Three other closely related Kistler bellows are known. A pair dated 1854 are illustrated in Jean M. Burks, "Living with antiques: A folk art collection in Pennsylvania," The Magazine Antiques, October 1994, p. 511, pl. VI, and a single example dated 1847 is illustrated in Stacy C. Hollander, Ed., American Radiance, The Ralph Esmerian Gift to The American Folk Art Museum (New York, 2001,) p. 177.PROVENANCE: Austin T. Miller; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles.
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Lot 528: Carved stone seated owlPossibly New York State, circa 1900
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Description: Stone, height 24 inches. A smaller stone owl by the same hand is illustrated in an advertisement for Stephen Score in Antiques & Fine Art, Autumn/Winter 2005, pp. 22-23.PROVENANCE: Thurston Nichols.
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Lot 529: Bookplate with standing teacher holding quill penAttributed to Johann Adam Eyer (1755-1837)Vincent School, Chester County, Pennsylvania, dated 1789
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Description: Bears a Germanic inscription that appears to read as "Henrich Weiandt" with the date 1789 Ink and watercolor on paper, 7 ¼ x 6 ⅛ inches, framed.A closely related example is illustrated in Frederick S. Weiser, "IAE SD: The Story of Johann Adam Eyer (1755-1837) Schoolmaster and Fraktur Artist, with a Translation from his Roster Book (1779-1837,)" in Ebbes fer Alle-Ebber Ebbes fer Dich / Something for Everyone, Something for You, (Breinigsville, PA, 1980,) fig. 14, p. 457.PROVENANCE: Collection of H. William Koch; David Wheatcroft; Private collection; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles.
View additional info »Lot 530: Mahantongo Valley paint decorated lift-top chest with praying childrenCabinetwork attributed to Johannes Mayer (1794-1883) with painted decoration attributed to the Rev. Isaac Stiehly (1800-1869)Northumberland and Schuylkill Counties, Pennsylvania,
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Description: Poplar and pine, original painted decoration, 28 x 47 x 21 inches.A chest of identical form and decoration signed on the underside of the lid by Johannes Mayer is illustrated in Sotheby's, "Important Americana," May 13, 2002, lot 298. Mayer, and the decorator, the Reverend Isaac Stiehly (1800-1869,) were related by the marriage of Stiehly's son Jared to Mayer's daughter Elizabeth.Five chests of this type are known with the motif of praying children, see Henry M. Reed, Decorated Furniture of the Mahantongo Valley (Lewisburg, PA, 1987,) p. 20. The praying children motif may have been inspired by a printed source.PROVENANCE: "The Pioneer Americana Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Shelley," Pook & Pook, April 20, 2007, lot 126; Greg K. Kramer.
View additional info »Lot 531: Snow Hill Society paint-decorated lift-top wood boxQuincy, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, circa 1820
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Description: Pine, original marbleized painted decoration, 22 x 67 ½ x 18 inches.PROVENANCE: The Snow Hill Society, Quincy, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; "Unreserved public auction of the contents of the 'Snow Hill Nunnery' Property of the German Seventh Day Baptist Church of Snow Hill, Quincy, Franklin County, Pennsylvania," Horst Auctioneers, August 11, 1997, lot 189; Connie Hayes.
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Lot 532: Snow Hill Society feast bowlAttributed to John Bell (1800-1880)Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, circa 1840
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Description: Glazed red earthenware, depth 2 ½ inches, diameter 10 ½ inches.This is one of the forty celebrated Snow Hill Society bowls used to serve stew during a ritual love feast by the German Seventh Day Baptist nuns and monks. See Northeast Auctions, "The Collection of Arthur and Miriam Spector," August 7, 2004, pp. 76-77.PROVENANCE: The Snow Hill Society, Quincy, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; "Unreserved public auction of the contents of the 'Snow Hill Nunnery' Property of the German Seventh Day Baptist Church of Snow Hill, Quincy, Franklin County, Pennsylvania," Horst Auctioneers, August 11, 1997; Olde Hope Antiques; Private collection; Greg K. Kramer.EXHIBITED: "The Decorative Arts of the Snow Hill Society," The booth of Olde Hope Antiques at The Winter Antiques Show, New York, New York, 1998. PUBLISHED: Lita Solis-Cohen, "Contents of Snow Hill Nunnery Bowls Them Over," Maine Antique Digest, November, 1997.
View additional info »Lot 533: Watch hutch with angel head carved crestAmerican, Possibly Pennsylvania, circa 1830-1880
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Description: Limestone, 12 x 9 x 4 ⅞ inches.PROVENANCE: Gerald Kornblau; Collection of Frank and June Barsalona; "Important Americana, Featuring the collection of Frank and June Barsalona," Sotheby's, September 30, 2010, lot 20; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles.PUBLISHED: Advertisement for Gerald Kornblau in the 1983 Winter Antique Show Catalog, page 94. Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Primitive, Discoveries in Folk Sculpture (New York, 1988,) pl. 69, p. 57.
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Lot 534: Cedar Spring FarmWilliam SherlockFermanagh Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, circa 1875
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Description: Oil on canvas, 21 ½ x 36 inches, framed. Signed lower right "William Sherlock."According to family tradition, this portrait of Cedar Spring Farm was commissioned by its owner, Rudolph Gingerich, a civil war aide-de-camp to General Meade at Gettysburg and a lumber baron of Tyrone, Blair County, Pennsylvania.William Sherlock was the son of the Reverend Thomas Sherlock, a Methodist preacher in Mifflintown in the 1870s and that it was used as a basis of a print of the farm that appeared in the 1877 Atlas of Juniata County which is illustrated in Don Yoder, Discovering American Folklife, Essays on Folk Culture and the Pennsylvania Dutch, p. 187.PROVENANCE: Rudolph Gingerich family, Centre County, PA, by descent to Don Yoder and William Woys Weaver. According to Yoder, the painting had been given to him at the age of ten years and had remained in his possession until its sale in 2010; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles.
View additional info »Lot 535: Mahantongo Valley paint-decorated chest of drawers Cabinetwork attributed to Johannes Mayer (1794-1883) with painted decoration attributed to the Rev. Isaac Stiehly (1800-1869)Northumberland and Schuylkill Counties, Pennsylvania, dated 1838
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Description: Poplar and white pine, original painted decoration, 50 ½ x 41 ¾ x 20 ¾ inches.PROVENANCE: Estate of Jonathan Wenrick, Selinsgrove, PA; Hassinger & Courtney Auctioneers, Richfield, PA, January 8, 2001, lot 365.
View additional info »Lot 536: Green-painted round utility basket with carved side handlesProbably Taconic area, New York, circa 1880-1900
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Description: Ash splint, original green paint, 7 ½ x 17 ½ x 18 inches.PROVENANCE: David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles.
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Lot 537: Leaping reindeer masthead weathervaneRochester, New York area, circa 1860
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Description: Sheet brass and wrought iron, original weathered verdigris patina, 17 x 24 inches, height of iron rod, 28 inches, with metal mount for wall hanging.This was originally one of a pair of silhouetted brass reindeer made to adorn the mastheads of the schooner Monterey, of the Reindeer Fleet, which sailed on Lake Superior during the second half of the nineteenth century. It is accompanied by two early twentieth century newspaper clippings from The Rochester Herald, Rochester, New York, entitled "Brass Reindeer Has History," and "Sketch of Old Ship Unearthed." One of these is inscribed with the date 1913 stated that "The Monterey, however, was distinguished from the other ships because of the peculiar mast head she carried. Captain Rees went to the expense of buying a large sheet of brass, from which he had cut two reindeer in the act of leaping. The reindeer cost $22 each and measured about two feet in length. These he placed on the fore and main masts. They were polished daily and presented a unique appearance on a bright day, when they would glisten far across the waters. Pilots on other ships always know the approach of Captain Rees' schooner by the glistening top. In a severe storm one of the reindeer-the one on the main-mast was lost. Captain Rees retired from active sea service in 1879 and bought a farm in Clayton, where he stayed until his death in 1899." An intriguing possibility that Captain David Rees may have actually fashioned this masthead-weathervane himself is suggested by a listing in the Daily American Directory of the City of Rochester, for 1849-50, p. 202, which records a David Rees as a Blacksmith.PROVENANCE: David S. Rees, Captain of the schooner Monterey of The Reindeer Fleet, Clayton, NY; to his son, Arthur D. Rees, Rochester, NY; to his son Arthur D. Rees, Jr; Private collection; Raccoon Creek Antiques; Alan Katz; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles. PUBLISHED: Advertisement for Alan Katz, Antiques & Fine Art, 7th Anniversary issue, January 2007, p. 162.
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Lot 538: Presentation drawingAttributed to David Kulp (1777-1834)Bucks County, Pennsylvania, circa 1810
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Description: Ink and watercolor on paper, 4 ½ x 3 ¼ inches, framed. For related examples by Kulp see Cory M. Amsler, Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, PA, 1999), pp. 270-273.PROVENANCE: David Wheatcroft.
View additional info »Lot 539: Paint-decorated slide-lid candle boxProbably Berks County, Pennsylvania, dated 1792
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Description: Poplar, original painted decoration, 4 ½ x 14 x 9 inches.PROVENANCE: By descent in the Weiss family; Bernie Drier, Jim Thorpe, PA: Pook & Pook, September 29-20, 2000, lot 493; Thurston Nichols.PUBLISHED: Advertisement for Thurston Nichols, The Catalog of Antiques & Fine Art, Summer/Fall 2001, p. 137.
View additional info »Lot 540: Set of six vibrant blue paint-decorated plank-seat Windsor side chairsJohn SwintLancaster County, Pennsylvania, circa 1840-1850
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Description: Poplar and maple, original painted and stenciled decoration, 33 x 14 ½ x 13 inches.Stamped on underside of seat: "J.SWINT/ CHAIRMAKER."PROVENANCE: Collection of Mrs. Frances A. Woods, Lancaster, PA; Horst Auctioneers, May 19-20, 2006, lot 1101.EXHIBITED: "Paint, Pattern & People, Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1725-1850," Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE, 2011-2012. PUBLISHED: Peter S. Siebert, "Decorated chairs of the lower Susquehanna River valley," The Magazine Antiques, May 2001, pl. VIII, p.784 Karl Pass, "Set of Six Blue Paint-Decorated Chairs Signed by John Swint Sells for $26, 000," Maine Antique Digest, July 2006, p. 11-A. Wendy A. Cooper and Lisa Minardi, Paint, Pattern & People, Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1725-1850 (Winterthur, 2011), figs 4.28-4.29, pages 171 and page 259.
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Lot 541: Stack of four matching miniature round wallpaper trinket boxesAmerican, possibly New York, circa 1849
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Description: Paperboard and softwood, block printed paper, lined with New York newspaper, smallest, height ¾ inches, diameter 1 ¼ inches; largest, height 2 inches, diameter 2 ½ inches.PROVENANCE: Raccoon Creek Antiques.
View additional info »Lot 542: Blue-painted cheese basketProbably New England, circa 1860
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Description: Ash splint, original blue paint, diameter 13 inches, depth 3 inches.PROVENANCE: David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles.Est.$2,000
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Lot 543: Landscape fireboard with mantelpieceProbably Greene County, New York, circa 1830
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Description: Fireboard, oil on pine panel, 34 ½ x 51 inches, mantelpiece, carved pine, original grain-painted decoration, 52 ½ x 73 x 7 inches.This is a rare example of a decorated fireboard remaining with its original mantelpiece. The landscape is stylistically related to an architectural panel signed "W. W. Cornwell" illustrated in Nina Fletcher Little, "The Painted Decoration at The New York State Historical Association," The Magazine Antiques, February 1959, page 183.PROVENANCE: Found in a home near Middleburg, NY; Russ Carlsen; David A. Schorsch; America Hurrah; Collection of Ralph Esmerian; Sotheby's, January 23, 2005, lot 923; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles. PUBLISHED: Jeffrey Simpson, "A Celebration of Folk Art, A New Home For Ralph Esmerian's Collection," Architectural Digest, October 2001, pp. 256-257.
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Lot 544: Carved song birdAttributed to "The Southern Lancaster County Carver"Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, circa 1900
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Description: Carved pine, wire legs, 5 ¼ x 5 inches.This is one of a small body of carvings usually depicting birds that are attributed to artist that has been designated as "The Southern Lancaster County Carver." For related published examples see Richard S. and Rosemarie B. Machmer, Just for Nice, Carving and Whittling Magic of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Reading, PA, 1991,) p. 35, figures 113-120.PROVENANCE: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Flack; David Wheatcroft.
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Lot 545: Presentation drawing inscribed to Evans SteinerAttributed to Samuel Bentz (1792-1850)Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, circa 1830
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Description: Ink and watercolor on paper, 3 ⅜ x 4 inches, framed. Inscribed on verso:"Evans Steiner."Evans Steiner was the son of John Steiner (born 1796), a blacksmith from Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.PROVENANCE: Clarke Hess.
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Lot 546: Gift drawing of two birds and a flower Pennsylvania, circa 1800
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Description: Ink and watercolor on paper, 4 ¼ x 4 inches, framed. PROVENANCE: Collection of Barry Cohen; David A. Schorsch and America Hurrah; Private collection; Alderfer Auctions, April 18, 2006.PUBLISHED: David A. Schorsch and America Hurrah, The Barry Cohen Collection (New York, 1990,) p. 19.
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Lot 547: Amish center square quilt Attributed to Kate Stoltzfus Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, circa 1930
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Description: Wool, 89 x 76 inches.PROVENANCE: Stoltzfus family farm on Pond Road between Bird in Hand and Intercourse, Lancaster County, PA; Carol and Gene Rappaport.
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Lot 548: Paint-decorated tin trunkProbably New York, circa 1840
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Description: Tinned iron, original painted decoration on asphaltum, 8 x 4 ½ x 6 inches.PROVENANCE: David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles.
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Lot 549: Paint-decorated tin oval tea canisterPennsylvania, circa 1830
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Description: Tinned iron, original painted decoration on asphaltum, height 5 ½ inches.PROVENANCE: Walters-Benisek; Private collection; David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles.PUBLISHED: Advertisement for Walters-Benisek, 1992 Philadelphia Antiques Show catalog, p. 77.
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