CRN Auctions - Collections and Estates Auction - June 2021

CRN AUCTIONS-COLLECTIONS AND ESTATES AUCTION 99: in the manner of SPANISH COLONIAL, 20th c. USD 300 - 400 San Eloy and his Angelic Helpers (the patron saint of silversmiths)unframed, 19 by 22 in. 100: 18TH C. CONNECTICUT QUEEN ANNE CHERRY DRESSING TABLE USD 20,000 - 30,000 1740-1800, probably Wethersfield, boldly shaped, scalloped-top above one long narrow and three short drawers, the center one with fan carving; shaped skirt; cabriole legs ending in pad feet, 31.5"h; case 30.5"w, 18"d; top 38"w, 24.5"dFrom the home of a well-respected collector of Americana in the Boston area. Prov.: G.W.Samaha Antiques, Milan, Ohio. The cherry highboy, lot 104, and this dressing table most likely were made by same hand.Scalloped tops are one of the most distinctive traits developed in the Connecticut valley, particularly the area around Wethersfield. A very similar example sold at Sotheby's 'Important Americana', January 16, 1997, lot 203. See another example in Connecticut Furniture /Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, An Exhibition Organized by the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 1967, pg. 103. Also Connecticut Valley Furniture, Eliphalet Chapin and His Contemporaries, 1750-1890, Thomas and Alice Kugelman with Robert Lionetti, pgs. 66-67. 101: CONNECTICUT QUEEN ANNE CHERRY HIGHBOY USD 5,000 - 7,000 flat molded-top top section with five short drawers, the center one shell-carved; bottom section with long drawer over three, again the center drawer shell-carved; shaped skirt; cabriole legs with pad feet, 72"h; case 37.5"w; 19"dFrom the home of a well-respected collector of Americana in the Boston area. Prov.: G.W.Samaha.Most likely made by the same hand as lot 100. 102: COLOSSAL CHINESE EXPORT ROSE MANDARIN PUNCH BOWL USD 8,000 - 12,000 19th c., large medallions of figural groups to exterior and interior, 22.75 diam.; 9"h 103: (on 4) VARIOUS EARLY TIN LIGHTING/LANTERNS USD 700 - 900 pair of lanterns in red paint with mercury reflectors, 16"h; along with a round-faced lantern with pierced top in green paint with gold stenciled details to sides and bottom (seen when hanging), 22"h; and a steeple-top lantern with pierced sun and moon (original wavy glass has crack in side panel), 20"h 104: COLOSSAL CHINESE EXPORT ROSE MANDARIN PUNCH BOWL USD 8,000 - 12,000 19th c., panels of figures in landscapes alternating with panels of floral, bird and insect designs; rich deep color, 24"diam.; 9"h 105: EARLY 19TH C. MEMORIAL NEEDLEWORK USD 800 - 1,200 SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF DEPARTED INNOCENCE/Those sweet babes in mercy given,/ Have regained their native heaven.SALLY ELIZABETH, Daughter of Joseph and Sally Millet,/Died October 19th, 1810, aged 17 months/EDWARD TAYLOR,/Died February 21st, 1823, aged 4 months/EDWARD TAYLOR,/Died May 25th, 1824, aged 9 days. Followed by a six line poignant poem.17.75 by 20.5 in. (sight), framed, under glassDescended through the Nelson White family of Hartford, Connecticut.