CRN Auctions - Collections and Estates Auction - June 2021

CRN AUCTIONS-COLLECTIONS AND ESTATES AUCTION 129: BOSTON QUEEN ANNE INLAID WALNUT DRESSING TABLE USD 3,000 - 5,000 c. 1740-1760, two drawers over three with string inlay, center drawer shell-carved, 29"h; case 26.5"w, 18" d; top 30"w, 20"dFrom a major, long-time collector of Americana in the Boston area.This piece is representative of a small group of similar inlaid pieces made in Boston. 130: RHODE ISLAND PAINT DECORATED SPICE CHEST USD 1,200 - 1,700 c. 1840, made and decorated by George Robert Lawton (1813-1885), Scituate, RIoriginal red paint, step-back top, 5 drawers with hand-painted birds and florals; 21"h; 12.5"w; 5.5" dFrom a major, long-time collector of Americana in the Boston area. Purchased by the current owner, Skinner Auctions, 1983. 131: PAIR OF BENNINGTON FLINT ENAMEL LIONS USD 3,000 - 5,000 Bennington, Vermont, stamped with maker Lyman Fenton & Company 1849; applied "coleslaw" mane, 9"h; 11"w; 6"dFrom a major, long-time collector of Americana in the Boston area. A number of similar lions are illustrated in Richard Carter Barret, Bennington Pottery and Porcelain, p. 292-3, pls/ 375-377. These lions were based on the Medici lions. 132: PHILADELPHIA CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY, BIRDCAGE USD 800 - 1,200 c. 1780, elongated ball and claw feet, 29" h; the tilting dish top 26" diam.Purchased Christies, New York in the 1980's. 133: SET OF (4) NEW ENGLAND QUEEN ANNE MAPLE SIDE CHAIRS USD 3,000 - 5,000 mahoganized finish, balloon slip seats, cabriole legs joined with block and turned H-stretchers, backs 40"h, seat 17"h 134: 19TH C. HASKELL & ALLEN COLORED TROTTERS USD 600 - 800 DEXTER, ETHAN ALLEN AND MATEAS THEY APPEARED AT FASHION COURSE, L.I., JUNE 21st 1867 FOR A PURSE OF $2000./TIME 2.15, 2.16, 2.19.PUBLISHED BY HASKELL AND ALLEN/ 61 HANOVER ST. BOSTONimage 18 in. by 25 in.; thin mat, under glass, walnut frame 24.5 by 30.5 in.From a major, long-time collector of Americana in the Boston area. Haskell and Allen's most memorable productions were their horse prints. Haskell began as a print seller with Haskell and Ripley in 1868. A year later he began a partnership with George Allen. In 1873 they moved to 61 Hanover St in Boston where they did well; however, in 1878 they went bankrupt. 135: ASSEMBLED PAIR OF MAHOGANY NEW ENGLAND QUEEN ANNE SIDE USD 1,000 - 1,500 18th c. mahogany with balloon slip seats, cabriole legs joined by blocked and turned stretchers; one measures 40.5"h; 20"w; 17.5"d; 18.5" seat height; the other, 40"h; 20"w; 17" d; seat 17.75"h