Paintings & Wall Hangings
This category will include oils on canvas, watercolors, silhouettes, samplers, school girl art as well as sconces and miscellaneous wall hangings.
A very attractive and graphic inlaid game board – parchese on one side and checkers on the other. Nice selection of exotic woods and design composition. A special example in fine original condition. Early 20th C. 16 1’2″ square, 1″ thick.
Price: SOLD
ITEM: 119FL25
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Late 19th or early 20th C. still life painting (oil on canvas) by Juan Valleio Montoya (signed lower right). Pleasing composition of basket, fruit and floral arrangement. Excellent original condition. Well made mortised stretcher and old frame (may be original). Sight size is 27 1/8″ x 21 1/4″.
Price: $795
ITEM: 36N70
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A very attractive and well balanced composition along with strong colors and fine condition make this sampler by Mary Ann Payne, aged 12, a desireable example. It is dated 1832 and identified with the town of Norwich. It is stitched on fine linen and is probably of English origin, though it last resided in a home in Norwich, CT. Conservation mounted and framed.
Price: $2250
ITEM: 34EB1125
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Very interesting and historical original drawing for the studio/home of O. C. Seltzer in Great Falls, Montana. O. C. Seltzer was a noted painter of the American West and a member of the Cowboy Artists of America. His paintings hang in major museums and collections and are comparable to those of Frederick Remington and Seltzer’s friend, Charles Russell. The drawing is of a plan for his studio/home in Montana. It is in excellent condition and the sight size is 18″ x 12 3/8″.
Price: $295
ITEM: 72GW15
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A very nice large size cut and detailed paint embellished silhouette of a gentleman holding a book. Beautifully executed details added to the initial cutting. Pasted on paper with a gray and black watercolor planked floor. Signed by Charles Samuel Herve II ( 1785-1866) with the stencil “HERVE Artist 172 Oxford Street” on the front. Also stencilled on the reverse side and on the original back board. Sight size is 10 1/2″ x 7 1/8″. Excellent condition with some uniform background toning. Presented in what is likely its original frame and backboard.
Price: $775
ITEM: 78B65
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This sampler was done by Marianne Kennedy in 1846. There is a label on the back indicating that it was framed by “R Stewart and Sons, Fine Art Dealers, Artists’ colourmen and Frame Makers. 19 St John St and 16 Princess St, Perth.” It is a wonderful example of sampler stitching showing letters, a complex border and interesting figures. Note Marianne’s use of silk threads to highlight the trees at the bottom.
Price: $1850
ITEM: 53GB1775
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A very nice pair of silhouettes by Frith (no initial), cut and paste with detailed gold embellishments. The sitters are unknown. Both are signed “Frith” and dated “1844”. Overall framed size is 14″ x 11.25″. Sight size is 10″ x 7.5″. Presented in period bird’s eye maple frames.
Price: $1100
ITEM: 128MW1442
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Nicely designed and executed 19th C. (dated Dec 15, 1825) marriage fraktur for Amos H Drake and Rachel Simpson and signed by the artist W C Stevens. The couple were from Warren County, NJ. Amos Drake served as a member of the NJ State Assembly from 1846-48. He was born in April 1803 and died in January 1873. His wife, Rachel, was born in August 1807 and died in October 1853. They had one daughter, Asenath (1831-1839). Some line repairs to the paper.
Price: SOLD
ITEM: 95VT9
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A very pleasing portrait of a young boy with his dog set against a beautiful country landscape showing a village in the background across a lake. The painting is probably of New England origin and came from a MA home. It has been relined and there us some minor restoration (not on the face or arm). The original stretcher is American pine. The portrait is 25” x 30” and is unsigned.
Price: $2600
ITEM: 73GM13
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An interesting folky hooked rug depicting an early farm wagon with a family and their ox. The material of the rug is a very unusual mixture of natural and dyed jute as well as the traditional hooking cotton. The combination of materials along with its design and its fine original condition make for a desireable piece of folk art. Found in a Vermont collection. Rug is 17.25″ x 34.5″.
Price: $395
ITEM: 73JL6
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