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A rare Boston school box- lyre timepiece with wood and eglomisé front, Boston, circa 1830-35.
A rare Boston school box- lyre timepiece with wood and eglomisé front, Boston, circa 1830-35.
This classical interpretation of the banjo clock is fashioned in the form of a lyre, an emblem associated with the major deity Apollo, chief muse and god of sun and light. This theme was a popular motif in neo-classical and empire timepieces. The clock has a wonderfully carved floral finial above a turned wood bezel. The lyre-form throat panel has an acanthus leaf decoration around a wonderfully f...
A Very Good Sheraton Carved Mahogany Games Table, In the Manner of Samuel McIntire, Salem, circa 1815.
A Very Good Sheraton Carved Mahogany Games Table, In the Manner of Samuel McIntire, Salem, circa 1815.
This attractively proportioned games table is a form famously produced in the Salem, Massachusetts area at the beginning of the 19th Century. The serpentine form with ovolo corners, coupled with richly carved foliate and reeded legs, is a motif used by those cabinetmakers and carvers associated with the successful workshop of Samuel Field McIntire (1757-1811). The hinged serpentine top has a serp...
A wonderful cherry wood Hepplewhite tall case clock, signed by the case maker
A wonderful cherry wood Hepplewhite tall case clock, signed by the case maker "PittWait / Cabinet & Chairmaker", with works attributed to Luther Smith, Keene, New Hampshire, circa 1815.
This nicely proportioned case has a mellow surface with a rich old color and features subtle line inlaid borders and diamonds in the door and base panel. The interior of the backboard is boldly signed with elaborate chalk letters "PittWait / Cabinet & Chairmaker". The painted iron dial has richly painted corner spandrels with large rose blossoms and the lunette has a detailed woodland scene of a h...
A Fine Federal Mahogany Octagonal Tilt-top Candle Stand, probably Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1790.
A Fine Federal Mahogany Octagonal Tilt-top Candle Stand, probably Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1790.
This nicely proportioned candle stand has a vibrant mahogany top with a rosewood cross-banded edge and a central flame birch panel within a geometric border. The octagonal top rest above a ring turned posts with a delicate central vase carved with a laurel leaf decoration. This specific leaf decoration is a motif used by Salem carvers including Samuel McIntire. The post joins three delicate slen...
An attractive bird's-eye inlaid Hepplewhite tall case clock by Frederick Wingate, Augusta, Maine, circa 1815.
An attractive bird's-eye inlaid Hepplewhite tall case clock by Frederick Wingate, Augusta, Maine, circa 1815.
This terrific regional case has a distinctive lattice work fret and rich panels of bird's-eye maple in the door and plinths below the turned quarter columns. The dial, which is of Boston origins, has vibrant polychrome fan form spandrels and a classical urn in the lunette. The dial is signed and numbered in old English calligraphy below the calendar window, "F. Wingate / Augusta / No. 264". The ca...
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