An endearing folk art portrait of a young girl, pastel on paper, unsigned. The portrait is of Mary Louisa Miller, (1846 - ?), a brown-eyed girl wearing a bright blue dress with a fine white lace collar and carrying a single pink rose. The pastel is in very good condition but with some buckling of the paper. Circa 1850, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. 

Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Jan. 30, 1980.

Dimensions: 20¼” x 16½”; Viewed Area: 14¼” x 10½”

Item No. 200082

Price: $2,900.

Embroidered architectural sampler in the original gold leaf frame. The sampler depicts buildings, trees and birds, surrounded by a strawberry vine border. Part of the text reads, “Mary Mullison, Aged 13 years, 1830”. The sampler is in very good condition, but with some fading of the colors. American.

Dimensions: 18¾” x 18¾”; Viewed Area: 15½” x 15½”

Item No. 200011

Price: $635.

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Folk art watercolor stencil of a family record under glass. The record, never used, is beautifully decorated with fruits and flowers, birds, American flags and a heart. A banner at the top reads, “Birds of Paradise”. The record is in excellent condition and dates from the mid-19th century.

Dimensions: 18” x 23”

Item No. 190173

Price: $375.

Sale Price: $275. (Firm)

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An unusual paint decorated knife tray. The tray boasts attractively scalloped sides, a painted decoration in red, yellow, blue, green and white and an attractively shaped handle. It is in good condition, with paint wear expected from age and usage. 19th century, probably Vermont.

Dimensions: 12” long x 9½” wide x 4¾” high

Item No. 200058

Price: $685.

Sale Price: $495. (Firm)

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A very unusual folk art table-top game wheel, wood with iron spikes. The wheel sports its original paint decoration and is in good condition. The flapper is a replacement. 19th century.

Dimensions: 21” high x 14” diameter wheel.

Item No. 200057

Price: $975.

Sale Price: $695. (Firm)

An endearing pair of watercolor portraits of children in a landscape setting. The portraits are in period gold leaf frames and are in very good condition. Early 19th century.

Dimensions: 11½” x 10½”; Viewed Area: 8” x 7”

Item No. 200051

Price: $3,200.

Sale Price: $1,900. (Firm)

Naïve folk art painting of a river scene, o/c, unsigned. The scene is of a man fishing in the river, along with a sailboat, early houses and a luminous sky in the background. The painting is framed in a beautiful period lemon-gold frame. 19th century.

Dimensions: 25½” x 18½”; Viewed Area: 20½” x 13½”

Item No. 190293

Price: $985.

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Folk art watercolor, “Returning From The Fields”. This is a common theme, as there are many works of art with this title. This one shows a mother and daughter returning to their farmhouse with firewood they’ve been out gathering. The watercolor is in very good condition. 19th century, American school.

Dimensions: 30” x 22½”; Viewed Area: 26½” x 19”

Item No. 200031

Price: $1,600.

Sale Price: $775.

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Portraits of a sea captain and his wife, o/c, painted by Isaac Sheffield, (1807-1845). Consigned to auction by a direct descendant, the captain has been identified as Captain Thomas Snyder, (c 1818 – c 1900). The captain is holding a telescope upon which is written, “Age 24”. His ship at sea is shown through a window behind him. Captain Snyder's wife is holding a copy of “Godey’s Lady’s Book”, showing that she was an educated woman who was literate. “Age 24” is also written on her portrait. The portraits were likely done around the time of the couple's marriage. The attractive mahogany ogee frames are old but not original. The portraits are in excellent condition, having been professionally conserved. Circa 1840, Connecticut.

Isaac Sheffield was a Connecticut limner  who painted portraits of sea captains and their families in and around New London, CT during the 1830’s and early 1840’s.

Dimensions: 44" x 36"; Viewed Area: 35" x 27"

Item No. 190096

Price: $19,000.

Sale Price: $14,000. (Firm)