A hard-to-find matched set of seven 9-spindle bow-back Windsor chairs. The chairs sport a 19th century red paint over the original red, bold bulbous turnings and well-formed saddle seats. They are tight, in good condition and ready for everyday use, with well-worn paint and butterfly repairs underneath two seats. 18th century, New York.

Provenance: Wayne Pratt, Woodbury, CT.

Dimensions: 36” high; 17½” seat height.

Item No. 240297

Price: $6,900.

Queen Anne two-part bonnet-top highboy, cherry. The upper section sports a bonnet-top with a well-formed broken arch pediment having three carved flame finials, over an arrangement of nine drawers including a central fan-carved bonnet drawer. The lower section sports four drawers, including a fan-carved central drawer, and an attractively shaped apron on cabriole legs and pad feet. The highboy is in very good condition, with an old refinish, replaced brasses in the original holes and professionally spliced repairs to the proper left front and right rear legs. Circa 1760-1780, Connecticut.

Dimensions: 89” high x 36” wide, (39½” wide at bonnet top), x 21” deep.

Item No. 240274

Price: $4,300.

Pilgrim century trestle table, white pine and maple. The table sports a two-board top with breadboard ends, (one end is missing), and is assembled with large hand-wrought rose-headed nails. It is in good condition, with a well-worn top and the expected wear and tear commensurate with its age. Early 18th century, New England.

Literature: Illustrated in New England Furniture at Williamsburg by Barry A. Greenlaw, Figure 114.

Provenance: Colonial Williamsburg, John Walton.

Dimensions: 35½” x 25¾” top x 27½” high

Item No. 220215

Price: $4,800.

Diminutive cupboard, cherry. This attractive cupboard sports a red stain, with an applied cornice, a single paneled door over a single dovetailed drawer fitted with period hardware, canted corner columns, and a shaped bracket base. The cupboard is in good condition, with a shrinkage crack in the door and on the proper right side and the expected wear and tear from age and usage. Late 18th century, New England.

Dimensions: 47¾” high x 24” wide, (26¼” wide at the cornice), x 17¼” deep.

Item No. 240277

Price: $1,900.

Fan-back Windsor armchair. The armchair sports nicely shaped hand-holds, a good saddle seat and turned legs supported by an “H” stretcher base. It is in good condition, with the expected wear and tear from age and usage. Late 18th century, New England.

Dimensions: 46½” high; 17” seat height

Item No. 240246

Price: $1,675.

William & Mary two-part highboy, walnut. The upper section sports a stepped cornice with a secret drawer, and three side-by-side drawers over three graduated full-width drawers. The lower section has six drawers, a shaped apron, trumpet-turned legs, a low scrolled stretcher and bun feet. The highboy has an old refinish and some restoration. Circa 1720, New York.

Dimensions: 72½” high x 44” wide x 22½” deep.

Item No. 240273

Price: $2,900.  

Sewer tile frog. This molded frog has incised features and is in excellent condition, with no chips or cracks. 19th century.

Item No. 240262

Price: $295.

Pair of portraits of a sea captain and his wife, o/c, unsigned. The captain is shown holding a spyglass. His wife is holding a bouquet of flowers. Behind her are flowers in a window box and a window looking out at mountains in the background.

A brass plaque affixed to one frame attributes the portraits to George Kennedy, (1818-1870), but experts who have subsequently examined the portraits have attributed them instead to Daniel G. Lamont, (1817-1883). The portraits are in good condition with some repair. Mid-19th century.

Provenance: Peter Tillou

Dimensions: 39” x 31½”; Viewed Area: 33½” x 26”

Price: $23,000.

Paint decorated chest of drawers. The chest sports four drawers, attractively turned legs, a nicely scrolled apron, and the original paint decoration. It is in very good condition, with one drawer lip repair and minor paint wear from age and usage. The brasses are old replacements. Circa 1830, New England.

Dimensions: 38¾” wide x 18¾” deep x 38½” high.

Item No. 240200

Price: $1,800.

Hanging candle box. The box sports a lollipop top, an old dark finish and dovetailed construction. It is in good condition for its age, with a repair to the lollipop, an age crack in the sliding cover and the wear and tear expected from age and usage. Late 18th or early 19th century, American.

Dimensions: 22” high x 6¼” wide x 4¾” deep.

Item No. 240259

Price: $450.