Smalls

Smalls

This is a better pic of the compote shown on the front page. It is American, made of walnut, has a great folky look, and nice old crackly surface. I'm guessing it was made mid 19th century. It is 11 1/4" in diameter and 8 1/2" tall. Because its fairly shallow, it would show off all of your stone fruit perfectly, none hidden down inside. Price is $650.

Here are two hard to find stone vegetables, a stone onion and a stone baby artichoke. SOLD

Here is something really nice and rare, a miniature mortar and pestle in origianal red paint. The surface is niced and dry, the paint is the only surface, and the wood I think is maple. The size 3 1/4" diameter and 6 1/2" tall including the pestle. Email me if you need additional pics of the wear on the bottom, or ?. Price is $275. Would be nice paired up with the normal size red mortar and pestle also shown on the smalls page.

Another mini mortar and pestle from the same collection. This one is nice and early, nice dry old surface, plenty of wear and patina. I'm not sure if these were used for spices or drugs or what, but they definately were used. Size is 2" diameter, 7" tall including pestle, wood is maple. Price is $175.

This is a hard to find item, a nice old wedding band hogscraper, so called because the decorative brass band around the middle looks like a wedding band. These are frequently faked, as it would be sort of easy to add a piece of brass to the middle, but the new solder usually shows. This one is real and right, signed, and a nice tall 8 1/2". Price is $475.

Here is a nice pair of black tin sconces. Nice tombstone shape, crimped along the upper edge, nice decorative crease up each side, nice old dry paint, just slightly different as they would be if they are made by hand. These are good period sconces, not the later ones, date to mid 19th century. Price is $525 for the pair.

Here is another great American piece of treen. This treen plate is maple, has traces of brownish paint or ?, and is very out of round as you can see. If I remember it is about 8" in diameter, and the price is $325. Email me for exact dimensions, good pics of the back and profile, and so on.

Here are two beautiful red painted objects. The red bowl has a color of red that almost glows, with just the right amount of wear and no cracks or other appologies. Found in Vermont, circa 1860s. Price is $850. The mortar, of the mortar and pestle set has a thick coat of red paint that is almost crusty. Found in Connecticut, also circa 1860s. Price is $350. How pretty they are together.

Here is a wonderful early thing. This is called a tidy, or stand, and was used to hold lighting devices up off the table. This particular one is exceptionally large and has great bold turnings. It is from the Weld collection, found in New Hampshire, and has orignal grey paint over navy blue paint. Price is $1,250.

A great master salt in treen. Great turnings and a good large size. Very impressive on your early table. Price is $265.

A rare and wonderful pair of punched copper lanterns. Very old, look at the patina! Found in Ohio, circa 1820's. Price is $1,225. for the pair.

A charming pair of child's boots, or drummer boy boots as they are romantically called. 18th C, great wear, even the resoles are square nails. Price is $225.

This is a detail of a small portrat, an oil on board. The lady is wearing a nice blue silk dress , and sitting in front of a red cutain. The board is a nice old hand planed piece of mahogany. Circa 1820s, the price is $595.

Here is a really great piece of early lighting. I am calling it a make-do candleholder. It has a real, early wrought iron candle cup thrust into a turned wood base. It has a great old ashy finish, never had anything else. The back side has a long crack, and the top has some damage you can see to the edge. But overall a great looking piece. Price is $495.

Here is a sweet little Victorian pincushion in the shape of a heart covered in crazy quilt. Price is $45.,

Here is a pic of a nice make-do light standard. Very old pine all the way, found in Connecticut. Price is $625. I think it looks great hung with a group of Betty lamps, all priced at $275. each.

Here are as pretty a pair as you are likely to see. Two nice burl bowls. One is 18th C. American, turned, 13 1/4" x 4 1/4", with an old Betty Darrow label on it, who was a well respected Midwestern dealer. The other one is also American, great shallow form, nice old washed surface, with a neat hole where an old patch was, also ex Betty Darrow. This one looks like modern art to me. Size is 15" diameter x 4" deep. Priced at $1,850.

Here is one of the seat cushions from the pile, this one in old needlepoint with an image of a unicorn. Some wear along a line in the middle, but still very charming. Price is $425. There is another one in the pile, needlepoint also, with very subdued floral scrolls.

Another great item from the pile is this lovely embroidered cushion. Price is $125.

What a nice group of pewter. Several nice large chargers, priced from $235. and up, and sized from 14" to 16" in diameter.

Here is just a wonderful pewter tankard. Marked inside Yates, priced at $850.

Here is just a perfect betty lamp, has all its parts and is in perfect condition. Price is $275.

Here is a wonderful small treen salt, American, maple. Remains of red and grey paint on the base. Nice gouge markes on the inside. Price is $240.

Here is a nice old almanac that is dated 1801, so must have been printedin 1800. Nice images inside, a little piece of history. Price is $65.

Here is a wonderful skewer set, early and right. Price is $650.

A blacksmith made basket handled skewer. What a wonderful thing for your fireplace, or heck you could use it on the barbeque. Size is 23" long. Price is $125.

A nice early "fragment" mirror. Size is 5" x 7", SALE price is $275.

Here is a nice stack of three soldier blue pantry boxes from the same home. These three were I think overpainted with salmon at some time, and almost all of that has worn off with time and use, no removers or whatever used. You see little tiny bits of the salmon throughout, and on the top of the top smallest box. I think the blue paint had all worn off the top of the smallest box from use, and the salmon paint stuck to the raw wood. Anyhow, they are a very pretty threesome, a great old dry blue paint, only tiny damage here and there. All early nails, no repairs, no staples. Price is $830 for the three

Here is a wonderful old silhouette, I love it because of the relationship of the size of the sihouette to the size of the frame. Wonderful period frame, origianl hanging loop in brass on the back, and also hand written info on the back about the sitter. Size is 3 1/2" diameter, price is $275.

Not a great picture, but a really nice early ship diorama. Its the only one I've ever seen with little birds flying in the sky. All old and original, carved wood sails and ship, nice shrouds in good condition, but the maker never added rigging. Original putty water, nice old dry crackly paint on background, ship, water. The case is original pine with old dry white paint, the frame has been overpainted in old red at some point. Size is 27 1/2" wide and 15 1/2" tall. SOLD.

Here is a really great piece of lighting, a half round lantern in tin with original grey paint. You don't see these very often, and never do you see them in any paint but black. On this one the tin is perfect, no rust or repairs, I think the glass was replaced at some point. It is 18" tall including ring, and 7 1/2" wide at its widest point. Price is $525.

Here is a neat tote in old blue paint. I love the pale color of the blue. Great for your porch this summer. Price is $125.

Here is a nice early rush light, a period one, circa 1780's. Found in Massachusetts, it has great age, perfect "feel", that is the edges of the iron parts are smooth and worn, and an interesting turned wood base, with nice early slow lathe marks. Price is $795.

Really nice little stool, in original green paint, circa 1840s. Found in Virginia, but my guess is it was made further north. I love the carved scroll on the ends, unusual and nice. The piece of wooly fabric tacked to the top seems similar to the fabrics woven by the Shakers, the colors are mustard and old red. Price is $225.

Here is a wonderful small hand drawn image of a rose. Looks like its drawn and colored in colored inks, maybe by a schoolchild, much folded and treasured. We framed it in a nice period lemon gold frame. Price is $225. Mid 19th century image and frame.

I love this early sampler with the image of the house. How American! Can't quite make out the child's name or the date. Size is 16 3/4" x 13". SOLD.

What a great doll! I think its supposed to be George Washington. Lovely hand painted and molded face, out of what I don't know. The body is stuffed with rags, the clothes are hand sewn, and look at the wear on his feet. Found in Virginia, how appropriate. Almost impossible to date, not new by any means, but not 200 years old either, so I'm just guessing at about 100 years old. Price is $225.

Great little mirror for you wall. I think it originally hung from its string on a tent pole for a military person, and the back is inscribed Col. Darlington, 1834. Great grungy old surface. SOLD

Here are two Revolutionary War era pewter spoons. They are cut short to carry in your pocket. The top one has great early style decoration on the back, the other is plain. Price is $100. each.

Here is a classic American maple treen plate. Broken in half at one time and reglued, trust your Yankee thriftiness. This plate has such great feel in the hand, like silk, and all wavy from much cutting and eating over many generations. Price is $495.

Precious little ivory and silver box. Found in Connecticut, circa 1810, love the basketweave carving on the ivory. Price is $525.

Something pretty special, a hooded tin sconce. These are pretty rare, originally made by adding a tin hood with crimped edge to a small plain sconce. All original, great old surface, even the original soot on the hood. Sorry for the lousy picture, but in real life its a great looking thing. Price is $625.

Here is a reallly nice make-do whale oil light. I appologise for the picture again, but if you look you can see this neat whittled or carved wooden base for the glass oil light font. Nice early surface, nice wear to the bottom. Price is $325.

Here's a really nice seat pad in mustard linsey. Much pieced together and quilted. I put it in the seat of the Mummy chair so you can get an idea of size. Price is $250.

Here is a real nice early wine of unusual form. Hand blown with pontil, circa 1830s. Price is $95.

Here is a nice assembled set of early wines, with a child's size thrown in to boot. Hand blown, pontil, nice wear, guaranteed earlly, not the French repros. Price is $85. each, small one same price.

Something pretty nice for you Nautical collectors. A pantry box or ditty box with baleen sides and grey painted wood top and bottom. Look at the little lead nails peened over on the sides. Wonderful decoration on the overlap. The top and bottom boards have wonderful grey paint with perfect patina. Size is 8" diameter and 2 3/4" tall. Price is $975.

Here's a lovely painting of some hills in New Mexico. Has a little writing on the back of its location and is signed and dated on the front. Price is $225.

Here is a pile of seat cushions sized to fit slat back chairs. The crewel ones are priced at $125.

What was the little box used for originaly? It had a hinged top, but some years now it has been used as a wood sconce. Great old attic surface. Price is $245.

This is probably the best punched tin wallbox I've ever seen, has both a star and a heart. In great condition, this one came out of a collection in PA about 45 years ago. Price is $895.

I think this was a sewing box, it has holes on the front for thread, and spool holders on the inside. Great crusty brownish red paint, with black detailing, and just a little loss on the top where it was handled. It has great cutouts in wood added on, not carved into. Very like an applique quilt design. Now this is what I call folk art. Found in Hudson River valley area of NY. Price is $425.

More great iron. This a dough scraper, with a nice twisty handle, in great old condition, nice and worn. And a kind of rare pair of tweezers, also nice and old. Price for the dough scraper is $165, and the tweezers are $55.

Here is a real and right tin candelabra. Unusual form, best early paint. I think it is American, because the workmanship so closely resembles American chandeliers and sconces, but it could also be French. Not a recent import by any means, found here in Connecticut. Price is $650.

Here are a nice pair of pewter master salts. Marked on bottom with angel, probably German. Nice condition, nice oak leaf border on bottom of vaseform. Price is $275. for the pair.

Interesting pair of old wood work boxes, from the same farm sale. Maybe you could use them open on your desk to hold all your stuff. The prices are $45. each.

Selection of stone fruit, something we always have in stock. Our prices range from $25. for the citrus fruits, to $45. for apples, etc. up to $85. for the grapes. The half pieces of fruit we sell for $275. Half peach is SOLD