William A. Smith Inc.
Auctioneers and Appraisers

Great Summer Estate Auction
Featuring the Hubbard Estate of Walpole, NH
Plus another important NH family

Friday, July 1st, 2016 at 10:00 am

Preview Date: Thurs. from 12:00-5:00 pm and 8:00 am morning of sale

We have moved 2 important collections from well-known old NH families to our gallery in Plainfield, NH for the convenience of the sale. Choice estate antiques, art, silver, Oriental rugs and custom furnishings all to be sold unreserved to the highest bidder, with no internet bidding and auctions like the days of old will make this a truly fun event! Please plan to attend. Absentee bids welcome.

In part: 18th-C. Q.A. maple lowboy with fan carving, likely NH; maple Q.A. 2-part highboy; fine Chippendale maple tall chest of drawers, RI origin; a NH area Chippendale maple 6-dr. chest in old grain paint, several other Chippendale chests; 2-part Federal mahogany linen press; 2-part Federal cherry corner cupboard; various early floor cupboards; many Early American tavern tables; NH tilt-top candlestand and other early Federal candlestands; set of 5 mustard-painted thumb-back chairs; various 18th-c. Windsor chairs; Chippendale maple and mahogany slant-lid desks; early Pembroke tables; Q.A. 18th-c. New England drop-leaf table; various Federal bowfront chests; early card tables including a NH model; Federal NH school grandfather clock with brass works, other tall clock Revere Telechron; quality twin and other beds complete, and much more.

Three pedestal base dining room table; set of 10 Chippendale-style dining room chairs; double pedestal dining table; set of 8 shield-back dining room chairs; tiger maple stretcher base custom dining table; lg. drop-leaf harvest table; other dining tables and chairs; quality Windsor-style bench; Nutting stool; Kittinger and Baker furniture; designer Roche-Bobois travertine and glass table; nautical coffee table; Midcentury Henredon bedroom set. Early convex wall mirror; several sets of brass andirons; great selection of old copper cookware; Civil War belt buckle; 1820s NH military appointment; bronze bird, signed Jules Moigniez; early child’s rocking horse; early doorstops; mantel lusters; early tea caddies; period tiger maple mirrors; early European music stand with candle arms; early standing child’s pump organ, likely German; pinball game “Play Boy”; cased ships model; large lapped wooden tub; early horse hitching post; several good inlaid boxes; group of older Louis Vuitton suitcases and related; pillar and scroll shelf clock; antique banjo clock as is; triple decker shelf clock; regulator wall clock; Ansonia crystal regulator, and many other clocks.

Selection of sterling silver including Tiffany flatware; other flatware set; Tiffany sterling covered cut glass jar; English sterling tea set; sterling serving pieces; sterling tray and bowls, sterling candlesticks and more; service for 12 china Rosenthal, other china service Royal Copenhagen; set of Haviland and other sets of china; early Delft; Grueby and Rookwood vases; R. Lalique covered bowl, blue; Baccarat and Steuben figures; enamel boxes; misc. antique jewelry objects; Historical blue; Waterford; cabinets are full!

Selection of oil paintings and w/c’s; many antique English hunt scene colored prints, some unusual subjects; Currier and Ives; several Maxfield Parrish prints; Kirmse etching; early print London; Vallez litho; Martin Lawrence colored litho; oil painting nude, signed Robert Henri; Gary Shepard w/c; oil luminist sky, signed Barchus; early portraits; oil on canvas, image of a river tug #42 on the CT River (Glastonbury, CT) signed Bissel Phelps Smith; Chinese export portrait painting ship captain’s wife; pastel American school sailor boy; and other art.

Asian: Asian table screens; Asian hall table; porcelain and champlevé lamps; Chinese export porcelains; Canton porcelains; early Persian or Asian knives with sheaths; Japanese wireless cloisonné; Chinese carved horn cup; Chinese cinnabar; very early bronze Southeast Asian jardinière; several antique carved Asian ivories; great Chinese carved MOP shell; antique Japanese Samurai sword; many small Asian trinkets.

Approx. 60 estate Oriental rugs, most in fine condition including room-size, scatters, and runners, various ages; several antique quilts; antique clothing, some Asian; outdoor furniture, old wheelbarrow, and much more. This will be a really interesting and fun auction!