Spectacular Annual July Estate Auction

Americana, Artwork, Accessories, Silver & Jewelry, Asian, Oriental Rugs, Occupational Mug collection, Automobile and much more!

Smith’s Auction Gallery
1064 Route 12-A, Plainfield, NH

Auction: Friday, July 7th, 2017 at 10:00 AM

Preview: Thursday, July 6th, from 12:00-5:00 PM and morning of sale from 8:00 AM
Preview: day of sale from 8:00 AM or by appointment

We have selected choice items from many area homes and estates to present a very unique holiday auction event; a diverse mixture of American furniture, paintings, and accessories from the Francis X. Houghton estate, related to the Bennett family, early settlers of Stonington, CT. Francis was a Princeton graduate then NYC advertising executive for Ogilvy & Mather. A Kendal retirement home estate, loaded with clean antiques, modern, a lifetime collection of 100+ occupational shaving mugs from a VT gentleman, and much more. See our website for full auction details and images – www.wsmithauction.com. This will be a 500+ lot auction; please make plans to join us for a day of old-fashioned auction fun. Absentee and telephone bids accepted.

Figural carving, Admiral Lord Nelson

Early Silver

100+ occupational mugs

Large period mirror

Large watercolor, Elizabeth Gowdy Baker

Chinese lacquerware and cinnebar from the estate of Frederick Sand

In-Part: Early canted set-back cupboard, several other cupboards; cherry Queen Anne two-part highboy, fan carvings, other highboy; Chippendale maple corner cupboard, several other period corner cupboards; large country sawbuck table; early blanket chest; great early cobbler’s bench; blue painted built-in cupboard; period 18th- & 19th-c. chests of drawers; period card tables including inlaid examples; Wm. & Mary gate-leg table, Bennett family prov.; green painted comb-back Windsor armchair; banister-back chairs; 19th-c. dry sink in yellow, other dry sink; several painted blanket boxes; several period stands; period tavern/tap tables; Chippendale slant-lid desks; inlaid chest with tiger maple drawers; Federal secretary; inlaid mahogany cellaret; 18th-c. armchair with carved legs; period Queen Anne chairs; child-size furnishings; Baltimore area chairs and settee; massive 19th-c. storage box in green paint; Shaker rocker; set of six St. Johnsbury, VT, mushroom cap chairs; R. Whiting grandfather clock. Lovely 19th-c. marquetry inlaid burl walnut two-part bookcase with sectional glass door top; good small size 19th-c. inlaid mahogany serpentine sideboard, other sideboard; early Italian carved altar table; marquetry inlaid rosewood cabinet; tuckaway Sunderland table; Hepplewhite lolling chair; pair of decorated fireplace pole screens; Emil J. Paidar barber’s chair and Atwater “Cyclo” barbershop sign; floor standing antique brass shaving stand; pair of Chippendale corner cupboards, old elements; French-style furnishings; massive carved French mantel elements; carved European storage box; carved English wing chair with bookbinding upholstery; Victorian mahogany triple-door bookcase; a large selection of English and Irish pine furnishings from a prominent Hopkinton, NH, home including farm tables, apothecary chests, chests of drawers, and more. Great 8’ solid bird’s-eye maple dining table on cherry legs, made in Maine; set of six DR Dimes bow-back Windsor chairs, other set of six Windsor bow-back chairs; DR Dimes bow-back dbl. settee; Kittinger Queen Anne-style tea table; Queen Anne-style handkerchief table; set of eight carved Chippendale-style chairs; double pedestal mahogany dining table with banded inlay and 3 leaves, other dining table; mahogany executive’s desk; nesting tables with leather tops; blockfront mahogany desk, several antique beds; Henkel-Harris sideboard; John Widdicomb labeled sideboard; etc.

Accessories: Good carved and polychrome decorated figure of Admiral Lord Nelson on pedestal; great 15½” burl bowl; Nantucket tray/basket signed Jose Reyes; miniature portrait, E. Salisbury Field attrib.; 19th-c. bronze of children holding box; 19th-c. painting on porcelain; 19th-c. ship captain’s writing box, other good writing boxes; lg. period walnut Queen Anne mirror with parcel-gilt crest; convex mirror with eagle crest; girandole set; NY fire helmet; wallpaper storage box; Shaker boxes in paint; Shaker cheese press; duck decoys; firkins in paint; lithophane figural lamp; pipe tomahawk; J & W Trolley dbl.-barrel shotgun; Winchester 30-30, other guns; early pipe box; early lighting; large totem pole carving; lg. cast-iron lawn jockey; two large cased ship models; early carved Santos figures; fire alarm bell, Suncook, NH; early calligraphy work; early wooden “stop” sign; large porcelain sign “East Ryegate”; Dartmouth man figural weathervane; Dustin Coates wood turning from Dartmouth tree; dressmaker’s mannequin; pressedsteel child’s ride-on toy; 14” bronze dachshund sculpture; figural lamps, other lamps; hallmarked sterling sword cane, other cane; 40” antique ship’s wheel; antique horse weathervane; early farm bell; Hay Budden anvil; two antique National cash registers; VT Knights of Templar hat & accessories; early needlework sampler, Eliz. Morgan, 18th-c. sampler, Surey Whitney; Cockburn family silhouette, Edouart; selection of early 18th-c. NH land deeds; bisque-head dolls; folk art framed Am. flag; folk art birdcage; iron fountain of boy with goose; wrought-iron window cages from a NYC brownstone; early lighting, including whale oil and others.

A lifetime collection of over 100 occupational shaving mugs, including some rare examples, most to be sold in small groupings, see website for lot listings.

Porcelains, Glass & China: Assortment of Meissen; figural groups; French bronze-mounted crystal box; assortment of Staffordshire; set of eight Royal Worcester plates, 11 Minton plates, other good sets of plates; large selection of Chinese export china including platters, tureens, plates, etc; Royal Doulton Lambeth vases; Baccarat paperweights; two-part Weller jardinière; pair of figural (parrot) candelabra; art glass pitcher; pair of scenic porcelain pitchers; other porcelains.

Asian: A large lifelong collection of Chinese lacquerware and cinnabar from the estate of Frederick Sand; fine pair of Chinese cloisonné dragon vases, selection of early Chinese earthenware Sung Dynasty; Asian bronze Buddha; antique Chinese compass and sundials; Japanese woodblocks and Chinese paintings; two early framed Chinese embroideries on silk, both with metallic threads; early Chinese vase (converted to lamp); several pieces of Canton; several pieces of blue and white porcelain; bronze pieces; carved hanging hardwood display cabinet; Chinese export leather-bound camphor wood trunk, other Asian trunk; 35” Japanese carving of man, gesso and painted; various Asian artworks including woodblock prints, works on silk and much more….

Artwork: Wonderful full-length watercolor portrait of Helen Turner with her mother, signed and dated Elizabeth Gowdy Baker 1907, in original frame, descending directly through the Houghton estate; oil, Madonna & Child by Alden Twachtman; two nautical/ship paintings by Hunter Wood; oil painting of ship Tusitala, BW Arnold; large oil, still life “Cosmos # 9” signed Leota Williams Loop; watercolor, portrait signed Frank Stanley Herring; oil, landscape, Albert Stone; watercolor, Chas. L Tucker; pair of ancestral oil painting portraits, Sarah Lightbody and Luke Powers, Deerfield, MA, attrib. to Augustus Fuller; oil painting of dogs by J. Langlois; oil, landscape, Guy Blanchard; Western scene painting by P. W. Griffin; cow painting, C. Clark; several 19th-c. landscape paintings; watercolor, illustration, Orson Lowell; oil, figures, signed Barrer; Georgina Forbes abstract painting; etc.. Churchill Ettinger presentation, migratory bird stamps and pencil-signed etching; Ogden Pleissner print; Haskell & Allen print; lithographs by C. Augeri; nautical prints; map of Scotland; print of Amsterdam; antique horse race print; etc….

Silver & Jewelry: Selection of sterling including early hallmarked examples, trays, teapots, flatware sets, ladles, other serving pieces, and much more. Approx. 1000 oz. - Estate gold jewelry including charms, watches, necklaces, and more….

1996 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport, collector’s car; 16’ center console fishing boat with like-new Suzuki outboard motor

Oriental Rugs: Many room-size and scatter-size Oriental rugs.

This is a general listing. Please plan to attend or preview online.

No internet bidding at Smith’s, just great auction fun.

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William G. Smith and Kenneth R. Labnon – Auctioneers
Gallery Manager: Leon Rogers