Important Country Americana Auction

The lifelong collection of a Vermont gentleman

The French House -
Smith’s Auction Gallery
Plainfield, NH

Friday, August 4th, 2017, at 10:00am

Preview Thursday from 12-5pm

We have moved a wonderful collection of country Americana (a collection acquired over a lifetime) and combined with selected items from other estates which will make for a fantastic auction event. This auction will be displayed in the historic French House and held under tents. With over 400 lots and no reserves, this will be a sale you won’t want to miss!

An overview of items—18th- and 19th-c. country American furniture, most in old color, including chests, desks, cupboards, Windsor chairs, other early chairs, tavern, hutch, harvest tables, early candle and light stands; many early floor cupboards in paint; Q.A. and other blanket chests in old paint; grain-painted chests of drawers; wall and pipe boxes, document and writing boxes; early painted game boards, one with a drawer; great selection of early iron, hearth related, and lighting; collection of early redware, some with decoration including Nina Fletcher Little; many early pieces of decorated stoneware; early weathervanes; early blown glass and related; early textiles, floor and bed covers; early firearms, Kentucky flintlock, Hilliard under hammer and other antique long guns; bayonets; old American flag; early maps; primitive paintings and watercolors; early silhouettes; early doorstops; Shaker items; many early chopping bowls in old paint, blue-painted burl bowl, early treenware in old paint; old iron hardware; coffee grinders; early samplers including Chelsea, VT; leaded glass windows; early liquor box with period bottles; old clocks including a Silas Hoadley tall clock in old paint, etc.

Photos at www.wsmithauction.com

No internet bidding

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Terms:
Cash-Check-Major Credit Cards: 18% buyer’s premium, Reduced to 15% with cash or check
No Sales Tax • Catered • Comfortable Seating

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