William A. Smith

William A. Smith Inc.
Auctioneers and Appraisers

The October Sale

Sunday, October 26th, at 11 am

Smith’s Auction Gallery, Plainfield, NH

Preview
Friday, October 24th, from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
and 9:00 am morning of the sale.

One of two Roland Clark watercolors

Shotguns - Beretta & Gibbs

Drypoint etching, hinting scene, Rosseau, 1938

Rare German Luger, nickel-plated

Good country furnishings and accessories in paint

Good English ceramics

Please join us for a most interesting autumn auction. We have moved the contents of a South Woodstock estate, featuring good country antiques and a collection of antique firearms to our gallery and combined it with items from the Cornish Colony estate of Percy Mackaye, featuring art and books and related. Just a sample follows, all to be sold unreserved, in a fast-paced un-cataloged format.

Country Americana: Southern cherry hunt board; Q.A. mahogany 4-dr. chest; other Federal 4-drawer chests; 2 Chippendale maple slant-lid desks; 2 early grandfather clocks; country setback cupboard; several early tavern tables, one in old paint, several with stretcher bases; English Q.A. table; Federal Pembroke tables; assembled set of country Q.A. chairs; Q.A. tilt-top tea tables; several good Federal candlestands; 18th C. comb-back Windsor armchair, several other early Windsor chairs; selection of antique beds, cannon ball and canopy; Shaker chair and “Shakeresque” table; early grain-painted blanket boxes; country dining table in old red paint; several Hepplewhite stands; early country sofa; early Federal card tables; Pine Irish/English nine-drawer chest; grain-painted day bed, the Backofen sale; and more.

Custom: Like new brown leather sofa; ostrich leather chairs and stools; good French-style cherry server; wing back and other traditional easy chairs; Custom-made pine hunt board, inlaid, 3 drawers; Seven-drawer lingerie chest; Ralph Lauren crewel work room-size rug, 9’ x 12’; Kittinger server;

Accessories: Good carved and painted antique carousel double bench; collection of redware jars, some with slip decoration; early decorated stoneware; splint baskets; lg. carved wood eagle; early whirligig; 19th C. schoolgirl sampler, needlework by Adeline Wellington; other samplers; early painted game board; sculpture bust by Hudon; British telescope; Chippendale and Federal mirrors; American Indian pottery, baskets and related; primitive painted birdhouse; antique carved mantel; New Haven regulator clock; other clocks; saxophones; selection of sterling silver hollowware; Hand-painted fish platter and plates; selection of old Quimper; early Delft chargers and such; selection of early soft paste pearlware; selection of early Chinese export china; Chinese oxblood red vases; other Chinese porcelains; Japanese Kutani and Satsuma; Historical blue; Villeroy & Boch “Petit Fleur” 75 pieces including service dishes; Miranda Thomas pottery; Meissen; yellowware; Herend.

Firearms and related: Gibbs engraved sbs shotgun; Beretta engraved 12 gauge; Winchester model 94; good German Luger nickel-plated; pr. of flintlock dueling pistols; U.S. Springfield trap door; Civil War revolver; Mississippi flintlock; other guns; unusual Nazi sword; 2 Civil War swords; Nazi document; Fishing related; and much more related.

Art: Sketch hunting dogs by Rousseau; 2 watercolors of ducks signed Roland Clark; 10 oils signed Bruce Moore; Pastel portrait of Percy Mackaye, by (signed) F. Kitson Cowley, 1927; Ink portrait of Percy Mackaye, signed Clara Hallard Fawcett; Pastel, Study for Percy Mackaye’s play Jean D’arc, by Barry Faulkner; Oil on artist board, landscape, signed H. Reynolds; Two ink wash drawings, by Swiss artist, Alex Calame; Assorted lot of unsigned watercolor studies and related; Oil on artist board, Harbor, F.W. Stokes; Western art by Hugh Cabot, Ted Draper, Gary Bassett; Watercolor landscape, Ruel C. Tuttle; New Harbor, ME oil by F K Detwiller; oil by Frank Bensing; still life by Marius;Watercolor landscape, signed Frank Gyra; Pastel, sailboats, Henry Winslow; Floral w/c still life, Jessie MacDonald, 1916; Two small oil on boards, riverscapes, Wm. Merritt Post; Arthur Wilder pastel, landscape; Neil Drevitson pastel landscape; William Paskell watercolors; Ink/watercolor dancer, Judith Brown; oil by Harry Shockler; Engraving Washington Irving; Early photo of set design by Robert Jones for Percy Mackaye, Washington; early Chinese painting on paper, several Chinese and Japanese scrolls; other Asian art; W. Nutting La Jolla; Pencil signed colored engraving “Old Iron Sides” Harold Wyllie, CA 1929; Sabra Field woodcuts; J. Henry Hill, fishing scene, engraving; O. Pleissner signed prints, quail hunter; duck prints signed Davis Hagerbaumer; hunting print signed A. Laselle Ripley; Photo, Etching, “Annie” Whistler; Hallegrove (Carry), Nantucket; Photo, Gary San Pietro; Signed Fred Astaire photo; Heather St. Davis print.

Books: A lg. selection of antique reference, separate lots of old leather and collectable books including a 17th C. book, vellum, property of Royalty.

Oriental Rugs: Old Heriz-style room size; fine contemporary 10' x 17' room size; other room size and many scatter carpets; AND MUCH MORE!


Terms: Cash-Check-Major Credit Cards – 15% Buyer’s Premium (reduced to 13% with cash or check) No Sales Tax – Catered

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

Visit our Website: www.wsmithauction.com or email us at: [email protected]

 

William A. Smith

William A. Smith Inc.
Auctioneers and Appraisers
Specializing in Fine Antiques
Since 1961

PO Box 49, Plainfield, New Hampshire 03781
603-675-2549

Visit our Web site: www.wsmithauction.com
or email us at: [email protected]

NH License #2825, VT #57-702, MA #525, FL #AU-3179
William G. Smith and Kenneth R. Labnon – Auctioneers
Leon Rogers – Gallery Manager

Member New Hampshire Better Business Bureau

Offices in Plainfield, NH • Greenwich, CT • Sarasota, FL • Phoenix, AZ

www.wsmithauction.com