SKINNER American Furniture & Decorative Arts

277.
Two Indian-made Paint-decorated Splint Baskets, 19th century,
rectangular baskets, one with handles and two yellow-painted bands
ornamented with red and blue vegetable-stamped flowers, the other is
covered with salmon and yellow painted splints, (losses), ht. 5 3/4, 11,
lg. 17, 18 3/4 in., respectively.
Provenance: Estate of Susan Parrish.
$300-500
278.
Blue Pictorial-printed Covered Bandbox, America, c. 1835, oblong
form with a sailing ship on the cover and the inscription “PROSPERITY
TO OUR COMMERCE AND OUR MANUFACTURERS,” and a village
scene depicted around the sides, printed in blue, green, brown, and
white varnishes, (wear, losses), ht. 12 1/2 in.
$400-600
279.
Covered Bandbox, Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, area, c. 1847, oval box
with pine top and bottom covered with a floral and foliate wallpaper
in green, white, and brown varnishes on an ivory-colored ground, the
interior lined with the 1847 dated Mifflintown Times newspaper, (minor
wear, toning, and losses), ht. 11 1/2, wd. 12, lg. 16 in.
$300-500
280.
Large Framed Memorial Silhouette of a Young Girl, Whately,
Franklin County, Massachusetts, c. 1830, depicting “Ruth Dickenson
Sanderson/Died Aug. 12, 1830,” life-size hollow-cut bust-length
silhouette, the girl’s hair enhanced with watercolor, over an ink inscribed
verse to her memory, (toning, foxing, small losses on lower edge), sight
size 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.
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Note: Ruth Dickenson Sanderson was born April 29, 1829, to Asa and
Naomi Sanderson, who resided in Whately, Massachusetts.
$600-800
275.
Painted and Vegetable-stamped Covered Splint Basket, Native
American-made, possibly New York State, 19th century, rectangular
basket, the splints painted red and blue, and ornamented with blue
vegetable-stamped blossoms, the interior lined with an early 19th
century Albany Argus newspaper and piece of floral wallpaper, (fading,
losses to lashing), ht. 11 3/4, wd. 14 1/2, lg. 18 1/2 in.
Provenance: Estate of Susan Parrish.
$300-500
276.
Painted and Vegetable-stamped Covered Splint Basket,
Northeastern Woodland Indian tribe, 19th century, rectangular basket
painted with dark blue and salmon bands ornamented with stamped
flower blossoms, the interior lined with early wallpaper, ht. 9 1/4, wd.
10, lg. 13 1/2 in.
Provenance: Estate of Susan Parrish.
$300-500
281.
American School, 19th Century
Small Portrait of a Boy with a Whip and Spinning Top. Unsigned.
Watercolor on card, 7 1/8 x 6 7/8 in., in a period bird’s-eye maple
frame. Condition: Light toning and moisture stains.
$200-400
282.
American School, 19th Century
Small Folk Portrait of a Girl Playing with Her Spaniel. Unsigned.
Watercolor on card, 7 1/4 x 5 5/8 in., in a period molded wood frame.
Condition: Very good.
$200-400
283.
American School, 19th Century
Theorem with Two Squirrels on a Leafy Branch. Unsigned.
Watercolor on paper, 12 1/2 x 16 1/4 in., in a period painted wood
frame. Condition: Minor toning, light moisture stains to background.
$600-800
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