428 428. Paint-decorated Pine Chart Box, America, 19th century, hinged lid on rectangular box, the top, front, and interior lid painted with stylized fruit and flowers with foliage in red and yellow on a black ground, ht. 5 1/4, wd. 32, dp. 7 in. $1,000-1,500 429. Shagreen-cased Drafting Kit, probably England, late 18th/early 19th century, containing eleven ivory, ebony, brass, and steel instruments with conforming compartments, in a black shagreen covered case with hinged cover, (lacking one instrument), lg. 6 3/4 in. $600-800 431. Black-painted Copper Slant-front Binnacle Compass, by Negus, New York, late 19th/early 20th century, slant-front case with carrying handle and rectangular bevel-edge glazed viewing window, houses a wet compass in gimbals with cardinal points in block lettering, fleur-delis at North and maker’s inscription “Ritchie, Boston, USA,” with sidemounted copper oil lamp, ht. 19 1/2 in. $250-350 431A. Carved Cane, England or America, 19th century, the carved bone handhold in the form of a cow’s head joined by the ebony collar with ivory band to the turned tapering rosewood shaft, and horn tip, lg. 38 1/2 in. $300-500 430. Mahogany-cased “Admiral Fitzroy’s Barometer,” England, late 19th century, the barometer and thermometer on a lithograph printed paper dial with Admiral Robert Fitzroy’s “Remarks,” (toning, losses, stains to lithograph), 37 x 7 3/4 in. Note: Admiral Robert Fitzroy was a career naval officer, who upon his retirement from service in 1850 turned his attention to meteorology. Though he did not design the barometers bearing his name, he is most remembered for consolidating weather information and presenting his “Remarks” which are printed on the barometers carrying his name, which simply explains the meaning of rising or falling mercury. $300-500 432. Jonathan Orne Johnson “J.O.J.” Frost (Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1852-1928) THE BAY VIEW. Signed “J.O.J.F.” l.l., titled and rowing figures identified “J.O.J. Frost/Stroke, Charles Coates, Joe Coffin, John Coffin” in inscriptions below. Oil on board, 8 1/4 x 34 in., in a period molded wood frame. Condition: Very good. Provenance: The painting is reported to have been sold in the 1920s by J.O.J. Frost to a Marblehead, Massachusetts, couple, and was displayed at their summer home in Martha’s Vineyard. $8,000-12,000 72 additional information and photos at www.skinnerinc.com
432 433 433. Ralph Eugene Cahoon, Jr. (Cotuit, Massachusetts, 1910-1982) Emptying the Net with Mermaid Assistance, and Nearby Whaleboats. Signed l.r. Oil on Masonite, 18 1/4 x 22 in., in a period driftwood frame. Condition: Very good. $20,000-30,000 434. After William John Huggins (London, 19th Century) HARWICH, 1853. Charles Rosenberg, engraver, W.J. Huggins, publisher, corrected, and republished by J. Smith, identified in inscriptions. Colored aquatint, depicting the port located on the coast of England, with the North Sea to the east, sight size 15 x 22 1/2 in., in a later giltwood frame. Condition: Minor toning and foxing, not examined out of frame. $200-400 online bidding at www.skinnerinc.com 73
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