American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts 04/13/11 - Freeman's ...

103free≤an’samerican furniture, folk & decorative arts04/13/11427 429427David Ellinger (1913-2003)a theorem: still life with bowl offruit and birdSigned, “D.Y. Ellinger,” oil on velvet,painted and decorated frame.13 3/4 x 17 in. (sight)$1,000-1,500428Six Staffordshire sponge-decoratedsoup platessecond half 19th centuryEach decorated with greenflowerheads at rim, red leafs tointerior sides, and blue floral vine atfloor.Diam: 10 in.provenance:Property of a Philadelphia Collector$300-500Illustration p. 48429American School, 19th century,after Thomas Cole (1801-1848)voyage of life: youthCharcoal and white chalk onsandpaper, framed.17 1/2 in. x 24 1/2 in. (sight)provenance:Property of a Philadelphia collector$800-1,200430American School, 19th centurythree caligraphic worksIncluding a bird in flight with abanner inscribed, “Lucia H. Shaw”dated “1879”, the second with a birdand bannerette, entitled “QuillDriver” dated “April 5, 1873, “ andthe third, with an American eagleover a poem entitled, “Education,Education.,” in blue and brown ink,all framed.4 in. x 6 1/4 in. to 13 1/4 in. x14 5/8 in.provenance:Property of a Philadelphia Collector$400-600431Group of toys and householdarticles19th centuryIncluding a carved and paintedwinding toy with caged bird and cat,a penny wooden doll, a framed woolpetit point with handwritten note onverso, “Found at Walnford,” apainted and decorated tin sander, atin cookie cutter, a two-part woodenmold carved with double eagle, anda painted and decorated child’sarrowback rocking chair.provenance:Descended in the Waln family ofPhiladelphia and New Jersey to thepresent owner$500-800432Macerated currency camelphiladelphia, circa 1898Bears handwritten note onunderside, “Made of U.S. NationalGreenbacks redeemed andmacerated at the U.S. Treasury.Estimates at $5000. Xmas 1898,comps. Ths Ridgway, M.D.”L: 3 in.provenance:Descended in the Waln family ofPhiladelphia and New Jersey to thepresent owner$300-400431432