- BOOKS AND EPHEMERA, SOME POTTSTOWN RELATEDBooks
and ephemera, some Pottstown related, to include hand written cookbooks, sheet music, etc.
Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot....
[more like this] - Classical silver chest, bookmatched
mahogany veneers with pine secondary, lift top with oval brass cartouche "K. P. Potts, Pottstown, Pa.", felt lined interior above drawers with nailed construction, American,...
[more like this] - 19 vols. Taylor, Joseph H.: Sketches
of Frontier and Indian Life on the Upper Missouri and Great Plains. Pottstown, Pa: printed & pub. by the author, 1889. 1st ed. 8vo, modern 3/4 brown morocco. Frontis. & plates;...
[more like this] - 29 pieces assorted sterling flatware:
three ladles, Berry by Whiting, gilt bowls, one 13 in. two 7-1/2 in.; friend oyster server, bright-cut engraving, 10-3/4 in.; twelve Whiting cocktail forks, twist handle,...
[more like this] - Seven post cards: two Heinz advertising
with woman in surf; one Curtis with bakery boy; three photo cards of Charles Lindbergh, with copyright marks for Underwood, one premium card with girl carrying Heinz products,...
[more like this] - 20 HTL World's Fair post cards, ten
different Hold-to-the-light views from 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, all unused. Excellent condition, minor corner indentations and very slight toning, no glue residue. The...
[more like this] - Two sets leather bound books: nine volumes
Bancroft's United States , Little, Brown & Company, 1870, three-quarter leather with marbled panels, 9-1/2 x 6 in.; 27 volumes, Waverley Novels , Porter and Coates,...
[more like this] - Ten pieces U.S. fractional currency,
Civil War era: four 1st issue, straight edges, ABNCo monogram: 5 cent CU; 10 cent EF, slight toning ; 25 cent EF; 50 cent VF; three 2nd issue: 5 cent "18/63" surcharge,...
[more like this] - Federal style banjo clock, eagle pediment,
reverse painted glass with ships at battle, marked "Lake Erie, Perry Victorious, September 1813" and signed "O. J. Steele", face marked "Bailey, Banks & Biddle", with key...
[more like this] - Reverse on Glass Pottstown Beer & Porter
Sign.
Circa 1900 to 1905. This is accompanied by a nice framed photograph of the factory in Pottstown and displays versions of this exact sign on each side of the entrance...
[more like this] - Martha's Vineyard painting, Menemsha
fishing dock, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, signed lower right "B.T. Crom. '44", oil on fiberboard (Upson Board), American, 20th century, 16 x 20 in.; painted wood cushion...
[more like this] - 19th century American School painting,
pastoral landscape with cows in field, unsigned, oil on canvas, 6 x 11 in.; original 19th century gilt wood and composition cove molding frame with arch and ivy decoration....
[more like this] - Three pieces art glass: amber vase with
globular base tapering to everted rim, thread decoration, applied cobalt feet, rim, 10-1/4 in.; vase with iridescent spotted amber and blue surface tapering to circular foot,...
[more like this] - Durand vase, baluster base tapering
to everted rim, iridescent gold and orange with blue highlights, base marked "Durand 1706-8"(?), 8-1/2 in. Scattered small surface scratches, base with normal wear and scratches....
[more like this] - Tiffany glass vase, wheel carved and
textured surface with multi-colored nasturtiums on amber ground, glass cap on base marked "L.C. Tiffany Favrile" and "Favrile 236C", 9-7/8 in. Interior...
[more like this] - Three Tiffany desk pieces, all Graduate
pattern and marked "Tiffany Studios, New York": tray No. 1798, 8-3/4 in.; stamp box No. 1797, 4 in., lid hinge slightly sprung ; inkwell No. 1813, with glass liner,...
[more like this] - 19th century Dutch School painting,
tavern scene, inscribed verso on canvas "JSV conjoined 1928 R.C.V.", oil on canvas, typewritten label verso "…from Pomeroy residence, Chambersburg, Penna",...
[more like this] - Pennsylvania School painting, The Old
Pottstown Inn, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, unsigned, oil on canvas, inscribed verso canvas "For Michael/Our favorite innkeeper and host/Richard & Betsy Crawford",...
[more like this] - James Alphege Brewer watercolor, cathedral
interior, signed lower right "J. Alphege Brewer", watercolor and pencil, British, late 19th/early 20th century, 27 x 17 in. (sight). Laid down on card The Estate of The Late...
[more like this] - Fine J.E. Caldwell French shelf clock,
enameled champlevé body, porcelain panels with cameo relief decoration, cupids, rams and other classical motifs, in bronze dore case, face marked "J.E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia",...
[more like this] - Edwin Lamasure Virginia watercolor (Virginia,
1867-1916), titled in pencil verso "Sunset in the Blueridge", signed lower right "E. Lamasure", watercolor on paper, gallery stamp verso "R. Dudensing & Son, New York/18063",...
[more like this] - Pair Jacob Eicholtz portraits: profile
portraits of Dr. John McLellan and his wife, Eleanor Belle McCulloh McLellan, both inscribed verso with sitters' names and "Green Castle 1804" (Greencastle,...
[more like this] - Inlaid Pennsylvania chest dated 1776,
walnut lift top with original iron strap hinges and interior till, original lock, front inlaid with tulips, interlacing cartouche and panel with "KF" and "1776",...
[more like this] - Three English Hepplewhite side chairs:
one pair and one closely related chair, each mahogany throughout with oak rails, shield backs, serpentine seat fronts and molded tapered legs, circa 1800, 37 x 21 x 17 in....
[more like this] - George III mahogany bachelor's chest,
highly figured mahogany veneers, serpentine front, writing slide above three graduated drawers, British, late 18th century, 36 x 37-3/4 x 20-1/4 in. Drawer secondaries rebuilt,...
[more like this] - 1819 New Jersey sampler, upper panel
with six-line alphabet above "Nancy Green's Trenton, July 1819" within cartouche surrounded by stylized flowers, birds and flower baskets, floral vine border, several initials...
[more like this] - Fine Pennsylvania appliqué quilt, hand
stitched, nine red and green floral wreaths, double sawtooth border, green binding, multiple quilting patterns including stippling in borders, label sewn into corner signed...
[more like this] - Pennsylvania Federal two-drawer stand,
cherry, poplar and other mixed woods, dovetailed construction, early 19th century, 29-1/2 x 16-1/2 x 16-1/2 in. Old refinishing, top reset and possibly replaced, glass pulls...
[more like this] - Twelve sterling bread plates: round,
marked "J. E. Caldwell & Co." and "140", monogram "EMP", 46.08 oz.T., 6-1/2 in. Light scratches. The Estate of the Late William M. Pomeroy, Pottstown, Pennsylvania....
[more like this] - Hepplewhite sterling tea service, Reed
& Barton: retailer Bailey Banks & Biddle, 12-1/2 in. hot water, coffeepot, teapot, covered sugar, creamer, waste, script monogram, 145.77 oz.T. (six pieces). Spacers with...
[more like this] - Man's gold accessories, 13 pieces:
telescoping pencil, patent 1892, 2-1/2 in., opens to 5-1/4 in., monograms ; cigar cutter/key ring, 2-1/8 x 1 in., monogram ; four tie clips, two with golf clubs, one with...
[more like this] - Gorham sterling tray, oval with stepped
scalloped border and two handles, marked "207", retailer Bailey, Banks & Biddle, script monogram, 140.00 oz.T., 29 x 18 in. Scratches. The Estate of the Late William M. Pomeroy,...
[more like this] - Ed Rafferty, American, Pottstown, PA,
20th c, w/c, "With my Back to the Sun", 22" x 15" Estimate $200-400...
[more like this] - 14 pieces sterling flatware, arabesque
style decoration: four spoons, Gorham Hindostanee, 5-1/2 in.; four forks, Gorham Antique Engraved, 6-3/4 in., wear to tines ; six spoons, Bailey, Banks & Biddle, 8-1/2...
[more like this] - Regency inlaid mahogany sofa table,
figured mahogany, burlwood banded top with two drop leaves, two finely dovetailed drawers with oak linings, British, early 19th century, 28-1/4 x 37 x 24 in., opens to 59-1/2...
[more like this] - Twelve pieces assorted sterling flatware:
four pieces Kirk Repoussé: 8-1/2 in. cold meat fork, 9 in. serving spoon with monogram, two 5 in. bonbon spoons, one with pitting ; Stieff Repousse tomato server, monogram,...
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