- GROUP OF CONNECTICUT INTEREST BOOKSincluding
GROUP OF CONNECTICUT INTEREST BOOKSincluding Anderson, The Town and City of Waterbury, 3 volumes, 1896, and Cothren, History of Ancient Woodbury, 1st edition, 1854. 11 volumes in various bindings. Largest: 9 3/4" high, 7"wide. Damage, splitsand wear to binding, crude repairs to some. Provenance: Property from a Woodbury CT Estate.
Condition:
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- Two Wallingford Connecticut pewter
Two Wallingford Connecticut pewter beakers ca. 1830 bearing the touch of Hiram Yale 3" h. and 2 7/8" h. ?
- Meriden Connecticut pewter beaker
Meriden Connecticut pewter beaker ca. 1820 bearing the touch of Ashbil Griswold 3" h. Provenance: Ledlie Laughlin. ?
- BOOKS: THREE BOOK VOLUME OF HISTORY
BOOKS: THREE BOOK VOLUME OF HISTORY OF HARTFORD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT, BY CHARLES W. BURPEE, PUBLISHED 1928, "BEING A STUDY OF THE MAS...BOOKS: Three book volume of History of Hartford County, Connecticut, by Charles W. Burpee, published 1928, "Being a study of the masters of the first Constitution and the story of their lives, of their descendants and of all who have come", 1633-1928, each contains many illustrations, wear on each consistent with age and use, including minor losses to edges and bindings, etc.
- Lot (3) various study prints.
Lot (3) various study prints.
- Hartford Connecticut pewter beaker
Hartford Connecticut pewter beaker ca. 1805 bearing the touch of Samuel Danforth 3 1/4" h. Provenance: Ledlie Laughlin. ?
- FRENCH SCHOOL: STUDY FOR A GROUP
FRENCH SCHOOL: STUDY FOR A GROUP OF THREE GENTLEMEN Pen and gray ink and wash the verso with a study of a gentleman; 6 7/8 x 9 1/4 in.
- Three pewter beakers boardman
Three pewter beakers boardman & hart, hartford, ct, and ashbil griswold, meriden, ct, early 19th century Each of slightly flaring cylindrical form with incised bandings, two with touch of Ashbil Griswold. H: 3 1/8 in. PROVENANCE: Stanley and Rose Rich pewter collection One beaker with dents; some pitting.
- WORK ON PAPER, THREE WOMEN SEATED
WORK ON PAPER, THREE WOMEN SEATED American School (20th century), Three Women Seated, pastel on paper, unsigned, overall (with frame): 33.25"h x 27"w
- Indian School/Three Studies of
Indian School/Three Studies of Trades People/body colour on mica/each 11cm x 8.5cm/framed as one and a mezzotint portrait of a woman, signed Edmund Wardle
- (VIEW) CONNECTICUT: 126 POSTCARDS
(VIEW) CONNECTICUT: 126 POSTCARDS EARLY TO MID-20TH CENTURY(VIEW) CONNECTICUT: 126 POSTCARDS, Early to Mid-20th Century, Covering "A" through "K" towns. Real photo: A.T. Minor's Store (Bethlehem), Main St. So. Coventry, "Crowd at Ball Game, Windham Field", Canton Village (late 40's), Waverly Inn (Cheshire), Pres. Roosevelt speaking from railroad station (Bridgeport - printed - cancelled '06), Bridgeport Police Force in front of station. Early: two Ansonia views, Squaw Hollow Snack Bar (Ashford), Avon and Bantam railroad stations, "Point-no-Point" and postmaster and letter carriers at post office (Bridgeport), "Summer Afternoon at Casey Beach", several early railroad Danielson views, big tent interior (Danbury Fair), "A Rural Turnout" (E. Haddam), Grove Beach and Groton views, Guilford Point House, "Presentation of Loving Cup....Town Hall" (Groton), "National Council in Session" (Seabury House, Greenwich). Several Hartford views: railroad station, great flood refugees: boat rescue, "Rudi's-Maxl's...Hofbrau" - Conn. Fairgrounds "Scenic Railway", ruins of toll bridge - Hartford/East Hartford and more.
- 3 TARO YAMAMOTO ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST
3 TARO YAMAMOTO ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST WC PAINTING Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts,1919-1994Group includes three expressionist compositions, one blue, pink, and neon green titled "Mass in B Minor J.S. Bach" on verso.
- Thomas Hart Benton lithograph "Investigation",
Thomas Hart Benton lithograph "Investigation", 1939, three men in boat investigating flooded town, from edition of 193, signed lower right in pencil "Benton" and in plate, lithograph on paper, page 11-3/4 x 16-1/8 in.; painted wood frame. Hinged in, minor toning; frame with abrasions.
- WORK ON PAPER, ATTRIBUTED TO RAYMOND
WORK ON PAPER, ATTRIBUTED TO RAYMOND CROSBY Attributed to Raymond Crosby (American, 1876-1945), "Study of Three Men," pencil on paper, unsigned, gallery label (Davis Gallery, New York, NY) affixed verso, overall (with frame): 16.25"h x 13.25"w
- FRENCH SCHOOL: THREE STUDIES FOR
FRENCH SCHOOL: THREE STUDIES FOR RELIEFS OF CLASSICAL SCENES Graphite and brwon wash laid down on a single sheet ascribed inlower left to De la Rue; 3 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.
- Danbury, Connecticut lithograph,
Danbury, Connecticut lithograph, bird's-eye view drawn and published by L.R. Burleigh (1853-1923), Troy, New York, circa 1884, Beck & Pauli, lithographers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, key in title margin identifies 59 businesses, churches, other points of interest, 22-1/8 x 40 in. (page). Loose, toning, soiling, moisture stains, smudges, curling, corner creases and loss, chipping, tears and losses in margins, pencil inscriptions in margin and verso. Private Collection, Tryon, North Carolina.
- Danbury, Connecticut lithograph,
Danbury, Connecticut lithograph, bird's-eye view drawn and published by L.R. Burleigh (1853-1923), Troy, New York, circa 1884, Beck & Pauli, lithographers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, key in title margin identifies 59 businesses, churches, and other points of interest, 22-1/8 x 39-1/8 in. (page). Loose, toning, moisture stains, creases with separations, curling, minor foxing, rodent damage, approximately 1 in. of end loss on right. Private Collection, Tryon, North Carolina.
- THREE CONNECTICUT PEWTER PORRINGERSThree
THREE CONNECTICUT PEWTER PORRINGERSThree Connecticut pewter porringers, 3 3/8" dia., 3 1/4" dia., and 3 7/8" dia.
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- Hartford Connecticut pewter porringer
Hartford Connecticut pewter porringer ca. 1805 bearing the touch of Samuel Danforth 3 3/4" dia. ?
- 1846 Connecticut sampler, 12-line
1846 Connecticut sampler, 12-line alphabet and verse sampler with white house, "Grace Victoria Dowd/Aged Eight 1846" flanked by two potted plants, lower panel "Cynthia S. Griswold Instructress" above four stylistic trees, all with strawberry vine border, silk on linen, 16 x 16-1/2in. (sight); mahogany stained wood frame with gilt cove molding. Fading, browning, not examined out of frame. Collection of Dr. Richard Fulton Kieffer, Asheville, North Carolina.
- NORMAN RUBINGTON O/C MODERNIST
NORMAN RUBINGTON O/C MODERNIST ABSTRACT PAINTING Connecticut, New York, Italy,1921-1991Figurative work depicting three women huddled together.
- AMERICAN SCHOOL: NUDE STUDY Ink
AMERICAN SCHOOL: NUDE STUDY Ink on paper signed Burdick lower right. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (sight) 17 x 15 in. (frame). Property from a Connecticut Collector.
- Painting, manner of John Trumbull,
Painting, manner of John Trumbull, portrait of three men in a line, circa 1800, unsigned, manner of John Trumbull (New York/England, 1756-1843), oil on canvas, 12-1/4 x 16-7/8 in.; gilt wood frame; accompanied by a letter from Yale University Art Gallery discussing the attribution. Retouch lower right and in background upper left, crackle, flaking, unstretched, horizontal varnish drip lines, sketch of classical men verso, surface obscured by varnish; frame with abrasions.
- THREE SOCIAL HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY,
THREE SOCIAL HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY, AND BIOGRAPHICAL VOLUMESThree Social History, Psychology/Sociology, and Biographical Volumes,, Consisting of: 'Habit', William James for Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1890: opening page inscribed Robert S. Mulliken/10 Harris St., Newburyport, Mass. - 1918 'Margaret Fuller', A Biography by Margaret Bell with an Introduction by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt for Charles Boni, New York, 1930 'A Peril and a Hope: The Scientists Movement in America, 1945-49', Alice Kimball Smith for the University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1965 Provenance: From the Library of Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1966) Professor Robert Sanderson Mulliken By Descent to Current Owner
- SET OF THREE BUTTERFLY STUDIESwatercolor
SET OF THREE BUTTERFLY STUDIESwatercolor and ink on paper; unsigned; each framed between two sheets of acrylic; one 9 1/2 x 9 inches frame; one 9 x 8 1/4 inches frame; one 7 3/4 x 7 inches frame; Condition:
- (VIEW) VERMONT: 54 POSTCARDS FIRST
(VIEW) VERMONT: 54 POSTCARDS FIRST TO THIRD QUARTER, 20TH CENTURY(VIEW) VERMONT: 54 POSTCARDS, First to Third Quarter, 20th Century, Covering "T" through "W" towns and locations. Real photo: Echo Lake Hotel, "French and French" (Union Village), E.A. Shiner, Lunch...Cold Drinks, Confectionary...Cigars" with roadster and Budweiser sign, house in Vergennes, Weetford landscape with buildings, Ottauquechee Valley, W. Berkshire snow scene, The Play House (Weston), Whittingham Dam, four printed photo Smith & Son (White River Junction) cards, 1950 Pleasant St. (Woodstock), man with pipe on road in Windham, Stowe St. (Waterbury) and more. Early: No. Thetford business section, business section, Main St. and No. Main St. scenes (White River Junction), Woodstock Inn, penned donkeys in Waterbury, Main St. (Windsor) and more.
- THREE AMERICAN SCHOOL SILHOUETTE
THREE AMERICAN SCHOOL SILHOUETTE PORTRAITS(19th century)
Three Portraits of Young Girls, unsigned, two ink cutout with bronzing on cream paper with ink wash, one ink with bronzing on cream paper with ink wash; two Birdseye maple frames, one painted and gilt frame, largest 9-1/4 x 7-3/8 in.
Condition:
some toning and foxing; girl with horse toy example with looseness and separation to right panel; one Birdseye male example loose in frame
- Studer, Peterson, Bartram reprints:
Studer, Peterson, Bartram reprints: detailed listing available.
- Connecticut watercolor and ink
Connecticut watercolor and ink on paper drawing mid 19th c. inscribed written by William Harrison Green in Litchfield State of... ?
- WATERCOLOR - Black & White Study
WATERCOLOR - Black & White Study for a Stained Glass Window a commemorative depicting Christ ascending with dates of 1812 and 1890 at bottom unsigned Boston School in molded stick frame self-matted SS: 9'' x 3 1/4'' OS: 12 1/2'' x 10'' very good cond
- GROUP THREE FOLK ART WATERCOLORS
GROUP THREE FOLK ART WATERCOLORS DEPICTING BIRDSincluding one painted on an old receipt. Framed, not examined out of frames. Stains. Largest frame size: 7 7/8" high, 9" wide. Provenance: Property of a New Haven County, CT Estate.
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- WORK ON PAPER, FRANK HOWELL Frank
WORK ON PAPER, FRANK HOWELL Frank Howell (American, b. 1937), "Santa Clara Study 2," 1987, ink and pencil on paper, signed, titled and dated lower left, sight: 3.5"h x 3.5"w, overall (with frame): 12"h x 12"w. Provenance: Purchased from White Horse Gallery, Boulder, CO, 1991.
- Hartford Connecticut pewter mug
Hartford Connecticut pewter mug ca. 1835 bearing the touch of Thomas and Sherman Boardman 5 7/8" h. ?
- Hartford Connecticut pewter porringer
Hartford Connecticut pewter porringer ca. 1830 bearing the touch of Thomas and Sherman Boardman 5" dia. ?
- BOOKS: NINE VOLUMES OF CONNECTICUT
BOOKS: NINE VOLUMES OF CONNECTICUT THEMES, INCLUDING BOWEN, "HISTORY OF WOODSTOCK" 1 OF 450 COPIES; HOLLISTER, "HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT" TWO VOLUMES, 1855; HALL, "WEST HARTFORD" 1930; PERKINS, "OLD HOUSES OF THE ANCIEN...BOOKS: Nine volumes of Connecticut themes, including Bowen, "History of Woodstock" 1 of 450 copies; Hollister, "History of Connecticut" two volumes, 1855; Hall, "West Hartford" 1930; Perkins, "Old Houses of the Ancient Town of Norwich" 1895; two copies of Stoughton "Windsor Farms" 1883; Kelly "Early Domestic Architecture" 1924; and Terry "Old Inns of Connecticut"
- American School, 19th Century
Two
American School, 19th Century
Two works: Still Life with Fruit and Landscape with Covered Bridgewatercolor on paper with gold foil borders.
Larger 3 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches.