A few examples of appraisal values for
TULIP TREE

• PENNSYLVANIA INK AND WATERCOLOR FRAKTUR
  PENNSYLVANIA INK AND WATERCOLOR FRAKTUR BOOKPLATEPennsylvania ink and watercolor fraktur bookplate, early 19th c. , inscribed Johannes Traup , with a tulip tree and large bird, frame - 9" x 6 1/4". Provenance: A Pennsylvania collection. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Not examined out of frame, faint center creases, minor stains.
• GEORGIAN SCRIMSHAW POWDER HORN, LATE
  GEORGIAN SCRIMSHAW POWDER HORN, LATE 18TH C.Georgian scrimshaw powder horn, late 18th c. , inscribed Georgeus III k von cros bridanien , with row of hearts and tulips, flowering tulip tree with fish, and a panel inscribed Gerede Filb Cereds , 14" l. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Some losses to edge around plug end, nice patina. Provenance: private collection Northampton County.
• PENNSYLVANIA WATERCOLOR ON PAPER FRAKTUR
  PENNSYLVANIA WATERCOLOR ON PAPER FRAKTUR DRAWINGPennsylvania watercolor on paper fraktur drawing, dated 1805 , with large tulip tree arising from a heart with verse, 9 3/4" x 7 1/2". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Frame size - 13'' x 11''. Staining to one side. Some border loss.
• BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA WATERCOLOR
  BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA WATERCOLOR BOOKPLATEHilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper bookplate dated 1797 , for David Beck with script surrounded by tulip trees and intricate borders, 3 1/4" x 6". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Frame size - 9 1/4'' x 12''. Overall good condition. Not glued down. Examined out of frame.
• TWO PENNSYLVANIA DRAWINGSTwo Pennsylvania
  TWO PENNSYLVANIA DRAWINGSTwo Pennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper drawings, 20th c. , possibly by David Ellinger, one of a colorful rooster and the other a potted tulip tree, 6 " x 7 1/2" and 10" x 6". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Frame size - 11'' x 13''. Overall very good condition.
• PENNSYLVANIA WATERCOLOR AND INK ON PAPER
  PENNSYLVANIA WATERCOLOR AND INK ON PAPER FRAKTURPennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper fraktur, ca. 1800 , with fanciful script, bird, and tulip tree, 8" x 13". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Some edge loss. A couple tears.
• PENNSYLVANIA BOOKPLATE, CA. 1800Pennsylvania
  PENNSYLVANIA BOOKPLATE, CA. 1800Pennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper bookplate, ca. 1800 , with colorful red and green tulip tree arising from a heart, 5 1/2" x 3". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Some small loss to one corner at border. Bottom border folded under in current frame
• PENNSYLVANIA MENNONITE FRAKTUR, CA.
  PENNSYLVANIA MENNONITE FRAKTUR, CA. 1800Pennsylvania Mennonite watercolor and ink on paper fraktur, ca. 1800 , for Jacob Fauch, with pelican pecking her breast feeding her young and tulip tree, 8" x 13". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Small repair lower right. Discolored paper. Faded.
• PENNSYLVANIA SGRAFFITO DECORATED WALL
  PENNSYLVANIA SGRAFFITO DECORATED WALL POCKETPennsylvania sgraffito decorated earthenware wall pocket , inscribed, but probably of a later date, January 15, 1745 and the initials SC, with birds perched in a tulip tree, 11 " h., 9 1/4" w. For a similar example, see Pook & Pook, Inc., October 5, 2023, lot 230. Provenance: Descended in the Mifflin Wheeler family of Philadelphia. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Loss to hanging knob and crest.
• MARTIN BRECHALL, FRAKTURMartin Brechall
  MARTIN BRECHALL, FRAKTURMartin Brechall (1757-1831) , Berks County, Pennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper fraktur for Jacob Rauch, dated 1803, with atypical decoration of tall tulip trees and stars flanking a heart above script, 11 1/2" x 7 3/4". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Good overall condition with some areas of black ink smeared. Browning to paper
• NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRAKTURNorthampton
  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRAKTURNorthampton County, Pennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper fraktur , possibly by the Sun and Moon Artist, for Joel Miller, dated 1805 , with large heart enclosing script, sun, moon, and flowers surrounded by tulip trees, birds, etc., 12 1/4" x 15 1/2". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Repair to lower corners. Some edge loss. Tears at fold lines. Reassembled in places.
• DAVID Y. ELLINGER, WATERCOLOR FRAKTURDavid
  DAVID Y. ELLINGER, WATERCOLOR FRAKTURDavid Y. Ellinger (American 1913-2003) , watercolor fraktur of a tulip tree, signed lower center, 9" x 4". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs.
• SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WATERCOLOR
  SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WATERCOLOR FRAKTURSoutheastern Pennsylvania watercolor fraktur, dated 1830 , with two birds perched on a tulip tree, 7'' x 5''. Provenance: Pook & Pook, The Estate of Louis G. and Shirley F. Hecht, Baltimore, Maryland, October 7, 2016, lot 2. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Staining. A couple small edge tears. Not examined out of frame.
• BEATRICE ELIZABETH HINDLEY (1882-1973)
  BEATRICE ELIZABETH HINDLEY (1882-1973) BRITISHA stunning collection of twenty hand-wrought miniature metal flowers, each formed & soldered by hand, hand- painted and set within a naturalistically modelled ground, then 'potted' in their original hand-made & hand-painted ceramic pots. The plants, some of which - but not necessarily illustrated in order are: Tulips, Tulip Tree, Narcissus, Freesia, Anemone, Saxifrage, Primula, Hyacinth, Bulbs, Gentian, Auricula, Winter Aconite, etc. All plants are mounted within their original dedicated three tiered & glass encased stage. The tallest miniature 'Tulip Tree' measures a mere 5" high. In addition to the miniatures themselves, an original 1927 Leicester Galleries catalogue referencing an exhibition of Ms. Hindley's work titled 'MINIATURE PLANTS by BEATRICE HINDLEY' is included in the purchase, as well as other related material, photos, etc. All miniatures remain in very good overall condition, the 'Tulip Tree' with minor losses, but have been retained, a few pots with minor cracks, the stage exhibiting minor surface wear, portions of loss to molding. Dimensions of stage, 11.5" high x 16" wide x 12" deep. Note: Ms. Hindley is quoted here, taken in part from a magazine article as saying..."Each plant is made entirely by hand. No two are alike either in their bowls or in their detail. I design and paint a suitable bowl to every plant". "My plants are extremely strong, though they look so fragile. They are made of metal, and each joint is separately soldered. They are based upon hours of study in gardens and at Kew (Gardens)". Provenance: Princess Patricia Ramsay to her close personal friend, Enid Strathearn Hendrie Owen, to an Owen Family Member (current owner).
• ROYAL WORCESTER BALTIMORE ORIOLES AND
  ROYAL WORCESTER BALTIMORE ORIOLES AND TULIP TREE, PAIRLimited Edition, hand painted with authentic hallmark. English fine bone china, decorated. Shape number: 3268 & 3269. The Cock perched amid Yellow Blossoms; the Hen of a paler coloring with partly open wings on a similar perch. Artist: Dorothy Doughty Issued: 1938 Dimensions: 10"H x 7"W x 6"D Edition Size: 500 Manufacturer: Royal Worcester Country of Origin: England Condition: Excellent
• ORNITHOLOGICAL PRINTSThree pages from
  ORNITHOLOGICAL PRINTSThree pages from a large folio to include: "The Baltimore Bird in a Tulip Tree", "The Blew-Bird", and "The Mock-Bird". All framed under glass Two measure 19-1/4" in height by 25-1/4" in width with the sight image measuring 17-5/8" in height by 23-5/8" in width. One measures 25-1/2" in height by 19-1/2" in width with the sight image measuring 23-5/8" in height by 17-3/4" in width. All measurements are approximate.
• SET (10) ENGLISH BOTANICAL CREAMWARE
  SET (10) ENGLISH BOTANICAL CREAMWARE PLATES First quarter 19th c., possibly Swansea, including Broad Leav'd Kalmia, Double-Lilac Primrose, Alpine Aster, Noble Liver Wort, Horned Pea, Tulip Tree; Holly Hock, Woolly Leav'd Mirtle, Perriwinkle, etc., 8 1/2" dia
• PENNSYLVANIA WATERCOLOR AND INK FRAKTUR
  PENNSYLVANIA WATERCOLOR AND INK FRAKTUR BOOKPLATEPennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper fraktur bookplate , attributed to David Kulp (active 1801-1820), made for Anna Hoch, Bedminster Township, Bucks County, 1806, with panels of floral trees, central tulip tree, and script, enclosed in a 1797 Germantown, Billmeyer hymnbook, 6 1/2" x 3 1/2". Competitive In-House shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Overall good condition with some typical staining. Two very small losses in bottom corner border.
• DAVID Y. ELLINGER WATERCOLOR FRAKTURDavid
  DAVID Y. ELLINGER WATERCOLOR FRAKTURDavid Y. Ellinger (American 1913-2003) , watercolor fraktur with a bird atop a tulip tree, 9 1/2" x 6". Competitive In-House shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Good condition. Original artist made frame. Unsigned.
• DAVID Y. ELLINGER (AMERICAN, 1913-2003)David
  DAVID Y. ELLINGER (AMERICAN, 1913-2003)David Y. Ellinger (American, 1913-2003) , watercolor fraktur drawing of tulips, tulip trees, and birds surrounded by a herringbone border, signed bottom center D.Y. Ellinger #3 , and verso with pen and ink tulip heart Love, D.Y. Ellinger , 9" x 12". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs.
• DAVID Y. ELLINGER (AMERICAN, 1913-2003)David
  DAVID Y. ELLINGER (AMERICAN, 1913-2003)David Y. Ellinger (American, 1913-2003) , watercolor and cutwork of birds sitting in a tulip tree on a black ground, inscribed bottom center D.Y. Ellinger , retaining its original Ellinger frame, the back with a pen and ink tulip inscribed Love, D.Y. Ellinger , 7 3/4" x 6". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs.
• PENNSYLVANIA PEN AND INK FRAKTUR BOOKPLATEPennsylvania
  PENNSYLVANIA PEN AND INK FRAKTUR BOOKPLATEPennsylvania pen and ink fraktur bookplate, inscribed Daniel Stouffer March 11th, 1841 , with tulip tree birds and a snake, in a period pine frame with bulls eye corner blocks, overall - 15 1/2" x 13 1/2". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Fraktur - edge tears and losses, not examined out of frame. Frame - untouched.
• JACOB HOWARD EUSTON (1892-1965), "TULIP
  JACOB HOWARD EUSTON (1892-1965), "TULIP TREE," OIL ON CANVAS, 16" H X 20" W X 0.875" DJacob Howard Euston, (1892-1965) "Tulip Tree", Oil on canvas Signed lower right: J.H. Euston; titled in pen on a label affixed to the stretcher Oil on canvas Dimensions: 16" H x 20" W x 0.875" D
• 1814 AMERICAN SAMPLER Alphabet and Prayer
  1814 AMERICAN SAMPLER Alphabet and Prayer Sampler by Sarah Ann Baker, aged 12, dated 1814, having two four-line prayers, floral vine and pine frond border, two 'gentlemen' with dogs, tulip trees, housed in the original grain painted mitered frame, under modern non-glare glass, OS: 21" x 18", SS: 15 3/4" x 12 3/4". Yellowed, rippled.
• Pennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper
  Pennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper fraktur drawing dated 1818 with an elaborate tulip tree arising from a heart 5" x 2 3/4". ?
• Southeastern Pennsylvania ink and watercolor
  Southeastern Pennsylvania ink and watercolor fraktur bookplate 19th c. of a tulip tree 4 1/2" x 4". ?
• Pennsylvania painted dower chest dated
  Pennsylvania painted dower chest dated 1808 inscribed Johannes Hock decorated with three arched panels and stylized tulip trees... ?
• Maryland or Virginia painted pine miniature
  Maryland or Virginia painted pine miniature blanket chest early 19th c. the lid and front decorated with tulip trees flanking... ?
• Pennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper
  Pennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper fraktur drawing ca. 1840 of a bird perched on a tulip tree 7 1/2" x 6". ?
• Pennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper
  Pennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper fraktur drawing dated 1800 inscribed at top A. Shenk with a tulip tree arising from a... ?
• Pennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper
  Pennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper fraktur drawing probably Schwenkfelder with a colorful bird perched on a tulip tree dated... ?
• Salesman's Book of Fruit and Flower
  Salesman's Book of Fruit and Flower Color Plates Some refer to these as Nurserymen's books but this one folds into thirds and slips into a 7.25 x 10 in. leather case - clearly for travel. The 5.25 x 8.5 in. plates are glued back to back with a ribbon between them in groups of 3. The leather front has gilt Fruit & Ornamental Foliage. The marbled paper cardboard dividers are joined by fabric. The book contains 126 wonderful color plates of fruit flowers and trees most printed by J.W. Thompson & Co. (80+ plates). A few are by C.M. Search & Co. (17 and at least 2 more); a couple by Mensing & Stecher (2); some are unknown (23) because the printer information was trimmed off or in one case the page has torn across the bottom but probably represent one of these three companies all based in Rochester NY the center of fruit/flower color plate printing. Based on the working times of these companies the book probably dates between 1876 (when Thompson started) and 1886 (when Mensing died and the company became Stecher Litho. Co.).As demand changed or species were replaced often the salesman would paste a new image over the old one. This salesman did just that (and fortunately only glued across the top of the plate leaving the underlying plate nearly intact). Many of the plates have prices penciled at top (many were 25 or 50 cents or 3 for $1). Species that were apparently no longer available - many with others pasted on top - have "W" on them (for withdrawn?). The illustrated species [including the ones covered by newer selections]:Apples - Duchess of Oldenburgh Haas [covers Alexander (Emperor)] Dominie or Wells of Ohio [covers Huzzar] Red Bietigheiner [covers Nickajack and Emperor Russian] Salome [covers Stark and Czar of Russia] Walbridge [covers Late Russian] Red Astrachan Yellow Transparent [covers Rawle's Janet] Fameuse or Snow [covers Ben Davis] Grimes Golden [covers Laver] Baldwin [covers Mann] Walker's Beauty [covers Wealthy] Sylvan Sweet Whitney's Seedling Siberian Crab Dartmouth Crab Hyslop Crab [covers Van Wyck Sweet Crab] Martha Crab [covers Large Red Siberian] TetofskyPeaches - Hopkinsville Seedling Arkansas Traveler Missouri Mammoth Sallie Worrell Steadley [covers Governor Garland] Salway [covers Mammoth White Clingstone]Cherries - Large Montmorency Empress Eugenie Moore's Early May Early Richmond [covers Lieb] Toronto Louis PhilippePears - Bartlett Kieffer's Hybrid Flemish Beauty Clapp's Favorite [covers Frederick Clapp] Duchess D'Angouleme [covers Souvenir du Congress] Claywood's BeautyPlums - Weaver Mooney Louisa Blackman [covers German Prune] Lombard [covers Orange Quince]Quince - ChampionStrawberries - Sharpless Seedling Crescent Seedling James Vick New Strawberry-Big BobGooseberry - Smith's Improved Downing's SeedlingOther Berries - Gregg Raspberry Hansell (red raspberry) Snyder Blackberry The Marlboro (red raspberry) Fay's Prolific Currant White Grape CurrantGrapes - Niagara [covers Brighton] Lady Washington Moore's Early Pocklington Moore's Diamond [covers Vergennes] Empire State [covers Prontiss][Berry with name removed covering Rhubarb labeled as "Wine or Pie Plant"]Russian Apricot Elruge NectarineEverbearing Mulberry Russian Mulberry Lucretia DowberryFlowers:Clematis Jackmanii Perpetual Clematis-Henryii Perpetual Clematis-Gem Magnolia Acuminata Tartarian or Upright Honeysuckle Passion Flower [covers Rhododendron] Spirea Aurea Spirea Reevesii Althea-Variegated Leaved Hydranea Paniouls Grandiflora Variegated-leaved Weigela Calycanthus or Sweet Scented ShrubRoses - Greville or Seven Sisters Queen of the Prairies General Jacquemynot La France American Beauty [covers Perpetual White Moss] The "Bride" [covers Crested Moss]Trees etc.Kilmarnock Weeping Willow Weeping Mountain Ash Cut Leaved Weeping Birch American Sweet Chestnut Tulip Tree (2) [first covers Oak-Leaved Mountain Ash second covers White Leaved Weeping Linden Balsam Fir Norway Spruce White Pine Irish English or Swedish Juniper Hemlock Spruce Red CedarIn the mid-19th century a "horticulture craze" took hold in America particularly in the Upper Midwest. Although a boon for nurserymen and seed distributors it also became a target for conmen with complaints ranging from non-delivery of ordered products to inferior or misrepresented plants to inappropriate stock for a particular region. To attempt to gain some respectability back many nursery owners recruited and trained salesmen to represent their stock throughout the nation. This coincided with another craze - color plate illustration. D.M. Dewey in Rochester NY is credited with being the first to bring the two together and begin producing color plates of fruits flowers and other nursery stock that salesmen and store owners could show to potential customers. Dewey even printed a "training manual" for salesmen (1875) guiding them in what to show customers and how to entice them to purchase more than they originally intended (see Kabelac). For unclear reasons Rochester became the "hub" of printing these wonderful color plates as more printers and booksellers took up the business and the area boasted over half a dozen companies printing primarily if not exclusively these fruit and flower plates by the 1880s and 1890s.The techniques of printing these varied from the standard hand-coloring of lithographic plates to a combination stencil and hand-detailing. Eventually multicolor lithography (chromolithography) was introduced. A number of examples of this art form were included in the Amon Carter Museum exhibit "Stamped with a National Character" (and William Reese's accompanying book by the same title). Some printers offered large and small plates the former for store counter displays the latter for salesmen and even personal use. Other firms only offered one size. J.W. Thompson appears to have been one of the latter offering the small plates for sales books (Kabelac). The plates weren't cheap. Prices could run 35 cents or more each for large plates; ten to 15 cents each for small plates was not uncommon. Kabelac (1982) found ads for "cheap" books of 40 plates for $3.50; "regular" books of 70 plates sold for twice that - well over $100 today (according to some calculations) the price of a fancy "coffee table book."With the resurgence of interest in horticulture today these plates have historical appeal - we see the tenacity of favorite varieties as well as those which have fallen out of favor or even gone extinct. And the brilliance of the color and simplicity of design of these plates insures their esthetic appeal today and into the future.References:D. M. Dewey The Tree Agents' Private Guide: A Manual for the Successful Work in Canvassing for the Sale of Nursery Stock. (Rochester N.Y. 1875).Kabelac Karl Sanford. Nineteenth-Century Rochester Fruit and Flower Plates in The University of Rochester Library Bulletin. (Vol.XXXV 1982) pp.93-114.Lyon-Jenness Cheryl. "Planting a Seed: The Nineteenth-Century Horticultural Boom in America " Business History Review Vol. 78 No. 3 Autumn 2004.Reese William S. Stamped with a National Character: Nineteenth Century American Color Plate Books. New York: The Grolier Club 1999. Condition: The outer leather case has gotten wet and at some point probably mildewed. The tab for closure missing. The book of plates apparently was damp but does not show the damage of the case. The plates are variable some with minor surface soil or foxing one with a section of the lower edge missing. Overall however they are bright and attractive.
• A Pair of Royal Worcester Dorothy Doughty
  A Pair of Royal Worcester Dorothy Doughty Birds Baltimore Orioles perched on tulip tree branches. Height 10 inches.
• A Pair of Royal Worcester Dorothy Doughty
  A Pair of Royal Worcester Dorothy Doughty Birds Baltimore Orioles perched on tulip tree branches. Height 10 inches.
• ***PENNSYLVANIA FRAKTUR. Watercolor
  ***PENNSYLVANIA FRAKTUR. Watercolor and ink on laid paper. Dated 1805 for Andern Blumleinaller with a large orange green and yellow tulip tree growing from a multi-colored heart. In a modern frame 7 1/2''h. 10w''. Ex Richard and Rosemarie Machmer sold at Pook and Pook October 25 2008 lot 600. A poem not a fraktur for Andern Blumleinaller. See additionl photos online for translation.