Paint-decorated Lift-top Chest Over Drawers
Probably Maine, circa 1830–1840
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RUTH HENSHAW BASCOM (1772-1848)
Thomas Cushing Burr, age ten
Ashby, Massachusetts, February 13, 1834
RUTH HENSHAW BASCOM (1772-1848)
Thomas Cushing Burr, age ten
Ashby, Massachusetts, February 13, 1834
Pastel and pencil on cut paper, mounted on blue-streaked paper; 16 ½ x 12 ½ inches, in a period painted frame.
Bascom noted this portrait in her diary: “On February 13, 1834, a day of 20-degree temperature, ‘…Thos. Cushing Burr came early to be sketched…’” It descended to the sitter’s great-grandson, Richard M. Bronson (1919–2003) of Tacoma, Washington, and was published in Lois S. Avigad, “Ruth Henshaw Bascom: A Youthful Viewpoint,” The Clarion, Fall 1987, p. 36.
ENOCH A. TITUS (1821-1918)
Fancy Parrots
Pennington, New Jersey, circa 1835
Watercolor and ink on paper, 9 ½ x 7 ½ inches
In the original painted frame.
This is one of two watercolor drawings of Fancy Parrots by Enoch A. Titus executed when he was about fourteen years old, likely done as a school exercise. Its mate, identically titled and framed, is inscribed “By Enoch A. Titus March 10th 1835,” and illustrated in Sumpter T. Priddy, American Fancy, Exuberance in the Arts 1790-1840 (Milwaukee, 2004), fig. 9, p. xxv.
Enoch A. Titus was the son of Joab Titus (1779-1866) and Mary Polly Christopher (1784-1862). Enoch is recorded in the 1850 as living in Hopewell, New Jersey as a farmer.
QUEEN ANNE PIPE BOX WITH SHELL-CARVED DRAWER
Connecticut, circa 1760
QUEEN ANNE PIPE BOX WITH SHELL-CARVED DRAWER
Connecticut, circa 1760
Maple and white pine, mellow old finish; 17 ½ x 5 x 4 ¼ inches.
This exceptional pipe box is distinguished by its deeply carved concave fan and white pine drawer interior with tapered dovetails, a rare feature of coastal New London County joinery. We acquired it from Peter Tillou’s personal collection in 1997 and sold it to Grant Griswold and reacquired it from his collection.
Pair of Queen Anne Balloon-seat Side Chair
Norwich or East Hartford, Connecticut, circa 1740-1770
Pair of Queen Anne Balloon-seat Side Chair
Norwich or East Hartford, Connecticut, circa 1740-1770
Cherry, original slip seat frames covered brown cowhide, height 41 inches, seat width 17 ½ inches, seat height 17 inches. Roman numerals “IV” and “V” incised on inside of seat rail
This pair of chairs appear to match the well-known armchair with Pitkin and Lyman family provenance illustrated in John T. Kirk, Connecticut Furniture, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (Hartford, 1967), pl. 188; John T. Kirk, American Chairs: Queen Anne and Chippendale (New York, 1972), pl. 188; Minor Myers, Jr. and Edgar deN. Mayhew, New London County Furniture 1640-1840 (New London, CT, 1974), pl. 29, and advertisement for John S. Walton, The Magazine Antiques, August 1976, p. 204 and March 1984, p. 490.
A nearly identical side chair at Winterthur is discussed in Nancy E. Richards and Nancy Goyne Evans, New England Furniture at Winterthur, Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods (Winterthur, 1997), pp. 39-40: “The precise eastern Connecticut origin of straight-backed (canted), spurred splat compass-bottom chairs with champhered rear legs and three turned outside stretchers is yet to be resolved. A strong tradition of furniture making existed in Norwich, the cultural and commercial center of New London County and vicinity. Features of this chair that link it to Norwich seating furniture include the champhered rear legs, three stretcher brace, and angular sweep of the front feet. Gov. John Pitkin (1694-1769), who owned an armchair of this pattern, was a resident of East Hartford, although he had strong political connections and support from New London County, and his deputy governor was a county resident. Several side chairs also have firm East Hartford histories. Because maritime and overland commerce between Norwich and East Hartford was well established and subtle variations within the pattern indicate more than one shop was responsible for production, it is possible that chairs of this description were made in both Norwich and East Hartford”
A small number of other side chairs of this distinct form are known.
Provenance:
Israel Sack, Inc., New York; Collection and Samuel D. McCullough (1930-2025) and Patricia McCullough, Bloomington, MN.
Published:
American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, Volume IV (Alexandria, VA, 1974, p. 920.
Jason T. Busch, “Americana in Minnesota,” Antiques & Fine Art, Autumn/Winter 2005, p. 177.
RALPH D. CURTIS (1808-1885)
Boy holding a book
Probably New York State, circa 1830
RALPH D. CURTIS (1808-1885)
Boy holding a book
Probably New York State, circa 1830
Oil on poplar panel, 22 x 17 ½ inches.
This newly discovered portrait is among Ralph D. Curtis’s finest. Born in Pompey, New York, the itinerant artist later painted and farmed in Michigan, eventually owning three farms in Saginaw County.
THOMAS CHAMBERS (1808-1869)
View of Nahant [Sunset]
Massachusetts, circa 1843-1850
AMMI PHILLIPS
Augusta Maria Foster aged 16 years
Southeast, New York, 1836
EDWARD HICKS
The Peaceable Kingdom
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, circa 1838-1840
GEORGE GASSNER
Father and Daughter and Mother with Baby
New England, circa 1845
FRITZ G. VOGT (1842-1900)
Residence of Mr. Larkin Christman
Palatine, New York, 1894
JOHN BREWSTER, JR.
Sarah Little Bryant
Castine, Maine, circa 1822
MARY B. KNIGHT (1811-1897)
House with Red Roof
Otisfield, Maine, circa 1830
ATTRIBUTED TO SARAH BATES (1792-1881)
Circular gift drawing from Holy Mother Wisdom to Sally Lomise
New Lebanon, New York, 1847
ATTRIBUTED TO SARAH BATES (1792-1881)
Circular gift drawing from Holy Mother Wisdom to Sally Lomise
New Lebanon, New York, 1847