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We are very pleased to offer at public auction the contents of an old Delaware family home with additions from other area estates and collections!

TALL CASE AND OTHER CLOCKS: A RARE AND HIGHLY DESIREABLE 18TH C DELAWARE MADE TALL CASE CLOCK BY DUNCAN BEARD, APPOQUINIMINK WITH ENGRAVED BRASS AND SILVERED DIAL, another painted American inlaid walnut tall case with fluted columns, 9 tube Herschedes mah hall clock, mah scroll top painted dial tall case clock, 17th-18th c lantern clock for restoration, Gilt bronze and alabaster French figural mantle clock by H. Marc, Paris, Carl Werner oak Vienna regulator with One Year Patent fusee movement, 2 German Westminster chime bracket clocks, ornate gilt bronze singing bird music box, miniature German alarm clock, more.

AMERICAN FURNITURE: Octoraro, Chester County walnut tall chest with raised panel ends, Octoraro, Chester County inlaid slant lid desk with smooth inset ¼ columns, another walnut tall chest with reeded chamfered corners, fine inlaid cherry 2 pc 16 pane corner cupboard on original bracket base, walnut Chippendale slant lid desk with fluted columns, 2 pc walnut Lancaster County Dutch cupboard with glazed doors, very nice inlaid mahogany Hepplewhite Pembroke table, pine and walnut Sheraton side table with bookcase top, cherry Dutch cupboard with raised panel doors, 2 pc cherry corner cupboard with 12 pane door, rare pine settle bench with cupboard back, 45 drawer pine apothecary chest in old painted finish, pine dry sink, mahogany Sheraton lift lid desk, 18 drawer spice cabinet, 3 drawer Sheraton blanket chest, walnut pin top 2 drawer farm table with turned legs, 10” pine store counter, pine bench table, nice NE chair table with rect top, maple NE QA 2 pc highboy, good curly maple Sheraton washstand, 3 part mahogany Duncan Phyfe banquet table, Philadelphia mahogany Sheraton sideboard, 2 part Sheraton D-end DR table, nice mahogany reeded leg work table, walnut and cherry Sheraton d/l tables, more.

VICTORIAN FURNITURE: Fine massive 2 door Renaissance Revival walnut bookcase with ladies head crest, outstanding Renaissance Revival carved and ebonized 8’3” walnut bed with matching MT bureau, 8’8” Renaissance Revival carved walnut secretary desk, 2 amazing matched carved, inlaid, and gilt arched top Renaissance Revival wall mirrors, 9’8” and 7’2” tall, 6 drawer walnut Vict tall chest, 2 door cherry bookcase with carved ladies heads, oversized walnut bowed end mirror back china cabinet, walnut MT sideboard with dog head pulls, ebonized Eastlake curio shelf, marquetry inlaid rosewood 2 tier stand, massive figural carved mahogany highback armchair with rams head arms, mah spiral turned pedestal, pr ornate cast iron garden gates, ornate single garden gate, slab top wrought iron patio table, 2 iron boot scrapers, more.

ENGLISH & CONTINENTAL FURNITURE: 21” Scenic inlaid Galle tray, Burled walnut Dutch corner cabinet, nice inlaid Georgian Hepplewhite sideboard, 2 part walnut Continental breakfront, Dutch style bombe display cabinet, carved U-chair, Continental side cabinet, Georgian style LT desk, QA mah game table, walnut Continental bureau, mah rococo armchair, 2 part mah slant lid desk, triple pedestal mah DR table, Georgian butler’s tray table on later stand, 2 Louis XVI style armchairs, carved Chippendale style armchair, very ornate carved and burled walnut triple armoire with bed, bureau, & 2 night stands, MT sideboard with curio cabinet top, more.

CUSTOM & REPRODUCTION FURNITURE: VERY FINE, AS NEW, BLACK LACQUER STEINWAY MODEL M GRAND PIANO PURCHASED NEW IN 1974, Feldenkreis Centennial Chippendale style pieces including piecrust birdcage candlestand, twin & dbl sized 4 post beds, tall chest w/mirror, tall chest, 2 foot stools, bureau and vanity, by Irion Furniture we have a fine set of 12 QA cherry DR chairs, a dbl pedestal QA DR banquet table, and a walnut Queen Anne style highboy, other bench made Colonial Revival furniture incl a Kittinger QA coffee table, inlaid MW sewing cabinet, 2 eagle carved gilt girandole mirrors, more.

BRANDYWINE VALLEY/WILMINGTON/AMERICAN ART: Howard Pyle, Stanley Arthurs, F.O.C. Darley, Robert Shaw, C.S. Hammitt, Alexander Stuart, F. deB. Richards, Alfred T. Scott, David Hornung, Frank F. English, Frederick Remington, more.

WORKS ON PAPER: Large selection of etchings and bookplates from Felix O.C. Darley, 18 etchings by Robert Shaw, Margeurite Kirmse, early Delaware maps, Gayle Hoskins, R. B. Gillespie, Brotherhead Wilmington Centennial lithograph, A.T. Scott, (3) Samuel Margolies, (2) Robert Riggs, 54 Old Master reproduction prints by Max Flersheim, Paris, more.

FINE PORCELAIN, GLASS, & ACCESSORIES: Geometric pietra dura plaque with micromosaic insets, pietra dura plaque in gilt bronze frame, gilt bronze dresser box w/enameled lid, gilt bronze musical bird box, lapis dresser box, pietra dura gold scale, paper mache snuff box w/pietra dura lid, carved wood & silver pomegranate snuff bottle, 7 early Meissen figurines, Meissen harp shaped dresser box, Royal Worcester dragon handled ewer, topographical Sevres cup & saucer, scenic decorated Vienna porcelain vase, 2 Dresden & a Vienna portrait cups & saucers, KPM plaque “Une Vision”by G. Max, Berlin porcelain plaque “Scheutzangel” after B. Plockhorst, scenic French earthenware plaque, 2 HP Limoges jardinières, 24” Sevres scenic urn, 12” gilt bronze mounted Sevres portrait decorated compote, Fischer Budapest vase, 6 Haviland oyster plates, 2 HP ivory min portraits, bronze figural girandoles, Moser type enameled dresser box, brilliant cut bowl with sterling rim, pr Erte Majestique flutes, more.

POTTERY & NEAT STUFF: 24+ pieces of blue decorated stoneware, 4 weathervanes including fish, horse, cow, and a horse on it’s original cupola top from an early barn in Chester county, Leeds featheredge creamware, 7 Wm Hare crocks, Staffordshire Gilpin’s Mills historical blue bowl, Native American rug, Delaware ephemera, Leica CL 35 mm camera w/2 Leitz lenses, 19th c cast iron “EASY” & “Allcut” lawn mowers, more.

ORIENTALIA: Famille Rose bottle, Canton bowl, Japanese urn, group carved ivory figures, pr carved ivory figural snuff bottles, Satsuma vase, carved ivory nude, dragon carved ivory ball on stand, scenic Nippon dresser jar and vase, more.

SILVER: 40 PLUS LOTS OF ESTATE SILVER INCLUDING Selection of Tiffany & Co items including fruit bowl pattern compote, shakers, tray, serving pcs, hinged box, stirrup cup, King’s spoons, nice Dutch and other Continental silver cabinet pieces, 93 pcs Gorham “Dolly Madison”, other flatware & nice serving pcs, Elkington oval plated covered serving piece, more.

ORIENTAL CARPETS: Above average selection of estate carpets including several room size and smaller antique Heriz, Serab runner, Kazak & other Caucasian throws, Kirmans, Nichols Chinese, antique Agra for repair, about 60 plus in all!!

MERCHANDISE UNPACKED DAILY

Order of Sale: Main Salesroom @ 2 PM: Silver, Porcelain, Glass & China. 6 PM: ART, RUGS & FURNITURE.

Terms of Sale: Cash, approved checks, Visa & Mastercard. 17% Buyer’s Premium discounted to 15% with payment by cash or good check, pre-approved checks only from first time customers. Food Available.

One Hillman Drive (Rt. 202 and Rt. 1)
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
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