Auction:
Major Fall Chinese & Americana Auction
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Starts at 10:00 AM EST

Bid In Person:
Nadeau’s Auction Gallery
25 Meadow Road, Windsor CT 06095

Bid Online:
Browse the sale, register and bid via link in bio.
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550+ LOTS

American antiques, including high chests, tiger maple furnishings, Windsor chairs,
scrimshaw, bottles, primitive artwork, Indian baskets, 200+ lots of Chinese porcelains,
jade, scrolls, paintings, and furnishings. 20+ lots of militaria including five shotguns to
include A. Francotte and Boss & Co, Colt Navy pistol, buckles, and powder horns. 100+
paintings and works on paper including a sporting oil on canvas by Q.J. Gromme, A.
Achenbach oil on canvas 1836, a life-size oil on canvas of Sophia, Duchess of Kent
1720, a family portrait of Davy Crockett’s niece and nephew, Audubon prints, antique
maps and more. The silver offerings include early English and American, 25+ antique
oriental rugs and carpets, including Agras, Haji Jalili Tabriz carpets, and several throw
rugs.

Provenance:
Private institutions in New York and Connecticut; Collection of Barbara Rothschild
Michaels and Roger Michaels of New York City and Ossining, New York; Upper East
Side Property Apartment; the estate of Sally G. Chubb of Bernardsville, New Jersey;
Estate in Essex, Connecticut; Estate of Ross McKenzie, 30-year employee of Clearing
House Auction in Wethersfield, Connecticut; several other New York and Connecticut
estates.

Featured Lots

Lot 100: Chippendale Mahogany Reverse Serpentine Chest of Drawers

Attributed to Felix Huntington, 18th Century

A rare gem of Connecticut craftsmanship, attributed to Felix Huntington. This handsome reverse serpentine example, from an Essex estate, exemplifies the refined balance between elegance and strength that defined 18th-century New England furniture.

The richly figured mahogany glows with a deep, time-earned patina, its sculptural apron and bold ogee feet giving the piece both presence and poise. Though the batwing brasses are early replacements, they suit the chest perfectly, complementing its graceful curve and quiet symmetry. At over forty inches high, it commands the room without ostentation—a piece that speaks softly of its maker’s skill and its centuries of care.

Height 40 ½ in., case width 41 ¼ in., top 22 x 42 ½ in.
Condition: Very good overall; minor surface wear consistent with age.

Lot 50: Japanese Tosa School Six-Panel Folding Screen

Momoyama to Early Edo Period (17th/18th Century)

Grace and narrative unfold across six gilded panels in this Japanese Tosa School screen, a luminous window into the refined world of Kyoto’s courtly life. Executed in mineral pigments and ink on gold leaf, the scene presents a continuous story rendered through the Tosa tradition’s hallmark delicacy of line and color.

Roofless palace interiors (fukinuki yatai) reveal terraces and gardens alive with ceremony—elegantly robed figures moving through a dreamlike landscape divided by drifting gold clouds. Every costume fold and architectural beam speaks to the discipline of yamato-e painting, where storytelling and design merge in perfect harmony. Mounted within its original brocade border, this screen carries the quiet authority of a masterwork from Japan’s early modern era.

Lot 190: Owen J. Gromme (American, 1896–1991)

“On the Scent,” 1958

A crisp autumn light runs through Owen Gromme’s On the Scent, illuminating a pair of pointers alert on a red-dirt track as deer retreat into the distant tree line. Gromme, often called the “Dean of American Wildlife Artists,” brings his naturalist’s eye to every detail—from the dogs’ taut stance to the layered horizon of Southern fields.

Painted in 1958, the work captures the golden era of American sporting art, when precision met poetry in the open landscape. Its vivid palette and confident brushwork make this canvas both an homage to the hunt and a celebration of the quiet beauty of the outdoors.

Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right O.J. Gromme ’58, 24 x 36 in.
Provenance: Property from The Estate of Sally G. Chubb of Bernardsville, New Jersey.

Lot 177: Boss and Company 12-Gauge Double Barrel Takedown Shotgun

The legacy of Boss & Co.—one of London’s most revered gunmakers—endures in this finely engraved 12-gauge double-barrel takedown shotgun. Crafted with the precision and artistry for which the firm is celebrated, it features a checkered English stock and foregrip, a gold cartouche to the underside, and exquisitely detailed floral scroll engraving across its blued steel surface.

Numbered 7181 and housed in its fitted leather case, the piece represents the marriage of function and form that defined British sporting arms in the early 20th century. Both elegant and mechanical, it stands as a testament to a tradition where performance was elevated to art.

Provenance: Property from The Estate of Sally G. Chubb of Bernardsville, New Jersey.