2026 Major Spring Americana & Chinese Auction Featuring Items From the John D Rockefeller III Estate

English Sterling Silver Coffee Pot
of baluster form having fluted lower body, scroll spout, and carved wood handle, the domed lid surmounted by finial and gadrooned borders, raised on a circular foot, bearing partial maker’s mark “___F” and date letter “d.”
height 11 inches, total weight 29.4 troy ounces
Provenance: A collection from Southbury, Connecticut

Estimate: $1500 - $1800

Watson Company Sterling Silver Coffee Pot
“Exemplar circa 1730″ pattern, of baluster form having domed lid and wooden finial, scroll handle featuring ivory insulators, and curved spout, monogrammed to body and raised on a circular foot.
height 10 inches, total weight 15.2 troy ounces
Provenance: A collection from Southbury, Connecticut

Estimate: $600 - $900

Crichton Brothers Sterling Silver Teapot and Stand
having a globular body and hinged lid, featuring engraved monogram to the side, swing handle having a wooden grip, and separate burner on scroll-form legs
height 11 inches, weight 33.5 troy ounces

Estimate: $1500 - $2000

Set of Four George III Sterling Silver Candlesticks
hallmarked “J.H” date letter “K” for 1765, each fluted and baluster-form stems raised on shaped scalloped bases having shell and rocaille decoration, engraved ancestral crest depicting a rampant lion in a field of stars.
height 9 inches, total weight 71.1 troy ounces
Provenance: A collection from Southbury, Connecticut

Estimate: $3000 - $5000

Henry Wilkinson & Co. Sterling Silver and Cut Glass Inkstand
Victorian sterling silver inkstand, shaped tray having pierced foliate border and scroll feet, fitted two cut glass inkwells, sterling mounts and a removable central candlestick, all bearing Sheffield hallmarks for Henry Wilkinson & Co., dated 1854.
height 5 1/2 inches, length 9 inches, total weighable 10.0 troy ounces
Provenance: A collection from Southbury, Connecticut

Estimate: $400 - $600

121 Piece Frank M. Whiting Co. “Victoria-Florence” Sterling Silver Flatware Set
to include 12 dinner forks, 12 lunch forks, 12 salad / dessert forks, 12 dinner knives, 12 lunch knives, 12 butter spreaders, 24 teaspoons, 12 soup spoons, 3 serving forks, 3 serving spoons, 2 sugar spoons, 1 ladle, 1 carving fork, 1 carving knife, 1 pie server, one sponge cake cutter, total weighable 113.7 troy ounces

Estimate: $7000 - $8500

Brass Bound Amboyna Lap Desk, England
now mounted as an end table on a painted wood base, having one end drawer and two brass end handles, interior camphor wood 19th century
height 21 inches, top 10 1/2″ x 19 1/2″
Provenance: Property of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller III, from the Collection of Sandra Ferry Rockefeller
Kentshire, original purchase price $3,600 (no receipt available, records came from family database)
Condition: small crack in top

Estimate: $300 - $500

George III Carved and Veneered Mahogany Partners Desk / Writing Table
having black tooled leather top and two drawers on either side, England circa 1800
height 30 1/2 inches, width 48 inches, depth 36 inches
Provenance: From the Collection of the General Cigar Company acquired by the Cullman family

Estimate: $3000 - $5000

Federal Mahogany Bowfront Chest
four-drawer chest, original hardware, circa 1800
height 38 inches, length 41 1/2 inches, depth 23 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500

Continental Daybed Opening to Double
having finials and gilt decoration, pull out front, all set on square tapered legs, circa 1800
height 43 inches, length 71 1/2 inches, depth 24 inches, double width 68 inches depth 33 inches

Estimate: $400 - $800

Federal Mahogany Stand
one drawer having concave front all set on turned legs, circa 1820
height 32 inches, top 16″ x 25″
Provenance: Property from a Upper East Side, New York City Apartment

Estimate: $250 - $450

Tiger Maple and Maple Chest on Frame
18th Century
In one piece, the molded cornice above six graduated long drawers, fitted original brass batwing pulls, the lower frame having shaped apron and cabriole legs ending in pad feet, constructed in tiger maple and maple
height 63 1/2 inches, case width 36 inches, top 17 1/2″ x 38 1/2″
Condition: Very good overall; age-expected wear, minor surface marks and imperfections; now on replaced base

Estimate: $500 - $800

American Federal Mahogany Three-Part Dining Table
three-section dining table, D-shaped ends, raised on turned and acanthus-carved legs ending in brass cap casters, warm brown finish, expected surface wear, circa 1840
height 29 inches, top 46 x 70 inches; open 46 x 94 inches

Estimate: $400 - $700

American Federal Tiger Maple One-Drawer Stand
square top above a single drawer, the figured tiger maple case raised on slender turned legs, fitted round pulls, warm honey-brown finish, visible figuring throughout.
American, early 19th century
height 29 inches, top 16 1/2″ x 19″

Estimate: $250 - $450

French Napoleon III Ebonized and Inlaid Center Table
rectangular shaped-top table having elaborate marquetry of scrolling foliate designs and central urn, in an ebonized ground, gilt metal mounts and edge molding, inlaid throughout including the ends, fitted drawer to one side, raised on turned legs joined by a shaped stretcher and central gilt bronze urn finial, France, 19th century.
height 29 1/2 inches, top 33 1/2″ x 58″

Estimate: $1500 - $2500

Louis XV Provincial Walnut Commode
molded top above two short drawers and a central small drawer over two long drawers, all having shaped panels and finely cast bronze handles depicting opposing hunting dogs, centered by foliate escutcheons, raised side panels, and a shaped apron raised on short curved legs, retains rich patina and original hardware, mid-18th century
height 33 1/2 inches, width 44 inches, depth 23 inches

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

Pair of American Federal Mahogany Armchairs
each curved crest rail and scrolling arms, upholstered back and loose seat cushions, raised on turned legs ending in brass casters, warm mahogany finish. Reputedly formerly used in the Charleston, South Carolina City Council chambers and purchased by Mayor John Wagener circa 1870; Wagener, at the outset of the Civil War, commanded the First Artillery Regiment (largely composed of German immigrants) and was ordered to defend Port Royal Harbor, where his forces constructed Fort Walker on Hilton Head Island and held it until 1861; following the war he was commissioned brigadier general by Governor James Orr, and Fort Wagner on Morris Island was named in his honor; in 1871 he was elected mayor of Charleston and resided at the corner of St. Philip Street and McBride’s Lane.
American, early 19th century
height 32 1/2 inches, width 22 inches, depth 23 inches, seat height 18 inches

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Federal Cherry Candle Stand
molded square top on slender turned shaft set on tripod base, circa 1800
height 28 inches, top 15 3/4″ x 16 1/2″

Estimate: $200 - $400

George Mears (British 1865-1910)
“HMS Ophir and Albeta”, 1901
Oil on canvas depicting the HMS Ophir underway in moderate seas, flying British ensigns, accompanied by a tender vessel at right additional ships faintly visible on the horizon under a soft, overcast sky
20″ x 32″ canvas

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

George Mears (British 1865-1910)
“Yawl Entering Ramsgate”, 1895
Oil on canvas depicting a yawl under sail navigating choppy seas approaching the Ramsgate harbor breakwater lighthouse and figures gathered along with the pier
Signed and dated lower right G.Mears ’95
20″ x 30″ canvas

Estimate: $1000 - $2000

American School (19th Century)
Mississippi River Steamboat “Redwing,” circa 1870
Oil on canvas depicting a river landscape sidewheel steamboat and sailboat before mountainous terrain, housed in period frame
Signed “R.S.” lower left, the vessel inscribed “1870 Redwing”
13″ x 16 1/4″ canvas, 21″ x 24″ frame
Provenance: Trisdonn Gallery, Nyack, New York, 12/17/1983 ($2,160) copy of receipt available

Estimate: $300 - $500

Hudson River School (American 19th Century)
Oil on canvas depicting a river landscape single dock and double sidewheel Fulton steamboat at dock before mountainous terrain, figures in a rowboat and sailboat beyond, rendered in warm atmospheric light
24″ x 32″ canvas
Provenance: Thomaston Place Auction, Maine, 8/25/2013, Lot 1054 ($1,380) copy of receipt available

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Joseph Sydney Willis Hodges (British 1829-1900)
Portrait of a Lady Fan, 1870
Oil on canvas, depicting a seated young woman wearing a light gown black lace trim and a floral adornment in her hair, holding a painted folding fan, set before a garden terrace wrought iron railing.
Signed and dated lower right Sydney Hodges 1870
Verso canvas stamp “Robson & Sons, Manufacturers of Prepared Canvas & Colourmen, 96 Long Acre, London.” Frame retaining partial label “Lawrence’s Stores Ltd., West Surrey Depository.”
Canvas 30″ x 25″, frame 39″ x 34 1/2″

Estimate: $500 - $1000

English School (18th Century)
Portrait of a Young Lady Fruit
Oil on canvas depicting a young woman in a pink satin gown white chemise and green wrap, her hair adorned flowers, seated beside a table a basket of fruit, set before an interior background architectural column.
Indistinctly inscribed lower right, possibly “S. Summers pinx.”
canvas 30″ x 24″, frame 35″ x 30″

Estimate: $300 - $500

Primitive Watercolor and Graphite
Young girl with flowers and armchair
sight size 8 1/2″ x 11 1/4″, frame size 13 1/2″ x 16″

Estimate: $200 - $300