Current Auctions

Lift Top Blanket Chest
having reeded molding, scalloped apron, inside writing W.N. Rice East Windsor Hill Conn., one rear foot repaired
height 23 inches, top 16 1/4″ x 39 1/2″
Provenance: From the Enfield Historical Society, 2025 Deaccession

Estimate: $250 - $450

Early Gameboard having Molded Edges
length 29 1/4″ x 16 3/4″

Estimate: $250 - $450

Lift Top Chest
in original blue paint with leafy stenciling and marked “S.G” on top
early 19th century
height 12 1/2 inches, top 14″ x 29 1/4″

Estimate: $250 - $450

Primitive Countertop Desk
having lift top and two drawers, interior having two drawers, possibly Shaker
height 16 inches, width 35 1/2 inches, depth 25 1/4 inches
Provenance: From the Enfield Historical Society, 2025 Deaccession

Estimate: $300 - $500

Apotheosis of Washington and Franklin Framed Textile, circa 1785-1825
Toile de Jouy Fabric depicting George Washington in a leopard-drawn chariot, Benjamin Franklin alongside Liberty, the personification of America holding a shield inscribed “American Independence 1776,” and other patriotic and allegorical imagery
41 1/2″ x 28 1/2″
Provenance: From the Enfield Historical Society, 2025 Deaccession

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Primitive Watercolor Sketch
having house, barns, and fencing, written on back Thursday November 27, 1806 and certificate signed A.B Seaver
sight size 7 1/2″ x 8 1/4″

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Group of Framed Silhouette Portraits and Decorative Profile Portraits
to include an oval black silhouette profile in ebonized frame, Wedgwood style white jasperware profile medallion on pale blue ground, pair of black silhouette profiles, two small silhouette portraits, oval gilt framed silhouette and watercolor profile portrait of a seated woman, 19th century
5″ x 9″ largest frame

Estimate: $200 - $400

Needlework Sampler having Birds and Animals
signed Sarah Penn age 11, 1791
16″ x 11″
Provenance: Sarah Penns’ Great Grandfather was William Penn founder of Pennsylvania. John Penn married Lucy Granville in 1690 in Caroline County Virginia, they had four sons “The Virginia Penns” one son Moses married Catherine Taylor in 1739 and had a son named John in 1740, John grew up self taught and was granted permission to practice law. Eventually John Penn would come to represent North Carolina as a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His younger brother was Joseph Penn 1717-1799 married Mary Elizabeth Taylor in 1735 and had eight children, the fourth child was Phillip Penn. Phillip married Martha Rollins Holloday in 1761 and had several children including Sarah Penn in 1780

Estimate: $2000 - $4000

Regency Style Framed Tiger Needlework Textile
Embroidered textile depicting a stylized tiger in profile with floral foliage, worked in shades of brown, tan, cream and blue, framed under glass.
14 1/2″ x 21 1/2″ sight

Estimate: $200 - $400

Three Kuba Raffia Fiber Textile Panels, Democratic Republic of the Congo
woven and embroidered raffia fiber panels featuring geometric designs, Kuba Kingdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo, early 20th century
24 1/2″ x 28 1/2″ largest frame
Provenance: Property from the Collection of Thomas D. Mottola sold to Benefit the Museum of Contemporary ArtCT

Estimate: $300 - $500

Shaker Sewing Box
with contents, two pin holder, pin cushions, mini hats, pink interior with exterior ribbons
height 3 inches, height with handle 6 1/2 inches, top 6″ x 8 1/2″
Provenance: From the Enfield Historical Society, 2025 Deaccession

Estimate: $250 - $450

Shaker Oval Box
with inscription inside cover “Absent or dead still, let a friend be dear, the living claim a sigh, the dead a tear. July 28, 1837″
height 2 inches, top 5″ x 3”
Provenance: From the Enfield Historical Society, 2025 Deaccession

Estimate: $300 - $500

Two Shaker Oval Boxes
each in old varnish finish
heights 3 inches and 2 1/2 inches, lengths 7 1/2 inches and 5 1/4 inches, width 5 inches and 3 1/2 inches
Provenance: From the Enfield Historical Society, 2025 Deaccession

Estimate: $400 - $600

Three Shaker Round Wood Boxes
one with handle with impressed mark on top, plus handwritten name
heights 6 1/2 inches, 5 1/2 inches, 3 1/2 inches, diameters 11 inches, 10 inches, 8 inches
Provenance: Willis Henry Auction # 355
From the Enfield Historical Society, 2025 Deaccession

Estimate: $200 - $400

Three Piece Porcelain Lot
to include two Canton platters and one export footed bowl
height 5 1/2 inches and diameter 13 inches, 13 3/4″ x 16″, and 11″ x 14″

Estimate: $250 - $450

Three Japanese Imari Blue and White Porcelain Chargers to include
one depicting ducks among reeds and flowering plants; one of a bird perched on a flowering branch, having shaped rim; along with jay bird amongst flowering peonies
largest diameter 18 1/2 inches
Provenance: Gump’s, San Francisco, California, October 14, 1986, purchased for $450;
Gump’s, San Francisco, California, December 3, 1986, purchased for $450;
Gump’s, San Francisco, California, March 4, 1987, purchased for $450;
copies of original receipts available.
From the Robert E Gilroy Estate of Hampton, Connecticut

Estimate: $300 - $500

Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Erotic Porcelain Plaques
pair of rectangular porcelain plaques decorated in famille rose enamels depicting erotic interior scenes featuring figures in domestic settings, surrounded by furnishings, architectural elements and garden views, housed in giltwood frames
9 1/2″ x 6″ each

Estimate: $400 - $800

Three Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Bowls
to include a large punch bowl decorated featuring flowering peonies; and two smaller bowls decorated featuring floral and landscape motifs, 18th/19th century
punch bowl height 6 inches, diameter 14 1/2 inches
Provenance: From the Robert E Gilroy Estate of Hampton, Connecticut

Estimate: $300 - $500

Near Pair of Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Sleeve Vases
cylindrical form, each decorated in famille verte enamels featuring continuous figural court scenes, attendants and warriors, having diaper and floral border
height 10 1/2 inches

Estimate: $200 - $400

Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain Octagonal Soup Tureen, Cover and Stand
Porcelain tureen having an octagonal form, molded animal-form handles and finial, decorated in underglaze blue featuring Chinese landscape scenes, floral borders and geometric motifs, accompanied by matching octagonal stand, circa 1770
tray 15″ x 11 1/2″
Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, The Collection of Roy and Ruth Nutt: Important Americana & Decorative Arts, January 23, 2015, Sale N09305, Lot 120; purchased for $1,875. Copy of sale receipt available.
From the Robert E Gilroy Estate of Hampton, Connecticut

Estimate: $400 - $800

Chinese Porcelain Covered Box
height 3 1/8 inches, diameter 6 1/2 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500

Chinese Famille Rose Dragon and Phoenix Porcelain Vase Mounted as a Lamp
baluster-form porcelain vase decorated in famille rose enamels featuring dragon and phoenix medallions surrounded by dense iron-red scrolling foliate decoration, mounted on carved hardwood base and fitted as a table lamp, Qing Dynasty style
vase height 13 inches
Provenance: From a Briarcliff Manor Estate

Estimate: $400 - $800

Chinese Famille Rose “Cockerel” or Rooster Porcelain Plate
octagonal porcelain plate decorated in famille rose enamels depicting roosters perched on blue rockwork among flowering peonies, surrounded by pink diaper border and blue and white floral reserves, likely 18th century
diameter 9 1/2 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500