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Timothy J. Gould, Licensed Maine Auctioneer 
 
FRESH to MARKET
ANTIQUE AUCTIONS
 

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 OUR ANNUAL LATE FALL AUCTION of FRESH to MARKET ANTIQUES WAS HELD at the GARDINER, MAINE SPORTSMAN'S CLUB SATURDAY DECEMBER 7, 2013  -  COMMENCING at 12 NOON  -  A FULL DAY PREVIEW WAS HELD ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 6 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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THANKS TO CHRIS CHAPMAN'S OUTSTANDING EFFORTS and GREAT EYE........THE STAGE IS SET........AND SO ARE THE SIDE WALLS!! 

PLEASE JOIN US IN GARDINER THIS SATURDAY DEC. 7, 2013

(auction starting at noon Saturday preview from 8 a.m. til start)

 PREVIEWING ALL DAY TOMORROW (FRIDAY from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS & THANKS TO ALL!!

                                    

LATE FRESH ADDITION FROM A NEW HAMPSHIRE HOME........A FINE and INCREDIBLY "BUSY" TIGER MAPLE TURNED LEG STAND!!

       

A Fine Maine Double Door Hanging Cupboard in Original Dry Red Paint. Dovetailed and Square Nailed Construction the piece measures 40'' wide x 12'' deep x 33'' tall. Recently found in an early attic near Mount Vernon, Maine.
E-I-E-I------OH!!!
 

...........And on his farm he had..........some

fabulous roadside farm market signs!! Found recently in a Salisbury, Mass. home, each of these wonderfully "splashy" double sided vegetable signs measure 5" tall by 31" long. An artistic hand on white pine, sometime in the first half of the 20th Century.

To be sold individually with the exception of  "RIPE TOMATOES" which will be sold as one.
AUCTION LOT #s 150-153
A RECENTLY DISCOVERED AMERICAN CARTOGRAPHIC RARITY
     

  

  

     
  
  

An unlisted and perhaps singular example of  the JOSEPH W. TUTTLE 1841 hand colored LINEN MAP of the UNITED STATES . We have been unable to locate another COLORED example which bears the Tuttle printed signature of: "Printed and Published by Joseph W. Tuttle :::::::::::: Boston, Mass" (his street address appears purposely obliterated on all known copies). The map is printed on LINEN and  bears this engravers mark:  "Engraved by G.W. Boynton  Washington St.  Boston". Measures: 28"  x  25  1/2" (64 cm x 62 cm). Condition is very good and well documented in our many detailed photos. Found recently in a coastal Maine attic.                AUCTION LOT #95

RECENT DISCOVERIES FROM CENTRAL MAINE!!
From a home in Waterville and a farmhouse in Madison yesterday (11/13/2013)
these two stellar Maine examples of their forms, are as fresh to market as it gets!
 
                                        

The eye dazzling DOUBLE SIDED Maine game board is in the BEST CHROME YELLOW and DEEP INDIAN RED paints! In a delightful size of 16 1/2" x 16 1/4" (due to expected shrinkage), the board's bed is of  thick stock measuring a full 1  1/2". Its applied trim moldings measure a tad wider than 1  3/4" giving the piece suitable "guard rails" for a hotly contested match of either checkers or backgammon! Untouched original condition throughout!

Central Maine ca. 1890.

 The small and very early "LAPPED BAND" Firkin is "hands down" the finest example of cooperage we have ever seen. As tight today as the day it was crafted, its precisely cut locking bands, tapered and shaped bail handle, exquisitely perfect square side "buttons" and to top it all off.......a remarkable bevel at the inner top edge of each of its staves!! Add both a superb surface and an entertaining, stylishly scripted message (likely from its original owner) on its underside : "STOLEN FROM C.B. WADE ...... ATHENS.......WADE  V.G.O."! Athens, Maine borders Madison to its northeast. Measures  7   3/4''tall (11 1/4'' with handle erect) 8'' top rim diameter  x  9" bottom rim diameter.  Superb original condition throughout!

AN IMPORTANT RECENT DISCOVERY

This auction will feature SEVERAL EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLES of 18th Century CREWEL WORK from the COLLECTION of the noted American Crewel Work Scholar and Author MARTHA GENUNG STEARNS whose 1940 hardcover book (reprinted 1963), titled "HOMESPUN and BLUE" was one of the earliest publications on the subject. Included in the MARTHA STEARNS collection are items pictured in her book, such as the REMARKABLE 18TH Century CREWEL DECORATED  SEWALL FAMILY BLANKET which exhibits crewel embroidered vignettes that are symbolic of a burgeoning America! Also included is a most amazing 18th century Crewel Decorated and tufted Strawberry decorated reticule or ladies pocket that is of smashingly bold colors and exquisite composition; An extremely rare and Large 18th Century Crewel Decorated Gentleman's "Work Bag" with eye dazzling, brightly colored flora and vine decoration; A  DATED Flame Stitch Gentleman's purse with "PHINEHAS CARLTON 1771" worked into its interior (Phineas Carlton was an 18th century Bradford, Mass. distiller and Town Constable of whom much is known); Also "DREAMY" 18th Century Crewel Decorated Canopy Bed Valence Panel which is stupendously decorated with boldly colored animals, birds, fish, geese, trees and flowers which play along beautifully composed and winding stream bed........and more!!!
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THE SEWALL FAMILY BLANKET
"A COMPENDIUM of AMERICAN DESIGN"*

Appearing in a full page photograph as PLATE 16 of her pioneering 1940 hardcover book "HOMESPUN and BLUE", the American Crewel Work Scholar and Author MARTHA GENUNG STEARNS describes the 18th century Sewall Family Blanket on page 56 :

The symbol which came closest to expressing the high hopes of America, at this time received its commission from Benjamin Franklin. In John Fiske's account of the Federal Convention the incident is thus described: On the back of the president's (George Washington) quaint black armchair there was emblazoned a half-sun, brilliant with its gilded rays. As the meeting was breaking up and Washington rose, Benjamin Franklin pointed to the chair and made it the text for prophecy: "AS I HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE ALL THESE WEEKS" he said "I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED WHETHER YONDER SUN IS SETTING OR RISING.......BUT NOW I KNOW THAT IT IS A RISING SUN"! From that moment, the Rising Sun meant the young Republic, whose strength and energy were jus beginning to ascend. On the little SEWALL BLANKET we have it, worked in saffron and indigo, with the bright half uppermost and rays surrounding it. This piece of much mended woolen homespun is a compendium of American design in itself. Probably done about the end of the Revolution, it carries motives that represent the whole period of America's entity. Here are the Tudor rose, the oak leaf and grapes from England; the carnation and the pomegranate and the suggestion of the plant springing from the earth's orb, of India; the Chinese wave-form; the dove with a sprig in its beak and the bleeding heart, bunch of currant, daisy and clover from the American out-of-doors; and the significant little rising sun worked between the scalloped divisions of the whole border. The family initial, a winged S, completes one corner.
Auction Lot #75: The Sewall Family Blanket.  An 18th Century American Crewel Decorated Baby's Blanket of Homespun Wool with Crewel Decoration having symbolic scalloped vignettes of a newly formed America. 50" long x 32  1/2" wide. From the collection of Martha Genung Stearns.
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Singular American Crewel Decorated Valence Panel

Appearing as Plate 12 in "HOMESPUN and BLUE" this remarkably "dreamy" Singular American Crewel Decorated Valence Panel has prolific multi-colored decoration of animals, birds, fish and flora on a rare winding stream landscape. Please note the fish and geese in the stream bed. 66" long x 9  1/4" wide. From the collection of Martha Genung Stearns. AUCTION LOT #77
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A SUPERB American Crewel Decorated Ladies Reticule or Pocket

A SUPERB American Crewel Decorated Ladies Reticule or Pocket with raised strawberry decoration bearing an internal signature of "D. LEARNED".  7  1/2" tall x 6  1/8" wide. From the collection of Martha Genung Stearns. AUCTION LOT #76
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Large American  Crewel Decorated Gentleman's "Work Bag"
Large American  Crewel Decorated Gentleman's "Work Bag" with busy and bold floral decoration on each of its sides. Measures 11  1/2" tall x 13  1/2" wide. From the collection of Martha Genung Stearns.
AUCTION LOT #78
     
        
           

An IMMACULATE CIVIL WAR U.S. MODEL 1863 COLT TYPE II .58 cal. RIFLE MUSKET with ORIGINAL BAYONET. Bearing CRISP inspector marks and in superb "bright" original surface and condition! A superior example which is part of a fine selection of MARKET FRESH CIVIL WAR ITEMS and other early militaria.
A "SWEETHEART" of  a MAINE PAINTED LIGHT STAND

           
This "DOWNEAST" Paint Decorated Light Stand is fashioned from late 19th or early 20th century "orange crates". Its exuberant coloring and bold patterning is classic in its folk art appeal. Likely sailor painted for a favorite Valentine, its drawer front "Cupid" theme suggests the "longing" of a distant seaman for his sweetheart! Found recently near the coastal village of Machias, Maine.
RARE & HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT SOUTH CAROLINA SECESSION BANNER with IMPORTANT McMASTER FAMILY PROVENANCE!
     
Discovered recently in a home near Bangor, Maine this heretofore unknown SOUTH CAROLINA SECESSION BANNER has been remarkably preserved! The watercolor on silk exhibits poignant symbolism with its single star (note the absence of the crescent moon) signifying the South Carolinians desire to be "fully independent" and also the interestingly and significant "broken coconut" situated at the BOTTOM of the Palmetto tree, symbolic of the "FALL" OF and "SPLIT" FROM the Union! Once the property of the noted author, South Carolina military historian and World War II Submarine Boat Captain Fitzhugh McMaster. The banner measures 25 1/2'' x 22 1/4''.  Frame measures 33 1/4" x 29  3/4". Untouched original condition.
  A PIPE DREAM!!  
        

In astounding condition, this ultra rare 18th century New England DOUBLE PIPE BOX is as "untouched" as they come! The box is of a stepped "Double Tombstone" style. In its original red paint and joined with dainty hand forged nails along with impressively large dovetails at its drawer, the piece lived a charmed life that has lead it the top of its class! The best in form, construction and surface, the box measures 15  1/4" tall x 9" wide and 4  3/4" deep.

  

  

    

RARE & DELIGHTFUL MAINE "LINSY WOOLSY" with UNUSUAL PIECED "SAW TOOTH" BORDER

Discovered recently in an early home near Readfield, Maine this SUPERB decorative example has outstanding color and overall superior condition! Measures 74  1/4" wide by 98" long. A rare Maine survivor!! Central Maine origin ca. 1800.

A TALE of TWO TABLES

      These remarkable, recently discovered 18th Century New England Tavern Tables are each didactic in their own very special ways! 
      The MAINE turned leg example is in the most amazing crusty surface with such pleasing elements as its underside "butterfly" splines, which have served it well, preserving a flat, wonderfully "scrubbed" breadboard ended top that exhibits gnarly hand forged "T Head" nails and wooden peg construction. In full height of nearly 27" and with its top measuring 45  1/2" x 29  1/2" the table is in exquisite proportions. An untouched and superior example, recently discovered in an early Hancock County, Maine home!! AUCTION LOT #47
      The VERY EARLY NEW HAMPSHIRE tavern table exhibits fine vase and ring turnings along with incredible splay to its legs and superior cabinetry which result in a handsome stance and imposing presence that is worthy of a supply of mead and flip, all hopefully being displayed in front of the crackling fire of an 18th century fireplace! Discovered recently in the attic of an 18th century NH home which once served as the local tavern! AUCTION LOT #60
 

A MAINE GEM

  
     
 
     

This early rug exhibits the best in 19th Century Maine craft and design! Measures 33" x 50".

A "TOP SHELF" HANGING MAINE WALL CUPBOARD!!
  
     

This UNTOUCHED Single Door Hanging Wall Cupboard was found in an early Bremen, Maine farmhouse. Superb condition, in its original Red Paint with a great wide backboard, square nail and "scoop" planed construction throughout! Measures 33 1/2''tall  x  28 1/2''wide  x  12 3/4''deep. A rare, pleasingly "correct" example!     Coastal Maine ca. 1830.
BANKING on FINE REDWARE!
         

This wonderfully glazed redware bank has the bright green glaze of Bristol County, Massachusetts! An unusual form in such a superior glaze, the bank measures 3" tall with its bottom rim diameter measuring 3".  Immaculate original condition.

Another Shaker gem!
       
 Found in a shoebox in the attic of an early home near Augusta, Maine this TINY painted oval box was laying alongside the spectacular Mt. Lebanon example that we sold at our July 2013 auction!!! This (likely Maine) example has similar "Lipstick" red paint as its "box mate". Measures 4" by 2  1/2" at its lid and stands 1  1/2" tall.
       
       

EDMUND DARCH LEWIS (Am. 1835-1910). This recently discovered harbor scene is blessed with outstanding detail. Signed and dated lower left "Edmund D. LEWIS 1882", the watercolor & gouache on paper is housed in period and likely original framing. Measures: 17 1/4'' x 27 3/4'' (overall) and 9'' x 20'' (sight).

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