Timothy J. Gould, Licensed Maine Auctioneer,  Maine Auctioneer's License # AR1038

        Gould Auction Company was pleased to present a Market  Fresh auction of fine period antiques, gathered from New England homes, attics, cellars, barns and collections. Highlights in their categories are as follows: PERIOD, COUNTRY AND FORMAL FURNITURE: to include a RARE and Important paper labeled Thomas Needham Salem, Massachusetts Serpentine Front Chippendale 4 Drawer Chest with original brasses; A Superb Inlaid New York State Mahogany Hepplewhite Pembroke Table in original surface; A Diminutive Maple Queen Anne Highboy in a pleasing old surface; A Small Chippendale Bracket Base 4 drawer chest in old red paint with black painted trim; Graduated 6 Drawer Cherry Hepplewhite Tall Chest in original surface with flaring French feet, original brass and inlay. Decorated Maine Sheraton Dressing Table in Mustard Paint; Mustard Paint Decorated Maine Wash Stand by the same hand as the dressing table; Fabulous pair of early signed Dover, NH Paint Decorated Side Chairs; Fine Early Grain Chest in strong MUSTARD paint; Diminutive Cherry Single Door Jelly Cupboard in Old Surface; Superb Small Hanging Cherry Wall Cupboard with glazed door; OUTSTANDING Paint Decorated Cradle found in Mt. Vernon, Maine; Bootjack End Blanket Chest in fine Original Red; Profusely Decorated Arrow back Sidechair; Mahogany  Chippendale Molded Swing Leg D.L. Table with fine shaped skirt; Maine 2 drawer Sheraton turned leg stand in original finish with Birdseye Maple drawer fronts; Tilt Top Spider Leg Candlestand, Queen Anne Candlestand; Queen Anne oval top Tea Table with tiger maple top; Grain Painted Country Server; Very EARLY Tall Hooded Cradle; Small Early Floor Loom in original blue – green paint; Period Hepplewhite Card Table; Blanket Box in Old Blue; Tiered Plant Stand in Great Wagon Wheel Blue; Turned Leg 2 Drawer Stand in Old Paint; Tapered Leg One Drawer Stand in Old Red; Early Mammy's Bench in nice small size; Lg. Canted Sea Chest in original paint; Childs size Shoe Foot Drying Rack and more. FOLK ART and COUNTRY ACCESSORIES: to include AN OUTSTANDING pair of Folk Art Carved and Painted Lambs from the Harold C. Corbin Collection; the BEST Folk Art carved Crooked Knife in the form of a semi nude Mermaid holding a Salmon above her head; 10 other fine Carved Crooked Knives; Early Nantucket Sailor Whirlygig; Several OUTSTANDING pieces of Maine Redware in fine glazes to include Kendrick, Dodge and others; Fabulous Wooden Staved Tub in original Apple Green Paint; Superb Large Decorated Tin Document Box by Zachariah Stevens of Stevens Plains, Maine; Early 20^th Century Life Sized Folk Art Carved and Painted Heron; Fabulous 1823 Watercolor Dyer Family Register from Grand Manan Island; 2 Nicely Carved and Gilded Wooden Eagles by the Artisitic Art Carvng Company (1 Bellamy type);  Very Early Whistler Decoy by Phineas Alexander of Harpswell, Maine; Wonderful Early Folk Art carved Gourd Tea Caddy with an Indian Head likeness on its cover (signed and dated 1841); Unusual Framed labeled Grenfell Mission Mat with Polar Bear’s head, decorated with Seal hair; A very Early Maine Red Breasted Merganser decoy; An excellent grouping of oval miniature portraits including the miniature portrait on Ivory of Capt. Joseph Obed of Salem, Mass dated 1815; Early Folk Art Portrait of a bonneted Woman; 2 Outstanding miniature Oval Mourning Pictures on Ivory; Fine full length silhouette of Abraham Lincoln; Carved marble folk art Lamb; Excellent selection of early silhouettes in period frames; Early Turned Wooden Bowl in Original blue paint; Unusual Early Wooden Country Store Dispenser for Boyd's Potato Chips (the oldest chip maker in the country); Decoys including a Stacy Bryanton free standing Goose; Harry Shourds Mallard (overpainted), Folky Merganser; Folk art "Theorem" style watercolor on paper; Early Starburst Quilt; Hand Stitched American Flag; Early Folky paper mache "Nodder" under glass dome; early Penny Rug; Whirlygig found in Dover, Maine; Miniature basket in cranberry red; Minty large Taghanic “Bushwhacker” Swing Handled Basket; Childs Shoe Foot Drying Rack; Small Hanging Spice Cabinet with Heart cutout in crest; Pr. Maine Pewter Candlesticks sgnd Dunham; Cobalt Decorated Stoneware including a fine Portland, Maine Planter; Crock with Bird; superb NY "Script" Jug; Unsigned Gardiner, ME ovoid jug with tulip; 2 Early Chopping Trays in dry, original paint (Apple Green and Red); Turned Wooden Bowl in orig. Blue paint; 2 Mortar and Pestles in superb original paint; Child’s wooden pail in mustard w red bands; Yellow Ware Pepper Pot and covered Butter Crock; Early Blue and White Overshot Coverlet; Starburst Quilt; Very Early Bell Metal Posnet; Fine Large Mahogany Dovetailed Knife Tray; Lg. Buttocks Basket; Swing Handle and other Baskets; Hooked Rug “Sailor’s Compass design; Brass Bedwarmer w decorated handle; Large 13 Star Centennial American Flag; Hand Sewn 45 Star Flag and more. CIVIL WAR, MILITARY and FIREARMS: An amazing discovery of very rare Civil War guns and accessories from a coastal Maine farmhouse including  A VERY RARE 1^st Model LeMat Confederate Pistol; An UNFIRED 1864 Contract Musket (Providence Tool Co.) in the MOST amazing original condition and bearing the inspector mark of Orville H. Ainsworth; A 3^rd Model Colt 45 “Peacemaker” Single Action Artillery revolver having a “Prime Custer Range” serial number on its frame (#4505) and Ainsworth and Clark inspector marks; An 1863 “Bridesburg” Union Contract Musket with original Bayonet; An 1849 Ames Cavalry Saber (Cabotville mark) in superb original condition; A Civil War Gun Belt with buckle and signed percussion cap box (Baker, NY); Civil War Union Infantry Frock Coat from 29^th Mass. Vols.; Important ½ Plate Daguerreotype of Major General Thomas Guyer; Early Conn. Militia Sword with Scabbard once belong to Major General Thomas Guyer; Evans Transition Sporting Rifle (Mechanic Falls, ME); Very Early I.F. Cone English Flintlock Pistol(Converted to percussion); Framed Massachusetts Civil War recruiting Broadside from the “North Bridgewater Light Dragoons”; Several fine bullet Molds including a very RARE gang mold for a Colt 3^rd Model Dragoon; Signed Colt .31 cal. Bullet mold; Unsigned Colt .28 cal. “Root: bullet mold; Large bore musket bullet mold and others; 3 Fine copper shot flasks including a superb 4” Pocket Size Eagle Priming Flask; English “Bag” Flask signed Dixon and a Dixon Clam Shell Flask; Early Massachusetts Militia Brass Shako Plate; Early 1800s Maine Militia Ephemera lot from  Castine, ME; Unusual early English percussion powder tester and calibrator; 2 Prs. Civil War Handcuffs with keys; Oval Union Standard Officers Belt Buckle; Fine Nazi Kriegsmarine Dress Dagger with scabbard and original portapee; French “St. Etienne” style long bayonet with original scabbard; Remington UMC Model 14 .30 cal.Pump Action Rifle and more!  NAUTICAL ITEMS: to include A Superb, LARGE 1856 Watercolor Ship's Portrait of the American Sailing Vessel SAMARITAN titled "Ship Samaritan Captain I. Small Entering the Port of Malta 1856"; Untouched, Large and Early Ship's Diorama; Outstanding Early, Cased Ship Model with folk art carved Sailors on her deck; Fine Early Prisoner of War Scrimshaw and Polychrome, Footed, Slide Cover Wale Ivory Cask containing its original Scrimshaw Dominoes; 1813 Ship’s Roster from the Brig Laurel of Deer Isle, Maine and more!   EARLY NEEDLEWORK: to include a Maine Schoolgirls Sampler  “Susan Farnham 1816”; VERY early needlework on silk of Rebecca at the Well; Two Early French Needlework pictures and more. SHAKER FURNITURE and ACCESSORIES: to include a fine Enfield, NH one drawer side table in an outstanding original surface and condition; A superb, large covered, oval fingered box in original Windsor green paint; 7½ foot Enfield,NH Work Bench, an Alfred, Maine oval fingered box in original white paint; Enfield, NH handled, open oval fingered carrier; small Alfred, Maine oval covered box; Enfield, NH horse hair sieve; Enfield, NH wooden tined pitch fork; Enfield, NH storage box in original red paint; Enfield circular spit box in original red paint; Enfield production ladderback side chair with tape seat; nicely labeled Portland Maine Shaker Bottle; very early vertical staved wooden tankard in fine mustard paint; carved Enfield butter paddle; Shaker Bonnet with removable liners, signed Sabbathday Lake, Maine Sewing Basket; Superb Enfield Shaker Hooded Sister’s Cloak; Shaker cookbook signed by Wm. Lassiter and more!  OIL PAINTINGS, WATERCOLORS and PRINTS: to include an Important LARGE  (30” by 36” sight) OOC Winter Streamside Landscape “Below the Mill” by W. Lester Stevens N.A.; SUPERB Early unsigned, OOC French School “The Fortune Teller” in orig. frame; EARLY NH landscape attributed to William H. Titcomb (Am. 1824-1888); OOC “Apples" 1929 signed Josefa Backus (American b. 1875); Large Early unsigned Hudson River scene in superb original lemon gold frame; Fine OOC genre scene by Herbert Denman (American 1855-1903); 9 recently discovered 1950s or 60s African American "Outsider" Art paintings by NY City street artist "Pop" Miller; OOC Landscape by  MH Lowell (American 1848-1927); WC by Josephine Bradstreet (Maine 1859-1920); 3 OOC Landscapes signed by Maine artist Grace Anderson; WC by Henry W. Rice;  OOC Seascape by Maxwell; 2 OOC Still Life with Fruit sgnd. Mae Bradley; Fine Victorian OOC Winter Genre Scene (unsigned); Primitive Victorian OOC with children; Gloucester Harbor Scene OOC (unsigned); # of 4 Currier Ives Print Series “American Homestead”; Currier and Ives Sailing Ship print in original paint decorated frame “Queen of Clippers”; Watercolor Landscape signed Rosser and more.  . EARLY AMERICAN INDIAN ITEMS: to include a Fine Watercolor "Ledger" drawing title "Red Sky on War Pony  Fort Belknap, Montana"; 3 Paint Decorated Birch Bark Circular Trivets signed by Maine Passamaquoddy Chief Tomah Joseph (1837-1914); Klikitat Basket, Large Coiled Plains Basket;  12 outstanding early carved Crooked Knives; Unusual Incised Wooden Bowl; Early Navajo Rug; Northwest Carved Bone Pipe; Carved Wooden Comb and more.  EARLY PERIOD LIGHTING: An excellent selection of EARLY grease, camphene, alcohol, whale oil, candle and kerosene lanterns, lamps and lighting devices in tin, bronze, pewter and cast iron; Matched pair of EARLY 3 candle tin Wall Sconces and more.  EARLY GLASS and CHINA: Nice selection of Blue Staffordshire ; Superb Canary Yellow Soft Paste Pitcher; 2 Bennington 1849 Fenton Marked pitchers; Bennington Book Flask; Early Leeds pitcher with children playing cards; Early Blown Cobalt Sandwich Glass Perfume; Lg. Seaweed Pattern Mocha Mug; Chelsea Tea Set; Nailsea and other scent bottles; Early Canton Water Bottle; 2 Large Early Italian Porcelain Platters ; Early Meissen Platter; Soft Paste Childs Mug; Early Delft Cow Creamer and much more. TOYS and DOLLS: to include a FINE, early 24" Mohair pointy nose, hump backed Teddy Bear; very rare and early, large English "Split Head" Doll with original clothing, SUPERB large nesting set of Victorian Lithographed Childrens “Box Blocks”; Nicely Paint Decorated Victorian Childrens Sled; Unusual Childs Parasol with colors of Old Glory; under glass dome; Early tin plate goat pull toys; Gibbs horse and wagon, many early cast iron toys by Arcade, Kenton, Hubley, Carpenter and others; Wind Up wooden boat by Mengel; 2 Schuco miniature Teddy bears (one Cinnamon) and more.  ALSO: Fine Early English “Stick” Barometer; Rare Gutta Percha Union Dag Case with image of George Washington embossed on the case; Fine selection of Victorian Sterling Silver; Old books including Maine Town Histories; Fine Selection of Wooden Planes; Oriental Rugs; Contemporary miniature basket by Stephen Zeh; Large Mission Oak Library Table; Unusual Oak Sectional Map Chest; Arts and Crafts Wrought Iron Log Carrier with Andirons and tools; Outstanding Pietra Dura portrait frame; and much more.  Please check our website at www.gouldauctions.com for color photos and a complete listing.

For Additional Information Please Call 207-362-6045. Day of Sale Only 207-582-3223. 10% Buyers Premium. PAYMENT TERMS: Cash or Pre-approved check. Out of State Buyers Should Provide Bank Letter of Credit, If Not Known to the Auctioneer. Timothy J. Gould, Auctioneer, Maine Auctioneer’s License #AR1038. Auctions will be Catered.

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