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SHADOW BOX
FEATURING THE SHIP
"DREAD NOT"

ORIGIN: AMERICAN, CIRCA 1880
DIMENSIONS: 22 3/8" HIGH X 36" WIDE X 11" DEEP
CONDITION: ORIGINAL
COMMENTS: FOLKY WHIMSICAL SHADOW BOX;  SHIP WITH CARVED WHITE SAILS FLYING THE UNION JACK AND THE AMERICAN FLAG; 16 CARVED AND PAINTED FIGURES PLUS A BEARDED CAPTAIN; A HIGHLY DETAILED AND INTRICATE SEASCAPE.

FIRE SCENE
OIL ON CANVAS
INSCRIBED VERSO BY HENRY SYNDER UNION VOL.,
CIRCA 1850-1860

ORIGIN: PROBABLY WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA
MEDIA: OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS
DIMENSIONS: IMAGE SIZE 12” X 36”, FRAMED: 16" H X 39 3/4" L
CONDITION: A LATER VARNISH WAS APPLIED BY FORMER OWNER
COMMENTS: THIS DRAMATIC OIL ON CANVAS DEPICTING A HOSE CART AND STEAM PUMPER RACING DOWN A STREET WAS MADE BY HENRY SYNDER, A UNION VOLUNTEER FIREMAN IN WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA.
THE UNION FIRE COMPANY WAS CELEBRATED FOR HAVING A LIFE SIZE FIREMAN WEATHER VANE KNOWN AS “OLD JAKE” ATOP THEIR FIREHOUSE.

PROVENANCE: EX COLL. RICHARD AND JOAN SMITH, MILLBACH, PA

SCALLOPED HANGING RED SHELF
CIRCA 1920

MAKER: UNKNOWN
ORIGIN: AMERICAN
MEDIA: PAINTED WOOD
DIMENSIONS: 39" OH X 22 1/2" OW X 8" D
CONDITION: OLD RED PAINT OVER ORIGINAL WHITE
COMMENTS: A LOVELY CASCADING FORM GIVES IMPORTANCE TO THIS HANGING SHELF. IT CREATES A PERFECT ENVIRONMENT FOR ANY COLLECTION.

CARVED MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1910

MAKER: UNKNOWN
ORIGIN: PENNSYLVANIA
MEDIA: PAINTED CARVED WOOD, METAL CLOCKWORKS
DIMENSIONS: 29" H X 13" W X 7" D
CONDITION: PERIOD WORKS RESTORED TO CLOCK; PAINT ORIGINAL
COMMENTS: THIS TYPE OF PAINT CARVED DECORATION IS USUALLY REFERRED TO AS “RIVER ART” FROM THE AREA OF THE DELAWARE WATER GAP IN PENNSYLVANIA. LEGENDARY DEALERS MATTHEW AND ELISABETH SHARPE FROM SHAWNEE-ON-DELAWARE OFTEN DISCOVERED AND SOLD THIS MATERIAL.

PAINT DECORATED CURLY MAPLE DESK
CIRCA 1830

MAKER: UNKNOWN
ORIGIN: MAINE
MEDIA: WOOD, PAINT, METAL
DIMENSIONS: 54" H X 40 1/2" W X 20 1/2" D
CONDITION: SURFACE ORIGINAL; PERIOD BRASSES ARE OLD REPLACEMENTS
COMMENTS: THE DESK IS A RARE COMBINATION OF CURLY MAPLE WOOD WITH PAINT SIMULATED ROSEWOOD GRAINING. THIS CREATES A VIBRANT AND UNIQUE STATEMENT; WITH FULLY FITTED INTERIOR.
PROVENANCE: G.W. SAMAHA, MA.; PAM BOYNTON, ME. AND MA.

“THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR”
STAMP CARD TABLE
This intricately patterned folding card table with applied canceled stamps dating 1934 to 1935 in complex designs, is all over lacquered. In each corner are the backs of stamps to create playing cards and the center star design also exhibits cutouts from stamps and the word “FATAL.” The abbreviation FATAL stands for “Fairest Among Thousands, Altogether Lovely”. The Order of the Eastern Star is the largest Masonic organization in the world to which both men and women may belong. The abbreviation FATAL is said to remind the initiate that “it would be fatal to the character of any lady” to disclose the secrets of the Order.

29 1/2” square top, 28” H

POLYCHROMED TRAMP ART CUPBOARD
CIRCA 1890

MAKER: UNKNOWN
ORIGIN: POSSIBLY NEW YORK STATE
MEDIA: WOOD, PAINT, GLASS, METAL
DIMENSIONS: 71 1/4" H X 44" W X 17" D
CONDITION: RESTORATION TO TWO FRONT SCALLOPS ON RIGHT SIDE OF BASE; PAINT OTHERWISE ORIGINAL THROUGHOUT. PLEASE SEE BLACK LIGHT PHOTOS FOR FULL DOCUMENTATION.
COMMENTS: POLYCHROMED TRAMP ART IS RARE AND DESIRABLE. A FULLY DEVELOPED, HIGHLY EMBELLISHED CUPBOARD IN PAINT IS POSSIBLY SINGULAR.

SCALLOPED WALNUT SHELF WITH TWO DRAWERS
CIRCA 1840

MAKER: UNKNOWN
ORIGIN: POSSIBLY NEW ENGLAND
MEDIA: PAINTED WOOD, BRASS PULLS
DIMENSIONS: 39" H X 25 1/4" L X 8" OD
CONDITION: WHITE PAINT WAS APPLIED CIRCA 1920
COMMENTS: AN ELEGANT FORM OF OPEN STEP-BACK SHELVES RARELY SEEN WITH TWO DRAWERS