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Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1930s
Period: Early 19th Century
Period: 1880s
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Early 19th Century Portrait of Naval Captain William Compton Bolton
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 19th Century Portrait of Naval Captain William Compton Bolton (Anglo-American: 1799 - 1849), circa 1830s, an oil on canvas half-length portrait of a sea captain holding a spygl...
Category
Antique 1830s American Federal Paintings
Materials
Canvas
1930's Ralph Cahoon Decorated Pine Blanket Chest with Family & Museum Provenance
Located in Nantucket, MA
Ralph Cahoon Decorated Pine Two Drawer Blanket Chest with Family and Museum Provenance, mid 1930s, a late 18th or early 19th Century New England pine blanket chest with hinged rectangular lid above case, over two drawers with wooden knob pulls, raised on bracket feet, hand painted by famous Cape Cod artist Ralph Cahoon in the manner of Swedish folk art "Dalmalning." The decoration features colorful stylized figures, buildings and flowers in yellow reserves on a blue ground. The chest is inscribed "Alice and John" and was in fact a wedding present from Ralph to his sister Alice Cahoon Atwood.
This chest is an early example of Ralph Cahoon's interest in the folk painting tradition from central Sweden, and appears to have preceded the stylized Pennsylvania Dutch Americana folk art he painted for his wife's family business. The piece remains in very good condition - structurally very sound, and the paint strong and bright, with a small amount of scuffs and scrape exposing the underlying primer.
The chest became the property of Cape Cod antiques...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine
19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with Ship of the Line and Sloop, ca 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with Triple Decker Ship of the Line and Sloop, ca 1850, depicting a starboard side view of a majestic square-rigged...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
19th Century Sailor's Woolie with Ship at Anchor Within Oval Cartouche, ca 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with Ship at Anchor Within Oval Cartouche, ca 1850, depicting a square-rigged single decker warship under furled sails, anchor chain leading off...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
Portrait of George Washington, by William Matthew Prior, circa 1840s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Portrait of George Washington, by William Matthew Prior (American: 1806 - 1873), circa 1840s, an oil on board quarter-length portrait of George Washington, after the famous, ...
Category
Antique 1840s American Federal Paintings
Materials
Wood
19th Century Faux Grain Painted Chest
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Faux Grain Painted Chest, second half 19th Century, a diminutive six board chest with excellent quality original vinegar grain painted finish in a faux yellow pine patte...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Materials
Pine
Sailor's Woolie of the American Protected Cruiser "USS Chicago", circa 1885
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Sailor's Woolie of the American Protected Cruiser "USS Chicago", circa 1885, a sailor's hand crafted folk art woolwork picture of a bark-rigged auxiliary steam sailor with in...
Category
Antique 1880s American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
19th Century Windsor High Chair
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century Windsor style child's high chair. Surface with various old paints in blues and greens. Great as a plant stand.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century North American Children's Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century 2 Gallon Copper Pitcher or Measure
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century copper pitcher/measure. Nicely sized vessel with pleasing silhouette. Stamped on the front "2 GALLONS."
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Pitchers
Materials
Copper
19th Century Pine One Drawer Stand
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century Pine side table with slightly bowed (from age) single board top above drawer with two black painted, turned knobs. On tapered legs.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Canadian Side Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Pine Blanket Chest in Early Green Paint
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century pine blanket chest with block feet. In early green paint over original dark green paint. Unfinished on back.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Canadian Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th Century Pine Console Table In Original Paints
Located in Nantucket, MA
Pine Console table with traces of old green, red, and blue paints. Top with breadboard ends above two side-by-side drawers, on tapered legs. Circa 1840.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Canadian Console Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th Century Grain Painted Blanket Chest
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century pine blanket chest with traces of blue-green and grain paint as well as original gilt scalloped design. Interior with single til and wrought iron strap hinges. No key.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century North American Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine, Paint
Large 19th Century Painted Game Wheel
Located in Nantucket, MA
Large 19th century wooden gaming wheel with hand-painted face including numbers and central nautical star design. In black, maroon, yellow, and orange paints, with metal dowels sepa...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century North American Carnival Art
Materials
Metal
19th Century Birch One Drawer Side Table
Located in Nantucket, MA
Diminutive 19th century Birch stand with single board top, one drawer with central brass pull, and tapered legs. Very pretty, vibrant wood.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century North American Side Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of Frigate, circa 1840
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Frigate, circa 1840, a British sailor's hand crafted woolwork depicting a British single decker frigate under full sail, flying ensign of the red fl...
Category
Antique 1840s English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
19th Century Pair of China Trade Portraits of an American Sailor and Wife
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Pair of China Trade Portraits of an American Sailor and His Wife, circa 1890s, two oil on canvas half length portraits of a young American Navy seaman (identified by his...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Carved and Painted Ship's Billethead
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Carved and Painted Ship's Billethead, second half 19th Century, a scroll carved and painted wooden ornament from the bow of a ship.
A billethead was a smaller carving used in place of a figurehead, mounted under the bowsprit of a ship. As the 19th Century progressed and the age of clipper ships saw a move towards ever more extreme clipper bows, there was a need to eliminate unnecessary weight aboard ship, especially in the bow (to avoid burying the nose into every wave), so billet heads...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Federal Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
18th or Early 19th Century New England Pine Grain Bin
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th or Early 19th Century New England Pine Grain Bin in original red stain, having a rectangular lid held by long strap hinges, above five board case with interior divided into thre...
Category
Antique 1790s American Country Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine
19th Century French Ormolu Mantle Clock in Orientalist Motif
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century French Ormolu Mantle Clock in "Orientalist" Motif, circa 1850, a romantic movement/Orientalist ormolu clock with ornate baroque case surmounted by an Arabic rider on rearing steed, with sabre drawn overhead, an enamel dial with Roman numerals, bell-strike mechanism by F.L. Hausburg, Paris, and marked on dial "Medaille d'Argent, Vincenti and Cie...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Moorish Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Oak School Desk or Lectern
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century oak school desk or lectern. Lift top reveals document compartment, over two lower drawers each with inlaid fruitwood key escutcheon (no k...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Desks
Materials
Oak
19th Century Mahogany Sewing Stand/Work Table
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century Mahogany sewing stand or work table. Upper three-sided gallery top with finger cutouts on sides above storage compartment with accordion style sliding door, with single...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Side Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Graduated Stack of Paint Decorated Pantry Boxes
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Graduated Stack of Paint Decorated Pantry Boxes, circa 1880, comprising five shaved splint bentwood pantry boxes with straight overlaps fastened via wooden pegs, in late...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Country Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Portrait of the Marsh Family Twins, by Arrowsmith, circa 1830
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 19th Century Portrait of the Marsh Family Twins, by Thomas Arrowsmith (English: 1772 - 1834), circa 1830, an oil on canvas group portrait of the celebrated five children of the Marsh family of Boston. The two pair of twin girls and their younger brother became well known on both sides of the Atlantic in their day, because sets of twins were pretty rare, and these children were so ridiculously cute. Apparently the greatest artists of their day were all clamoring to paint their portraits. The Magazine Antiques ran an article on the children and their popularity about 20 years ago.
The short hair cuts sported by the girls are quite striking, and are actually not as odd and rare as many people assume. While longer hair enhanced with ringlets and other curls were very much the popular fashion, a good number of parents did boldly break away with these daring short bobs. Perhaps they were the "bohemians" of their day. The style grew in popularity, even among adults, following the French Revolution: dubbed "Guillotine Haircuts" they declared sympathy for the deposed royals.
In this particular instance, I believe the short hair was chosen because it focused more attention on the beautiful faces, and lessened the variations in height and hair color to make them all look even more alike.
A delightful painting, slightly Romantic School, a touch Folk Art, in excellent condition and signed on the reverse. Thomas Arrowsmith was a highly regarded artist who worked almost entirely in miniature. Such artists who created such amazingly detailed tiny portraits on ivory...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Empire Paintings
Materials
Canvas
American Darting Gun Toggle Iron Harpoon, Marked Macy, for Bark Sunbeam
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique American Darting Gun Toggle Iron Harpoon, made by E.B. and F. Macy, New Bedford, for the Larboard Boat on the Whaling Bark Sunbeam (1856 - 1908), having an improved toggle head with acute barb (standing nearly at a right angle), and an unusual ridged cheek, with the maker's mark MACY stamped on the right cheek (the mark of E.B. & F. Macy, blacksmiths of New Bedford: 1861-1904), the ship stamp BK SB on the left cheek (for the Bark Sunbeam, and the dot punched boat mark L B (for the Larboard, or Second, or Port-side Stern whale boat); mounted on a round shank slightly kinked from use, ending in the spike end necessary for use with a darting gun, and the loop for splicing on the iron strap. An amazing artifact retaining a tremendous amount of historical documentation.
The harpoon remain in very good condition with a still very sharp cutting edge and deep brown patina and no corrosion. The head is frozen, but in the absence of rust it would very likely free up with a little lubrication if so desired. The tip of the front barb has a small chip off tip. The slight kink to the shank comes from use and is considered by most to be a a good feature.
The Bark SUNBEAM was built in Mattapoisett in 1856 and enjoyed a long career in the New Bedford whale fishery of 17 voyages to the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Clifford Ashley...
Category
Antique 1860s American Other Nautical Objects
Materials
Steel
Early 19th Century Needlework "Show Towel" Dated 1836
Located in Nantucket, MA
Lovely early 19th century "show towel" likely from Pennsylvania. Show towels were special towels with decorative accents stitched into the fabric - often di...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton, Linen
19th Century, Elongated Hexagonal Appliqué Penny Rug, Mounted for Hanging
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vibrant 19th century appliqué "Penny Rug" featuring felted wool appliqué on ivory cotton field. Elongated hexagon shape, mounted on black linen stretcher wi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool, Felt, Cotton
19th Century Hooked Rug with Greek Key and Flowers, Dated 1891, Mounted
Located in Nantucket, MA
Lovely 19th century hooked rug with black braided border surrounding rug with vibrant red and teal highlighted Greek key border. Inset blue striped border around central floral medal...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Cotton
19th Century American Geometric Pattern Mounted Hooked Rug
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vibrant antique hooked rug composed of numerous hexagons of various colors, all surrounded by black borders. Professionally backed with burlap and ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Cotton
Seascape with Clippership by George Howell Gay (American: 1858 - 1931), ca 1890
Located in Nantucket, MA
Seascape with Clippership by George Howell Gay (American: 1858 - 1931), circa 1890, an oil on canvas bow view of a clippership under full sail, running with stun'sls and skysails set, on lively sea under blue cloudy sky, with a second square-rigger visible in the background, signed in the lower right, and titled on the reverse "Clipper Ship Before the Wind." A beautiful and dramatic painting with a cool, brisk feel.
The painting is in fine condition, with one small patch along the upper margin and a tiny spot of corresponding inpainting.
Measures:24 in H x 20 in W
Framed: 29 in H x 25 in W
George Howell Gay was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and educated in Chicago under Paul Brown and Henry Elkins, and in 1889 moved to Bronxville, New York. He worked in all media, but was especially fond of watercolor, which allowed him to capture the transparency of the ocean and the luminous qualities of sunlight and clouds. Gay worked along the Northeastern coast from Rhode Island to Maine, but also painted summer and winter landscapes throughout New England.
Gay’s seascapes were exhibited at the Boston Art...
Category
Antique 1890s American Other Paintings
Materials
Canvas
19th Century China Trade Seascape with a Junk, Signed, circa 1870
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century China Trade Seascape with a Junk, by Lee Heng, circa 1870, an oil on board seascape with large Chinese Junk under full sail in the fo...
Category
Antique 1870s Chinese Chinese Export Paintings
Materials
Other
18th Century English Oak Coffer
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th Century English Oak Coffer with iron ring hinge, iron lockplate (no key), and bootjack legs. Consistent with age, this piece has a warped top ...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Blanket Chests
Materials
Iron
19th Century Chromolithograph of a Sailor Boy
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century chromolithograph of a sailor boy, circa 1880, a colored print on canvas view of a young American sailor boy sitting astride a bowsprit. A class...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Prints
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Seascape with Lighthouse
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century seascape with lighthouse, circa 1890, an oil on canvas view of a white-washed lighthouse tower on a small offshore rocky ledge, most...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Italian Painting of Ladies in Waiting
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Italian painting of ladies in waiting, Naples school, second half 19th century, an oil on wooden panel realist portrait of two Neapolitan c...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Other Paintings
Materials
Wood
19th Century Watercolor Seascape with Shipwreck
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique seascape with shipwreck on a rocky shore, mid-19th century, a watercolor on paper seascape with a shipwrecked brig on the rocks, with another squall rolling in on horizon, un...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
Folk Art Maine Rocky Coast Seascape, by D. A. Fisher, circa 1900
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Folk Art Maine rocky coast seascape, by D. A. Fisher (1867 - 1940), circa 1900, an oil on board seascape with gentle combers breaking on rocks on the foreground, with two sloops sailing in the background, signed lower right. The reverse retaining the label for Frost & Adams Academy Boards, Artists' Tube Colors, etc. , dealers in fine art materials in Boston from 1869 to 1921. There is also a label from The Thomas Co, Picture Framing, Washington D.C.
D.A. Fisher lived in Portland Maine and was a prolific painter of primarily marine landscapes, with subjects focused primarily in southern Maine, but also Massachusetts and New Hampshire. While his work is quite similar and sympathetic with "The Brushians," a group of about 16 artist from Portland that painted on outings around Casco Bay...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Other
18th or 19th Century French Ship Chandler's Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th or 19th century French ship chandler's trade sign, circa 1800, an oval pine double sided sign built with large dove-tails, advertising Cooperage and...
Category
Antique 1790s French Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
19th Century Yellow and Green Painted Buffet
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century pine buffet in original yellow paint with contrasting green painted panels. Two side-by-side drawers over two doors with single shelf interior and nicely shaped skirt. P...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Canadian Buffets
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th Century Sunset Coastal Seascape
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century sunset coastal seascape, an oil on canvas impressionist seascape with gaff-rigged sloop ashore at low tide, other sails in bay under a s...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Other Paintings
Materials
Canvas
18th Century English Oak Side Table
Located in Nantucket, MA
Late 18th century English oak two drawer side table with two side-by-side drawers, each with single brass Chippendale drawer pull, H-stretcher ...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Quebec Paint Decorated Plant Stand, circa 1890
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Quebec paint decorated plant stand or bucket bench, circa 1890, pine slat construction with three shelves, fluted backsplash and apron, and deli...
Category
Antique 1890s Canadian Folk Art Painted Furniture
Materials
Pine
Mid 19th Century Sailor's Elaborate Woolie
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Sailor's elaborate woolwork, circa 1855, with a photograph of the sailor held in a woolwork frame set on the British flag on a cruciform reserve; with the "Honi Soit Qui Mal ...
Category
Antique 1850s English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
19th Century Oak Game Table with Single Drawer
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century Oak card table, with lift-off top, single drawer, and interesting wavy x-stretcher.
Category
Antique 19th Century Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Century Dry Sink with Zinc Top and Mustard Paint
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century Pine dry sink in original yellow vinegar paint. Inset zinc top above two drawers over two paneled doors. Interior with single shelf. Reverse...
Category
Antique 19th Century North American Cabinets
Materials
Zinc
Elmer Crowell Quarter Sized Canada Goose Decoy, circa 1930s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Quarter Sized Canada Goose Decoy, by J.Elmer Crowell, East Harwich, MA (1862 - 1952), circa 1928 - 1943, a hand carved and painted diminutive Can...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Decoys
Materials
Cedar
Turn of the Century Wooden Checkerboard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Late 19th/early 20th century checkerboard with inlaid contrasting woods. Converted to wall hanging with felted reverse and hanging clip.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
19th Century Bentwood Box in Red Paint
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century bentwood box. Round form with red paint.
Category
Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bentwood, Paint
19th Century English Brass Fire Fender with Urn Finials
Located in Nantucket, MA
Brass fire fender with urn finials atop shaped molding on either side of pierced front.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Brass
19th Century English "Harnan" Oat Cake Stand
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century harnan stand. Used for drying out and hardening oat cakes before the fire.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
19th Century English Brass Tea Tray with Floral Design
Located in Nantucket, MA
Oval form brass serving/tea tray with reeded edge and central incised floral design, 19th century.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
19th C. English Brass Bound Camphor Wood Campaign Trunk
Located in Nantucket, MA
Lovely 19th century Campaign Trunk, camphor wood construction with nice, mellow patina, bound in brass, with brass lock escutcheon embossed...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Campaign Blanket Chests
Materials
Brass
19th Century Russian Icon of Saint Nicholas
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century Russian Icon of Saint Nicholas, likely first half 19th century, with I believe egg tempera on gessoed wooden panel, depicting Christ in a h...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Ukrainian Other Paintings
Materials
Pine
19th Century Impressionist Seascape with Schooner
Located in Nantucket, MA
Late 19th century Impressionist Seascape, signed H Mehz, circa 1880s, an oil on panel seascape with a bow view of a schooner dropping its sa...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Barbizon School Paintings
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Redware Tian Bowl
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century French redware tian bowl with inside green glaze, serving spout, and natural finish on the exterior.
Traditionally used to prepare conf...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Pottery
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Pine Box with Brass Embellishments and Painted Interior
Located in Nantucket, MA
Lovely 19th century box with lovely mellow patina, brass "batwing" escutcheon on front, brass bail side handles, and hinges at rear. Teal painted interior.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th C. Pie Safe in White Paint With Punched Tin Decoration
Located in Nantucket, MA
Diminutive 19th century pie safe cupboard in old white with punched tin details throughout. Decorations include a chicken, stars, rosettes, and pinwh...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Cabinets
Materials
Tin
Primitive 19th Century Rocking Cradle
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century rocking cradle in original red paint, with shaped detail at head and foot, on carved rockers. Old age crack along one side.
Category
Antique 19th Century North American Children's Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Wooden Box with Inlaid Decoration
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century wooden box with hinged top. Inlay in various woods throughout with patterns including hearts and diamonds. Illegible graphite inscription on interior.
Category
Antique 19th Century North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Pine Demilune Plant Stand
Located in Nantucket, MA
Four tiered plant stand in original green paint with patina and wear from use. Sturdy construction and overall demi-lune form.
Category
Antique 19th Century North American Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Pine, Paint
