Brunk Auctions March 29th, 2010 Sale

Historic blue lidded sugar bowl,

blue-printed mark on base "Mount Vernon the Seat of the Late Gen...

Nine pieces historic blue

Staffordshire: "Lafayette at Washington's Tomb", Staffordshire...

Four blue transfer cup plates:

one with gentleman seated in library, impressed Clews mark...

Punched tin lantern,

conical top with band of smoke holes, punched concentric arches...

Pine watch safe,

cut nail construction, tablet-shaped window, probably original...

Queen Anne candlestick,

cylindrical socket above baluster shaft, base with petal corners...

Punched tin sconce lantern,

demilune shape with hinged rear door, front with wirework over...

Rare "Carver type" turned armchair,

figured maple and ash in rich lustrous old surface, woven rush...

Fine Connecticut William and Mary

candle stand, maple throughout, old finish with traces of blue...

1876 floral hooked rug,

central floral medallion within a scrolled border, floral motif...

Hooked rug with American eagle,

eagle with shield and arrows and holding a banner under 13 stars...

Hooked rug with geometric design,

alternating light and dark stepped pattern with central four-petal...

Reverse-painted courting mirror,

crest set with sailing ship, fruitwood and faux marbelized...

Three-drawer white pine wall box,

three dovetailed drawers below an open tray, two circular wall...

Chippendale looking glass,

mahogany with cut nail construction, scrolled borders, original...

Eleven pewter plates, porringer:

six plates marked verso "LONDON", five unmarked, English, 18th and...

Two engraved pewter plates:

one elaborately engraved bird on leafy branch with exotic elements...

English tin lanthorn (lantern),

four horn windows with wire mounts, three dormer-type pierced...

Two tin lanterns:

one with tapered triangular ventilators, three mica windows with...

Three tin lanthorns (lanterns),

all with horn windows: three pierced dormer ventilators on conical...

English cast bell metal posnet, 1684,

tripod legs, handle marked "PITTY.THE.PORE 1684", 5-1/2 x...

Large stoneware jug,

incised "4" above three [fleur-de-lis,] mottled brown/beige salt...

Two Delft blue and white tobacco jars:

blue decoration on white grounds, one inscribed "Spaanse", the...

Delft tobacco jar,

blue decoration depicting a trader smoking a pipe and leaning on a...

18th century Dutch pipe case,

brass-mounted wooden case with inlaid brass wire decoration...

Folk Art looking glass,

maple(?) with scrolled top and base, probably original glazed...

Collection of nine antique gourds:

various sizes and forms, one with carved date of 1827, one with...

Rare engraved shot gourd,

engraved with figure of man shooting at deer with hunting dog and...

Camel pull toy,

felted wool, blue-painted wooden platform with spoked metal wheels...

Six camel toys:

Steiff camel on wheels, applied beige mohair to head, humps, front...

Four camel pull toys, four molds:

four hinged metal camel molds, tallest with rider on back and...

Ephrata walnut hanging cupboard,

walnut with oak backboards, deeply molded top over single door set...

Pair tin lanterns:

pierced conical tops, each with three windows with tapered sides...

Rare signed hog scraper candlestick,

hexagonal base with brass ring at midsection, thumbpiece signed...

Pair tin sconce lanterns:

each of unusual triangular format with two glass windows, shaped...

Large triangular punched tin lantern,

triangular top with large circular ventilator holes, three glass...

Fine New England tole four-arm

chandelier, tinned sheet iron with four scrolled arms, each with...

"Pontiac" cookie board,

carved beechwood, one side with standing figure of American Indian...

Staffordshire water/gin figure,

two-sided figure of man representing abstinence and indulgence...

Fine rare large pierced tin lanterns:

pair with tapering tops with bands of punched decoration, hangers...

Quillwork tea caddy,

hexagonal with finely rolled paper panels with inlaid barberpole...

Three Bellarmine jugs,

all with bearded masks above medallions: one with mottled brown...

Large German Bellarmine jug,

brown-glazed stoneware with strap handle, early 18th century...

Pair Delft heron plates:

each featuring crested heron and boldly decorated in shades of...

Important carved sailor's box,

top carved with three banners "God Bless Our Home. N God We...

Fine punched tin coffeepot,

hinged lid with brass finial, crooked spout, flanged base, punched...

English glass mug,

opalescent glass with polychrome decoration, probably Bristol...

Iron, brass cooking utensils:

iron rack, hand wrought with S-shaped terminals and nine hooks...

Two pearlware tobacco jars:

man with feather headdress and smoking a pipe, sitting on pier...

Box assorted wrought iron nails, hooks

and chains, cut and wrought elements, 18th through 20th centuries...