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Merritt's Museum of Childhood
7:00 AM PT - Sep 9th, 2005

offered by
Pook & Pook, Inc.

463 East Lancaster Ave.
Downingtown, PA 19335
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667 Items

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501 Lot 501

Group of political/presidential medals, 19th/20th c., to include ''Grover Cleveland Inaugurated 1893, John G. Fre...

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502 Lot 502

Two small American flags, the first with 13 stars and card, inscribed ''made by Miss Sarah M. Wilson great-grand...

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Gilbert Stuart, after, oil on canvas portrait of George Washington, 30'' h., 25'' w. ca. 1920.

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Wax relief bust, early 19th c., of Captain John Paul Jones in a shadow box frame, 8 1/4'' x 7 1/2''.

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Berks County, Pennsylvania practice book by Jonas Long dated 1857 with examples of penmanship to include caligra...

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Pair of watercolor on paper fraktur drawings celebrating the births of John Monks, Born Sept. 10, 1791 and Mary ...

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Pennsylvania fraktur drawing with ''Catharina Ensminger, Annville Township, 1821'' in a red, green, and black hea...

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508 Lot 508

Pennsylvania paper cutout valentine, mid 19th c., with rows of hearts and vines, 12 1/4'' x 12 1/4''.

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35 Bids
509 Lot 509

Paper cutout valentine with German script, swirling swastikas, and pinprick decoration, 13 1/2'' x 13 1/2''.

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510 Lot 510

Watercolor and ink on paper fraktur with script dated 1815, surmounted by an eagle with shield and flanked by tr...

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511 Lot 511

Johann Henrich Otto(active), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper and printed fraktur dat...

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Watercolor and ink rendering of the locomotive, ''Auburn'', 19th c., inscribed ''Richard Norris & Son Builders 1...

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513 Lot 513

Taufzeigen Artist(active 1809-1815), Montgomery County watercolor and ink on paper dated 1809, with a geometric ...

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514 Lot 514

Watercolor and ink on paper fraktur dated 1820
[Anthony Rehm (Bucks and Montgomery Counties Pennsylvania) S...

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515 Lot 515

American or English, 19th c., watercolor portrait of a mother and child seated next to a window revealing a moun...

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516 Lot 516

Two watercolor on board portraits,early 19th c., one of a young woman in a blue dress holding her child and one o...

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517 Lot 517

American or English School(19th c.), watercolor portrait of a woman wearing a black dress holding a flower, 6 1/...

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18 Bids
518 Lot 518

English School(mid 19th c.), watercolor portrait of a gentleman seated reading a paper, 5 3/4'' x 4 3/4''.

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519 Lot 519

Pennsylvania watercolor and pencil on paper farmscene, ca. 1870, 15'' x 23''.

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Watercolor and gouache portrait, ca. 1830, of a young boy in red dress with whip, 9'' x 7'', together with a wat...

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521 Lot 521

Watercolor on paper drawing of a young girl holding a posey with a cat, inscribed ''Worked by Phoebe Louisa ____...

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522 Lot 522

American School(mid 19th c.), set of 3 watercolor portraits of a husband, wife and daughter, 4 1/4'' x 3 1/2''.

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523 Lot 523

Pair of watercolor on paper portraits, mid 19th c., of a young man in a blue waistcoat and a woman in a blue dre...

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524 Lot 524

Philadelphia silkwork basket of flowers and cutwork medallion dated 1810, ''Done by Martha Ann Honeywell with her...

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20 Bids
525 Lot 525

American or English School(19th c.), watercolor portrait of a child with riding crop, 8 1/2'' x 6 1/2''.

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526 Lot 526

Pair of gouache and watercolor silhouette portraits, ca. 1835, in original ebonized frames, 6'' x 4 3/4''.

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527 Lot 527

Three watercolor and gouache on paper portraits, ca. 1830, of a young woman reading, a young gentleman seated, an...

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528 Lot 528

English oval miniature portrait of a gentleman, early 19th c., 3 1/2'' h., together with a silhouette of a gentl...

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529 Lot 529

Watercolor and ink miniature profile portrait of a woman, ca. 1830, 3 1/2'' x 2 1/4'', together with a watercolor...

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530 Lot 530

Wax profile bust, 19th c., of Sir John Franklin 1786-1847, British naval officer and explorer, signed on undersi...

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English School(19th c.), pair of oil on panel portraits of a husband and wife, 7 1/2'' x 6 1/4''.

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15 Bids
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American School(19th c.), pair of watercolor house portraits, 12 1/4'' dia.

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American or English School(19th c.), watercolor portrait of a young girl wearing a white dress with hat in hand,...

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American School(19th c.), watercolor portrait of a woman wearing a black dress standing next to a table with bou...

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Three watercolor silhouettes, 19th c., together with a cutout example.

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17 Bids
536 Lot 536

American School, 19th c., watercolor and pencil Civil War battle scene, 26'' h., 40'' w.

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537 Lot 537

Drawn and cut silhouette, ca. 1820, of a military officer standing by his desk with his hanging flintlock, 8 3/4...

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538 Lot 538

Three daguerreotypes one of a seated Civil War soldier with gilt highlights, 3 1/2'' x 2 3/4'', one of a seated...

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539 Lot 539

Pair of English painted photographs, ca. 1817, one with a husband, and one with wife, child, and dog, 5 1/2'' x...

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540 Lot 540

Clark (American, dated 1809), oil on canvas of the Reading Jail, 28'' h., 94'' w.

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Clarence M. Dietrich (American, early 20th c.), crayon and pencil of ''Shalter Church'', signed lower right, 14 ...

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D.L. Crum(American, early 20th c.), oil on canvas folk art landscape titled verso ''Spuhler's Hotel & Lane built...

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543 Lot 543

American School(19th c.), oil on canvas street scene of the North Sewer explosion, inscribed lower left ''North...

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American School(late 19th c.), charcoal on paper landscape with mill, initialed center left ''S.M. 80'', 14 1/4'...

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545 Lot 545

F.R. Sallada(American, early 20th c.), oil on canvas landscape with hunter and dog atop a rocky cliff, signed lo...

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Charles G. Felix(American, 19th c.), charcoal drawing titled ''The Old Court House At Reading Erected 1762 Torn ...

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547 Lot 547

Six reverse painted landscapes and house portraits, early 20th c., 15 1/2'' h., 19 1/2 w. (largest).

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548 Lot 548

Brian Dyer(American, 19th c.), oil on canvas wooded landscape with family and wagons, signed lower left and date...

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549 Lot 549

American School(early 20th c.), oil on canvas country landscape titled verso ''The Old Home 70th Street North of...

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550 Lot 550

Two reticulated oval creamware platters with blue highlights, 13 1/4'' l., together with 4 reticulated creamware...

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