Catalogued Antique Auction-Session One 2012-09-28 Auction - 367 Price Results - Horst Auction Center in PA - Page 4
Revolutionary war era British officer’s gorget2 18th century trade axesUnited States infantry officer’s sword & scabbard
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Ephrata, PA, United States
Auction Details

Catalogued Antique Auction-Session One

Friday Session - The collection of Anthony L. Tafel - Mr. Tafel is the author of "Everyday Artifacts: America 1750-1850." This auction will feature a majority of the items photographed and described in his book. The collection emphasizes artifacts of early American everyday life that were useful for surveying land, building log homes, farming the land, traveling, blacksmithing, and cabinetmaking. The session also includes a collection of tin and cast iron toys and banks. Saturday Session - The collections of Elsie Roth & others - Auction to include Period & Paint Decorated Furniture; Oriental Rugs; Disc Music Boxes; Artwork; Folk Art Oil Portraits; Miniature Portraits; Lighting Devices; Quilts; Coverlets; Decorated Hand Towels; Lehnware Seed Chest & Two Turnings; Simmons Cane; Weathervanes; Carved Birds; Duck & Owl Decoys; Cobalt Decorated Stoneware; Pewter; Butter Prints; Baskets; Early China & Glassware
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Brass stand gophering iron: ca. 1780-1820; hand wrought iron with twist and rattail on brass three footed stand with turned post and drake feet, 10”;
0073: Brass stand gophering ironEst. $300-$500
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4 lighting accessories: ca. 1750-1850; 3 hand wrought candle trimmers/snuffers; early wax candle; 20th century silver plated wax jack;
0074: 4 lighting accessoriesEst. $50-$100
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Stahl oil on board portrait: ca. 1860-1940; 18th century gentleman smoking German pipe with red vest, blue overcoat and tri-corner hat signed Stahl in oval maple frame, 12”x 10”;
0075: Stahl oil on board portraitEst. $100-$300
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7 early shaving accessories: ca. 1700s-1800s; 5 straight razors: 1 bone, 3 horn and 1 goat horn handled; 1 carved maple soap box; tin shaving bowl with form neck cut-out;
0076: 7 early shaving accessoriesEst. $75-$150
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4 assorted hand wrought tools: ca. 1700s-1800s; 3 wig maker’s curling irons with 1 having floral tool decoration and brass tine; gent’s boot hook with turn rod arm, 5”;
0077: 4 assorted hand wrought toolsEst. $75-$100
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Oak field “pig” keg: ca. 1800; coppered oak with iron bands and loose wire handle, 9 ¾”;
0078: Oak field “pig” kegEst. $50-$100
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2 pewter desk accessories: ca. 1770-1840; double lid combination ink and pen box with turned spool feet and “Sander 15” monogrammed inside lid, 8”x 5 ½”x 2 ½”; 4 minute hour glass with 3 turned pewter posts, 5”h;
0079: 2 pewter desk accessoriesEst. $75-$150
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5 gentlemen’s accessories: ca. 1780-1880; mahogany cased traveler’s compass with flip lid, 2 ¾”x 2 ¾”; red tooled leather “Hide-Away” document box, 6 ¼”x 4”; 3 wax seals with 1 having whale bone handle and
0080: 5 gentlemen’s accessoriesEst. $100-$300
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2 treenware desk accessories: ca. 1700s; paint decorated inkstand with heart and arrow design and original trade label of S.Sillman & Co. Chester, CT, 3 ½”x 2 ½”; turned walnut wooden sander, 3 ¼”h;
0081: 2 treenware desk accessoriesEst. $50-$100
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5 early household primitives & tools: ca. 1780-1830; 2 cow horn shoe horns with 1 having a brass pull knob hanger; horn broad comb with initial “M”; wool spinner’s “knocker” shaped like small billy club; primitive cast flat
0082: 5 early household primitives & toolsEst. $50-$100
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4 pieces of metalware: ca. 1770-1860; unsigned pewter pedestal based bowl, 5 ¼”x 2 ½”; 2 unsigned pewter porringers with heart and moon design handles, 4 ½” & 5”; brass pewtersmith’s spoon mold, 8”;
0083: 4 pieces of metalwareEst. $50-$100
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2 pewter plates: ca. 1800-40; charger, 17”; serving plate, 12”;
0084: 2 pewter platesEst. $50-$100
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4 kitchen accessories: ca. 1770-90; large turned cherry wood plate, 12 ½”; cow horn serving spoon with unusual silver plated collar added with monogram “J.D.”, 10 ½”; bone marrow scoop, 6 ½”; apple corer with
0085: 4 kitchen accessoriesEst. $50-$100
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Brass dog collar: ca. 1800-40; English made collar with factory made lock, 4-5”;
0086: Brass dog collarEst. $50-$100
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Lawn bowling ball: ca. 1700s; probably turned from lignum vitea with 2 finger holes and weighing 8 pounds, 6”;
0087: Lawn bowling ballEst. $100-$300
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5 fireplace tiles and a framed sampler: ca. 1780-1830; 3 delftware and 2 English porcelain tiles, 3 ½”- 5”x 5”; small framed homespun sampler, 13”x 10”;
0088: 5 fireplace tiles and a framed samplerEst. $75-$150
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Framed Catherine Stonebach homespun show towel: ca. 1822; with lower openwork panel having “C.S.” initials, fringes, needlework in brown thread and framed in walnut frame, 50 ¼”x 17”;
0089: Framed Catherine Stonebach homespun show towelEst. $50-$100
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4 children’s accessories: ca. 1840-90; wooden carved horse with paint decoration; pair of baby brass button leather shoes; small daguerreotype photo of young lad in 1840’s vest and waist coat in flip case; small tin type
0090: 4 children’s accessoriesEst. $75-$150
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3 fireplace tools: ca. 1700-1800s; walnut bellows with iron tip, 21”; hand wrought primitive pipe lighting tongs with spade tip, 15”; multi-jointed hand wrought tongs with pad tips, 16 ½”;
0091: 3 fireplace toolsEst. $75-$150
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Mahogany Federal mirror: ca. 1780-1830; mercury glass mirror in veneered mahogany frame and bracket foot stand, 13 ½”x 13 ½”;
0092: Mahogany Federal mirrorEst. $100-$300
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Framed homespun tablecloth: ca. 1770-1800; center seam linen with 1875 handwritten provenance stating made by Thankful Skinner prior to her marriage of Deacon Choch Burt in 1780, 63”x 89” cloth, 10 ½”x 18 ½” frame;
0093: Framed homespun tableclothEst. $100-$300
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2 wrought iron fireplace tools: ca. 1700-1800s; ash shovel with unusual crown form knob, 52”; hearth fork with handle made from early flint lock fowling gun with sights still intact, 54”;
0094: 2 wrought iron fireplace toolsEst. $75-$150
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2 kitchen accessories: ca. 1830-80; pewter rimmed coffee mill with poplar dovetailed base, 9 ¼”; copper shoe shaped ale warmer with large copper handle and toe area made to slide in wooden stove warmer, 15”x 4”;
0095: 2 kitchen accessoriesEst. $75-$150
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3 hand wrought livestock tools: ca. 1800s; cow chain with nice hand wrought cinch bar snap-catch, 48”; two part branding iron “P.N.” with rattail hanger, 17”; bull leader, 14”;
0096: 3 hand wrought livestock toolsEst. $50-$100