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Palardy Louis XV Quebec armoireHooked rug -- "You Ain't No Spring (Chicken)"Hart Bros. & Lazier, Belleville, Ont., 6-Gallon Bird Crock
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New Hamburg, ON, Canada
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Quebec cupboard with swag cornice: Quebec cupboard in original paint with three drawers over two recessed panel doors and mounted on a bracket base with a bold "hook" foot. In two-tone paint with a dry crazed red surface on the case
0097: Quebec cupboard with swag corniceEst. CA$1,500-CA$2,500
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Decorative inlaid hall stand with mirror: A decorative and functional marquetry hall stand in walnut and maple inlay of birds, trees, stars, diamonds and a pair of running dogs on the two drawers. Excellent form with the lower section having
0098: Decorative inlaid hall stand with mirrorEst. CA$1,000-CA$1,500
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Two-drawer Markham lamp table: A well proportioned Markham lamp table in original surface with drop leaves and two drawers with false drawers on the back. Strong ring turnings on the legs, original knobs and surface, straight
0099: Two-drawer Markham lamp tableEst. CA$600-CA$800
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Set of 4 painted Coombs side chairs: A set of four 19th century Coombs chicken-coop side chairs with pine plank seats and original stencil paint decoration including pears and peaches on the crest rail and yellow/green pin-stripe
0100: Set of 4 painted Coombs side chairsEst. CA$500-CA$800
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Set of 4 Ely figured maple chairs: A set of four figured maple side chairs marked S. Ely, identical to an illustrated example from the Royal Ontario Museum in "The Furniture of Old Ontario" by Philip Shackleton, plate 143. The
0101: Set of 4 Ely figured maple chairsEst. CA$600-CA$800
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Pine corner cupboard in original paint: A grain painted corner cupboard with a bracket base and original mushroom knobs. Two glass doors over three drawers over two recessed panel doors. The two outside drawers are false. The shelves are
0102: Pine corner cupboard in original paintEst. CA$1,000-CA$1,500
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Hobnail boot walking stick: A walking stick with the handle being the hobnail sole of a high top boot and having a striated carved shaft terminating in an elongated metal ferrule. A relief carved figure leading a camel is found
0103: Hobnail boot walking stickEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Snakes and hearts walking stick: A walking stick with a ball finial and carved with two green snakes climbing up the shaft towards two yellow hearts. In an old black overpaint. Circa 1900. 36" x 1.5" Dia. The late Honourable Jim
0104: Snakes and hearts walking stickEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Whistle cane with snake head and gnarly shaft: An imaginative walking stick with a gnarly burled shaft and the handle being carved as a man's arm gobbled by a snake -- the hand is holding an animal figure that is actually a secret whistle. Signed
0105: Whistle cane with snake head and gnarly shaftEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Leg and serpent walking stick: A walking stick having a leg-shaped handle with a white shoe and a serpent wrapped around the shaft. The serpent's tongue is shaped like an arrowhead with incised hatch marks and each knot on the
0106: Leg and serpent walking stickEst. CA$200-CA$400
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Skull walking stick: A walking stick with a skull pommel handle and an entwined snake on the shaft with a frog, salamander, and crayfish carved in relief. English or Continental, circa 1900. 36.75" x 2.25" Dia. (at
0107: Skull walking stickEst. CA$200-CA$400
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Carved walking stick with beavers: Walking stick in a dark varnished surface having carved symbols including beavers, maple leaves, oak leaves, a fox, bird, and roses. The pommel handle is leather covered with a woven collar. Good
0108: Carved walking stick with beaversEst. CA$200-CA$400
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Quebec marquetry safe: An unusual marquetry jewelry safe with an eight pointed coloured star on each side while the top has a shadowed star within concentric marquetry squares. The maker even made a "combination" lock with
0109: Quebec marquetry safeEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Durham County two-tiered wall box: A large two-tier wall box in original paint from Durham County with a high scalloped backboard and canted compartments. Square nail construction. A contemporary note on the back states that the box
0110: Durham County two-tiered wall boxEst. CA$600-CA$900
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Hessian soldiers marquetry dressing box: A marquetry dressing box with a probable military connection due to the double inlay of Hessian soldiers on horseback found on the top and front combined with the brass capped corners generally
0111: Hessian soldiers marquetry dressing boxEst. CA$800-CA$1,200
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1885 Quebec marquetry box: A simple but elegant eight-sided marquetry dresser box with great form, colour and crazed varnish surface. The interior of the lid has a mirror within a yellow and red frame having an inlaid diamond
0112: 1885 Quebec marquetry boxEst. CA$800-CA$1,200
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American marquetry jewelry box: An American marquetry jewelry box with a beveled top and a front panel having an inlaid Maltese cross on a rectangular figured background with striped arrowheads in each corner. Good condition,
0113: American marquetry jewelry boxEst. CA$800-CA$1,200
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Ontario marquetry box with stars, dots and diamonds: A Haldimand County marquetry box in original crazed varnish surface with a striking combination of inlaid stars, triangles, diamonds, and dots. The lid is beveled with a framed platform top and the
0114: Ontario marquetry box with stars, dots and diamondsEst. CA$800-CA$1,200
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Naïve marquetry box: A large and impressive marquetry lidded box from Tavistock Ontario with a dry crazed varnish surface. Crafted by a skilled yet untrained hand, there is naïve charm to the mis-aligned patterns and
0115: Naïve marquetry boxEst. CA$900-CA$1,200
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Spruce gum box with hearts: A chip carved spruce gum box having linked hearts within a linenfold panel border and a geometric motif on the other side also within a linenfold border. A carved diamond is on the spine and the
0116: Spruce gum box with heartsEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Chip carved bible box: An 18th century oak bible box with fine Friesan chip carving including fans in each corner. Excellent dark patina. The drawer was replaced in the late 19th century when the box was re-purposed to
0117: Chip carved bible boxEst. CA$400-CA$600
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Tiger maple deed box with ebonized inlay: A tiger maple deed box with a fitted lid and having ebonized inlay with painted black pinstripe linenfold panels on the top and sides. A black circle is found in each cut corner of the linenfold
0118: Tiger maple deed box with ebonized inlayEst. CA$600-CA$900
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Ontario burled jewelry box: An Ontario burl walnut jewelry box with a beveled platform top, deeply molded sides and resting on ball feet. Great patina and form, with a secret drawer behind the lower front molding (a finger grip
0119: Ontario burled jewelry boxEst. CA$1,200-CA$1,500
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Rooster hooked rug with demi-lunes: A hooked rug with a folky rooster at the centre and having a clipped tongue border. A half-moon with star design flanks the rooster and the corners have a three-leaf motif. On a hanging rod. Eastern
0120: Rooster hooked rug with demi-lunesEst. CA$1,500-CA$1,800