Canadiana 2024-02-10 Auction - 332 Price Results - Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd. in ON - Page 7
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Palardy Louis XV Quebec armoire
Hooked 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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Port Harrison standing bird: Unidentified artist, Inukjuak (Port Harrison), circa 1960. A graceful, well-rounded sculpture of a standing bird (ptarmigan?) with small carved wings and feet, in a dark grey soapstone. 9.75" x 5.5"
0145: Port Harrison standing bird
Est.
CA$600
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CA$800
SOLD
Pulling seal out of a hole -- Puvirnituq, 1960: Well executed soapstone carving of a man struggling to pull a seal out of a hole in the ice. Good detail, carved in a dark grey stone typical of the Puvirnituq sculptors. Circa 1960. 4.5" x 10.5" x
0146: Pulling seal out of a hole -- Puvirnituq, 1960
Est.
CA$800
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CA$1,200
SOLD
Inuit hunter poised with spear -- 1960: Unidentified artist, circa 1960. A sculpture of a hunter holding a spear while resting on one knee. In a highly polished dark stone with fine incised detail in the hunter's hair and on the parka
0147: Inuit hunter poised with spear -- 1960
Est.
CA$600
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CA$1,000
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Lot of 2 Inuit sculptures -- Port Harrison, Cape Dorset: M. Amidlak (1934-?) and O. Ashoona (1942-1970). A lot of 2 Inuit sculptures, the first a serpentine Arctic cormorant by Mathewsie Amidlak, son of Samwillie Amidlak. Mathewsie began carving in the
0148: Lot of 2 Inuit sculptures -- Port Harrison, Cape Dorset
Est.
CA$400
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CA$600
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Walrus sculpture -- Port Harrison, 1958: Unidentified artist, Port Harrison circa 1958. A sculpted walrus in soapstone from Inukjuak (Port Harrison). Un-marked. 5" x 10.75" x 5". Colin and Winnifred Molson Foundation.
0149: Walrus sculpture -- Port Harrison, 1958
Est.
CA$300
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CA$500
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Arctic Fox, 1958: Unidentified artist, circa 1958, Puvirnituq. An early sculpture depicting the harsh reality of Inuit life showing a large well-rounded fox caught in a trap. 3.5" x 8" x 2.5". Colin and Winnifred
0150: Arctic Fox, 1958
Est.
CA$400
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CA$800
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Kudlalak Cape Dorset Stonecut with letter: Kudlalak (1940-?) Cape Dorset. In the fall of 1957, James Houston – an artist and federal government employee in Cape Dorset -- introduced printmaking to the Cape Dorset community and in 1958 a
0151: Kudlalak Cape Dorset Stonecut with letter
Est.
CA$1,200
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CA$1,500
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Osuitok Ipeelie/Ochaurectuk Weetuk (1923-?) stonecut: Osuitok Ipeelie (Ochaurectuk Weetuk)(1923-?), Cape Dorset, dated 1958. A dramatic stonecut of a muskox -- one of the first Inuit stonecuts shipped south to the Canadian Handicrafts Guild in Montreal.
0152: Osuitok Ipeelie/Ochaurectuk Weetuk (1923-?) stonecut
Est.
CA$800
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CA$1,200
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Amie Mikpega (1962) stonecut: A stonecut print by Annie Mikpega (1900-1984) entitled "Bird hunter". One of the early prints produced under the newly established Povungnituk Cooperative Society with the Society name stamped on the
0153: Amie Mikpega (1962) stonecut
Est.
CA$200
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CA$400
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Adami Alayco (1913-82) stonecut: Adami Alayco (1913-82), Kangursuk. An early stonecut produced under the newly established Povungnituk Cooperative Society with the Society name stamped on the paper in the upper right corner. Works
0154: Adami Alayco (1913-82) stonecut
Est.
CA$200
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CA$400
SOLD
Igloo interior stonecut (1962): Stonecut print attributed to Alami Alaku (1943-64) showing a birdseye view of the inside of an igloo with the flaming qulliq and the family assembled with a chopped fish at the side. Signed on the
0155: Igloo interior stonecut (1962)
Est.
CA$200
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CA$400
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Leah Jumalu (1962) stonecut: Leah Jumalu (1934-), Puvirnituq – a stonecut print entitled "Birds Stealing Kayak from Man". Leah participated in the initial printmaking venture in 1961 and this is one of the early prints
0156: Leah Jumalu (1962) stonecut
Est.
CA$600
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CA$800
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Brown Bros., Strathroy, Ont., Half-Gallon Earthenware Jug: Canadian. Strathroy, Ontario. 1880s. Earthenware. Brothers Donald and Thomas Brown purchased the Strathroy pottery in 1881 and operated it until its closing in 1899. During that period of time, it
0157: Brown Bros., Strathroy, Ont., Half-Gallon Earthenware Jug
Est.
CA$500
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CA$600
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Medicine Hat Pottery Co. Miniature Jug: Canadian. Medicine Hat, Alberta. C. 1930. Stoneware. From the mid 1920s through the 1930s, Medalta Potteries Ltd. of Medicine Hat, Alberta (formerly the Medalta Stoneware Company) operated a
0158: Medicine Hat Pottery Co. Miniature Jug
Est.
CA$200
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CA$300
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Morton & Co, Brantford C.W., 2-Gallon Stoneware Jug: Canadian. Brantford, Canada West. 1850s. Salt-glazed stoneware. Justus Morton established the first pottery in Brantford and was in business under the name of Morton & Co. from 1849-1856. The jug
0159: Morton & Co, Brantford C.W., 2-Gallon Stoneware Jug
Est.
CA$400
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CA$600
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Burns & Campbell, Toronto, 2-Gallon Stoneware Crock: Canadian. Toronto, Ontario. C. 1880. Salt-glazed stoneware. In 1879, James Burns and William Campbell (formerly of Brantford Pottery), leased the Don Bridge Pottery in Toronto and briefly operated it
0160: Burns & Campbell, Toronto, 2-Gallon Stoneware Crock
Est.
CA$200
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CA$400
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Warner & Co., Toronto, 2-Gallon Crock: Canadian. Toronto, Canada West, C. 1860. Salt-glazed stoneware with double floral cobalt decoration. In 1856, William Warner, along with two partners, established the Warner & Co. stoneware factory
0161: Warner & Co., Toronto, 2-Gallon Crock
Est.
CA$1,200
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CA$1,500
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Flack & Van Arsdale, Cornwall, 2-Gallon Stoneware Jug: Canadian. Cornwall, Ontario. C. 1880. Salt-glazed stoneware. A large Flack and Van Arsdale open crock with a cobalt blue bird having an upturned head. David Flack and Isaac Van Arsdale purchased the
0162: Flack & Van Arsdale, Cornwall, 2-Gallon Stoneware Jug
Est.
CA$600
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CA$900
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J.R. Burns, Toronto, 2-Gallon Stoneware Jug: Canadian. Toronto, Ontario. 1880s. Salt-glazed stoneware. Following his brief venture with business partner William Campbell (Burns & Campbell 1879-1881), James Burns was the sole proprietor of the
0163: J.R. Burns, Toronto, 2-Gallon Stoneware Jug
Est.
CA$200
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CA$300
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St. Johns Stoneware 2-Gallon Crock: Canadian. St. Johns, Quebec. C. 1860. Salt-glazed stoneware. The Farrar family began producing stoneware in the St. Johns area in the early 1840s; in 1858 George Farrar established the St. Johns
0164: St. Johns Stoneware 2-Gallon Crock
Est.
CA$500
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CA$800
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Baker & McCall, General Merchants, Ayr, Stoneware Bowl.: Canadian. Brantford, Ontario. 1890s. Stoneware. This merchant's stoneware bowl/flower pot was produced at the Brantford Pottery likely during the latter part of William Welding's ownership
0165: Baker & McCall, General Merchants, Ayr, Stoneware Bowl.
Est.
CA$300
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CA$500
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W. Ross & Co. Picton, Ont., Quarter-Gallon Stoneware Jar.: Canadian. Picton, Ontario. C. 1890. Stoneware. This quarter-gallon jar, attributed to the Picton Pottery, would have been produced during the late 1880s to the early 1890s. Walter Ross is listed in
0166: W. Ross & Co. Picton, Ont., Quarter-Gallon Stoneware Jar.
Est.
CA$100
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CA$200
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Ontario signature quilt: An unusual "signature" quilt likely made as a community effort in memory of loved ones and those off at war. In addition to the multitude of embroidered signatures (usually a family within a square),
0167: Ontario signature quilt
Est.
CA$200
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CA$300
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Log cabin quilt: A log cabin quilt from Waterloo County, probably Mennonite, each square in dark green and black with varied red centres. Circa 1920. 74" x 61". From the Kathryn and late David Richardson Collection.
0168: Log cabin quilt
Est.
CA$300
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CA$500