Canadiana 2025-02-08 Auction - 327 Price Results - Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd. in ON
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Late 18th/Early 19th Century French Canadian 'Arbalete' CommodeMonumental Double Stag Hooked RugAnna Weber Fraktur 1879
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New Hamburg, ON, Canada
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Ontario Miniature Birdseye Dresser: A charming miniature dresser with a birdseye maple top and front and a butternut case with hand carved raised panels on the sides. Constructed with square nails, pine bottom, original knobs. Very
0001: Ontario Miniature Birdseye DresserEst. CA$600-CA$900
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Dan Kuepfer Horse Pull Toy: A small carved and painted pull toy of a black workhorse, inscribed on the underside "Made by Dan Kuepfer, made for Irwin when a small boy". Kuepfer was an Amish watch repairman who suffered physical
0002: Dan Kuepfer Horse Pull ToyEst. CA$600-CA$800
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Early Piggin: An early piggin in original paint with interlaced finger-lapped wooden bands. Very good condition with original paint of an old grey-blue over red. 19th century. 8.5" x 7.25". From the Ray Smith
0003: Early PigginEst. CA$500-CA$700
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Cutlery Tray/Wallbox: A two-compartment candle or cutlery box with a high backboard having a cutout for carrying or hanging. Nice wear, very good condition in original brown paint. Ontario, 19th century. Unmarked. 8" x
0004: Cutlery Tray/WallboxEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Forged Heart Trivet: A forged heart trivet with ram's horn curls found in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. Early 19th century. Unmarked. 1.25" x 5" x 8.75".
0005: Forged Heart TrivetEst. CA$200-CA$300
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Dome Top Carved Box: A small dome-top pine trinket box with naively carved geometric motifs on the front and two sides -- the left side being slightly more sophisticated in execution. Having the original snipe hinges,
0006: Dome Top Carved BoxEst. CA$700-CA$1,000
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Miniature Chest With Heart Escutcheon: A pine trinket box from Leeds County in original dark green paint with a painted black heart "escutcheon" faintly visible on the front. The top and base both have a beveled edge. The interior is
0007: Miniature Chest With Heart EscutcheonEst. CA$600-CA$800
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Dundas Pail Bench: A small pail bench from Dundas, Ontario, in original brown paint with scalloped sides and half-moon cutouts on the sides. 1860-70. Unmarked. 30.5" x 33.25" x 9".
0008: Dundas Pail BenchEst. CA$400-CA$600
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Early Stable Lantern: Wooden stable lantern with the original bentwood handle and having a sheet iron candle socket and swivel latch. Complete with an untouched dark patina, pegged construction and snipe hinges. Overall
0009: Early Stable LanternEst. CA$600-CA$800
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Large Turned Bowl in Paint: Canadian or American. 19th century. Hardwood. An extra large (20+") turned wooden bowl retaining original red paint and a thinned edge at the rim with two incised rings below the edge. Found in
0010: Large Turned Bowl in PaintEst. CA$800-CA$1,500
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Bears on a Stump Match Holder: A carved match holder with two brown bears climbing a hollowed stump. In original paint with red glass eyes. Written on the bottom: "D'un ami qui vous obulie jamais, Edgar Gaudette. A Therese C"
0011: Bears on a Stump Match HolderEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Two Miniature Portraits: A lot of two miniature framed portraits, one a 19th century watercolour showing a girl in a plaid dress holding a small bird on her finger, unsigned; the other, found in Craighurst, Ontario, is a
0012: Two Miniature PortraitsEst. CA$200-CA$400
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Box with Cherub and Painted Scene: A wallbox with a lid covering the compartment having a carved cherub as a back crest and a charming painted scene on the front of a man and a sitting dog with farm buildings in the background. In
0013: Box with Cherub and Painted SceneEst. CA$600-CA$800
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Cast Iron Horse Doorstop: A superior cast iron horse doorstop in original black and gold paint with the horse in harness standing on a green painted foliate ground on a black plinth base. Very good condition. Marked, embossed
0014: Cast Iron Horse DoorstopEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Horse Hooked Rug: Hooked rug of a brown horse with a raised front leg and having a border of graduated rectangles in varying colours. Mounted on a board for hanging. 2nd quarter 20th century. Unmarked. 19.5" x 25.5".
0015: Horse Hooked RugEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Desk With Cupboard: A flat-top desk on turned legs with a two-door cupboard mounted on the top. The two doors each have double recessed panels and the backboard crest has scrolled ends. All in original paint with red
0016: Desk With CupboardEst. CA$600-CA$800
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Curved Leg Birch Table: Round top birch table with four curved square legs and with a round shelf below. Note the spline under the top. In original blue-green paint, Quebec, mid 19th century. 25" x 22.75 x 22.75". From the
0017: Curved Leg Birch TableEst. CA$500-CA$700
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Sign "Hands Off, High Potential": An industrial wooden sign with humorous connotations in the message "Danger, Hands Off, High Potential". Red lettering on a white painted background within a black frame. As-found weathered condition
0018: Sign "Hands Off, High Potential"Est. CA$600-CA$800
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Kingston 1-Gallon Merchant Jug: A decorated one-gallon stoneware merchant jug made for A. Foster, Kingston. Abraham Foster first appeared in an 1851 directory, listed as a wholesale and retail grocer at 23 Princess Street in
0019: Kingston 1-Gallon Merchant JugEst. CA$300-CA$400
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Templeton & Brown, Belleville Merchant Jug: A stoneware one-gallon decorated merchant jug made for Templeton & Brown, Belleville. William Templeton, a tailor by trade, and James Brown, a grocer, teamed up in the early 1860s to establish their
0020: Templeton & Brown, Belleville Merchant JugEst. CA$300-CA$400
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Belleville Merchant Jug with Running Bird: A two-gallon stoneware merchant jug with strong cobalt blue decoration of a running bird and the number 2 in script, made for R. Holden & Co. in Belleville, Ontario. In 1835 Rufus Holden established
0021: Belleville Merchant Jug with Running BirdEst. CA$1,000-CA$1,500
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Flack & Van Arsdale, 2-Gallon Bird Crock: A stoneware bird crock by Flack and Van Arsdale, Cornwall. David Flack and Isaac Van Arsdale owned and operated the Cornwall Pottery beginning in 1869 until its closure in 1907. This diminutive crock
0022: Flack & Van Arsdale, 2-Gallon Bird CrockEst. CA$300-CA$400
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Kingston CW Decorated Merchant Crock: An early Kingston stoneware merchant crock with a strong Ballard-inspired cobalt flower decoration (could also be an early Picton-made piece). Patrick J. Buckley operated his mercantile in Kingston
0023: Kingston CW Decorated Merchant CrockEst. CA$700-CA$1,000
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Picton CW Nesting Bird Jug: A stoneware jug by G.I. Lazier, Picton CW, with an excellent nesting bird decoration in cobalt blue. George Irwin Lazier was the third person to manage the Picton pottery, from 1864 to 1879, after
0024: Picton CW Nesting Bird JugEst. CA$350-CA$500