Canadiana 2025-02-08 Auction - 327 Price Results - Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd. in ON - Page 3
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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Merganser Duck Decoy: Nova Scotia. 2nd quarter 20th century. A naive merganser decoy with the original leather crest, inscribed on the bottom Howard R. Ernst. Attributed to Howard Ernst. 6" x 6" x 18".
0049: Merganser Duck DecoyEst. CA$300-CA$500
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D.W. (Davey) Nichol Goldeneye Pair: Second quarter 20th century. A matched pair. Early double stamping on back and sides. The hen has a 30 degree turned head. Largest: 5.5" x 5.75" x 13.75. Smallest: 4.5" x 5.75" x 12.75".
0050: D.W. (Davey) Nichol Goldeneye PairEst. CA$1,200-CA$1,500
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Mason Challenge Grade Merganser: A rare Mason Challenge grade Merganser decoy. 1st quarter 20th century. 6.5" x 17" x 5.5". From the Ray Smith collection.
0051: Mason Challenge Grade MerganserEst. CA$1,200-CA$1,600
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Primitive Folky Decoy: A naive chunky decoy with an inlet sheet iron head, all in original heavily alligatored red and white paint. Wonderful folky form and dry highly pebbled surface. A forged iron hook is affixed to the
0052: Primitive Folky DecoyEst. CA$200-CA$300
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Early Small Nantucket Basket: An early small (5.5") Nantucket Lightship basket with a low profile swing handle affixed with heavy copper rivets and wooden hinge inserts. Dating from the early period, 1860-75, in very good
0053: Early Small Nantucket BasketEst. CA$800-CA$1,000
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Nantucket Lightship Basket: A swing handle Nantucket Lightship basket in excellent condition with wooden hinge insert. 1890-1920. 4.25" x 8.75" Dia. From the Marilyn Brimicombe collection.
0054: Nantucket Lightship BasketEst. CA$600-CA$800
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O. C. Coffin Nantucket Lightship Basket: A low Nantucket Lightship basket with the classic wooden bottom and having two carved handles. An original printed label on the bottom identifies the maker as O.C. Coffin on board the South Shoal
0055: O. C. Coffin Nantucket Lightship BasketEst. CA$1,000-CA$1,500
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Nantucket Swing Handle Basket: An early swing-handled Nantucket Lightship basket with the classic wooden bottom and having two coloured bands encircling the body. Good condition with some loss to the rim wrapping, a single minor
0056: Nantucket Swing Handle BasketEst. CA$800-CA$1,000
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Lot of 3 Nantucket Baskets: A lot of three Nantucket Lightship baskets, all with good age and patina. Included is a small finely woven open basket in very good condition with a splint rim and colour band, marked K42 (ex
0057: Lot of 3 Nantucket BasketsEst. CA$800-CA$1,200
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Half-Hull on Backboard: A sculptural half-hull model with rudder and bowsprit, mounted on the original dark backboard. Unsigned, faint pencil marks on reverse. 4.75" x 25" x 2.5".
0058: Half-Hull on BackboardEst. CA$600-CA$900
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Treen Sugar Bowl in Paint: A hand turned treen sugar bowl on a footed base with the original turned lid and integral knob, all in the original lilac paint. Very good condition, no cracks in the body and two small hairlines in
0059: Treen Sugar Bowl in PaintEst. CA$600-CA$800
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Lehnware Saffron Cup: A Lehnware treen saffron cup with lid and painted in multiple colours including a salmon ground with strawberries and green leaves. Joseph Lehn (1798-1892) created turned and painted woodenware in
0060: Lehnware Saffron CupEst. CA$400-CA$600
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Burl Covered Sugar Bowl: A turned treen sugar bowl in burl with a lid having an integral turned handle, in very good patina and condition. Tight burl, old crack to the base. 19th century. 5.25" x 5.25" x 5.25". From the Tom
0061: Burl Covered Sugar BowlEst. CA$600-CA$800
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New Amsterdam 1704 Sampler: An extremely fine and early (1704) show towel/sampler with oral history from New Amsterdam (now New York). Ninety nine separate images including birds, carpets, flowers and people in period costume
0062: New Amsterdam 1704 SamplerEst. CA$1,000-CA$1,500
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Maria Lichti 1872 Sampler: A show towel/sampler by "M_ria Lichti" dated 1872 and found in the 1960s in Brunner Ontario (Wilmot Township). Finely stitched on linen showing multiple alphabet styles (9), distelfinks, birds,
0063: Maria Lichti 1872 SamplerEst. CA$400-CA$600
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Rooster Hooked Rug: Hooked rug with a bold red rooster outlined in black and with white accents for wings, wattles, feathers and eyes. The rooster is standing on a grey background with red stripes at each end. Ex Price
0064: Rooster Hooked RugEst. CA$400-CA$600
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Grenfell Rug -- Mallards in Flight: A Grenfell Mission hooked mat of three Mallard ducks in flight over a lake with bulrushes in the foreground. With the original Grenfell label intact, 2nd quarter 20th century. With original "Grenfell
0065: Grenfell Rug -- Mallards in FlightEst. CA$1,500-CA$2,500
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Adam & Eve Quilt: An exceptional folk art quilt top with Adam and Eve at the centre standing on either side of the tree with the forbidden fruit. Two birds fly above and a serpent lies below while the central scene is
0066: Adam & Eve QuiltEst. CA$2,000-CA$3,000
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Sunburst Quilt with Birds: A vibrant Sunburst quilt in red, orange and blue with birds, ducks and diamonds encircling the radiating sun motif. The central image is framed by a white on blue zigzag border and a red and orange
0067: Sunburst Quilt with BirdsEst. CA$1,500-CA$2,500
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Niagara Quilt by Cordelia Seburn 1851: A Niagara Peninsula summer quilt in red, white and blue with the unusual addition of the maker's name and date in a wide band on one side. The overall design has alternating patterns of peonies in
0068: Niagara Quilt by Cordelia Seburn 1851Est. CA$1,500-CA$2,500
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Star of Bethlehem Quilt with Birds: A stunning Star of Bethlehem quilt in multiple radiating colours on a cream background with a variant Oak Leaf pattern in each corner and with four birds of paradise completing the overall design.
0069: Star of Bethlehem Quilt with BirdsEst. CA$2,000-CA$3,000
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Ontario 19th Century Bed Rug: A rare bed rug having a prominent blue bird at the centre within a circle of oak leaves surrounded by a continuous line of red and green Scottish thistles, all hooked in relief on a black homespun
0070: Ontario 19th Century Bed RugEst. CA$2,000-CA$3,000
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Tobacco Leaf Decorated Blanket Chest: A decorated pine blanket chest found in Walton, Ontario, with original surface showing tobacco leaf motifs on the front and sides in brown and cream paint over a coral base. The case is dovetailed
0071: Tobacco Leaf Decorated Blanket ChestEst. CA$1,500-CA$2,000
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Blanket Box with Painted River Scene: A blanket chest with a painted river scene on the top showing a paddlewheel with a man at the bow, a person on the shore waving, and a figure pulling a load across the river with the aid of an
0072: Blanket Box with Painted River SceneEst. CA$600-CA$800