Canadiana 2024-10-12 Auction - 371 Price Results - Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd. in ON
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New Hamburg, ON, Canada
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Join us for our October 12th sale of Canadiana Featuring the Wendy B. Hamilton and late Bill Hamilton Collection, and the Rutter Family Collection.
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Clock Shelf with Cross Motifs: A pine clock shelf in original red/brown paint with a series of fret-cut cross motifs in the prominent scalloped apron. The backboard is in its original unpainted surface which would have been hidden
0001: Clock Shelf with Cross MotifsEst.
CA$200
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CA$400
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Oval Pantry Box in Paint: Oval splint box in olive green paint with a black painted floral motif on the top and lapped joints stitched with spruce root. A few original wood pegs remain accompanied by later nailed
0002: Oval Pantry Box in PaintEst.
CA$200
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CA$300
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Maple Sugar Mould with 33 Hearts: A laminated maple sugar mould with 33 hearts. Nice patina and good condition. Quebec, early 20th century. 38.75" x 8"x 1.25".
0003: Maple Sugar Mould with 33 HeartsEst.
CA$400
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CA$600
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Lot of 2 Maple Sugar Moulds: Lot of 2 maple sugar moulds, the first being a laminated sugar mould in birch and pine with heart, club and diamond motifs and initials carved in each mould, early 20th century. The second is a
0004: Lot of 2 Maple Sugar MouldsEst.
CA$300
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CA$500
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Lot of Three Maple Sugar Moulds: A lot of three maple sugar moulds: a small single boot mould carved in birch; a small double mould in birch, likely cut from a longer mould; and a long mould in ash with two hearts, a star, cups, and
0005: Lot of Three Maple Sugar MouldsEst.
CA$300
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CA$500
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Four Architectural Corbels: Four large matching Victorian architectural corbels with drop turnip finials. All in an old crackled yellow overpaint. Very good condition with some original frame moulding included. Age cracks and
0006: Four Architectural CorbelsEst.
CA$400
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CA$600
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Blue Gathering Basket: A 19th-century splint gathering basket in old pale blue paint with a high bent ash handle. 17" x 13.25" x 21.75". From the Rutter Family Collection.
0007: Blue Gathering BasketEst.
CA$100
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CA$200
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Canada West Leather Trunk: A leather traveller's trunk with iron strapping and decorative brass rivets having the original manufacturing label inside the lid for "Jas. Smith, Brantford, Canada West". Smith manufactured horse
0008: Canada West Leather TrunkEst.
CA$300
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CA$500
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Small-scale Fireplace Tongs: Very finely forged child-size fireplace tongs with a facet head finial on the handle and stamped "FJS". Possibly used as pipe tongs to retrieve hot coals although pipe tongs usually had a spring
0009: Small-scale Fireplace TongsEst.
CA$200
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CA$300
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Waterloo County Doll Cradle: From the Sitler family homestead in Waterloo County, a pine doll's cradle with two heart cutouts and in original brown paint. Includes a note signed by Esther Sitler stating that the cradle was
0010: Waterloo County Doll CradleEst.
CA$200
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CA$400
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Painted and Decorated American Dome-Top Box: An American dome top deed box in original paint with pomegranate motifs on the front and a floral sprig on the top, both within a double pinstripe border of yellow and black. The lid is affixed with
0011: Painted and Decorated American Dome-Top BoxEst.
CA$800
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CA$1,200
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Yacht Race Painting: Oil on board painting of a yacht race in a strong wind. Original frame overpainted white. Circa 1900. 17.25" x 21" x 0.75". Board: 14" x 18". From the Wendy B. Hamilton and late Bill Hamilton
0012: Yacht Race PaintingEst.
CA$300
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CA$500
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Newfoundland Schooner Painting: Painting of the schooner General Rawlinson flying the Red Ensign showing its white hull against a grey sky and blue sea. Gouache on paper, very good condition, in original frame. Lettered in white
0013: Newfoundland Schooner PaintingEst.
CA$600
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CA$800
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Prince Edward County Schoolhouse: An oil on canvas winter scene with a schoolhouse and children outside on their way home. Note the road sign markers on the post. Circa 1900, in the original frame, house picked by Tim Potter in
0014: Prince Edward County SchoolhouseEst.
CA$900
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CA$1,200
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Pair of Portraits, Unsigned: Pair of oil on canvas portraits, unknown sitters, in original handmade pine frames. Ontario, circa 1860. Sight: 29.75" x 24.75". Frame: 36" x 30.5" x 1". From the Rutter Family Collection.
0015: Pair of Portraits, UnsignedEst.
CA$400
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CA$600
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Courting Candle with Rat Tail Hook: An early spiral shaft forged iron candle stick or "courting" candle with a curled rat tail hanger and mounted on a bell shaped wooden base. Late 18th century. 9.5" x 3.75" x 3.75". From the Wendy B.
0016: Courting Candle with Rat Tail HookEst.
CA$300
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CA$500
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Wooden Lantern: A wooden frame candle lantern with a removable tin chimney cover and candle tray. The door is affixed with snipe hinges and the top has a wire handle. Good patina and condition. Probably New England,
0017: Wooden LanternEst.
CA$200
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CA$300
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English Pointer Trade Sign: A double-sided trade sign silhouette of an English Pointer dog from a kennel in Maine. Excellent crazed surface original paint and very good condition. Laminated plywood, early 20th century. 33.5" x
0018: English Pointer Trade SignEst.
CA$300
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CA$500
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Ellen Trygg Hauling Logs in Winter: Sculpture of a draft horse pulling a log sled in winter, carved by Ellen Trygg, mounted on the original painted base. Incised "Trygg" in her manner on the side of the base and inscribed in ink
0019: Ellen Trygg Hauling Logs in WinterEst.
CA$300
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CA$500
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1920s Salish Two-Figure Miniature Totem Pole: A small simply carved two-figure totem pole in good paint, possibly Salish, early 20th century. Illustrated in "Little Things That Matter" by Roger Young, page 104 and also on the cover. 7.75" x
0020: 1920s Salish Two-Figure Miniature Totem PoleEst.
CA$200
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CA$300
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Carved Green Bird on Post: A carved and colourful flying bird in excellent paint. Very good condition, mounted on an iron rod and contemporary base. 2nd quarter 20th century. 12.25" x 4" x 16". From the Wendy B. Hamilton and
0021: Carved Green Bird on PostEst.
CA$200
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CA$400
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Carved Painted Pheasant: A pheasant sculpture by F.W. Peppin in original paint. Great colour and condition, mounted on a sculpted natural base. Peppin was a wildlife carver in a suburb of Toronto, mid 20th century. Original
0022: Carved Painted PheasantEst.
CA$600
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CA$900
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Pigeon Decoy In Original Paint: A pigeon decoy with carved wings, in strong original paint and with glass eyes, 1890-1920. Mounted on a contemporary post and base. 9" x 4" x 13". From the Wendy B. Hamilton and late Bill Hamilton
0023: Pigeon Decoy In Original PaintEst.
CA$400
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CA$600
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PEI Canada Goose Decoy: A Canada Goose decoy in a sentinel position with a sculpted tail and in original paint by William Roy Mill, Prince Edward Island. Mill originated the 3 large spike legs form and is the most
0024: PEI Canada Goose DecoyEst.
CA$400
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CA$600