Canadiana 2025-10-11 Auction - 359 Price Results - Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd. in ON
Louis XIII Low ArmoireCaptain McNeilledge Port Dover Ship PaintingTwiss Clock With Bill of Sale
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New Hamburg, ON, Canada
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Featuring the Louise & late Robert Levesque Collection
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Alpheus Keech 1000 Islands Paddle: A fine example of a miniature canoe paddle by Alpheus Keech (1855-1926) with a painted summer scene of the 1000 Islands. In the late 1880s, Keech began painting finely detailed small scenes on
0001: Alpheus Keech 1000 Islands PaddleEst. CA$600-CA$800
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Railway Step Stool: A railway step box to assist passengers boarding a coach. In old blue paint and with scalloped sides, canted for stability, and a two-hole finger grip on the top. Very good condition with uniform
0002: Railway Step StoolEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Biplane Whirligig: A folky biplane whirligig in original red and cream paint. Great detail with the carved propeller, wooden wheels, and wing trusses. Very good condition with a crackled surface; tin wheel struts need
0003: Biplane WhirligigEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Early Wall Box With Heart: An early candle box with a heart cutout in the back and a diamond cutout in the centre of the front panel. Forged nail construction and untouched original surface in black and red paint. Well worn
0004: Early Wall Box With HeartEst. CA$1,000-CA$1,500
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Slide-Top Candle Box: Slide top candle box in original paint with a dry surface and having a raised panel slide lid with carved finger grips. Constructed with rosehead nails, clean interior, and overall in very good
0005: Slide-Top Candle BoxEst. CA$400-CA$500
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Anvil Motif Tobacco Chopper: A tobacco copper with the pierced blade having an anvil motif and the box decorated with squares having incised Xs and British Ordnance style broad arrow markings. The box has a drawer with the
0006: Anvil Motif Tobacco ChopperEst. CA$500-CA$700
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Green Wall Box: A pine wall box with a high-shaped backboard and two compartments: a lower compartment with a shaped opening used for salt storage and a covered upper section likely used for candles. Cleaned to the
0007: Green Wall BoxEst. CA$600-CA$800
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Cape Breton Fretwork Wall Box: Cape Breton pine wall box with a drawer and having a pierced fretwork front panel, scalloped crest, and notch-carved sides and backboard. Great untouched dry varnish surface with some old cracks on
0008: Cape Breton Fretwork Wall BoxEst. CA$500-CA$700
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Tole Student Lamp: A tole student lamp with a scrolled tin support for the adjustable candle socket and having a square brass shaft holding the adjustable tin shade. Very good condition with old overpaint. French, 19th
0009: Tole Student LampEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Renfrew Red Pail Bench: A small pail bench in original red paint with a sawtooth edge backboard, from Renfrew County. Illustrated in "Upper Canadian Furniture" by Howard Pain, plate 1087. Good condition with wear, wire
0010: Renfrew Red Pail BenchEst. CA$400-CA$600
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Early Leather Deed Box: A small leather deed box with decorative brass nails forming the initials, "SD". The leather handles are intact, and the interior is lined with old linen bed ticking. A secret compartment is hidden
0011: Early Leather Deed BoxEst. CA$500-CA$700
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Red Firkin With Wire Handle: A small covered firkin with a wire bale handle in as-found condition with original red paint. Lapped band construction with old breaks and wire repair to the lap joint on the lid. Strong oxidation to
0012: Red Firkin With Wire HandleEst. CA$300-CA$400
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Double-Sided Tourist Sign: A double-sided trade sign with a pointing hand and marked, "Maple Haven Tourists". In very good exposed surface with original red and black paint on a white background. Paint is finely crazed, with
0013: Double-Sided Tourist SignEst. CA$600-CA$800
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Blue Firkin with Lid: A firkin in strong original deep blue paint with a cover and the original wooden handle. Clean interior and in very good condition with minor damage/loss to the tips of the lap joints on the bands.
0014: Blue Firkin with LidEst. CA$300-CA$400
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Watercolour Portrait "Margaret": A naive watercolour portrait faintly inscribed, "Margaret", along the lower edge, mounted in the original frame. Good colours in central image, untouched condition with creasing and discolouration to
0015: Watercolour Portrait "Margaret"Est. CA$300-CA$500
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Orange Wash Stand: A pine washstand in original salmon-orange paint with towel bars with a panelled backboard mortised into the back posts. The skirt is also panelled and retains a single dovetailed drawer. Very good
0016: Orange Wash StandEst. CA$600-CA$800
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Two Heart Molds and Coggle Wheel: A lot of three, including two heart-shaped Quebec maple sugar moulds and a carved wooden coggle wheel. The larger heart has a carved monstrance motif within a chip-carved border and retains its
0017: Two Heart Molds and Coggle WheelEst. CA$500-CA$700
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Rooster Maple Sugar Mold: A pine sugar mould with a rooster motif in two parts with original pegs intact. Good carved feather and feet details, great patina. Quebec, C. 1900. Closed: 9.25" x 7.5" x 4".
0018: Rooster Maple Sugar MoldEst. CA$500-CA$700
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Dome Top Blue Chest: A small dome-top storage chest with a bracket base and in a strong original blue paint with the original forged iron lock and hinges. The box is dovetailed, accompanied by rosehead nails. In good
0019: Dome Top Blue ChestEst. CA$600-CA$800
Marieville 4-Post Cradle: A four-post Quebec cradle with a rolling pin crest on the headboard and in old cream paint over original red. In complete original condition, constructed in pine with birch turnings, original plank
0020: Marieville 4-Post CradleEst. CA$400-CA$600Lot Passed
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Dome Top Box Original Red: A small dome top storage box in original dry red paint. Very good condition with original lock and handmade tin butt hinges. Clean interior, minor edge-wear. Quebec, 1830-1850. 11.25" x 17" x 11".
0021: Dome Top Box Original RedEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Early Pine Footstool: An early 19th-century pine footstool in original dry paint and having a deep skirt, bootjack feet, and a decorative cutout hand grip in the top. Great surface and wear. Good condition with age cracks
0022: Early Pine FootstoolEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Shelf With Hearts: A Quebec clock shelf in original paint/varnish with a dentil cornice over a shaped backboard having two recessed hearts flanking a decorative applied moulding. In very good condition with wear and
0023: Shelf With HeartsEst. CA$600-CA$800
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Document box with Shoe Feet: A Germanic-influence pine storage box with shoe feet and a wooden hinge in old surface, original lock and key, and constructed with rosehead nails. Signed, in pencil under the lid, "Rachel Stuart
0024: Document box with Shoe FeetEst. CA$300-CA$600