NEW HAMBURG, Canada – Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. will be a hive of activity later this month, with a Canadiana & Decorative Arts auction on Saturday, March 25, followed the very next day by a Historic Lamps & Lighting auction. Both sales have start times of 9 am Eastern and are online-only. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. All estimates quoted are in Canadian dollars.
As expected, the anticipated top lot for March 25 is an oil on board by the acclaimed Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (1903-1970). Titled Traffic Jam, the early and humorous piece depicts a cow standing in the center of a road, blocking a car. It’s a bit out of sync with Lewis’s repertoire, but is a rare and important example of the breadth of her work. It carries an estimate of $30,000-$35,000.
A Georgian period (circa-1820s) Canadian breakfast table in mahogany and figured mahogany attributed to Thomas Nisbet (Saint John, New Brunswick), displaying all the typical features uses by Nesbit, has an estimate of $12,000-$15,000; while a circa-1880 Canadian or American Victorian-era three-piece bedroom suite in the Renaissance Revival style, consisting of a bed and two marble-top dressers with mirrors, is also estimated at $12,000-$15,000.
A stunning bronze nude gymnast by the renowned German Art Deco-era sculptor Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943), cast by Preiss & Kassler (Berlin), on an onyx and black marble base, has an estimate of $8,000-$12,000. Also, a mahogany circa-1820s Montreal key hole wall clock by Martin Cheney (1778-1855) bears an estimate of $9,000-$12,000.
Six of the March 26 auction’s expected top achievers are overlay kerosene stand lamps, made in America between 1860 and 1880 by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company in Sandwich, Massachusetts, as well as other manufacturers. The makers of these six examples are unknown, but that doesn’t make them any less desirable. Their rarity and aesthetic appeal will attract keen bidder interest.
The green cut overlay kerosene stand lamp, cobalt double overlay kerosene stand lamp and ruby cut overlay kerosene stand lamp each carry estimates of $9,000-$12,000; while the cobalt cut overlay kerosene banquet stand lamp and teal cut overlay kerosene stand lamps are both estimated at $4,000-$6,000. The cranberry cut overlay kerosene banquet stand lamp has an estimate of $2,000-$4,000.
An extremely rare Madonna night clock and Olmstead miniature kerosene figural stand lamp, without a doubt made by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, featuring a frosted Madonna and a round, ribbed scalloped base, is estimated at $3,000-$4,000.
Cobalt cut overlay kerosene banquet stand lamp, estimated at $4,000-$6,000
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The current rate of exchange is dollar CA 1 = 73 cents.
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