William A. Smith

William A. Smith Inc.
Auctioneers and Appraisers

Fine Country On-Site Estate Auction

American Antiques, Accessories, Furnishings, Silver, Oriental Rugs & Barn Related
The Estate of Mary W. Phillips
The Fifield Farm 1778
152 West Salisbury Road, Salisbury, NH

Auction: Friday, June 30th, 2017 at 9:30 AM

(Selling items from the barns at 9:30 AM)
Preview: from 8 AM morning of sale

Directions: from the Salisbury Four Corners at the blinking light (Rt. 127 and 4) – travel onto Route 4 West for approx.1.7 miles, turn on West Salisbury Road and travel a short distance to the auction location.

The Estate of Mary W. Phillips - Fifield Farm 1778

We are pleased to have been selected to sell the contents of the late Mary W. Phillips estate. Mary was the longtime curator of the Salisbury Historical Society and was a worldwide traveler with her late husband, and she collected friends and items all over the world. After family choices, selected additions added from Salisbury and New London homes. Also offering the real estate home with acreage of the late John C. Kepper, a longtime friend of Mary’s – see separate ad – offered at 11:00 AM from the Phillips home.

In Part: 18th-c. 35½” NH Queen Anne chest in maple on bandy legs; 18th-c. 38” Chippendale maple six-drawer graduated chest with cornice-molded top on bracket base; 36” Chippendale graduated five-drawer chest with cornice-molded top on bracket base; 36” 18th-c. pine ball-foot blanket chest with simulated and real drawers; other 39” Chippendale blanket chest, three drawers on bracket base; 35½” Chippendale maple slant-lid desk on bracket base; hutch table; Several blanket boxes; Early set-back cupboard; other cupboards; hanging two-door cupboard in red paint; other small cupboards; assembled set of 8 19th-c. thumb-back chairs; pair of Queen Anne chairs; several Sheraton stands; several Sheraton dropleaf tables – country and formal; country tapered leg one-drawer table; banister-back side chair; Sheraton chest of drawers; country desk-top chest; child’s three-drawer chest; pine and mahogany three- and four-drawer chests; dome storage boxes; pine sea chest with becket handles; schoolmaster’s desk; 19th-c. card table Steven Ross, Salisbury, NH; Gilmanton, NH, Hepplewhite stand in old paint; red-painted church pew and similar chair; early fan-back Windsor armchair; tiger maple drop-leaf table; 18th-c. cherry corner cupboard; Federal tall clock with dial signed David Wood; tall clock with grain-painted case; storage boxes; red-painted blanket chest; blanket boxes; set-back cupboard; primitive furnishings and much more….

Victorian: Victorian carved walnut sofa; Victorian walnut chairs; walnut oval table; Empire card table; Victrola; Louis Vuitton trunk.

Accessories: Folk art Noah’s ark; pair of lamps with Salisbury, NH, decorative shades; several other oil lamps; Shaker seed box; several pantry boxes – some lapped and in old color; wooden trenchers; turned bowls; small still life theorem; other theorem of bird on branch; Japanese Sumo wrestlers print; “Fruit Piece” by Currier and Ives; several early needlework samplers; print of Canterbury Shaker Village; copper running horse weathervane; early banjo clock, signed E. Howard on dial; NH mirror clock; OG clock; carriage clock and other clocks; several bisque-head dolls; small Steiff dog; clock-form still bank; old Canon camera; small coin collection; farm bell; large bean pot collection; snowshoes; old baskets; slipware; glass jar with sea shells; tin lantern; early silhouette; decoys; folk art carved bird; early painted boxes; Niagara clock; Express wagon (used as coffee table); early lantern and lighting; pr. of folky carved horses; good copper pots; Queen Anne court mirror; pair of mirrored wall sconces; Hannah Davis hatbox – E. Jaffrey, NH; child’s pull wagon “Builder”; country sled “Pirate”; early barometer; Queen Anne bench on Spanish feet; old drum; campaign torch, gun form; knife-blade andirons; cast-iron stars; miniature pail; antique globe; wooden Queen Anne candlesticks; other QA sticks; folding game board; firkins; primitive boxes; NH (Blanchard) butter churn; lots of wooden primitives; several pieces of stoneware; large selection of stuffed jointed bears including Steiff; stuffed elephant; RR lanterns; fireplace related; cobbler’s related; several crickets; barber’s box; hobby horse; doll’s pram and related; child-size grain-painted dry sink; massive collection of yellowware, including rolling pin, bowls, plates, and more….

Other: Several pieces of Quimper; Royal Doulton toby collection; three sterling silver flatware sets; several other sterling tableware items; RS Prussia and Belleek; silver-plated tea set; brass andirons, bucket, candlesticks; several porcelain lamps; quilts; Wave Crest dresser box; sculpture of boy J. Neimans; several oil paintings, some by a Salisbury artist; painting of lighthouse; NH painting by Gustave Wiegand; still life painting; primitive paintings; vintage clothing and related, including costumes.

Books: Original Gone with the Wind book by Margaret Mitchell – 1st edition; Rebecca by Kate Douglas Wiggin, signed by her; Salisbury Town History; other Salisbury books; library of books.

Furnishings: Several camelback sofas including Clayton Marcus; three butler’s tables; lolling chairs; leather reclining chair; pair of upholstered chairs; pair of wing chairs; modern Seth Thomas grandfather clock; Samsung flat-screen TV; pair of tall four-poster beds; other beds, chests, etc.

Oriental Rugs: A fine selection of Oriental rugs including 8’11” x 12’ Heriz; 8’ x 11’5” Oriental rug; 8’2” x 11’6” Bokara Oriental rug; other 8’4” x 11’2” Bokara Oriental rug; few scatter rugs.

Barn: Ariens snow blower 5520; Coleman generator, 5000 watt; wood maker’s bench; Japanese pinball game; First National meat box; pair of decorative urns; granite bench; directors’ chairs; old Japanese barrels; traverse sled; demijohn bottle; croquet sets; shutters; porch rockers; carpenter’s tool chest; workshop full of tools; Buckeye iron pump; several pieces of lumber including butternut. Barn items starting at 9:30 AM.

Sale per order of the Phillips Family

Americana

18th-century chest on frame

Dial signed David Wood

Americana


Real Estate Auction—John C. Kepper Estate
Friday, June 30th, 2017 at 11 AM

Preview: day of sale from 8:00 AM or by appointment

Auction to be held in conjunction with the Mary W. Phillips Estate antiques auction located at 152 West Salisbury Road, Salisbury, NH

The Kepper home is located on 650 Old Turnpike Road (Route 4) Salisbury Village, NH

A 1785 two-story colonial with attached barn, also rooms consisting of mud room, kitchen, parlor, dining room, living room, four bedrooms along with 20 acres of land and a small guest house. The home is across from the Salisbury Historical Society.

Home to be offered on Friday, June 30th, 2017 at 11:00 AM with the owner having the right to accept or reject any or all bids. Other announcements to be made at the auction; a very motivated seller. Terms: $10,000 down day of sale in cash or certified check with balance due in 30 days.

NO BUYER’S PREMIUM

Sale per order of the Phillips Family

Location: From the Salisbury Four Corners (Rt. 127 and 4) – take Rt. 4 West for approx. 1 mile – home located on right, across from Town Hall and Historical Society.

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Spectacular Annual July Estate Auction

Americana, Artwork, Accessories, Silver & Jewelry, Asian, Oriental Rugs, Occupational Mug collection, Automobile and much more!

Smith’s Auction Gallery
1064 Route 12-A, Plainfield, NH

Auction: Friday, July 7th, 2017 at 10:00 AM

Preview: Thursday, July 6th, from 12:00-5:00 PM and morning of sale from 8:00 AM
Preview: day of sale from 8:00 AM or by appointment

We have selected choice items from many area homes and estates to present a very unique holiday auction event; a diverse mixture of American furniture, paintings, and accessories from the Francis X. Houghton estate, related to the Bennett family, early settlers of Stonington, CT. Francis was a Princeton graduate then NYC advertising executive for Ogilvy & Mather. A Kendal retirement home estate, loaded with clean antiques, modern, a lifetime collection of 100+ occupational shaving mugs from a VT gentleman, and much more. See our website for full auction details and images – www.wsmithauction.com. This will be a 500+ lot auction; please make plans to join us for a day of old-fashioned auction fun. Absentee and telephone bids accepted.

Figural carving, Admiral Lord Nelson

Early Silver

100+ occupational mugs

Large period mirror

Large watercolor, Elizabeth Gowdy Baker

Chinese lacquerware and cinnebar from the estate of Frederick Sand

In-Part: Early canted set-back cupboard, several other cupboards; cherry Queen Anne two-part highboy, fan carvings, other highboy; Chippendale maple corner cupboard, several other period corner cupboards; large country sawbuck table; early blanket chest; great early cobbler’s bench; blue painted built-in cupboard; period 18th- & 19th-c. chests of drawers; period card tables including inlaid examples; Wm. & Mary gate-leg table, Bennett family prov.; green painted comb-back Windsor armchair; banister-back chairs; 19th-c. dry sink in yellow, other dry sink; several painted blanket boxes; several period stands; period tavern/tap tables; Chippendale slant-lid desks; inlaid chest with tiger maple drawers; Federal secretary; inlaid mahogany cellaret; 18th-c. armchair with carved legs; period Queen Anne chairs; child-size furnishings; Baltimore area chairs and settee; massive 19th-c. storage box in green paint; Shaker rocker; set of six St. Johnsbury, VT, mushroom cap chairs; R. Whiting grandfather clock. Lovely 19th-c. marquetry inlaid burl walnut two-part bookcase with sectional glass door top; good small size 19th-c. inlaid mahogany serpentine sideboard, other sideboard; early Italian carved altar table; marquetry inlaid rosewood cabinet; tuckaway Sunderland table; Hepplewhite lolling chair; pair of decorated fireplace pole screens; Emil J. Paidar barber’s chair and Atwater “Cyclo” barbershop sign; floor standing antique brass shaving stand; pair of Chippendale corner cupboards, old elements; French-style furnishings; massive carved French mantel elements; carved European storage box; carved English wing chair with bookbinding upholstery; Victorian mahogany triple-door bookcase; a large selection of English and Irish pine furnishings from a prominent Hopkinton, NH, home including farm tables, apothecary chests, chests of drawers, and more. Great 8’ solid bird’s-eye maple dining table on cherry legs, made in Maine; set of six DR Dimes bow-back Windsor chairs, other set of six Windsor bow-back chairs; DR Dimes bow-back dbl. settee; Kittinger Queen Anne-style tea table; Queen Anne-style handkerchief table; set of eight carved Chippendale-style chairs; double pedestal mahogany dining table with banded inlay and 3 leaves, other dining table; mahogany executive’s desk; nesting tables with leather tops; blockfront mahogany desk, several antique beds; Henkel-Harris sideboard; John Widdicomb labeled sideboard; etc.

Accessories: Good carved and polychrome decorated figure of Admiral Lord Nelson on pedestal; great 15½” burl bowl; Nantucket tray/basket signed Jose Reyes; miniature portrait, E. Salisbury Field attrib.; 19th-c. bronze of children holding box; 19th-c. painting on porcelain; 19th-c. ship captain’s writing box, other good writing boxes; lg. period walnut Queen Anne mirror with parcel-gilt crest; convex mirror with eagle crest; girandole set; NY fire helmet; wallpaper storage box; Shaker boxes in paint; Shaker cheese press; duck decoys; firkins in paint; lithophane figural lamp; pipe tomahawk; J & W Trolley dbl.-barrel shotgun; Winchester 30-30, other guns; early pipe box; early lighting; large totem pole carving; lg. cast-iron lawn jockey; two large cased ship models; early carved Santos figures; fire alarm bell, Suncook, NH; early calligraphy work; early wooden “stop” sign; large porcelain sign “East Ryegate”; Dartmouth man figural weathervane; Dustin Coates wood turning from Dartmouth tree; dressmaker’s mannequin; pressedsteel child’s ride-on toy; 14” bronze dachshund sculpture; figural lamps, other lamps; hallmarked sterling sword cane, other cane; 40” antique ship’s wheel; antique horse weathervane; early farm bell; Hay Budden anvil; two antique National cash registers; VT Knights of Templar hat & accessories; early needlework sampler, Eliz. Morgan, 18th-c. sampler, Surey Whitney; Cockburn family silhouette, Edouart; selection of early 18th-c. NH land deeds; bisque-head dolls; folk art framed Am. flag; folk art birdcage; iron fountain of boy with goose; wrought-iron window cages from a NYC brownstone; early lighting, including whale oil and others.

A lifetime collection of over 100 occupational shaving mugs, including some rare examples, most to be sold in small groupings, see website for lot listings.

Porcelains, Glass & China: Assortment of Meissen; figural groups; French bronze-mounted crystal box; assortment of Staffordshire; set of eight Royal Worcester plates, 11 Minton plates, other good sets of plates; large selection of Chinese export china including platters, tureens, plates, etc; Royal Doulton Lambeth vases; Baccarat paperweights; two-part Weller jardinière; pair of figural (parrot) candelabra; art glass pitcher; pair of scenic porcelain pitchers; other porcelains.

Asian: A large lifelong collection of Chinese lacquerware and cinnabar from the estate of Frederick Sand; fine pair of Chinese cloisonné dragon vases, selection of early Chinese earthenware Sung Dynasty; Asian bronze Buddha; antique Chinese compass and sundials; Japanese woodblocks and Chinese paintings; two early framed Chinese embroideries on silk, both with metallic threads; early Chinese vase (converted to lamp); several pieces of Canton; several pieces of blue and white porcelain; bronze pieces; carved hanging hardwood display cabinet; Chinese export leather-bound camphor wood trunk, other Asian trunk; 35” Japanese carving of man, gesso and painted; various Asian artworks including woodblock prints, works on silk and much more….

Artwork: Wonderful full-length watercolor portrait of Helen Turner with her mother, signed and dated Elizabeth Gowdy Baker 1907, in original frame, descending directly through the Houghton estate; oil, Madonna & Child by Alden Twachtman; two nautical/ship paintings by Hunter Wood; oil painting of ship Tusitala, BW Arnold; large oil, still life “Cosmos # 9” signed Leota Williams Loop; watercolor, portrait signed Frank Stanley Herring; oil, landscape, Albert Stone; watercolor, Chas. L Tucker; pair of ancestral oil painting portraits, Sarah Lightbody and Luke Powers, Deerfield, MA, attrib. to Augustus Fuller; oil painting of dogs by J. Langlois; oil, landscape, Guy Blanchard; Western scene painting by P. W. Griffin; cow painting, C. Clark; several 19th-c. landscape paintings; watercolor, illustration, Orson Lowell; oil, figures, signed Barrer; Georgina Forbes abstract painting; etc.. Churchill Ettinger presentation, migratory bird stamps and pencil-signed etching; Ogden Pleissner print; Haskell & Allen print; lithographs by C. Augeri; nautical prints; map of Scotland; print of Amsterdam; antique horse race print; etc….

Silver & Jewelry: Selection of sterling including early hallmarked examples, trays, teapots, flatware sets, ladles, other serving pieces, and much more. Approx. 1000 oz. - Estate gold jewelry including charms, watches, necklaces, and more….

1996 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport, collector’s car; 16’ center console fishing boat with like-new Suzuki outboard motor

Oriental Rugs: Many room-size and scatter-size Oriental rugs.

This is a general listing. Please plan to attend or preview online.

No internet bidding at Smith’s, just great auction fun.


William G. Smith and Kenneth R. Labnon – Auctioneers
Gallery Manager: Leon Rogers

William A. Smith Inc.
Auctioneers and Appraisers
Specializing in Fine Antiques
Since 1961

PO Box 49, Plainfield, New Hampshire 03781
603-675-2549

Visit our Web site: www.wsmithauction.com
or email us at: [email protected]

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William G. Smith and Kenneth R. Labnon – Auctioneers
Gallery Manager: Leon Rogers

Member New Hampshire Better Business Bureau

Offices in Plainfield, NH • Greenwich, CT • Sarasota, FL • Phoenix, AZ

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