Gould Auctions - A Maine Antique Auction Company

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SATURDAY JUNE 14, 2014 (commencing at NOON)

for our LATE SPRING AUCTION of FRESH to MARKET ANTIQUES!

PREVIEW will be held FRIDAY JUNE 13 from 8 a.m. to 8p.m.

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“Attic fresh” from a Coastal Maine home in the past few days, this RARE circa 1845 MEXICAN WAR COLONEL’S UNIFORM includes its original hand sewn FROCK COAT, EPAULETS (with Eagle & Oak Leaf Cluster decoration) and HAT (“Chapot de Bras”). The uniform is SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION!



This Diminutive Early New England Wooden Framed 36 Tube (Pewter) Candle Mold is REMARKABLE for its SMALL SIZE, CONDITION and SURFACE. Original Salmon Red Paint. MEASURES a PETITE 13 ¼’’ long x 10 ¾’’ wide x 11 ½’’tall.





This FINE Large ALFRED, MAINE Signed Oval Shaker Box has SUPERB Original ALFRED Red Paint and "Left Hand" Fingers. The box is boldly stamped on its underside "WENT. FERNALD" Measures 11 ½’’ long x 8 ½’’ wide x 4 3/4" tall.



A SPECTACULAR TWENTY FOUR Drawer 18th century Open Top MAINE APOTHECARY CUPBOARD with SHAPED SIDES and "BUCKET BENCH" BASE. A VERY EARLY example, discovered in 1968 (by a pioneering Maine collector) at a farm in Newfield, Maine Its "off" color drawer is original to th cupboard and was found at a later juncture at the opposite end of the barn from where the cupboard was dsicovered. The drawer had obviously been separated from the cupboard for a long period of time. Measures 77 1/4" t x 43 1/2" w and 15" d. Remarkably original condition throughout!
Provenance available to buyer.

A SUPERBLY CRAFTED & WELL DOCUMENTED Concord, New Hampshire

QUEEN ANNE "BUTTON FOOT" TEA TABLE.




According to several hand written provenances that appear on its interior (see photos), this fine AYER - BRADLEY family tea table was made by the DEACON JOHN KIMBALL* (1739-1817) of Concord, NH as a wedding gift to (his sister in law) HANNAH AYER (born Aug. 25, 1751) and JOHN BRADLEY (born Feb. 13, 1743) upon their marriage in or around 1770. Also appearing on the table is the stamp of "G.B. BARROWS" who was GEORGE BRADLEY BARROWS (born Fryeburg, Maine 1822), whose mother ANNA AYER BRADLEY BARROWS (wife of John Stuart Barrows of Fryeburg) was the daughter of Hannah and John Bradley. The table, found at FRYEBURG, MAINE in 1968 measures 29’’tall with its top measuring 21 ¾’’wide x 30 ¾’’deep. Generous overhang of 5 7/8’’ (front) and 5 5/8’’ (back). Side overhang 3 ½’’. The table is structurally perfect and unmolested! It is of SUPERIOR CABINETRY! In its third surface of Victorian graining over early 19th century "putty" gray which is over its original red paint. Pine top and frame with maple legs. Breadboard ended SINGLE BOARD top. A truly fine example with an AMAZING NH/MAINE PROVENANCE ATTACHED! * Deacon John Kimball of Concord married Anna Ayer (born 1740) of Haverhill, Mass, the second eldest sister of Hannah Ayer Bradley. *Hannah Ayer Bradley was the seventh of eleven children of Samuel and Ann Hazzen Ayer of Haverhill, Mass.

Found in a NH attic, this MINIATURE FIRKIN is BEST in FORM & SURFACE and in IMMACULATE ORIGINAL BLUE PAINT. Measures 3 3/4" tall by 3 3/4" base diameter 3 3/8" top lid diameter. With its nicely tapered wooden handle being fully erect, the firkin measures 5" tall. Wonderfully subtle "whittle" marks on staves and superbly formed "buttons" and "fingers"!

UNTOUCHED & REMARKABLE ORIGINAL CONDITION.

A FINE SELECTION of CAST IRON TOYS, BANKS & DOORSTOPS including several KENTON OVERLAND CIRCUS TOYS.....some in MUSEUM QUALITY CONDITION!




A FINE 18th century NH Three Drawer BLANKET CHEST ON FRAME in OLD RED (mid 19th century red over original red) PAINT. Of AMAZING and likely attributable CABINETRY that features a WOODEN PEGGED BRACKET "POST LEG" BASE or "FRAME" as well as WOODEN PEGGED CORNICE MOLDING, WOODEN PEGGED DRAWER BOTTOMS, WOODEN PEGGED REAR DOVETAILS on EACH DRAWER. VERTICAL WOODEN PEGS THROUGH EACH of its DOVETAILED FRONT DRAWER JOINTS..... the only nails present are its original hand forged "T" heads that secure its backboards! Pleasingly tall and of fine proportions, measuring 36" case width x 48" tall and 19" deep.
Found in 1977 in the upper CT River Valley of NH. Provenance available to buyer.

A FINE MATCHED PAIR of 18th Century SPANISH FOOT CHAIRS with ORIGINAL SURFACE & SEATS! Note the unusual turned double side stretchers!

TLINGIT SNOWSHOES & FISH SPEARS

CHRISTOPHER HENNE II (1874-1906). In the year 1897, upon graduating from Leland Stanford Jr. University (Stanford U.), "Chris" Henne joined some friends for a trip north to the KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH! It was on this trip that Chris made his way along the legendary and difficult TAKOU route and befriended many STIKINE people of the TLINGIT nation of Alaska. These items were gifted to Chris from the Stikines and were displayed in his palatial home in Denver, Colorado. The ca. 1900 photo by the noted Denver photographer C.L. McLURE depicts Hennes souvenirs including the TLINGIT snowshoes and spears hanging on the wall of his "study". Provenance available to buyer along with other notable Henne family information.



A sampling of a FINE selection of EARLY SILHOUETTES and WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT MINIATURES!

A WESTERN MAINE COUNTRY GEM!!

This THIRTY THREE Drawer CHIPPENDALE period TWO PIECE Stepped Back APOTHECARY CUPBOARD was discovered in Lovell, Maine in 1969 by a pioneering Maine collector. Provenance available to buyer.

77 1/4" t x 43 1/2" w and 15" d. Victorian brasses added many years ago. Grain painted over original soldier blue paint. The 1840s graining is identical to (and likely by the same hand) that on a NH Dunlap chest on chest which was lot #857 in the 1994 auction sale of Bertram and Nina Fletcher Little.

Structurally superb throughout.                   Provenance available to buyer.

The original "MARGUERITE" sign board from the COBURN STEAMSHIP CO. at Greenville, Maine's MOOSEHEAD LAKE! GREAT SURFACE in UNTOUCHED ORIGINAL CONDITION. 8' 14" long X 9" wide. We also will offer the ORIGINAL "MARGUERITE" SHIPS WHEEL, STEAM WHISTLE and an 1887 SHIPS LOG for the flagship of the COBURN STEAMSHIP FLEET, the "GOVERNOR COBURN".

COMPLETE PROVENANCE AVAILABLE TO BUYER!




Attributed to JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE (1725-1805). Recently discovered here in rural Maine, this work of the IMPORTANT European MASTER has an IMPORTANT early California PROVENANCE from the founding HENNE family of Los Angeles. The painting has notations on its paper backing as having originally been in the collection of Professor ARMANDO PERERA of ROME. Housed in a later Victorian era frame, the OOC measures 13" x 9 1/2" (sight) and 18 1/2" x 15" (overall).