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$875 USDVintage Shaker Red Wooden Bucket and Sap Bung (Mount Lebanon, NY Shaker Community)
Antiques:Accessories:Shaker
Vintage Americana red Shaker hand crafted wooden bucket (9” high; 12” diameter) from the Mount Lebanon, NY Community comes with a peg & sap bung for collecting maple sap at sugaring time in the Spring. This bucket shows evidence of frequent use. The original white paint on the inside has mellowed to a great yellow patina, with stains on the bottom and wear on the sides. The outside is in very nice condition with old red paint. The brown wooden handle grip is blackened on the lower surface from ...
$1,325 USDVintage Shaker Bucket - Child's Wooden Pail with Bail Handle (Mount Lebanon Community)
Antiques:Shaker:Buckets & Pails
Vintage brown Shaker child's small brown wooden bucket - measures only 4-1/2" x 5-1/2". Bail handle is set in diamond escutcheons with scribe mark on the grip. From the Mount Lebanon Community, it is very old and shows evidence of much use, but is in very sound condition. NOTE: This bucket shows very fine workmanship. Gaps between staves on the outside have been filled with very narrow wood splint shims. There are three places near the bucket rim where the shims have broken and small sections ...
$375 USDVintage Treen - Antique Wooden Laundry Bowl with Washboard Ridges (Late 18th - Early19th Century)
Antiques:Treen:Vintage:Bowls:Laundry
Antique shallow wooden laundry washing bowl - wonderful early (perhaps 18th Century) hand-carved primitive Americana. Likely use was for washing out small linens or undergarments. Irregular oval shaped with lines of washboard ridges carved into one side, Beautiful dark wood (possibly walnut)has been waxed (not varnished) to accentuate the natural wood grain finish. The pronounced irregular oblong oval shape (15-1/4" long x 14-1/2" wide x 6" high) is very unusual. Inside the bowl is 5" deep. This ...
$350 USDAntique Country Store Hanging Oil Lantern (19th Century)
Antiques:Lamps, Lighting:Oil Lamp:Country:Hanging
Vintage antique 19th century country general store hanging oil lantern with large 17" tin shade. Lamp is 24" high to the top of the hanger. Glass oil reservoir base is 7" diameter. A truly wonderful country piece that would look great in any home - hanging from the ceiling or sitting on a table.
Antiques:Treen:Kitchen:Trencher:Vintage
Vintage early American hand-carved wooden trencher from western Massachusetts in old mottled blue gray paint is exceptionally large (38" long x 18" wide x 7" high) - hand carved out of a single piece of wood - probably birch. The size alone attests to its age - most large trees were long gone in New England by the 1830s. Very nice condition. Interior is "worm wood" which adds to its character and charm. Long crack on the underside does not invade the interior of the vessel; and does not affect ...
$165 USDCirca 1915 Wallace Nutting Vintage "Purple Hills" Photograph - Hand Tinted & Signed
Antiques:Photographic:Wallace Nutting
Circa 1915 vintage hand colored Wallace Nutting (1861-1941)photograph of birch tree, lake and "purple hills" in the background in lovely black frame with silver painted leaf decorative corner trim. "Purple Hills" title and and Wallace Nutting signature are handwritten in pencil on matting below photograph. Guaranteed to be an authentic Wallace Nutting. Photo measures 15" high x 9-1/4" wide matted and framed. Photo alone is 9-1/2" high x 4" wide. Vintage photo has been reset in acid free over- ...
Antiques:Childrens Books
Rare vintage 1870-1875 early McLoughlin Brothers publication of children’s colored nursery picture book with 16 full-page extraordinarily fine, vibrantly colored chromolithograph Victorian illustrations - one for each of 16 child’s poems and stories - all unsigned. Covers are terra-cotta cloth over cardboard with beveled edges. Front cover is embossed in black and gold, with fine chromatic illustration for one of the poems “Early to Bed, Early to Rise” applied to the cloth cover. The book does ...
Antiques:Photographs:Horses:Women:Vintage
Great image - "Thoroughly modern" young woman (a suffragette perhaps!) standing in her "Sunday best" holding the reins of the family horse. Her expression is wonderfully charming - quite bemused - and perhaps a little cautious by her proximity to ol' Dobbin. Probably taken outside the backyard horsebarn before hitching him up to the family buggy. Photo alone measures 8-3/4" x 6-1/2". Framed with acid-free matting in very nice wood grained oak frame measuring 16" x 13".
Antiques:By Period, Style:Shaker:Boxes
Rare early Shaker large 5 finger oval box with reverse finger cover has traces of original red paint. Reverse finger boxes usually are associated with the Harvard Community; however this one is Sabbathday Lake circa 1840. Measures 12-3/8" diameter x 5" high. Boxes of this size were usually for personal use; rather than for sale to the world. Over the years, there has been some finish lost on the cover. Otherwise, this box is in wonderful shape for its age. Came from a private Boston collection ...
Antiques:Art:Painting:Miniature
Vintage miniatures are great Americana -- one-of-a-kind images of the early Americans that made this country great. This wonderful 2" x 2-1/4" oval water color on ivory image is of a prominent Gregory, Wayne County, Kentucky young woman, probably from the 1830s-1860s. Framed in an exquisite 4" square ivory inlay and gold frame. Painting is undated and unsigned. However, under the old fibreboard backing is an oval leather disk with "Gregory KY" and an illegible name (or two names) in pencil. ...
$545 USDBoye Crochet Display Case with Needles
Antiques:Advertising:Vintage:Sewing:Crochet:Boye:Dritz:Milward:Swiss:England
#01-0417 - Boye Store Advertising Display Case c.1919 is a wonderful piece. Wording on back says, "This Cabinet is owned by the undersigned and loaned for display and sale of "Boye" Brand Merchandise Only. The Boye Needle Company. Chicago. New York. San Francisco." Truly a lovely piece with original finish and needles. Back compartment stores extra tips for the crochet needles. Front of case tells item Pat'd Jan. 14 1919 - Dec. 16, 1919. Needles are: Three #8 DRITZ, Swiss Made; Six #12 MILWARD, ...
$1,200 USDLacquered China Trade Chest on Stand - Shanxi Province (Late 19th Century)
Antiques:China Trade:Chest:Shanxi Province
Authentic late 19th Century China Trade large lacquered chest set on a 9-3/4" stand features the typical design elements of Shanxi Province chests - the opening top, the strap metal lock fitting, and the square painted panel on the front with floral bands. Made of elmwood - also typical of Shanxi Province - this large chest is very solid but nonetheless incredibly light weight - perhaps as little as 30 pounds! The lacquered finish, painted Chinese figures and floral decorations show great age, a ...
$845 USDDiamond Match Advertising Counter Dispenser
Antiques:Advertising:Vintage:Match:Diamond Match Company:Cincinnati:Matchbook
Diamond Match Company placed these dispensers in stores and charged pennies for a book of matches. Today - you can get them for free. Plate on top is missing - otherwise it is is great shape!! Paint appears to be original with original stenciling. Measures 13-3/4" High x 10-3/4" Wide at base x 9" Wide at round dispenser. Base says, "The diamond Match Co. Patent Applied For" on front of base and on the back of the base it says, "Made By The Edwards Manufacturing Co. Cincinnati, O." Inside it says ...
$925 USDVintage Victorian Silhouette - Hand Painted - English Gentleman Edward Lewin Griffith (1815-1895)
Antiques:Art:Silhouettes:Vintage:Painted
An exquisite hand-painted full-length silhouette of a very elegant Victorian English gentlemen in an old frame. Painted silhouettes are considered more unusal than those by "cutters", and vintage ones are hard to find. Handwritten in script on the back is " Edwin Lewin, 1815-1895 , born at Kenton, Middlesex; buried at Haslemere, Surrey. Also on the back is a label for "Albert Flint LTD, Guilders and Framers, Fine Arts Depot, 158 Church Road, Hove" with "October 1928" handwritten on it. The ...
Antiques:By Period, Style:Shaker:Kitchen:Boxes
Rare complete set of authentic vintage Shaker hand-crafted dry measures that sit inside each other (or "nest") for easy storage. Each is stenciled on the front with with the logo for the Shaker Society, Sabbathday Lake, Maine, and are very old - probably mid-19th century. Nonetheless, they are in wonderful condition for their age - and the patina is extraordinary. The largest measure is 7-¾”high x 14-½” diameter; and has a metal band around the lip and metal carrying handles. The other measures ...
Antiques:Shaker:Kitchen:Pantry:Dipper
Vintage authentic antique Shaker Society hand-crafted moulded maple kitchen dipper with turned handle with pine bottom. Hand molded maple vessel fastened together with copper brads measures 7-1/4 " in diameter x 4-1/2 " high. This large dipper and handle measure 14" to the tip of the handle. Dippers were used to measure dry products. Making dippers was a Shaker craft similar to oval box-making. Both processes involved a meticulous soaking or steaming of strips of wood until it was flexible ...
$275 USDVintage Treen - Large Wooden Kitchen Spoon - Tiger Maple Hand-Carved with Scribe Marks
Antiques:Treen:Kitchen:Utensils:Wooden
Vintage early kitchen Americana - very large country kitchen spoon features exquisite tiger maple finish with scribed lines and stars on the top of the handle. Hand carved branch notch in the lower side is shaped into a hook for hanging. This outstanding primitive spoon came from the Ridgeway House, a wonderful period colonial home in Plainfield CT, featured in "Country Living" just a few years ago. Mrs. Ridgeway spent a lifetime filling this great house with wonderful 18th and early 19th ...
$455 USDVintage Shaker Kitchen Nutmeg Grinder - Mount Lebanon Community
Antiques:Shaker:Kitchen
Vintage Shaker Mount Lebanon Community maple and tin nutmeg grinder obtained from the kitchen when Mount Lebanon closed. Beautiful maple wood grain knobs. Great authentic Mount Lebanon kitchen item purchased from a private local collection at auction in New Lebanon, New York.
$795 USDVintage Shaker Small 6" Two Finger Maple and Cherry Box and Cover
Antiques:Shaker:Boxes
Vintage Shaker small 6" two-finger maple and cherry box and cover in wonderful condition. Cherry top is nicely grained. Came from either Mount Lebanon NY or Hancock MA Communities. One of several selected items from a private upstate NY Shaker collection sold at auction in New Lebanon, NY in 2002.
$995 USDVintage Shaker Harvard Community Small Finger Box (19th century)
Antiques:Shaker:Boxes
Small sized vintage Shaker "Reverse Finger" Harvard Community box and cover in natural finish (top of the three stacked Shaker boxes pictured in the first photo) is offered for sale. Box measures 5-3/4" x 4" x 2". Classic Shaker Harvard Community reverse finger workmanship. A very nice delicate old Shaker box with nice finish in good condition. Minor damage to the top and rim that evidences its age and authenticity as shown in pictures. Purchased from a private local collection at auction in New ...
$970 USD1921 Vintage Ham & Sam Minstrels - Early Strauss Wind-up Toy
Antiques:Toys:Mechanical:Ethnic
Vintage "Ham & Sam - The Minstrel Team” wind-up toy features one playing a piano and the other a banjo. Ferdinand Strauss Toy Corporation, New York name and logo is on the back. (Louis Marx worked for Strauss before he founded the Louis Marx Company in 1919.) Also marked patented by UAM Co., Oct. 1921. Measures 7 ½" high x 8" long. The piano tin lithography is in exceptionally good condition. Both Ham & Sam also have good color. No major scratches or paint loss. All joints and parts are intact. ...
$1,595 USDVintage Shaker Very Large Three Finger Oval Box and Cover in Plain Wood Finish
Antiques:Shaker:Boxes
Vintage Shaker very large three finger oval box and cover in plain wood finish measures 11-1/2" long x 7-1/2" wide x 4" high. The simple finish on this box suggest it made for personal use; rather than for sale to the world. The wood grain on the cover band is exceptional. Large copper brads characteristic of Shaker workmanship are prominent. This old box is in very nice shape. Purchased from a private local collection at auction in New Lebanon, New York. Most likely came from either Mount ...
$1,095 USDVintage Authentic Shaker Reverse Finger Box - Harvard Community (19th century)
Antiques:Shaker:Boxes
Medium sized authentic Shaker "Reverse Finger" Harvard Community box and cover in natural finish (middle of the three stacked Shaker boxes pictured in the first photo) is offered for sale. Box measures 6-1/4" x 4-1/2" x 2-1/2". Classic Shaker Harvard Community reverse finger workmanship. A delicate nice box in wonderful condition with original finish and lovely patina. Purchased from a private local collection at auction in New Lebanon, New York. NOTE: THE TOP AND BOTTOM TWO BOXES SHOWN IN STACK ...
Antiques:Mirrors:Thompson Art Company
Vintage hand-colored Fred Thompson (Thompson Art Company) photograph in oak frame over small rectangular mirror - 1917 Keene New Hampshire Country Club golf prize. TACO (for Thompson Art Company) is embossed in the lower left corner of the photo. The backing has the original paper triangular label "Fred Thompson Pictures – Oddities, No. 150 D Mirror, Thompson Art Company, Portland Maine”. A contemporary of Wallace Nutting, Thompson produced similar hand-colored photos. Thompson “knock-offs” have ...
$3,495 USDVintage Shaker Candlestand - 19th Century - Watervliet New York Community (circa 1840-1850)
Antiques:By Period, Style:Shaker:19th Century:Furniture
Authentic vintage Shaker candlestand of butternut and maple (24-1/4" high) comes from the Watervliet New York community circa1840-1850, and features classic Shaker craftsmanship. Two-board top is 17-1/4" in diameter; splined and screwed into a round disk on a turned shaft over four snake legs. Purchased at private auction of all Shaker items held at the Shaker Village Museum in Hancock MA. A wonderful piece of authentic Shaker furniture.
$1,295 USDVintage Shaker Tilter Side Chair - Watervliet New York Community (1840-1850) - Early and RARE
Antiques:By Period, Style:Shaker:Furniture:Chairs
This vintage Shaker side chair is from the Watervliet New York Community dates to 1840-1850. This chair pre-dates the tilter mechanism developed by Mount Lebanon Shaker craftsman; instead the back legs legs gave been cut an angle to the chair naturally tilts back against the wall. Tilters allowed Shaker brothers to more easily (and more safely) recline and balance their chairs against meeting house and residence walls. This great three slatted ladderback chair is in great condition with a ...
$2,250 USDVintage Shaker Hand-crafted Rectangular Dovetailed Sewing Carrier with Old Pink Satin Lining
Antiques:Shaker:Sewing
Exquisite Shaker hand-crafted rectangular dove-tailed sewing carrier with old pink satin lining in original finish. Shaker dovetail construction on both ends. Measures 5-1/2" x 3-1/4" x 2-1/2". Original pink satin lining shows its age. Carrier contains large mushroom pin cushion; strawberry emery; turquoise darning egg;woven basket thimble; etc. Purchased from a private local collection at auction in New Lebanon, New York. Came from either Mount Lebanon NY or Hancock MA Communities.
Antiques:By Period, Style:Shaker:Tables:Sewing:Vintage
Authentic antique Shaker table with pull through drawer for two sisters sewing work. Classic Shaker workmanship. Unusual square-topped cherry and pine work stand in original dark stained varnish finish, with turned shaft on arched legs. Dovetailed drawer can be opened on either side. Notice the top of the front is half dovetailed onto the sides. Two sisters on either side of the table could work at the same time - a great example of famous Shaker efficiency of design. Purchased at private ...
$9,000 USDVintage Shaker Apple Drying Rack - (Canterbury NH Community)
Antiques:Shaker:Kitchen:Farm
Vintage Shaker hand crafted circular drying rack shows exceptional workmanship. Made of pine, ash and maple with a natural wood finish, drying rack measures 43 ¾” in diameter. The spokes are tapered and the central shaft has been shaved. It is designed to hang from the ceiling, and would be stunning suspended in a great room or country dining area. Very sturdy and in great condition. Very strong provenance. This piece is pictured in Mary Earle Gould’s book of Early American Wooden Ware (page 222 ...
$750 USDVintage Shaker 15" Pantry Box And Cover - Sabbathday Lake Community
Antiques:By Period, Style:Shaker:Kitchen:Boxes
Vintage authentic Shaker 15" pantry box with cover from Sabbathday Lake Community in Maine. Features swing handle mounted on mushroom cap wooden peg posts. Box and cover measures 8-1/2" high without the handle extended. Lovely patina on the original red finish. This pantry box is exceptionally nice and very old; with evidence of frequent use in the Shaker kitchen pantry. Cover has chips missing and brads visible around the margins inside the band. One of several selected items from a private ...
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