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October 9th
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"Much To Celebrate..."

"There was much to celebrate at Rafael Osona's Americana, Fine Arts and Marine sale on August 7th...." ANTIQUES And The Arts

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October 9th
Auction Highlights

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Absentee Bids Welcome



The furnishings highlighted below
are typical of the exceptional consignments

revealed when choice Nantucket Real Estate is transferred!


 J. Robert Scott Creme Silk Upholstered Settee and Sofa




Pair of  J. Robert Scott Creme Chenille Upholstered Club Chairs
and Tufted Leather Ottoman



Baldwin Spinet Piano,
Manufactured by the Baldwin Piano & Organ Company,
Serial #1279455, Style #913 



Ashworth Brothers English Ironstone China Dinner Service, 19th C., comprising 6 graduating platters, 21 dinner plates, 12 bowls,
12 smaller bowls, 7 luncheon plates, 6 bread and butter plates,
cookie plate, pastry compote, creamer, two open pedestal vegetable dishes, covered soup tureen and under plate,
covered sauce tureen, ladle and under plate



Illya Kagan, Oil on Canvas "Moors Road to the Sea"
 signed lower left, "Illya Kagan", gilt frame 
24 in. x 36 in.



Fine Collection of Mid 19th C. Chinese Export Canton Porcelain:
Pair of Candlesticks, Cut Corner Salad Bowl, Leaf Dish,
Platter, Sauce Boat, Trivets, Brush Pot and Very Scarce Beaker

Early 19th C. Leather and Brass Bound Camphorwood Trunk




John Austin (American 1918-2001)
Tempera on Artist's Board, "Small Craft Advisory"
11 in. x 18 in.



  John Austin (American 1918-2001)
 Tempera on Artist's Board

"Sandy Hook, New Jersey"
signed lower right, "Austin"
10 in. x 21 ½ in



118 Piece Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Service
in the "Rose Point" Pattern,
consisting of 12 dinner knives, 12 steak knives,
12 dinner forks, 12 salad forks, 12 butter knives, 12 teaspoons, 12 soup spoons, 12 iced tea spoons, 12 seafood forks, 2 piece carving set, cold meat fork, slotted serving spoons, serving spoon, tomato server, jelly spoon, sauce ladle, olive fork, buffet serving spoon



Alan S.W. Reed Nantucket Friendship Basket,
ivory plaque with scrimshaw ring of whales
surrounding surmounted humpback whale, carved ivory peg and knobs,
signed upon the base, "Alan S.W. Reed Nantucket, 1986" 
Width 7 ½ in.



Michael Kane Nantucket Friendship Basket
with ivory plaque with surmounted ivory scallop shells,
carved ivory peg and scallop shell ears,
signed upon the base, "Michael Kane 1994, Nantucket Island"
Width 9 ½ in. 



Alfred James Munnings (United Kingdom 1878-1959)
Lithograph, "Brown Jack"
signed in pencil, lower right
20 ½ in. x 23 ½ in.  



Watercolor on Paper
Portrait of the British Square Rigged Clipper Ship "Maribelle"
Rounding a Lighthouse
17 in. x 24 in.  



Chromolithograph, "Right Whale" by Jos. Fleischmann Wien
from Hartingers Wandtafeln Zoologie (fig. 65),
Carl Gerold & Sons Publishers, 1800
25 in. x 34 in.



Jane Brewster Reid (American 1962-1966)
Watercolor on Paper, "View of a Nantucket Backyard Garden"
signed lower left, "J.B. Reid" 
8 ¼ in. x 11 ¼ in.  




Jane Brewster Reid  (American 1962-1966)
Watercolor on Paper,"Gorham's Court"
signed lower left, "J.B. Reid" 
10 ½ in. x 13 in. 




Jane Brewster Reid (American 1962-1966)

Watercolor on Paper, "Sconset Cottage"
signed middle left, "J.B. Reid" 
7 in. x 12 ½ in.  



Nicolaas (Niek) Van Der Plas (B. Leiden 1954)
 Oil on Board, "Sailing in Nantucket Harbor"
signed lower right
9 ½ in. x 13 in.  



Mellie Cooper, "Marina Deuveries"
Watercolor Painting on Sculpted, Hand Made Paper 
12 in. x 14 ½ in.



Mellie Cooper,  "Hyline"
Watercolor Painting on Sculpted, Hand Made Paper 
12 in. x 14 ½ in.



Antique Ceremonial Chinese Watercolor
on Mulberry Pith Paper
7 ½ in. x 11 ½ in.  



Wesley Webber (American 1841-1914)
Oil on Canvas, "A Beached Ship at Sunset" in period gilt frame,
signed and dated lower right, "W. Webber, 1880"
23 ½ in. x 43 ½ in.



David Kooharian, Oil on Canvas, "The Liberty",
signed lower left
36 in. x 44 in.



French Carved and Gilt Mirror, circa 1900
Height 38 in.

Pair of 19th Century Chinese Export Porcelain
Blue and White Floral Pattern Covered Temple Jars,

Height 18 in.

Chinese Export 
Canton
Blue and White Punch Bowl, circa 1850

Diameter 16 in.

18th Century French Walnut Commode,
blocked and shaped three drawers,
with robust figural post and bail handles, paneled sides
Height 33 in. Width 50 in. Depth 25 in.



Set of Eight Chinese Export Canton
Blue and White Reticulated Plates, circa 1850 

Diameter 8 in.

Grouping of Chinese Export Canton Blue and White China
comprising, creamer, teapot, tazza, milk pitcher and helmet pitcher,
circa 1850

English Queen Anne Oak Sideboard, circa 1780

Height 32 in. Length 72 in. Depth 20 in.

Two 19th Century English Brass Footmen

Pair of Multi-turned Brass Andirons
on Arched Spurred Legs and Ball Feet, circa 1820 
Height 15 in.



Carved and Painted "Herring Gull" Sculpture by Tom Foley,
Plainfield, New Jersey, 1971,
mounted on driftwood plank
7 ½ in. x 12 ½ in.




Antique Sheet Metal Banner Weathervane 
Length  37 in.

Pair of Antique Cobalt and Milk Glass Kerosene Lamps
in the Peacock Pattern 
Height 12 ½ in.

19th C. Child's Hitchcock Pillow Back Chair
with Flame Stitch Upholstered Seat

19th C. American Red Painted Dry Sink 

Height 32 in. Width 37 ½ in. Depth 17 ½ in.



Doris and Richard Beer
Watercolor on Paper"Fishing Boat,"
signed and dated lower right, "1943", titled lower left 
3 ½ in. x 3 in.



Jan L. Munro, "Halloween on Nantucket",
mixed media on archival paper,
signed lower left,
21 ½  in. x 15 in.

Munro's works are included in numerous public and private collections,
including the Smithsonian Institute, American Folk Art Museum,
Los Angeles County Museum, Piece-Hall Gallery, London,
United States Olympic Commission, the Nantucket Historical Association,
Cahoon Museum of American Art,
Secretary of State Clinton, Art Garfunkel,
Sir Anthony Hopkins, The Beach Boys, and others.




Mitchell Ray Open Swing Handle Basket
with Original Paper Label on Base 
Diameter 7 in.

Carved and Polychromed Seaside Cottage Plaque,
circa 1900



Carved and Painted Scale Model
of a New Bedford or Nantucket Whaleboat as used in 1850 
Length 18 in.



Set of Eight Signed Steuben Desert Stems
and Signed Steuben Large Cigar Bowl,
Diameter 7 in.



Birge (Lovell Birge) Harrison (American 1854-1929)
Oil on Canvas, "Almond Blossoms"
signed lower left, "Birge Harrison" 
19 ½ in. x 25 ½ in. 

Harrison studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1874,
and in Paris 1876



Set of Four
19th C. American
Fancy Decorated Sheraton Rush Seat Dining Chairs




Set of Six 19th C. Pennsylvania Plank Seat Dining Chairs
in green paint and hand decorated "fruit baskets and acorns"
on crest rails and back splats,
circa 1850



1930's Vintage Blue and White "Bow Tie" Patchwork Quilt,
alternating borders, and fine quilting throughout 
96 ½ in. x 65 ½ in.



19th Century English Mahogany Three-Tier Dumb Waiter
Displaying an Assortment of Mid-19th Century
Chinese Export Blue and White Canton Porcelain: 
Round Lotus Edge Shallow Bowl, Covered Butter Platter,
Master Salt, Square Covered Vegetable Dish,
Six Coffee Cups and Six Underplates



Andrew Shunney (American 1916-1978)
Oil on Canvas, "Spring Poppy Still Life",
signed lower left, "Shunney"  
15 ½ in. x 13 ½ in.



19th Century Continental Oil on Board,
"Cavalier Smoking a Pipe in an Interior Scene",
unsigned  
7 ½ in. x 5 ½ in.



Koren Briana Reyes Three-Tier Nantucket Basket Tray,
signed upon the base "Made in Nantucket, Koren Briana Reyes, 1989",
Height 26 in.

Bill & Judy Sayle Round Swing Handle Nantucket Basket,
signed upon the base, "Made in Nantucket, B & J Sayle, 2000"  
Height 5 ½ in. Diameter 9 ½ in.

Bill & Judy Sayle Round Swing Handle Basket
signed upon the base, "W & J Sayle, 1979" 
Height 8 ½ in. Diameter 12 ½ in.




American Cut Crystal Two-Part Pedestal Punch Bowl,

circa 1900  
Height 13 ½ in.



Five Piece Sterling Silver Whiting & Co. Tea and Coffee Service
comprising coffee pot, teapot, creamer and covered sugar
with oval tray, ivory handles



Set of Eleven 19th C. Brownfield & Son
Square Cut Edge Dessert Plates

with hand painted decorations, circa 1900



Sherwin Boyer Friendship Basket
with oval rosewood top,
Charlie Sayle carved ivory whale, peg and knob,
branded upon the base, and remnants of a paper label poem,
 "I was made on Nantucket, I am strong and stout,
don't lose or burn me, I'll never wear out."



Nautical Hand Painted and Decorated Single Pedestal Desk,
clipper ship oval vignette on top, labeled drawers

Pair of Cast Iron "Ship on Anchors" Fireplace Andirons

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