The April 29th American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts auction offers a broad selection of rare and fresh-to-market property consigned by estates, private collectors, and institutions from across the country.

Rare items of note include a Portrait of George Washington at Princeton, by Charles Peale Polk, circa 1791, a mourning brooch with the hair of George Washington, a large alkaline- glazed storage jar by Dave Drake, dated "1859," an Erastus Salisbury Field “plague series” painting of The Plague of Darkness, a large and intricately worked powder horn made for Thomas Splane of Virginia and Mississippi, and an Andrew Clemens sand-Art bottle for George Brunder, dated "1888."

Other portraiture presented are works by Philadelphia's Thomas Sully and Long Island's, Hubbard Latham Fordham, Abraham G.D. Tuthill, Nathan Rogers, and Orlando Hand Bears.
Fine timepieces include an extremely rare astronomical regulator clock by Ephraim Byram of Sag Harbor, an inlaid and pen-worked tall clock case signed by John Shearer, Martinsburg, Virginia, two Federal tall case clocks by Aaron Willard, a shelf clock by Simon Willard, and a fine Philadelphia Chippendale Tall case clock with works by Thomas Wagstaffe.

Furniture offerings span centuries and regions, ranging from Philadelphia and New England Chippendale chests-on-chests, a desk and bookcase with bust cartouche of George Whitfield, a fine Federal writing desk signed by John Aitken, a few Federal sofas, painted and decorated chests, including one signed by Johannes Ranck, to two Aesthetic Movement carved teak chairs attributed to Lockwood de Forest.

Silver lots of tablewares and candlesticks, from early American makers of New England, New York and Long Island, Mid-Atlantic States, and Southern States, and Georgian makers, to a spectacular 20th-century Gorham Martele centerpiece bowl and plateau, offer a diverse selection.

Numerous lots of Chinese Export porcelain made for the American and European market will be featured.
Folk offerings conclude the auction, and include a small tobacconist figure, a ship weathervane, quilts, a collection of scrimshaw whale teeth and sailor-made whaling items, a group of needlework samplers, and mourning works.

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