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 Important Antique Eskimo & Whaling Artifacts Collection....180 lots

 Estate Art & Antiques Auction 

Single Owner Meerschaum Pipes

Single Owner World War II Posters

 Antique Eskimo & Whaling Artifacts 

EDWARD ADAM 19TH C SHIP PAINTING: Edward Adam (American 19th century), noted for ship portrait pantings. 19th century. Detailed painting of ship in full sail in open ocean. Several sailors on deck. Ship title Celeste Burr III, British flag. Signed lower right Ed Adam 1892. Image 24 inches x 36 inches. Ornate original gilt frame. Good original condition. 

EARLY 19TH C FRENCH EMPIRE MARBLE TOP & ORMOLU CHEST: Ca 1815. Attributed to Charles-Joseph Lemarchand (France 1758-1826). Mahogany with dark marble top. Single top drawer with Egyptian swan ormulu decoration and eagle and wreath pulls. Three interior drawers drawers with brass ring pulls. Double doors with detailed female ormulu figures with garlands, center sword, carved paw feet and gild Egyptian Pharoah heads. Lemarchand was one of the greatest cabinetmakers in French history.  The Lemarchand business--the father Charles-Joseph and son Louis-Edouard --fourished for over 6 years betqeen 1791 and 1852. Louis-Edouard had the honor of making the ebony coffin in which Napoleon's remains wee taked from St. Helena to the Invalides, Paris in 1840. Chest measures 51 inches wide x 25 1/2 inches deep x 39 1/2 inches tall. 

19TH C PAIR OF THEODORE H. DECK GALLERY CERAMIC VASES:Pair of large impressive double lion head ring handled vases. Overall Islamic style decoration in bright colors of blues, green, yellow, pink, white and black.  (French, 1823–1891) Théodore Deck was a prominent French ceramicist, renowned for his ceramic vessels created using traditional Islamic processes, most notably the Iznik style. Measure 22 inches tall. Signed. Repair to one handle ring. Otherwise good condition. 

1998 JANET L. MUNRO LARGE FOLK ART PAINTING: American, born 1949. Cape Ann view of the coast. Oil n board, 48 inches x 24 inches.

GERMAN SANTA and RAINDEER WITH SLED CANDY CONTAINER: Ca 19th/20th century. Felt covered rain deer  with removable head candy container that pull a paper-Mache Santa in sled with Christmas tree. Measures 24 inches long. Two pieces.  Some wear on antlers.

CHINESE BRONZE & CARVED WOOD CENSER, JADE FINIAL: Detailed relef decoration, double foo dog head handles, carved jad double ram's head finial. Relief character signature on base. 

19TH C VICTORIAN CAST IRON GARDEN URN: Three piece sonstruction, Fisk type. Swan base, leaf lion head handles. Pedestal with applied lion heads and feet. Base with pineapple finial. Measures 54 inches tall x 27 inches in diameter. 

PAIR MID CENTURY BERTOIA CHAIRS: Pair of Harry Bertoia (Italian/American 1915-1978) for Knoll Diamond Lounge Chairs. Original golden yellow leather slip cover on wire wire frame and black metal legs. Knoll labels. In the 50s Bertoia mostly worked as sculptor, but was soon convinced by his old time friends from Cranbrook, Florence Knoll,  to design an exclusive piece for her company. The result of this collaboration was the Diamond Chair, one of the most celebrated and priced mid-century piece of furniture ever. The Diamond Chair was lunched in 1952 and became the first of a long series of chairs and benches that Bertoia designed for Knoll. Approximately  30 inches tall x 34 inches wide x  29 inches deep. Good condition.

PLATINUM & THREE STONE DIAMOND RING: Art Deco period filigree ring. Adjustable shank. Center round white European cut diamond approximaely 1.25 ct IS1. Flanked by 2 white mine cut stones approximately .60 ct, J SI 2. Apprximately 3.9 dwt.

100th ANNIVERSARY DEATHS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE & KING LOUIS XVI WOLF & KNELL/HANAU PR. SILVER REPOUSEE BOXES: Ca 1893. Made by Wolf, Knell/Haunau, founded in 1887. Commerative silver repousee boxes for the 100th Anniversay of the deaths by guillotine of King Louis XVI (8/23/1754-1/21/1794)and Queen Marie Antoinette (11/2/1755- 10/16/1793). Executed for treason by French Abolistionists. Ornate silver boxes, hallmarked, gold wash interiors. Hinged lids with high relief repousee portraits of Louis Seize and Marie Antonette. Measure 4 7/8 inches in diameter x 2 inches tall. Company hallmarks on base. Approximately 24.2 troy ounces. Good condition.

19TH C FRENCH PAINTNG OF DOG FEEDING: Delightful  French painting of  a perhaps Irish Red and White Setter hunting dog with his plate of food.  Oil on wood panel, 7 1/2 inches x 10 1/2 inches. Gild frame 11 inches x 14 inches overall. Signed lower left B. Liazible (?). French gallery label on back. Anc. M. Rain, Durand, Couleurs & Brosserie. Good condition.

ROGER BARRON BEACH OIL PAINTING: Colorful crowded beach scene with foot bridge. Probably  Ogunquit, Maine. Oil on board. Roger Barron (1938 - 2017) was active/lived in Massachusetts, Maine.  Roger Barron is known for plein-air impressionist landscape and marine painting and sketching, antique dealer. He is best remembered for his colorful,impressionist oil paintings of Cape Ann, MA and Maine. Figural beach scenes in the tradition of Potthast and Charles Woodbury were particularly treasured. He was a member of the North Shore Art Association, Gloucester, MA.  Image 12 inches x 16 inches, gilt frame. Stamped "from the personal estate...authenticated..Suffolk Probate Court, Boston.Signed with initials RB lower left. 16 inches x 12 inches, image. overall 24 x 14.  Estate of Roger Barron, the Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts, marked on back. American artist born Cincinnati, OH.  Member of the North Shores Art Association, Gloucester, MA.. Good condition

DUNHILL ENAMEL CIGARETTE LIGHTER WATCH: Unique Art Deco Alfred Dunhill sterling silver and enamel Dunhill lighter with clock. Rectangular with rounded ends four color design royal blue, light blue, red and black.  The manual wind watch in a hinged frame to the front. Clock dial with Arabic numerals and signed DUNHILL and Swiss. Watch working. Measures 2 1/8 inches. Good condition.

WILL SPARKS TWILIGHT OIL PAINTING: Will Sparks (American 1862-1937). Monterey, California. Image 10 inches x 14 inches, overall 17 inches x 20 1/2 inches.

DERBY DESK CO. ROLLTOP DESK: Large sixty inch Derby oak roll top desk.  Fitted interior with 29 various size drawers, high "S" roll, raised panels, wing sides.  Derby Desk Company, founded January 1st, 1881 by George H. Derby and Frederick M. Kilmer. Present building built January 1895. At the time believed to be the largest and best equipped factory where office furniture solely is made in the country, and perhaps in the world. Measures 60 inches wide x 32 inches deep x 50 1/2 inches tall. Good condition with minor wear and veneer loss on top edge. 

LARGE BRASS NATIONAL SALOON CASH REGISTER:  Ca 1910. Ornate Empire design, receipt side cage, Amount Purchased marque. Three attached oak drawers with brass letters. Measures approximately 31 inches x 30 inches.

GORHAM STERLING FLATWARE "CLASSIQUE": Gorham "Classique" pattern 1961. Includes 113 pieces consisting of 15 dinner forks, 18 dinner knives, 14 salad forks, 16 soup spoons, 17 butter knives, 27 teaspoons, 2 cake servers, 2 serving forks, 1 ladle and 1 slotted server. Signed Gorham and hallmarked. Knives with sterling handles (not weighted) and stainless blades. Approximately  112 troy ounces (excluding knives). Good condition with minor wear with use. Not monogrammed.

SCOTT PARKER SCRIMSHQW FOSSILIZED WALRUS TUSK: Signed Scott Parker scrimshaw decorated fossilized Walrus tusk. Engraved with a very detailed scen with two adult eagles and eaglet on a branch, mountains in distance. Signed lower left Scott Parker '77. Measures approximately 12 3/4 inches long x 2 3/4 inches wide. Comes with a custom crafted wood display stand. Good condition. White's Auctions can not ship this lot out of state.  Must be purchased and picked up in Massachusetts. 

BERNARD SEJOURNE HAITIAN OIL PAINTING: Bernard Sejourne (Haitian 1949-1994). Oil on board. Signed and dated 89. Image 24 inches x 30 inches. Overall 33 x 39 inches.