Country Accessories & Folk Art in Williston, VT
American Schoolgirl Academy Painted Box SOLD $19,000
Early 19th c American Schoolgirl Art academy painted box, exceptional condition, birdseye maple with dovetailed construction, slide top, decorated with figures including "The Shepard's Care"and coastal city landscape scenes (one building resembles the Wedding Cake House in Kennebunk, ME)- according to Betsy Krieg Salm, "American Schoolgirl Art was practiced by female Academy, Seminary and tutored students in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Often their greatest work was reserved for pen and paint decoration of wooden pieces. At that time, their families would commission a cabinetmaker to create furniture and accessories for them to decorate. In true American fashion, these pieces were always of a practical nature."(fromhttp://www.betsykriegsalm.com/LVL1/Home.htm ), 9" x 7" x 5", sold with its as found contents, including early powder flasks and shoe buckles
late 18th- early 19th c Iroquoian carved cane SOLD $2,000
late 18th- early 19th c carved ball-in-hand cane, possibly Iroquoian, length 33", carved name Ketkuta on handle, old crack in middle of shaft
Attr. Zedikiah Belknap (VT 1781-1858) Portrait of a girl SOLD $6,000
Attributed Vermont school portrait of a young girl with a beaded necklace, and headband. Descending in a Central Vermont Family, the portrait is as found, unstretched and with a slight blush to varnish the sitter is expressive and has great details. Approx-28" x 25"
William Henry Kimball Yarrow (AM 1891-1941) SOLD $3,000
William Henry Kimball Yarrow (VT 1891-1941) WPA era/ Ashcan School still life on canvas with book, hat and kitchen items signed lower right minor losses and toning associated with age 30" x 25"
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