Continental lift top chest with domed top, original leather covering front with hand painted scene of two war ships in battle, top painted with surrender of one of the captains, all with etched iron hardware, iron tacks, and iron handles, 18th to early 19th century, possibly British and Russian warships from the Crimean War. ht. 19in. lg. 45in. wd. 25in.
Federal mahogany game table, D shaped top over conforming frieze on square tapered legs with line, panel, and drop inlays, circa 1790. ht. 29in. top open: 36 x 17 1/2
Sheraton mahogany chest, top with bowed front and cookie corners over conforming chest of four drawers each with three burlwood panels framed with inlays all set on turned and fluted legs, circa 1830. ht. 42in. wd. 40in. dp. 20in.
Nantucket basket, oval with swing handle, marked on bottom with paper label Mitchell Ray. ht. 9in. wd. 12in. Provenance: Estate of Nancy Sachse, Hamden, Connecticut
Tiger maple Sheraton stand having two drawers with opalescent glass pulls on spiral turned legs ending in brass capped feet with wheels, circa 1830-1840. ht. 28in. top: 18 x 21
Queen Anne walnut side chair with Chippendale style back, pierce carved splat and carved top rail, upholstered slip seat on carved skirt, cabriole legs ending in large pad feet, circa 1760-1770. Provenance: Estate of Nancy Sachse, Hamden, Connecticut
Federal cherry game table having serpentine top on conforming skirt set on square tapered legs, small center drawer in skirt, and secret drawer behind swing leg all with wide line inlay, Connecticut circa 1790. ht. 27in. wd. 33in.
Five Staffordshire plates to include four of The Landing of General Lafayette and one of Commodore McDonough’s Victory. dia. 10in., 7 3/4in., 6 3/4in., and 8 3/4in.
Four Bennington type tobacco jars with covers in graduated sizes, each with scroll handles one cover chipped, one cracked. dia. 7in. – 11in. Provenance: Brown family, Windsor, Connecticut
Pair of clear pressed glass decanters with stoppers and sterling silver labels, early 19th century. Provenance: Estate of Nancy Sachse, Hamden, Connecticut ht. 13in.
Chapin School high chest of drawers in two parts, upper section having broken pediment, pierced carved top over three short deep drawers over four long drawers on lower section with one long drawer over three short drawers over scalloped apron all set on cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet, original hardware and old red finish, circa 1790 Connecticut River Valley. Top center drawer has typical vine carving lower center drawer with fan carving. Cherry and Eastern white pine. ht. 80 1/4in. upper case ht. 49 5/8in. wd. 35 3/8in. dp. 18 1/8in. lower case ht. 30 5/8in. wd. 37 3/8in. dp. 19 1/8in. Photographed in Connecticut Valley Furniture by Thomas and Alice Kugelman and Robert Lionetti, Catalog #82, page 187, Windsor, Connecticut Provenance: Timothy Phelps and Ruth Wilson, married 1785 Cyrus Howe and Sally Phelps Edward Thrall and Flavia Howe George Merwin and Leliane Thrall Hubbel Brown and Dorothy Merwin Elizebeth Bowman and Edward Brown born 1932 to present owners
Set of four Chippendale chairs with pierced ladderbacks and slip seats on square legs with stretchers, circa 1780. ht. 38in. seat ht. 17in. Provenance: Phelps-Brown Family, Windsor, Connecticut
Graham Nickson 1946 DAWN, CAPUT MORTUUM AND AMBER SKY 1999 Orvieto, Umbra watercolor 18 x 24 Provenance: Salander O’Reilly Galleries LLC, N.Y. to Henry Luce, Fisher’s Island, N.Y. to present owner