Circa 1870: Petite one quart Southwestern Pennsylvania canning jars are extremely popular among collectors, and this 6.75" tall wax sealer has nice contast and dark clearly legible cobalt block lettering.
For Sale: $7,450
Circa 1900: There really is no more classic weathervane than the rooster. Europe's oldest surviving weathervane, a rooster known as Ramperto's Cock, dates to circa 820-840 AD and is photographed and discussed on page 17 of Robert Shaw's American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds (Rizzoli Electra 2021).
For Sale: $7,250
Circa 1850-1875: This important mixed media (oil, watercolor, and graphite) portrait of a family in mourning is one of eight known "memorial pictures" by the same as of yet unidentified mid 19th century American folk art painter.
For Sale: $6,250
Circa 1901: Designed by Charles A. Bailey for the J. & E. Stevens Company in Cromwell, Connecticut, the hard to find Hen and Chick mechanical bank is one of the firm's most endearing creations, featuring a protective mother hen and her precious yellow nestling, who pops out from under his mother's feathers to push the coin into the bank for safekeeping.
For Sale: $5,195
Circa 1883: The J. & E. Stevens Company's scarce Monkey Riding Velocipede bell toy is usually found decorated with a japanned surface, but this deluxe 8 color painted variation is especially rare.
For Sale: $4,975
Circa 1868-1882: This copper and zinc running horse weathervane was manufactured by the storied Boston, Massachusetts firm Harris and Company, which was purchased in 1868 by the father/son team Josephus and Ansel Harris and run by Ansel alone until 1882 after his father's demise in 1870.
For Sale: $3,995
Circa 1750-1825: Early burl items are difficult to date, but judging by the form, the wonderful honest lip and bottom wear, and the many expected knife marks on the bowl's inside, this outstanding large burl bowl dates from the mid 18th century to the first quarter of the 19th century.
For Sale: $3,950
Circa 1890-1920: This tin windup toy from the German firm Gunthermann portrays famed nursery rhyme couple Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sprat: "Jack Sprat could eat no fat, / His wife could eat no lean. / And so between them both, you see, / They licked the platter clean."
For Sale: $3,950
Circa 1894: This very rare freehand decorated stoneware jardiniere measures a whopping 11" in height and 12" in diameter at its widest point and is dated 1894 on the bottom. By the 1890s, art pottery was coming into fashion, and jardinieres (often with pedestals) were being manufactured in mass quanitites by many potteries in the Ohio River Valley.
For Sale: $3,895
Circa 2nd Half 18th Century: This exuberantly turned English mortar and pestle is signed J. Salsbury on both pieces.
For Sale: $3,750
Circa 1870s: With the expanded interest in the striped stoneware of West Virginia and Southwest Pennsylvania, finding unusual examples of this type of stoneware has become increasingly difficult because of its high demand and relatively low supply.
For Sale: $3,695
Circa Early 20th Century: The gameboards published in Selby Shaver and Tim Chambers' seminal 2001 volume The Art of the Game have become iconic examples, and these boards rarely surface on the open market. This skillfully executed 22" x 31" eight color Parcheesi board is plate 124 in the book and was obviously made by a professional sign painter or carriage decorator as so many of the finest gameboards tend to be.
For Sale: $3,495
Circa 1870: This profusely decorated stoneware jar bears the least often found "James Hamilton & Co./Greensboro, Pa." stencil in bold block letters amongst a bevy of freehand decoration.
For Sale: $3,495
Circa 1st Quarter 20th Century: This fantastic Forsyth County NC buttocks basket attributed to the Shelton Sisters is in pristine condition with no breaks or repairs.
For Sale: $3,450
Circa Late 19th Century: We have handled a lot of gameboards, but we have never come upon another hand painted checkers games with pink and white squares. Made by a a professional carriage maker, this large highly graphic eight-color checkerboard was most probably commissioned as a gift to a lady
For Sale: $3,450
Circa 1880s: This whimsical 7.75"H x 8.75"L x 4.5"D early American tin atriculated bell toy with an eye catching pair of yellow horses atop a green base was manufactured by Philadelphia's James Fallows and Sons.
For Sale: $3,250
Circa 1880s-1890s: This four-color single sided 19th century Dress Making trade sign with acornesque cut out ends in original dry, untouched painted surface is fashioned from a single poplar board. The sign has a white ground and is bordered in black.
For Sale: $3,150
Circa 1850-1870: This incredibly rare and important Ohio harvest jug inscribed "Elisabeth Harpster / Flat Rock / Seneca Co / O" stands a mere 7" high to the top of its handle and has a capacity of only 24 ounces. On top if its small size, it is the only known harvest jug of this type that has a woman's name on it, making it extremely scarce.
For Sale: $3,150
Circa 1870s: This massive Northeast Ohio water cooler attributed to Akron potter Freierick Weeks stands just over 15" tall and is nearly 12" in diameter.
For Sale: $2,850
Circa 1852-1864: This 12" tall two gallon salt glazed storage crock is easily attributable to brothers Alexander and William Boughner, sons of Daniel Boughner, Greensboro, Pennsylvania's first potter.
For Sale: $2,795
Circa 1840-1860: This graphic pair of watercolors represents the scarce large sized miniatures painted by Connecticut born itinerant artist James Sanford Ellsworth.
For Sale: $2,695
Circa 1870: Southwest Pennsylvania stoneware covered in freehand cobalt decoration is always in demand among discerning collectors, and this three gallon jar has all the bells and whistles: stripes, squiggles, flowers, vines, and a beautifully done three gallon capacity mark.
For Sale: $2,495
Circa 1890-1910: This handsome and expertly carved blue-eyed soldier whirligig stands 19" end to end.
For Sale: $2,450
Circa 1870s: The Stevens and Brown velocipede, forerunner of the modern tricycle, is one of the earliest and most cherished American clockwork toys, and this example is the scarce version with a young African American male driver.
For Sale: $2,450
Circa 1870-1890: This wonderful one gallon stoneware pitcher with freehand cobalt wavy stripe decoration stands nearly 11" tall and is attributed to Palatine, West Virginia.
For Sale: $2,195
Circa 1870s-1880s: This highly decorated batter jug potted by the Pittson, Pennsylvania's Evan R. Jones retains its original lid, spout cap, and bail handle and is in excellent condition.
For Sale: $2,150
Circa 1920s: Large and small cast iron Hubley footmen doorstops designed by Anne Fish, excellent original paint, large footmen 12 1/8"H x 8 3/8"W, small footmen 9"H x 5 7/8"W. Selling as a set.
For Sale: $1,900
Circa 1825-1850: This second quarter 19th century New England document box in its vibrant original five color (red, yellow, brown, black, and green) paint scheme retains its original delicate cotter pin hinges and is constructed with tiny hand cut brads.
For Sale: $1,895
Circa 1857-1872: One of the more difficult 19th century Southwestern Pennyslvania stoneware pieces to find is work from the East Birmingham firm of Foell and Alt, and this 14" tall two gallon jug with both freehand and stencil decoration is a fantastic example of their output.
For Sale: $1,850
Circa 1840-1870: This exuberantly painted apple box features a unique and striking rosewood grain painted ground with yellow pinstriping, dog, butterfly and vining flower theorem-like decorations.
For Sale: $1,795
Circa Early 19th Century: Housed in a beautiful carved gilt frame, this exquisite early 19th century British silk and needlework portrait of two children (most probably siblings) navigating their way across a wooded stream is of the foremost quality. The needlework is extremely well done with a myriad of different stitches, colors, and thicknesses of expensive thread, including metallic varieties, all giving the scene a realistic three dimensional feel.
For Sale: $1,795
Circa 1920s: Measuring 13.5" wide by 9.5" tall and 17" to the top of the extended handle, this striking early 20th century factory made woooden splint basket is constructed with rivets and round nails (all long oxidized) and painted inside and out.
For Sale: $1,750
Circa 2nd Quarter 19th Century: Measuring a petite 19.25"H and constructed entirely of poplar, this dynamically flame mahogany grain painted child's chest bears a strong resemblance to the furniture of storied Hanover, Pennsylvania, cabinet maker John Rupp.
For Sale: $1,750
Circa 1890-1920: We have seen a lot of pull toys over the years, but this is the first time we have come across this example consisting of three complexly painted composition roosters on spring legs atop a wooden base with its original mustard ground and black painted feet.
For Sale: $1,675
Circa Mid 19th Century: This incredibly striking New England bentwood bandbox wood peg construction is covered in early blue wallpaper, its lid featuring an outstanding compote of flowers flanked by hovering dragonflies and encircled by a lovely grapevine.
For Sale: $1,650
Circa 1900: East Hampton, Connecticut's N.N. Hill Brass Company innovated the manufacture of small bells and produced a superb line of cast iron pull toys that incorporated their bells.
For Sale: $1,650
Circa 1880: At only 4.75 in height, this little firkin in marbelized black and white paint is a rare find.
For Sale: $1,650
Circa 1880-1900: The flowerpot with attached saucer is a desirable tanware form and this example, fully decorated all around, does not disappoint.
For Sale: $1,650
Circa 1850-1875: Fulton, New York potter Samuel Hart is most remembered for the graphic and instantly recognizable lovebirds decoration: a pair of prancing songbirds with their chests out and beaks pointing toward the sky.
For Sale: $1,625
Circa mid 19th century: Smoke decorated box on white ground with blue sponged border on green ground, typical age splits, dovetail and square nail construction, 9"H x 21"L x 13"D.
For Sale: $1,600
Circa mid 19th century: Highly graphic petite original smoke decorated chest on yellow ground with red and green borders, original hardware, dovetail and square nail construction, typical pieced and nailed repairs to lid, lacking key, 9.25"H x 24"L x 11.5"D.
For Sale: $1,600
Circa 1840s: These charming and well done folk art miniatures portray sisters in stylish blue dresses, both of them posed in a fancy chair against a red curtain.
For Sale: $1,595
Circa 1880s: Notoriously difficult to find in excellent original paint, the scarce Tabby Bank portrays a cat sitting atop an egg with an emerging chick. Most likely produced by Kyser & Rex in Philadelphia.
For Sale: $1,495
Circa 1890-1920: Virginians love their painted baskets, and this stunning lidded sewing basket in original apple green paint most likely originates from Page County in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
For Sale: $1,495
Circa 1850-1875:This fine rosewood lap desk with poplar secondary wood and patriotic shield shaped mother of pearl escutcheon features an oil painting of Hudson, New York and is based on an 1830s William Henry Bartlett engraving entitled "View of Hudson City and the Catskill Mountains."
For Sale: $1,495
Circa 1879-1897: This large 14.5" tall four gallon signed J.M. Hickerson Strasburg VA storage jar features fantastic dark blue freehand floral decoration on both sides.
For Sale: $1,495
Circa 1810-1830: This captivating silk embroidered picture depicts a seated woman flanked by a donkey and a lion.
For Sale: $1,495
Circa 1840-1860: This mochaware footed bowl features gorgeous slip decoration, and its whopping 11" diameter makes it a very rare find.
For Sale: $1,495
Circa 1880s: This is the first example of stoneware made by George W. Johnston in Clarksburg, West Virginia that we have handled in our two decades in the antiques trade. This is a scarce jar from a little known West Virginia pottery.
For Sale: $1,485
Circa Mid 19th Century: The Pennsylvania Quakers began using the true lover's knot drawing as a love token or marriage proposal in the mid 1700s and carried this practice for the next century.
For Sale: $1,475
Circa 1880s: Measuring 17 3/8" x 17 5/8", this charming three color double sided Parcheesi and Checkers gameboard with square nail construction has fantastic folk art allure.
For Sale: $1,450
Circa 1840-1860: This handsome one gallon stoneware pitcher with floral decoration was most probably potted by Baltimore, Maryland's Mauldin Perine or William Linton.
For Sale: $1,450
Circa 1890-1925: This petite oak gathering basket in original windsor black paint was most likely made for a child as it was a common for children to harvest fruits and vegetables from the family garden and gather eggs from the barnyard hens.
For Sale: $1,450
Circa 1830-1850: This early and beautifully decorated one gallon stoneware pitcher is attributed to David Parr's production in Baltimore because of the color of the clay and the skillful thin potting not found on his Richmond output.
For Sale: $1,450
Circa 2nd Half 19th Century: This handsome sailor made folk art ditty box features an original five color polychromatic paint scheme and a complex sgraffito encircled star within a star within a star pattern on its lid.
For Sale: $1,450
Circa 1730: Silk on linen sampler, English, signed “Elizabeth Norris July the 15 1730,” excellent condition, 16.75”H x 8.5”W housed in modern 21.5”H x 13.5”W frame.
For Sale: $1,450
Circa 1870s: Standing 9" tall, this petite half gallon stoneware pitcher with classic double flower decoration was most probably potted by Baltimore, Maryland's Peter Herrmann.
For Sale: $1,450
Circa 1870-1890: Stoneware collectors love decorated one quart wax sealers, and this petite barrel form canner with five stripes and a blue dot for good measure is an interesting and attractively decorated example of the 19th century stoneware manufactured in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
For Sale: $1,395
Circa 1880s: Attributed to James Fallows and Sons, this 12" long early American tin City Passenger horse drawn railroad trolley features an original five color paint scheme with no touch ups, repairs, or restoration.
For Sale: $1,425
Circa Early 20th Century: Probablty manufactured in Maine, this whimsical painted child's sled measures a mere 27.5" L x 10.5" W.
For Sale: $1,350
Circa 1840-1880: Measuring 8.5"D x 6"H, this fine one gallon salt glazed bowl is impressed "John Bell / Waynesboro" and has eight classic Bell cobalt leaves encircling it.
For Sale: $1,295
Circa 1850-1880: Measuring 13" tall and 7.5" square, these large wooden newel post finials retain their original weathered gray paint decorated surface and are rare survivors from a bygone era.
For Sale: $1,295
Circa 1870s: This handsome two gallon cobalt decorated cake crock attributed to Ralph Grier's Mount Jordan Pottery in Oxford, Pennsylvania measures 11.75" in diameter and 13" from handle to handle.
For Sale: $1,250
Circa Late 19th Century: Over ten inches high and eighteen inches wide this box works on the bottom of the stack and is in nice sturdy condition.
For Sale: $1,250
Circa 1850: This beautiful man's high hat wallpaper box iwith three color leaf and vine pattern printed wallpaper includes the early 7" tall period beaver skin stovepipe hat found with the box.
For Sale: $1,150
Circa 1930s: Chad Valley brings exceptional detail with the black and gold mohair, velveteen face with glass eyes, felt hands and large leatherette shoes assembled into this fantastic bumble bee character.
For Sale: $975
Circa 1850-1880: Pantry boxes with labeled contents are always desirable in advanced collecting circles and this handsome original polychromatic paint decorated oval pantry box is stenciled "Cloves" on the base and has decorative stencils on its lid.
For Sale: $975
Circa 1870s: It's always nice to find something a little different to pique one's interest. We have never come across a striper in this form, and this four striped half gallon storage jar with a widely flared lip is in superb as made condition.
For Sale: $950
Circa 1900: This unusual 22.5" x 15" checkers game was painted on an old lap board, a testament to the utilitarian nature of folk art gameboards themselves. This style of board with keepers on either end was popular right around the turn of the twentieth century and, when combined with the paint colors used and the finely crazed surface we love to see, we can date the board to that general time period.
For Sale: $950
Circa 1870-1890: Pantry boxes in original plum paint are extremely scarce, and this 9 3/8"D x 5"H thick-walled New England pantry box in original plum paint decoration has been part of our personal collection for years.
For Sale: $925
Circa 1840s: This petite 7.75" tall impressed half gallon storage crock features four dark blue horizontally flowers circling the jar's entirety.
For Sale: $925
Circa First Half 19th Century: Early American pinted tinware with a bright red ground is far more difficult to find and thus more highly prized than its black asphaltum counterpart, and most of the red tinware (also called redware) was manufactured by the Filley family shops in Pennsylvania.
For Sale: $895
Circa 1870: Petite one quart Southwestern Pennsylvania canning jars are extremely popular among collectors, and this 6.75" tall wax sealer has nice contast and dark clearly legible cobalt block lettering.
For Sale: $895
Circa 1867-1886: The most famous cobalt decoration from Utica, New York's N. A. White and Son pottery firm is that of the paddletail bird on branch.
For Sale: $895
Circa late 19th century: Complete set of seven nested chromolithographed paper on wood boxes, McLoughlin Bros. New York, with nursery rhyme scenes, losses to paper as photographed and a few late small unobtrusive nails added for stability, largest box 6"H x 7 1/8"L x 7 1/8"W, 39.5"H when stacked.
For Sale: $895
Circa 1st Quarter 20th Century: This original green and white painted farm basket measuring 14" wide x 9" tall to the rim and 13 1/2" to top of the handle has three supports on the bottom, a tightly wrapped thick double rim, and two rivets on each handle.
For Sale: $875
Circa 1870-1882: This 8" tall half gallon storage jar turned by storied New Geneva, Pennsylvania, potter Alexander Conrad has the rich dark blue decoration and excellent contrast that advanced collectors of Southwestern Pennsylvania stoneware prefer.
For Sale: $875
Circa 1890s: Dark and crisp cobalt freehand and stencil decoration adorns this 15" R.T Williams four gallon storage jar.
For Sale: $850
Circa 1870: Stoneware manufactured at Morgantown, West Virginia's Thompson Pottery is tough to find and always coveted by the region's collectors. This two gallon storage jar stands 11.5" tall and is adorned with the Thompson family's signature freehand ferns.
For Sale: $825
Circa 1850-1880: Expensive imported woods like rosewood and mahogany were all the rage in mid nineteenth century America, and it was popular for furniture makers to paint less expensive woods such as pine and tulip poplar to mimic their pricey counterparts.
For Sale: $795
Circa 1880s: This graphic 14 7/8"H x 15 1/4" gamboard features an unusual gold center medallion over a red and green playing surface that is bordered by pinstriping and floral cartouches in each corner.
For Sale: $795
Circa Mid 19th Century: This striking 8.5"L oval wallpaper box covered in its original period blue, orange green, and brown block printed paper has the names John G. Brechbill, Elizabeth Brechbill, and Fanny Brechbill written inside.
For Sale: $795
Circa Mid 19th Century: Measuring 15" tall, this sleek slightly ovoid 4 gallon Ohio churn sports a big folksy freehand flower with leaves and cobalt decorated handles.
For Sale: $795
Circa 1890-1920: This German squeak toy with working bellows depicts a colorful rooster perched atop a tree stump. The legs are springs, and when one presses the squeaky bellows and lets go, the rooster moves back and forth.
For Sale: $725
Circa 1840s: Housed in a period (and possibly original) lemon gold frame, this early silhouette of a youth with hoop toy portrays the young man, whose figure is fully embellished with subtle black watercolor details, standing atop a blue foreground.
For Sale: $695
Circa 1900: This turn of the last century gameboard boasts two highly contrasting reds separated with well executed black outlined in gold.
For Sale: $695
Circa 1920s-1930s: Measuring 11.5"H x 20"W, this eye catching real estate sign in original black and white paint advertises an entire fruit orchard for sale for "only $9750.00." Such a deal!
For Sale: $650
Circa 1825-1850: This 11"L x 8.5"W x 7.5"H wooden band box covered in its original period block printed wallpaper has a bold floral pattern in gold, yellow, and brown on the base and a vibrantly decorated lid
For Sale: $625
Circa 1870-1880: Measuring 10 1/2"W x 5 1/2"H, this pantry box retains its original hand cut square wooden pegs around the lid.
For Sale: $550
Circa 19th Century: Here's a unique divided wooden box with a slide lid decorated with wallpaper. Wonderful salmon and green seaweed pattern and excellent condition.
For Sale: $550
Circa 19th Century: Unique rectangular shaped wallpaper box in lovely early block printed green wallpaper with fantastic oxidation under the lid. Measures 7.25" long.
For Sale: $525
Circa 1820s-1830s: . This example from the Beauties of America series features Ridgway's floral border and is in excellent condition.
For Sale: $495
Circa 19th Century: Unusual wallpaper box in a horseshoe shape with a pincushion top and inside sewing pouches.
For Sale: $495
Circa 19th Century: The charming two tone paint scheme on this early New Hampshire signed pantry box has excellent contrast.
For Sale: $450
Circa Mid 19th Century: This 5 1/2"L x 4 1/8"W x 2"H oval pantry box in hard to find original oyster paint features opposing finger joints and square nail construction.
Sale Pending
Circa 2nd Quarter 19th Century: This small oil on sigle thick chamfered tulip poplar board folk art portrait of a gentleman is housed in a period (and possibly original) lemon gold frame. This is a fine example of American folk art portraiture depicting a well-dressed man, his small out of proportion hand draped comfortably over the sofa's arm.
Sale Pending
Bob Zordani and Heidi Kellner: (217) 714-5016, Lexington, Virginia: zandk@zandkantiques.com
