Porringer Table Vignette, with Details of Each Piece
Mourning Embroidery And Watercolor
Inscribed on the glass...
Wrought By Eliza J.C. Hudson Age 12 Years-1826
Silk, chenille, pencil, paint and ink on silk
Genealogy available
Monument beautifully scripted in ink as below:
Eliza J. C. Hudson died Oct. 25 1810 aged 2 years
Mary Hudson died March 22 1816 aged 1 year
Mary Elizabeth Hudson died June 29th 1820 aged 65 years
The gold gilt legend-identifying maker reads Wrought By Eliza J.C. Hudson Age 12 Years-1826; eglomise remains in fine original condition. The gilt frame with scattered edge losses is original as is the backboard with framers label. The silk is evenly toned and there is some loss to silk threads on obelisk. The painted colors remain strong. Pasted to the backboard is the label of:
Bittle & Cooper, Burnish Gilders
Price: $12,750
PB365
Staffordshire Historical Views Tea Set
View of Wadsworth Tower in Avon, CT
Sold as a group...
Historical Staffordshire Teapot
Blue transfer view of Wadsworth Tower, Avon, CT and shell border. Impressed hand mark of Sir James Duke & Nephews, circa 1860-1863. Small professional restoration on tip of spout and "shoulder" above spout, otherwise very good. Approximately 7-inches high.
Historic American Views Sugar Bowl
Dark flow blue, view of Wadsworth Tower in Avon, CT, shell border, unsigned but usually attributed to Enoch Wood & Sons, circa 1840's. Restoration to lobes on rim and handle. (Approximately 6.5-inches high.)
Historic American Views Cup and Saucer
A handleless cup and deep dish saucer, very dark blue transfer of Wadsworth Tower, shell border, unsigned with impressed asterisk on bottom of saucer, probably Enoch Wood & Sons, circa 1840's. Saucer excellent, a few very small chips on foot of cup.
Historic American Views Cup and Saucer
A handleless cup and deep dish saucer, very dark blue transfer of Wadsworth Tower, shell border, unsigned with impressed asterisk on bottom of saucer, probably Enoch Wood & Sons, circa 1840's. Saucer excellent, a few very small chips on foot of cup.
Price: $4,950 for the lot
PTR153
Porringer-Top Table
Walnut...single board top
Rhode Island
Circa 1760 - SOLD
The rectangular top with outset cusped rounded corners generously projecting above a straight apron with curvilinear returns on delicate tapering cylindrical legs ending in pad feet. The table has a rich uniform color; one toe is an old replacement all else fine. (Height: 26.25-inches; top measures 27.75 by 37.25-inches.)
287-10
A VERY FINE QUEEN ANNE SIDE CHAIR
WALNUT
Boston, Massachusetts
Circa 1740-1760
The serpentine crest centering a notched yoke over a vasiform splat flanked by flat serpentine stiles above a trapezoidal slip seat set within shaped front rail centering a lunette and scooped side rails, raised on cabriole front legs with ogee brackets ending in pad feet and square chamfered rear legs joined by turned swelled medial and rear stretchers and block and column turned side stretchers.
This handsome chair embodies the fluid symmetry of the Queen Anne aesthetic with its graceful and elegant proportions. The shaped, yoked crest rail flows into the gently serpentine stiles and spooned vasiform splat continuing to graceful cabriole legs, their subtly undulating lines are offset by the linear quality of the seat and skillfully turned stretchers. Constructed of a rich walnut, the wood of choice for fine chairs in the urban chair maker's shops of the period, it stands as a fine example of eighteenth-century design and craftsmanship and is desirable to collectors of New England Queen Anne seating furniture.
This chair employs a variety of elements that became standard forms throughout Southern New England, particularly in the urban areas of Boston, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island. These elements include the yoked crest, flat stiles, vasiform splat, a scalloped front rail, ogee knee returns, block-and-turned side stretchers and swelled medial and rear stretchers. Specific constructional elements indicate that this example was made in Boston, Massachusetts. The back posts are spooned, or curved, to correspond to the splat and flow into a simple crest rail, often with a scooped center as in this one. Chairs made in Massachusetts, particularly in Boston, feature a seat construction in which the upper part of the leg forms the member into which the side and front rails are tenoned. Finally, the legs are joined by turned stretchers, common in most Queen Anne chairs but a mainstay of chair making traditions in Massachusetts. This side chair features all of these elements and supports the regional attribution to Boston.
Price: $7,850
567-32
If you are interested in buying any of these items, please call (978) 597-8084 or email David Hillier at drh@aaawt.com or Lynn Morin at lfm@aaawt.com
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