Tall Clock & Desk Vignette, with Details of Each Piece

Tall Clock...with best Masonic dial
Scotland
Circa 1835
A small mahogany case with an eight-day movement and enameled dial.
The incredible dial has all Masonic symbols and even a compass and square motif forming the spandrels. The hands are original including second bit and calendar; clock is mechanically fine and stands at 88.75-inches.
Price: $7,500
980-2

Watercolor of Ships at Sea
Two British merchantmen and a steamship flying an unusual assortment of flags are depicted entering and leaving American waters in this large watercolor. In a the foreground a side wheeler heads into port flying an American flag on the mainmast, a red swallow tail company pennant with "GW" in white, a Belgian national flag, and a British naval ensign on the stern. Just visible behind her is a pilot boat with a large "6" on its sails. In the background two merchantmen under full sail fly American flags at the stern as well as company pennants and the British Merchant Navy red ensign on their mainmasts. The steamship has a number of top hatted gentlemen as well as two ladies with parasols and uniformed sailors on her decks. The painting is in a period 36 ¼-inch x 25.75-inch veneer frame. The view area is 29 ¼-inches x 18-inches. The colors are quite strong though the painting has the usual toning. The edges have been professionally restored. A handwritten note on the backboard reads "L. Newman Paint[er]."
Price: $7,500
570-42

Mahogany Tambour Desk
Massachusetts
Circa 1800
A Sheraton Boston School desk in two parts, the upper section with applied molded edge over two tambour doors centered by prospect door all opening to fitted interior; the prospect with one drawer above compartment...behind each tambour is found two drawers over three cubbies. The lower section with foldout writing surface retaining old green baize over two cross-banded mahogany veneered long drawers raised on tall delicate turned tapering legs ending in peg feet. Birdseye maple inlayed panels in top section of stiles; drawers are cross-banded with contrasting wood; vertical chain inlay above tambour doors. (Height: 50-inches; width: 41.75-inches; depth: 19.25-inches.)
Price: $19,950
PB371

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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