Additional Information: Legend “Washington institute” encircling portrait bust of
George Washington. Back mark: L . H & SCOVILL / EXTRA. The location of
Washington Institute is believed to have been in New York City, and to have been in
existence as early as 1827 and as late as 1853.
Material: Carved wood, polychrome, vibrant, displays very well
Condition: Excellent
Additional Information: American, beginning of the 20th Century. The flat back figure,
almost life size, shows Washington with his sword…wearing his high black boots with
spurs, ivory pants, and vest; ruffled jabot and sleaves; blue coat with brass-colored
buttons. His tricorne “cocked hat” ornamented with a red, white, and orange cockade.
May have been originally displayed at a Philadelphia theater.
Condition: Excellent, gilt surface looks to have been refreshed many years ago.
Additional Information: George Washington’s death compelled a long farewell, a
mourning period that lasted several years…embroidered pictures, needlework’s,
mourning jewelry, samplers with mourning scenes and domestic decorative arts such as
this mirror. The reverse painted tablet prominently displays a portrait of Washington
within gilt oval flanked by cenotaph urns on monuments [plinths], weeping trees, and
sunset sky. These artistic devices speak to the iconographic vocabulary of mourn art
during the period. Stepped-out architectural cornice above turned and split columns;
stiles and rails joined by corner blocks. This looking glass has been in a Worcester,
Massachusetts family for many generations, thence by family decent to current owner.
Condition: Very good as fragments go! Missing foot & coattails, else fine
Additional Information: General George Washington in uniform holding chapeau in
position to be astride his horse. Great and original surface.
Literature: Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo, “Beyond Tradition: A Folk Art
Collection in New Hampshire,” Antiques & Fine Arts, vol. VII, Issue 2, Summer/Autumn 2006, p. 138.
Provenance: Billy Pearson, California
Sotheby’s, Important American Folk Art from the Ralph, and Susanne Katz
collection. January 21, 2017. Lot 5065
Additional Information: Bust of Washington with raised rim. See Record of American
Uniform and Historic Buttons – Bicentennial Edition, Alphaeus Albert, pg. 415, PC 46 C.
Additional Information: Bust of Washington on raised panel. See Record of American
Uniform and Historic Buttons – Bicentennial Edition by Alphaeus Albert, pp. 415, 416,
PC 48.
Additional Information: Bust of Washington facing left, “1776” below
See Record of American Uniform and Historic Buttons – Bicentennial Edition by
Alphaeus Albert, page 416, PC 52.
Additional Information: Pottery bust of George Washington wearing a rich cobalt blue
jacket, floral patterned vest, and black cravat…the figure raised on a simulated marble
plinth.
General Washington is posed before his horse with compromised canon and cavalryman while in the background is Continental soldiers and our 13-star flags.
The patterns were imported from Berlin as was the worsted wool used for working needlepoint and/or cross-stitch pictures on canvas throughout the Victorian era. Frame: 45.5 by 56.25"; Sight Size: 38.75 by 49.5".
Ox horn scales impressed “General Washington” beneath Washington’s profile portrait.
Brothers William & Samuel Butcher founded the company in 1820. The signed blade
and scales remain in fine original condition, likely the original unsharpened edge. Case
is embossed with makers name and mark; paper loss to lid edge (.75-inch)
(Length closed: 6.25")
After Gilbert Stuart, circa 1855-1865 (Prior, 1806-1873) (Housed in gold painted frame; backboard is new, not examined out of frame;SOLD
frame: 23.75" x 27.75": view: 19.75" x 23.75")
SOLD
110-874
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