$2,772
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Auction: November 10, 2021 11:00:00 AM EDT
Comprising a Staffordshire Historical Blue platter depicting the Christianburg Danish Settlement on the Gold Coast of Africa, attributed to Wood & Son, impressed mark "Wood" to underside; a transfer-decorated creamware mug with American ship and mariner's compass; six assorted pewter and cut or blown glass whale oil lamps, including a pair with detachable magnifying lenses; a brass telescope by Powell & Lealand, London, with mahogany and brass case; and two English ebony and brass sextants, one labeled "L. Simon/ South.Shields", the other labeled "Perrot's Navigation Warehouse/ Jersey", accompanied by original mahogany and oak cases.
19 in. x 15 in. (platter), H: 20 in. L: 31 in. (telescope)Provenance
Property of a Florida gentleman, formerly of Glen Cree, Kennebunkport, Maine
The consignor's colonial style home, Glen Cree, was featured in the magazine Colonial Homes, November-December 1985, and much of the collection was photographed.