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Welcome to MacKay and Field Antiques! This time we have quite a few items from our own collection that are now for sale, many of them can be seen in the coverage of our home and collection in Early American Homes Magazine in December of 2000. Sepia-toned  pictures with SOLD! underneath are photos taken of the inside of our home which replace the photo of the sold item, nothing in the sepia-toned photos is for sale. We'll update again in April.

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36.  These are the hogscrapers that have sat on our mantle for the past thirteen years, now they need new homes, they're all sold separately except the five in the last picture. The dousing cones that set atop each of them are for sale on page two. "A": Late 18th century, bevel top-cleat-bottom, with chair hook. All original. Overall pitting to surface. 6" tall. "B": 19th century near pair. One is 1/16" taller. Both have chair hooks, both are marked "Shaw". Left one: nut under base replaced with screw, 5 1/8" tall. Right one: two washers added under base nut, 5 3/16" tall.


37.  "C": 19th century dishtop with chair hook, signed "HIDS....",   7 1/2" tall.   "D": 19th century dishtop with chair hook. Candle tube open through base and secured by rolled edge. Marked "Patent Secured", 5 1/8" tall.  "E": 19th century with flatter dishtop and chair hook, signed "W..CRUSIT" (?), 6 1/8" tall.


38.  "F": 19th century dishtop, never had a chair hook. Signed, but illegible, mark is identical in size and shape to hogscraper "C". 7 1/2" tall.  "G": 19th century dishtop with chair hook, signed but illegible. Top edge has a rough spot across from chair hook. 6 15/16" tall.  "H": 19th century dishtop with chair hook, marked "Shaw". 7" tall.


39.  "I": 19th century with chair hook, constructed like "D", marked "Patented 1853", 5" tall.  "J": 19th century with chair hook, even, mild pitting allover, roughness to small area at edge of base, 5 7/8" tall. "K": 19th century with chair hook, 5 1/4" tall.


40.  "L": 19th century, never had a chair hook, 7 1/8" tall.  "M":  19th century with chair hook, 5 3/8" tall. "N": 19th century with chair hook, 5 1/8" tall. "O": 19th century with chair hook, small amount of caulk where base and candle tube connect, same construction as "D", 5" tall.


41.  "P":  19th century dishtop, never had chair hook, even pitted surface, 7 3/4" tall.  "Q":  19th century dishtop, never had a chair hook, old black paint, brass shim under nut, 7 1/4" tall.  "R":  19th century dishtop, roughness to edge of top, possibly had a chair hook but hard to tell, very old black paint, 6 3/8" tall. "S":  19th century with very deep dishtop, never had a chair hook, narrow ejector tab, 6 3/8" tall.


42.  All five of these are sold together! All five have ejector tabs replaced with a screw. Tallest is 6 3/8", shortest is 4" tall.


SOLD!


SOLD!


45.  18th century Delft tobacco jar depicting a pipe smoking Indian seated amongst some packaged tobacco awaiting the trade ships. Along side of him is a tobacco jar marked "Havana". Has been drilled for a lamp and has some repaired cracks. From our collection. 9 7/8" tall.


46.  Late 17th/early 18th century needlework fragment showing two figures seated in a very lush garden. Early frame with it's original backboard. Probably English. Overall size is: 15.5" x 12.75".


47.  Late 18th century spoonrack/wallbox with a single, dovetailed drawer and space for twelve spoons on two pierced spoon rails. Oak and New England white pine with original dry, worn surface. Wooden drawer pull is original. Constructed with very small handwrought nails. The two brass hooks on either side of the upper rail are later, but old, additions. 14.5" wide x 5.5" deep x 23.25" tall.