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Welcome to our NEW website, we hope you'll find it easier
to navigate and view. We have over 90 items for sale on here this time, including three pages of priced sale items and a page
of reproduction slipware. Stop by and see us if you're ever in the area, we're halfway between Hartford and Providence and
less than an hour directly south of Sturbridge. We maintain an inventory of 50+ pieces of furniture and lots of smalls, we
also have many architectural pieces such as doors, wall boards, raised paneling, fireplace surrounds and lots of other architectural
elements. In our shop you'll also find several hundred rare, out of print and hard to find antiques reference books for sale.
All items are covered by our 48 hour "no quibble" policy, any item may be returned within 48 hours for a full refund,
no questions asked.
For pricing, or other information about any of these items, please call us at: 860-4551055 or Email us at:
MacKayandField@aol.com , all phone calls and Email will be answered in the order
in which they're received. Items which have been sold are replaced by sepia-toned photos of the inside of our home, nothing
in these photos is for sale. Shipping and delivery charges are the responsibility of the purchaser, 6% Connecticut sales tax
will be collected on any item picked up in or delivered in Connecticut unless we're provided with a valid Tax Exempt Certificate.
Enjoy our website and find yourself a treasure!
Please refer to items by number when inquiring about
them!
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#3. 18th century tavern pipe rack all in pine. Dovetailed
case with two dovetailed drawers below to hold additional smoking accessories. Hand carved wooden pulls and old Spanish brown
painted surface. Holds ten long stemmed clay pipes. 21 5/8" wide x 10 7/8" deep x 22 1/4" tall.
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#4. New England William and Mary stretcher base tap table
of maple and white pine c. 1720-40. One board, scrubbed oval top is original. Old, worn black paint over original red with
an excellent surface quality. From our collection. Top is: 29.25" x 20", 24" tall.
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#5. 18th/19th century turned maple sander in original,
worn surface. 2 7/8" tall.
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#7. One of the finest 18th century rush lights you'll
ever see! Superior craftsmanship and artistry! Detailed ram's horn jaws. The upright post and the candle socket/counterweight
arm were fluted on all four sides before being twisted. Meant to be pounded into wall or post. This piece is from the Sorber
collection and is pictured in the book "Colonial Wrought Iron, The Sorber Collection" by Don Plummer, page 89, fig.
2-13.
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#8. Early 19th century American one door wall cupboard with
two nailed drawers below, made of poplar. Interior is fitted as some sort of tool storage cabinet with a stepped rack on the
inside of the door for a series of small hand tool accessories. There are three interior shelves flanked by a vertical compartment
with a small drawer below it. Door is of mortise and tenon construction. Original, very dry, brown painted surface. Case is
24" wide x 12.75" deep x 50.75" tall.
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#9. Late 18th/early 19th century gaming pieces made
of carved bone with painted details in the form of fish. These were used in scoring early games. Small fish are about 1.5"
long, large fish are about 2" long. Priced individually or in lots of ten, over 50 available.
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#11. 18th century wooden canteen in the form of
a leather costrel. Buttonhole bands secure the ends and the holes flanking the spout are for the shoulder strap. Flat bottom
allows canteen to stand upright. In excellent, original condition including first coat of Spanish brown paint. Leather strap
is a replacement. 7.5" long x 7.25" tall.
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#12. 18th century pipebox of New England white pine.
Untouched, original, grungy, brownish red painted surface. Minor edge damage with an old nailed repair to lower, right side.
Brass pull is a replacement. 5.5" wide x 4" deep x 20.75" tall.
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