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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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#23. 19th century diorama of "J. McFarlane Old Corbals
Rope Work". As workman perform their tasks at the ropewalk, visitors, both military and civilian, arrive by coach, buggy
and on horseback in a landscape and backdrop of lichen, moss, stones, shells and such. Suspended from a string is a carved
bird surveying all from above. Mirrored panels on two walls give additional perspective. In it's original wood and glass case
with old, wavy glass, a canted front and turned feet. The man we acquired ot from bought it forty-some years ago from Roger
Bacon. Case is 22" wide x 14.75" deep x 14.25" tall. A truly fabulous piece of American folkart!
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#24. Pair of Wallace Nutting Carver armchairs of the best form.
Maple with natural rush seats. Good wear and surface. Pictured and listed as "#464" in the 1930 "Wallace Nutting,
Supreme Edition, General Catalog". One is signed on the lower rear stretcher. 47" tall.
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#25. Late 17th/early 18th century oak slant-lid desk box
with wriggle-work carving, butterfly hinges and rosehead nails. A note inside indicates it was sold at auction to liquidate
an estate in an 18th century home in Dover, UK. 23.5" wide x 18" deep x 11.5" tall.
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#26. Late 18th/early 19th century two-sided tavern sign.
"Entertainment by W. Palmer". This sign is unusual in that a stencil was used in applying the decoration. Original
image front and back appears raised or relief carved due to the paint preserving the wood and the unprotected background shrinking.
Ex. Connecticut Historical Society collection. This sign was part of the Morgan B. Brainard collection given to the Society
in 1958 and still bears it's collection number. A copy of the 1958 Connecticut Historical Society book "Morgan B. Brainard's
Tavern Signs" is included with the purchase of this sign which is pictured on page 56. 42" wide x 20" tall
+ original iron hangers.
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SOLD!
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#28. Small 18th/19th century handwrought, iron, triangular
form trivet. A good example of early forge welding. Nice detail to feet. 6" long.
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#29. Early 19th century pine wallbox with original brass
hinges, small iron cut brads and a blacksmith made iron reinforcement on the back of the crest which is secured with extremely
shallow handmade iron screws. Untouched, dry, never painted surface with a great patina. 12" wide x 8" deep x 10.5"
tall.
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#30. Early 18th century punch-decorated six-board blanket
box of hard pine. "ID 1732". Probably Marshfield, Massachusetts. Gouge carved front corners and ends of lid, original
snipe hinges. Front panel has the two initials, each within a circle. Bisected small circles run vertically down the middle
from the keyhole. Each front edge has semi-circular decoration also done vertically. The date is done in large numbers across
the bottom of the front board. The decoration has been enhanced with talcum powder to help define them in the photo. A rare
and early chest! 44.5" wide x 17" deep x 17.75" tall.
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#32. Late 18th/early 19th century American wooden lantern
made of birch. Champhered top and bottom boards with feet mortised into the bottom board. Access to candle is through a door
hung on original wire snipe hinges with a wire closure. Iron swing handle is mounted with brass pivots. Great, old wavy glass
and dry, untouched, natural surface. 7" x 6.75", 11.5" tall including handle.
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