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Wiederseim
Associates,
Inc.


P.O. Box 470
Chester Springs, PA 19425  

Phone:  610-827-1910    
 
Fax:  610-827-1930
 
Email:
tew@wiederseim.com

 

Antique Auction:

 

The Estate of Miriam Clegg, "Hard Scrabble Farm", Chester Springs,

Pennsylvania and for the Historical Society of the Phoenixville Area, Formerly

Part of the Clegg Collection

 


Text Only Descriptions:

 

1.  Three pieces of majolica- parrot 9”h., owl 11”h. and a tazza 2.15”h.x 9.5”dia.

$200-$300

Sold for $100 

 

2.  Redware coffeepot. 10”h.

$200-$300

Sold for $275 

 

3.  Blue glazed pitcher.  9”h.

$75-$100

Sold for $25 

 

4.  English soft paste coffeepot with transfer decoration. 10.5”h.

$75-$100

Sold for $100 

 

5.  Hummel porcelain figurine of the Virgin Mary. 11.5”h.

$50-$75

Sold for $50 

 

6.  Puzzle jug with mocha decoration. 7.5”h.

$200-$300

Sold for $100 

 

7.  Creamware cow creamer. 5.5”h

$400-$600

Sold for $275 

 

8.  German squeak toy, mother and child with dog and kite. 5.5”h.

$150-$200

Sold for $800

 

9.  Earthenware cow creamer. 5.5”h.x7”l.

$100-$125

Sold for $50 

 

10.  Group of porcelain and glass figurines incl. two oil lamps and small dish.

$150-$200

Sold for $175 

 

11.  Misc. English majolica, nine pieces.

$300-$400

Sold for $150 

 

12.  Bag lot 18th/19thc. gun locks, gun parts, etc.

$200-$300

Sold for $175 

 

13.  German milking cow pull toy, late 19th c., with hide covering. 9”h.x12”l.

$200-$300

Sold for $200 

 

14.  Five metal implements incl. brass bleeder 4”, English flintlock boot pistol 6.5”, flintlock lighter 8”, brass telescoping back scratcher & travel candle set 4.5”.

$300-$400

Sold for $900

 

15.  Four Austrian cold painted bronze figures and a Cotton Exposition 1895 match holder.

$300-$400

Sold for $550 

 

16.  Cast iron advertising gun, Sheffield straight razor, corn shucker, clasped hand paper clip, alligator, pencil/letter opener.

$150-$200

Sold for $125 

 

17.  Six pieces of Lehn ware and Lehn ware type items.

$1,000-$1,500

Sold for $500 

 

18.  Group of treen ware incl. two sanders and two covered jars.

$200-$300

Sold for $175 

 

19.  Wooden candle box with Pennsylvania German style paint decoration.

$200-$300

Sold for $150 

 

20.  English child’s tea set, brown & white, lacking creamer.

$150-$250

Sold for $75

 

21.  Misc. grouping incl. three glass paperweights, chalkware, etc. sixteen pcs.

$200-$300

Sold for $150 

 

22.  Wheel-cut flip glass tumbler, 18th/19thc. 4.5”h.x 5.5”l.

$200-$250

Sold for $250 

 

23.  Two glass compotes and a glass vase. 

$75-$100

PASS 

 

24.  Two blown glass decanters, one stopper, c.1810, and seven pieces of pressed glass incl. five cordials.

$25-$50     

Sold for $15 

 

25.  Three glass bottles incl. one brown, three cut crystal decanters, three stoppers, and a pitcher.

$75-$100    

Sold for $300   

 

26.  Miscellaneous grouping of tiebacks, locks etc.

$100-$125

Sold for $125 

 

27.  German porcelain Easter egg shaped candy container with rabbit top. 10”h.

$150-$200

Sold for $300 

 

28.  Group of porcelain- four cups & saucers, two small pitchers, plate, etc., nine pcs.

$100-$150

Sold for $75 

 

29.  Four Historical Blue pieces- creamer with Franklin’s Tomb, handleless cup & saucer with Mac Donnough’s Victory,  pitcher with the Hancock House, Massachusetts.

$400-$600

Sold for $850 

 

30.  Tucker porcelain cup and saucer with sepia decoration.

$200-$250

Sold for $100 

 

31.  Historical Blue plate “Gilpins Mills on the Brandywine Creek” by Wood. 9.25”dia.

$300-$400

Sold for $550 

 

32.  Historical Blue platter “Landing of Lafayette” by Clews.  17”l.x13”d.

$1,500-$2,000

Sold for $1440 

 

33.  Historical Blue plate “Mac Donnough’s Victory”.  10”dia.

$150-$200

Sold for $350 

 

34.  Historical Blue plate “The Dam and Waterworks, Philadelphia”.  10”dia.

$150-$200

Sold for $400 

 

35.  Misc. grouping- The Potter-Parlin Co. Importers, New York advertising tin, clacker, two book-form boxes, and a metal globe still bank, five items.

$100-$125

Sold for $375 

 

36.  Historical Blue plate “Baltimore and Ohio Railroad”. 9.25”dia.

$300-$400

Sold for $650 

 

37.  Group of Historical Blue- sugar pot “Franklin’s Tomb”, sugar bowl “Mac Donnough’s Victory”, plate “View of Benton Falls”, plate “Gilpins Mills on the Brandywine Creek.” 

$300-$400

Sold for $450 

 

38.  Misc. grouping- five transferware plates, one spongeware platter.

$50-$75

Sold for $100 

 

39.  Group Staffordshire with blue transfer decoration- two plates, one bowl.

$150-$200

Sold for $50 

 

40.   Two Historical Blue plates by Stubbs- “Upper Ferry Bridge Over the Schuylkill River” 9”dia., “Wrights Ferry on the Susquehanna River” 9.25”dia. 

$150-$200

Sold for $550 

 

41.   Group of Staffordshire with blue transfer decoration- two teapots, sugar bowl and creamer.

$200-$250 

Sold for $275 

 

42.  Staffordshire oversized coffee pot with blue transfer decoration.11”h.

$700-$900  

Sold for $275      

 

43.  Group of Historical Blue- “Fairmount” bowl and “Mac Donnough’s Victory” saucer and plate.

$300-$500  

Sold for $425 

 

44.  Two Staffordshire plates with blue transfer decoration “Dr. Syntax”.  10.25”dia.

$300-$400  

Sold for $150 

 

45.  Two Historical Blue states plates. 10.5”dia., 8.75” dia.

       $300-$400

Sold for $350 

 

46.  Paris porcelain tea service for twelve with gilt decoration.

$100-$200 Showing Some

Sold for $25 

 

47.  Group of pressed glass- fourteen items incl. five glasses.

$50-$75 

Sold for $25 

 

48.  Misc. grouping- pressed glass salts, cloisonné pin cushion, etc. eighteen items.

$50-$75

Sold for $150 

 

49.  Group of early bottles- two light blue Presidential bottles, Jenny Lind, one with fly fishing & glassblowing scenes, tree & one brown bitters.

$600-$900

Sold for $400 

 

50.  Group of Historical Blue- plate “Mac Donnough’s Victory” 9.75” dia., handleless cup 2.5”h. and saucer 5.75”dia, and a Philadelphia State House plate.

$150-$200

Sold for $125 

 

51.  Three Bohemian glass decanters.

$100-$125

Sold for $100 

 

52.  Group of early bottles- two blue Presidential bottles, one hunting & fishing and a Masonic Union bottle.

$400-$600

Sold for $350 

 

53.  Nine pressed glass glasses.

$50-$75

Sold for $25 

 

54.  Pressed glass coin spot compote, a covered jar and a pair of pressed glass dishes.

$50-$75

Sold for $25 

 

55.  Spatterware handleless cup, purple and black. 2”h x 3”dia.

$200-$300

Sold for $25 

 

56.  Group of pressed glass- four finger bowls and two dishes.

$25-$50

Sold for $25 

 

57.  Group of four children’s plates with transfer decoration including a baseball pitcher plate.

$300-$400

Sold for $375 

 

58.  Tin type of Union Civil War soldier.  3.25”h. x 2.75”l.

$100-$150

Sold for $75 

 

59.  Grouping of pressed glass tableware, seven pieces.

$25-$50

Sold for $15 

 

60.  Porcelain vase with floral decoration, possibly Tucker. 7”h.

$150-$200

Sold for $50 

 

61.  Four pressed glass oil lamps and a glass knife rest.

$75-$100

Sold for $25 

 

62.  Group of glass open salts and toothpick holders and two pieces of Fostoria glass.

$50-$75

Sold for $50 

 

63.  Five pressed glass serving dishes including one of the Last Supper.

$50-$75

Sold for $20 

 

64.  Group of milk glass- two crucifix candleholders, a blue hen-on-nest & a larger white hen-on-nest.

$50-$75

Sold for $25 

 

65.  Continental redware two-handled urn with slip decoration dated 1840.  9.75”h.x8.25”dia., base 5.5” dia.

$600-$900

Sold for $275 

 

66.  English soft paste pitcher, 19thc., with floral decoration. 7”h.

$200-$300

Sold for $75 

 

67.  English porcelain teapot, mid 19thc., with floral decoration.  8.5”h.x13”l.

$200-$300

Sold for $300 

 

68.  Eight Adams pieces with English thistle decoration.

$200-$300

Sold for $375 

 

69.  Transferware spittoon with woodcock and partridge decoration and six brown and white small plates.

$100-$200

Sold for $125 

 

70.  Pressed glass Centennial platter celebrating Bunker Hill 13”l.x9”w. and “Our Daily Bread” platter 10”l.x12”w.

$50-$75

Sold for $25 

 

71.  Group of bottles- Phoenix Soda Water Co., early blown bottle, etc. six pcs.

$100-$150

Sold for $100 

 

72.  Two ambrotypes, one with gutta-percha case.

$75-$100

Sold for $100 

 

73.  Seven daguerreotypes.

$100-$150

Sold for $150 

 

74.  Pair of glass perfumes and an “End of The Day” paperweight.

$75-$100

Sold for $75 

 

75.  Four cartes-de-visites one signed “A.J. Bastnett, Chattanooga 1864”.

$150-$200

Sold for $200 

 

76.  Gold Odd Fellows medal, a silver Odd Fellows medal, etc.

$150-$200

Sold for $25

 

77.  Group of signed ambrotypes from Wilmington, Phoenixville and West Chester.

$100-$150

Sold for $300

 

78.  Ten ambrotypes.

$75-$100

Sold for $175

 

79.  Misc. grouping of small boxes and child’s carved wooden tools.

$75-$100

Sold for $150

 

80.  Grouping of tintypes, family photos and ephemera.

$50-$75

Sold for $50

 

81.  Group of glass plate slides of firefighters, Ashokan Reservoir, Kingston NY, etc.

$100-$150

Sold for $125

 

82.  Odd Fellows and GAR ribbons, sterling bookmark, etc.

$150-$200

Sold for $125

 

83.  Two stereo viewers with cards and album.

$100-$125

Sold for $175

 

84.  Two-drawer walnut spool box. 5”h.x13.5”w.x7.25”d.

$100-$125

Sold for $75

 

85.  Dollhouse furniture and two model kits.

$50-$75

Sold for $25

 

86.  Wooden canteen carved with “F K 1783”, staved construction with leather strap. 7 3/8” dia. x 2.25”d.

$750-$1,000

Sold for $1,900

 

87.  Tin sewing box with lithograph decoration.

$75-$100

Sold for $50

 

88.  Five powder flasks.

$150-$200

Sold for $325

 

89.  Four powder horns.

$150-$200

Sold for $325

 

90.  Duck decoy signed “JEB”, loon decoy and a Nantucket basket by Barlow.

$150-$200

Sold for $550

 

91.  Sixteen ambrotypes.

$100-$150

Sold for $225

 

92.  Two shelf clocks.

$100-$150

Sold for $150

 

93.  Group of costume jewelry, sterling silver jewelry and a sewing box.

$100-$150

Sold for $50

 

94.  Wooden planes, bits, tape measure, etc.

$75-$100

Sold for $150

 

95.  Group of jewelry and accessories, incl. pins, pocket watches, stickpins, etc.

$200-$300

Sold for $350

 

96.  Pocket watch, face marked J.E. Caldwell and a paint decorated watch safe.

$100-$150

Sold for $800

 

97.  Oval wallpapered box and small dome lid floral papered box.

$100-$125

Sold for $75

 

98.  Group of iron- skimmers, tasters, two snow eagles, etc. seven pcs.

$75-$100

Sold for $75

 

99.  Brownie #2 camera in original box.

$75-$100

Sold for $75

 

100.  Punch decorated tin coffeepot, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, stamped “W. Shade” (Willoughby Shade, active 1842-1870), made for and inscribed “Sarah Gargas”, and with peacock and tulip decoration. For a similar example see Pennsylvania German Arts, Irwin Richman, page 117. 11.25”h.x10”w.

$20,000-$25,000

Sold for $16,000

 

101.  Group of accessories- ladies boots c.1880, fan, curling iron, men’s razor and brush set, etc.

$75-$100

Sold for $50

 

102.  Chalkware fruit basket. 6.5h.x8”w.x6”d.

$50-$75

Sold for $100

 

103.  Primitive pine storage box, and miniature carpenter’s tray.

$50-$75

Sold for $50

 

104.  Misc. grouping- pair of brass chambersticks, tin chamberstick, gimbaled lamp, snuffer, bell, etc. seven pcs.

$100-$150

Sold for $275

 

105.  Mirrored tin storage bin with lithograph decoration. 12”h.x8”w.x9”d.

$50-$75

Sold for $150

 

106.  Paris porcelain quill holder and inkwell.

$100-$125

Sold for $125

 

107.  William Tell mechanical bank patented 1896,  retaining old paint. 7”h.x10.5”l., base 3.75”dia.

$400-$600

Sold for $400

 

108.  Cherry watch safe, early 19thc. 12”h.x6.5”w.

$400-$600

Sold for $1,200

 

109.  Group of seashell souvenirs and tourist items, c.1900.

$50-$75

Sold for $50

 

110.  Rotating photo album on two spindles with gutta-percha top, by Robinson’s, Patented 1865.

$300-$400

Sold for $950

 

111.  Tole decorated box, Dietz Sport oil lamp pat. 1910, two sm. brass lanterns pat. 1867.

$150-$200

Sold for $275

 

112.  Two pairs of early ice skates, etc.

$100-$125

Sold for $175

 

113.  Currier and Ives “Skating Scene-Moonlight”. 9.5”x13.5”.

$100-$125

Sold for $450

 

114.  Wooden Conestoga wagon box with wrought iron hinges and tulip decorated hasp, traces of old blue paint.   

$3,000-$4,000

Sold for $3,500

 

115.  Ovoid staved wooden container with pierced heart decoration and traces of old paint, probably Scandinavian. 4.75”h.x8.5”l.x6.25”w.    

$200-$250

Sold for $850

 

116.  Magic lantern with two sets of glass slides.

$75-$100

Sold for $150

 

117.  Cast iron floral doorstop 9.5”h. and cricket boot scrape 10”l.

$75-$100

Sold for $75

 

118.  Cast iron twine dispenser. 3.75”h.

$25-$50

Sold for $75

 

119.  Seven sterling silver serving pieces, various makers and patterns.

$100-$150

Sold for $175

 

120.  Ladies fan with box, child’s slate board, spectacle case, marbles, wall bracket and Phoenixville football badge.

$50-$75

Sold for $75

 

121.  Group of lace, quilt pieces, fabric, purses, etc.

$75-$100

Sold for $25

 

122.  Two alphabet samplers, dated 1812 and 1846, unframed.

$75-$100

Sold for $175

 

123.  Partial French coffee service, c.1910, and eight ironstone pieces.

$100-$150

Sold for $25

 

124.  Group of transfer decorated tableware- cups, saucers, creamer, sugar, etc.

$100-$125

Sold for $25

 

125.  N. Currier print “More Frightened Than Hurt” of a fox. 9.5”x12.5”.

$100-$125

Sold for $50

 

126.  Partial set Cornucopia transferware, four game fowl plates by Limoges and three children’s cups.

$75-$100

Sold for $75

 

127.  Presidential print, “Democratic Banner” of Polk and Dallas, J. Baillie. 13.5”x9.5”.

$100-$150

Sold for $550

 

128.  Misc. transferware, sprigware, etc.

$100-$125

Sold for $25

 

129.  Two small stoneware crocks with tulip decoration. 5”h., top 5.5”dia.

$100-$125

Sold for $75

 

130.  Framed reverse painting on glass of a coastal scene with frigate. 7.5”x15.5”.

$100-$125

Sold for