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
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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
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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
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