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 • FORSYTHES ANTIQUES AUCTION
 April 22, 2018 at 1:00 pm

Eastgate Holiday Inn, 4501 Eastgate Blvd.,
Cincinnati, OH  45245.

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   Pages 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . 11 . 12 . 13  Lot # 1 - 30
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1 Paint Decorated Basket Paint Decorated Basket Circa 1880-90's, square form in split hickory with bent wood handle and rim wrap in original old green paint and sides decorated with alternating circles of orange and green, all with nice old patina, 12" square x 14" high. Good condition. 100 250
2 Super Miniature Basket with Old Blue Paint Super Miniature Basket with Old Blue Paint 19th century in original old robin egg blue painted finish, split hickory, with bent wood handle, nice old paint, 4 x 1 3/4 x 2 1/2" high. Very small slit to handle, Good condition 200 400
3 Large Early Gathering Basket Large Early Gathering Basket Late-19th century in split hickory, bowl form with handles at sides, nice old patina, 22 x 20 x 8 1/2" high. Fine. 80 150
4 Early Half Buttocks Basket Early Half Buttocks Basket 19th century in split hickory with bentwood handle, 11 x 4 1/2 x 7 1/2" high. Fine. 70 150
5 Early Blue Painted American Wood Bowl Early Blue Painted American Wood Bowl Early turned wooden bowl, exterior with original blue painted finish and nice tack applied tin clamp type patch at lip to stop a small crack from spreading, 19th century repair, fine scrubbed interior finish, 10 3/4 x 10 x 2 3/4" high. As above, Fine. 100 300
6 Nested Set of Bentwood Pantry Boxes in Old Paint Nested Set of Bentwood Pantry Boxes in Old Paint American circa 1850's in original old green painted finish, spruce and pine with matching lids, all with fine old patina, smallest is 6 x 2 1/2" high, largest is 10 3/4 x 5 1/2" high.  Minor cracks, else Fine. 200 400
7 American Folk Art Carved & Painted Rabbit American Folk Art Carved & Painted Rabbit Circa 1900-20 in white pine with original polychrome painted finish, very cute, 3 x 2 x 6 1/4" high. Good condition. 100 200
8 19th Century American Carved Folk Art Rooster 19th Century American Carved Folk Art Rooster Linwood with fan tail and crest and wattle in original red painted finish, nice old patina, 5 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 7" high. Fine. 100 300
9 Curly Maple Cutlery Box Curly Maple Cutlery Box Mid to early 19th century with fine curl throughout, original old varnish finish on exterior and scrubbed finish on interior, 13 1/4 x 9 x 4" high. Fine. 100 250
10 Flint Glass Make Do Compote Flint Glass Make Do Compote With folk art painted wood domed base with polychrome lowers, glass is circa 1850 and base circa 1870, 11" diameter x 10 3/4" high. Fine. 80 150
11 Two Early Skaters Lanterns Two Early Skaters Lanterns Both late 19th century tin & glass, including one with oil font and red, white & blue painted globe with pierced tin cap and swing bale handle, untouched, 9" high, 16" with bale up; and rectangular candle lantern with each of the four glass panes tinted a different color, tin frame cut with scalloped edges, top & base and pie crimped form original tin smoke bell, 3" square x 8" high. Paint on 1st circa 80%, else Fine, 2nd Fine. 80 150
12 Folk Art Miniature Girl with Sheet Music Folk Art Miniature Watercolor of Girl with Sheet Music American circa 1850, watercolor on paper 3/4 length profile of a young girl holding book of sheet music in black dress with blue beaded necklace, sight 3 x 4" in original paint decorated frame, 4 1/2 x 5 1/2". Even toning, good condition. 100 200
13 Lot of Early Miniatures Lot of Early Miniature Watercolors Plus Lot of three including a cut-out silhouette of a gentleman in cap, marked in period ink below: after cut by May Ann Walker/Jenifer Jones Fry 1857, laid on watermarked paper 5 x 6" unframed; and a pair of bust length watercolor portraits of a gentleman and lady, 3 1/4 x 2 3/4", on heavy card stock paper, circa 1840's, unframed. 1st with damp stain and short tear in paper on which mounted; 2nd & 3rd Fine. 100 200
14 Three Taconic Bushwacker Baskets Three Taconic Bushwacker Baskets Columbia Co., upstate N.Y., all with split hickory and oak with bentwood swing handles and nice old patina, 4 1/2" diameter x 3 1/2" high; 6" diameter x 4" high and 7 1/2" diameter x 5 1/2" high, all heights with handle down. All Fine. 150 350
15 Large Taconic Bushwacker Baskets Large Taconic Bushwacker Baskets Columbia Co., upstate N.Y., in split hickory and oak with  bentwood swing handle, nice old patina, 13 1/4" diameter x 11" high with handle down. Fine. 80 150
16 Double Swing Handled Taconic Bushwacker Baskets Double Swing Handled Taconic Bushwacker Baskets Scarce form, Columbia Co., upstate N.Y., in split hickory and oak with  bentwood swing handles, nice old patina,14 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 with handles down. Fine. 100 200
17 Figural Gimballed Wrought Iron Oil Lamp Figural Gimballed Wrought Iron Oil Lamp Disc form font with bird finial on hinged/gimballed hanged with hanging hook, 23" high x 4 1/2" diameter, nice old patina. Fine. 80 150
18 Massive 18th Century Brass Candlesticks Massive 18th Century Brass Candlesticks Very heavy gauge sticks with riveted floral scrolled feet and nicely turned column and wide dip pan tops, 6 1/2" square x 12 3/4" high. Fine. 150 350
19 American Folk Art Ledger Watercolor American Folk Art Ledger Watercolor Fraktur like of an eagle in flight on 18th century laid paper ledger page with inked manuscript, likely Penn., 8 x 7 1/2" in newer frame, 12 x 10 1/2". Fine. 100 200
20 American Folk Art Watercolor Stil Life American Folk Art Watercolor Stil Life Circa 1860 bowl of fruit o red table, sight 9 1/2 x 6 1/2" in original gilt Victorian frame, 14 3/4 x 11 3/4". Slight even toning, else Fine, frame with minor touch-up. 100 200
21 Fractur Eagle on Ledger Sheet Fraktur Eagle on Ledger Sheet Laid paper ledger page with inked manuscript on one side and ink and watercolor spread winged eagle on the other, circa 1810, 6 1/2 x 8", framed to view both sides, 12 1/4 x 9 3/4". Fine. 100 200
22 Large Taconic Bushwacker Basket Large Taconic Bushwacker Basket Columbia Co., upstate N.Y., in split hickory and oak with two fixed bentwood handles, nice old patina, 19 1/4" diameter x 15" high. Couple of breaks in base, still Very Good. 80 150
23 Two Taconic Bushwacker Baskets Two Taconic Bushwacker Baskets Columbia Co., upstate N.Y., both split hickory and oak with bentwood swing handles and nice old patina, 9" diameter x 8 1/4" high with handle down and 6 1/2" diameter x 5 1/2" with handle down. Both Fine. 100 250
24 Early Turned Wood Bowl Large Early Turned Wood Bowl Maple lathe turned and with nice old scrubbed patina, 18 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 6" high. Fine. 150 250
25 Early Folk Art Carved Compote Early Folk Art Carved Compote Two piece with top attached with wood screws, all hand carved and out of round in original old dark finish, mid-19th century, 12 x 11 x 6" high. Fine. 100 250
26 Early  Wooden Trencher Dated 1812 Early  Wooden Trencher Dated 1812 Hand carved oval form with notched handles on underside with carved date of 1812 below one handle and initials C.W. below the other, nice old dark patina, 21 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 3 1/2" high. Crack running half way, added darkening finish. 100 300
27 Two Taconic Bushwacker Baskets Two Taconic Bushwacker Baskets Columbia Co., upstate N.Y., both split hickory and oak with fixed two fixed looped bentwood handles, with nice old patina, 13" diameter x 10" high and 9 1/2" diameter x 8 1/2" high. Largest with crack in one handle, else Fine. 100 250
28 Two Taconic Bushwacker Baskets Two Taconic Bushwacker Baskets Columbia Co., upstate N.Y., both split hickory and oak with fixed bentwood handles, including one flower gathering basket, 22 x 12 1/2" wide x 4 1/2" deep with handle at 11"; and round basket, 8 1/2" diameter x 10 1/2" high, both with nice old patina. Both Fine. 100 250
29 Early Paint Decorated Document Box Early Paint Decorated Document Box  with wonderful polychrome painted lid with folk art pear on branch over red grained ground, original green interior, 12 x 7 3/4 x 5 1/2" high. Paint circa 96%, Very Good. 300 600
30 Early Folk Art Watercolor of Mother & Child Early Folk Art Watercolor of Mother & Child Circa 1850's on paper with mother reaching for letter that her daughter is handing to her, drapes in background and geometric carpet in foreground, sight 9 x 12, matted and framed, 17 1/4 x 19 3/4". Reverse with ink manuscript reading Miss Nora Judd/North Franklin/Del. Co./Mrs. Geo. Blanchard, added at a much later date. Scattered stain and even toning. 200 400
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