ANTIQUES AUCTION
Thursday Evening, May 29th, 2003
at The Frank Jones Center, Portsmouth, NH
Doors Open at 3:00 • Auction Begins at 6:00 PM

Stephen Bennett Auctions is pleased to present our 6th Annual Spring Antiques & Estate Auction. This auction will feature the lifelong art & antique collection of Dr. George H. Smith (1893-1969), as well as the antiquities collection of a North Shore gentleman, along with additions from several New England estates and museum deassessions. This auction has something for everyone, from the advanced collector to the person who simply would like a few nice antiques around the house. Plan to attend.

Portrait of Dr. Smith by Arnold Turtle

Directions: The FRANK JONES CENTER, Route-1 By-Pass, Portsmouth, NH. Take I-95 to Exit 5, or Route-16 (Spaulding Tpk.) to the Portsmouth Circle (State Liquor Store exit), then Route-1 By-Pass south, 1/4 mile, then left at the 2nd light (between Cadillac & U-Haul).

Absentee and phone bids accepted.

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Renaissance Revival
Pietra Dora parlor table

Pietra Dora black marble tabletop

Pietra Dora inlay detail

Pietra Dora inlay detail

Pietra Dora inlay detail

Rare book, 1655 Gottfriedt's Newe Welt (Disovery of the New World)

Important Pre-Columbian Colima Indian burial vessel; monumental hunchback dwarf playing ball

(4) 1830's lithographs of American Indians by C.B. King; printed by Biddle

Important 1830's sketchbook gouache of Mandam Indian warrior Mahchsi-Karehde by Karl Bodmer

1880's Navajo Rug

Early tin American Indian headdresses

Indian trade jewelry

Porcelain cup decorated by Isles of Shoals poet / artist Celia Thaxter, signed & dated 1878

Celia Thaxter porcelain button

Important ca. 1746 George Graham watch movement

1870's figured clock from Caldwell Co., Philadelphia; movement by Japy & Freres

Calumet advertising clock

Several nice clocks

(2) Apostle spoons date stamped 1734

Lots of good sterling, Tiffany, Gorham, etc.

Signed Rene Lalique 3-panel perfume with nude figures

Attic-found painting; the old name plate of George Inness

Signed JF Francis 1872

China Trade painting
"A Shepard"

Monterey, California signed Arnold Turtle

Rockport, Mass. signed Antonio Cirino

Signed Anthony Buchta

Birds nest signed CR Murdoch 1869

Oil-on-canvas American sailing ship

o/b of the Flora Oliver signed Dud Row

19th-century oil-on-canvas

2 EJ Fitzgerald primitive paintings

Civil War painting by HW Herrick; Manchester, NH Civil War soldier

19th-century carved wooden eagle

1920's 18" globe

Large bell from the destroyer USS Greene

ca. 1700 4-panel settle

19th-c. Japanned chinoiserie dressing table

Neo-classical bone and ivory inlaid chairs

Federal corner cabinet

Empire secretary

Mission oak china cabinet

Chippendale bureau

Maple Empire bureau

Mahogany empire bureau

Signed Henry Kip 1825 writing table

Period birdcage candle stand

Other candle stands and tables

Mahogany dropleaf table

Empire marble table

Gustav Stickley #650

Early butterfly table

One-drawer stand

Vintage Globe file cabinet

Plantation desk

Spinnett desk

Custom mahogany table

Sheraton bed

Carved chair

Set of (4) painted chairs

Victorian chair

Armchair

Sausage turned child's chair

Vintage Herman Miller tulip table

(4) unused Pop Modern Italian chairs

Art Deco airplane stand

Tramp Art table; Weller planter

Weller planter

Peters and Reed

Large 19th-century sheet metal weathervane

Lamp owned by Marylin Monroe's first husband

Meissen

Heubach

Cloisonne vase

Staffordshire tobacco jar

Decanter set

Early bottles

Lionel 390E & tender

Austrian bronze

Austrian bronze

1626 map of Greece by Speed

Collection of early tin and iron lighting

14K gold mesh purse with diamonds and emeralds

Oriental jewelry box

Vintage hooked rug

Large sled

Pair of vintage Eagle-head hinges

Early Indian trade rifle

Marston 3-barrel; other antique firearms

Early Baltic flintlock

10' x 13' Oriental Rug

o/c Painting - America's Cup 1883

o/c Painting by Dr. George Smith

Nubble Light watercolor by Zinaida

Hasui Kawese woodblock

Hasui Kawese woodblock

Virginian Indians

Mexico 1530

Culver litho, The Burning of Fort Sumter

Glass Christmas ornament

Eli Harvey 1904, Gorham Foundry, 5.5" tall

Watercolor of Julias Caeser by Audrey Cruddas

Astrolobe with 4 star discs

Dolan telescope with sharkskin covering

1894 White Mt. bicycle trip albumen album

Wooden dentist trade sign

Charlestown jug with swag decoration

Scrimshawed snuff bottle