Furniture: L&JG Stickley lamp-table #575; under-arm-slat Morris chair; signed 1790's Boston wing-chair; New England Chippendale mahogany slant-front desk; inlaid New England North Shore Federal card-table, probably Portsmouth or Salem; New England step-back cupboard; step-back cupboard with pie-safe doors; Chippendale side-chair; New England ladder-back arm chair; comb-back Windsor; Renaissance Revival arm chair; mahogany drop-leaf table; server with black marble top; figured iron console table with black marble top; marble-top burl inlaid 3-drawer cabinet; Biedermeier-style sofa; large glazed-door step-back bookcase with carved figures; large mahogany architects desk; inlaid bakers cabinet; large gilt hall-mirror with cherubs; mid-century modern bamboo-style sofa; large Eastlake hall mirror; mahogany S-curve roll-top desk; Victorian lacquered single-pedestal sewing stand; curved glass oak china cabinet; mahogany server with lion-head pulls on paw feet; mahogany sewing table; sea-chest in old paint;

 Signed Harry Houdini real photo postcard.

 1624 Peter Paul Rubens engraving, "The Assumption of Maria" by Pontius Paulus, authenticated by the MFA, Boston.

(3) Drawings by Francesca E.F. Alexander

 Lighting: Tiffany student lamp with swirled rope twist wire decorating the bronze font & burner, with green damascene shade; double-burner Harvard-type Aladdin student lamp; single-burner Harvard-type Aladdin student lamp; Handel egg-shaped night light with parrot & flowers, the shade numbered 7095; Handel boudoir lamp, the six-sided shade numbered 6649; (2) Lyre-pattern Sandwich Glass whale oil lamps

 Coins & Gold: (1) 1980 Krugerrand bullion coin; (1) 1915 Austrian 4-Ducat bullion; (1) 1860 Colorado gold ingot (Parsons) (probably a newer strike); (4) Italy 5-Lire silver coins: 1835, 1848, 1859, 1891; album: Mercury dimes including 1916-D in fine condition; Ass't 1800's, mostly seated Liberty, including an EF 1832 half-dime and an 1864 2c; (3) 1892 Columbian halves and (1) 1925 Lex. & Concord half; (2) Unc. Carson City silver $1, 1882 & 1883 and (6) other silver $1; (20+) Large cents, 1817, etc. with other early US coins & tokens; US: Pennies, 1856 Flying Eagle, ass't Indian Heads; US 1852 $1 Liberty Head gold coin, uncirculated; 1856 $1 Indian Princess gold coin, hole from jewelry mount; 1874 $3 Indian Princess gold coin, NGC MS-60; 1898 $5 Liberty Head gold coin, uncirculated; 1904 $20 Liberty Head double-Eagle gold coin, BU, MS-62; 1905 $2.50 Liberty Head gold coin, BU, MS-62; 1906 $10 Liberty Head gold coin, BU, MS-60+; 1910-D $5 Indian Head gold coin, MS-60; 1911 $10 Indian Head gold coin, PCG MS-62; 1915 $2.50 Indian Head gold coin; 1924 $20 St. Gaudens double-Eagle gold coin, BU; 1928 $2.50 Indian Head gold coin; 2000 $5 American Eagle gold bullion coin, BU; 2000 $10 American Eagle gold bullion coin, BU; 2000 $25 American Eagle gold bullion coin, BU; 2000 $50 American Eagle gold bullion coin, BU; (20) 2000 $1 Walking Liberty silver bullion Eagles, BU; $105 face value in pre-1964 silver: quarters and some dimes; $35.50 face value in pre-1964 silver: (21) Franklin 50c; (19) Kennedy 50c, (42) 1920's to 1960's 25c, (50) Franklin 10c; $28.00 face value in pre-1964 Walking Liberty half-dollars; $17.00 face value in pre-1964 Franklin half-dollars; $36.50 face value in 1964 Kennedy half-dollars; Roll of BU (25) Sacagawea Golden Dollars; Mint sets: 1951, 1952, 1964; Bicentennial 3-pc. silver proof set, 1961-P mint set, 1971 unc. Ike; US: Paper: 1928 $10 gold certificate, ass't $5, $2, & silver cert's; (75) $1 silver certificates, a $5 & a $2 silver cert.; Canadian: (27) Silver dollars

 Guns: Confederate-issued Lorenz carbine stamped 3rd S.C. (South Carolina), sn 15; 1864 Springfield Civil War 3-ring musket; 1863 Amoskeag Arms Mfg., Manchester, NH Civil War rifle, a post-war factory converted musket to fowler, 1 of only 200 sold; Belgian military rifle with octagonal barrel marked FL.8m.1.L; matched pair of percussion belt pistols; German Erfurt revolver; E. Allen & Co., Worcester, Mass. 1865 single-shot boot pistol; Stocking & Co., Worcester, Mass. 1848 bar-hammer percussion pistol; Blunt & Syms, NY side-hammer single-shot 44-cal percussion pistol; Red Jacket No. 4 revolver from Lee Arms Co., Wilkes Barre, PA.; Connecticut Arms 1866 28-cal revolver; Prairie King small caliber nickled revolver; an un-marked 4-barrel pepperbox; single-shot vest pistol; Colt Model 1860 Army revolver, parts value only; early Webley & Scott brass flare gun;

 Military: German U-boat leather deck suit; Pair of Luftwaffe flight boots; flag; other 3rd Reich items; Japanese sword with a 16th-century blade in WW-II Army mounts; WW-II Japanese sword in Naval mounts; WW-II POW papers;

 Native American Carvings: Northwest Coast Indian carving implement, the bone handle carved in the shape of a woodpecker, fitted to a chisel, possibly for carvings masks; finely detailed Northwest Coast carved totem; ivory seal-head needle-case; figural Eskimo carving, man and polar bear; etc.

 Paintings & Art: 19th-century o/c "Bedtime Story" signed J. Siberch; (2) oils by Laurence Sisson (American b. 1928), "Hendricks Head Light" (Arcadia, Maine) & "Rockbound Coast"; Arts & Crafts woodland scene with birch trees by Frederick Matzow (American, 1861-1938); Charles Woodbury etching "Ground Swells"; o/b marsh & boat by Jacques Witjens (Dutch 1884-1962); o/c portrait of a young girl with a blue bow by Julian Lamar, NYC, 1932; Mt. Monadnock o/c dated 1930; Indian Chief watercolor by ME Dow; large modernist oil by Toby Kahn; New Castle Harbor w/c by Christopher Ward; o/b hummingbirds; "Devil and the Snake" by Eric Linderman; etc.

 Staffordshire blue & white transferware: Stubbs & Kent fruit & flower 18" platter; Stubbs & Kent floral 12" basin; Batalfa 12" basin; Batalfa 9" covered serving bowl; Nahant Hotel plate; Hoboken plate; Stubbs & Kent 9" shell plates; etc.

Asian Art: 4-panel room dividing screen with bone embellishments; finely carved mahogany single-pedestal alter stand with birds; Totai tree bark cloisonné vase; rose Medallion plates; etc. antique & vintage Indonesian carved & polychrome Garuda; several Buddha and Deity figures; Japanese lacquered 4-panel room-dividing screen embellished with bone figures of woman; Tibetan masks depicting Malakala w/ skull crown; funeral piece; carved gazelle & monkey figure; several carved African figures;

 Collection of 19th-century Mandarin squares including spotted leopard, golden pheasant, peacock, wild goose, egret, etc.

 

Antique & Vintage Carvings: carved ivory French triptych of a woman whose mechanical skirt opens to reveal seated woman (possibly Marie Antoinette) and guards; Japanese carved ivory okimomo of Oni Nembutsu & Son mixing a potion; several netsukes; ivory carved peach opens to carved interior; bone ojime with pierced & carved dragons; carved ivory takarabune with the gods of good fortune riding on a boat with eagle-head bow-sprit; several carved ivory Asian figures;

 

Japanese woodblock prints by Kuniyoshi, Kunisada, Hiroshige, Paul Jocoulet, etc.

WW-I & WW-II war bond posters including Norman Rockwell;

 Toys: 1887 Nigger Head cast-iron & brass cap-gun; Rastus & The Boxers dancers; tin steam engine; tin milk cart; etc.

 Glass, China, Porcelain: KPM porcelain plaque; 4.5-inch Tiffany Favrille glass perfume bottle, leaf-pattern, the bottom etched "LCTiffany / Favrille / 4908 G" with stopper also etched "4908 G"; Tiffany Favrille glass bowl with ruffled edge, the bottom etched "L.C.T." with remnants of the original paper label; (12) highly decorated Royal Worcester service plates; (12) Copeland Spode floral plates made for Tiffany; Doulton porcelain fish plates; Rosenthal Classis Rose Eminence cobalt dinnerware; Limoges ice cream service for (12) depicting the 12 months, w/ platter; Dresden banquet lamp; white Parian ewer dated 1859; RS Prussia; Rose Medallion; 1932 George Washington Bicentenary plates by Crown Ducal; carnival glass; Lalique Art Nouveau-style statue; ruby-flash glass; amethyst glass; Wedgwood; Sandwich glass; Mary Gregory perfume bottle; Shelley Dainty suite; pink quilted satin glass vase; orange Fiesta juice pitcher; Noritake dinner service; flow blue; oyster plates;

 Sterling Silver: Gorham flatware in the Old English Tipt pattern; Stieff flatware in the Homewood pattern; Reed & Barton flatware in the Tara pattern; Frank W. Smith flatware in the Marie Louise pattern; Kirk & Son gravy boat; sterling hollowware; NH coin silver spoons including Raynes, Portsmouth.

Other Items of Interest: Allegorical plaster bas-relief plaque by Paul Ipsen (1746-1800); Alph Giroux, Paris sterling inlaid & burl jewelry box; Shaker basket in old red paint; vintage 12" Nantucket swing-handle basket by S.P. Boyer; vintage 12" Nantucket swing-handle basket; Nantucket lightship purse by Jose Formosa Reyes; Nantucket lightship purse signed Barlow; 8-draw telescope; 1870 Manchester, NH wall map; 1580 birds-eye-view map of Rochelle France by Hogenberg; Merganser and other vintage decoys; 1920's & 1930's silent & talking movie posters / lobby cards, mostly Westerns including Buck Jones, Buffalo Bill Jr., Tim McCoy, Tom Mix, Bob Steele, William S. Hart (1916); pair of 10" Disrali Staffordshire Spaniels; pantry boxes in old paint; Stanley #45 plane; Stanley #460 mitre; large lot of wood-working planes; other tools; New Hampshire & American stereo views; dags, ambros, tin-types, other photos; pair of 1940's calliope dragons; cased ship model of a 3-masted schooner; gold tip cane; Sandwich whale oil lamps; terrier door-stops; Redware apple & orange bank; Wallace Nutting Photos, Davidson’s; stoneware; Hamilton 21-jewel pocketwatch; beaded purses; marbles; Arts & Crafts draperies; 1783 hand-colored nautical prints "The Building of a Cutter" and " The Chase of a Cutter"; nautical print "HM steam frigate Geyser"; Children's books; antique reference books; railroad switch lantern, Arlington, NJ; (2) Pihaketta knives; Tribal and ethnographic arts; early American green glass blown in the mold Pattern medicine bottle; Shaker syrup bottle; antique reference books, Atlas and Map books etc.

Stephen Bennett Auctions

161 Court Street

Portsmouth NH 03801

603-431-5599

 NH Lic. 2423