Sale Details
Estate of esteemed N.C. needlewoman and gardener is filled to the brim with her superb needlepoint and collections of porcelain, silver, traditional furnishings and garden pieces. Marine art reflects the family’s love of sailing along with Nantucket baskets, binnacle lamp, signed Geo Tate weathervane from Martha’s Vineyard . Vintage handmade ornaments – including 51 handpainted buildings of New Canaan – are a rare treat! Great items for gifting….22k gold jewelry, Tiffany & Cartier flatware, designer scarves, porcelain boxes, loads of needlepoint accessories & canvases. Terrace filled with vintage iron seating, urns & tuteurs.
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Furniture: antique double pedestal mahogany dining table to seat 10, set of 8 Chippendale dining chairs, hunt board/console, antique plate rack, pr Baker wing chairs w/bargello upholstery, antique down camelback sofa, early glass front cupboard, Am. Antique desk c. 1850, corner chair, Chinese blue & white garden seat, antique hanging cupboard, early dropleaf tables, footstools & ottomans, 4-poster queen tester bed, antique dropleaf stands, marble top side table, pine trestle dining table w/2 benches, 4 painted armchairs, butler’s tray bar, pr club chairs, leather loveseat, ship’s hatch table.
Sterling Silver: vintage Tiffany ”Chrysanthemum” flatware service for 12, Cartier carving set, Frank Whiting, Bailey, Banks & Biddle, collection of sterling belt buckles.
Lighting:Sterling and Sheffield silver candlestick lamps, Staffordshire figural lamps, Chinese ginger jar lamps, Canton lamp, unusual brass marine binnacle lamp, painted floor lamps.
Porcelain & Crystal: Meissen, Herend, Gien, Minton, Tiffany, Wedgwood, Royal Cauldon, Spode, old Staffordshire, Coalport, Royal Copenhagen and B&G; Steuben, Waterford, Tiffany, vintage barware.
Carpets: 3 room size Bokara carpets, needlepoint area rugs, hooked rugs.
Art: “America’s Cup 1964, Martha’s Vineyard to Block Island Map” by Leroy Neiman, “New York – Leaving the East River” by John Stobart, “Norwalk Yacht Club, Opening Day” by A.D. Blake, framed botanicals.
Garden and Terrace: vintage wrought iron seating group, 2 umbrellas w/stands, side tables, vintage Brown Jordan chairs, metal tuteurs, antique iron urns, many clay pots & glazed planters, potting bench, child’s garden bench, garden & landscaping tools, garden library, folkart birdhouses, Greenworks mower.
Directions
Directions: Merritt Pkwy, exit 38 (New Canaan Ave), go north on Rt 123, at light turn right onto Rt 106 (Silvermine Rd). Sale house is #226 on left side of Silvermine Rd. Park with care on one side only of Rt 106.