02-24-200102-24-2001
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2052
February 24, 2001 10:00 AMCalender
15

Carved Wooden Figural Group

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$9,200$8,000
Auction: Sale #2052 - 2052Location: BoltonDate / Time: February 24, 2001 10:00AM

Description:

Carved Wooden Figural Group, Vermont, late 19th century, depicting a horse with leather harness, brass and copper fittings, pulling a two-part sleigh, a man with articulated arms dressed in a cap and coat with a shawl, a lady in a cloak and bonnet, (minor imperfections),14 x 25 x 14 1/2 in. including base. Provenance: Ex-collection Shelbourne Museum, Shelbourne, Vermont; Kinnaman & Ramaekers. Note: A piece by the same carver is in the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Museum, Williamsburg, Virginia. Literature: Similar work is pictured in AMERICAN FOLK SCULPTURE, Robert Bishop, pp. 196-97; and YOUNG AMERICA, A FOLK HISTORY, Jean Lipman, Elizabeth Warren, and Robert Bishop; see also Skinner's Fine Americana sale #1204, June 11, 1988, cover lot #150.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

Keywords

Vermont, Shelbourne, Shelbourne Museum, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Museum, Williamsburg, Virginia, Robert Bishop, Bishop , pp, Elizabeth Warren, Jean Lipman, A FOLK HISTORY