Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2337Location: BostonDate / Time: November 04, 2006 3:00PM
Description:
Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Danish/American, 1850-1921)
Portrait of the of the Screw Pilot Boat NEW YORK Signed and dated "Antonio Jacobsen 1898 31 Palisade Ave. West Hoboken N.J.," l.l. Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Relined, minor retouch.
Note: The screw pilot boat New York, shown here flying an American flag and pilot jack, was built by Harlan & Hollingsworth of Wilmington, Delaware. Her owners were United New York & Sandy Hook Pilot Association, with her home port being New York.
Estimate $20,000-30,000