American Furniture & Decorative Arts
Description:
Three Pennsylvania Watercolor Drawings, early to mid-19th century, including an award of merit, c. 1800-20, featuring a bird in a canted wood frame; a fraktur bird drawing signed on the reverse by David Bixler, Lancaster County, c. 1862, in a modern grain-painted frame; and a pinwheel-decorated award of merit inscribed on the back from teacher Elizabeth McClure to Matilda Shrader and dated 1845, in a gilt frame.
Estimate $800-1,200
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Keywords
David Bixler, Elizabeth McClure, Matilda ShraderStephen L. Fletcher
Partner/Executive Vice President and Chief Auctioneer
Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3000
Jonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Christopher D. Fox
Vice President
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3200
Paul O’Hara
Business Administrator, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3224
American Furniture & Decorative Arts
From the heart of New England, the American Furniture & Decorative Arts department regularly uncovers treasures with rich and enduring history and hosts auctions to world-wide renown.