In January 1990 Christie’s sold the collection of May and Howard Joynt of Alexandria, Virginia. Lot 469 was described as “A Fine William And Mary Walnut Chest Of Drawers, Pennsylvania, 1720-1740” and carried an estimate of $6,000-$9,000. On January 19th, 2017, Sotheby’s will sell the same chest now described as A Very Fine and Rare … Continue reading “To a Chest of Drawers”
Woodworking
“To a Clock Case of Charetre”
It wasn’t my intent to start a discussion of the clock cases documented and attributed to John Head’s shop until later this year, but to be topical I must mention this 8-day clock by Peter Stretch (1670-1746) in a black cherry case attributed to Head to be sold as lot 6054 of the E. Newbold … Continue reading “To a Clock Case of Charetre”
John Head, Joyner
In May 1999, during research on other material in the George Vaux Papers that in 1992 had been deposited at the American Philosophical Society, Jay R. Stiefel discovered an extraordinary record of the shop production and barter of goods and services of the immigrant joiner John Head (born Suffolk, England 1688 – died Philadelphia 1754.) … Continue reading John Head, Joyner
Spice box sells
Update, the spice box has sold at Freeman's for $21,250. Well above the $4,000 - 6,000 estimate. No doubt the Freeman's cataloger was surprised. I'm sure an "old" door will be promptly found, but what exactly should it look like? http://auctions.freemansauction.com/auction-lot-detail/William%2Dand%2DMary%2Dwalnut%2Dspice%2Dchest%2C%2D18th%2Dcentury/1560++++++24+/++957047
To a Spice Box
Tomorrow Freeman’s will be selling the Estate of Andre and Nancy Brewster of Maryland, a small collection of 33 lots. Lot 24 is a rare spice box made in Philadelphia that can be attributed to an anonymous joiner’s shop that produced some of the most opulent furniture made in Philadelphia during the 1720s. The appearance … Continue reading To a Spice Box
In Proportion to the Trouble 