Ordeshook's Antiques

1836 silk on linen verse and House sampler

Here is Miss Ann Stephens' (age 13) 1837 silk on linen House and verse sampler (most likely English) complete with floral accents. Measuring in its period mahogany frame 23" x 17 1/8" (18 3/4" x 13" sight) she's in great condition

Price: $995

1837 silk on linen House pictoral sampler w sheep

Offered here is Miss Caroline Louisa Balderson's (age 11) 1837 silk on linen House pictoral sampler (most likely English) complete with trees, and sheep. Measuring in its period mahogany frame 21" x 21" (17 1/4" x 17 1/4" sight) notice that while the remainder of the sampler is silk on linen, the sheep and trees flanking the house are wool, adding an uncommon dimension to this sampler.

Price: $1,250

1830 silk on linen verse & pictoral sampler

Offered here is Miss Eliza Bayford's 1830 silk on linen wonderfully detailed pictoral sampler (most likely English). Measuring 17 1/4" x 13 1/4" (16" x 12" sight) in its period frame, the pictoral image here is fantastic ... birds, home, barn, a pathway down to chickens and ducks in a pond. Condition, moreover, is excellent ... no rips, tears, holes, repairs or missing threads.

Price: $650

1812 Pennsylvania (Northhampton County) Fraktur

Measuring 15 3/4" x 13" (21 3/4" x 17 3/4" in its contemporary frame), this all hand drawn and lettered Fraktur is in excellent condition as my pictures show.

Price: $1,250

Black Americana Baggage Porter cigarette dispenser

Here is a rarity ... a hand made antique or vintage cigarette dispenser portraying an African American baggage porter. Standing 6 3/4" high x 5 1/8" deep x 4 3/8" wide, it works perfectly and bears its original painted surface. The sole apology is some missing paper thin "brick" veneer at the rear corner (see my last picture). The lid is inscribed and signed: "With the love of a true Southern gentleman, from Mass. ? Virginia, ??" where the signature and apparent date are unfortunately unintelligible.

Price: $295

Ca 1920 Folk art carved woman (swimmer?)

Standing 11 3/4" high on her pedestal, I originally thought she might have been a swimmer, preparing to dive. However, her boots belie that suggestion, so your guess is as good as mine as to who/what she is. Hand carved of pine and a classic example of naive folk art, I note simply that her left hand was never completed.

Price: $195

single sided framed & on tin trade sign

a single sided wood framed on tin trade sign advertising Peter's Press (whoever that might have been), she's 100% original without touchups to the paint, etc. Measuring 33 1/4" x 19 3/4" x 1 1/8", if I had to date her I'd say 1920s or 30s based on the lettering style.

Price: $275

antique Tramp Art pedestal side table

Offered here is this uncommon tramp art pedestal side table. It stands 27 1/2" tall with a 15 1/4" square top and a 16 1/2" square base. Both the base and pedestal are made in a rather unusual way ... multiple strips of notched wood laid side by side as can be seen in my pictures. Insofar as condition is concerned, several of the bottom level saw teeth tips have been rebuilt, and there is one 3 inch strip of the top's galley replaced. With these restorations she's wholly complete with no missing parts.

Price: $700

Tramp Art 5-drawer, 7 & 8 tier "box"

This is simply one spectacular and monumental example of early 20th C Tramp Art ... a 5-drawer jewelry or trinket box (and calling it a box does it no justice) that stands appx 22" high (x 16" wide x 10 1/2" deep). With 7 levels to the drawer faces and 8 to the sides, she's in overall superb condition with the one exception of the missing side handle to the left side of the top tier. Notice in particular now the somewhat unusual quality of the chip carving ... more than the common triangular chips, they're actually slanted ovals interspersed with small cuts. Made with better quality wood that usual for tramp art, the only identifying mark I can find on the piece is the bottom of the top drawer that leads me to conjecture an American origin.

Price: $950

Dated 1886 O/C painting of Midwest homestead

Here is an oil on canvass painting of a Midwest homestead signed N.M Thomas and dated 1886. A sod roof outbuilding (see my second picture) offers a symbolic narrative of the pioneering spirit of the early American pioneers. One suspects that the sod building was the original homestead used before the farm house shown in my 3rd picture. The painting is in very good condition though glued down to a sheet of Masonite, and measures 24” by 14”.

Price: $175

One-of-a-kind ca 1760 Cherry Bannister back chair

Yes, it's lost some height ... I'd guess between 1 to 2" (current seat height is 15 1/2"). BUT, just look at that crest rail ... if it isn't one-of-a-kind, its only because its maker made more than one. All cherry except for the ash or chestnut turned stretchers, so odds are it was never painted. Almost surely New England in origin, but I can't pin it down more than that (although if forced to make a guess, I'd say Connecticut). Seat most likely isn't original, but it's real rush so probably 19th century. As for dimensions, she's 21 1/4" across the front, 15" deep, 44 1/4" high.

Price: $225

18th C Mass. serpentine tilt top candlestand

Offered here is this Massachusetts (North Shore or Boston) tilt top mahogany candlestand with a serpentine top. She stands 26 3/4" high, with a top that measures 23" diagonal corner to corner (appx 16 3/4" square) with an appx toe-to-toe spread of 16 3/4" to the feet. Beautifully formed with no repairs whatsoever, she bears an early and possibly original surface and is thus in original untouched condition.

Price: $1,350

Unique 19th C animated schoolboy / girl watercolor

Not sure, of course, whether this is schoolboy or schoolgirl folk art, but it is unique. A 19th C watercolor that's animated by the pulling of strings. Pull one string in back and the two men will move together or back to their respective houses. Pull another string and the shade to the upper right window rises or falls. And pull a third string and the chimney sweep rises from or drops into the chimney. All obviously hand crafted, drawn and colored. Framed in a ca 1840 mahogany veneered frame it measures 13 1/2" x 12 1/2" with sight dimensions beneath the new matting of 6 1/2" x 5".

Price: $150.00

18th early 19th C adjustable tin dual candlestand

Offered here is this late 18th or early 19th century two-candle "table model" adjustable tin table model candle stand. Overall height is 29 1/2", diameter of the weighted cone base is 6 1/2" and spread on the arms of the candle holder is appx 10". Both candle sockets are pushups. The candle holder arms are actually made in 3 pieces ... two arms and a center leather ring that connects to the two arms. It was that leather ring that originally provided the friction that held the arms in place together at whatever height was chosen. Over time, though, that ability, due to wear, was lost, so I inserted an additional felt washer that is invisible but provides the necessary friction so that the candle holder operates as intended. There appears to be some spot soldering repairs, but nothing obtrusive and the candle holder is otherwise wholly original.

Price: $475.00

Five signed ca 1928 Folk Art carvings, original paint

Herbert Mills (b. 1878, d. 1948) is buried in the military cemetery in San Antonio Texas and served as a 1st Lt in WWI. These five folk art carvings are all, with the exception of the WWI doughboy, signed "Herbert Mills San Antonio Texas ca 1928". One can presume that the doughboy (9 1/4" h) is Mills himself whereas the largest carving (10 7/8") is Punch from Punch & Judy. The man (10" h) reminds me of those cartoon-like drawings hanging on the walls of various restaurants corresponding to the celebrities who frequented that establishment from time to time. In any event, offered as a set ...

Price: $395.00