Partridge Hill Antiques

Folk Art Painting on Board Crocker Homestead

Intriguing early oil on chamfered board of Crocker Homestead in Washington DC. Written on back is the following:."Crocke (sic) Homestead Washington DC Colored Servants Quarters in Back By: Nettie Crocker Family Employed Government" There are some condition issues, with some paint loss die to scrapes. But the house and the servants Quarters are well depicted with no damage.

Price: 79 Plus shipping

Early wire trivet on unusual spider web form

Really fun hand made wire trivet done in the form of a spider web, with 8 feet for a base and a nice handle. It measure 5 3/4" diameter, 8 1/2" length to handle and 2 1/2" in height. It is in excellent condition and is stable on a flat surface.

Price: $65 plus shipping

19th cent. Crescent blade food chopper

19th century food chopper with crescent moon shaped blade and wood handle. Light weight and balanced. Very good condition. Blade is 7 1/8" in width and it measures 5 7/8" to top of handle.

Price: $30 plus shipping

Minton ironstone individual mold thistle design

Sweet individual ironstone jelly mold by Minton with a thistle design. Marked with Minton globe mark on the base; the mark dates this piece to the early 20th century. The mold measures 2"h x 4 1/8" l x 3 1/8" w and is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or staining.

Price: $29 plus shipping

Blue stoneware 2lb. butter crock with lid

Nice bright blue stoneware butter crock with unglazed striping on the lid. Marked 2LB on bottom. Measures 6 1/4" diameter and 4" height to rim of lid. Some minor condition issues: a couple ofmflea bites on the under lid and a 1 1/2" hairline that doesn't go through to the outside of the crock...see photo with lid off for details-hairline shows in upper right.

Price: $40 plus shipping

Miniature Wood Utensil Carrier

Such a sweet small utensil carrier/caddy! Early to mod-20th century piece. Nice scalloped long sides. Measures 1 1/2"h x 4" l x 3 3/4" w and in great condition.

Price: $89 plus shipping

Yellowware pudding mold rabbit shape

Just in time for Easter! A nice yellowware pudding mold in the shape of a rabbit. The mold is in decent shape, but does have a couple of chips on the outer rim-see photo. The mold measures 7 3/4" l x 5"d.x 3"h.

Price: $60 plus shipping

Creamware painted plate melons pink geeen

This is a lovely painted creamware dinner plate with a melon, leaf and vine design and scalloped edging. Measures 10 1/2 inches in diameter and is in great condition. Unmarked on back.

Price: $35 plus shipping

Early filing box with hand painted lettering

A nice wooden hinged lid filing box with hand painted lettering. The letters appear to be either V.t or U.t. I wondered if it might have been meant to be Vermont. The box measures 9 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 4". The hinges work well and are stable and the box is otherwise in good shape.

Price: $29 plus shipping

Early 19th C brass doorstop HoHo bird and urn desi

This is a great early 19th century cast brass doorstop depicting the mythic HoHo bird and urn design. The HoHo bird is the Chinese mythical equivalent of a phoenix. This is beautifully cast and is quite substantial in weight. It measures 9 inches in height and 7 inches in width at the base.

Price: $275 plus shipping

Currier memorial colored lithograph dated 1845

Colored memorial lithograph published by Nathaniel Currier (prior to joining Currier & Ives). Completed in ink in memory of Joseph.F. Morrison who died on April 13, 1845 Aged 25 years and 6 months. Unlike other memorial lithos, which often have mourners draped on the tombstone, this one has the symbolic weeping willow but a nice floral cemetery and a church and harbor in the background. Nicely framed in a simple black frame. Some staining and a year in the upper right corner.

Price: $65 plus shipping

Coin silver sauce ladle Lincoln Foss Boston 1850

Lovely and substantial coin silver sauce ladle with a bead pattern and shell bowl. Made by the partnership of Albert Lincoln and Charles Foss, in business in Boston from 1848-1857. Marked LINCOLN & FOSS in stamped mark on reverse. Ladle is also monogrammed Lillie in script on the front handle. The ladle measures 8" in length and is in very good condition.

Price: $65 plus shipping

18th century framed property deed Chatham CT c1795

18th century framed property deed transferring two acres of property in Chatham CT from Abel Shepherd to Abel and Zebulon Penfield. The deed reads as follows: KNOW YE, that Abel Shepherd of Chatham and State of Connecticut and in the county of Middlesex, for the consideration of twenty six pounds lawfull money Received to my satisfaction of Abel & Zebulon Penfield of said Chatham and State aforesaid Do give, grant, bargain, sell and confirm into the said Abel and Zebulon Penfield one certain piece of land lying in the Common field of Penowset(?) Meadow containing two acres and is Bounded and Butted as follows: West on the Highway South Partly on Capt. Jos. Churchill and partly on Jonathan Brown East on Jonathan Brown North on the Heirs of Jonathan Penfield Esq., Late of Chatham Deceased. Based on the property description references, this deed was issued between 1794 ( when Jonathan Penfield died) and 1797 when Captain Joseph Churchill died. Nicely framed, this deed also comes with a certificate of authenticity from Esquire Gallery, guaranteeing that the deed is from the American colonial period. Measures 17"x 15 1/2" to edge of frame.

Price: $140 plus shipping

Small framed pencil landscape sketch

Pretty little Victorian era pencil drawing of a church ruin and bridge on the edge of a river or lake. Beautifully framed in an early gilt frame. Measures 9" x.7".to edge of frame.

Price: $45 plus shipping

Pencil drawing of child Frank Morris Watson c.1920

A lovely early 20th century pencil drawing of a sweet African American boy in a hat and suspenders standing on a rock in the middle of a stream, with a farmhouse in the background. Signed in the lower right F.M. Watson. Frank Morris Watson was an amateur artist and master painter at the Norfolk Navy Yard in Virginia; he also painted murals and did poster work during the WPA period. Nicely matted with acid-free matting and framed with a gilt frame. It measures 10" x 13 1/2" to the edge of frame.

Price: #75 plus shipping

Victorian painting child and dog w/ painted frame

A common theme in Victorian paintings is a child bring rescued by a dog-in many instances unsuccessfully. Here though the child is alive and rescued, as evidenced by her strong grip on the ring in the dog's.collar. Very nicely framed in a great painted wood frame of the period of the painting. The painting measures 14 1/4" x 12 1/4" to edge of frame. Painting and frame are both in good condition.

Price: $125 plus shipping

Stoneware bottle J.W. Thomas Maine c. 1890

Nice stoneware bottle with blue glazed name J.W. Thomas, identified as being located in Calais, Maine. 1890. Bottle measures 8 inches in height. There is a flea bite that is under the glaze on the lip but is otherwise is in good condition.

Price: $59 plus shipping

1860 colored map Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi

Lovely colored county map of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana published by Samuel Augustus Mitchell in 1860 in his New General Atlas. Nice coloring and engraved floral border. Nicely framed and matted. Measures 15 1/2" x 18 1/4".

Price: $125 plus shipping