Pavilion Gallery - Americana Art & Antiques
Roderic H. Blackburn
17 Broad Street, Kinderhook NY 12106
518 758-1788 blackburn@berk.com

GEORGE III  Indian Peace Medal
1652. Made in three sizes, this is the rare (only 9 known) medium size 2.25 " (58 mm) diam, medal (Adams 8.1, first of two states). Date: 1776-1800 (most probably issued only during the Revolution). This is a silver shell, joined by a silver rim, the first known example of a shell version of this medium size George III medal (though the large size, Adams 7.1, 11 of 24 are shells) 36.1 grams weight.

B0481. Zaanse Kast, Netherlands. Polychrome decorated cupboard from the Zaan region near Amsterdam. A rare survival of this distinctive type.  18th c. Spruce.  75.24"H, 51"W, 20.5"D

1592. A rare English walnut  "Sleeping" chair, c. 1680-1700. A pair of wrought iron ratchets allow the back to change angle. Shell-end iron draw bars extend from the arms. Very good condition.  51.5"H, 27.5"W, 33"D.

1361. Netherlands brass mid-drip candlestick, mid 17th c.A classic Hemskirk-type Dutch mid-drip candlestick. Featured in an early book on brass candlesticks.

1600. Pair of New York tripod footed salts, silver, with later sterling liners added. One marked BLR for Bartholomew Le Roux, New York City c. 1760 and HUTTON for Isaac Hutton of Albany, c.1790. The latter made to match the former and engraved with intials of Capt John DePeyster Ten Eyck. The former engraved R/M*S (unidentified). SOLD

B0231. Portrait of a Young Boy. Gerardus Duyckinck I (attri) New York City or Albany area ca. 1735 Attributed to Gerardus Duyckinck (1695-1746) of New York City, ca. 1735. A characteristic early New York colonial portait of a young boy set in a classical scene with marble checkered floor, column, and balustrade opening to a landscape scene. Of the 90 paintings attributed to Gerardus Duyckinck, this is one of six still in private hands. Oil on canvas. He was the leading limner in New York from ca. 1720 to 1745 having painted many of the most promient families. Very good condition. Lined and cleaned with a new colonial style frame. Inpainting in a small areas of his foot and spots here and there.. Oil on canvas 30"H x 25"W.

0619. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. William Ludlow of Claverack, N.Y. By the "Claverack Limner., c.1794. Oil on canvas, 36 x 27 1/2." Two distinguished portraits by the Claverack Limner, known from a portrait of a Hoogeboom girl of Claverack at Shelburne Museum, very similar to the work of the Beardsley limner. William Ludlow was a prosperous merchant in Claverack where in 1787 he build a handsome Georgian mansion which still stands.

1581. "Fort George with the City of New York, from the S.W." The Carwitham view based on Burgis. This print is apparently a 19th century restrike or additional state not previously recorded (omits the birds in the sky). Printed on laid paper, which was varnished over lightly in the 19th century. Slight tear at lower margin.

1356. The Death of General Wolfe (Battle of Quebec). Watercolored print on paper. 18.5 x 24.5." Inscription:  various, including: painted by B. West, Engraved by Wm. Wollett.   Plains of Abraham at Battle of Quebec, General Wolfe surrounded by officers and soldiers, battle in progress in background. After the painting by Benjamin West.   A good example of this most famous image commemorating the death of British General Wolfe, the victory of the English over the French at Quebec, ending the French and Indian War. Early or original watercoloring. 

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1595. Fancy grade New York target rifle with target sights and barrel turned for a bullet starter. c. 1859-64. .38 cal, 29.5" barrel. Lockplate marked " Moore & Son New York." Includes full compliment of tools. 38 caliber.

John P. Moore was first active in New York City 1820 (and may have been the son of gunsmith John Moore of the same place) and continued for a long time. As J. P. Moore & Son: 1859-1864, as John P. Moore's Sons: 1864-1888 when the firm was sold to another. Ref: The New York State Firearms Trade (H. J. Swinney, Michael Lewis, Roderic Blackburn) Vol. 5 New York City, 2003. p.329-335. This cased gun illustrated p.332-3.

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B667. Mass. William & Mary Spanish-foot bannister back armchair, ca. 1710-30. Carved crest and stretcher. A really dramatic chair. Modestly priced as finials and parts of feet are restored. Maple.  49.5"H, 24.2"W, 27"D, 17"S.H. 
 

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B0070 Boston Queen Anne leather armchair. Owned by Dominie Eleardus Westerlo, Dutch Reformed minister during the Revolution in Albany NY. From his pulpit he was instrumental in rallying the Albany Dutch in support of independence. Ex Coll. Albany Institute of History and Art
c.. 1730-40. maple. 46.2"H, 24"W, 22.5"D, 17"S.H. 

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1644  Classical American parlor stove by Lowe & Leake, Albany NY c.1844.  This "eagle" stove is considered the most beautiful of the stoves  made in the Albany-Troy area in the period when the finest cast iron stoves in America were made there. Of this model only four are known to exist: Metrpolitan Museum of Art, Albany Institute of History and Art, private collection  (sold this some years ago)and this one.  In exceptional original condition.
53"H, 31"W, 18"D                                        SOLD