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Briarbrook Antiques & Fine Furnishings Auction

Briarbrook Auctions Spring Antiques & Fine Furnishings
Monday April 30th.
Over 150 Box Lots at 5 pm - Main Auction 6: 30 pm
Preview beginning at 11 am day of sale.
Location: The Varnum Memorial Armory
6 Main Street
East Greenwich, R.I. 02818
Open To The Public - All Welcome
Partial Listing :
Furniture:  Shaker chair, c.1954 Leopold Stickley cherry drop leaf table, Victorian petticoat table, ball & claw foot piano stool, Maddock block front secretary,  c.1940 custom made Rosewood server , Rosewood dining table & china closet,  pair of oak file cabinets, tall iron & wood book stand, Victorian wicker armchair, marble top tables,  French walnut marble top occasional table, Queen Anne slipper foot tall back chair, torchiere floor lamps, curved glass curios, 2 wrought  iron patio sets, ice cream set, Victorian iron umbrella stand, wrought iron chaise lounge, Adirondack bench,  mid- century lamp tables, large Rococo style mirror, swan arm rocking chair, cottage bureaus, walnut cane chaise lounge, shabby chic farm table, mahogany bedroom set, walnut bedroom set, elephant motif settee, stacking tables, Oriental plant stands, Industrial wood and iron long table, 15 drawer file, drafting table, country store counter, large grey painted cupboard, c.1960 pair Formatron Winged Sphinx barber chairs & matching barber shop desk ,
French Antiques & Decorative : complete inventory of collector/dealer who has relocated to France ! Wonderful selections of French antiques and French decorative items to include: vintage & contemporary wire-work lots, ironstone platters & plates & pitchers, pattiserie molds, antique market baskets, vintage starter pots, French and English ephemera, Verre du Cure from Vichy, enamel lots, vintage frames, wall coverings, natural history lots, vintage and antique French signage, vintage sewing, garden lots, antique Garde de Manger, selection of glass domes,  religious relics, gesso mirrors, shabby-chic chests, country greenhouse, hat molds, vintage French banner, busts, antique dress forms, antique buttons, antique iron flower shop rack, chocolate molds, silverplate, French architectural corbels, flower frogs, lamps, planters, wire shelves, café au lait bowls, vintage watering cans, antique zinc market basket, bird cages, flower pots, easels, country stools, large lots vintage fabric-linens-lace-trims-beading-apron- petticoats ,burlap lots, flow blue & transferware, wooden advertising boxes, wood carriers, candle chandelier, hayracks, antique funerary flowers,  plus much more.
Art:   1946 original watercolor framed sketch depicting scene for R.I. State House Capitol dome, 6 Spencer Crooks watercolors,  1920 watercolor A.E. Bedford – Nantucket Island ,pair G. Rodo Boulanger lithos, c.1820 pair unsigned pencil & charcoal in period frames, Oriental bamboo framed triptych, several unsigned o/c & o/b, punched motto samplers, Theodore Gericault litho, Josephine Maillol woodcut, o/b George Forest Payne, o/c still life Roses attrib. J.C. Spencer, George Morland hand colored engravings, U.S. Marines hand painted posters,
Pottery & Glass: c.1840 Wedgwood wash set, Limoges cup & saucers, Furnivals wash pitcher & bowl set, Spode teapot, Lalique figurine, Cambridge glass oil lamp, Philadelphia Foundry terracotta urn, crackle glass, Parian ware,  12 crocus vases, Corning glass animals, 7 pc. lot Santa Clara Pueblo pottery, c.1965 Betty Selby Navajo urn, pair erotic paste figurines, milk glass epergnes, early blue glass carrier set, Moriage Satsuma double handled dragonware vase, RS Prussia chocolate set, Marquis by Waterford stemware,  Tiffany & Co. vase designed by Sybil Connolly, seltzer bottles, Alfred Meakin china, Garcia Art Glass vase, Franciscanware, Roseville,
Coins:  1913 $10.00 gold piece, 1928 $2.50 gold piece, 1838 $5.00 PCGS AU58 gold piece, 1787 Horned Bust Conn., 1787 Ct. cent, 1788 Ct. cent, 1787 Ct. and New Jersey cents, 1872 Indian cent, 1878-S silver dollars, 1883-CC dollar in case, 1893 silver dollar, 1895-O silver dollar, 1899-O silver dollar, 1796 gallery mint quarter, 1925 & 1926 silver dollars, 1986 1/10th oz. gold Angel Isle of Man, 1954 proof Franklin, foreign coin lots,
Jewelry/Perfumes:  14K diamond ring, 14K sea pearl & ruby deco pendant,  cameos, large selection of vintage costume jewelry, semi-precious loose stones, sterling & 14K lots, Goose That Laid The Golden Egg perfume in original box by Moser, German gold overlay perfume, Roby-Paris perfume, other perfume selections,
Other Items Of Interest:  1903 German 11 x 15in. Tramp Art frame, c.1940’s iron & crystal chandelier, 15 in. bronze statue of Mercury, Chauncey Jerome New Haven clock, 1889 French crystal regulator clock,  French gilt figural mantel clock, Seth Thomas mantel clock,  shaker carrier basket, Victorian pin cushion, stamp collection, antique marbles & agates, child’s violin, c. 1820 papier mache fireside fan, antique R.I. Hope flag, Civil War remembrance ephemera, postcard albums, Victorian scrap albums, Beatrix Potter books,  several c.1910 shell decorated boxes, mahogany Colonial knife box carved snuff boxes, Victorian fringed lamp shade,  girandoles, brass double ink well, wooden black Americana lawn ornament, Empire shaving stand, country drying rack, pantry boxes,  large lot antique typewriters, Britians lead soldiers, Britians lead circus set,  Pentax & Cannon cameras, hand hooked Pricilla Turner Rug Guild oval rug, Arts & Crafts desk lamp, pr. 50 in. wagon wheels, 9 ft. tin antiques sign, iron fireplace covers, cast iron flower doorstop, 1919 school sports tunic, 1800’s New York ship compass, antique locks mounted on board, 4 large leather giraffes, Electra 10 speed bike, doll fainting couch, antique teddy bear, Victorian pin cushions and other Victorian sewing,  11 x 20 ft. Karastan rug, plus much more.
Over 150 Chock Full Box Lots at 5 pm, Main auction 6:30 pm. Preview Sunday from 4 to 6 pm and day of auction beginning at 11 am. Free parking . Catered by Irene
Auctioneer License # 7174

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