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Briarbrook Antiques and Fine Furnishings Auction

Monday August 26th. at the Varnum Armory , 6 Main Street, East Greenwich.

Preview Sunday Aug. 25 from noon til 5 pm, also preview day of sale beginning at 11 am.

Open To The Public - All Welcome

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Furniture:  c.1810
Virginia lowboy, mahogany banded flip top table, 18th.c. 2 over 4
drawer chest, mahogany 2 drawer early twist leg stand, Sheridan mahogany
server, 12 drawer early 20th.c. chest, oak ice box Ashwood Michigan,
mahogany dining table w/2 leaves, late 19th.c. ornate carved
armchair w/figural fish feet, mahogany server, 6 needlepoint seat shield back
chairs, mahogany tilt top table, mahogany corner cupboard, leather top table,
early 20th.c. wicker porch set,  Duncan Phyfe settee, glass fronted display
cabinet, steamer trunks, marble top commodes, cedar chests, several Oriental
rugs,



China/Glass: 59 pc. Herend Rothschild Bird pattern  dinnerware, Herend Bunnies, 62 pc. Wedgwood
Turquoise Florentine pattern dinnerware,  Faience covered tureen, Tiffany etched water
pitcher, Limoges box, 10 Caldron English dinner plates, Limoges dinner plates,
7 Williams College Wedgwood plates, 12 pc. Rosenthal, Rose Medallion plates,
Royal Copenhagen teapot, Sevres hand painted portrait plate,

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Musical: c. 1870  19”
Swiss 1 cent coin operated 10 song music box , Edison cylinder standard
phonograph, 19th.c Piccolo Zither 6 song music box, 19th.c.
 13” grain painted 6 song music box, 13 “
w/inlaid cover and sides German music box, Polyphon Regina disk music box,
Regina disks, collection of over 20 wood carved Anri music boxes, all musical
items are in working order.



Nautical/Whaling Items: scrimshaw baleen box,  Ivory inlaid dovetailed box, large whales
tooth, bone & ivory carvings, crimper, bodkin, tusks, Eskimo carvings,
nautical compass & blocks, Nantucket whaling captain’s desk w/inlaid ivory,
2 scrimshawed whales teeth,



 Coins: 40 lots of
coinage & paper notes to be sold at 8:15 pm.  details to follow.



Dolls: To be sold at 5:45 pm.  Collection of over 40 late 19th.c.
and early 20th.c. dolls from a Barrington collector.  Highlights to include many German bisque head
sleep eye , many Simon-Halbig, Armand Marseille, Beck & Gottschalck,
Heubach, Kestner, Nora Wellings, early unmarked Bisque, Civil war era wood
doll, Martha Chase stocking face , SFBJ Paris 16” Character doll, 26” Bergman,  plus many more. Also, a fine assortment of
antique doll carriages rockers, trunks, chests, tables, cradles, doll beds,
toys, etc.                                                                                                         



Other Items of Interest: 12 folk art wooden trade signs(not
antique, but very cool), 3ft. antique tortoise shell,  western spurs, Abe Lincoln hand carved wood
bust, Tiffany and other sterling, o/c David Wagner – Historic Military Grand
Parade Providence scene, D. Bunting o/c primitive scene, Maxwell Mays
Jamestown, R.I. print, 1958 o/b Wickford R.I. artist John Dawson, Seth Thomas
mantel clock, large copper coffee urn, Narragansett brewery boxes – lighted
signs – employee work shirt, GAR medal, 
c.1940 Smith-Miller ladder truck & logging trucks, 19th.c.
railroad lanterns, 19th.c. rosewood flute & piccolo, c.1870’s
fire helmet, Indian baskets & pottery, 19th.c. sampler, military
helmets – medals & patches, WWII K-Bar knives, early padlocks, First
National Bank brass sign, ash splint curlicue Maine Penobscot Indian basket,



Box Lot Bonanza at 5 pm: Over 100 attic fresh chock full box
lots to include: transferware,Floraline pottery, many lots costume jewelry,
linens, wrought iron plant stand, kaleidoscope, linens, colored canning jars,
Vietnam letters, brass post office box fronts , pig barbeque grill, dealer
glass table showcases, vintage signs, blue fin marlin weathervane, prints &
frames, trunks, eagle motif rocker, sewing cabinet, retro vanity w/chair, Homer
Laughlin, silverplate & brass lots, clocks, 1 cent gum machine, early
lighting, washboards, Gingerbread clock, toys, bellows, stacker tables, shabby
chic shelf, copper pots, childs violin, floor lamps, ice cream chairs, pie
crust table, early large Newport R.I. photos, 10 gallon crock, mid-century
folding chairs, oil cans, green wicker plant stand, wedding gown, plus much
more. No absentee or phone bidding allowed on box lot items – you must be here
to bid .



 



 

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