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Posted here are some items from my personal collection that are up for sale. I have been in the decorative arts business for 20 years and have worked in all aspects of the business: I've taught at Parsons School of Design, worked in art galleries and auction houses, spent most of my career in the museum field and now run my own business as a private dealer and advisor to museums and private collectors.
Scroll through the photos on this page and feel free to email me questions about any of the items you see.
Thanks for visiting!
Seth
Questions or comments? email me at: seththayer@gwi.net
Scroll through the photos on this page and feel free to email me questions about any of the items you see.
Thanks for visiting!
Seth
Questions or comments? email me at: seththayer@gwi.net
Carved Oak "Poppy" Firescreen
Impressed mark of "Craftsman Studios New York" and carved at base "To Martha and Oscar Vincent from O. Vincent, Sr. 1941"
An impressive pierced firescreen with an inset in the verso for a fabric panel. Pineapple finials, over grape vine carved stiles framing tall stylized flower stalks with carved poppy blossoms in the center of each flower head. The crest is chip carved and colored to simulate hand-hammered copper. A strange but wonderfully impressive firescreen, hand carved in good condition, some minor breakage and repair around the supports. 41 1/2" h x 42"w
$850.00
Impressed mark of "Craftsman Studios New York" and carved at base "To Martha and Oscar Vincent from O. Vincent, Sr. 1941"
An impressive pierced firescreen with an inset in the verso for a fabric panel. Pineapple finials, over grape vine carved stiles framing tall stylized flower stalks with carved poppy blossoms in the center of each flower head. The crest is chip carved and colored to simulate hand-hammered copper. A strange but wonderfully impressive firescreen, hand carved in good condition, some minor breakage and repair around the supports. 41 1/2" h x 42"w
$850.00
Beautiful early Rookwood Bottle Vase signed by Albert Valentien, 1884
This is a beautiful Rookwood bottleneck vase, having a wonderful mustard yellow standard glaze with flecks of gold in the decoration. A hand-painted swallow flies aloft over a field of bamboo on the front of the vase, while a larger field of bamboo is painted on the verso.
This is an early vase, and the stamp underneath "ROOKWOOD / 1884" predates the famous RP stamp by 2 years. Albert Valentien was one of the top decorators at Rookwood and rose quickly to be the head decorator before he left the business in 1905.
Slight crackleure to glaze around the mouth of the vase, one small firing crack along the base and one firing flaw in the body of the vase underneath the glaze. Boldly signed by Valentien with his initials on the underside of base.
$650.00
You can see the factory flaw in the photo above. It is a small oval indent that is filled with gold flecks and appears to be under the glaze.
The "ROOKWOOD / 1884" mark is very lightly impressed on the right side. The shape mark "126" is much more deeply impressed into the base
This is an early vase, and the stamp underneath "ROOKWOOD / 1884" predates the famous RP stamp by 2 years. Albert Valentien was one of the top decorators at Rookwood and rose quickly to be the head decorator before he left the business in 1905.
Slight crackleure to glaze around the mouth of the vase, one small firing crack along the base and one firing flaw in the body of the vase underneath the glaze. Boldly signed by Valentien with his initials on the underside of base.
$650.00
You can see the factory flaw in the photo above. It is a small oval indent that is filled with gold flecks and appears to be under the glaze.
The "ROOKWOOD / 1884" mark is very lightly impressed on the right side. The shape mark "126" is much more deeply impressed into the base
Maine Garden Snake Weathervane
This wonderfully whimsical garden snake weathervane was found in Gardiner Maine and was probably carved in the 1930s. It is in untouched condition and has the most wonderful crystal eyes and forked, red-painted metal tongue! Comes with a black metal tabletop vane stand.
42"long.
$6500.00
This wonderfully whimsical garden snake weathervane was found in Gardiner Maine and was probably carved in the 1930s. It is in untouched condition and has the most wonderful crystal eyes and forked, red-painted metal tongue! Comes with a black metal tabletop vane stand.
42"long.
$6500.00
The boldly mahoganized grain-painted Vermont blanket chest is also for sale. The drawers retain their original Bennington pottery knobs.
Price: $2750.00
Walnut Gothic Revival Side Chair
In excellent condition with a set of front casters, this walnut side chair is the pinnacle of the Gothic Revival style in America. The chair has an old finish and and old reupholster job. With the right fabric, this chair will sing!
$475.00
Watercolor of the Boston-Built Clipper Ship James Baines
By Scottish painter Robert MacGregor (1848-1922)
The James Baines was an extreme passenger clipper ship completely constructed of Timber in the 1850s and launched on 25 July, 1854 from the East Boston shipyard of the famous ship builder Donald McKay for the Black Ball Line, James Baines & Co., Liverpool. The clipper was one of the few known larger sailing ships rigged with a moonsail.
As she was built for a passenger shipping line she provided luxury (1st class) accommodations equipped with the finest furniture available and mahogany paneling (wainscots), furthermore with standard rooms for the transportation of 700 passengers. The ship had also state-rooms and dining-rooms of the finest design. Three decks, a poop deck, two deck houses and a topgallant forecastle provided the accommodations for three classes of passengers and the 100 men crew whose bunks were built in the forecastle and in a deck house abaft the foremast. The ladies' cabin was in the stern section (aft) as well as the captain's rooms, the gentlemen's rooms were amidships to the ships's sides. All passenger and crew rooms were well ventilated and provided with sufficient light. The James Baines was not only a beautiful but also a very fast ship holding still sailing ship records as that of her first voyage from Boston to Liverpool.
Image is 12 x 19" sight. Framed 19 1/2 x 27" Signed lower left. Watercolor is in fine condition with very slight foxing and normal paper discoloration.
$750.00
In excellent condition with a set of front casters, this walnut side chair is the pinnacle of the Gothic Revival style in America. The chair has an old finish and and old reupholster job. With the right fabric, this chair will sing!
$475.00
By Scottish painter Robert MacGregor (1848-1922)
The James Baines was an extreme passenger clipper ship completely constructed of Timber in the 1850s and launched on 25 July, 1854 from the East Boston shipyard of the famous ship builder Donald McKay for the Black Ball Line, James Baines & Co., Liverpool. The clipper was one of the few known larger sailing ships rigged with a moonsail.
As she was built for a passenger shipping line she provided luxury (1st class) accommodations equipped with the finest furniture available and mahogany paneling (wainscots), furthermore with standard rooms for the transportation of 700 passengers. The ship had also state-rooms and dining-rooms of the finest design. Three decks, a poop deck, two deck houses and a topgallant forecastle provided the accommodations for three classes of passengers and the 100 men crew whose bunks were built in the forecastle and in a deck house abaft the foremast. The ladies' cabin was in the stern section (aft) as well as the captain's rooms, the gentlemen's rooms were amidships to the ships's sides. All passenger and crew rooms were well ventilated and provided with sufficient light. The James Baines was not only a beautiful but also a very fast ship holding still sailing ship records as that of her first voyage from Boston to Liverpool.
Image is 12 x 19" sight. Framed 19 1/2 x 27" Signed lower left. Watercolor is in fine condition with very slight foxing and normal paper discoloration.
$750.00
Three tier folk art shelf, 20th century
Red stained pine, perhaps Pennsylvania
This red stained pine shelf is full of movement and whimsey There is a nice rhythm to the shelf widths and it has a beautiful profile.
The shelf itself is massive, measuring 48 1/2" h x 38 w x 13 3/4" d. It holds quite a few treasures.
$625.00
Riding the Flemish Horse
by William Jasper Wilson (1881-1957) California
Watercolor and pen on paper
Red stained pine, perhaps Pennsylvania
This red stained pine shelf is full of movement and whimsey There is a nice rhythm to the shelf widths and it has a beautiful profile.
The shelf itself is massive, measuring 48 1/2" h x 38 w x 13 3/4" d. It holds quite a few treasures.
$625.00
Riding the Flemish Horse
by William Jasper Wilson (1881-1957) California
Watercolor and pen on paper
Painter, etcher, illustrator, Wilson was born in Toledo, OH on Nov. 1, 1881.
By the 1920s "Billy" Wilson had settled in Long Beach, CA. While working as an auditor for Craig Shipbuilding Company, he painted marine subjects in his leisure. He died in Los Angeles on May 17, 1957.
Member: Spectrum Club; Long Beach AA (pres.); Laguna Beach AA; Painters & Sculptors of LA. Exh: Spectrum Club (Long Beach), 1932, 1933 (1st prize); Calif. State Fair, 1936; Academy of Western Painters (LA), 1937. In: Bilge Club (San Pedro). PF; AAW; AAA 1931-33; WWAA 1936-41; DR.
The illustrated scene shows what was commonly referred to as "Riding the Flemish Horse" an honor given to the two best seamen aboard a vessel. The act refers to having to climb the mast to install brass rings over the yard arm to reef or decrease the size of the sail in bad weather.
$450.00
By the 1920s "Billy" Wilson had settled in Long Beach, CA. While working as an auditor for Craig Shipbuilding Company, he painted marine subjects in his leisure. He died in Los Angeles on May 17, 1957.
Member: Spectrum Club; Long Beach AA (pres.); Laguna Beach AA; Painters & Sculptors of LA. Exh: Spectrum Club (Long Beach), 1932, 1933 (1st prize); Calif. State Fair, 1936; Academy of Western Painters (LA), 1937. In: Bilge Club (San Pedro). PF; AAW; AAA 1931-33; WWAA 1936-41; DR.
The illustrated scene shows what was commonly referred to as "Riding the Flemish Horse" an honor given to the two best seamen aboard a vessel. The act refers to having to climb the mast to install brass rings over the yard arm to reef or decrease the size of the sail in bad weather.
$450.00
