Antiques Furniture Decorations

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Detail of an American pictorial sampler by Hannah Johnson (1768)

Fine Art

20th-Century Design

Antiques, Furtniture & Decorations

Asian Art

Jewelry & Watches

Capsule & Litchfield’s antique furniture and decorative art auctions occur approximately six to 10 times per year.

These auctions feature fine furniture and decorations from Europe and America, from the 16th to the 19th-centuries. Periods include Renaissance, Baroque, Louis XV and Louis XVI, French Empire and Egyptian Revival; William & Mary, Queen Anne, George I, George II, and George III, Regency and William IV; Early American, Federal and Victorian. In addition to furniture, the sales feature silver, carpets, mirrors, bronzes, chandeliers, lamps, clocks, barometers, tapestries, porcelain by Sevres, Meissen, Herend, Coalport, and Minton as well as Baccarat and early American glass, stoneware, pewter, firearms and other militaria, musical instruments, and rare books.

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American Chippendale carved mahogany dining chairs

New York, 1770-1790

Sold for $38,400

Louis XVI Directoire ormolu, enamel, and rouge marble striking skeleton mantel clock

Sold for $27,000

Rare wood carved ship mast figurehead of a maiden

with carved Fleur-de-lis detail and original polychrome paint, probably French, (c. 1850)

Sold for $20,800

Pair of large jasper tazzi

probably Russian, 19th-century

Sold for $45,600

18th-century Litchfield tea table

Sold for $59,400

Georgian camelback sofa

possibly Irish, 18th-century

Sold for $57,600

Pair of George III girandole mirrors

Irish (c. 1790)

Sold for $40,800

Baroque carved marine ivory covered master salt cellar on pedestal

German, probably 17th-century

Sold for $55,200

Gilt bronze clock

19th/20th-century

Sold for $22,200

Porcelain vase decorated in Pâte-sur-pâte by J. Gely

late 19th-century

Sold for $14,400

Reticulated gilded porcelain plates with central armorial design

14 pieces, 20th-century

Sold for $22,500

Ball, Black & Co. coin silver presentation oval tea tray

19th-century

Sold for $21,600

George III mahogany and satinwood inlaid 2-part secretary bookcase

18th-century

Sold for $12,000

Louis XV inlaid circular occasional table

Sold for $13,800

Venetian serpentine commode

18th-century

Sold for $17,000

18th-Century Litchfield, Connecticut Tea Table

This 18th-Century Litchfield Tea Table was discovered in an a colonial house, where it had likely been since it was made, nearly 300 years ago. It sold for $59,400.