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ITEM #JC101
UKRAINIAN PINE LARGE TRUNK, ST. MICHAEL AB
CLEAN INTERIOR, DETAILED METALWORK; ORIGINAL HEAVY LOCK & KEY !
CANADIANA PINE UKRAINIAN TRUNK
Huge pine trunk c. 1890. Original paint & shaped metalwork.
52″ wide 28.5″ deep 26.5″ high, 1-piece top !
PRICE: $795.
Note: top has natural shrinkage filled decades ago.
LARGEST TRUNK I HAVE EVER FOUND ! BROUGHT FROM ALBERTA IN 1989.
ITEM #0766
HUTTERITE WOOL WINDER
A pine wool winder, Canadian Hutterite origin with original bright orange paint.
(For detailed analysis, see “Selected Canadian Spinning Wheels…”, National Museums of Canada 1980, pps. 260-2).
Obtained from a Canadian picker (not Sheldon nor Scott) in Edmonton, Alberta.
PRICE: $275.
ITEM #755
CANADIANA PINE HIGH CHAIR
Canadian pine high chair obtained from central Saskatchewan 30 yrs ago.
Refinished 60 yrs ago in “honey pine”, as was highly desired then !
PRICE: $175.
Note: pegged construction c.1880.
ITEM #JC91
ICELANDIC SPINNING WHEEL
All original paint. Brought to Gimli, MB from Iceland 75 years ago.
38″ HIGH, 18″ DIAM. WHEEL TURNS FREELY; HARD-TO-SEE MINIMAL WARP.
PRICE: $325.
All intact, ready to spin your hand-made yarn!
ITEM #3024
Hanging Mennonite corner cupboard c.1910.
MENNONITE CORNER CUPBOARD
Original grain-painted surface over yellow undercoat with traditional black trim. Obtained near Russell, MB c.1994.
Note raised centre-panel door, drawer from soap-box construction ! Back foot added c.1940 to convert to floor-standing. Missing gallery replaced c.1998, ref. figs 463, 465, p.279 “Canadian Country Furniture” 1994.
PRICE: $1,495.
Height 42″ plus 5″ gallery; requires 20″ corner.
ITEM #0796
UKRAINIAN CUPBOARD
Ukrainian 1-piece pine kitchen cupboard, 76″ high, 42″ wide.
Old robin’s-egg blue & yellow over original white, Alberta origin.
2 chamfer-panel doors to bottom, tongue & groove multi-board back.
PRICE: $1,600.
ITEM #0352
UKRAINIAN PINE CUPBOARD
Incredible Canadian Ukrainian pine 1-piece cupboard with scalloped top, original light- green surface, hand-painted yellow/ brown grain-paint design !
Size is 74″ high, 40″ wide, bottom 24″ deep; bottom part is 43″ high with 31″ upper cupboard with glazed doors. Chamfer-panel lower doors.
Superb oxidation to inside & to back !
PRICE: $2,000.
ITEM #0353
TAVERN TABLE
A country-made table, but designed to look “formal” !
Fruitwood tilt-top 27″ x 43″ oval, inlaid with many different woods, on oak gate-leg stand with chip-carved designs; 47″ high folded.
Rose-head nail construction. c. 1840.
PRICE: $1,500.
ITEM #4632
NOVA SCOTIA TWO-PIECE CUPBOARD
Canadian 2-piece flat-to-the-wall cupboard of maple and pine c.1880, Nova Scotia.
Base is 30″ high, 52.5″ wide, 24″ deep.
Top is 58″ high, 49″ wide body with deep heavy cornice 57″ wide.
Sold by Hillside Antiques, Lunenberg N.S.
PRICE: $3,200.
ITEM #4351
ENGLISH DRESSER / PEWTER CUPBOARD
18th C oak 2-piece dish dresser or pewter cupboard.
Back with 3 shelves; on base with 3 drawers, arched arcades over pot-board shelf; all on through-stile legs. Original back-boards.
Base is 58″ wide, 31″ high, 78″ high overall. Probably Yorkshire c. 1770.
History: in Eaton’s Winnipeg main store since 1935 as pieces to display “goods”, bottom on 2nd floor, top on 1st floor !!
Reunited Oct. 12, 1999.
PRICE: $4,800.
FORMAL
ITEM #9720
A wonderful Victorian solid walnut & veneer lectern c.1850.
VICTORIAN BURL WALNUT LECTERN
A telescoping support rod can raise book-shelf from 32″ (closed) to as much as 48″ (for very tall readers !)
PRICE: $1,455.
Wonderful carved column on 3 curved feet.
ITEM #9781
A fabulous late Victorian English solid 1/4-cut oak chair C. 1890.
ARTS & CRAFTS OAK SIDECHAIR.
Square stiles, front legs with splayed feet; 49″ tall.
2 side and 1 front stretchers.
Deeply carved central splat with stylized florals & stems.
PRICE: $595.
Seat is 18″ front, 15.5″ rear, 16″ deep.
3-board seat tightly matched, no separation.
ITEM #9781b
Another fabulous late Victorian English solid 1/4-cut oak chair C. 1890.
Stiles 43″ high, 37.5″ back.
ARTS & CRAFTS OAK SIDECHAIR.
Leather=covered seat and 3/4 of back, accented with round-head large brass tacks.
2 side and 1 front stretchers.
Deeply carved central splat with stylized florals & stems.
PRICE: $595.
Seat is 16″ X 16″ deep.
Note McMurdo type stile finials and wide central stretcher with
exposed pin & tenon construction.
ITEM #1481
Victorian inlaid top walnut sewing table.
VICTORIAN SEWING TABLE
Octagonal 17.5″ top lifts to reveal 8 compartments for threads, etc. and central well for work-in-progress.
On octagonal solid walnut column with central carved disc.
Note 3 highly-carved legs.
PRICE: $925.
Detail of inlaid top.