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Antiques Auction at Glen Dale Farm

Proceeds to benefit the Henry Sheldon Museum

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Preview: 8:30 AM
Auction: 10 AM

at Glen Dale Farm
1455 Cider Mill Road
Cornwall, Vermont

Auctioneer: Tom Broughton
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Item descriptions below photo,)

The Henry Sheldon Museum is still
seeking your antiques and collectibles
for the Antique Auction!
 Please call the Museum at 802-388-2117 to arrange donations.

Antiques Auction committee members Barbara Blodgett, Julie Peddie, Gayl Braisted and Lynn McKenna display some of the items to be auctioned on June 7 to benefit the Henry Sheldon Museum.

The following will be sold at the Auction…

Child’s wicker highchair- -crystal glasses- -brass andirons and fender-1880 log cabin quilt – folk style purple martin house – 22’ oriental rug runner – oval pine drop leaf table – Danish pine washstand with marble top – alligator doctor’s satchel – textiles – 12 place settings of Limoges – ancestor portraits – Christmas card poems from Robert Frost – Storrs Lee books – antique brass lantern – old bottles – old cradle scythe –many sterling pieces – pewter – baskets – three sets of chairs – Jasperware – Leeds – Woods Ware – old red paint store tea tin – lamps – wicker rocker – large brass coat stand – blanker chest with cutout base-breadboard table with drawer-oil paintings: Victorian floral, Adirondack landscape, Venetian watercolor, -sewing box-Ithaca calendar clock-children’s stepback cupboard-Airedale cast iron doorstop-contemporary quilt(Kaffe Fassett style)-vintage Turkey red quilt-Victorian cut steel beaded purse and blue and yellow mesh purse-antique hat pins and holder-fancy hand fans-walnut doll’s bed and bedding-Steiff animals-1933Ladies Home Journal with Halloween cover-Engravings-Export china-treenware-2 crank music boxes-15 minute hourglass in Tartan design-gild framed charcoal drawing of an apple- Schoolgirl watercolor of a bird-candle molds-apple peeler(1855 patent)-foot warmer- English silhouette-pewter American coffee urn-ironstone-miniature domed desktop box-Phyllis Demong framed oil painting-antique Staffordshire-custom made showcase with owl closure-Austrian fine porcelain tureen-copper chafing dish-copper steam double boiler-yellow ware-cruet sets-Woods ware china set for four-English doorknocker-large bakery breadboard-Sessions mantle clock-1830 dough box in original red paint-picnic basket Burlington, VT 1860-stereopticon-handpainted trays-needlepoint –framed  maps-sterling candlesticks-Wedgwood Fort Ti and Middlebury College plates-giecle print of Old Chapel by David Thompson-rope beds-postcards-some jewelry-Chinese chest-tea table- Hockey stick signed by Bobby Orr-country pine chest of drawers-Arthur Healy watercolors-beautiful lapbox in great condition-many framed prints-apothecary jar- rug hooking frame circa 1920 with half finished rug-tole trays, one with stand-old buttons on cards in a bag-brass fire extinguisher lamp-brass and iron kettles-wooden dough bowl-framed Geraldine Ferraro with Mondale campaign poster – matted Town Hall Theater handbills and many more items to be auctioned!
 

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