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Fontaine’s Highlights Spring At Two-Day Auction May 21, 29
PITTSFIELD, MA – Featuring a curated selection of 700 items, Fontaine’s $60,000), circa 1905, with 16 shades, measuring 34 1/2 by 24 inches, and
will highlight the spring season with a two-day auction. The a 12-light “Lily” table lamp ($30,000-$50,000), 21 inches tall.
sessions will be held on back-to-back weekends with each offering 350 lots. The clock category features a R.J. Horner & Co. grandfather clock
The first session will take place on Saturday, May 22, at 11 a.m., followed a ($50,000-$75,000), circa 1890, in carved mahogany, having a dial signed
week later on May 29, also at 11 a.m. “Joseph Jennens, Skinner Street, Clerkenwell London.” The case is decor-
The first session will include 19th and 20th Century lighting, art glass, ated with winged griffins, female caryatids, scrollwork, filigree and the crest
leaded glass windows, timepieces, marble and bronze statuary, American with two maidens flanking a cartouche shield, 120 inches tall.
and European furniture and the second session will offer paintings, fine Fine and decorative arts offerings in the first session will be led by a
silver, porcelains, gold and diamond jewelry, American and European wood William Randolph Barbee (American, 1818-1868) marble bust of Venus
carvings and art pottery. ($30,000-$50,000), signed and dated “Barbee, 1858,” standing 26 1/2
“We have been gathering items from coast-to-coast over the last few inches tall.
months and acquired many high-quality works from renowned artists and The second session will start off strong with several fine European paint-
makers,” said John Fontaine, owner. “We also have our always anticipated, ings, including an oil on board Paris street scene by Edouard Leon Cortes
diversified selection of fine and decorative art items.” ($20/30,000), 19 by 31 1/2 inches (sight) and a Vladimir Egorovich
Tiffany Studios items are always a solid performer here, and this sale Makovsky ($20,000-$30,000) oil on canvas laid on board, Figures by the
features over 60 of them, including a “Moorish” chandelier ($40,000- Water, 17 3/4 by 23 3/4 inches (sight).
Jewelry figures prominently in the auction with a 14K white gold 3.93-
carat marquise diamond ring ($20/30,000) with tapered baguette stones,
and an 18K gold, diamond, kunzite and topaz necklace ($10,000-$15,000)
centered by a pear-shaped kunzite weighing a total of 8.60 carats.
Among unusual and striking items in the sale is a Lithgow family silver
hilted sword ($20/$30,000), circa 1730, 33 inches long, made by Andrew
Tyler Bastin. Its cross-guard is inscribed “Capt. Wm. Lithgow/R.L. 1701,”
and it is accompanied by a letter from the Massachusetts Historical Society
noting its research. Rounding out the auction will be a pair of E.F.
Caldwell bronze candle stands ($20/30,000), 54 inches tall, and a pair of
porcelain urns attributed to Tucker Factory ($15/25,000), circa 1830,
standing 22 inch tall.
Fontaine’s Auction Gallery is the oldest operating auction gallery in
Western Massachusetts. Fontaine’s Auction Gallery has been voted “Best
Antique Auction Gallery” eight times by the public.
Consignments are currently being accepted for upcoming auctions. Call
413-448-8922 or email John Fontaine at info@fontainesauction.com.

July 31-August 1, 2021
at the
WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, Rt. 29, GREENWICH, NY
12 mi. East of Saratoga Springs, NY

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