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388. SANDWICH GLASS FLUID LAMP, American, 19th century, with
gilt-decorated cobalt blue cut-to-clear glass font on a molded French blue
pedestal foot, brass fittings; etched frosted colorless glass globe.
Overall Height 26 ½ in.
389. AMERICAN SHERATON TIGER MAPLE FOUR-DRAWER
CHEST, circa 1840, rectangular cherry top above four long cockbeaded
drawers and paneled sides, with repoussé brass pulls, brass escutcheons, on
delicately turned 9” legs.
Height 42 in. Width 42 in. Depth 19 in.
Note: Valentine pictured on page 63.
390. GEORGE III IVORY MOUNTED MAHOGANY
MARINE STICK BAROMETER, Spencer Browning and
Rust, London, 1 st quarter of the 19 th century, with ivory maker’s
label, mercury thermometer and barometer with engraved ivory
tablets, both contained in a compartment with hinged door;
brass gimbal and mount, brass cistern.
Height 37 ½ in.
391. MAP OF VIRGINIA, 17 th century, Henricus Hondius
(1597-1651), Nova Virginiae Tabula, hand colored copper
plate engraving, 1630. Plate mark 15 in. x 19 ⅜ in. Overall 25
in. x 29 ½ in.
“The first and most important derivative of John Smith’s
map of Virginia, originally published in 1612.” (Quoted
from Philip D. Burden’s The Mapping of North America,
Rickmansworth: Raleigh Publications, 1996-2007).
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