Brief History:

Lilia Skala, the first woman licensed engineer and architect in Austria, before she became a leading lady of the stage and screen in the 20’s and 30’s. When she arrived in the US as a political refugee, she worked her way out of a zipper factory to a career on Broadway, television and film, culminating in an Academy Award nomination.

Furniture:

Late 17th Century German Baroque, inlaid (built in two pieces), carved walnut armoire. Has original engraved lock & key (3"by 6") 23" deep, 67" long, 73-1/2" high; Biedermeier fruitwood side chair with in tarsia inlay (floral motif) on two top back splats. Caned seat; German Biedermeier fruitwood cupboard/bookcase, cherry wood. 37-1/2" wide, 16" deep, 68-1/4" high; German Biedermeier walnut sewing table, single drawer with compartment. 24" wide, 19'1/2" deep, 30-3/4" high; North Italian fruitwood and parquetry inlaid commode, late 18th century (also described as Louis XVI Vitrine with glass lid that opens); interior lined with brocade. 4 drawers. 31" high (back), 29-1/4" (front), 37-1/2" long, 18" deep; (19th Century) inlaid vanity table. 18-7/8" wide, 13-7/8" deep, 28" tall; Baroque mirror. 30” x 24”; Wood and Upholstered Settee; 3 Drawer Regency Chest; Steamer Trunks; Gilt Mirror; Oriental & Egyptian Throw Rugs; Corner Glass Front Cabinet; Drop Leaf Table; Depression Bureaus; Brunswick Card Table and Chairs.

Artwork:

Watercolor by James Green. Frame measures 29-1/2” x 23”; Grapes Still life by Priscilla Roberts. Frame 16” x 16”; Oil painting of a woman by unknown artist. Frame 9” x 7-1/2”; Mary Shuff Watercolor; Hummingbird Painted on Feather; Many Adirondack Style Animal Prints; Vintage Advertising; And Much More 

Antiques/Collectibles/Household:

Silver Plate Tea Set; Abacus; Miessen Putto Cupid; Wedgewood Florentine Set; Hand Painted Porcelain Pieces; Porcelain Vanity Set; Porcelain Iris Vase; Cupid Silver Plate Platter; Assorted other Silver and Silver Plate (mostly silver plate); Porcelain Vases, Vintage kitchen items; Dark Blue Wedgewood; Misc Advertising Tins; Cane Baskets; Wooden Spinning Wheel; Clay Crock; WWI Picture; Adirondack great Camp Fire Screens; Vintage Railroad Lantern; Vintage Animal Traps; Several Antique Buttons and Sewing Supplies; Beaver, Raccoon, Muskrat and Goat Hides; Pyrex Flower Vase; Coconut Shell with Mother of Pearl Inlay; Crystal Glassware; Jena Glas Tea Set; Gold and Silver Jewelry; Costume Jewelry; Native American Arrow Heads; Miller Rogaska Crystal; Tiffany & Co. Glass Globe; Raccoon Fur Coat; Vintage Binoculars; Oriental Folding Fans; Vintage Snow Shovel; C-Polk Purses; Oxblood Lamp; Moose Taxidermy Mount; Antique Wooden Commode;  Civil War and other Tin Type photographs And Much More!

Currency:

1881 US $10 coin built into 14K gold bracelet; 1551 German Thaler Saalfeld; Pre 1964 US Silver Coins; 1910 Hungarian Gold 10 Koronas; 1934 Five Reichmark; 1953 Canadian Dollar; 1873 Mexican Peso Pin; Syracuse, Dionysios I, 405-367 BC. Dekadrachm; And More!

Books:

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens December 1843; A Summary of Biblical Antiquities Vol 1 by John W. Nevin 1829; The Book of Beauty by Leavitt & Allen 1855; The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus by George Long; Gleanings from the English Poets by Robert Inglis 1880’s; The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan Elstow Edition 1881; The Poetical Works of John Milton by William Michael Rossetti 1880’s; The Big Book of Fairy Tales by Walter Jerrold 1911; The Three Little Foxes by Mary Tourtel 1903; The Path of the King by John Buchan 1^st Edition 1925; The Apocrypha 1896; The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson 1893; David King of Israel 1876; Sanctuary Troubled Soul Bible by John Hayward 1620; And More!