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American & Southern | Session I | November 13, 2025

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Our November auction begins with a large group of Staffordshire, Whieldon type, armorial and other chinese export porcelains; furniture includes New England, Philadelphia and New York rarities, including a Seymour attributed Chippendale Figured mahogany block front desk, and a Seymour attributed Federal Eagle Inlaid Tambour Desk; Pottery includes Staffordshire, Whieldon type, armorial and other Chinese Export porcelain; Decorative arts include an extensive collection of early lighting, silver, fireplace and other household tools, weathervanes include a full bodied gilt copper eagle, and more
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Lot 1574

Exceptional New England Federal Eagle Inlaid Tambour Desk, Sack Provenance

Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
Starting Bid
$7,500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

attributed to John and Thomas Seymour, Boston, circa 1800-1815, highly figured maple and mahogany veneers, tambour doors centering a tiger maple inlaid prospect door, centering a large patera depicting the American Federal eagle, inlaid ivory escutcheons, desk cubbies with pale blue painted interiors in keeping with much of the Seymour's work, 49 x 40-1/5 x 17 in.

Provenance: R.T. Haines Halsey, a trustee and unofficial curator at the opening of the American wing at the Metropolitan Museum. Israel Sack, New York, purchased September 2000 (accompanied by invoice and write-up); Collection of Karen Shackleford Moore, Baltimore, Maryland

 

Literature: According to the Sack receipt, illustrated in The Handbook of the American Wing, p. 192; also illustrated in Homes of Our Ancestors by R.T. Haines Halsey and Tower, p. 19.

 

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R.T. Haines Halsey, a trustee and unofficial curator at the opening of the American wing at the Metropolitan Museum. Israel Sack, New York, purchased September 2000 (accompanied by invoice and write-up); Collection of Karen Shackleford Moore, Baltimore, Maryland

 

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