Pook and Pook Americana & International Auction 2021

84 Soap Hollow Somerset County, Pennsylvania painted pine dower chest for Mary Thompson, dated 1848 , initialed MT , 29 1/2” h., 47 1/2” w. $1,000-2,000 15 85 Soap Hollow Somerset County, Pennsylvania painted poplar blanket chest, dated 1883 , initialed EB , retaining its original floral decoupage decoration on a red and black grained ground, 24 3/4” h., 48 1/4” w. Provenance: The Collection of Russ and Sarah Ezzell, State College, Pennsylvania. $1,000-1,500 86 James Hosley Whitcomb (American 1806-1849) , hollowcut silhouette of Stephen Foster Composer, with gauche highlights on suit coat and hair, signed and dated 1838 , 5 1/2” x 4”. Provenance: Park Bernet Americana Sale, May 16-17-18, 1975, item #758; A Chicago collection. $800-1,200 87 American silhouette of a young girl, early 19th c. , with painted églomisé surround in the original red painted pine frame, 3” x 2 3/4”. Provenance: A Chester County, Pennsylvania collection. $200-400 88 Virginia silhouette of Col. Wm. Bullitt Fitzhugh, late 19th c. , of a gentleman in a silk hat, with later inscription on interior paper Sylvan Scene near Machipongo, Northampton County, Virginia, born in 1853 , 3 1/2” x 2 1/4”, together with another silhouette of a gentleman, 3 3/4” x 3”. Provenance: A Chester County, Pennsylvania collection. $200-300