Pook and Pook Americana & International Auction 2021

252 948 Massachusetts printed, pen and ink Abner Pollard’s family record , designed and executed by John Howe, Harvard, June 29th, 1815, 21” x 29”. John Howe was a loyalist printer during the American Revolution, a printer and Postmaster in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a spy prior to the War of 1812, and eventually a Magistrate of the Colony of Nova Scotia. Abner Pollard was a Captain in the Harvard Light Infantry in 1810 after the close of the American Revolution. Provenance: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania collection. $500-1,000 943 Swell bodied copper prancing horse weathervane, late 19th c. , with cast zinc head, with remains of a gilt surface, 22 1/2” h., 28” l. Provenance: A Long Island, New York collection. $2,000-3,000 944 Swell bodied copper Hackney horse weathervane, late 19th c. , retaining a painted mustard surface, 25 1/2” h., 31 1/2” l. Provenance: A Long Island, New York collection. $2,000-4,000 945 Painted walnut mortised bench, 19th c. , with three drawers, retaining an old black surface, 21” h., 51” w., 13 1/2” d. Provenance: A Long Island, New York collection. $400-600 946 Swell bodied copper running horse weathervane, early 20th c. , with cast iron head, retaining an old verdigris surface, 15 1/2” h., 28 1/2” l. Provenance: A Long Island, New York collection. $500-1,000 947 Pen, ink and watercolor fraktur valentine puzzle, dated May 1st, 1845 , in two parts, with various tokens of love and affection, folded - 4 1/4” x 4 1/2”. $300-500