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The Collections of the Historically Significant Goddard Family of Providence, Rhode Island | Bonhams Skinner

26 March – 5 April 2023

The Goddard family was one of the most prominent families of Providence, Rhode Island, who resided in one of Providence's finest neo-classical mansions for generations. For over two centuries, the family assembled a remarkable collection that Bonhams Skinner proudly presents at auction. Highlights in the collection include an extraordinary early walnut bombe burl musical tall case clock by Jan Christian Sauer, Amsterdam, with astrological dial playing twelve tunes, an exceptional c. 1765 Philadelphia Chippendale carved and figured mahogany dressing table, colonial American silver from Newport, Rhode Island, and Boston, Chinese export porcelain, antique oriental rugs, and related decorative art from America and Europe.

Previews available at our Marlborough gallery, April 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM, or by appointment.

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Dutch Burl Walnut and Inlaid Eight-day Musical Longcase Clock, Jan Christian Sauer, Amsterdam, c. 1765,Dutch Burl Walnut and Inlaid Eight-day Musical Longcase Clock, Jan Christian Sauer, Amsterdam, c. 1765,. Sold for US$35,655 inc. premium
Portrait of the Ship Providence and Related Covered Glass Urn, 19th century.Portrait of the Ship Providence and Related Covered Glass Urn, 19th century.. Sold for US$14,025 inc. premium
Silver Porringer, Samuel Vernon (1683-1737), Newport, Rhode Island, early 18th century.Silver Porringer, Samuel Vernon (1683-1737), Newport, Rhode Island, early 18th century.. Sold for US$4,845 inc. premium
China Trade Chippendale Side Chair, late 18th century.China Trade Chippendale Side Chair, late 18th century.. Sold for US$2,167.50 inc. premium

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Portrait of the Ship John Fraser, China, first half of the 19th century.
Portrait of the Ship Providence and Related Covered Glass Urn, 19th century.
Thangka of Hevajra, Tibet, 20th century.
Pair of Temple Painting Fragments, Sino Tibet, 19th century.
Pharaonic Error, David Macaulay (British, b. 1946), 1976.
Fiddler and a Gypsy Woman (Consolation), K.P.M. Porcelain Plaque, signed F. Schmidt, after Louis Gallait (Belgium, 1810-97); Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur, Berlin, Germany, late 19th century.
Map of the United States of America including Canada and a Large Portion of Texas, J. Calvin Smith and George E. Sherman, New York, New York, 1843.
American School, 19th Century, Pair of Portraits of William Slocum and Elizabeth Burnet Groesbeck, Ohio, c. 1840.
Portrait of William Goddard, Sarkis Diranian (Armenian, 1854-1938), probably Paris, France, late 19th century.
Portrait of a Nun, France, 19th century.
Two Framed Watercolor Carnival Scenes, Robert Chase (1919-2014), America, c. 1970.
Francis Bailey Carved Powder Horn, America, late 18th century.
211 Canton and Willow Pattern Porcelain Table Items, China, early 19th century.
Twelve Early Wine and Cordial Glasses, Europe, late 18th/early 19th century.
Eleven Wheel-Engraved Glasses, England and Europe, 18th and early 19th century.
Two Tortoiseshell Glazed Plates, Staffordshire, England, third quarter of the 18th century.
Fifty-one Porcelain Table Items, China and England, early 19th century.
Nineteen Porcelain Table Items, China and Japan, 19th century.
Seventeen-piece Armorial Porcelain Tea Service, China, late 18th century.
Hair Crystal Snuff Bottle, China, 19th/20th century.
Inside Painted Hair Crystal Snuff Bottle, manner of 葉仲三 (Ye Zhongshan, 1875-1945), China, early 20th century.
Carved Agate Snuff Bottle, China, early 19th century.
Two Snuff Bottles, China, 19th/20th century.
Group of Five Snuff Bottles, China, 19th/20th century.
Footed Lead Glass Salver, England or North America, 19th century.
Six Milk Glass Lighting Shades, 20th century.
Sixty-eight Fitzhugh Pattern Porcelain Plates, China, 19th century.
Porcelain Tea Service Items, China, late 18th/early 19th century.
Six "Catherine the Great" Porcelain Plates, China, late 18th century.
Forty-six Armorial Porcelain Table Items, Canton, China, late 18th/early 19th century.
Porcelain Mug, China, c. 1800.
Pair of Famille Jaune Cache Pots, China, early 18th century.
Two Pairs of Staffordshire Spaniels, Staffordshire, England, 19th century.
Pair of Enamel Decorated Porcelain Bowls, China, early 19th century.
Pair of Enamel Decorated Covered Jars, China, late 18th/early 19th century.
Pair of Blue and White Porcelain Vases, China, 19th century.
Delft Chinoiserie Decorated Covered Jar, Europe, 18th century.
Two Polychrome Ceramic Lamps, England, 19th century.
Pair of Louis XVI-style Gilt Bronze and Marble Cassoulets, Europe, late 19th century.
Pair of Cut Crystal Covered Jars, England or Ireland, 19th century.
Four Satsuma Vessels, Japan, 19th century.
Pair of Famille Noire Covered Jars, China or Japan, 19th century.
Pair of Famille Rose Covered Jars, China, early 20th century.
Near Pair of Blue and White Porcelain Jars, China, 19th/20th century.
Enameled Glass Urn, Europe, 19th century.
Pair of Enameled Porcelain Covered Jars, China, early 20th century.
Famille Rose Porcelain Plate, China, Republic Period.
Pair of Blue and White and Gilt Decorated Covered Vases, China, 19th/20th century.
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