Sign of the Whale Antiques

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630-469-5320
558 Crescent Boulevard, Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137
info@signofthewhaleantiques.com

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Amish quilt, Log Cabin pattern in striking raspberry, green, black, and brown. Tiny logs average 3/8" wide. Made about 1880 by Susan Barkman, Franklin Grove, IL. Provenance available. 77" x 78". Excellent condition.

$875

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Whirligig, 1930s, excellent condition.

$285

Rick West, Daily Herald photographer

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Mid 19th century hand carved convex wreath, leaves with berries, New England, concave back, original dry white paint. Excellent condition with old repairs to age separations on back. Believed to be an architectural embellishment from an early home.

$1650

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American running horse weathervane, copper hollow body and tail, nicely molded features, probably Fiske, New York, second half 19th century. Excellent condition. 32" long x 18 1/4" tall with stand.

$3400

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Hooked rug, winter scene with church and eleven houses, circa 1930, 35" x 21 1/2". Very good condition.

$375

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Carved polychrome rooster, circa 1920, 18" tall, old repair to comb.

$595

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Copper eagle weathervane, circa 1890, 19" wingspan, excellent condition, on custom iron stand.

$1600

Rick West, Daily Herald photographer

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Pennsylvania hooked rug, last quarter 19th century, flowers on a single stem in center field with a wide hit or miss border. Very good condition. 21" x 38".

$195

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Mennonite quilt, "sawtooth" pattern, brick red and black, 70" square, London, Ontario, 1910-20, mint condition.

$675

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Small watercolor portrait of a woman in a blue dress, exquisitely detailed in original oval wood frame, 4" x 6", c1850.

$385

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Set of 13 hooked rug stair treads, 11 different motifs include liberty bell, sailboat, birds, Pennsylvania Dutch hex sign, etc., with 2 in solid color, circa 1930s, each 35" x 17". Strong vibrant color in unused condition.

$440 for the set of 13

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Early New England broom with carved handle ending in a whimsy for hanging, 34" long x 7" at the widest, excellent condition.

$495

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19th century landscape, oil on canvas, unframed, nice detail, scattered minor damage. 32" x 24".

$895

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Cut and paste silhouette of tools in original frame: saw, plane, axe, key, scissors, and knife. Circa 1900, 3 1/2" x 6 1/4".

$125

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Assembled group of 37 "Dancing Dans" including one Uncle Sam and two women. Six are mounted on platforms, and seven have independent paddles. Second quarter 20th century.

$2220

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Early checkerboard, one 3/4" thick pine board with walnut inlay, very finely done. 14 1/2" x 14 3/4". Nice warm color; excellent condition.

$150

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Cement horse, white with grey base, mid 20th century. Good strong form. 23" long x 24" tall x 8 1/2" deep.

$425

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Early applique quilt, stylized star-flower pattern with vining border of cherries or grapes on stems, red piping between field and border, 88 " square, circa 1850. Extremely well-quilted.

$850

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Pair "pinch neck" canvasback decoys with bobtail bodies, classic Michigan form, Pointe Mouillee, Michigan, working repaint, circa 1900. 15 1/2" long.

$595 pair

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Charming portrait of a draft horse, oil on board in old frame, circa 1900. 17" x 15"; sight 11 1/4" x 9 1/4".

$425

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Small two-masted ship model, original paint, old loss to tip of rear mast. 10 1/8" long x 11 1/8" tall.

$275

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Ship in a bottle with village in background, c1920-30. 12" long x 3 1/2" deep.

$165

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Sheet iron horse weathervane, circa 1880, weathered surface. Very well constructed including original reinforcements to legs, tail riveted to body. All original. 19" wide x 20" high excluding rod and contemporary stand.

$795

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Large gameboard in original red and black paint with nicely molded frame, circa 1910-20, found in Vermont. Good aged surface, was once used as a table top. 23 1/2" square.

$495

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c1880 Tartan Courthouse Steps log cabin quilt, brown background with plaid steps, cotton with red wool binding, 70" x 76", very graphic, rare, in crisp unused condition.

$795

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Early trade sign circa 1860 for Plummer's, a business in Newburyport, Massachusetts that reportedly made and/or sold hats, caps, and furs. Original blue painted ground with oyster white letters shadowed in darker blue, nicely beveled edge, on one board 53 1/2" long x 6 3/4" high x 3/4" thick. Very good condition with some paint loss. Graphic and wonderful.

$965

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Oil on canvas farmyard scene of cows fording a stream at sunset with children playing on the dock and a dog standing guard, original stretcher, circa 1870-80, 37" x 26 1/2", unframed. Cleaned, minor restoration.

$1125

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Tole paint decorated knife box, canted sides, shaped handle, all original, probably Maine, circa 1880. 13 1/2" long x 10 1/4" deep. Excellent condition.

$475

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Grenfell Mission hooked rug from Labrador, wool yarn on burlap, early 20th century. Mounted on stretcher 24" x 17". Mint condition.

$475

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Hooked rug with bird, rabbit, squirrel, deer and pair of ducks, circa 1930, 32" x 20 1/2". Mounted for hanging.

$275

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Hooked rug, wool on burlap, 47" x 29 3/4", a great medley of vegetables including red and green peppers, onions, asparagus, celery, eggplant, beans, peas, cabbage, tomatoes, etc. Variegated background in soft browns and set off by a border in eggplant. A rare pattern in excellent condition, finely hooked with tiny strips of wool. Mounted for hanging. Found in Massachusetts.

$895

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Calligraphy of a bird in original frame, memorial to Otis Lloyd Mallory, dated 1922. Nicely flourished. 11" wide x 9 1/4" tall.

$225

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Cement statue of a young Black shoeshine boy, original weathered painted surface, circa 1920, 22" tall. Signed "Copyright Concrete Machinery Co., Inc." Much better than the photo.

$265

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Copper flying duck weathervane with directionals and roof mount, verdigris showing through early black paint. Feathers finely detailed giving the impression of movement. Early 20th century, off a roof in Narragansett, RI, right on the water. 14 1/4" wide x 25" tall

$295

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c1880 oil on canvas painting of landscape with sheep, probably Hudson River School. Cleaned and relined. Original frame with gilt liner. 38" x 28" sight, 46" x 36" exterior dimensions.

$2295

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Sheet iron Black dancing child, circa 1920. Weathered original painted surface, 26 1/4" tall with custom stand.

$2200

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Century of Progress quilt top, commemorating the Exposition held in Chicago in1933, with Fort Dearborn with flag flying and eagle and shield above, Chicago skyline, Transportation Hall, covered wagon representing transportation in 1833, while airplane with star insignia represents advances to 1933, sunbursts representing optimism for the future on both sides, triple border of the exposition's primary colors. 88" x 96", machine pieced and hand appliqued and embroidered. Mint, unwashed condition with a few age spots, but no damage, quilting lines visible. Likely made from a quilt kit.

$1650

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Early Victorian sled, circa 1860s, unusual original painting of a sailboat. 41" long. Someone must have hung it at one time as there is an old hole above the sailboat (see photos).

$685

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