Lot 136: Sundial And Four Rare Shutter Ties

Estimate: $600 – $800

Copper, “Commemorating the Existence of the Shaker Society founded in the Wilds of Niskayuna in Albany County, N.Y.”, “September 1776 to October 1938”, “Put your Hands to Work and Give your Hearts to God”, also signed “William L. Lassiter, del., 940.”, (note: William Lassiter was the former curator of the New York State Museum Shaker Collection), 13 3/4″ dia; Hand-forged iron, diamond shaped tops with curled ends, pointed spike for driving into the window frames, 7″ l, (ex. the Spring Collection, and exhibited in “A Sampler of American Folk Art from Pennsylvania Collections, 1989, and sold at Freeman's Auction, Philadelphia, 11/20/2000, Lot 284).