Historic Silvermine Tavern Estate & Contents Sale! 85 Years of Business

The SIlvermine Tavern’s Antique and Estate Contents Sale!

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New England Estate Sales

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4/25 8am to 5pm

4/26 8am to 5pm

4/27 8am to 5pm

(Numbers will be given at 7am)

After 85 years of hospitality, one of Connecticut’s most historic treasures is closing! From the important paintings, folk art, and primitive pieces to the period furniture and decorative items, the entire contents of the restaurant and Inn must be sold.

The Silvermine Tavern is furnished with American country antiques, collected by John Kenneth Byard who was a noted advisor to the antique collections of Deerfield Village as well as Henry Ford’s restorations.  Byard was the proprietor of the renowned Silvermine Tavern and Galleries from 1929 until 1947.

Much of the art in the guest rooms are original works by Silvermine artists including Dorothy Randolph Byard, the proprietor's wife, who was an accomplished poet, writer, and an artist-member of the Silvermine Guild.

The collection that remains at the Silvermine Tavern today reflects Byard’s keen eye and diverse taste: country American furniture, primitive paintings, folk art, decorative accessories, handmade tools, and household artifacts. These photos are just a very small sampling of what is here. 

The Silvermine Tavern dates back over 200 years and is known for its warmth, friendly inviting air, and country charm. From its creaky wooden floors and venerable ancestor paintings to its traditional New England setting and antique canopy beds, the Tavern was everything a country inn should be.

This once in a lifetime opportunity to take home a piece of the historic Tavern will include thousands of items.  Some have not left the building in over 75 years! We are cleaning out attics, cellars, and outbuildings discovering new treasures every day that haven't been seen in years.

We invited you to join us at the sale to take home your own Silvermine Tavern memento or keepsake as a remembrance of a stay at the Inn, eating in the restaurant, or attending a special occasion. Plan to return one last time and take a piece of its great history home with you. Please keep checking our website for more updates and further information to come!

Some of the things to be included in this sale are an impressive collection of primitive tools, very early kitchen items to include a large collection of 19th century apple peelers, Barber shop poll, top hat trade sign, several shaving trade signs, many early train and carriage lanterns, large cast iron bull windmill weight, early fishing spear, 1920's eel spear, pair of beautiful solid brass horse plumes complete, folk art wooden carriage toy, folk art restroom signs possibly off of a steamboat, Wines and liquors folk art trade sign, set of 5 1920's folk art cupid wall sconce lights, hand forged local Norwalk plaque, Cast iron turn of the century pistol target, foot pump train whistle, early hunter fan, dozens of period  dressers, canopy top beds, 30+ small 18th-19th center tables, blanket chests, benches, hundreds of 1930's dining chairs,  hundreds of antique chairs, wing chairs, arm chairs, rooms and rooms filled with furniture, contents of the bathrooms, which include glass 1920's towel bars, claw foot tubs, freestanding sinks, many other 1920-1930's bathroom fixtures, ceiling lights including local made chandeliers created by gates Moore, large hammered brass buckets, Ca. 1850 R. Whiting & Winchester wooden works grandfather clock, dozens of fine 18th-20th century portrait paintings, very lager collection of Currier and Ives engravings, overall hundreds and hundreds of fine early paintings and engravings, 19th century ivory key below powered organ, early sheet steel weathervane, pressed tin wire birdcage, glocker meat hook advertising piece, Rifle shaped parade lantern, Solid bronze William Peter Brewery building plaque, antique glass curio cabinets, huge solid copper water tank, copper still, Ca. 1770 Pennsylvania pine cupboard, scarce Harrah’s national fence gate sales man’s sampler, buddy L tin steam bucket toy, antique horse drawn sleigh, and thousands of other items still being unearthed from the tavern!

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