What are the opening hours?

Monday 12pm - 5:30pm Thursday 11am - 5:30pm Friday 11am - 5:30pm Saturday 11am - 5:30pm Sunday 11am - 5pm

Kocian DePasqua Antiques

Home
United States
Woodbury, CT
Kocian DePasqua Antiques

Kocian Depasqua Antiques is open 11am-5:00 carrying an inventory of fine art and antiques. We are open Wed-Sun 11am-5pm or by appointment, please call ahead.

Visit us here anytime, any hours of the day.

09/26/2026

An English Oyster-Veneered Yew wood Bachelor’s Chest
19th century ca. 1860-80
30 in. wide × 32 in. high × 18 in. deep

A fabulous richly figured yew wood bachelor’s chest with three graduated drawers beneath a pull-out, leather-lined brushing slide. Circular cuts of yew wood form the distinctive oyster veneer on the drawer fronts and within the oval panel of the top. Fine line inlay and contrasting bands frame the veneers, while shaped bracket feet give the compact chest an elegant stance.

The drawer and case interiors are constructed in dealwood, with full dust boards. An Alan Y. Roberts Inc. Antiques, Scotts Corners in Pound Ridge, New York provenance. Retaining a warm mellow surface with aesthetically vibrancy in a diminutive scale.

09/25/2026

A 19th c Cast-Iron Garden Urn with Satyr-Mask Handles
England, ca. 1870’in the Andrew Handyside No. 1 pattern
26 inches high × 19 inches in diameter at the rim

A richly ornamented cast-iron garden urn of classical campana form. Its broad, scalloped rim rises above a frieze of scrolling foliage and flowerhead rosettes with a deeply gadrooned bowl. At either side, a bold loop handle with a head of a bearded satyr. The urn stands on a fluted spreading foot and square cast-iron base.

Made by Andrew Handyside & Co. foundry of Derby England during the Victorian period.

09/21/2026

Blake Hampton (American, 1932–2020)
The “America” Defending the Cup
Oil on artist board ca. 1976
Signed lower right “Hampton”
Titled and signed by the artist on the reverse
Sight: 11 × 14 inches

A finely rendered maritime portrait by American artist and illustrator Blake Hampton depicting the celebrated schooner America under full sail, her rigging crisply delineated against a blue sky and gently rolling sea. The vessel flies the burgee of the New York Yacht Club from the masthead and the American flag aft, while a smaller steam vessel appears on the horizon.

The reverse bears the artist’s handwritten title, “THE ‘AMERICA’ DEFENDING THE CUP,” together with his signature.

-An important note about the title-

The schooner America famously won the Royal Yacht Squadron’s 100 Guinea Cup in 1851; that trophy subsequently became known as the America’s Cup. So Hampton’s title should be quoted exactly as he wrote it, while a catalog description can identify the vessel ‘America’ and its association with the origins of America’s Cup racing.

Blake Lee Hampton (1932–2020) was born in Poteau, Oklahoma, and raised in Dallas. He graduated from the University of North Texas and subsequently worked as an art director for advertising agencies in New York before establishing himself as an illustrator and artist. He lived for many years in Weston, Connecticut, before moving to Hilton Head, South Carolina, in 1995.

Hampton had a substantial career in American editorial illustration. His work appeared in publications including American Heritage and Horizon, and surviving original illustrations from those publications demonstrate his versatility in watercolor, gouache, ink and other media. Heritage Auctions, for example, has documented Hampton originals from the archives of American Heritage Publishing.

Importantly, Hampton’s work is represented in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery holds his 1969 watercolor portrait of Spiro Agnew, which entered the collection as part of Time magazine’s gift of original cover art.

09/20/2026

George Tooker (American, 1920–2011)
The Lovers (Embrace), 1982
Lithograph on paper, 3/175
Pencil signed lower right and numbered lower left
Size 12 1/4” x 16 1/8” full margins in white gold gilt frame Size 22” x 25”

An exceptionally evocative lithograph by celebrated American figurative artist George Tooker, The Lovers (Embrace) presents two figures locked in an intimate, enveloping embrace. Executed in 1982, the composition exemplifies Tooker’s remarkable ability to invest the human figure with a sense of psychological stillness and emotional intensity.

The two figures nearly consume the picture plane. The man’s turned head conceals his identity while the woman’s closed eyes and gently resting hand convey an extraordinary sense of repose, trust and emotional surrender. Tooker’s careful modeling transforms the figures into almost sculptural forms, while the densely worked tonal passages create the quiet atmosphere for which his work is celebrated.

09/19/2026

A Hoop Back Windsor Settee. Painted hardwood measuring approximately 47” W × 26” D × 39” H, with an 18” seat height and 29” arm height.
Theodore Alexander ; the design as inspired by an 18th-century Hickory original.

A handsome Theodore Alexander Windsor-style hoop-back settee, thoughtfully modeled after an 18th-century American prototype and executed with the strong sculptural presence characteristic of early Windsor seating.

The settee features a particularly appealing triple-arched hoop back, each sweeping bow enclosing an arrangement of slender turned spindles and visually joined by gracefully curving continuous arms. Turned arm supports descend to a broad shaped plank seat, raised on turned and splayed legs joined by a traditional H-form stretcher, providing both structural strength and an authentically historic profile.

09/15/2026

Chinese School / China Trade
Portrait of the British Steamship Fuh Wo
Late 19th century, probably circa 1880–1900
Oil on fine textile/canvas
Sight: 11 × 16½ inches

A British-registered Chinese river/coastal steamer named Fuh Wo, meaning ( Fortunate Peace) built in Shanghai in 1879 by Boyd & Co. for the Yangtze Steam Navigation Company. Contemporary shipping records list the Fuh Wo as a British steamer, and later records give her dimensions of approximately 204 feet × 26.1 feet, with a two-cylinder compound steam engine.

The historical record says that the Fuh Wo entered service on the Yangtze River, and in 1882 was transferred to the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, associated with Jardine, Matheson & Co

The Chinese School produced highly detailed portraits of Western-owned vessels operating in Chinese waters. Several museums hold Chinese School ship portraits executed in oil on canvas, including a circa-1850 Chinese School clipper portrait at the National Maritime Museum and an 1865 Chinese painting of the P&O steamship Niphon off Hong Kong.

Of particular note; the very fine, delicate strokes and thin application of paint to finely woven canvas characteristic of Chinese port painters.

09/12/2026

A Fine and Rare Massachusetts late Chippendale serpentine-front chest of drawers in untouched original condition.

Attributed to the Shop of Luther Metcalf (1756–1838)
Medway, Massachusetts, circa 1790–1810
Mahogany with white-pine secondary woods
Dim’s: Height 31 3/4” Width 40 3/4” Depth 20 1/4” Case Width 37 1/2”

Constructed principally of mahogany, the chest retains a broad single-board mahogany top with molded serpentine edge above four graduated conforming drawers, each finely scratch-beaded around its perimeter and fitted with brass bail handles and central escutcheons. The case rests upon distinctive shaped bracket feet beneath a gently serpentine lower molding.

The chest belongs to a small and distinctive group of serpentine and oxbow chests associated with the cabinetmaking shop of Luther Metcalf (1756–1838) of Medway, Massachusetts. A closely related chest in the collection of Historic New England, dated 1790–1810 and attributed to Metcalf’s shop, is illustrated as no. 23 in Brock Jobe and Myrna Kaye, New England Furniture: The Colonial Era. The authors identify six closely related chests, including a documented example made by Luther Metcalf.

The present chest corresponds remarkably closely with the Historic New England example in its overall proportions, four-drawer arrangement, restrained serpentine façade, scratch-beaded drawer fronts, molded top and base, distinctive bracket feet, primary and secondary woods, and important details of drawer construction. Its dimensions are likewise nearly identical to those of the published example.

These close similarities in form, dimensions, materials and cabinetmaking technique provide substantial support for an attribution to the Metcalf shop rather than merely to the broader Medway or southeastern Massachusetts school.

Literature: Brock Jobe and Myrna Kaye, New England Furniture: The Colonial Era: Selections from the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Boston, 1984, pp. 165–167, no. 23.

Related example: Historic New England, accession GUSN-63433, chest of drawers, Medway, Massachusetts, 1790–1810, attributed to the shop of Luther Metcalf.

09/05/2026

A country pine sideboard or hunt board. A vernacular piece of furniture retaining its original green painted surface with wonderful aesthetics and visually appealing dimensions. 18” deep c 33 1/2” high x 84” long. Ca. 1860-70 New England

Eastern White Pine throughout with mortise and tenon joinery, and pegged top boards. The apron contains two drawers. Overall a sought after piece of American country furniture with desirability of form and function.

09/04/2026

19th Century, Italian ca. 1890
Solid bronze bust classical period.

A bronze bust of an idealized youthful male, probably representing Augustus, the first Roman emperor. Presented in the abbreviated herm-like format characteristic of classical portrait sculpture, with the head turned slightly to one side above a broad, elegantly modeled neck and truncated shoulders.

The hollow eye sockets, an intentional feature derived from ancient bronze sculpture, in which separately applied eyes of glass, stone, ivory, or other materials were frequently employed. The absence of the original inserts gives the bust an archaeological character and emphasizes the sculptural treatment of the surrounding face.

The bronze retains an exceptional variegated surface, in which which irregularity of the patina contributes substantially to its visual appeal.

Dimensions 22” high x 8 1/2” x 8 1/2”

Remains in excellent original condition, mounted on a later black-painted square plinth.

08/29/2026

A Favorite…
I bought this chest of drawers a few weeks ago from a lady who was selling it for her brother.
It’s an important Western New York Classical period bird’s-eye maple chest of drawers, probably Buffalo, circa 1838–1842, with documented descent in the Potter–Babcock family of Niagara Square.
Completely original top to bottom; Retaining the Original bird’s-eye maple veneers throughout in a mellow old surface. Secondary woods are poplar and beechwood. Original wooden k***s and excellent proportions. Documented ownership from the time of manufacture. Provenance to one of Buffalo’s founding families and a likely connection to the remarkable growth of Buffalo during the Erie Canal era. It also contains a secret drawer hidden in the bottom molding, which has a funny story with it that the sister conveyed to me when I picked up the chest from her..

The sister of the 90plus year old owner told me that none of the family knew about the secret drawer in the bottom…They had cleaned out the chest, then decided to move it to the storage facility. At which time someone decided that removing the drawers would make it lighter. After removing what they thought were ALL the drawers they looked down and their surprise, discovered an additional bottom drawer hidden in the molding. In this bottom drawer were miscellaneous items of value and a stash of $500 in cash!

Dimensions: 41 inches wide by 19 inches deep by 38 inches high

Address

451 Main Street S
Woodbury, CT
06798

Opening Hours

Monday	12pm - 5:30pm
Thursday	11am - 5:30pm
Friday	11am - 5:30pm
Saturday	11am - 5:30pm
Sunday	11am - 5pm

Telephone

(203) 394-8196

Website

http://www.kocian-depasqua.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Kocian DePasqua Antiques posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Kocian DePasqua Antiques:

Want your business to be the top-listed Shop in Woodbury?