Ceramics and Glass

Collection of fifteen (15) assorted American, French and English inkwells. 1st-3rd items: Three (3) inkwells with sterling lids and glass or crystal bodies, including one marked for English maker John Grinsell & Sons; one for English maker Sheaffer; one with frosted crystal or glass body and silver lid, with crystal inset. Marked on base for Lenox crystal below etched signature "Daniel Reed '96". 4th-6th items: Three silverplated/white metal inkwells. One (1) Art Nouveau style silverplated inkwell with applied floral designs and four scroll feet; one (1) silverplated inkstand with pierced gallery, pen tray, and two removable glass inkwells; one (1) white metal ink stand with feather decoration, marked "Etain 94% Made in France" to base, containing a single removable glass inkwell. 7th-15th items: Nine (9) clear and colored glass unmarked inkwells; five (5) with round or square form bodies and hinged metal lids, some with gilt or molded decoration; three (3) with hinged gilt metal and glass topped lids, including two of clear cut glass and one of blue blown glass, which has a pontil mark to the base; one (1) inkwell of square form without a lid. All items range from 2 1/2" H x 2 3/8" dia to 4 3/4" H x 5 7/8" dia. All items likely late 19th to mid or late 20th century. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Wear to plating on some lids, minor scattered scratches and chips to edges of glass bodies. Largest loss 3/4" x 1/2". 7th-15th items: one inkwell missing lid. [See more photos →]

Four (4) European porcelain items, Royal Vienna and Dresden. 1st item: Royal Vienna porcelain cabinet plate, the center depicting the biblical character Judith with her sword, having a shaped gilt and enameled border with vignette decoration. Royal Vienna "Beehive" mark, title and impressed "2" en verso. 11 1/2" dia. 2nd item: Royal Vienna lidded porcelain urn, having a figural landscape decorated vignette to one side signed "Riemer" and a figural female with hourglass decorated vignette to the other, terminating into a squared base; all on a burgundy and ground with gilt and enameled decoration including figural gilt swan handles. Royal Vienna "beehive" mark and signature "Sapho" to the underside. 10" H. 3rd item: Royal Vienna porcelain ewer, having a figural landscape decorated vignette and scrolled gilt handle with gilt and enameled decoration throughout; all on a teal green ground and squared pedestal base. Royal Vienna "Beehive" mark to the underside. 10" H. 4th item: Dresden porcelain demitasse cup with figural landscape decoration on a cobalt ground with a shaped gilt handle and highlights. 2 1/2" H. All items Early 20th century. Provenance: Living Estate of Frances Fulton, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: All items very good condition. 3rd item: Light surface grime. [See more photos →]

Meissen porcelain basket, after a design by Johann Carl Schonheit. Oval form with figural ram's head handles, floral and gilt-decorated S-scroll reticulated sides centered by oval reserves painted with birds; molded garland and berry rims, repeated as swags beneath the basket, along with four hairy knee and paw feet. Interior of basket with painted floral sprays to sides and pasture scene to interior bottom. Crossed swords mark to underside with one incision below. 7 1/4" H x 16" W x 9" D. German, third quarter 19th century. Provenance: the estate of Dr. Howard T. DeHaven, Columbia, TN. CONDITION: Repaired break to one leg. Small losses to pink ribbon decoration at the center of rims on both sides; tiny loss to tip of one ram's beard. [See more photos →]

German Meissen porcelain dinnerware service, "Pink Rose" pattern, approximately 161 pieces, including 12 dinner plates (9 3/4" dia.), 13 luncheon plates (11 8 1/2" dia. & 2 8" dia.), 23 dessert plates (7" dia.), 12 bread & butter plates (6 1/4" dia.), 12 soup bowls, 22 coffee cups (19 w/ twist handle, 3 with loop handle) with 24 saucers (2 types, 6" dia. & 5 5/8" dia.), 2 5 o'clock cups with 2 saucers, 6-piece sweetmeat set with wooden display stand, 3 coffee pots, 1 tea pot, 3 cream pitchers, 2 cigarette dishes, 1 large covered oval tureen, 3 covered sugar bowls, 2 round serving bowls, 4 round graduated serving platters, 2 oval serving bowls, 4 oval serving platters, 1 trivet, 2 gravy boats with 2 under trays, 1 vase, 3 toothpick holders, and 1 covered salt dish. 1st half 20th century. CONDITION: 1 coffee cup with repaired crack, several with fleabites to rims. 2 saucers with hairlines, largest 3", extending from chips to rim, 1 with 1 1/4" chip to base. 2 coffee pots and 1 cream pitcher with chips to spouts, chips to interior of coffee lid. 1 toothpick holder with crack. All pieces with light overall general use wear, including surface scratches, stains, firing flaws, scattered fleabites. [See more photos →]

English Imari pattern porcelain tureen or fruit cooler, possibly Spode, Derby or Coalport. Urn form, the lid and exterior body of urn with alternating bands of floral decoration on cobaltblue or white grounds, acanthus leaf spray handle andlamb's tongue trim to lid, body with animal mask and fruit handles with additional gilt foliate decorations to flared rim, all on a raised square base. Urn is attached to base with screw and secured with cement. 14 1/2" H x 13 1/2" W. Early 19th century. Provenance: Living Estate of Frances Fulton, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: Restorations to rim of lid and joint of urn and base. Lid with old 1 1/4" x 3/8" break to edge. Hairlines to urn, including one that extends from rim to lower portion of body. 2 3/4" hairline extending from top to underside of lid. Minor areas of loss to gilt, primarily on handles. Overall crazing. [See more photos →]

Four (4) Royal Crown Derby porcelain items, includingImari Cigar and Red Aves patterns. 1st-2nd items: Pair of Imari Cigar pattern candlesticks. Both with red Royal Crown Derby logo and stamp and numbered 1128. 10 3/8" H x 6 3/8" square. 3rd-4th items: Two (2) Red Aves pattern items, including one (1) candlestick and one (1) cachepot. Both with red Royal Crown Derby logo and stamp and numbered XLIII. Candlestick – 10 1/2" H x 6 1/2" square. Cachepot – 4 3/4" H x 5 5/8" dia. All items 20th century. Provenance: Living Estate of Frances Fulton, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Group of five (5) Herend porcelain animal figurines with fishnet decoration, including one (1) red sitting rabbit, one (1) red lying rabbit, one (1) red pair of rabbits, one (1) red bear, and one (1) green duck. All pieces finished with gilt trim and having stamped Herend mark with additional numbers to underside (see photos). Ranging in size from 1 1/4" H x 5 3/8" H. Mid/late 20th century. CONDITION: All pieces in overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Grouping of six (6) Herend porcelain items, with five figurines and one lidded box. Includes two (2) red crouched rabbit figurines; three (3) small animal figurines including one rabbit with folded ear, one frog wearing a crown, and a kitten perched atop a yarn ball; and one (1) lidded green and gilt decorated box with rabbit topper to lid. All items range from 5 3/4" H x 4 1/2" W to 1 1/2" H x 1 1/2" W. 20th century. Provenance: Estate of Jean Payton, Kingsport, TN. CONDITION: All items overall good condition. Previous repair to ear of larger fully crouched bunny figurine, where 1/2" piece of ear was reattached. Adhesive residue and 3/8" L loss around hairline. [See more photos →]

Victorian Majolica Cheese Dome and Underplate, cobalt blue glazed dome with conjoined twig style handle and low relief floral dogwood or apple blossom decoration, basketweave textured design to lower sides, on an underplate with basket weave style rim, signed with impressed GJ in circle mark to underside of plate. Possible light small black G mark to interior of dome. Plate – 11" diameter. Dome – 9" H. Overall – 10" H. English, circa 1870. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: Two tight hairlines, largest 3 3/4"L, visible to interior. One of the hairlines exhibits a couple of miniscule chips on the exterior but is very difficult to see. Some restored small interior chips around hairlines. Some light staining and crazing to plate. Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Set of six (6) English blue spatterware schoolhouse plates with an oral history of descent in the Puckett family of Hamblen County, Tennessee. Each decorated with images of a red schoolhouse next to a tree in center of plate, framed by a blue rim. 9 1/2" dia. English, 2nd Qtr. 19th century. Provenance: Estate of Anne Harrison Taylor & Joseph F. Taylor, Morristown, TN. CONDITION: All plates overall good condition with light crazing. One with shallow chip to the rim. All with unglazed "kiln firing dots" to rim and underside. [See more photos →]

Historical Staffordshire Liverpool commemorative transfer decorated creamware pitcher depicting the Apotheosis of Washington to one side, after the print by John James Barralet (Pennsylvania, 1747-1815); an American maritime ship bearing a US 16-star flag to the other side; and the “chicken leg” Eagle Seal of the United States beneath the spout. Rim, spout, body and base with hand painted gilt decoration including floral sprigs, swags, and highlights. Red museum deaccession number along the lower edge. 11 1/2″ H x 11 1/2″ W. Late 18th/early 19th century. Note: Pitchers such as this were made to commemorate the death of President George Washington in 1799. The Apotheosis of Washington scene depicts him being raised from his tomb by two winged figures representing Immortality and Father Time. At the left are allegorical figures of Faith, Hope, and Charity above a spread winged bald eagle perched on the US shield with a banner reading “E Pluribus Unum” in its beak. Below Washington is an allegorical figure of Liberty and a Native American (representing the Western Hemisphere) seated among Washington’s armor, sword, and a fasces–iconography of his military and political career. (Courtesy of The Smithsonian Natural Museum of American History). Provenance: Previously deaccessioned from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, East Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Overall good condition, no apparent repairs noted under UV inspection. Scattered wear and losses to applied gilt decoration. [See more photos →]

Two (2) blue and white Historical Staffordshire pottery items by Enoch Woods & Sons, including a platter or vegetable dish depicting a Highlands, Hudson River scene with a dark blue glaze and shell border and maker's stamp en verso (10" H x 12 3/4" W) and a sugar bowl depicting Commodore MacDonough's Victory with a dark blue glaze and scrolling foliate border (6 1/2" H x 8" W x 4 3/4" D). Both items circa 1825-1830. CONDITION: Both items overall good condition with light general wear, light crazing and minor staining. Sugar bowl top with minute fleabite to one edge. [See more photos →]

Seven (7) Historical Staffordshire plates and bowls. Subjects include Abolition, States and Washington, Lafayette, Victory of MacDonnaugh, and views of Conway, New Hampshire, New York, and Montmorenci. 1st item: Rare plate commemorating the death of Elijah P. Lovejoy, a journalist and abolitionist, at the hands of a pro slavery mob. The scalloped rim is decorated with multiple vignettes, including one at top depicting a slave kneeling before figural "Blind Justice." Center of plate contains text from the U.S. Constitution. No maker's mark. 2nd item: Wood & Sons Soup bowl with view of Montmorency Falls, stamped "Fall of Montmorenci" en verso. 3rd item: A Clews Historical States plate with scalloped rim, decorated with 15 state names encircling a vignette with bust of Washington. Impressed Clews mark en verso. 4th item: Wood & Sons Victory of MacDonnaugh plate with maker's mark impressed en verso. 5th-6th items: Clews plate and soup bowl, both depicting Lafayette's landing at Castle Garden In N.Y., August 16, 1824. Maker's marks impressed en verso, additional "J. Greenfield's China Store" stamp to back of soup bowl. 7th item: Red and white Staffordshire plate with impressed border and scalloped rim, "View of Conway N. Hampshire U.S." stamped en verso. All ranging in size from 6 1/2" dia. to 10" dia. All items early to mid 19th century. CONDITION: All with minor surface wear and crazing, scattered chips, largest 3/4" L. 1st item: repair from previous breakage, 7 1/2" L. 4th item: Two hairlines. Longest 2 1/2"L, visible from either side. 5th-6th items: Hairline en verso on soup bowl (6" L). [See more photos →]

Four (4) glass and silver items, including American Brilliant Period Glass (ABPG), sterling silver. 1st item: Silver mounted triple scent or perfume bottle, three blown glass sections mounted together in an unmarked, likely Continental silver filigree frame with Neoclassical figures and motifs, each section with prism cut stopper. Overall height – 9" H. 2nd item: Brilliant cut glass dresser or powder jar with strawberry diamond and fan cut motifs to base, sterling collar and lid with anthemion design, monogrammed with Old English style letters. 4 1/2" H x 6" diameter. 3rd item: Small triple-handled cut glass loving cup with beaded rim marked sterling. 3 1/4" H. 4th item: Silver yoyo with repousse covers marked Gorham Sterling Cover 30 Steel Body. 2 1/4" diameter. All items circa 1900-1940. CONDITION: All items overall good condition. A couple of tiny chips and some internal discoloration to bottom of perfume bottles. Some small dents to lid of powder jar. Some discoloration to string on yoyo. [See more photos →]

Sixteen (16) St. Louis crystal stemware hock wine glasses in shades of rose, blue, and green with cut-to-clear designs on bodies, and colorless faceted stems. All marked "St. Louis Cristal France" underside of bases. 7 1/8" H x 4 1/2" dia. Mid to late 20th century. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Overall good condition. One scratch to stem near base on a darker green glass, 1/2" L. Sticker residue to bases from manufacturer stickers. [See more photos →]

Lalique (French, founded 1888) "Bacchantes" crystal vase, deeply molded colorless glass with a frieze of frosted Classical nude figures. Signed Lalique France on underside. 9 3/4" H x 9"dia. Late 20th century. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. Areas of minimal expected wear, largest approximately 1", underside of base. [See more photos →]

Lalique (French, founded 1888) "Pisces" or "Deux Poissons" colorless and frosted glass sculpture, depicting two intertwined fish on a round base. Script signature "Lalique France" on base. 11 1/4" H x 10 1/2" W x 6 1/2" D. Late 20th century. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Very good condition with some surface scratches, primilar to underside of base. [See more photos →]

Lalique (French, founded 1888) "Clematites" Vase, colorless glass vase with purple opalescent shaded floral handles, designed by Marie Claude Lalique circa 1993. 6 3/4" H. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Excellent condition, no damage. [See more photos →]

Pair of Lalique (French, founded 1888) art glass lion sculptures including "Bamara", a seated African lion (8" H) and "Simba", a recumbent lioness (5 1/2" H). Each marked "Lalique France" to underside. Late 20th century. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Miniscule fleabite to tip of lion's head and to tip of lioness's front paw, overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Lalique (French, founded 1888) "Tancrede," art glass sculpture depicting a Cheetah sitting atop a boulder. Signed "Lalique France" to the base. 10" H x 8" W x 4" D. Late 20th century. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Scratches to underside, otherwise excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Lalique (French, founded 1888) art glass sculpture of a prowling cheetah. Signed "Lalique France" on underside. 4 1/2" H x 15" L x 3" D. Late 20th century. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Excellent condition, no damage. [See more photos →]

Five (5) Lalique (French, founded 1888) art glass items. 1st item: "Bagatelle" vase, clear rim and foot with frosted molded bird and foliage decoration to body. Signed "Lalique France" to the base. 6 3/4" H. 2nd item: Figurine of two parakeets. Signed "Lalique France" to the base. 7 1/2" H. 3rd-5th item: Three (3) frosted glass nude figurines, all in various positions with heads and knees bent. All signed "Lalique France" to the bases. Largest 2 1/2" H. Late 20th century. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Vase: Excellent condition, no damage. Parakeets: Excellent condition. Figures: One has miniscule chip or as-made imperfection on bottom. Others excellent condition, no damage. [See more photos →]

Four (4) Lalique (French, founded 1888) frosted art glass items, including three (3) female nude figures and one (1) pintray or ashtray. 1st-3rd items: Three (3) female nude figures, including "Danseuse" figure, with sticker to base. Remaining two (2) figures are of one posed with a satyr and another posed with a swan. 4th item: Pintray or ashtray with a frosted nymph figure decorating an arch shaped plaque mounted on a round dish. All items with "Lalique France" etched to bases or base edges. Ranging in size from 4 1/2" H x 2 1/4" W x 2 1/4" D to 9" H x 4 1/2" W x 3" D. All items late 20th century. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: All items overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Pair of Art Deco frosted opalescent glass vases, depicting standing nude females at center and scalloped molded sides, raised marks "ETLING FRANCE" to bases. 12" H. French, circa 1925. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: A couple of tiny scattered abrasions, overall excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Collection of fifteen (15) glass paperweights including Baccarat, Perthshire, Caithness, Beyers, Karg, Nourot, Lalique and more. Signed examples includes one (1) Baccarat blue butterfly, dated 1978; one (1) Lalique France Lion Head; two (2) Perthshire Millefiori (one (1) dated 1982, the other undated); two (2) Caithness (one (1) blue/gold abstract, the other Tropical Fish, numbered "82/350"); one (1) Scott Beyers Orient & Flume with fish theme; two (2) egg shaped clear/spiral signed JEK or JER (1980s); one (1) Nourot black, white and green abstract (P400 81 S); one (1) Rollin Karg clear/green abstract; one (1) Del Matto rose/white, two (2) marked Made in China (orange flowers and faux coral), and one (1) unsigned teardrop shape blue/gold abstract. Sizes range from 2" dia. to 4" L. All fourth quarter 20th century. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: All items excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Art Glass vases, including Orient & Flume. 1st item: Orient & Flume gourd form art glass vase with pulled feather design in colors of blue, green, purple, and yellow. Signed "Orient & Flume" and numbered 0379X70F719DB on the base. 8 1/4" H. 2nd item: Phoenix Galleries art glass vase, urn form in colors of purple, blue, and gold with iridescent rim. Paper gallery label to the base. 8 1/2" H. Both items 20th century. Provenance: Private Knoxville, TN collection. CONDITION: Both pieces overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Four (4) pieces crystal including Richard Rigot for Baccarat and Saint Louis. 1st item: Baccarat colorless glass Obelisk, marked "Baccarat France" on underside. 14 3/4" H. 2nd item: Richard Rigot for Baccarat triangular face sculpture, signed "Baccarat R. Rigot" to lower edge and marked "Baccarat France" on underside. 10 1/2" H. 3rd item: St. Louis Crystal pear shaped vase with inverted sides. Marked "St. Louis Cristal France" to underside. 8" H. 4th item: Hoya colorless glass rectangular vase with frosted iris decoration to sides. Crystal Hoya Made in Japan label to lower edge, original sale sticker to underside. 8 3/4" H. All items mid to late 20th century. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Rigot sculpture has faint 2" scratch to rear side, otherwise all items excellent condition, no damage. St. Louis vase has some residue from previous contents to interior. [See more photos →]

Richard Jolley (Tennessee, born 1952) blown and hot formed glass totem sculpture on stand titled “Force of Gravity”. Depicting a male head with fabricated and acid etched elements in colors of amber, red, lime and yellow. Signed and dated “Richard Jolley 2006″ lower right front edge. Fitted with a custom metal display stand. Sculpture – 22″ H x 9 3/4″ W. Stand – 19″ H x 12” W. Early 21st century. Biography (from the Knoxville Museum of Art): Richard Jolley, internationally recognized as one of today’s most important glass sculptors, was born in Wichita, Kansas, in 1952. As a youth, he moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and in 1970 began his art training at Tusculum College in Greenville, Tennessee, studying under noted glass artist Michael Taylor. After receiving his B.F.A. from George Peabody College in Nashville (now part of Vanderbilt University), Jolley continued graduate studies at North Carolina’s Penland School of Crafts, under the instruction of studio glass artist Richard Ritter. One of Jolley’s early assistants was glass artist Tommie Rush. They married in 1988 and now share a studio full time in Knoxville. Jolley has participated in over 65 solo museum and gallery exhibitions throughout the United States and in Australia, Europe, Israel, and Japan. In 1997, the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, organized the first extensive exhibition of Jolley’s mature glass sculptures; and in 2002, the Knoxville Museum of Art presented the first major retrospective of Jolley’s work, which later traveled nationally to 14 museums over five years. Jolley’s works have been showcased in numerous important museum surveys of contemporary glass, including the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art in Sapporo, Japan; the International Exhibition of Glass in Kanazawa, Japan; the Indianapolis Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; and the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. Jolley has received several prestigious private and public commissions, including Everything and the Cosmos (2007), installed at 7 World Trade Center, New York City. Jolley’s large, permanent exhibitiontitled “Cycle of Life: Within the Power of Dreams and the Wonder of Infinity” has been on display at the Knoxville Museum of Art since 2014. Provenance: Private Knoxville, TN collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Tommie Rush (American, born 1954) art glass vases. 1st item: Vase having an opaque clear body transitioning to garnet at the lip, applied green floral stems, botanical elements, and purple iris flowers, narrow oval opening, blue base. Signed "T Rush" to underside of base. 16" H. Top opening – 6 1/2" H x 2 1/2" W. Base – 4" H x 2 1/2" W. 2nd item: Matte aqua blue vase having a tapered, oval opening with applied gold glass stem and leaves, gold glass base. Signed "T Rush" to underside of base. 10 1/4" H. 4 1/2" across base. Both items 20th century. Provenance: Private Knoxville, TN collection. CONDITION: Both items in overall very good condition. 2nd item: Minor abrasions to bottom of base. [See more photos →]

Tommie Rush (American, born 1954) art glass blue vase, tapered conical form with textured surface and dark blue rim. Impressed signature "T. Rush" on the base. 11 1/2" H. 20th century. Provenance: Private Knoxville, TN collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Duncan McClellan (American, late 20th c.) matte gold glass art vase with polished black glass overlay design conveying a silhouette-style view of palm trees, butterflies, birds, and dragonflies. Signed "Duncan McClellan" at base. 12 3/4" H. Provenance: Private Nashville collection, purchased 2005 from the Temple Arts Festival, Nashville. Copy of receipt available to winning bidder. CONDITION: Overall excellent condition with some minor scratches to underside. [See more photos →]

Mark Curtis Peiser (American, b. 1938) early (1967-1977) blown glass globular form vase utilizing cased, layered hot tooled opal and murini applications, depicting a swamp landscape scene with full sun above on both sides in colors of yellow, blue, pink, grey and green. Etched signature and date along base edge reading "MARK PEISER*NC*11*LCF*23*1976". Note: This piece likely came from his paperweight vase series, which began in the mid 1970s. A similar piece is found in the Corning Museum of Glass collection, titled "Swampscape OP18." 10 1/4" H x approx. 10" dia. Artist Biography (Adapted from Smithsonian American Art Museum): Mark Peiser began career as an industrial designer. He worked briefly in Chicago but left his job to study at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. Paiser was fascinated by glassblowing and subsequently built his own home and studio on the school grounds. He experimented with a wide variety of effects including: adding different materials to the molten glass such as ceramic glaze powders, household products, and even rat poison, which made"beautiful bubbles." Peiser has continued to play with established formulas and techniques throughout his career, creating and combining new and unusual colors in his glass sculptures. CONDITION: Some light scratching near and on the base, otherwise very good condition. [See more photos →]

Harvey Kline Littleton (American, 1922-2013) blown glass sculpture in the form of a horseshoe, comprised of amber colored looped glass with faux seam mounted onto a rectangular clear glass base. Etched signature and date “1974” on the underside of the base. Sculpture – 7″ H x 8 1/2″ W x 2 1/2″ D. Overall – 8 1/4″ H x 8 1/2″ W x 2 1/2″ D. Biography (source: The Smithsonian Institution): “Harvey Littleton is considered the father of the studio glass movement in the United States. After serving with the U.S. Signal Corps during World War II, he studied industrial design at the University of Michigan, earning a B.D. degree in 1947. In 1951 he received an M.A. degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. That year he accepted a teaching position in the Department of Art and Art Education at the University of Wisconsin, remaining on the faculty until 1977. Littleton’s initial specialty was ceramics, but by the late 1950s he was exploring the possibility of creating studio glass. Through research sponsored by the Toledo Museum of Art in 1962 he developed equipment and a formula for melting glass at lower temperatures, enabling him to blow glass in a studio rather than in the usual factory setting. This breakthrough led Littleton to play a major role in introducing glass blowing in college and university craft programs. His own program at the University of Wisconsin fostered the talents of a generation of glass artists, including Dale Chihuly and Fritz Dreisbach. In 1983 Littleton was awarded the Gold Medal of the American Craft Council.” Harvey Littleton’s works have been collected and exhibited at many institutions including the American Craft Museum, New York City; Cooper Hewitt National Museum of Design, Smithsonian Institution, New York; Corning Museum of Glass, New York; Detroit Institute of Arts; Los Angeles County Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and Museum of Modern Art, New York. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

French art glass vase, having a frosted rectangular form body with painted red flowers and greenery with gilt accents, green and gilt paint to rim. Unmarked. 8 1/8" H x 2 1/2" square. Late 19th/early 20th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition. 1/8" area of loss to paint on rim. Few fleabites to rim. Some scattered grime. [See more photos →]

Lalique frosted art glass sculpture titled "Deux Danseuses" depicting two frosted glass dancers standing on a clear glass naturalistic base. Signed in script "Lalique France" to the side of the base. 10 1/4" H x 5 1/4" W. French, 20th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Lalique (French, founded 1888) frosted art glass "Fantasia" vase decorated with nude female figures decorating the exterior. Lalique sticker on interior. "Lalique France" etched to base. 7" H x 4" dia. Late 20th century. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Six (6) pieces of Lalique (French, founded 1888) art glass, including: a three-piece Lion's Head smoke set (lighter, candle holder, and ashtray) with the double Lion's Head on the lighter and candle holder, a pair of Eagle Head, Tete d'Aigle bookends mounted on Art Deco style frosted glass base, and a perfume bottle. The smoke set and bookends are inscribed on the bottom with Lalique France and the perfume bottle with the initials RL. Lion's Head lighter and candle holder – 3 3/4" H x 4" W. Ashtray – 2 1/4" H x 6" W. Eagle Head bookends – 5 1/8" H x 5 7/8" W x 7 1/4" D. 20th century. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Chip to corner on one eagle bookend, visible on sides and base, 2" L x 1 1/4" W. Remaining items overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Lalique (French, founded 1888) frosted crystal seated cat. "Lalique France" etched on the base. Sticker to base. 8 1/8" H. Provenance: Estate of Jean Payton, Kingsport, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Leon Applebaum (American, b. 1945) art glass sculpture, blown colorless glass with cased blue, purple, yellow and red trapped air decoration, signed on underside. 9" H x 11" W x 4" D. Late 20th century. CONDITION: Excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Swedish art glass items. 1st item: Orrefors Ariel footed bowl, designed and signed by Edvin Ohrstrom and numbered 712 on underside, 3 2/8"H x 5 3/8" diameter. Swedish, late 20th century. 2nd item: Kosta Boda Reef Collection "Fish out of Water" vase designed by Kjell Engman with figural fish decoration on blue-splashed and frosted background, circa 2000, signed on bottom, 10 5/8"H. 3rd item: Carlos Pebaque Sweden art glass bowl or vase, cased with internal abstract decoration, signed on underside, 5"H. Retains original sticker. Circa 2000. CONDITION: All items excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Group of eight (8) Sitzendorf porcelain Napoleonic military figures, including one of Napoleon on horseback. 1st-6th items: Six (6) Napoleonic military figures, representing Lafayette, Murat, Ney, Kellerman, Bertrand, and Lannes. Each stands upon a square-shaped gilt decorated plinth with life/death dates impressed to back. Additionally, each has a biography impressed to underside of base, next to blue painted Sitzendorf maker's mark. 7th-8th items: Two (2) Sitzendorf figures of Napoleon, one on horseback and the other seated with one foot resting upon a cannon barrel. Both with Sitzendorf maker's mark and "Germany" stamped along sides of base. All items ranging from 7 1/4" H x 4 1/2" W x 7" D to 10" H x 7 3/4" W x 4 1/4" D. All items early to mid 20th century. Provenance: the estate of Victor T. Patterson, Franklin, TN. Note: born in Georgia and educated at the Parsons School of Design, Victor Patterson served as a cultural representative to Russia with Dwight D. Eisenhower's "People to People" program (prior to its privatization) before moving to the Nashville, Tennessee area to pursue a career in interior design. He was associated with Bradford's for many years before starting his own business. He decorated the Tennessee Governor's Mansion and the home of several country music stars in the 1970s, and filled his home on Franklin's historic Fourth Avenue with art and antiques from his frequent travels. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Light surface grime, some figures with old stickers. 7th-8th items: Horseback figure missing right hand. [See more photos →]

Group of six (6) Sitzendorf porcelain Napoleonic military figures, representing Napoleon and officers Exelmans, Mortier, Dumouriez, Lepic, and De Beauharnais. Each stands upon a square-shaped gilt decorated pedestal with life/death dates impressed to back. Additionally, each has a brief biography inscribed underside of base, next to blue painted Sitzendorf mark. Each approximately 10" H x 3" W x 2 1/2" D. Provenance: the estate of Victor T. Patterson, Franklin, TN. Note: born in Georgia and educated at the Parsons School of Design, Victor Patterson served as a cultural representative to Russia with Dwight D. Eisenhower's "People to People" program (prior to its privatization) before moving to the Nashville, Tennessee area to pursue a career in interior design. He was associated with Bradford's for many years before starting his own business. He decorated the Tennessee Governor's Mansion and the home of several country music stars in the 1970s, and filled his home on Franklin's historic Fourth Avenue with art and antiques from his frequent travels. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Light surface grime. Small firing flaw to Napoleon's black hat, less than 1/8". [See more photos →]

Two (2) Capodimonte fox hunting themed porcelain figural groups, each with a male or female figure on horseback surrounded by hounds. Capodimonte "N" mark to ground. Each – 11 3/4" H x 13" W x 6 1/2" D. All items early to mid 20th century. Provenance: the estate of Victor T. Patterson, Franklin, TN. Note: born in Georgia and educated at the Parsons School of Design, Victor Patterson served as a cultural representative to Russia with Dwight D. Eisenhower's "People to People" program (prior to its privatization) before moving to the Nashville, Tennessee area to pursue a career in interior design. He was associated with Bradford's for many years before starting his own business. He decorated the Tennessee Governor's Mansion and the home of several country music stars in the 1970s, and filled his home on Franklin's historic Fourth Avenue with art and antiques from his frequent travels. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Light surface grime. [See more photos →]

Eighteen (18) Meissen and KPM porcelain rarities, teacups, and saucers. 1st-3rd items: Three (3) Meissen porcelain rarities including Ashtray, Kakiemon Plate, and Light Switch Cover, plus book. 1st item: Meissen porcelain car ashtray or aschenbecher, decorated with a floral spray and butterfly, by oral history from an early Mercedes Benz, affixed with metal collar and screw plate, signed. 3" H. Circa 1930s. 2nd item: Early 20th century electric wall light switch plate or light button cover with gray oriental dragon decoration, Meissen crossed swords mark with three incisions across and one to the side. 4 1/4" L. Circa 1930s. 3rd item: Kakiemon style decorated plate with yellow lion and plants in round jardinieres, scalloped rim outlined in dark paint, mark for 1815-1924 with impressed mark Z1. 9 3/4" dia. Mid 19th century. 4th-18th items: Group of fifteen (15) assorted Meissen and KPM porcelain teacups and saucers in various patterns. Includes six (6) cups with crossed sword marks (all except the smallest one have incisions through marks indicating second, third and fourth choice porcelain, 1852-1934); six (6) saucers (four (4) with crossed sword marks for 1814-1924, plus two (2) tea rose pattern saucers each with incisions through crossed sword marks indicating 2nd quality, 1924-1934), and three (3) saucers with KPM marks. Provenance: private Nashville, TN Collection, by descent from the estates of Edith and Richard Mickenhagen, Munich, Germany and San Paolo, Brazil. Richard Mickenhagen authored the book "European Porcelain" (Munich: Gugath & Sohn, undated, c. 1955). CONDITION: 1st-3rd items: All items with light grime, overall good condition. Plate has 2 1/4" area of repair to rim, 1/8" shallow rim flake. 4th-18th items: All pieces in very good condition. Most cups and saucers do not match. [See more photos →]

Five (5) decorative porcelain items, including Meissen, Mottahedeh, and Royal Bonn. 1st item: Meissen porcelain compote with white ground and raised parcel gilt flowers and leaves surrounded by scalloped rim, round tapered base with raised gilt leaves. Blue Meissen crossed swords mark and numbers to bases of both. 7 1/8" H x 11" dia. Early 20th century. 2nd item: Mottahedeh Design, Italy majolica style porcelain condiment leaf form dish with two strawberries, one with a lid and one with a circular opening, having a loop handle, applied handpainted floral decorations, and gilt highlights, all on a raised circular foot. Gold Mottahedeh sticker, number, and "Italy" to underside of base. 3 1/4" H x 6 1/8" W x 6 1/4" D. Mid 20th century. 3rd item: Royal Bonn, Germany porcelain vase, bottle form with flaring neck having gilt interior, vignette of scenic landscape, to one side, vignette of a young woman with foliage against a brick wall, to one side, on an off white ground. Red Royal Bonn, Germany logo and numbers to underside of base. 7 1/4" H x 6 1/4" dia. Late 19th/Early 20th century. 4th-5th items: Pair of French porcelain Sevres style urns now mounted as lamps, each with hand painted baskets of flowers and floral sprays on white grounds, square form handles acanthus leaves to base, bands of light blue with raised scrolling foliate parcel gilt highlights, all on pierced bronze stepped square bases. Unmarked. 21 1/4" H x 6 1/4" square. Late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: Living Estate of Frances Fulton, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: 1st item: Loss to gilt, especially to rim. 2nd item: Leaf dish with scattered chipping, surface grime. Loss to gilt and paint. Crazing to underside visible under UV light. 3rd item: Overall craquelure. 4th-5th items: Lamps with general wear, one with chip. Possible restoration top of each lamp below socket. Not tested for functionality. [See more photos →]

Ceramic pitcher, possibly Union Porcelain Works or Minton, with unglazed Parian relief molded figural eagle or dolphin head spout and serpent-like handle; brown-glazed sides with cameo relief molded scene of two hunters and their hounds, devouring a deer. Relief molded applied medallion to underside impressed "20". 7 3/4" H x 7" diameter (excluding handle). American or English, 19th century. CONDITION: Possible 1/2" hairline to spout, some staining inside spout, a few minor glaze imperfections, otherwise very good condition. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Transferware Items, including Lafayette and Tennessee. 1st item: 20th century commemorative Historical Staffordshire blue and white transferware plate titled "Historic and Picturesque Tennessee". Depicting three scenic vignettes in the state – Historic Reelfoot Lake, Picturesque Middle Tennessee Farm and Majestic Great Smoky Mountains and the three U.S. Presidents from Tennessee – James K Polk, Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson. Jonroth, Staffordshire mark en verso. 10" dia. 2nd item: 20th century reproduction of 1824 George Washington & General LaFayette Creamware Milk Jug or Cream Pitcher, commemorating the visit of Gen. Lafayette to America with the phrase "Republicans Are Not Ungrateful," attrib. A.E. Gray & Co., Staffordshire (ref. Arman, American Ceramics, page 217-218). 5 1/8"H. Provenance: a Nashville, TN estate. CONDITION: 1st item: A couple of shallow chips to the underside rim, overall light craquelure. One area of staining right center margin. 2nd item: Overall light craquelure; some rubbing, minor loss to base. [See more photos →]

Three (3) cut to clear glass wine goblets with yellow, red, and green bowls cut in various designs, with notched stems and rayed round bases, all with etched mark FABERGE to bases, and one (1) blue cut to clear goblet with star and moon designs to bowl, unsigned. All 5 3/4" H. Continental, late 20th century. Provenance: a Nashville, TN estate. CONDITION: All items excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Eight (8) American Brilliant Period cut glass items, including bowls, vases, tray, and creamer. 1st item: Cut glass bowl with flared and deeply scalloped rim, four (4) finely cut notch-edged vesicas filled with hobstar and diamond designs, surrounding a central hobstar in square. Unsigned; small etched numbers 256/6104 to underside. 3 1/4" H x 9 5/8" dia. Circa 1900. 2nd item: Heavy cut glass bottle shaped vase with facet-cut, flaring rim over a notched fluted neck, clear faceted midsection and hobstar and vesica pear shaped base with hobstar to underside. Unsigned. 11 1/4" H.3rd item: Oval orange bowl, with high, scalloped sides, central star comprised of 8 diamond-cut vesica points, surrounded by hobstar and cane and star-in button motifs. Unsigned. 3" H x 11 1/2" W x 6 1/2" D. Note: a tray in this unattributed pattern, described as Cane, Strawberry Diamond and Harvard, is pictured on p. 224 of RARITIES IN AMERICAN CUT GLASS by Herbert Weiner and Freda Lipkowitz. 4th item: Oval tray, possibly an ice cream tray, with undulating sides, central sunburst having diamond cut rays with fan shaped tips, surrounded by stars in varying shapes and sizes. 2 1/2" H x 13" W x 7 3/4" D.5th item: Round cut glass tray or low bowl, signed Hawkes, with primarily fan and hobstar motifs. 1 7/8" H x 10" dia. 6th item: Round cut glass bowl, signed with etched star in circle to center attributed to Strauss, scalloped rim, hobstar, cane, and nailhead diamond motifs. 3 1/2" H x 8 1/2" dia. 7th-8th items: Cut glass creamer and open sugar bowl, similar to the Ellsmere pattern by Libbey but unsigned. Notched vertical prism designs and border and base surrounding a star and diamond center. Bowl – 3 1/4" H x 4 1/2" dia. Creamer – 3 1/8" H x 6" W. Provenance: the living estate of Annette Petri, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: 1st item: Excellent condition. 2nd item: Shallow 1/8" chip to bulbous part of vase, otherwise excellent condition. 3rd item: Overall good condition with a few scattered fleabites to teeth and underside; 1/8" shallow flake to one rim tooth. 4th item: Overall very good condition with a few scattered tiny, minor fleabites to teeth along rim. 5th item: A few scattered small chips, largest 1/8", to underside. Overall very good condition. 6th item: (Strauss Bowl): a few scattered fleabites to teeth and underside, largest 1/8", overall very good condition. 7th-8th items: Excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Five (5) pieces American Brilliant Period Cut Glass, including one (1) signed Clark. 1st and 2nd items: Two (2) ABPCG Compotes or Pedestal Bowls, the flared bowls with vesica leaves, cane and star designs and scalloped rims, atop prism cut stems and round star cut bases. Identical pattern, probably a pair from the same maker, but slight differences in width of stem and height. 10" and 10 1/4" H. 3rd item: ABPCG Rose Bowl, globe form with ray-cut opening over star and cane in diamond design, alternating with vesica cut sections of tiny diamonds. Star cut base. 5" H x 6" dia. 4th and 5th items: Two (2) corset vases, one with etched Clark mark visible to vase (other has sticker residue over possible signature), each with flared rim and elongated waist with polished circle and notched fluted decoration, star-in-kite and fan decorations to rim and base. 10 1/8" H x 4 1/8" dia. All American, circa 1900. CONDITION: 1st and 2nd items: Couple of tiny chips to teeth on rim. 3rd item: some residue on bottom of interior (from previous water/flower contents), some scratching to underside of base, otherwise excellent condition. 4th and 5th items: Very good condition with what appears to be some internal scratching or old water lines; one with old sticker residue to base which may be obscuring Clark mark. [See more photos →]

Three (3) American Brilliant Period Cut Glass Bowls. 1st item: Fruit Bowl with flared rim, the heavy body deeply cut in an unidentified star, fan and diamond pattern. Unsigned. 6"H x 10" Diameter. 2nd item: Oblong bowl cut with stars divided by fluted notched reserves and diamond cut vesicas, 2 1/2"h x 10"w x 7"d. 3rd item: Heavy and deeply cut square bowl with star center, the sides cut with squares in alternating small star and diamond designs, with fans around the upper rim. 4"H x 9" square. All items American, circa 1900. CONDITION: Fruit bowl and Square Bowl: Overall excellent condition with a couple of miniscule scattered chips. Oblong bowl: 1/2" flake to rim and some scattered smaller chips and spots of wear. [See more photos →]

Two (2) large pieces American Brilliant Period Cut Glass. 1st item: Scarce ABPCG large cut glass flower basket, 20"H x 13"W x 7"D, with prism cut handle, cane, star and pinwheel motifs to body and vertical prism cut base with fan and diamond design. 2nd item: 14" tall ABPCG cut glass pitcher, fan and starburst design over vertical lines of notched prisms alternating with 16 point stars; notched handle and rayed base. Both items American, c. 1900. CONDITION: Both with some scratching to underside, otherwise excellent condition, no significant damage. [See more photos →]

Three (3) pieces American Brilliant Cut Glass. 1st item: Signed Hawkes cut glass cider pitcher, Brunswick pattern. 6 1/4" H. 2nd item: Cut glass cheese dome with underplate, star and diamond cut handle over a dome cut with star, cane and fan designs, 8" H x 5 1/2" diameter. Underplate cut in star and cane pattern, likely original to dome, 9" diameter. 3rd item: Rare round dish with rayed star, cane and fan design, having a center handle with prism cut knob. Possibly a doughnut or cake server. 6 1/2" H x 9" diameter. All items American, circa 1900. CONDITION: All items overall very good condition with the following condition issues: Cider pitcher: 1/4" flake to underside of spout. Cheese dome: A couple of miniscule chips to rim. Underplate: a few small minor flakes to teeth and scattered tiny chips. Handled dish: A couple of very tiny chips to teeth. [See more photos →]

American Brilliant Cut Glass Punch Bowl and Vase. 1st item: American 2-piece brilliant cut glass punch bowl with a pedestal base, the punch bowl having a scalloped sawtooth rim with hobstar, diamond and cross-hatching designs together with a flared pedestal base with matching cut designs and sawtooth foot. Base – 4 3/4" H. Bowl – 5 1/4" H x 10" dia. 2nd item: Tall American brilliant cut glass corset vase with bulbous top having hobstar, notched, and pinwheel decoration. 12" H x 4 3/4" dia. CONDITION: 1st item: One chip to inner rim of bowl. A couple of tooth tip nicks noted to pedestal base. 2nd item: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Group of sixteen (16) American Brilliant Period cut glass wine glasses, including three different patterns. Ten (10) Colonna pattern goblets by Libbey, with teardrop stem and ray design to underside of base. Hobstar and cross hatch design to bowl. Most with stamped maker’s marks to tops of bases. 4 3/4″ H x 2 1/2″ dia.; four (4) goblets with sawtooth bases and diamond cut design to base, with hobstar design to base and bowls. Maker’s marks stamped to interiors of bowls. 5″ H x 2 1/2″ dia.; two (2) unmarked with faceted stems and ray design to underside of bases, with hobstar and wreath design to bowls. Unmarked, 4 1/2″ H x 2 1/2″ dia. All items likely early to mid 20th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Five with minor chips to bases, including 1 Colonna pattern, 1 of the unmarked, and 3 of the sawtooth bases; largest loss 3/8″ x 1/4″. At least two of the Colonna pattern goblets appear to have rims ground down. [See more photos →]

Twelve (12) Art Glass Items, peachblow and amberina. 1st item: Cased peachblow art glass pitcher with ruffled rim, possibly Murano. 2nd item: Amberina style pressed glass apothecary jar with lid. 3rd-7th item: Amberina ruffled rim pitcher with two (2) matching tumblers and two (2) saucers. All in thumbprint pattern. 8th-11th items: Four (4) Amberina tumblers with diamond pattern. 12th item: Amberina jar with swirl pattern, possibly missing lid. Interior has "Baccarat Depose" mold mark. All items range in size from 15 3/4" H x 4 1/2" dia to 1" H x 4 1/2" dia. All late 19th/early 20th century. CONDITION: 3rd-7th items: Overall good condition. Light wear to saucers and tumblers. 8th-11th items: minor scattered chips to rims, largest 1/8". Remaining items in overall good condition. [See more photos →]