Ceramics & Glass Highlights

Pair of Chinese Imperial yellow porcelain bowls, the exteriors with famille rose floral and scrolling vine decoration on yellow ground, the interiors decorated with five (5) red bats, and the footed bases with red six character Guangxu mark and of the period (1875-1908). Both fitted with folding hardwood stands. 3 5/8″H x 8 1/8″D. Condition: Both overall excellent condition. Interior of one bowl with slight stain. [See more photos →]

Tiffany Studios table lamp comprised of a #470 Lemon Leaf shade with gold dore finish and a #587 Mock Turtle bronze base with three light sockets and a brown/dark green finish. Shade marked along the edge “Tiffany Studios/New York/470” and lamp base marked “Tiffany Studios/New York/587”. Base – 22 7/8″ H. Shade – 18″ dia. 23 1/4″ total H of base with shade. CONDITION: Replaced cap. Old repairs to outer edge and inner cap edge of shade, see photos. Lamp base slightly tilted. Shade and lamp are not original to one another. [See more photos →]

A large French porcelain clock in the style of Sevres, the horizontal dial spanning the exterior of an urn with hand painted floral decorated vignettes on a marbelized pink background. Mounted with gilt bronze serpent handles and swags around perimeter of base. Fitted with a stepped wooden pedestal base. Works marked ìCie LeRoy Parisî. 19 1/2″ H, not including wooden base. Mid 19th century. Provenance: purchased from J.B. Hudson Co. Antiques, Minneapolis, in the 1950s along with the garniture vases in lot #122. Condition: Clock missing pendulum, not tested for functionality. Crack to porcelain urn to left side of one vignette, approx. 2″. [See more photos →]

Stephen Powell (Kentucky, b. 1951) large tri-lobe murrine glass vessel form, engraved signature near base, “Stephen Powell 1999 RO”. 44 3/8″ H x 18″ x 17″ (56″ circumference at widest point). Provenance: Lexington, Kentucky area collection. Condition: Overall excellent condition – no chips, cracks, abrasions noted. CONDITION: Overall excellent condition – no chips, cracks, abrasions noted. [See more photos →]

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) enameled earthenware with engobe and paraffin decoration titled “Centaur au Visages”. Signed and numbered “Madoura Plein Feu Edition Picasso, 80/125 R. 153″ underside of base. 10″ H x 9 1/2″ W x 7 1/2” D. Includes copy of 1997 French purchase receipt from Galerie Madoura, Vallauris, France. Provenance: Private Collection of a Retired Sculptor and Art Collector, Middle Tennessee. CONDITION: Excellent 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 →]

Richard Jolley (Tennessee, born 1952) blown and hot formed glass “totem” titled “Memories Lingering” with fabricated and acid etched elements. Colors of amber, clear, cobalt, purple, aqua and gold. Signed and dated “1997” en verso on base. 34″ H x 9 1/2″ dia. 20th century. Biography (Courtesy of the Knoxville Museum of Art): Richard Jolley was born in Wichita, Kansas, in 1952 and as a youth, he moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He began his art training at Tusculum College in Greenville, Tennessee in 1970, 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 CarolinaÃs Penland School of Crafts, under the instruction of studio glass artist Richard Ritter. He currently maintains a studio in Knoxville. To date, JolleyÃs work is represented in more than 33 public collections, including the Carnegie Museum of Art; the Corning Museum of Glass; the Frederick Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, the Knoxville Museum of Art; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Purchased in 1997 by owner. Provenance: Property of the estate of Arlene Goldstine, Knoxville, TN. Condition: Overall excellent condition. [See more photos →]

1st item: Chinese Blanc De Chine porcelain center bowl with archaistic figural dragon handles and blue six character Yung Cheng mark within two concentric circles to the base. 5 1/4″ H x 10 1/4″ dia. 20th century. 2nd-3rd items: Pair of Chinese Famille Rose export shallow dishes having scalloped rims, central figural decoration and blue and white borders. 6 1/2″ dia. Late 19th century. 4th item: Chinese Famille Rose octagonal porcelain plate with central enameled floral and gilt duck decoration with additional floral decoration to the underside of the rim. 8 1/2″ dia. 19th century. 5th item: Chinese shaped rectangular porcelain dish with blue and white mountainous landscape decoration and red rim. Underside of rim with additional decoration and base with blue Ch’eng Hua character mark. 6th item: Chinese yellow ground octagonal vase/cup with green precious object decoration. 4 1/8″ H. 20th century. 7th item: Chinese Hawthorne pattern blue and white porcelain lidded ginger jar with cherry blossom decoration. Base marked with blue concentric circles. 4 1/2″ H. Late 19th/Early 20th century. 8th item: Chinese porcelain light celadon vase, bottle form with flared rim with celadon floral and bat decoration. Dark brown glazed base. 13″ H. Late 19th/Early 20th century. 9th item: Chinese porcelain low bowl with dark green enameled dragon decoration to the center, outer rim with relief cloud and dark green enameled dragon decoration. Base with blue Daoguang seal mark. 7″ dia x 1 3/4″ H. 19th century. 10th item: Chinese blue and white export porcelain plate with central figural and landscape decoration and foliate decoration to the rim. 9 1/4″ dia. Late 19th century. 11th item: Chinese blue and white export porcelain plate with landscape decoration and applied European or American decorated silver handle and mounts. 9 1/2″ dia. 6 1/2″ H w/ handle. Provenance: William Zarnon Estate, Gatlinburg, TN. CONDITION: 1st item: Firing crack to side. Fleabites to spines of one dragon. One dragon handle with old repair. Interior with scratching and rust spots. 2nd-3rd items: One with minor damage/chips to rims, one with two 1/2″ x 3/4″ repairs. 4th item: Scattered chipping and losses to rim. 5th item: Few scattered shallow chips to rim, otherwise overall very good condition. 6th item: 3/16″ x 3/16″ chip to rim with fleabites to rim, otherwise overall good condition. 7th item: Overall good condition with hairline at jar rim. 8th item: Old restoration to rim, 3 1/2″ W x 2″ H with scattered overpaint. 9th item: Two areas of old restoration evident to rim, 1 3/4″ x 2″ with overglazing on bowl. 10th item: Old repaired break to rim, 2″ x 7″, scattered chips to rim and base. 11th item: Scattered fleabites to rim, otherwise overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) unglazed ceramic plate titled “Visage” by Madoura Pottery. Stamped en verso “Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte originale de Picasso”. Inscribed en verso “A102″ and numbered in black marker 20/100. 14 1/2” dia. Circa 1965. Provenance: Property of a private Knoxville, TN collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with minor area of yellowing bottom left rim edge. Possible minor errant pencil marks lower rim below nose. No cracks or chips. [See more photos →]

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) red earthenware with black paint titled “Yan Barbu”. Signed and numbered “Madoura Plein Feu Edition Picasso, 294/300 V. 104″ underside of base. 10 1/2″ H x 6 1/4″ W x 4” D. Mid 20th century. Includes copy of 1997 French purchase receipt from Galerie Madoura, Vallauris, France. Provenance: Private Collection of a Retired Sculptor and Art Collector, Middle Tennessee. CONDITION: Overall excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Rene Lalique Art Deco Rinceaux chandelier or plafonnier, introduced 1926, amber frosted and clear glass shade, molded in a honey comb pattern. “R Lalique, France” signature engraved on the side. Suspends from ceiling on four silk-covered wire hanging cords, which appear original, and retains the original molded glass ceiling cap. 14 3/4″ D. CONDITION: No cracks or chips, but some general expected wear and some internal imperfections as made. [See more photos →]

Important Meissen female nude porcelain by Walter Schott, marked on the base with blue cross swords and incised in the base a cursive “F 68”. Additional number marking with only a “2” legible. This Meissen work, titled ” Nude Flora ” was modeled in 1897 and is pictured in Laurence Mitchell’s Meissen Collector’s Catalogue, p. 219, plate 79. The Nude Flora model Consists of a female nude surrounded by a rocky outcrop of floral roses. Meissen bought this model and another titled “The Bowling Lady” near the turn of the 20th century. The Nude Flora model is considerably more rare than the more common Bowling Lady model. Condition – overall excellent, one flake to base rim, a couple of glaze imperfections to florals on reverse. 15 5/8″ height. Circa 1902-05. Germany. [See more photos →]

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) white earthenware with multicolor paint titled “Visage Aux Cercles”. Dated on side of vessel. Signed and numbered “Madoura Plein Feu Edition Picasso, 243/500 R 140″ underside of base. 11 1/2″ H x 10 1/2″ W x 6 1/2” D. Includes copy of 1997 French purchase receipt from Galerie Madoura, Vallauris, France. Provenance: Private Collection of a Retired Sculptor and Art Collector, Middle Tennessee. CONDITION: Overall excellent condition. [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 →]

Large Historical Staffordshire polychrome creamware Liverpool jug or pitcher, transfer print and enameled decoration of the American masted ship the General Mercer to front and the reverse with the coat of arms for the baker’s guild reading “The Baskers Arms/Praise God For All”; decorated underneath the spout with monogram DFN and vignette of an American eagle with American shield, holding a laurel branch and arrows in its talons. Anthemion border design around the top and spout. 9 1/2″ H. Circa 1800-1810. CONDITION: Overall light crazing to glaze. Spider crack to one lower side, hairline to base. [See more photos →]

Two Swiss gold and enamel Zarfs or cups, for the Turkish or Ottoman market, with hand painted porcelain inserts, each stamped with underglaze blue mark with eagle and cyrillic writing, similar to that used by Gardner Porcelain of Russia. The gold filigree and enamel frames feature decorative scalloped borders over floral vignettes, larger one is also adorned with seed pearls and figural leaves. Each raised on a tapering enameled stem and spreading, pierced enamel decorated foot. Each zarf also comes with its original protective silk-lined case. Small zarf – 2″H frame only, 2 3/4″ with insert. Large zarf – 2 3/8″ frame only, 2 3/4″ with cup. CONDITION: Each frame has some minor small areas of discoloration to filigree and about a half dozen tiny chips to enamel at upper rim. Smaller frame has a couple of miniscule chips to enameling on the foot. Floral vignettes are in excellent condition and there appear to be no breaks to the filigree or losses to seed pearls. Larger frame has some wear to green enamel on the leaves and some soft, clear sticky residue on the feet and interior of a putty used to hold it and the inner cup in place. This comes off, but we have not attempted to remove all of it to avoid risking damage. Smaller cup broken and poorly repaired; larger cup has significant hairline. Both cases have exterior wear and some staining to the interior linings, latch on larger case is broken. [See more photos →]

Pair of large bronze mounted French porcelain covered urns with cobalt backgrounds, the centers with handpainted decoration of landscapes to one side and seated courting figures on the other, signed L. Bertren. Underside of lids with blue Sevres style marks. 24 1/4″ H x 14 1/8″ W. Late 19th century. Provenance: Crossville, TN collection. Condition: Overall very good condition with moderate oxidation to bronze. Condition: Overall very good condition with moderate oxidation to bronze. [See more photos →]

Twenty-four (24) Herend Rothschild Bird Blue Border porcelain dinnerware items,edges with blue fish scale border, including twelve (12) service plates, marked on base 1527/RO EB, plus twelve (12) large rim soup bowls, marked on the base 1501/RO EB. All pieces with blue Herend marks stamped to underside. Items ranging in sizefrom 9 1/2" to 11" diameter. Hungarian, 20th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. Surface scratches, largest 1", including one plate with 1/2" scratchaffecting one bird. [See more photos →]

A Newcomb art pottery loving cup, 1907, decorated by Leona Nicholson (1847-1929) with a relief landscape of blue morning glories to the body. Base marked with the Newcomb cipher, decorator’s mark, registration # BU28, impressed JM for Joseph Meyer and impressed Q for clay color. 5 7/8″ H. Base dia. 6 1/2″. Provenance: The consignor’s grandmother acquired this piece directly from the artist who was married to her brother. Condition: One inside rim hairline approx. 1.5″ in length, possibly from firing process. [See more photos →]

Large Sevres style porcelain jardiniere, comprised of three parts, including a jardiniere, bowl and stand. All pieces in the Rococo style with a cobalt ground and detailed gilt highlights throughout. The jardiniere with vignette scenes to each side, one depicting figures engaging in a picnic, the other depicting a landscape scene with a large manor house. Signed “Boltic” lower right of the picnic scene. Spurious Sevres mark to the base of the stand. 20″ H x 27″W x 13 1/4″ D. 19th century. Provenance: The Estate of Larry Casey, Jackson, Tennessee. CONDITION: Hairline crack to rim of jardiniere, just below one handle terminus, approx. 1 1/2″ L. Cracklure to interior glaze of jardiniere and bowl. Overall general light wear with a few minute fleabites to feet. [See more photos →]

Set of Baccarat Gilded crystal bowls and stoppers, 25 total pieces, each with gilt foliate rococo decoration. Includes a pair of decanter stoppers; 14 finger bowls, each with cut starburst foot and underplates (including 5 extra underplates); and 4 shallow centerpiece bowls or tazzas with cut starburst foot, each fitted with a conforming figural cherub ormolu bronze stand stamped on the underside with the Baccarat roundel. All pieces monogrammed. Finger bowls measure 3″ H x 5 1/4″ dia. Underplates measure 8″ dia. Centerpiece bowls/tazzas measure 7 1/2″ dia. Cherub stands measure 3″ H. Late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: Baltimore estates of Virginia Howard Miller (c. 1880-1946) and Hugh Purviance King (1873-1966) passed down to present Living Estate of Virginia Johnston, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: All pieces overall excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Herend Rothschild Bird Blue Border dinnerware including set 14 service plates, edges with blue fish scale border, marked on base 1527/RO EB A93, 11″ diameter, plus 14 Herend Rothschild Bird Blue Border dessert plates, edges with blue fish scale border, marked on base 1520/RO EB F93, 8-1/4″ dia. 28 items total, Hungarian, 20th century. CONDITION: All in excellent, as new, condition. [See more photos →]

Set of forty (40) Hermes Paris Toucans Pattern porcelain dinnerware items, including ten (10) dinner plates, 10 dessert/luncheon plates, ten (10) salad plates, and ten (10) soup bowls. Hermes Paris marks with pattern name underside of bases. Dinner plates – 10 3/4″ dia., dessert/luncheon plates – 8 1/2″ dia., salad plates – 7 1/2″ dia., soup bowls – 9 1/8″ dia. French, late 20th/early 21st century. Provenance: The Estate of Julia Holland Gasque, Kingston, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with few light surface scratches, areas of grime, minute areas of loss to decorations, firing flaws. 1/4″ chip to one salad plate. [See more photos →]

Set of forty (40) Hermes Paris Toucans Pattern porcelain dinnerware items, including ten (10) dinner plates, 10 dessert/luncheon plates, ten (10) salad plates, and ten (10) soup bowls. Hermes Paris marks with pattern name underside of bases. Dinner plates – 10 3/4″ dia., dessert/luncheon plates – 8 1/2″ dia., salad plates – 7 1/2″ dia., soup bowls – 9 1/8″ dia. French, late 20th/early 21st century. Provenance: The Estate of Julia Holland Gasque, Kingston, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with few light surface scratches, areas of grime, minute areas of loss to decorations, firing flaws. Fleabite to rim of one dinner plate. [See more photos →]

Queen Louise of Prussia decorated vase, robin’s egg blue ground with fine hand-painted vignette of Queen Louise attired in her royal robe and second floral vignette on reverse. Elaborate gilt and enameled “Moriage” decoration. Marked “Nippon” onbottom. Very good condition with expected wear to gilding on rim and base. 13-3/4″ H x 5″ Japan, Early 20th century. [See more photos →]

Large Native American Acoma Olla having polychrome stylized red and black geometric designs on white with checkerboard pattern around neck. Signed and numbered on the base. 10 1/4″ H. The diameter of the mouth is 5 1/4″. The circumference around the fullest point of the body is approx. 36 1/2″. Early 20th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with moderate wear to paint decoration. [See more photos →]

English Staffordshire polychrome pearlware jug, eagle perched on a cannon with the American flag inscribed, “Arms of the United States-E. Pluribus Unum” on the side and under the spout inscribed with “Free Trade and Sailors Rights”. 6 3/4″ H x 7 1/2″ W x 6 1/2″ D overall. Provenance: From the Robert Teitelman collection. Pictured, pre-restoration state, page 280 of “Success to America, Creamware for the American Market”. Circa 1800-1820. Private East Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: Some staining. Base with old restoration. [See more photos →]

Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, Flora Danica Pattern porcelain round tureen and lid, white ground with gold trimmed reticulated borders encircling hand-painted flowers. Both with Royal Copenhagen marks, numbers, date marks for 1969-1973, and Latin inscriptions, underside of bases, lid with two (2) paper labels. Latin inscription “Ranunculus Philonotis Ehrh. Swertia perennis L.” to underside of tureen and “Galeopsis Galeobdolon L.” Latin inscription to underside of lid.Tureen – 5 1/4″ H x 11 3/4″ W x 9 5/8″ D. Lid – 4″ H x 8 3/4″ W x 8 3/4″ D. Overall – 9 1/4″ H. Provenance: The Estate of Jane Dudley, Nashville, TN and Palm Beach, FL. Social icon Jane Dudley was the founder of one of the SouthÕs most prestigious charity events – the Swan Ball, benefiting Cheekwood. She traveled the world as the wife of U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Guilford Dudley, with whom she shared a landmark Nashville estate, Northumberland. A graduate of NashvilleÕs Parmer School, Ward Belmont and Vanderbilt University, she worked briefly for the Tennessean newspaper and later for Tiffany & Co., where she managed corporate accounts for more than twenty years and later served on the board of directors. Mrs. Dudley was also a member of the International Best Dressed List. In 1963 she was the founding chairman of The Swan Ball, now the nationÕs longest running charity ball. She also chaired the Tiffany Feather Ball in New York from 1981-1991, the ball benefiting the Palm Beach Cancer Society in the 1970s (featuring entertainer Bob Hope), and in England, a ball at Blenheim Palace to raise funds for the historic castleÕs roof. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with light surface grime. 5/8″ area of black marks under one handle on tureen. [See more photos →]

Signed Quezal, NY vine vase, teardrop form with elongated neck, purple glass with pulled leaves and vines and overall iridescence. Signed on base “Quezal, N. Y. “. Very good condition, slight loss on base to edge of pontil mark, some minorsurface scratches. 4 7/8” H. Early 20th century. Provenance: Private East TN estate. [See more photos →]

Rene Lalique Monnaie du Pape pattern vase, molded frosted dark amber glass with leaf decoration. Impressed on center base, ” R. Lalique” Introduced in 1914. 9 1/4″ H x 6 1/2″ D. France. Provenance: Estate of Bill Zarnon, Gatlinburg, Tenn. Condition: Overall very good condition with outer rim edge having evidence where two areas have been polished. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with outer rim edge having evidence where two areas have been polished. [See more photos →]

Richard Jolley glass fish sculpture, titled on the base “Tropical Fish”, depicting an underwater ocean scene with seven (7) fish. Signed and titled on the base. 11 1/4″ H x 8 3/4″ W (at the base). 20th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Five (5) Durand King Tut pattern sherberts with blue iridescent and white striations, gold iridescent interiors, and gold lustre foot. Polished pontil mark, unsigned. 4 1/2″ to 4 5/8″ height. Early 20th century. Provenance – estate of George M. Link, Vonore, TN, a descendant of Charles D. Link, glassmaker who worked with Victor Durand’s glass shop in Vineland, NJ. Condition: Overall excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Two piece Parrot Green Persian art glass sculpture, Dale Chihuly (Tacoma, WA, b.1941). A Portland Press 2001 Studio Edition, signed by the artist on ball of stem. Pulled green design with red lip wraps. Bowl – 11 3/4″ x 11 3/4″, Ball with Stem – 9″ L.Chihuly has become one of the best known glass designers for his organic-themed and often extremely large vessels. He is one of only three Americans to have had a solo exhibition at the Louvre, and his work was recently featured at the Cheekwood Museum of Art in Nashville. Provenance: Lynnville, Tennessee estate. Condition: Excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Herend Rothschild Bird porcelain 69-piece dinnerware service including thirteen (13) dinner plates (#1524, 10 1/4" dia),thirteen (13) salad plates (#1518, 7 3/8" dia), thirteen (13) bread & butter plates (#1515, 6" dia), thirteen (13) footed cups each with accompanying saucers (#734, cups: 2" H x 4 1/4" dia, saucers: 5 3/4" dia), two (2) leaf dishes (4 1/4" L x 3 1/4" W x 1 1/4" D), and one (1) 2-piece salt & pepper set with ceramic stoppers (each 2 3/8" H x 1 1/4" dia). All with Herend stamp and numbered, all 20th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Richard Jolley (American, born 1952) frosted art glass vase with handle or pitcher form with “pinch folded” rim and blue overlay profile face decoration with handle representing the ear. Signed and dated on the base “R. Jolley, ’88”. 8 1/2″ H x 6″ W. 20th century. Provenance: Private Knoxville, TN collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition, minor scratching to the base. [See more photos →]

Attr. Loetz, Candia Phanomen Blue art glass vase, double gourd form with flared rim and iridescent blue and green pulled threads over a copper-red body, ground pontil with crossed arrows "Austria" mark. 8 3/4" H. 6" dia. Circa 1898. Provenance: Middle Tennessee private collection. CONDITION: A few miniscule imperfections, light wear and scratches, overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Pair of large porcelain German Meissen cupid figures, both well modeled on round stepped bases, one depicting Cupid with a basket (11 1/4″ H) and the other depicting Cupid removing an arrow from a heart (10 1/2″ H). Each bearing the blue crossed swords marks with additional incised model numbers, M113 and M116. Both mid-19th century. Condition: Both with very minor chips to grass on base. Edges of lower wings fluoresce at a different color under blacklight but cannot see anything to indicate restoration in regular lighting conditions. [See more photos →]

Thirty-eight (38) Royal Crown Derby porcelain dinnerware items, King's pattern, all with slightly scalloped rims, including seventeen (17) dinner plates (10 1/8" dia.), eleven (11) shallow soup bowls (10 1/8" dia.), four (4) with Sotheby's stickers, and ten (10) bread and butter plates (7" dia).All pieces with 19th century red Derby mark to the underside. CONDITION: Overall crazing, some staining with surface scratches, loss to paint including gilt trim. Majority of plates and bowl with hairlines, two bread and butter plates with hairlines. One plate with repaired 1 1/2" chip to rim. One bread and butter plate with 1/4" chip to rim. One bowl with 1" chip to base. One bowl with 1 1/2" chip to rim. [See more photos →]

Nine (9) Hermes Paris Toucans Pattern porcelain dinnerware items, including one (1) tureen with lid, two (2) oval vegetable bowls, two (2) salad serving bowls, one (1) tart dish, one (1) oval serving platter, one (1) deep round platter, and one (1) low centerpiece bowl. Hermes Paris marks with pattern name underside of bases. Tureen with lid – 6" H x 12 3/4" W x 7 7/8" D. Oval vegetable bowls – 2 5/8" H x 9 3/4" W x 7 1/8" D. Salad serving bowls – 3 3/4" H x 9 1/2" dia. Tart dish – 5 5/8" H x 12 3/8" dia. Oval serving platter – 1 1/4" H x 15 3/4" W x 9 3/4" D. Deep round platter – 2 3/8" H x 11 3/4" dia. Low centerpiece bowl – 1 7/8" H x 12 3/4" dia. French, late 20th/early 21st century. Provenance: The Estate of Julia Holland Gasque, Kingston, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with few light surface scratches. [See more photos →]

Pair of Lalique crystal Cygnes swans comprised of clear and frosted etched glass, inscribed ÒLalique FranceÓ underside of each tail, together with the original glass mirror having an etched rippled water effect. Upright swan measures: 9 1/2_ H x 12 1/2_ L x 7_ W; downturned swan measures: 6 7/8_ H x 14 1/2_ L x 8 3/8_ W. Mirror measures: 33_ L x 24_ W. 20th century. Provenance: the living estate of Annette Petri, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: Lalique swans in excellent condition and mirror in very good condition with a couple of small surface scratches. [See more photos →]

Set of twenty (20) Hermes Paris Toucans Pattern porcelain blue presentation plates or chargers. Hermes Paris marks with pattern name underside of bases. 12" dia. French, late 20th/early 21st century. Provenance: The Estate of Julia Holland Gasque, Kingston, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with few light surface scratches. [See more photos →]

Bronze “Aladdin” or Genie Lamp, crafted by Tiffany Studios for Tiffany & Co., with iridescent Damascene art glass shade, the polished base modeled as a Genie’s lamp, with mask and arabesque decorated sides, and a circular base stamped TIFFANY & CO. on side. Green, iridescent Wave pattern shade, base coat of white cased glass with an emerald green overlay and gold iridization, etched S9054 at interior of neck, also attributed to Tiffany. Shade 6 3/4″ diameter by 4 1/2″H. Overall: 20 1/2″H. Provenance: private Nashville collection. CONDITION: Shade has 3 1/2″ hairline extending from edge that goes through both layers and is visible from interior and exterior. Crack is stable and has existed for many years. Shade also has a few scattered small dark spots, likely grime spatters, which we have not attempted clean. Some wear and oxidation to bronze base. Lacking chimney. Functionality not tested or guaranteed. [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 →]

Thirty-six (36) Herend Rothschild Bird Blue Border porcelain items, edges with blue fish scale border, including twelve (12) cups, marked on base 1726, twelve (12) saucers, marked on base 1726/RO EB, and twelve (12) dessert/pie plates, marked on base 1520/RO EB. All pieces with blue Herend marks stamped to underside. Ranging in size from 4 1/2" W to 8 3/8" dia. Hungarian, 20th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. Very minute areas of paint loss to butterflies on saucers. Cups with minor scattered abrasions, largest 1/8"; one cup with minute gilt paint flecks to base. Plates with scattered surface scratches, including one plate with 1/2" scratch affecting branch. [See more photos →]

Richard Jolley (American, b. 1952) art glass sculpture comprised of a standing orange dog on a swirled blue and green base. Signed and dated, “Richard Jolley 2000″ to one side of the base. 11 H x 10″ L x 5” W. 20th century. Provenance: Private Knoxville, TN collection. CONDITION: A couple of minor errant marks to surface, otherwise overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Set of twenty-three (23) Saint Louis, France gilt crystal stemware, Thistle pattern, solid band foot, including eight (8) water goblets, eight (8) wine goblets, and seven (7) champagne flutes. All with "St. Louis Crystal France" stamp underside of bases. Water goblets – 7 1/2" H, wine goblets – 6 3/8" H, champagne flutes – 7 1/2" H. Circa 1950's. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. One wine goblet with 1/8" firing flaw in the making to base. Few areas of minute loss to gilt. No visible chips or cracks. [See more photos →]

Pablo Picasso ( Spanish, 1881-1973) Madoura Unglazed Terra Cotta Plate, “Visage En Gros Relief”. Numbered 18/100 en verso with impressed stamp “Madoura Plein Feu / Empreinte Originale de Picasso” and ” T106.” 10 1/2″ diameter. Circa 1963. CONDITION: 3/4″ rim chip, two rim stains (largest 2 3/8″L.) [See more photos →]

Two (2) pieces Historical Staffordshire, American Views. 1st item: Historical Blue and White Staffordshire transfer printed covered sugar bowl, printed with scene of Boston Harbor, American Eagle, and shield. Manufacutured by JOHN ROGERS & SON, LONGPORT, stamped on the base. 5 3/4" H x 7" W x 4 1/4" D. Circa 1815-42. Note: Ex-collestion of Chester Creutzburg and David Martin, old collection label on the base. 2nd item: Historical Blue Staffordshire transfer printed octagonal platter, depicting the Junction of the Sacandaga and Hudson River, titled en verso upper edge. Impressed crown mark to the center for James & Ralph Clews, working 1818 – 1834. 11" H x 14 1/4" W. CONDITION: 1st item: Sugar bowl with some stains to inside bowl, 1/2" hairline to inner rim. 2nd item: Platter with light overall scratching/wear, light wear to the edges. Very tight line, approx. 5" L, visible under blacklight inspection, possible repair with no visible losses. [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 →]

Richard Jolley (Tennessee, born 1952) pigment, silver leaf, and varnish on heavy paper painting depicting a nude figure in shades of red, orange, yellow, black, and green, rendered in a heavy impasto technique. Unsigned to front, likely signed to back of paper. Float mounted in a contemporary black and giltwood frame. Sheet – 52″ H x 26 1/4″ W. Framed – 56 3/8″ H x 38 7/8″ W. Late 20th/early 21st century. Biography: Richard Jolley was born in Wichita, Kansas, in 1952 and as a youth, he moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He began his art training at Tusculum College in Greenville, Tennessee in 1970, 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. He currently maintains a studio in Knoxville. To date, Jolley’s work is represented in more than 33 public collections, including the Carnegie Museum of Art; the Corning Museum of Glass; the Frederick Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, the Knoxville Museum of Art; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. (Source: the Knoxville Museum of Art). Provenance: Private Knoxville, TN collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. Surface scratches, largest 3/4″, to frame. [See more photos →]