Thank you for a record-setting January 25th & 26th two day sale! Over 6000 registered bidders participated internationally, achieving the highest total sales and highest-selling lot in company history. Highlights included the William Edmondson “Preacher” sculpture realizing $540,000, and a new auction record for a Carroll Cloar (TN, 1913-1993) painting, realizing $66,000. Other highlights included a GIA certified 4.18 carat round brilliant diamond (VVS2, E) realizing $78,000 and an Andrew Clemens patriotic sand art bottle realizing $66,000. All prices realized include the buyer’s premium.
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126 | William Edmondson Sculpture, The Preacher | William Edmondson (American/Tennessee, 1874-1951) carved limestone sculpture, “The Preacher”, depicting a minister with his left arm raised with a Bible in hand, open eyes and mouth, and attired in a long-tailed coat and bow tie, standing on a pedestal. 23 1/2″ H x 12 1/2″ W x 8 1/4″ D. This sculpture appears in an Edward Weston photograph of Edmondson’s yard taken in 1941. Ref. Edmund Fuller, “Visions in Stone,” p. 11. Illustrated, ibid, p. 36. Exhibited 1981, the Tennessee State Museum inaugural exhibit titled “William Edmondson: A Retrospective” and featured in the exhibition catalog of the same name on page 38, catalog entry #8. Also exhibited at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, “The Art of Tennessee”, 2006 (and full page illustration in the catalog, p. 281). Edmondson’s choice of a preacher as subject matter speaks to the prominence of the church not only in black communities in the early 20th century, and the role of the preacher as a community leader, but also to the importance of spirituality in his own life. It was a directive from God at the age of 57 which Edmondson (a former janitor and railroad worker with no formal art training) said prompted him to pick up a chisel and begin sculpting limestone figures. His work was noticed by Nashville art patrons who introduced him to Harper’s Bazaar photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe. Wolfe’s now-famous photographs of Edmondson and his yard full of limestone sculptures brought him to the attention of the New York art world and gained him the acquaintance of Alfred Barr, Jr., director of the Museum of Modern Art. In 1937 Edmondson became the first African American artist to have a solo show at the Museum of Modern Art. At least three other Preacher figures by Edmondson are known, including one in the collection of the Newark Museum and another in the collection of the McClung Museum of Art at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Provenance: Private Southern Collection, acquired circa 1990 from the son of Myron King, owner of Nashville’s Lyzon Art Gallery and one of Edmondson’s earliest supporters. A notarized certificate of authenticity dated 2002, signed by Myron King Sr. and stating he purchased this sculpture directly from William Edmondson in about 1948 and gifted it to his son, will be provided to the winning bidder. PRE-APPROVAL IS REQUIRED TO BID ON THIS LOT. PLEASE CONTACT CASE ANTIQUES, INC. AT THE KNOXVILLE GALLERY FOR DETAILS. 865-558-3033 or BID@CASEANTIQUES.COM. CONDITION: Overall good condition with old patina. Minor wear to base, particularly at corners and lowermost edges. Subtle and very early repaired break to upper left arm, said to have been repaired by Edmondson himself. By oral history, Myron King first viewed the sculpture in Edmondson’s yard and the break to the arm had already occurred. King suggested Edmondson would improve the durability (and marketability) of his sculptures by limiting his projecting appendages, advising him that “If it can’t roll down a hill without something breaking off, don’t carve it!” Whether Edmondson took this advice to heart or not is debatable; certainly his angel images and birds included projecting elements subject to breakage. However, his Preacher figure in the collection of the McClung museum has a much more closely-carved arm and Bible, and the Preacher in the collection of the Newark Museum holds aloft a much smaller Bible, suggesting Edmondson was working out ways to create a more stable design. [See more photos →] |
$540,000.00 | |
30 | 4.18 CTW Diamond Pendant, GIA (VVS2, E) | Ladies 18k white gold pendant featuring one 4.18 carat round brilliant diamond measuring 10.27 x 10.38 x 6.37mm. with VVS2 clarity and E color. Faceted girdle, 61% table, 61.8% total depth, very good polish, good symmetry, and faint blue fluorescence for an overall Good cut grade. The diamond is mounted under 4 prongs in a pendant which tests 18K. 3.5 total grams. GIA report number 6204740302. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. PRE-APPROVAL IS REQUIRED TO BID ON THIS LOT. PLEASE CONTACT CASE ANTIQUES, INC. AT THE KNOXVILLE GALLERY FOR DETAILS. 865-558-3033 or BID@CASEANTIQUES.COM. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$78,000.00 | |
33 | Plat. Ring, 4.85 CTW Round Diamond, GIA (SI1, F) | Ladies platinum engagement ring featuring one 4.85 carat round brilliant diamond in a four prong setting flanked by 4 baguette diamonds. The center stone measures 10.90 x 11.10 x 6.57mm. with SI1 clarity and F color. Faceted girdle, 67% table, 59.7% total depth, very good polish, fair symmetry, and no fluorescence for an overall good cut grade. The baguette stones are approx. 0.10 carats, VS1 clarity, and G color. The ring is marked “10% IR Plat”. The ring contains spacers sizing it at 1 3/4. 4.95 ctw. in diamonds and 5.7 grams total weight. Size 8 3/4″. GIA report number 2205740188. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. PRE-APPROVAL IS REQUIRED TO BID ON THIS LOT. PLEASE CONTACT CASE ANTIQUES, INC. AT THE KNOXVILLE GALLERY FOR DETAILS. 865-558-3033 or BID@CASEANTIQUES.COM. CONDITION: Overall excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$66,000.00 | |
129 | Carroll Cloar painting, The Landlady | Carroll Cloar (American, 1913-1993) acrylic on board pointillist painting titled, “The Landlady,” depicting a smiling lady in vivid yellow dress and brown hat, center foreground, with thirteen other well-dressed women, men and children clustered around the porch of a two-story wood farmhouse in the background. Rose bushes and other green foliage and trees under a sunny sky, and the porch on the fan, suggest the setting is a warm summer day. Signed lower right; additionally signed, titled, and dated 1980 en verso. Weathered wood frame with linen liner and gilt rabbet edge. Sight: 28″ H x 39″ W. Framed: 34″ H x 45″ W. Provenance: Private Nashville collection, ex-Dr. Benjamin Caldwell, ex-Forum Gallery, New York. Note: Video footage of Carroll Cloar at work on this painting is featured near the end of a documentary on his life and work, “Friendly Panthers, Hostile Butterflies,” produced by WKNO-TV and currently available to view on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-CMx3NbF3w . Biography: Carroll Cloar was known for incorporating nostalgic images from his Southern childhood, often merged with dreamlike motifs, into powerful magic realist scenes. The artist often noted that literature, particularly by Southern Gothic writers such as William Faulkner or Eudora Welty, influenced his artistic approach. Cloar graduated from Southwestern College (now Rhodes College) in Memphis, Tennessee, and went on to study at the Memphis Academy of Arts under the artist George Oberteuffer. In 1936, he moved to New York to attend the Art Students League. There, Cloar’s achievements earned him a McDowell fellowship which he used to travel across the American Southwest, West Coast and Mexico. Cloar served with the Army Air Corps during World War II and upon his return, he was awarded a Guggenheim traveling scholarship to fund an extended sojourn to Central and South America. Two years later, several of his images were featured in a Life Magazine article titled Backwoods Boyhood, and Cloar’s career went on to receive additional national acclaim. By the mid 1950s, Cloar had settled permanently in Memphis, where he produced paintings, often executed in casein tempera and acrylic paints. His works are in the collections of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Brooks Museum of Art, and Library of Congress. In 1993, Cloar’s painting, Faculty and Honor Students, Lewis Schoolhouse, was one of six paintings by American artists selected to commemorate the inauguration of President Clinton. (Courtesy of The Johnson Collection/Memphis Brooks Museum of Art). PRE-APPROVAL IS REQUIRED TO BID ON THIS LOT. PLEASE CONTACT CASE ANTIQUES, INC. AT THE KNOXVILLE GALLERY FOR DETAILS. 865-558-3033 or BID@CASEANTIQUES.COM. CONDITION: Overall excellent condition; a couple of insignificant flyspecks to sky area. [See more photos →] |
$66,000.00 | |
615 | Andrew Clemens Sand Art Bottle | Andrew Clemens (American, 1857-1894) patriotic sand art bottle, dated 1889. Glass bottle with round flat-top stopper and a tall cylindrical body filled with multicolored, layered sand in decorative stripe, swag and diamond patterns, one side with vignette of a spread-winged eagle a 36-star American flag, the alternate side with a detailed floral vignette including forget-me-nots, rose and pansy, enclosing a date of 1889. Height 6 5/8″. Provenance: the estate of Stanley Horn, Nashville, Tennessee, by descent in his family to current consignor. Note: Andrew Clemens was born in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1857 and later moved to the town of MacGregor. At the age of five, he contracted an illness (possibly encephalitis) which caused him to become deaf and mute. He attended the Iowa School for the Deaf. As an adult, he began working with sand from the naturally colored sandstone in the Pictured Rocks area of Iowa to form detailed pictures in glass bottles. Clemens created his designs using self-made tools including “brushes” of tiny hickory twigs; no glue was used. The bottles were well received by the public – particularly riverboat travelers to MacGregor, seeking souvenirs – and he was able to earn a livelihood selling sand art bottles until his death in 1894 at the age of 37. While many were sold, few have remained intact over the years. (Source: the Des Moines Register). PRE-APPROVAL IS REQUIRED TO BID ON THIS LOT. PLEASE CONTACT CASE ANTIQUES, INC. AT THE KNOXVILLE GALLERY FOR DETAILS. 865-558-3033 or BID@CASEANTIQUES.COM. CONDITION: Stopper is original with 1/8â³ chip and 2 short hairlines to edge (these do not extend through (stable)). [See more photos →] |
$66,000.00 | |
43 | 5.2 CTW Old European Brilliant Diamond, GIA | 5.2 carat round Old European Brilliant cut diamond, SI1 clarity, with GIA report 6204785601 dated December 11, 2019, measurements 11.37 – 11.79 x 6.14 mm. Depth: 44%; Table: 53%; Girdle: Very Thin to Thin; Cutlet: Large; Color: N; Polish: Good; Symmetry: Fair; Fluorescence: None. Clarity Characteristics: Chip, Twinning Wisp, Cavity. Additional twinning wisps, pinpoints and surface graining are not shown. Diamond is mounted in a custom 14K white gold mounting. Ring size: 7 3/4. PRE-APPROVAL IS REQUIRED TO BID ON THIS LOT. PLEASE CONTACT CASE ANTIQUES, INC. AT THE KNOXVILLE GALLERY FOR DETAILS. 865-558-3033 or BID@CASEANTIQUES.COM. CONDITION: See condition and GIA report 6204785601. Some cracks noted to mounting. [See more photos →] |
$28,800.00 | |
37 | Plat. Ring, 5.70 CTW Round Diamond, GIA (VS1, Q-R) | Ladies platinum and diamond engagement ring featuring a 5.70 carat round brilliant cut diamond measuring 11.90 x 11.76 x 6.60mm. with VS1 clarity and Q-R color. 67% table, 55.7% total depth, good polish, good symmetry, and no fluorescence for an overall Good cut grade. Two rectangular tapered baguettes measuring 5.0 x 3.1mm approx. 0.40 ctw. accenting the shoulders. The center diamond is set under four prongs and the band is stamped “PLATINUM 43702”. 6.10 carat total weight in diamonds and 5.3 total grams. The ring contains spacers sizing it at 1 3/4. GIA report number 2203740197. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. PRE-APPROVAL IS REQUIRED TO BID ON THIS LOT. PLEASE CONTACT CASE ANTIQUES, INC. AT THE KNOXVILLE GALLERY FOR DETAILS. 865-558-3033 or BID@CASEANTIQUES.COM. CONDITION: See description and GIA report. [See more photos →] |
$28,800.00 | |
408 | Ladies 18K YG, Emerald & Diamond Ring | Ladies 18K yellow gold natural emerald and diamond ring. Comprised of one square step cut emerald set in the center measuring 10.14 x 10.5 x 7.68 mm, approximately 5.4 carats. VS clarity, G 6/3 color. One triangle shaped brilliant cut diamond to each side (approximately 0.77 carats each, SI2 clarity, H color). Fingermate adjustable shank attached. Tests 18K. Size 6 1/4 – 6 1/2. 6.7 grams. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$23,040.00 | |
590 | Colonial GA related print: Tomo Chachi Mico and his Nephew | Important early Georgia related print depicting Tomochachi Mico or King of Yamacraw, and Tooanahowi his Nephew, Son to the Mico of the Etchitas. Circa 1734-1745 mezzotint engraving by John Faber the Younger (British, 1684-1756) after the painting by William Verelst (British, 1704-1752). Matted and housed under glass in a stained and ebonized wood frame. Sight approximately 14″ H x 9 7/8″ W. Sheet – 14 1/8″ H x 10″ W. Framed – 22 1/2″H x 17 7/8″W. Background information: (from The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts): “When James Oglethorpe (1696-1785) landed in Georgia in 1733 he worked to quickly cement a friendship with the Creek Indians. Oglethorpe established a particularly close relationship with Tomo Chachi Mico, King of the Yamacraw, part of the Creek nation. Tomochachi Mico and his nephew Tooanahowi accompanied Oglethorpe back to London in 1734. In London Tomo Chachi Mico and his nephew met the Trustees of the Georgia colony. That meeting is recorded in group portrait by the artist William Verelst now in the collection of the Winterthur Museum (acc. 1956.0567a). The pair also sat for a portrait, now lost, by Verelst. The two Georgia natives were a sensation in London, and soon after the portrait was completed it was engraved by John Faber. Though we know the men dressed in both English and native clothing while in London, they are depicted here in native clothing against an tropical background. Tomo Chachi Mico wears a deerskin cape over his shoulder, perhaps a symbol of the valuable deerskin trade with the English that the Creeks were engaged in. Tooanahowi holds an American bald eagle, a native symbol of peace and an example of the fauna of the new world.” 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: Margins trimmed to plate. Print appears to be adhered to backing around perimeter. Light toning and foxing. Several creases resulting in white lines including across top, partial crease (vertical) upper right corner, diagonal across center touching Tomochachi’s chest and Nephew’s shoulder. 3-4 edge tears up to 1″. Couple small losses to edge, largest 1/2″L, barely extending into image. A few scattered pinpoint sized surface losses including two on Tomo Chachi’s face. Mat with grime and small losses, frame with abrasions and small losses. [See more photos →] |
$22,800.00 | |
162 | Early East TN Corner Cupboard, Moses Crawford | Early Knox County, Tennessee walnut corner cupboard attributed to Tennessee’s earliest cabinetmaker, Moses Crawford (Knox County, 1743-1819). One piece cupboard form with a stepped, five-part cornice transitioning into a carved astragal/scalloped molding flush to the frieze over sixteen glazed pane doors opening to three interior shelves. Lower section with two paneled doors opening to one one interior shelf over a large stepped ogee molding resting on large ogee bracket feet with “fish tail” spur returns. Inset stop fluted quarter columns with lower section of capitals having a carved drape design. Large wooden pins protrude from the backside of ogee feet. Secondary wood poplar throughout. 89 1/2″ H x 66″ W x 37″ D. Late 18th century. Note: C. Tracey Parkâs 2013 MESDA article “Moses Crawford: Tennessee’s Earliest Cabinetmaker Revealed” established Moses Crawford in Tennessee before 1780. Crawford was originally from Augusta County, Virginia. Parks further notes in his article the probate inventory of Moses Crawford’s estate itemized cabinetmaking tools, a workbench, a glue pot, various planes, chisels, punches, and gouges, as well as walnut plank. A 1775 deed signed by five Overhill Cherokee leaders and witnessed by Moses and Samuel Crawford provides the earliest documentation for any cabinetmaker within the political boundaries now recognized as the state of Tennessee. Histories of Crawfordâs surviving furniture represent ownership traceable to Scots-Irish families who established themselves in Knox and Blount counties between the years 1787 and 1801 (courtesy C. Tracey Parks). CONDITION: Older refinish with hinge replacements. Lower panel doors appears to be a second quarter of the 19th century restoration replacing an earlier drawer midsection configuration with smaller panel doors. [See more photos →] |
$21,760.00 | |
616 | Civil War Guidon, 19th Ohio, Cpl. Marcellus Messer | Civil War Union Cavalry Swallowtail Guidon Flag belonging to Corporal Marcellus Ovando Messer (1842-1938), 19th Regt., Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company C. The silk flag has a double wreath of 35 gilt-painted stars, indicating use between the admission of West Virginia as a state in 1863, and the admission of Nevada in 1865; canton and stripes are pieced and treadle-sewn. 26 14" x 36 3/4" sight, 30" x 40" framed. Note: according to flag historian Greg Biggs, the U.S. contracted for more of these guidons than the cavalry could use, so standards like this one were issued to infantry regiments as guide flags, which were placed on the left and right flanks of the regiment to help form their line of battle. The battles in which the 19th Ohio engaged were among the war's most infamous and included Shiloh, Missionary Ridge, and Chickamauga. They also participated in the Atlanta campaign, under General William Tecumseh Sherman. In all, the 19th regiment participated in 21 battles and crossed Tennessee 16 times, marching over 6,000 miles and traveling another 6,500 by rail and water. Cpl. Messer was born Nov. 2, 1842 in Guilford, New Hampshire. His family moved to Warren, Ohio when he was 14. When the Civil War broke out, Messer joined the 19th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company C., on Sept. 7, 1861 and was promoted to Corporal in 1863. According to his discharge record, he was discharged as a corporal on Dec. 31, 1863 at Flat Creek, Tennessee "by reason of re-enlistment as a veteran volunteer" and again served in C Company. After Lee's surrender, he went to Texas as part of General Grant's army to monitor Mexican Emperor Maximillian. He was discharged Oct. 24, 1865 at San Antonio. According to his records, he "served continually in the same Company and Regiment through the entire war… without being sick or wounded or on detached service, and having never missed a battle in which the regiment was engaged. He did not taste of liquor while in the service." After the war, Messer returned to Warren, Ohio, and married Frances "Frannie" M. Dickey. They had one son and lived in the old Dickey homestead. Messer, a Republican, went on to serve as a member of the city council for five years in the 1880s and on other municipal boards. He also served as a bailiff in the Probate Court for more than 20 years. Note: Some of this biographical information comes from a newspaper article on Messer in the Youngstown OH Vindicator newspaper, August 14, 2005. A copy of the article is included with this lot. Provenance: by descent in the Messer family to present consignor. Note: remnants of a box formerly used to store the flag bore this inscription: "A regimental flag of the 19 O.V.I. carried during Nov. 1861-65." CONDITION: 4 1/4" tear upper center canton, with two holes – 2" diameter and 1 1/2" L – at center right edge of canton. Two 1" to 1 1/2" L holes to stripes along sleeve. Center with 3" hole/loss; each tip with losses and fraying. Several other small holes and slits; light fading, staining, discoloration and creasing throughout. Flag has been mounted (not glued down) atop white matting, under acrylic, and framed in a molded giltwood frame. [See more photos →] |
$20,480.00 | |
31 | Ladies Platinum Diamond and Emerald Bracelet | Ladies platinum, diamond, and emerald line bracelet containing 16 round brilliant diamonds, approximately 8.0 carats, VS1 clarity, and I color, as well as 16 square cut emeralds approximately 7.0 carats. Tests platinum. Marked BB&B for Bailey, Banks and Biddle and 72302. 7″ length. 30.9 grams. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. PRE-APPROVAL IS REQUIRED TO BID ON THIS LOT. PLEASE CONTACT CASE ANTIQUES, INC. AT THE KNOXVILLE GALLERY FOR DETAILS. 865-558-3033 or BID@CASEANTIQUES.COM. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$19,200.00 | |
509 | Philip & Kelvin Laverne "Eternal Forest" Coffee Table | Phillip (1908-1988) and Kelvin LaVerne (active 1960/1970) “Eternal Forest” design coffee table, low round form; the top having an acid-etched, enameled and patinated bronze and pewter forest design over wood, supported on a shaped bronze pedestal base. Raised “Philip and Kelvin LaVerne” signature on table top surface. 17 3/8″ H 41 7/8″ dia. Circa 1970. Note: another “Eternal Forest” table was sold by this auction house January 26, 2019, lot 560. Provenance: an Indiana estate. CONDITION: Overall excellent condition with top having minor scuffs and scratches, some minor scattered wear and oxidation to the base. [See more photos →] |
$16,640.00 | |
38 | Platinum Diamond Tennis Bracelet, 13 CTW | Ladies platinum tennis style line bracelet with 29 round brilliant diamonds approximately 13.0 carat total weight, VS2 clarity, and H color. Marked Plat. 5mm wide, 6.5" length. 25.2 grams. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. PRE-APPROVAL IS REQUIRED TO BID ON THIS LOT. PLEASE CONTACT CASE ANTIQUES, INC. AT THE KNOXVILLE GALLERY FOR DETAILS. 865-558-3033 or BID@CASEANTIQUES.COM. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$14,400.00 | |
128 | Gilbert Gaul Oil on Board, Woman Sewing | Gilbert Gaul (New York/Tennessee/New Jersey, 1855-1919) oil on board interior scene painting depicting an African American woman seated by a window, working on a needlework project. Light from the overhead window illuminates her white blouse and part of the fabric in her hands. Signed lower right. Housed in a carved gilt wood frame. Sight – 9 1/2″ H x 8 1/4″ W. Framed – 14 1/2″ H x 13 1/4″ W. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. Biography: New Jersey born artist Gilbert Gaul studied art with Lemuel E. Wilmarth at the school of the National Academy of Design from 1872 to 1876, and privately with the noted genre painter, J. G. Brown. He continued his training at the Art Students League during 1875 and 1876. Gaul first exhibited his work at the National Academy in 1877. In 1881, he inherited a farm in Van Buren County, Tennessee, from his mother’s family, and lived there four years to fulfill terms of the bequest. In 1885, he returned to New York though he also continued to spend time at the farm in Tennessee. Gaul gained acclaim for his illustration art and portrayals of Civil War scenes. He became a regular exhibitor at the National Academy annuals between 1877 and 1902; in 1882, he was accorded the status of full academician-the youngest artist to attain the honor. He exhibited at the 1889 Paris Exposition; the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago; and the 1902 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, where he was awarded medals. In 1876 Gaul made his first trip to the American West, an area for which he developed a particular affinity. He made numerous western trips in subsequent years, photographing and rendering scenes of Native Americans and the frontier, which he would later work up into paintings in his studios in New York or Tennessee. In 1890, he worked for the United States census on reservations in North Dakota. He also visited Mexico, the West Indies, Panama, and Nicaragua. An account of his travels was published in Century Magazine in 1892. In 1904, he returned to Tennessee and settled in Nashville. The decreasing interest in Civil War subjects resulted in financial hardship for Gaul. He gave private art lessons, and taught at the Watkins Institute, Nashville, and at Cumberland Female College, in McMinnville. He also spent time in Charleston, South Carolina. By 1910, he had moved to Ridgefield, New Jersey, where he continued to paint and live out his remaining years. (source: The Johnson Collection). CONDITION: 1/4″ area of slight scratch to sitter’s cheek. A couple of very slight abrasions left margin. Slight wear to frame with possible repairs to a couple of corners. [See more photos →] |
$14,400.00 | |
154 | Southern Biscuit Table/Huntboard | East Tennessee biscuit slab table, Rhea County (Dayton), cherry primary, poplar secondary. Rectangular huntboard or slab form comprised of an overhanging hinged box cover opening to an interior brown marble inset block above a center dovetailed drawer having a porcelain pull. Case rests on tapered Hepplewhite style legs. 39 1/2″ H x 36 3/8″ W x 18 1/4″ D. Third quarter of the 19th century. Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Overall expected wear to case and inset marble. Oxidation to hinges and metal safety chain. Back with some age cracks, one with metal repair. [See more photos →] |
$14,080.00 | |
659 | West Tennessee Sampler, 1837, Mary Jane Russell | Scarce West Tennessee needlework sampler, silk on linen, by Mary Jane Russell of Brownsville TN, Haywood County, 1837, with unusually comprehensive biographical information. Multicolored border comprised of eyelet stitch on one side and cross stitched zig zag pattern on top, and cross-stitched green and white chainlink pattern on right side, enclosing 2 rows of upper case alphabets (cross and eyelet stitches), and 1 of lowercase alphabets plus 2 rows of numbers. Note: this sampler has been documented by the Tennessee Sampler Survey. It is one of only about ten documented samplers from West Tennessee, and the only known Tennessee sampler which contains the stitcher’s birthplace (Orange County, North Carolina, Feb. 3, 1825 – indicative of the migratory pattern of early Tennessee settlers as they advanced to the Western wilderness). Sampler also includes Russell’s birthdate, Feb. 3, 1825, along with her home location of Brownsville and sampler date, “Nov the 2. 1837.” According to genealogical information from the Tennessee Sampler Survey, Mary Jane Russell came from NC to Haywood County, Tennessee in 1826 with her parents, James W. Russell and Nancy Brewer. There was a Brownsville Academy in the community by 1831 (which may have been co-ed), and Mary Jane may have made her sampler there. Records obtained by the Tennessee Sampler Survey show her father fell behind on his payments there in 1833 and 1834 and was sued by the Board of Common School Commissions. Mary Jane may also have been instructed by her aunt, Mrs. W.C. Russell, who was a teacher in the county. Sometime after 1840, Mary Jane, her parents, and several siblings moved to Texas. She married Stephen Decatur Rainey there in 1847 and they had three children. She died in Harrison County, Texas in 1898 and is buried in Marshall Cemetery. A packet of genealogical information will be provided to the winning bidder on request. Old, possibly original lemon gilt molded frame. Sight: 10 3/4″ H x 17 1/2″ W. Framed: 4 3/4″ H x 21 1/2″ W. CONDITION: 3/4″ area of repair above first letter C, 1/2″ area of repair upper center edge above letter F, a few other scattered small areas of ground loss/holes, discoloration/toning and fading throughout. Sampler has not been examined out of frame. [See more photos →] |
$10,880.00 | |
29 | 2.13 CTW Mine Cut Diamond Ring, GIA (VS1, K) | Ladies 14K yellow gold ring containing one 2.13 carat old mine brilliant cut diamond measuring 7.71 x 8.24 x 5.35mm with VS1 clarity and K color. 53% table, 69.2% total depth, good polish, fair symmetry, and no fluorescence. The diamond is set in a 4-prong solitaire ring marked "14K". Size 8 1/2. 2.5 grams. GIA report number 5202741625. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. PRE-APPROVAL IS REQUIRED TO BID ON THIS LOT. PLEASE CONTACT CASE ANTIQUES, INC. AT THE KNOXVILLE GALLERY FOR DETAILS. 865-558-3033 or BID@CASEANTIQUES.COM. CONDITION: See description and GIA report. [See more photos →] |
$10,200.00 | |
866 | Anglo-Indian Inlaid Lacquer Box | 18th century Anglo Indian bone inlaid hardwood box with lacquer lining and metal handles, possibly Paktong. Rectangular form with intricate, allover arabesque floral design, the lid centered with an oval reserve depicting a coat of arms with two lions and a flowering tree; two metal bail handles with engraved plates at each side, possibly Paktong. Lacquered interior with original strap hinges, the interior of lid inlaid with an elaborate tree of life design. 5" H x 22" W x 15 1/2" D. CONDITION: Inlay missing at entire right top edge; 6" area of missing wood at far left side. Other, scattered smaller losses. Age related oxidation and shrinkage throughout. [See more photos →] |
$10,200.00 | |
606 | Abraham Lincoln signed 1861 Appointment, Green Clay of KY | Signed Abraham Lincoln Civil War era document appointing Green Clay of Kentucky (1839-1912) as Secretary of the Legation of the United States at St. Petersburg, Russia, July 15, 1861. Signed by President Abraham Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of State William Seward. Embossed presidential seal lower left. 12" x 18" sight, framed under glass in later narrow black metal frame, 12 1/4" x 18 1/4". Col. Green Clay was a member of Bourbon, County Kentucky's prominent Clay family. He was the son of Brutus Junius Clay and grandson of General Green Clay. He attended Transylvania University in Lexington, KY, and Yale University. He was a recent graduate of Harvard Law School in 1861, when his fellow Kentucky native, President Abraham Lincoln, appointed him Secretary to the United States Minister to Russia. That post was held by Clay's uncle, the Honorable Cassius Marcellus Clay, a noted abolitionist. Green Clay worked only one year in Russia, helping his uncle secure Russian support for the Union cause before returning to the US to fight in the Civil War. He served as a Colonel in the Union Army, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry from 1862 to 1865. CONDITION: Lincoln autograph clear and bold, crossed by two fold lines. Some separations along fold lines, overall toning, scattered creasing. 1 3/4" tear lower left edge. [See more photos →] |
$9,600.00 | |
176 | Rare NC Daniel Seagle 2-Handled Pottery Jug, Eight Gallons | Rare Daniel Seagle (1805-1867) North Carolina stoneware double handle pottery jug, 8-gallon capacity ovoid form with an olive alkaline glaze and combination of glossy and matte finish, two applied handles with channels and incised lines below the neck rim. Upper shoulder with incised initials “D S” for Daniel Seagle and a “8” denoting capacity. 19 1/2″ H x approx. 16 3/4″ dia. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with some old chipping to base, scattered firing flaws to body. [See more photos →] |
$9,000.00 | |
121 | Clementine Hunter O/B, Picking Flowers or Uncle Tom's Cabin | Clementine Reuben Hunter (Louisiana, 1886-1988) early oil on canvasboard folk art farm scene titled "Picking Flowers", variant of her common theme, Uncle Tom's Cabin, circa 1960s. Painting depicts a man with white beard, "Uncle Tom," and young "Eliza" in a bright yellow dress with red hair ribbons, tending to and picking flowers around the base of a birdhouse on pole foreground; large white goose and vegetable garden lower left; "Simon Legree" with whip and dogs upper left; cabin lower right background, blackbirds flying above right. Monogram signature lower right. Labels en verso for Knoke Gallery (Atlanta, GA); canvas is also stamped "F.L. (Doc) Spellmon, Artist, Black Art Studio Ltd. San Antonio TX" with hand inscription "(Collection) T.O. see file Wilford Healy from Louisiana." Housed in a carved dark wood frame with gilt painted wood liner. Sight – 17 1/2" H x 23 3/8" W. Framed – 23 1/2" H x 29 1/4" W. Note: we wish to thank Thomas Whitehead for confirming the authenticity of this painting. Provenance: Private Southern Collection, ex-Knoke Galleries, Atlanta. Biography: A self-taught artist, Clementine Hunter created bright, whimsical folk paintings depicting life in and around the Melrose cotton plantation where she lived and worked, near Natchitoches, Louisiana. She did not start painting until her 50s. She used whatever surfaces she could find, and, working from memory, recorded everyday life, from work in the cotton fields to baptisms and funerals. She rendered her figures, usually black, in expressionless profile and disregarded formal perspective and scale. Though she first exhibited in 1949, Hunter did not garner public attention until the 1970s when both the Museum of American Folk Art in New York and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibited her paintings. Even with such success, Hunter chose to stay in Louisiana, working at Melrose Plantation until 1970 when she moved to a small trailer a few miles away on an unmarked road. (source: The National Museum of Women in the Arts). CONDITION: Painting in overall very good condition. Wood frame with minor general wear. [See more photos →] |
$8,400.00 | |
508 | Stickley Mission Dining Table and 8 Chairs | Stickley Mission Style cherry dining room set, comprised of a drawleaf dining table with multi-board, butterfly joined top that extends with two 21â self-storing leaves; together with eight Frank Lloyd Wright inspired design chairs including 2 armchairs and 6 side chairs, all with blue faux leather upholstered seats. All pieces with the Sickley brand and tag to the undersides, dated 1998. Table measures: 29 7/8″ H x 72″ W x 42″ D (114″ W with leaves extended). Armchairs: 42 1/2″ H x 26 1/4″ W x 21″ D. Side chairs: 42 1/2″ H x 21″ W x 20″ D. Late 20th century. CONDITION: All pieces overall good condition with light general wear. [See more photos →] |
$8,400.00 | |
598 | 2 Flintlock Pistols, Gen. Jackson, Ambrister and Arbuthnot history | Two (2) European flintlock pistols, history of ownership in the family of President Andrew Jackson, who is said to have seized the guns from Robert Christie Ambrister (1797-1818) and Alexander (George) Arbuthnot (1748-1818) during the First Seminole War. The two British citizens were captured and charged with aiding the Seminole and Creek Indians against the United States, and executed by then-General Jackson near what is still known today as Court Martial Lake, Florida. The "Ambrister and Arbuthnot Incident" triggered a Congressional investigation, the findings of which were critical of Jackson's actions, but did not result in censure. Lot is accompanied by a 1954 sworn affadavit from the pistols' late owner, Stanley Horn of Nashville, stating that according to Donelson family tradition, the firearms were given by Jackson to his friend and aide, General John Coffee, who later gifted the pistols to Jackson's adopted son, Major Andrew Jackson Donelson. Major Donelson bequeathed them to his son, William Donelson, who sold them to a Nashville bookseller, Paul Hunter, who in turn sold them to Mr. Horn; they have descended in the family of Stanley Horn to the present consignor. Lot also includes two framed Kellogg prints of Jackson. 1st item: 62 cal. holster flintlock pistol with scimitar inlay. 19" overall, 11 3/4" smooth bore barrel. Brass furniture including trigger guard with repair, escutcheon plate, front blade, and sight thimble. Repousse of scimitar on right side of stock. Flintlock ignition is unaltered. Barrel has minimal decoration at breech with foliate outline, spine on top of barrel has engraving extending from breech to front sight. Front band is missing, has period repair with brass wire. The stock has carved design from front to rear. Stock is missing 4 1/2" splinter, and 1/8" just beneath the barrel. Escutcheon plate is plain and crude, possibly a period replacement. The lock appears functional, and the striker plate is grooved. Period decoration on the butt and crude inlay on the bottom. The ramrod is period and possibly original. The action only goes to half cock. 2nd item: 65 cal. Holster flintlock pistol. 18 1/2" overall, 12" smooth bore barrel. Brass furniture including front band, ramrod thimble, trigger guard, pierced escutcheon plate, pierced decorative inlay in rear, and brass butt plate. Wood broken in front of lock with period repair using a brass sheet and tacks. Light engraving on the trigger guard, escutcheon plate, back of stock, and there appears to be light engraving on ramrod thimble. Linear design on band that attaches barrel to stock. Tang and breech have engraved decoration, foliate engraving with deep impressed cartouche at breech of barrel. Trigger guard with light engraving to hammer and lock plate with matching engraving. 3" from breech has what appear to be a maker's mark. The striker plate has been replaced with a plate attached with two iron brads. Action goes to full and half cock. Does not appear to have been cleaned. Has minimal carving to stock. 3rd item: Framed affadavit with black and white photographs of the guns in this lot, signed by Stanley Horn and notarized, matted and framed (16" x 13" overall). 4th item: Lithograph, Silhouette of Andrew Jackson, Taken From Life, by Wm. H. Brown. Printed by E.B. & E.C.Kellogg. 16" H x 12" W sight, 17 1/2" H x 13 1/2" W in narrow black wood frame. Condition: Toning. 5th item: Lithograph, Gen. Andrew Jackson the Hero of New Orleans, printed by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg, 16 3/4" x 10" sight, in period veneered wooden frame, 22" x 15 1/2". Condition: heavy toning, 1" tear at top margin, losses to frame. Provenance: the estate of Stanley Horn, Nashville, Tennessee, by descent in his family to current consignor. CONDITION: See item description. [See more photos →] |
$7,800.00 | |
24 | Men's 18K Yellow Gold Patek Philippe Watch | Men's 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe wristwatch, Golden Ellipse Model #3548, Serial #2697942, jewel manual wind movement, cobalt blue dial. Case measures approximately 32 x 26.5mm and has an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe mesh bracelet band. Marked "750". 81.5 grams. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition with very light use wear. Watch working at time of inspection. [See more photos →] |
$7,680.00 | |
2 | Pair of China Trade Scenes, U.S. Flag | Attributed to Namcheong (Chinese, active 1840-1870), pair of oval Chinese Export harbor scene paintings depicting trade ships at the Whampoa Anchorage in the Pearl River Delta Region. Includes one painting of ships sailing below the nine story pagoda at Whampoa Reach; the other with coastline and multiple ships including one, in the background, bearing an American flag. Both housed in mid-20th century carved giltwood oval frames. Unsigned. Sight – 16 3/8″ H x 12 3/8″ W. Framed – 20″ H x 16″ W. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee Collection. Note: Namcheong, also spelled Nam Cheong, was a painter who likely had a studio in Whampoa. He was frequently commissioned to create ship and port scenes by Western clients including Thomas Hunt of Salem, Mass. Many of his canvases share the same oval format and compositional interplay of light on water; the 9-tiered pagoda at Whampoa Reach was frequently illustrated in his paintings. (Ref. Carl L. Crossman, “The China Trade,” Princeton: The Pyne Press, 1972, p. 67-71). Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Both canvases with overall craquelure, wear to canvas at stretcher lines. Old wax relining to canvas. One frame with losses to the bottom edge. Scattered tiny flakes, grime and inclusions. [See more photos →] |
$7,680.00 | |
40 | Diamond Bangle Bracelet, 6 ct t.w., 14k | Ladies 14K yellow gold bangle bracelet with 16 round brilliant diamonds, approximately 6 carat total weight, VS2 clarity, and H color. Tests 14K. 6" circumference. 20.4 grams. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$7,680.00 | |
23 | Ladies Patek Philippe Aquanaut Wristwatch | Ladies Patek Philippe Aquanaut wristwatch, #4960/1A-001, small Aquanaut in steel, with stainless steel strap with folding clasp. Cal. E19 quartz movement with date. Structured dial with luminous hands and hours. Movement # 3155837/4108003. Retains the original papers and box. Watch working at time of inspection. 6″ L. CONDITION: Stainless band shortened, removed band piece retained. Battery recently replaced, watch in working order. [See more photos →] |
$7,680.00 | |
648 | Von Braun Jupiter C and Explorer I Models w/ Stand | Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) Jupiter C and Explorer I model with stand, Dr. Wernher Von Braun, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) provenance. 1st item: Jupiter C model rocket, comprised of painted metal with black letter stickers reading “ABMA JPL”, “JUPITER-C”, and “US ARMY” to body. 16 7/8″ H. 2nd item: Explorer I model satellite, comprised of gilt metal and secured to a metal stand attached to a wooden base. Base with gilt metal placard reading “Explorer I U.S. ARMY” and metal peg for 1st item. Satellite – 5 1/2″ L. Stand – 5 3/4″ H x 6 1/8″ W x 6 1/4″ D. Mid 20th century. Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. Purchased by the consignor from the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), located in Huntsville, Alabama, during a deaccession sale. Both models with the stand can be seen in a photograph of Dr. Wernher Von Braun in his office at Marshall Space Flight Center, circa 1962 (copy of the photograph included with this lot). Note: Explorer-I, officially known as Satellite 1958 Alpha, was the first United States earth satellite and was sent aloft as part of the United States program for the International Geophysical Year 1957-1958. It was designed and built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the California Institute of Technology under the direction of Dr. William H. Pickering. The satellite instrumentation of Explorer-I was designed and built by Dr. James Van Allen of the State University of Iowa. The satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral (now Cape Kennedy) in Florida at 10:48 P.M. EST on 31 January 1958 by the Jupiter-C vehicle–a special modification of the Redstone ballistic missile–that was designed, built, and launched by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) under the direction of Dr. Wernher Von Braun. Jupiter-C, a direct descendant of the German A-4 (V-2) rocket, was originally developed in 1955-1956 as a high-performance rocket for testing purposes. The Jupiter-C has its origins in the United States Army’s Project Orbiter in 1954. The project was canceled in 1955, however when the decision was made to proceed with Project Vanguard. (source: https://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/expinfo.html). CONDITION: 1st item: Overall good condition with 3/4″ break to stabilizer fin, wear to paint, displacement of some stickers. 2nd item: Overall good condition with surface grime. Metal stand is loose on base. [See more photos →] |
$7,680.00 | |
146 | Luman Watson tall clock, case attr. Elijah Warner, KY | Luman Watson tall case clock with cherry and poplar case attributed to Elijah Warner of Lexington, KY, circa 1820. Dovetailed hood with broken arch pediment having scrolled ends accented with carved rondels, the pediment with eagle topped urn finial, arched glazed door; polychromed dial adorned with eagle at top center and floral motifs at spandrels, the face with L. WATSON CINCINNATI stenciled in gold, surrounded by Arabic numerals on main dial, also having calendar aperture and seconds dial, all with pierced steel hands; door is flanked by turned and tapered columns at each corner. Concave molding over a flame grain banded veneered frieze and a waist door with serpentine, crest shaped top and flame grain banded veneered edges. Concave base molding, lamb's ear canted corners, molded bottom edge with serpentine skirt and slightly flared bracket feet. Poplar secondary wood. Original 30 hour time and strike wood works sit atop a saddle board with impressed mark JP / _. BLAKELEE. Back of face with ink stamped name G.I. Ambrose, Owensboro KY (dates mid 20th century, probably someone who worked on the clock). Original brass pendulum and weights. 94"H x 18"W x 10"D overall. Note: Luman Watson (Cincinnati, 1790-1834) moved to Ohio in 1809 where he sold wooden clock works to local clock makers with Ezra Reed. By 1815, they had opened a Cincinnati factory to manufacture clock works which they placed in clock cases produced by local cabinet makers. When their partnership dissolved, Watson continued to make wooden works and obtain cases from Ohio and Kentucky. Blakelee is the last name of one of his known workmen. The clock case exhibits features similar to the "signature style" of Elijah Warner (w. Lexington, 1810-1829) including "a typically cherry case highlighted by mahogany or walnut banding around the crest shaped trunk door, a pediment displaying a broken scroll with three finials or a single central finial, a concave base molding, and a shaped apron." (ref. "Collecting Kentucky, 1790-1860", p. 184-185). Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Right rear leg facing patched/replaced. Missing lowermost edge molding on right side. Some fading and light discoloration to face. Lock on door sticks. Tape to interior of door. Some scattered white spots to right side of door near edge. General minor age related shrinkage, wear and abrasions. Works not tested or guaranteed (clock likely is not in working order). [See more photos →] |
$6,600.00 | |
178 | Monumental Ten Gallon Daniel Seagle Pottery Stoneware Jar | North Carolina Daniel Seagle (1805-1867) ten (10) gallon alkaline glaze pottery storage jar. Ovoid form with lug handles and slightly rolled rim, dark olive alkaline glaze. Stamped on one handle "DS" for Daniel Seagle and "10" on one handle denoting capacity. 17 3/4" H x approx. 16 1/2" dia. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. Note: Daniel Seagle's family were early settlers in Lincoln County, North Carolina, arriving from Pennsylvania in the late eighteenth-century. Daniel Seagle (1805-1867) made both lead-glazed earthenware and alkaline-glazed stoneware, although very few of his earthenware pieces have survived. He likely trained under his father, Adam, who would have made lead-glazed earthenware. The kiln of Daniel Seagle was excavated in the winter of 1987-1988 by archaelogist Linda Carnes-McNaughton (source: MESDA archives). CONDITION: Overall very good condition with a 1 1/8" hairline across top surface of the rim edge. Approx 3/4" chip to one handle, minor glaze exfoliation to the rim. [See more photos →] |
$6,600.00 | |
100 | John G. Brown O/C, Portrait of a Young Girl | John George Brown (New York, California, 1831-1913) oil on canvas painting depicting a young girl with brown hair seated on the grass under a tree and wearing a white dress, with a red ribbon in her hair, holding a bunch of flowers in her right hand. Additional flowers are in a straw hat, foreground, and a path leads to a picket fence with a row of trees in the background. Signed and dated "J. G. Brown 1871" lower right. Housed in a newer molded gilt wood frame with off white linen liner. Sight – 17 3/8" H x 11 1/2" W. Framed – 26 1/2" H x 20 1/2" W. Third quarter 19th century. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. Biography: John George Brown was a British citizen and an American painter born in Durham, England. He studied at Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the Edinburgh Academy, and at the schools of the National Academy of Design after moving to New York in 1853. In 1866 he became one of the charter members of the Water-Colour Society, of which he was president from 1887 to 1904. He generally confined himself to representations of street child life, bootblacks, newsboys, etc., exemplified in his "Passing Show" (Paris, Salon, 1877) and "Street Boys at Play" (Paris Exhibition, 1900) one man exhibitions. (source: 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 4, Brown, John George). CONDITION: Overall very good condition. Painting has been relined. [See more photos →] |
$6,144.00 | |
189 | Lewis Miles Edgefield Pottery Jar, Signed & Dated 1857 | Lewis Miles Pottery, Edgefield, South Carolina stoneware pottery jar with an olive colored alkaline glaze, ovoid form with two lug handles, deep incised initial signature on the shoulder "L. M." and dated March 12, 1857 below the rim with four additional punch marks (denoting capacity) and two incised slash marks to the left of the initials. 13 7/8" H x 40" circumferance. Mid 19th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. Note: This jar originally sold in 2002 at the Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society auction from the Collection of George & Shirley Plaster, page 118 of the catalog. CONDITION: Very slight nicks to one handle. According to the 2002 Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society auction catalog, the base of the jar was restored with a glossy finish for preference, not due to any condition issues with the original base (now covered with a glossy surface). [See more photos →] |
$6,144.00 | |
217 | Ladies Platinum Diamond Ring, 1.8 Carats | 90% plat ring with 1 mine cut diamond approximately 1.8 carats, SI1 clarity, and I color, with 70 mine cut accent diamonds approximately 1.0 carat, SI2 clarity, and I color. Marked "10% IRID PLAT". Size 9 3/4. Approximately 2.8 carat total weight. 8.2 grams. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: The main stone should have a match that is missing. [See more photos →] |
$6,000.00 | |
681 | David Leffel O/C, Self Portrait | David Leffel (American, b. 1931) oil on canvas painting, "Ernie's Beret/Self Portrait," depicting the gray haired, bearded artist attired in a 17th century style beret and brown and black robes against a dark brown background, in a style and composition remniscent of self portraits by Rembrandt Van Rijn. Signed lower right corner. Additionally signed and titled en verso and dated 4/00 (April, 2000), and inscribed "for Valleau and Robert Caruthers." Ebonized carved frame with ripple molded edges and gilt rabbet edge. 15 3/4" H x 13 3/4" W sight, 24" x 22" framed. Provenance: the collection of artist Valleau Caruthers, Brentwood, TN, who studied under Leffel; acquired directly from the artist. Biography: David Leffel was born in Brooklyn and attended the Parsons School of Design. After a brief period working in commercial art, he enrolled in the Art Students League in 1959. There he was introduced to chiaroscuro painting under the guidance of Frank Mason. He was also heavily influenced by the work of the 17th century Dutch masters, particularly Rembrandt Van Rijn. By 1972, Leffel had become a teacher at the Art Students League, and he eventually went on to write the book "Oil Painting Secrets from a Master" (Watson/Guptill, 1995). Leffel moved to New Mexico in 1992 to continue painting and teaching. He was awarded the Gold Medal for Oil from the National Academy of Western Art, and his works are held in museums including the J.B. Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, and at Princeton University in New Jersey. The Frederick Weisman Museum of Art in California recently conducted a retrospective of his work. In his book on Leffel, artist/author Michael Zakian calls Leffel "one of the founders of the contemporary realist art movement." CONDITION: Fine craquelure throughout, a couple of small brush hairs trapped in paint, overall both painting and frame in very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$5,888.00 | |
214 | Ladies 14K Diamond Bypass Ring, 2.2 Carats | Ladies 14K white gold bypass ring featuring 2 round brilliant diamonds, one approximately 1.23 carats, SI2 clarity, and J color; and the other approximately 1.27 carat, I1 clarity, and J color. Accented by 6 round brilliant and 2 single cut diamonds, approximately 0.08 carats, SI clarity, and I color. Marked 14K. Ring size 8 3/4. Approximately 2.58 carat total weight diamonds. 4.0 total grams. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$5,760.00 | |
139 | Harvey Joiner O/B Fall Landscape | Harvey Joiner (Kentucky/Indiana, 1852-1932) oil on board autumn landscape depicting a stand of trees in a forest with a stream running through the center and rays of sunlight beaming in from the left. Very faintly signed "Harvey Joiner" lower left. Housed in a gilt molded and gesso frame, with a conforming gilt and gesso matte and artist's nameplate. Old exhibition label en verso (exhibit name/date unknown). Sight – 9 3/8" H x 19" W. Framed – 16 3/4" H x 26 1/2" W. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. Biography: A painter, Harvey Joiner did portraits, including the first five governors of Indiana, and also worked in St. Louis, where it is thought he studied with David Hoffman. At age 16, he began sketching scenes of African-Americans on the Mississippi River Boats, and by 1880, he had established a studio in Louisville, Kentucky. He specialized in scenes of Kentucky beech woods. He also painted allegorical subjects. (source: Who Was Who In American Art). CONDITION: Painting overall very good condition. Frame likely repainted. Some areas of craquelure to gilt matte. [See more photos →] |
$5,632.00 | |
140 | Harvey Joiner O/B Forest Landscape | Harvey Joiner (Kentucky/Indiana, 1852-1932) oil on board landscape painting depicting sunlight breaking through a grove of trees onto a forest path. Signed "Harvey Joiner" in green, lower left. Housed in a gilt molded and gesso frame, with a conforming gilt and gesso matte and artist's nameplate. Sight – 9 1/4" H x 19 1/4" W. Framed – 17 1/2" H x 27 3/4" W. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. Biography: A painter, Harvey Joiner did portraits, including the first five governors of Indiana, and also worked in St. Louis, where it is thought he studied with David Hoffman. At age 16, he began sketching scenes of African-Americans on the Mississippi River Boats, and by 1880, he had established a studio in Louisville, Kentucky. He specialized in scenes of Kentucky beech woods. He also painted allegorical subjects. (source: Who Was Who In American Art). CONDITION: Painting overall very good condition. Frame appears to have been repainted in 20th century. Some losses to gilt on lower edge perimeter, areas of craquelure, flaking and minor losses to gilt matte. [See more photos →] |
$5,376.00 | |
645 | 3 World War II TVA Propaganda Posters | Three (3) Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) World War II posters. 1st item: TVA poster titled “Electric Power is a Weapon of War” depicting an electric plant on blue background with manâs black silhouette leaning against red reservoir on top of dam. Unframed. 40″ H x 28.5″ W. 2nd item: TVA poster titled, “Out of water power comes air power” depicting planes flying over a map showing rivers and dams, including the Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers and dams. Unframed. 40″ H x 28″ W. 3rd item: TVA poster depicting a black and white Uncle Sam superimposed over water flowing through a dam reading “I need your money to win the war” and “Where does your department stand in the TVA war bond drive”. Unframed: 20″ H x 16″ W. Provenance: Private Johnson City, Tennessee collection. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall good condition with fold lines, toning and foxing on back, some separations noted along folds. 2nd item: Fair condition. Some losses along edges, largest 2â. Surface loss near corners. Some tape remains on surface. Some separation along fold lines. Foxing, toning on back. 3rd item: Good condition. Fold lines. Foxing, toning on back. Rolling for shipment is not recommended. [See more photos →] |
$5,376.00 | |
35 | 14K Gold Charm Bracelet, 86.2 grams | 14K yellow gold charm bracelet, comprised of eleven (11) coins including ten (10) bezel set coins and one (1) gold soldered coin. Coins include: 1850, 1851, 1852, 1858 $1 gold coins, 1843, 1855, 1912, 1926 $2 1/2 gold coins, (2) 1880 and (1) 1887 S $5 gold coins. 7 3/8" L. 86.2 total grams. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Coins in various states of circulated wear. [See more photos →] |
$5,280.00 | |
27 | 18K Men's Vacheron Constantin Geneve Watch | 18K Men's Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Superflat watch, round yellow gold ultra flat case surrounding a white 33mm dial with Roman numeral hour markers with the original black crocodile leather strap and gold buckle, manual wind movement. Serial #623758. Working at time of Inspection. Original box and papers included. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. Serviced in 2019 and in working order at the time of inspection. [See more photos →] |
$5,120.00 | |
25 | Ladies 18K & Diamond Patek Philippe Watch | Ladies 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe wrist watch, Golden Ellipse model, cobalt blue dial surrounded by 26 round brilliant diamonds approximately 1.0 carat, VS1 clarity, and G color. Marked “Patek Philippe” and “Geneve 750”. 7″ length. 54.6 grams. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition with very light use wear. Debris noted below face. Functioning at time of inspection. [See more photos →] |
$5,120.00 | |
26 | Ladies 18K Patek Philippe Watch, Ellipse d’Or | Ladies Patek Philippe “Ellipse D’ Or” quartz model #4831 in 18K yellow gold with red crocodile strap. Watch with diamond bezel and mother of pearl diamond Arabic dial, #423NPL. Also included are the original Patek Philippe box (interior disintegrating), one additional red leather croc band, and one dark leather band. Watch working at time of inspection. 8″ L. CONDITION: Band pin missing. Battery recently replaced, watch in working order. [See more photos →] |
$5,120.00 | |
144 | William M. Snyder O/C Forest Scene with Fence, Vertical | William McKendree Snyder (American/Indiana, 1848-1930) oil on canvas interior forest landscape painting depicting a wooded path and stream foreground, split rail fence and sky visible background. Signed and dated in red lower right "Will. M. Snyder, 1893". Housed in the original molded and carved gilt and gesso frame with gilt wood liner. Sight – 25 5/8" H x 13 5/8" W. Framed – 33 1/8" H x 21 1/8" W. Late 19th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall light craquelure to canvas. Framed with minor losses, primarily to corners, some general wear. [See more photos →] |
$5,120.00 | |
608 | 1866 Photograph of Robert E. Lee, Brady & Co. Presentation Inscription | Circa 1866 albumen photograph of Confederate General Robert E. Lee with inscription in pen below, reading "To the Editor's of Harper's Weekly with compliments Brady & Co. Washington DC." Oval photograph (8" H x 6 1/4" W) adhered to Brady & Co. mount (12" H x 10" W) with gilt oval surround and lettering. Pencil inscription upper left, "Please return to Geo. Custis" and upper right, partially illegible,"Robert E. Lee the rebel General___". This scarce image of Lee in civilian clothing, seated beside a table in an ornate chair, was one of six exposures made of Lee by the esteemed photographer Mathew Brady in Washington in 1866. The image appeared as a wood engraving in Harper's issue dated April 14, 1866 with the caption "Robert E. Lee in Civilian Life." Since Robert E. Lee's father in law George Washington Park Custis died well before the Civil War, the pencil inscription more likely refers to George Washington Neale Custis, a Washington, D.C. physician and former railroad superintendant and member of the New Jersey House of Representatives (b.1830-d. 1917). Provenance: the estate of Stanley Horn, Nashville, Tennessee, by descent in his family to current consignor. CONDITION: Significant foxing and toning. Upper edge adhered to backing board. 3 small pinholes to area of mount immediately surrounding the photograph, small scattered stains, and a 1/2" tear at right edge, center mount. [See more photos →] |
$5,120.00 | |
3 | Attr. He Xuren, Winter Landscape Plaque | Attributed to He Xuren (Chinese, 1882-1940), signed grisaille winter landscape painting on porcelain, depicting a lone man fishing in a river, his small boat set against a snow-covered bank. Signed with seal mark upper right and dated 1937. Housed in a hardwood molded frame with shaped metal ornament at top center. Sight – 15" H x 9 3/4" W. Framed – 22" H x 16 1/2" W. Provenance: Private Nashville collection. CONDITION: Plaque: Excellent condition. Frame: Minor wear and scuffs. [See more photos →] |
$5,040.00 | |
174 | NC Southern Pottery Face Jug, H. F. Reinhardt | Harvey Ford Reinhardt (Vale, Lincoln County, North Carolina, 1912-1960) alkaline glazed folk art pottery face jug, stamped “H. F. Reinhardt/Vale, NC” along the lower backside edge. Depicted with large ears and eyes, mustache and an open mouth with ceramic teeth, pulled handle. Some scattered rutile drips. 6 3/4″ H. Early 20th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. See: Turners and Burners: The Folk Pottery of NC by Charles G. Zug III, page 277, Figure 9-4. CONDITION: A couple of small chips to back edge of ears, chips to base of handle. Overall craquelure to glaze. [See more photos →] |
$5,040.00 | |
19 | 2 Tea Items: Liberty Mixed Metal Caddy & Chinese Teapot | 1st item: Liberty of London tea caddy, mixed metals and cloisonne on sterling silver. Square bombe form with repousse and chased bird and landscape decoration accented with copper highlights to the body, shaped handles with cloisonne enamel decoration, and lid with chased and pierced floral decoration and enameled finial. Base and lid stamped with London Hallmarks and date letters for 1895 together with mark for Liberty of London. Base additionally stamped with two Asian character marks. Interior compartment of caddy additionally marked with "F" and lion passant. 4 1/8" H x 4 1/4" W x 3 1/2" D. 9.115 troy ounces. 2nd item: Chinese green hardstone individual teapot with metal mounts, lid with squirrel finial and bail handles. Base with illegible Chinese hallmark. 4 1/4" H x 3 1/2" W x 3 1/4" D. Late 19th century. Provenance: The Estate of Mary Ann Bresee, GA. CONDITION: 1st item: A couple of dents to body, minor bending to lid lip, overall general use wear. Area of solder noted to interior at handle joint, minor enamel wear to finial. 2nd item: Minor wear to metal mounts near neck, oxidation to metal. [See more photos →] |
$4,864.00 | |
724 | 18K Buccellati Ruby Cuff Links & Button Cuffs | Set of Buccellati 18K yellow gold cufflinks and matching 3 button cuffs with 32 rubies. 4 marked "M Buccellati", 1 marked "Buccellati", all marked "Italy 176 750". Ranging in size from 9/16" L x 7/16" W to 1 1/2" L x 7/8" W. 16.5 total grams. Provenance: The Estate of Jane Dudley, Nashville, TN and Palm Beach, FL. Social icon Jane Dudley was the founder of one of the South's most prestigious charity events–the Swan Ball. She was married to the U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Guilford Dudley, with whom she shared a landmark Nashville estate, Northumberland, until his death in 2002. CONDITION: Overall in good condition. [See more photos →] |
$4,864.00 | |
51 | 120 Pcs. Kirk Old Maryland Engraved Flatware | 120 pieces sterling silver flatware in the Old Maryland Engraved pattern by S. Kirk & Son. Set includes 12 teaspoons, 12 demitasse, 8 iced tea spoons, 12 salad forks (6 1/4" L), 12 dinner forks (7 3/8" L), 8 cocktail forks, 12 butter spreaders, 8 round bowl soup spoons, 12 knives, 4 table serving spoons, 1 meat fork, 1 jelly server, 1 cheese knife, 1 carving knife, 1 youth set comprised of a fork, spoon, and knife (3 pcs.), 1 master butter knife, 1 bon bon spoon, 1 lemon fork, 1 pierced serving spoon, 1 pastry server, 2 tomato servers, 1 cold meat fork, 1 large casserole spoon with shell bowl, 2 gravy ladles, 1 cream ladle and 1 cake breaker. 123.45 weighable troy ounces. CONDITION: No monograms. All pieces with overall general light use wear. Cake breaker with oxidation to a few tines. [See more photos →] |
$4,608.00 | |
368 | Southern Walnut Hepplewhite Sugar Chest | Southern Hepplewhite form sugar chest, Virginia or the Carolinas, figured walnut primary, poplar secondary. Diminutive form comprised of a rectangular, ogee molded hinged top above a case with exposed dovetails having a medial molding and a lower dovetailed drawer with round brass pulls, all resting on square tapered legs. 31 1/4" H x 21 1/4" W x 15" D. Circa 1825. CONDITION: Replaced lock in upper well and replaced hinges. Older refinish. [See more photos →] |
$4,608.00 | |
723 | Three 18K Buccellati Button Cuffs & Pr. 18K Multistone Cufflinks | 1st – 3rd items: Three (3) 18K yellow Buccellati gold button cuffs with one (1) emerald surrounded by six (6) single cut diamonds each. Approximately 0.06 carat total weight diamonds, SI2 clarity, and I color. Marked "750" and "Buccellati". 8.5 grams. 4th & 5th items: Pair of 18K yellow gold cufflinks with multiple colored stones in a circular pattern around each ball. Tests 18K, 12.3 grams. 20.8 total grams. Provenance: The Estate of Jane Dudley, Nashville, TN and Palm Beach, FL. Social icon Jane Dudley was the founder of one of the South's most prestigious charity events, the Swan Ball, and a member of the International Best Dressed List. She was married to U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Guilford Dudley, with whom she shared a landmark Nashville estate, Northumberland, until his death in 2002. CONDITION: Each cufflink is missing one stone. [See more photos →] |
$4,608.00 | |
113 | Grant Wood Signed Lithograph, "January" | Grant Wood (Iowa, 1891-1942), "January," signed limited edition lithograph on paper, from the edition of 250 published by Associated American Artists, New York. Winter landscape scene depicting several rows of haystacks covered with snow, lines of animal footprints leading away from a haystack in the right foreground. Signed "Grant Wood" in pencil, lower right under image. Includes original brown paper frame backing with label stating information about the artist. Retains original mat. Sight – 9 1/2" H x 12" W. Mat – 15 1/8" H x 17 5/8" W. American, second quarter 20th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition with toning/browning at edges of mat border. Hinge mounted to mat. Signature in overall very good, visible condition. [See more photos →] |
$4,352.00 | |
147 | Southern Sheraton Walnut Sugar Chest, KY or TN | Kentucky or Middle Tennessee Sheraton walnut sugar chest, poplar secondary. Two (2) part construction comprised of a rectagular box on frame, one board hinged top with batton supports to the underside, exposed dovetailed case with interior divider, base having two scratch beaded dovetailed drawers with turned wood pulls over turned Sheraton legs and ball and spike feet. 35 7/8" H x 35 3/4" W x 22 1/4" D. Circa 1835. CONDITION: Old repair splice across the top back hinge section. Refinished with overall general wear and abrasions. [See more photos →] |
$4,352.00 | |
216 | 2.5 Carat Emerald and Diamond Men's Ring | Emerald and diamond men's ring, comprised of 1 emerald, approximately 2.5 ct. (8.33mm x 9mm), and 15 round brilliant diamonds, approximately 1.0 carat total weight, VS2 clarity, and H color. Marked 750. Size 12 1/2. 22.8 grams. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$4,352.00 | |
559 | Walt Disney signed Bambi animation cel, 1942 | Original Bambi (1942) animation cel, trimmed, depicting Bambi, butterfly, and rabbits, applied to a watercolor background inscribed in pencil 0048 Seq 06.0, stamped on map Original WDP, inscribed Walt Disney's Bambi and signed Walt Disney. Additional handpainted mat matching the forest background. Framed under plexiglass. Cel and background – 8" H x 11" W. Overall – 19" H x 21 5/8" W. Provenance: Private Williamson County, TN Collection. CONDITION: Overall good condition with some minor buckling to cel, some light scattered delamination, mainly to butterfly wings and rabbit eyes/teeth; some scattered light flaking to painted mat along left side, and some scattered small abrasions to frame. [See more photos →] |
$4,352.00 | |
228 | 18K Roberto Coin Mesh & Diamond Bracelet | Roberto Coin 18K yellow and white gold and diamond bracelet, consisting of 42 round brilliant diamonds, approximately 0.50 carat total weight, VS1 clarity, and H color. Marked "Roberto Coin" with signature hidden ruby. Mesh bracelet with five white gold stations containing round diamonds, marked 18k, Italy, (star) 1226 VI. 6 7/8" L x 5/8" W. 28 grams. Provenance: The estate Mary Emma Turner, Morristown, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition, light general wear. [See more photos →] |
$4,096.00 | |
263 | Herend Rothschild Bird China Service, 69 pcs | 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 →] |
$4,096.00 | |
105 | Lucien Powell O/C Landscape, Yellowstone Park Waterfall | Lucien Whiting Powell (District of Columbia/Virginia, 1846-1930) oil on canvas landscape painting titled "Yellow Stone Park" depicting a central waterfall, likely the Lower Falls of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, cascading down into a river situated in a canyon with evergreens and autumn foliage, under a late afternoon sky. Signed and titled lower left. Housed in a gilt wood frame with scrolling molded edge and lamb's tongue running pattern. Sight – 22 3/4" H x 36 1/2" W. Framed – 31 1/4" H x 45" W. American, late 19th/early 20th century. Biography: Lucien Powell was born at "Levinworth Manor," near Upperville, Virginia. He served with the Confederate Army from 1863-65, after which he studied with Thomas Moran at the Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts. He was also heavily influenced by J.M.W. Turner. Powell traveled extensively in Europe and studied with Fitz at the London School of Art, circa 1876. Powell lived in Washington, D.C., 1885-1930 and was also patronized by Senator and Mrs. John B. Henderson, who established a studio for him in their Washington mansion, known as the "Castle". In 1901, Powell accompanied a group conducting a geological survey of the Grand Canyon. The expedition was among the factors prompting President Theodore Roosevelt to visit the Canyon personally in 1903 and proclaim it as a National Monument in 1908. (Roosevelt also became one of Powell's best known admirers and patrons). J. Edgar Hoover was also an ardent collector and owned more than a dozen of Powell's works. (For additional reading, see: Andrew J. Cosentino and Henry H. Glassie The Capital Image: Painters in Washington, 1800-1915, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Museum of American Art, 1983.) CONDITION: Overall good condition with craquelure. Areas of inpainting along lower margin, primarily to the center right, one small area lower left. Pinprick areas of paint losses/exfoliation of paint along the lower right margin of the painting. 3" x 1 3/4" area of repaired damage lower right of frame. [See more photos →] |
$3,840.00 | |
504 | Nonconnah Mugs and Tankard, 5 items | Rare Tennessee Nonconnah art pottery cameo pitcher or tankard and four (4) handled mugs, 5 items total, each with applied cameo dogwood flower and branch decoration on a matte green glaze and brown glazed interior. Bases with slip signatures "Nonconnah". Pitcher – 11-1/2" H. Mugs – 6- 1/4" H. Circa 1915. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. One mug with glaze flake or pop at upper edge, 1/3", possibly in the making. Pitcher has 2" x 1/2" area of whitish abrasions to side. All with wear to undersides. Note one mug has a matte interior with 5" glaze drip. No hairlines or cracks. [See more photos →] |
$3,840.00 | |
565 | Sleeping Beauty Animation Cel, Briar Rose with Birds | Walt Disney Sleeping Beauty (1959) animation cel, Briar Rose, trimmed and applied to a hand painted forest scene background. Matted and framed under plexiglass in a green faux marble frame. Sight – 10" H x 16" W. Framed – 21" H x 27" W. Provenance: Private Williamson County, TN Collection. CONDITION: Some slight buckling to cel, overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$3,840.00 | |
604 | 4 Presidential Signed Books, incl. M. Fillmore, J. Buchanan | Four (4) Presidential signed 17th/18th Century Books – two signed by Millard Fillmore, 13th President and 12th Vice President of the United States, and two signed by James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States. 1st item: An [sic] Univer[s]al Hi[s]tory, From the Earlie[s]t Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illu[s]trated with Maps, Cuts, Notes &c. with A General Index to the Whole, Vol. X, 1747. Printed for T. Osborne, A. Millar, and K. Osborn, London. Octavo, 695 marbled edge pages, rebound in brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Signed and dated "Millard Fillmore Dec. 1. 1862" top of title page. 8 1/2" H x 5 5/8" W x 1 5/8" D. 2nd item: The Law and Practice of Distress and Replevin, Second Edition, by Lord Chief Baron Gilbert, 1780. Printed by his Majesty's Law Printers for Edward Brooke, London. Octavo, approximately 286 pages rebound in brown leather with original brown leather covers with decorative blindstamp borders and original brown leather spine with gilt lettering. Signed "James Buchanan" inside of front cover, with additional owner inscriptions to title page. 8 1/2" H x 5 1/2" W x 1 1/4" D. 3rd item: The Law Dictionary: Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the English Law, Vol. V, First American from the Second London Edition, originally compiled by Giles Jacob, corrected and greatly enlarged by T. E. Tomlins, 1811. Printed for, and published by I. Riley, New York, and P. Pyrne, Philadelphia. Octavo, 553 pages rebound in brown leather with original brown leather covers with decorative blindstamp borders and original brown leather spine with gilt lettering. Signed "James Buchanan" top right of title page. 9 1/4" H x 5 7/8" W x 1 3/4" D. 4th item: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Vol. I, Second Edition, by Ephraim Williams, Esq., 1816. Printed and published by Tileston and Weld, Boston. Octavo, 564 pages rebound in brown leather with original brown leather covers with decorative blindstamp borders and original brown leather spine with gilt lettering. Signed "James Buchanan" top right of title page. 9 3/4" H x 6" W x 1 5/8" D. CONDITION: Overall good condition with foxing spots, toning/acid burn, areas of damsptaining, pencil marks, etc. to be expected from age. Signatures in overall very good, visible condition condition. 4th item: Signature slightly affected by dampstaining. [See more photos →] |
$3,840.00 | |
614 | Attr. T.B. Welch, John Calhoun Portrait, 19th c. | Attributed to Thomas B. Welch (American, 1814-1874) oil on canvas three-quarter view portrait painting of John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850), 7th Vice President of the United States and Senator from South Carolina, depicted as a gentleman with white hair, wearing a black coat and tie. Signed "T. B. Welch" in red paint lower left. Unframed; canvas is secured to stretcher. 25 3/4" H x 21 1/2" W. Circa 1849-1859. This lot is accompanied by a copy of a 1987 letter from Robert G. Stewart, Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the National Portrait Gallery, stating that the portrait is "easily identifiable" as John Calhoun. The artist T.B. Welch exhibited a portrait of John C. Calhoun in the Pennsylvania Academy Annual 1859 Exhibition. Stewart goes on to state that the portrait appears to be based on or similar to several photographs of Calhoun taken in Washington in 1849, one year before Calhoun's death, and that the red signature may have been added later. Thomas B. Welch was an engraver and portrait painter born in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a student of James Barton Longacre and his subjects included Robert E. Lee as well as historical figures such as Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. Welch spent most of his life in Philadelphia and beginning in 1832 exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Academy, American Academy and Apollo Association among others. He died in Paris in 1874. CONDITION: Overall good condition with craquelure, scuffs/surface abrasions, largest 13". Areas of paint rubbing, largest 4 1/2", edges of canvas. [See more photos →] |
$3,840.00 | |
646 | 2 World War II TVA Propaganda Posters | Two (2) World War II Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) propaganda posters. 1st item: Poster titled, "Out of water power comes air power", depicting planes flying over a map showing rivers and dams, including the Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers and dams. Unframed. 40" H x 28" W. 2nd item: Poster depicting a plane flying over a dam with water flowing through, black background. Orange text across the center reads, "Out of Water Power. Comes Air Power" and in white text across the bottom, "This is a TVA War Job". Unframed. 40" H x 28.5" W. Provenance: Private Johnson City, Tennessee collection. CONDITION: 1st item: Good condition, separation noted along fold lines, largest 1". Foxing, toning on back. 2nd item: Very good condition. Some separation noted along fold lines, largest 1". Foxing, toning on back. Rolling for shipment is not recommended. [See more photos →] |
$3,840.00 | |
47 | Kirk Repousse Flatware, Service for 12 with Extras | An extensive S. Kirk & Son sterling silver Repousse pattern service for twelve, with extras, 180 pieces total. Includes twelve (12) each: 12 Dinner Knives (9 5/8" L); 12 Luncheon Knives (8 7/8" L); 12 Dinner Forks (7 1/2" L); 12 Luncheon Forks (7 1/8" L); 24 Salad/Dessert Forks; 24 Teaspoons; 12 Iced Tea Spoons; 12 Round Bowl Soup spoons; 12 Fruit/Citrus spoons; 12 Ice Cream Spoon/Forks; 12 Place Spoons (6-7/8" L); 12 Seafood/Cocktail forks; 12 Flat Handle Butter spreaders; and 12 Demitasse Spoons. 203.190 weighable oz troy. Note: there are multiple lots of Kirk Repousse pattern silver in this two-day auction: lots #46, 47, 48 (serving flatware), 238, 435, 436 (day 1), and 807, 946, 947, 951 and 1043 (day 2). CONDITION: All pieces very good condition. Not monogrammed. [See more photos →] |
$3,600.00 | |
108 | Hamilton Hamilton O/C Painting, Impressionist Landscape | Hamilton Hamilton (Connecticut/California, 1847-1926) impressionist oil on canvas landscape painting depicting trees and flowers in a meadow, fore and middle ground, a small house in the left background. Signed lower right. Housed in a giltwood molded frame with carved decorations at centers and corners. Sight – 19 1/2" H x 23 1/2" W. Framed – 25 1/4" H x 29 1/4" W. American, late 19th/early 20th century. Biography: Of Scottish descent and born in Oxford, England, Hamilton Hamilton became a renowned American landscape and portrait painter and illustrator. He traveled widely, which meant that his landscape subjects included France, England, the American West, and the states of New York and Connecticut where he was one of the founders of the Silvermine Art Guild in Norwalk. Hamilton Hamilton emigrated with his family to Cowlesville, New York, a rural community near Buffalo, when he was a child, but he spent most of his life in Connecticut except for a few years around 1910 when he lived in Pasadena, California for his health. (source: Askart). Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. Relined. [See more photos →] |
$3,600.00 | |
71 | 3 Coin Silver Mint Julep Cups, Washington Family Crest | 3 Coin Silver Mint Julep Cups, Washington family history. All bear engraved monograms similar to the George Washington family crest and by oral history came from Washington family descendants at Wessyngton Plantation or Washington Hall in Tennessee. 1 julep has beaded rim and incuse mark for Thomas Gowdy (retailer/jeweler working Nashville, 1825-d. 1863), 1 has triple threaded rim and an incuse mark for E.C. Garner (Eli C. Garner, Lexington, KY working 1838-1842), and 1 with molded lip, has no maker's mark but is scratched "Toh" twice on underside. All approximately 3-5/8" H. 13.31 oz troy combined weight. Provenance: private Alabama collection. CONDITION: Scattered small dents, especially to the unmarked one. Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$3,456.00 | |
52 | 157 Pcs. Lunt Eloquence Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware | 157 pieces Lunt Eloquence pattern sterling silver flatware, including 8 hollow handle steak knives (9 1/4" L), 24 modern hollow handle knives (9 3/4" L), 24 dinner forks (12 – 7 3/8" L, 12 – 7 7/8" L), 12 salad forks (6 1/2" L), 24 teaspoons (6 1/8" L), 12 place/oval soup spoons, 12 round bowl cream soup spoons, 3 tablespoons, 2 pierced tablespoons, 1 buffet serving spoon, 1 gravy ladle, 1 bon bon spoon, 1 sugar spoon, 1 jelly server, 12 cocktail/seafood forks, 1 pickle/olive fork, 1 small meat serving fork, 2 piece carving set, 1 pie and cake server, 1 cheese knife, 1 master butter knife, and 12 butter spreaders. Not monogrammed. Housed in a fitted box. 172.105 total weighable troy ounces. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear. [See more photos →] |
$3,456.00 | |
475 | Tiffany "Aladdin Lamp", Pulled Feather Shade | 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 →] |
$3,360.00 | |
323 | 4 Chinese Carved Jade Items | Four (4) Chinese carved jade pieces, including one (1) recumbent bull figure with hardwood stand, one (1) twin bunny figure with Lingzhi, one (1) twin bat figure with flowering branches, and one (1) young boy figure atop an animal holding a flowering branch. Ranging in size from 1 7/8" H x 2" W x 1" D to 3" H x 5" W x 1" D. All items late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: The Estate of Mary Ann Bresee, GA. CONDITION: All pieces overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$3,328.00 | |
111 | Audubon Bien Edition, Falcon | Audubon, John James: Iceland or Jer Falcon / Falco Islandicus (Female Birds). No. 13-2, Plate 19. Chromolithograph by J. Bien, New York, 1860. Sight – 37 1/2" H x 25" W. Sheet – 39 1/3" H x 26 1/2" W. Matted and framed under glass in a silver-gilt molded frame, 35 1/2" H x 48 1/2" W. CONDITION: Laid down on cardstock backing. Light fading and toning, couple of small smudges in margin, a couple of tiny scattered spots of foxing; possible 1/4" smudge or stain to lower bird's tail feathers. Some small losses to edges of print. [See more photos →] |
$3,240.00 | |
167 | East TN Grindstaff Stoneware Pottery Jar | East Tennessee, Blount or Knox County, stoneware pottery preserving jar, with 2 incised lines around the shoulder. Lower base with impressed stamp "W. Grinstaff" for William Grindstaff with an additional "cross" symbol incorporated into the stamp. Additionally stamped with an impressed "1" above, denoting capacity. 7 3/4" H. Late 19th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition, minor fleabites to rim. [See more photos →] |
$3,240.00 | |
177 | NC Stamped Daniel Seagle Pottery Jug, Two Gallons | North Carolina Daniel Seagle (1805-1867) alkaline glazed stoneware pottery jug, ovoid form with brown alkaline glaze, and one strap handle, incised lines below the neck rim. Upper shoulder beneath spout with incised initials "D S" for Daniel Seagle and a "2" denoting capacity. 14 1/4" H. Mid-19th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Some surface scratching noted to left side of stamps, a couple of shallow chips to left side of handle. [See more photos →] |
$3,240.00 | |
618 | 4 Mears Family Photographic Images, incl. Civil War CSA tintype | Four (4) photographic images of Confederate soldier George Augustus Mears (1838-1913), 16th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, and original owner of the George A. Mears historic house located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, including uniform tintype, and his son Samuel Parley Mears (1866-1939). 1st item: Fourth plate tintype depicting George Augustus Mears standing in his infantry uniform with a long rifle and bayonet, housed in a floral gutta percha case. 4 1/4″ H x 3 1/4″ W. 2nd item: Sixth plate tintype depicting a seated Mears as a young man in a suit, tinting to his cheeks, housed in a floral gutta percha case. Includes accompanying note reading “G A Mears/born Dec 20 1838/Taken Photo 18 years old 1854”. 3 1/4″ H x 2 3/4″ W. 3rd item: Cabinet card depicting Samuel Parley Mears and a woman, likely his wife, dressed in late 19th century attire and situated in a studio setting. Studio marks for J. M. McCanless, Photographer, Asheville, NC, across bottom. 9 7/8″ H x 6 7/8″ W. 4th item: Gelatin silver print bust portrait of Samuel Parley Mears, depicted as a middle aged man in a suit. Studio marks for N. Brock, Asheville, TN across bottom, handwritten pencil inscription reading “Samuel Parley Mears 1930″ below. Housed in a card stock portfolio. Print – 10″ H x 7 1/8″ W. Portfolio – 10 1/4″ H x 7 1/4” W. Mid 19th/early 20th century. Biography: George Augustus Mears was born in 1838 to James Barnes Mears and Margaret Elvira Mears (born Penland) in North Carolina. He had 8 siblings: Myra E Wells (born Mears), Lieut Samuel Marion Mears, and 6 other siblings. George married Nancy M. Mears (born Roberts) (1844-1916) and had 9 children: Samuel Parley Mears, Ella Webster (born Mears), and 7 other children. In 1885 he constructed the George A. Mears House located at 137 Biltmore Avenue, a two and a half story brick Queen Anne style building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 1979. After serving in the Confederate 16th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry during the Civil War, Mears was an Asheville merchant who was in business between 1870 and 1910 on South Main Street, principally with his Mears Daylight Store, which burned in the 1920s (the building was so named because of its large expanses of glass). George passed away on month day 1913, at age 74 and was buried at the Riverside Cemetery, in Asheville, North Carolina. Samuel Parley Mears is also buried at the Riverside Cemetery. (adapted from Ancestry.com and the Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe Co.). CONDITION: 1st-2nd items: Overall good, visible condition. Wear to cases, spines are separated. 3rd item: Horizontal crease across lower center of cabinet card. 4th items: Overall good condition with toning. [See more photos →] |
$3,240.00 | |
22 | Mens Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust Wristwatch | Men's Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust Jubilee watch, stainless and gold band, two tone champagne pin-striped dial with baton hour markers and hands, manual movement, calendar date aperture at three, sapphire crystal, 35mm gold bezel. Serial # 9007450, 1985, bracelet marked 62523H-18, and endlinks marked 455. CONDITION: Watch recently serviced including cleaning, replaced mainspring and gaskets, band and crystal polished and a 100 feet pressure test. Overall general expected wear. [See more photos →] |
$3,200.00 | |
104 | William Louis Sonntag O/C Landscape Scene | William Louis Sonntag, Sr. (American, 1822-1900) oil on canvas painting titled "Wooded Interior" depicting a wooded forest interior scene with an atmospheric sky overhead. Signed and dated "W. L. Sonntag 1886" lower right. Wonderly Galleries/Pittsburgh, PA label en verso top stretcher. Housed in the original gilt and gesso carved and molded frame. Sight – 29 1/2" H x 20 3/4" W. Framed – 40" H x 31" W. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Overall craquelure to canvas. Stretcher marks visible to perimeter. Slight buckling to canvas top and bottom left corners. Scattered minor losses to frame, some pieces retained. [See more photos →] |
$3,200.00 | |
472 | 23 Pcs. St. Louis Glass Thistle Pattern Stemware | 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 →] |
$3,200.00 | |
191 | Decorated Edgefield, SC Stoneware Jar | Edgefield, South Carolina decorated stoneware jar, possibly Chandler pottery. Ovoid form with crescent lug handles and olive/brown alkaline glaze, Both sides decorated in iron slip with a "broken stem flower" design. 13 1/4" H. Second quarter of the 19th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with some minor scattered expected glaze wear and glaze imperfections to body, primarily below flower decoration on both sides. [See more photos →] |
$3,120.00 | |
729 | 1895 Liberty $20 Gold Coin, Mounted | 1895 $20 Liberty Head Double Eagle gold coin, regular strike, .90 fineness, reeded edge, designer James Barton Longacre, 34 mm, mounted in a 14K rope style jacket with a 14K link style chain. Coin: 33.4 grams, 68.7 total grams. CONDITION: Coin shows almost uncirculated details, but it has been cleaned [See more photos →] |
$3,120.00 | |
388 | Clementine Hunter, Wash Day | Clementine Reuben Hunter (Louisiana, 1886-1988) oil on canvasboard folk art painting titled "Wash Day" depicting a figure seated in a chair, presumably doing laundry against a brighty colored abstract background, rendered in impasto style. Monogram signature lower right. Pencil inscription en verso with artist's name, title, and date "12/7/85" with "age 99". Additional date of Feb. 1986 inscribed in marker along with B-223. Housed in a wooden frame. Sight – 13 1/2" H x 17 1/2" W. Framed – 16 1/4" H x 20 1/4" W. Note: we wish to thank Thomas Whitehead for confirming the authenticity of this painting. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$3,120.00 | |
95 | 16th Cent. Flemish School Oil on Board | 16th Century Flemish School landscape painting, manner of Adriaen van Stalbemt (1580-1662), oil on fabric, professionally mounted on board. Depicts a religious scene with a group of well dressed figures and lone dog, gathered beneath a tree foreground, some seated, some standing and others on horseback, listening intently to a central figure, presumably John the Baptist, who is attired in a simple tunic and holding a cross topped staff, with other figures, lake and trees background. Housed in a chipped carved wood frame with brass placard reading "Adrian van Staelbent/ 1580-1662". Sight – 16" H x 22 1/2" W. Framed – 25" H x 31" W. Provenance: an East Tennessee estate. CONDITION: UV light reveals several scattered small spots of inpainting throughout; possible repaired tear lower right quadrant at edge. Some scattered abrasions and minor losses to the frame. [See more photos →] |
$3,072.00 | |
42 | 14K Charm Bracelet with 30 Charms | Ladies 14K yellow gold charm bracelet with 30 charms (3 gold filled, 1 9K, 6 10K, 19 14K, and 1 18K). Bracelet and most charms marked. 5 14K charms test, but not marked. 8" length. 98.6 total grams. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: One charm missing a stone. [See more photos →] |
$2,944.00 | |
237 | 117 pcs. Wallace Grand Baroque Sterling Silver Flatware | 117 pieces Wallace Grande Baroque pattern sterling silver flatware, including 12 dinner knives (9" L), 12 dinner forks (7 1/2" L), 12 salad forks (6 5/8" L), 12 teaspoons (6 1/4" L), 12 place/oval soup spoons, 12 round cream soup spoons, 8 demitasse spoons (1 still in original plastic wrap), 2 tablespoons, 1 pierced tablespoon, 1 gravy ladle, 1 tomato server, 1 salad serving spoon, 1 jelly server, 1 sugar spoon, 1 pierced bon bon spoon, 2 individual salt spoons, 1 pickle/olive fork, 1 lemon fork, 2 cold meat serving forks, 1 medium and 1 large, 1 pair of sugar tongs, 1 hollow handle rice spoon, 1 pie server, 2 piece salad set, 5 flat butter spreaders, and 12 hollow handle butter spreaders. Not monogrammed. 136.22 total weighable troy ounces. Provenance: Living Estate of Joseph & Bette Bacon, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: All pieces with general surface scratching, consistent with use. Two tines broken to wooden salad fork. [See more photos →] |
$2,944.00 | |
221 | 14K Yellow Gold Spiga/Wheat Necklace | 14K yellow gold spiga or wheat link necklace. Connector link marked "FW". Tests 14K. 56" L. 65 grams. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,880.00 | |
791 | Kirk Old Maryland Engraved Sterling Flatware 95 pcs. | Set of ninety-five (95) pieces of S. Kirk & Son sterling flatware, engraved Old Maryland pattern. Including 12 modern hollow dinner knives (9 5/8" L), 12 modern hollow dinner or luncheon knives (9" L), 14 dinner forks (7 7/8" L), 12 luncheon forks (7 1/4" L), 24 teaspoons, 12 soup spoons and 9 individual butter knives. 100.805 weighable troy ounces. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition, general use wear, no monograms. [See more photos →] |
$2,816.00 | |
172 | Southern Blue Painted Folk Pottery Face Jug | Southern folk art pottery face jug attributed to James Otto Brown (Georgia/South Carolina, 1899-1980) stoneware folk art face jug, having a brown-green glaze with grey-blue applied paint and applied strap handle. Depicted with flared nostrils, moustache and double row china teeth. 8" H. 20th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with expected exfoliation of later grey-blue paint to one side. Firing lines noted around one ear. [See more photos →] |
$2,760.00 | |
223 | Art Deco Platinum Diamond Sapphire Bracelet | Art Deco platinum diamond and sapphire bracelet consisting of 160 modern round brillant diamonds approximately 5 carats, VS2 to SI1 clarity range, and E to G color range with 16 synthetic sapphires. Marked PLATINUM on clasp. 7 1/4" L. 24.3 total grams. CONDITION: Safety chain broken, otherwise overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,688.00 | |
238 | 114 Pcs. S. Kirk & Sons Repousse Flatware & 4 Gorham Nut Dishes | 114 pieces S. Kirk and Son Repousse pattern sterling silver flatware, 12 New French hollow handle dinner knives (9 3/4" L), 1 steak knife (9 3/4" L), 12 dinner forks (7 7/8" L), 13 salad forks (6 1/4" L), 14 teaspoons (5 7/8" L), 11 iced tea spoons, 11 round bowl cream soup spoons, 1 tablespoon, 12 demitasse spoons, 6 cocktail/seafood forks, 2 pickle/olive forks, 1 bacon fork, 1 relish fork, 2 cream ladle, 3 bon bon spoons, 1 berry/casserole spoon, 1 pierced olive spoon, 1 meat carving fork, 1 pastry server, and 8 flat handle butter spreaders. Not monogrammed. All pieces housed in a fitted box. 114.795 total weighable troy ounces. Together with four (4) Gorham sterling silver small round dishes with floral repousse borders. Maker's marks, Sterling, and A3446 stamped underside of rims to 3 dishes, Sterling and C stamped underside of base to 1 dish. Monogrammed "EWH" and dated "1932". 1 1/8" H x 5 1/2" dia. 8.200 total troy ounces. 122.99 total weighable troy ounces. CONDITION: Flatware: Overall good condition with normal surface wear. Nut Dishes: Overall good condition with normal surface wear, dents. One with area of repair, possibly obscuring marks to underside of rim. [See more photos →] |
$2,688.00 | |
796 | 9 International Silver Mint Julep Cups | Set of nine (9) International Co. sterling silver mint julep cups, with reeded upper and lower rims and tapering sides. Maker's marks, Sterling, and 101 25 -1 stamped underside of bases. Not monogrammed. 3 7/8" H. 35.665 total troy ounces. Early to mid 20th c. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface scratches, wear, few dents. [See more photos →] |
$2,688.00 | |
141 | William M. Snyder O/C, Autumn Landscape | William Mckendree Snyder (American/Indiana, 1849-1930) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a country road situated in a forest of trees with autumn leaves, a small house below a cloudy blue sky visible in the background. Signed "WM. Synder" lower right. Housed in a molded gilt wood frame. Sight – 6 7/8" H x 13 5/8" W. Framed – 13 1/2" H x 20 1/8" W. Late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. Biography: William McKendree Snyder was a forerunner of the Brown County Art Colony artists and is best known for his detailed depictions of Indiana landscapes. As a youth, he served in the Civil War and survived being captured and imprisoned at Andersonville. After the war, he studied with Inesco Williams in Cincinnati before going East. He was influenced by the Hudson River School and studied with George Innis, Alexander Wyant, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Eaton and William Hunt between 1872 and 1875. Upon returning to Indiana, he frequently painted in New Albany and in Brown County, making him a forerunner of the Brown County Art Colony artists. (Source: Indiana University Southeast). CONDITION: Overall very good condition with surface grime. [See more photos →] |
$2,640.00 | |
143 | William M. Snyder O/B, Forest Stream Landscape | William Mckendree Snyder (American/Indiana, 1849-1930) oil on board painting depicting an interior forest landscape with a stream meandering through several tall trees. Signed and dated in red lower left "Snyder, 1882" together with a gilt wood frame. Sight – 9 1/2" H x 18 1/8" W. Framed – 15 3/8" H x 24" W. Early/mid 20th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. Note: Painting is displayed outside of the frame because the signature is obscured by frame; frame retained. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,640.00 | |
287 | Sterling Strauser O/B Floral Still Life | Sterling Boyd Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) oil on board still life painting depicting two vases of flowers on a table top, rendered in a heavy impasto abstract technique in various muted shades including green, pink, yellow, purple, and white. Signed and dated "Strauser 74" lower right. Housed in a carved gilt wood frame with taupe and green painted wood matte. Sight – 29 3/8" H x 23 3/8" W. Framed – 37" H x 30 3/4" W. American, third quarter 20th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition, few spots of inclusions/grime, minor abrasions and losses to frame, mostly to top. [See more photos →] |
$2,640.00 | |
363 | East TN Cherry Pie Safe, attrib. John Wolfe | East Tennessee (Sullivan County) cherry pie safe, poplar secondary. Case attributed to John Wolfe (Piney Flats, 1810-1891). Rectangular top with rounded edges over three dovetailed drawers with wood pulls, two cupboard doors each having two punched tins decorated with urns and floral sprays, divided by a horizontal wood divider, paneled sides, over a base with shaped molding and turned feet. 47" H x 54 5/8" W x 18 1/2" D. Circa 1840-1870. Note: For a similar example see Williams and Harsh, "The Art and Mystery of Tennessee Furniture", fig. 189, p.163 CONDITION: Overall general wear, interior with later added paint. Lower doors missing pulls. Old refinish. Loss to turned feet. Upper & lower right door has only half of hinge. [See more photos →] |
$2,640.00 | |
438 | 11 Sterling Silver Julep Cups, incl. International, Manchester | 11 sterling silver mint julep cups, including International, Manchester Silver Co. 1st-9th items: 9 International sterling silver mint julep cups with reeded upper and lower rims and tapering sides. Maker's marks, Sterling, and 101 25 -1 stamped underside of bases. Not monogrammed. 3 7/8" H. 34.620 total troy ounces. 10th-11th items: 2 Manchester Silver Company sterling silver mint julep cups with reeded upper and lower rims and tapering sides. Maker's marks, Sterling, and 3759 stamped underside of bases. Not monogrammed. 3 3/4" H. 7.730 total troy ounces. Combined weight, 11 sterling silver items: 42.35 total troy ounces. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface scratches, dents. [See more photos →] |
$2,640.00 | |
731 | 1927 $20 Saint-Gaudens Gold Coin, Mounted | 1927 $20 Saint-Gaudens double eagle gold coin, Philadelphia Mint, designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (New York/New Hampshire/Massachusetts/France, 1848-1907), 14k gold screw bezel pendant mounting with 14K link chain, both marked. Depicts Liberty holding a torch and olive branch, backed by the rays of the sun, the U.S. Capitol visible; 46 stars circle design, obverse, an eagle in flight, backed by rays from the sun, reverse. Edge lettered "E PLURIBUS UNUM". 38.1mm, .900 purity, 33.43 grams. 61 grams total weight. Chain – 26" L. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Extra Fine/About Uncirculated condition. Necklace is in overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,640.00 | |
124 | Clementine Hunter O/B Nativity Scene, Children with Flowers | Clementine Reuben Hunter (Louisiana, 1886-1988) oil on canvasboard folk art painting, Southern "Nativity" or "Mary with Child" scene, depicting with young girls in brightly colored dresses bringing flower bouquets to Mary and child Jesus, seated under a tree; house in the background and thin band of sky at top, over a light pink background. Monogram signature lower right. Housed in a molded wood frame with linen matte. Sight – 13 1/2" H x 17 1/4" W. Framed – 17 1/2" H x 21 1/2" W. American, circa 1980. Note: we wish to thank Thomas Whitehead for confirming the authenticity of this painting. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Some minor flaking upper left corner, abrasions lower right corner. Frame with scattered abrasions and wear. [See more photos →] |
$2,560.00 | |
142 | William M. Snyder O/C Forest Road Landscape | William McKendree Snyder (Indiana, 1848-1930) oil on canvas landcape painting of the interior of a forest, depicting a winding dirt road flanked by trees and large rocks. Signed faintly "Wm Snyder" in black, lower right. Housed in a period carved gilt and gesso frame with gilt wood liner. Sight – 9 5/8" H x 17 5/8" W. Framed – 17 3/8" H x 25 3/8" W. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Painting overall very good condition. Frame with minor losses, later added bright gilt paint. [See more photos →] |
$2,560.00 | |
159 | Southern Cherry Blind Door Jackson Press | Middle Tennessee or Kentucky cherry blind door Jackson Press, poplar secondary; two part mortise and tenon construction. Cove molded cornice over a top section with two paneled doors enclosing two interior shelves. Top is inset in an original molded frame affixed to base, which has two scratchbeaded dovetailed drawers over two paneled doors enclosing a single shelf. Brass knobs and pulls. 85" H x 43 1/8" W x 18 5/8" D. Circa 1825. CONDITION: Overall excellent refinished condition. Slight surface fading. Hinges appear original; top appears original to base with matching oxidation and wear on the back of the top and bottom case. Some minor stains to top of base. Small hole in interior, bottom, right front corner. Pulls replaced. Lacks key. Locks missing. [See more photos →] |
$2,560.00 | |
166 | TN Cherry Inlaid Corner Cupboard | Tennessee inlaid cherry diminutive one-piece corner cupboard, stained poplar and yellow pine secondary. Ogee cornice with dentil molding above two inset paneled doors opening to reveal two shelves flanked by diagonal and contrasting rope style inlay, a central dovetailed drawer with barber pole and fan inlay, lower case with two inset paneled doors opening to reveal two shelves above shaped bracket feet. Found in Jackson, TN, possibly West Tennessee. 75 1/8" H x 33 5/8" W x 21" D. Circa 1825. CONDITION: Older refinish. Small patches upper left top section door, 1 approx. 3/4" and the other 3/8". Bracket base possibly a late 19th century replacement – blocks for feet may be original. Abrasions to cornice corners and feet. Break to top of inside drawer side, piece retained. Center drawer bottom an older replacement. [See more photos →] |
$2,560.00 | |
583 | Inuit Print by Kenoyouk, Rudu in My Dreams | Kenojuak Ashevak (Kenoyouk, Canadian, 1927-2013) Inuit stone cut print titled "Rudu in My Dreams", depicting two birds. Signed "Kenoyouk, 1962, Cape Dorset N.W.T., 1/50". Secured to off white mat with old masking tape and housed under glass in a silver and black wood frame. Sight – 22 1/4" H x 29" W. Sheet – 24 1/4" H x 32 3/4" W. Framed – 29 3/4" H x 35 3/4" W. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Has toning. [See more photos →] |
$2,560.00 | |
138 | Pr. Wm. McCoy East TN Mountain Oils | Pair of William J. McCoy Jr. (Knoxville, 1906-1995) miniature oil on board East Tennessee mountain scene paintings. Both signed "McCoy" in red, lower margins. Housed in gilt and blue painted frames. Sight – 3 3/4" H x 5 3/4" W. Framed – 5 7/8" H x 7 7/8" W. Mid 20th century. Note: William J. McCoy Jr. painted in the style of the East TN painter Charles Krutch, who also signed his paintings in red. Mr. McCoy's father was an early Knoxville photographer who likely worked with Krutch. CONDITION: Both overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,520.00 | |
192 | Italian Wood & Polychrome Blackamoor Jardiniere | Italian carved, gilded and polychrome painted wood blackamoor jardiniere figure, depicting a young female kneeling atop a decorated pillow and attired in an ornately decorated tasseled dress with golden sash, green and gold armbands, and cape, supporting a large seashell form basin with her arms and shoulder; mounted atop an integral painted wood pedestal with square base. Base – 4 1/2" H x 18" W x 18 3/4" D. Figure – 37" H x 32" W x 23" D. Late 19th 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: Scattered surface and paint losses, chips, age cracks to wood, and general wear. [See more photos →] |
$2,520.00 | |
193 | Italian Carved & Painted Venetian Blackamoor | Italian carved and polychrome painted blackamoor figure depicting a young male standing atop a tassled pillow and attired in a colorful turban, vest and sash with red coat and blue breeches, with outstretched arms, one holding a torch and the other holding a platter, mounted atop an integral painted wood pedestal with octagonal base. Base – 8 1/2" H. Figure – 46" H x 18 1/2" W x 20" D. Late 19th century. Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Losses to paint with cracks and losses to wood throughout. From an estate that sustained fire damage. [See more photos →] |
$2,520.00 | |
256 | Large Meissen Porcelain Figural Centerpiece | Large Meissen porcelain pink and magenta polychrome and parcel gilt figural centerpiece or epergne, the oblong pierced basket with scrolled rim and scalloped shell handles supported by a naturalistic, tree-trunk like column with courting male and female figures peering at each other from behind it, on a Rococo style base; applied floral decorations throughout. Blue Meissen crossed swords mark underside of base with incised numbers 2772. 19 5/8" H x 14" W x 11 3/8" D. Circa 1900. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition with some scattered surface grime. Breaks to petals on several flowers, primarily to column. 7/8" chip to base. [See more photos →] |
$2,520.00 | |
282 | Sandor Bodo O/C, Hillsboro Hounds at Maple Grove Farm | Sando Bodo (Hungary/Tennessee, 1920-2013), oil on canvas, titled "Hunt Scene: Hillsboro Hunt Meet at Maple Grove Farm." Depicts a gathering of the Hillsboro Hounds with several fox hunters on horseback, including two gentlemen in the foreground identified as Guilford Dudley and Dr. Garth Fort, in front of John Sloan's Brentwood, Tennessee mansion. Signed "S. Bodo" lower right and dated "1973". Parcel gilt molded frame with linen liner. Sight – 29 5/8" H x 47 5/8" W. Framed – 36" H x 54" W. Note: The Hillsboro Hounds is a hunt club formed in 1932 and still active today. For decades, the group traditionally gathered for a Blessing of the Hounds on the lawn of Maple Grove, home of prominent Brentwood, TN businessman John Sloan (a principal in the Cain-Sloan Department Store). Provenance: The Estate of Jane Dudley, Nashville, TN and Palm Beach, FL. Social icon Jane Dudley was the founder of one of the South's 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, until his death in 2002. Artist biography: Sandor Bodo was born in Hungary and studied at the School of Applied Arts in Budapest. Accused of political instigation, he was jailed in 1954 but freed 2 years later during the Hungarian Revolution. He fled with his young family to the United States, and was resettled in Washington, DC by Calvary Baptist Church. There he was commissioned by the American Hungarian Reformed Federation to make small bronze plaques of their past presidents. The family eventually moved to Nashville, where Bodo took a job as illustrator and commercial artist with the Baptist Sunday School board. He also lived near an area known for equestrian events and painted several hunt scenes. In 1971, Guilford Dudley, who enjoyed both hunting and painting, invited Bodo to participate in a joint exhibition to be held at the Embassy residence in Copenhagen. Several of his equestrian works were exhibited at this event. Bodo went on to create many paintings and medallions commemorating historical events and work on many restoration projects including The Hermitage, Home of Andrew Jackson. His works were also exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio; the Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis; the Smithsonian Institute, and the National Arts Club in New York City, where he won a gold medal for painting in 1966.(Source: Ilona Bodo, Hungarian Heritage Review, vol. XX, 1991; Artprice). CONDITION: Scattered flyspecks to sky area, a few scattered miniscule flakes, light craquelure, a few small light stains to linen liner. [See more photos →] |
$2,520.00 | |
1 | 3 Pc. Chinese Export Silver Tea Service | Chinese Export Heng Li, Tientsin (Tianjin) 3-piece sterling silver tea service, including tea pot, creamer pitcher, and covered sugar bowl, each with repousse vignettes of flowering branches, potted plants, and landscape scenes with a figure in a boat, bamboo-form handles and teapot spout, and round bases. Chinese character marks stamped underside of the bases. Ranging in size from 3 7/8" H x 4 3/4" W x 3 1/4" D to 5 7/8" H x 8 3/8" W x 5" D. 25.545 total troy ounces. Circa 1900. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal wear, surface scratches. 1/2" dent to bottom of tea pot spout. [See more photos →] |
$2,432.00 | |
120 | Helen LaFrance Painting, Quilts on a Line | Helen La France (American/Kentucky, b. 1919) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a woman doing laundry in tubs on the porch of a rural house while chickens and chicks peck the ground below, and another figure works in a fenced side yard. Brightly patterned quilts hang on clothes lines in the foreground, and clouds dot the blue sky in the background. Signed lower right, “Helen LaFrance.” Written en verso, on stretcher: “June 1999” and “Mrs. Hough.” There is also an address label en verso of frame for Humphries Studio, Hopkinsville, KY. 17 1/2″ x 23 1/2″ sight, 21 1/2″ x 27 1/2″ in stained molded wood frame. Provenance: Private Middle TN collection. CONDITION: A few scattered miniscule flakes to purple paint on purple/white quilt at lower left, otherwise excellent condition. A piece of masking tape en verso of canvas does not appear to correspond to any condition issues on the front of the canvas. [See more photos →] |
$2,432.00 | |
561 | 2 Sleeping Beauty Animation Cels, Art Corner | Two (2) Walt Disney Sleeping Beauty (1959), original animation cels, both double matted and framed under plexiglass. Art Corner at Disneyland foil labels applied en verso, along with partial descriptions from a previous auction stating these cels were a gift from Roy Disney to the [previous] consignor. 1st item: Briar Rose holding a basket in one hand and waving to a red bird with the other. Offset lithograph printed forest background. Sight – 8 5/8" H x 10 3/4" W. Framed – 14 1/2" H x 16 1/2" W. 2nd item: Kings Hubert and Stefan, full length, with Disneyland Print palace background. Sight – 9 3/4" H x 9 1/4" W. Framed – 16 1/4" H x 15 3/4" W. Provenance: Private Williamson County, TN Collection. CONDITION: 2nd item: Overall excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,432.00 | |
195 | Pair Bronze Mounted Urns signed Raingo | Pair of Neoclassical ormolu mounted red marble or hardstone urns attr. Raingo Freres, Paris; each with domed basket weave style lids having pineapple finials and supported by three caryatid ram figures, each with a single, curved, leaf-overlaid leg ending in a hoof, joined by a low-relief gilt bronze band with scene of cherubs at work and play, cast floral swags, and a tripodal base with pineapple final and inset bands of foliage. All raised on three toupie feet. Stamped "Raingo" on underside. 18 3/4" H x 8 1/2" diameter. French, late 19th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition. 1/4" chip to one urn (below band, between masks) and possible horizontal hairline and 1/8" chip to other side of urn. Both with scattered natural fissures and imperfections to stone and scattered spots of minor oxidation to bronze. 1 lid has a couple of tiny holes. [See more photos →] |
$2,400.00 | |
270 | Nowland Van Powell Nautical Oil, H.M.S. Falcon | William Nowland Van Powell (Tennessee, 1904-1973) oil on canvas maritime painting, depicting the British sloop of war, HMS Falcon, at sea and flying a British Naval flag. Titled on front of painted wood frame: H.M. SLOOP OF WAR – FALCON 16 – CAPTAIN JOHN LINZEE – RN./ "HE HAS RAVAGED OUR COASTS, BURNT OUR TOWNS. 1775." Signed 'WNVP 1969' lower left, "A&OD" upper right. Writing en verso reads: "William Nowland Van Powell, Memphis Tenn. 1970, Age 70". Sight – 15 3/8" H x 19 1/4" W. Framed – 22 1/4" H x 26 1/4" W. Biography: Memphis, TN architect and artist, Nowland Van Powell (1904-1977) retired from architecture in the 1970s and began to paint full time. He is known for his paintings of ships and naval battles and also for painting Christmas cards for Vice President Spiro Agnew and family in 1971. Van Powell was the author of The American Navies of the Revolutionary War, a collection of his paintings, with descriptive notes by the artist was published in 1974 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. Additional Note: In 1775, Royal Navy Captain John Linzee, commanding the sloop-of-war HMS Falcon, spotted two American schooners returning from the West Indies. Linzee captured one schooner and pursued the second schooner into Gloucester harbor. The Falcon became grounded and the townspeople called out their militia. They captured British seamen and recovered the captured ship as well.The townspeople actions generated a retaliatory expedition by Royal Navy Captain Henry Mowat in October 1775. CONDITION: Overall good condition with some light buckling to canvas in upper left and upper right quadrants. Scattered tiny inclusions to upper half, light yellowing to varnish. [See more photos →] |
$2,400.00 | |
418 | 14k Diamond Line Bracelet, 7.75 Carats | 14k yellow gold diamond line bracelet containing 31 round brilliant diamonds, appoximately 10 carat total weight, I2-I3 clarity, and I-K color. Evidence of fracture filling in some diamonds. Bracelet mounting designed with flexible "S"-shaped gold bars dividing each diamond. 7" L plus safety chain with clasp. Marked 14K. 22.3 grams. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Average surface wear to mounting due to use. [See more photos →] |
$2,400.00 | |
515 | Ben Shahn Abstract Painting of Faces | Ben Shahn (American/New York, 1898-1969) abstract oil on canvas depicting multiple faces rendered in bright colors against a dark abstract ground. Signed lower right, "Ben Shahn". Housed in a simple wood frame. Sight – 19 1/4" H x 24 3/8" W. Framed – 19 7/8" H x 24 3/4" W. Biography: Ben Shahn was a prominent painter and social critic of the early to mid 20th century. Born in Lithuania in 1898, he emigrated to the United States in his youth and was an apprentice to a lithographer in New York before pursuing related studies at New York University, and subsequently the National Academy of Design. His relationships with other notable figures of the time, such as photographer Walker Evans, labor leader Tom Mooney, and muralist Diego Rivera, influenced his social realist style and medium. Shahn went on to paint murals and create graphics for federal agencies such as the Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information, and the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Each piece reflects his attention to social issues such as labor conditions, anti-semitism, and human rights. Institutions that have exhibited his work include but are not limited to, The Museum of Modern Art, The Smithsonian American Art Museum, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (adapted from Encyclopedia of World Biography, Who was Who in American Art, and AskArt). CONDITION: A few of minor areas of paint loss to the lower margin, 1/4" and 1/2" size, minor abrasions to upper margin, otherwise overall good condition. Abrasions to frame. [See more photos →] |
$2,400.00 | |
730 | 1925 $20 Saint-Gaudens Gold Coin, Mounted | 1925 $20 Saint-Gaudens double eagle gold coin, designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (New York/New Hampshire/Massachusetts/France, 1848-1907), mounted into 14K bezel mount together with a 14K (marked 585) Mariner link chain. Coin depicts Lady Liberty holding a torch and olive branch, backed by the rays of the sun, the U.S. Capitol visible; 46 stars circle design, obverse, an eagle in flight, backed by rays from the sun, reading "IN GOD WE TRUST", reverse. Philadelphia mint. 31.75 mm. 12 1/4" L. Coin and bezel: 33.2 grams. Chain: 16.5 grams. 49.7 total grams. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,400.00 | |
74 | Alabama Coin Silver Sugar & Creamer, W. V. Moore | Scarce Alabama coin silver covered sugar bowl and cream pitcher, marked W.V. MOORE in rectangle (W. V. Moore & Co., silversmith & jeweler, working Mobile, c. 1844-1861), each having lobed bodies with repousse and chased floral decoration, cast floral handles and floriform finials, the lids and spout with repousse floral decoration, each resting on pierced curved scrolled feet. Each piece with cartouche shaped reserve enclosing 3-letter script monogram to one side. Sugar bowl – 7" H x 8 1/2" W. Creamer – 7" H x 7" W. 36.465 total troy ounces. Circa 1850. CONDITION: Both pieces monogrammed. Overall very good condition with expected general wear. [See more photos →] |
$2,304.00 | |
250 | 63 Pcs. Royal Crown Derby Imari Porcelain, Cigar Pattern | Sixty-three (63) pieces of Royal Crown Derby porcelain dinnerware, Imari Cigar pattern, including a pair of candlesticks (10 1/2" H), small bowl (2 1/2" H x 5 1/8" dia.), 12 coffee/tea cups (2 1/4" H x 4 1/8" dia.), 12 saucers (6" dia.), 12 dinner plates (10 1/2" dia.), 12 luncheon plates (8 5/8" dia.), and 12 salad/bread plates (6 1/4" dia.). All pieces with red Royal Crown Derby logo and stamp and numbered 1128. 20th century. Provenance: Living Estate of Joseph & Bette Bacon, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: 1 cup with hairline, remaining pieces overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,304.00 | |
355 | Southern/Mid-Atlantic Blue Painted Corner Cupboard | Southern or Mid-Atlantic two-part yellow pine corner cupboard with blue paint. Top with flat ogee cornice and dentil molding over one door having 12 glass panes that open to reveal 4 shelves, ogee medial molding; base with one paneled door with 2 interior shelves, above bracket feet. 86 1/2" H x 43 1/2" W x 27 3/4" D. Circa 1810-1820. CONDITION: Overall general wear and expected minor losses to paint. Wear and losses to cornice, primarily to right side. Large area of wear to upper left of lower case. Some areas of paint touch up. Bracket feet facings appear to be later restorations. May have been cut into two pieces at some point. [See more photos →] |
$2,304.00 | |
57 | Kitts Kentucky Coin Silver Footed Pitcher | Kentucky coin silver footed water pitcher, repousse flower and cartouche decorations to urn-shaped body with incurved neck and footed base, naturalistic branch form c-scroll handle with grape decorations, outward-flared spout. Incuse marks on underside "J. Kitts" (John Kitts, Louisville, Kentucky, working from 1836 -1878). Not monogrammed. 12" H x 9 1/2" W x 6 1/2" D. 27.920 total troy ounces. Circa 1850. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with normal surface scratches. Dents, including 2" dent to base. [See more photos →] |
$2,280.00 | |
53 | 4 Gilt Sterling Candlesticks, Tiffany retailed | Set of four (4) vermeil gilt sterling column style candlesticks with Corinthian capitals, stop-fluted shafts and stepped square weighted bases. Bases hallmarked for Sheffield, England, 1961-1962, with mark T & Co; retailed by Tiffany & Co. Additionally marked Sterling – Made in England with Lion hallmark to undersides of bases. 11 3/4" H. Provenance: The Estate of Jane Dudley, Nashville, TN and Palm Beach, FL. Social icon Jane Dudley was the founder of one of the South's 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, until his death in 2002. A graduate of Nashville's 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 nation's 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 castle's roof. CONDITION: Overall good condition with some oxidation and small dents to bases, wax residue to candlecups. Some marks worn. [See more photos →] |
$2,280.00 | |
28 | 18K Waltham Hunting Case Watch, 1857 | American Watch Company, Waltham, Mass., 18K hunting case pocket watch, model #1857. White enamel face with Roman numerals, black spade hands and secondary dial. Case with machine turned and impressed fruit leaf spray decoration to one cover and landscape decoration to the other cover. Works with 11 Jewels, inscribed Serial # 436768, Fogg's patent inscription along with Waltham, Mass. and Waltham Watch Co. Interior of each cover with 3 hallmarks including a crown, 18 and K denoting 18K gold. Size 18S. 148 grams total weight. CONDITION: Two winding keys retained. Light wear to both covers, one with minor dings. Watch recently serviced and cleaned, functional at time of inspection. [See more photos →] |
$2,280.00 | |
419 | Platinum Pair of Diamond Earring Jackets | Pair of platinum earring jackets, 16 round brilliant diamonds, approximately 3.5 carat total weight, VS2, and K color. Tests platinum. Outer diameter 15mm and inner diameter 7mm. 7.7 grams. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall in good condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,280.00 | |
680 | David Leffel O/C Italian Landscape Painting | David Leffel (New Mexico/New York, b. 1931) oil on canvas landscape painting titled "Farmhouse with Chickens, Pietrasanta" depicting an Italian farm at the base of a mountain range below a cloudy blue sky. Signed and dated "Dal .99." lower right. Additionally signed and titled en verso of protective foam core board. Housed in a giltwood frame with leaf molded rabbet edge and lunette molding at outer edge. Sight – 12" H x 19 7/8" W. Framed – 18 3/8" H x 26 1/2" W. Late 20th century. Provenance: the collection of Valleau Caruthers, Brentwood, TN, who studied under Leffel; acquired directly from the artist. Biography: David Leffel was born in Brooklyn and attended the Parsons School of Design. After a brief period working in commercial art, he enrolled in the Art Students League in 1959. There he was introduced to chiaroscuro painting under the guidance of Frank Mason. He was also heavily influenced by the work of the 17th century Dutch masters, particularly Rembrandt Van Rijn. By 1972, Leffel had become a teacher at the Art Students League, and he eventually went on to write the book "Oil Painting Secrets from a Master" (Watson/Guptill, 1995). Leffel moved to New Mexico in 1992 to continue painting and teaching. He was awarded the Gold Medal for Oil from the National Academy of Western Art, and his works are held in museums including the J.B. Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, and at Princeton University in New Jersey. The Frederick Weisman Museum of Art in California recently conducted a retrospective of his work. In his book on Leffel, artist/author Michael Zakian calls Leffel "one of the founders of the contemporary realist art movement." CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,176.00 | |
49 | Whiting Art Nouveau Sterling Golf Trophy | Whiting Art Nouveau sterling silver two-handled presentation trophy in the form of a loving cup, the body with raised leaf and vine decoration and the two c-scroll handles decorated with leaves and vines, raised on a squared foliate stem and shaped base with leaf and vine decoration. Marked on base "Whiting logo/ Sterling/8 pints/6859". Presentation engraving to top of trophy partially reads "Missouri Bankers Association, Championship Golf Trophy, 1937, to be won three times for permanent possession, won by Harry H. Broadhead, 1953". Additional winner names and dates engraved on the other side. 14 1/4" H x 12 1/4" W. 77.575 oz troy. CONDITION: Minor wear and oxidation to handles and base, overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,160.00 | |
92 | Robert Cauer Marble Bust of a Man | Robert Cauer, The Elder (Germany, 1831-1893) carved white marble bust of a gentleman with sideburns, draped in a classical robe. Signed "R. Cauer 1864" verso, mounted onto a round integral marble stand. 28" H x 20" W x 12" D. Weight: 157 lbs. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Chipping and minor losses to back joint where bust is mounted onto the stand. Some minor spotting and discoloration throughout. [See more photos →] |
$2,160.00 | |
239 | 8 Kirk Sterling Silver Chargers | Set of eight (8) S. Kirk and Son sterling silver chargers or service plates with rolled rims. Maker's marks, Sterling, and 258 stamped underside of bases. Not monogrammed. 3/4" H x 11" dia. 120.145 total troy ounces. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with normal surface scratches. [See more photos →] |
$2,160.00 | |
283 | Carl Krafft Autumn Landscape O/C | Carl Rudolph Krafft (American, 1884-1938) oil on canvas landscape painting titled "Autumn Breezes", depicting the edge of a lake rimmed with trees in fall colors and a rocky shoreline, with partly cloudy sky overhead. Signed lower right. Titled en verso. Newcomb-Macklin style textured giltwood frame with molded corner decoration. 29 1/2" H x 39 1/2"W sight, 34 1/2" H x 44 1/2" W framed. Biography: Carl Krafft painted landscapes in primarily the Mid West including Illinois and Brown County, Indiana. In 1912 he visited the Ozarks of South Central Missouri with fellow painter Rudolph Ingerle and the two eventually established an important art colony there called the Society of Ozark Painters. Krafft also founded the Municipal Art League in Springfield, Missouri and the Oak Park Art League. CONDITION: 1/4" flake upper left sky area, otherwise very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,160.00 | |
309 | Lucien Delarue O/C, Place des Vosges, Paris | Lucien Delarue (France, 1925-2011) oil on canvas painting depicting a Parisian street scene titled, "Place des Vosges, Paris". Signed "Delarue" lower right. Artist's name and title of work inscribed en verso. Housed in carved giltwood frame with pierced corners and linen liner. Sight – 12" H x 15 3/4" W. Framed – 19 1/4" H x 23 1/4" W. CONDITION: Excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,160.00 | |
576 | Ted Long O/B Native American "Black Tail" | Ted Long (American, 1932-2007) oil on board, "Black Tail," portrait of a Native American tribal chief. Signed lower right. Titled on small metal plaque and en verso. Housed in a carved wooden frame with linen liner. 16" x 12" board, 26" x 22 1/2" framed. 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: Painting in excellent condition. Some spot stains to linen liner. [See more photos →] |
$2,160.00 | |
54 | George III Sterling Silver Tray, 1762, Daniel Smith & Robert Sharp | George III sterling silver tea tray, 17" x 22" (26" including handles), rectangular with curved corners, having a gadrooned rim enclosing an elaborately engraved center with Rococo scroll and floral motifs. Marks for London, 1762, makers Daniel Smith and Robert Sharp. 78.91 oz troy. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with no monograms. Monogram removal to center is possible, but not obvious. A few small dents and light scratches; shallow 1" dent near center (edge of engraved design); 2 small spots of pitting in one corner. [See more photos →] |
$2,048.00 | |
222 | Gold Coin Bracelet incl. $5 Liberty & Gold Peso | 14K Yellow Gold Charm Bracelet and Peso Pendant, 2 items total. 1st item: 14K gold charm bracelet with five (5) various gold coin mounted charms including one (1) 1864 Napoleon III 20 francs coin, one (1) 1960 Brazil "President Oliveira" gold medal, and one (1) 1894 Liberty Head $5 gold coin. Bracelet is also mounted with one (1) 14K gold disc charm inset with mine cut diamond approximately 0.15 carat (SI1, H) and inscribed Love Mother/Dad/4-7-64 and one (1) 14K gold disc charm (tested) inscribed "To Rise/Love Nana/1957". 2nd item: 1945 Estados Unidos Mexicanos 2.5 peso gold coin with 14K bezel mount. 50.2 total grams. CONDITION: All items overall good condition with light general wear. [See more photos →] |
$2,048.00 | |
227 | 3 Ladies 14K & Diamond Rings, incl. Ballerina | 3 Ladies 14K and Diamond Rings, including Ballerina. 1st item: 14K white gold ballerina ring with a round brilliant center stone, approx. 0.50ct. (5.32mm x 5.23mm) (I1, H) and 35 round brilliant accent diamonds, approx. 1.0ctw. (Si2-I1, G-I). Marked 14K. Size 6 1/4. 9.3 grams. 2nd item: 14K yellow gold ring with 9 mine cut diamonds, approx. 10ctw. (I1, H-J). Marked 14K. 5.7g. Size 5. 3rd item: 14K yellow gold dome ring with 9 round brilliant diamonds, approx. 0.3ctw. (SI-I1, I-J). Marked 14K. Size 6 1/4. 12.3 grams. 21.6 total grams. CONDITION: Ballerina Ring missing two accent diamonds. Remaining items overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,048.00 | |
251 | 62 Pcs. Royal Crown Derby Old Imari Dinnerware | Royal Crown Derby Old Imari pattern porcelain dinnerware, service for 12, including dinner plates (10 1/2" dia.), luncheon plates (8 1/2" dia.), bread & butter plates (6 1/4" dia.), cups (2 5/8" H), and saucers (5 3/4" dia.). Set also includes two (2) smaller Royal Crown Derby Imari pattern nut dishes (4 1/4" dia. and 2 3/4" H x 3 3/4" W). All pieces 20th century. CONDITION: All pieces very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,048.00 | |
387 | Clementine Hunter painting, Bouquet of Flowers | Clementine Reuben Hunter (Louisiana, 1886-1988) oil on canvasboard folk art painting depicting a bouquet of flowers against a bright yellow backdrop with flat grey sky at top. Monogram signature lower right. Inscribed "Black Jesus" and "D-225" en verso and dated Feb-Mar 1985. Note: we wish to thank Thomas Whitehead for confirming the authenticity of this painting. Sight – 13 1/4" H x 10 1/4" W. Framed – 17 1/4" H x 14 3/8" W. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Painting overall good condition with a few areas of minor wear, frame with scattered abrasions and wear. [See more photos →] |
$2,048.00 | |
436 | Kirk Repousse Sterling Tea Set and Candelabra | S. Kirk & Son Hand Decorated 3-piece sterling silver tea set in the Repousse floral pattern, plus a pair of Kirk Repousse pattern convertible candelabra. 1st through 3rd items: Three piece Kirk tea service comprised of a teapot, creamer, and sugar bowl with lid, stamped S. KIRK & SON STERLING on underside and numbered 621F. Teapot 10 1/4"H. Weight 36.15 oz troy for 3 pieces. 5th and 6th items: Pair of Kirk three-arm candleabra, convertible to single candlesticks. Each marked S. KIRK & SON STERLING 119F CEMENT FILLED. Single stick: 5 1/2"H. Candelabra: 9 1/2"H x 12"W. CONDITION: One candlestick missing its candle cup, otherwise all pieces excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,048.00 | |
867 | Italian Style Console Table w/ Faux Marble Top | Italian Neoclassical style parcel gilt console table with rectangular, painted marbelized wood top over a fret-carved frieze and carved square tapered legs. 29 1/2" H x 19 3/8" W x 28 1/2" D. 20th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition with minor scattered wear to paint. Some warping to one rear leg. [See more photos →] |
$2,048.00 | |
131 | Red Grooms Watercolor, Artist's Studio | Red Grooms (Tennessee/New York, b. 1937) pen and watercolor on paper painting depicting an artist's studio with model, at center, disrobing while the artist reaches for a palette and brush. A large green figural sculpture and partial paintings are visible in the middle and background. Signed and dated "Red Grooms '96" upper center. Float mounted and matted under glass in a pale silver-gilt molded frame. Sheet – 16 3/4" H x 14" W. Framed – 30" H x 27" W. Late 20th century. Provenance: the collection of Valleau Caruthers, Brentwood, TN. CONDITION: Excellent condition. Not examined out of frame. [See more photos →] |
$2,040.00 | |
136 | George Cress O/C View of Chattanooga | George Ayers Cress (Alabama/Tennessee, 1921-2008), "River Patterns," oil on canvas expressionist view of the Chattanooga riverfront, with the Walnut Street Bridge spanning the Tennessee River and patches of atmospheric light reflected in the water. Signed and dated "George Cress 1958". Exhibition label en verso for the Mid-South Exhibition of Paintings, 1958, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee. Housed in a light grey painted wooden frame. Sight – 30" H x 40" W. Framed – 37 7/8" H x 47 3/4" W. Mid 20th century. Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Biography (courtesy Tennessee Historical Quarterly Vol. XLIV No. 2: "Landscape and Genre Painting in Tennessee 1810-1985"): George Cress was born in Anniston, Alabama and studied at Emory University, American University, and the University of Georgia, where he studied under fellow Southern contemporary artist Lamar Dodd. He was a central figure in Chattanooga's arts community and served as President of the Tennessee Arts Council and sat on the board of the Hunter Museum of Art. From 1951-1984 he was painter in residence at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga; the Cress Gallery of Art at UTC is named in his honor. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$2,040.00 | |
245 | 16 Wallace Sterling Silver Goblets | Set of sixteen (16) Wallace sterling silver goblets with flared rims and circular bases. Maker's marks, Sterling, and 14 stamped underside of bases. Not monogrammed. 6 3/4" H. 89.78 total troy ounces. Mid 20th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with normal surface scratches. [See more photos →] |
$2,040.00 | |
784 | 18K Modern Freeform Gold Cuff Bracelet | Ladies 18K yellow gold freeform hollow cuff bracelet. Marked "18K" and "Italy". 7 1/4" total L. 1 1/2" W at it's widest point. 25.4 grams. Mid 20th century. Provenance: The Estate of Jane Dudley, Nashville, TN and Palm Beach, FL. Social icon Jane Dudley (1925-2017) was the founder of one of the South's most prestigious charity events, the Swan Ball, and a member of the International Best Dressed List. She was married to U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Guilford Dudley, with whom she shared a landmark Nashville estate, Northumberland, until his death in 2002. CONDITION: General use wear with denting to sides. [See more photos →] |
$2,040.00 | |
48 | 52 Kirk & Steiff Repousse Serving Pcs, Sterling | Large group of Kirk and Steiff sterling serving pieces, most Kirk Repousse pattern. 1 Claret spoon (14" L), 1 Soup/Oyster Ladle (10 7/8" L), 4 graduated size cream/gravy ladles (4" – 7" L), 1 Cake Breaker, 1 Asparagus Fork, 1 Bacon Fork, 1 Fish or Ice Cream Knife (10 1/2" L), 1 candle snuffer, 1 olive spoon, 1 sugar shell, 1 small sugar shell (4 1/8" L), 2 napkin clips, 1 stuffing spoon, 2 vegetable serving spoons (8" and 8 3/4" L), 1 ice tongs (6 3/8" L), 2 sugar tongs (3" and 4" L), 1 oval handle serving spoon (9 3/8" L), 1 tomato/cucumber server (7" L), 2 pastry knives (9" and 10" L – note the smaller one is unmarked and may not be Kirk), 2 master butter knives, 2 bon-bon spoons, 2 berry spoons (9", 7 1/2" L), 2 carving knife and fork sets (knife lengths 13" and 10 1/4"), 1 joint holder, 1 wedding cake knife, 1 pastry server, 1 pea spoon, 1 cheese server, 1 jelly knife, 1 pr poultry shears, 1 butter pick, 1 cold meat or vegetable fork (8 1/2" L), 1 large serving fork (9" L), 1 lettuce fork, 1 salad serving fork and spoon with wood ends, 1 pickle/relish fork, 1 lemon fork, and 1 letter opener. Most with various Kirk markings represented: S. Kirk & Son, S. Kirk & Son Co., etc., detailed list available on request. Note: Asparagus fork, lettuce fork, olive spoon and 4" ladle are marked Steiff. Small carving knife/fork, shorter pastry knife, and ice cream/fish knife do not have maker's marks. Combined weighable silver: 71.08 oz troy. Note: there are multiple lots of Kirk Repousse pattern silver in this two-day auction: lots #46, 47, 48, 238, 435, 436 (day 1), and 807, 946, 947, 951 and 1043 (day 2). CONDITION: All pieces in very good condition. Some marks are rubbed. There are monograms on the pastry server (MSW), asparagus fork (FMB), and claret spoon (APW?); other utensils do not have monograms. One tine of wood salad fork broken and repaired. [See more photos →] |
$1,920.00 | |
55 | Emes & Barnard Georgian Sterling Centerpiece with Cut Glass Bowl | Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard George III Neoclassical sterling silver centerpiece with cut glass bowl, set in a circular gadrooned frame with four reeded legs having leafy pierced capitals and paw feet, joined by an undertier with grape cluster and leaf finial; hallmarks for Emes and Barnard, Sterling, London, 1813. Overall – 10" H. Bowl – 11" dia. Framed – 7" H. 31.43 oz troy. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. , ex-Manheim Galleries, New Orleans. CONDITION: Two 1/8" flakes to glass bowl, some wear and scratching to bottom of bowl. Frame in excellent condition aside from a few small spots of pitting to base. [See more photos →] |
$1,920.00 | |
148 | Southern Hepplewhite Inlaid Table | Southern walnut string inlaid table, yellow pine secondary, Virginia or the Carolinas. Comprised of an overhanging top with string inlaid sides above a case with one dovetailed drawer with later oval Federal pulls and sting inlaid edge over tall tapering Hepplewhite legs with string inlay. 28 1/2" H x 26" W x 19 3/4" D. First quarter 19th century. CONDITION: Older refinish. Triangular patch to left side of stile adjacent to drawer (inlay also affected). Stains and scratching to top. [See more photos →] |
$1,920.00 | |
226 | 14k Charm Bracelet, 6 Charms | 14k yellow gold charm bracelet with six (6) various charms, including one (1) heart locket with pearl surround, one (1) drum with mother of pearl sides, one (1) champagne in bucket with gemstones, one (1) parasol with gemstones, (1) pair of binoculars with gemstones, and one (1) medallion reading "Diamonds are a girl's best friend" with small accent diamond. All charms marked 14K with the exception of the heart charm (tests 14K). Link chain marked 14K. 53.9 total grams. CONDITION: Binocular charm is missing several seed pearls. All charms with overall general wear. [See more photos →] |
$1,920.00 | |
241 | 100 Pcs. Towle Old Master Sterling Silver Flatware | 100 pieces Towle Old Master pattern sterling silver flatware, including 12 modern hollow handle dinner knives (8 7/8" L), 1 New French hollow handle dinner knife (8 7/8" L), 8 hollow handle steak knives (8 3/8" L), 12 dinner forks (7 1/4" L), 12 salad forks (6 3/8" L), 16 teaspoons (6" L), 12 iced tea spoons, 2 tablespoons, 1 tomato server, 2 olive/pickle forks, 1 medium cold meat serving fork, 1 jelly server, 1 bon bon spoon, 2 sugar spoons, 1 cream ladle, 1 pie and cake server, 2 piece carving set, 1 master butter knife, and 12 flat handle butter spreaders. Not monogrammed. 87.465 weighable troy ounces. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear. [See more photos →] |
$1,920.00 | |
242 | 12 Wallace Rose Point Sterling Silver Water Goblets | Twelve (12) Wallace Rose Point pattern sterling silver water goblets. Maker's marks, Sterling, 4640-9 stamped underside of bases of 11 goblets. Not monogrammed. 7" H. 74.655 total troy ounces. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear. [See more photos →] |
$1,920.00 | |
427 | Set of 12 Gorham Sterling Water Goblets | Set of twelve (12) Gorham sterling silver water goblets, marked 272 on base with 3-letter script monogram "MLW". 6 1/2" H. 71.485 total troy ounces. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition, a few retain the original jewelers label to base. All monogrammed. [See more photos →] |
$1,920.00 | |
429 | 91 Pcs. International Prelude Sterling Silver Flatware | 91 pieces International Prelude pattern sterling silver flatware, including 12 modern hollow handle dinner knives, 4 still with original paper wrap (9 1/4" L), 12 dinner forks, 4 still with original plastic wrap (7 1/4" L), 12 salad forks, 4 still with original plastic wrap (6 5/8" L), 14 teaspoons, 6 still with original plastic wrap (6" L), 12 cream soup spoons, 4 still with original plastic wrap (6 1/2" L), 12 iced tea spoons, 11 still with original plastic wrap (7 3/8" L), 2 tablespoons, 1 gravy ladle, 1 tomato server, 1 large cold meat serving fork, and 12 butter spreaders, 3 still with original plastic wrap. Some monogrammed "S". Approximately 114.255 total weighable troy ounces. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear. [See more photos →] |
$1,920.00 | |
526 | Andy Warhol Poster & Interview Magazine | Andy Warhol color screenprint poster of Kimiko Powers for the Colorado State University Exhibition, 1981, edition of 250. Signed lower right margin. Printed by Licht Editions, Denver, and published by the Colorado State University Department of Art, Fort Collins, Colorado. 24-15/16" x 34-15/16", unframed. Provenance: Acquired by consignor at the opening of the exhibition in 1981. For examples of other Warhol posters from this exhibit previously sold at our auction house, ref. lot 460, Jan. 26, 2018; lot 434, July 19, 2015; lot 507 on July 18, 2014; and lot 361, May 18, 2013. Note: this lot also contains a copy of the Warhol-published Interview Magazine dated July 1982, signed on front cover by Andy Warhol. 17" x 11". CONDITION: Poster: Adhered to foam core backing. Handling grime and smudges, notably upper left at margin/image line, dark scuff lower left image; smudge and 1/4" stain center right image, white scuffs or stains center right edge of image; 1/8" stain center right margin, dings at corners. Dampstaining to back of foam core board, does not appear to have affected poster. Magazine: 3/4" tear at front lower cover edge, edge chipping and small tears at edge, corners curled. Page 47-48 appears to be missing; page 49-50 is detached but present. [See more photos →] |
$1,920.00 | |
575 | Ted Long O/B Native American "Lone Dog" | Ted Long (American, 1932-2007) oil on board, "Lone Dog," portrait of a Native American Brave. Titled on small metal plaque on front and additionally titled en verso. Signed lower right. Housed in a carved wooden frame with linen liner. 16" H x 12" W board, 26" H x 22 1/2" W framed. 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: Painting in excellent condition. Some spot stains to linen liner. [See more photos →] |
$1,920.00 | |
876 | Pair of 18th Cent. Carved Ivory Figurines | Two (2) 18th century Continental carved ivory full length figurines, possibly of saints; one depicting a woman with hands in a prayer position and wearing flowing robes, 7 1/8"H, the other depicting a man with two fingers raised, his bare feet atop an eight-sided plinth and further raised on a carved oval base, 8 5/8"H overall. Provenance: private Nashville, TN Collection, by descent from the estates of Edith and Richard Mickenhagen, Munich, Germany and San Paolo, Brazil. CONDITION: Female figure has the date 1700 or letters KIDO (?) inscribed en verso, near base (does not appear to be a period marking). She lacks the last two fingers on each hand and there appear to be losses to the tips of her skirt. Male figure retains traces of old polychrome and gilt paint. Both have scattered surface cracks commensurate with age. [See more photos →] |
$1,920.00 | |
946 | 7 Kirk & Son Sterling Julep Cups & 2 Match Boxes | Nine (9) S. Kirk & Son sterling silver items. 1st-7th items: 7 mint julep cups with molded upper and lower rims and tapering sides. Maker's marks, Sterling, and 277 stamped underside of bases. 3 with engraved date inscriptions, 1 reading 'Christmas 1973', 1 reading 12-25-74, and one reading 12-26-76 underside of bases. 5 monogrammed. 3 3/4" H. 27.130 total troy ounces. 8th-9th items: 2 Kirk Repousse pattern match box holders. 1/2" H x 1 3/4" W x 1 1/4" D. 1.33 total troy ounces. Combined weight: 26.635 total troy ounces. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear, dents. [See more photos →] |
$1,920.00 | |
145 | Miniature Southern Inlaid Blanket Chest | Miniature inlaid Southern blanket chest, walnut with yellow pine and possible poplar secondary; rectangular molded hinged top over a dovetailed case with inlaid diamond escutcheon; band of crossbanded inlay with diagonal stringing on front and sides, over a scalloped skirt and bracket feet. Original iron hinges. Possible museum deaccession number "114" to underside. 10" H x 17" W x 10" D. Provenance: Private Nashville collection, ex-Dr. Benjamin H. Caldwell, Jr. CONDITION: Lacking key. A few small scattered white spots to front, sides and top. Some scratching to top. Area of loss and possibly replaced string/crossband inlay to left front of case, and 3/4" area of replaced crossband inlay to left side, near front. 3/4" area missing inlay to both left and right sides at rear edge. Minor wear to feet. Small area of wear/chew to left front corner of top. Couple of missing screws. [See more photos →] |
$1,800.00 | |
190 | Edgefield South Carolina Slave Made Pottery Jar | South Carolina Edgefield slave made alkaline glaze pottery storage jar, 5 gallon capacity, with five slash marks below the rim to one side denoting capacity. 14 3/4" H. 2nd quarter 19th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Chip to rim and chip to one handle, scattered firing flaws, overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,800.00 | |
203 | Scottish Tall Case Clock, John Dickman | George III tall case clock by John Dickman, Leith. 8 day time and strike brass works; brass and iron pendulum and iron weights (all appear original). Mahogany case with pine secondary wood has molded bonnet top with broken arch pediment, gilt urn shaped finial, and applied brass rondels at returns, over applied carved fretwork; arched dial with painted moon phase and spandrels with painted female figures emblematic of the four seasons, pierced steel hour, minute and second hands, Roman and Arabic numerals for hours and minutes, flanked by full reeded columns in front (half columns in at rear) with brass capitals and bases; rectangular side windows. Cove molded plinth over waist with figured wood veneers and a serpentine arched molded waist door flanked by reeded quarter columns with brass capitals and bases; cove mid-molding over a base with inlaid crossbanded veneer to edges, canted molded front corners, base with bracket feet. Overall – 85 1/2" H (excluding 6" finial) x 20 1/2" W x 10" D. Scotland, circa 1780. 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. Hood: partial loss to brass return ornament; urn finial may be a replacement and has been regilt; carved fretwork has some warping and may not be original. Full shrinkage cracks to both sides; one side has crack to glass window. Some paint wear to numerals and general craquelure to face. Hands appear original. Waist: 1" area of replaced veneer adjacent to lock. Several small holes to back of waist, up to 3/4" diameter. Base: full vertical shrinkage crack to base. Feet appear original and in good condition. Works appear original with some replaced cabling. Clock has run in recent past but works not inspected or guaranteed. [See more photos →] |
$1,800.00 | |
398 | 3 Brown's Pottery, NC Face Jugs, incl. Early Face Jug | Three (3) Brown's Pottery (North Carolina, 20th century) single handled face jugs, including (1) one early example with Albany glaze, and two (2) with brown alkaline glaze, all with porcelain teeth. Maker's marks underside of base. Ranging in size from 6 1/2" H x 5" W x 5" D to 7 3/4" H x 4" W x 4 3/4" D. All items late 20th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: All pieces overall good condition with firing flaws to the glaze. One with a line of firing glaze flaws in the making and 1/4" pop to glaze top left side of face in front of ear. [See more photos →] |
$1,800.00 | |
743 | International Prelude Sterling Silver Tea Service, S/P Tray | International sterling silver tea service, Prelude pattern, six (6) total pieces comprised of a tilting tea kettle on stand, coffee pot, tea pot, insulators in handles, creamer, covered sugar, and waste bowl. Pattern name, maker's marks, Sterling, and C366 or 12406 stamped underside of bases. Not monogrammed. Tea Kettle on stand – 14 1/2" H, coffee pot – 10 1/2" H, teapot – 9" H, sugar bowl – 6 1/8" H, cream pitcher – 5 1/4" H, waste bowl – 3 1/4" H. 116.735 total troy ounces. Together with a F.B. Rogers & Bros. silver on copper footed tray with a Rococo style border. 2 1/2" H x 29 3/4" W x 18 1/2" D. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall good condition with surface scratches, dents. [See more photos →] |
$1,800.00 | |
744 | 126 pcs. Sterling "Treasure" Flatware & More | 126 pieces Rogers, Lunt & Bowlen, Treasure or Heirloom pattern, sterling silver flatware, including 16 hollow handle dinner knives (9 5/8" L), 16 dinner forks (7 3/4" L), 20 salad forks (6" L), 20 teaspoons (6" L), 8 iced teaspoons, 6 round bowl soup spoons, 7 demitasse spoons, 9 tablespoons, 6 cocktail forks, 1 lemon fork, 1 cream ladle, 1 gravy ladle, 3 sugar spoons, 1 jelly server, 1 pie server, 1 small cold meat fork, 1 master butter knife, and 8 hollow handle butter spreaders. Monogrammed "W" or "S". Also includes 1 Wallace Grande Baroque pie server, 1 Manchester bon bon spoon, and 1 Rogers, Lunt & Bowlen William and Mary pattern hollow handle dinner knife, monogrammed "M". 111.44 weighable troy ounces. 129 total pieces. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear. Lemon fork tines are bent. William and Mary knife blade is separated from handle. [See more photos →] |
$1,800.00 | |
767 | 2 Ladies Gold & Sapphire Rings | 2 Ladies yellow gold and sapphire rings. 1st item: 18K yellow gold ring with 1 oval sapphire approximately 8mm x 6.3mm and 80 round brilliant diamonds approximately 2.0 carats, VS2 clarity, and G color. Marked "18K". Size 6. 7.3 grams. 2nd item: 14K yellow gold ring with 1 round brilliant sapphire and 106 single cut diamonds approx 1.0 carat, SI2 clarity, and I color. Marked "14K". Size 5 3/4. 10 grams. Approximately 3.0 carat total weight diamonds. 17.3 total grams. CONDITION: Both rings overall in good condition [See more photos →] |
$1,800.00 | |
161 | East TN Cherry Pie Safe, Urn & Starburst Tins, Trifid Feet | East Tennessee (Sullivan County) cherry pie safe, poplar secondary. Comprised of an overhanging top with rounded front corners above two dovetailed drawers and two punched tin doors, the door tops with heart and concentric circle designs, the lower doors with urn, heart, starburst and diamond designs, case with rounded front corners and paneled sides, all resting on trifid bracket feet, shaped skirt and sides. The interior is divided in the center, each door having a seperate inner compartment with three shelves. 44 1/2" H x 53 1/2" W x 18 1/2" D. Circa 1850-1860. CONDITION: Older surface with overall general wear with some abrasions and minor losses. Tins with some minor losses and oxidation. Feet with some losses from past water damage. [See more photos →] |
$1,792.00 | |
168 | Sullivan Saloon Knoxville, 3-Gallon TN Whiskey Jug | Large East Tennessee whiskey or liquor stoneware pottery jug with two cobalt stencils reading "SULLIVAN SALOON R. H. JONES, PROP. 100 North Central Street, KNOXVILLE, â TENN." and above "UHL POTTERY WORKS/3/EVANSVILLE, INDIANA" within a cobalt cartouche, 3 denoting capacity. Cream color slip glaze. 15" H. Late 19th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with light craquelure to glaze. Fleabites to shoulder with one old chip. Slight hairline to handle and expected "in the making" firing flaws. [See more photos →] |
$1,792.00 | |
318 | 3 Asian Bronze Figural Items | Group of three (3) Asian bronze figurals, including one (1) recumbent carved horse with conforming hardwood stand (3 1/4" H x 5" W x 2 3/4" D), one (1) incense burner in the form of a foo dog atop a gourd (1 3/4" H x 2 3/4" W x 1 3/4" D), and one (1) incense burner in the form of a child playing a drum (2 1/2" H x 2 1/2" W x 2" D). All pieces late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: The Estate of Mary Ann Bresee, GA. CONDITION: Small puncture to underside of horse, small repair to underside edge of gourd. [See more photos →] |
$1,792.00 | |
410 | Ladies 14K Gold Snake Chain & Pr. 14K Earrings | 3 Ladies 14K gold jewelry items, including snake link chain, pair of earrings. 1st item: 14K yellow gold snake link chain. Marked 14K. on clasp. 14" L. 41.7 grams. 2nd-3rd items: Pair of 14K yellow gold Mid-Century modern disc style earrings with open centers. Marked 14K. 1 1/4" dia. 15.3 grams. Ranging in size from 9/16" L x 7/16" W to 1 1/2" L x 7/8" W. 57 total grams. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: All pieces overall good condition, earrings with light surface wear. [See more photos →] |
$1,792.00 | |
477 | Tiffany Favrile Art Glass Cordial Set, 5 pcs. | Tiffany Favrille Art Glass cordial set comprised of a bulbous form bottle with elongated neck, urn form stopper with ball finial together with four cordials with dimpled bodies. Bottle inscribed "L. C. Tiffany Favrille" and numbered "364" to the base, base of stopper numbered "364". Cordials inscribed "L.C.T." and one numbered "T3713". Bottle – 9 1/4" H. Cordials – 1 7/8" H. American, early 20th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: One cordial with hairline emanating from rim approx. halfway down body. Remaining pieces very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,792.00 | |
523 | Sonia Delaunay Lithograph, Helice Olympie | Sonia Terk Delaunay (France/United States/Russian Federation/Ukraine, 1885-1979) Orphic lithograph in colors on Arches paper titled "Helice Olympie", depicting concentric circles and shapes in shades of blue, green, red, yellow, black, grey, and white. Numbered 75/75 lower left margin, in pencil, and signed lower right under image. Arches watermark center right margin (slightly obscured by mat). Each edge partially secured to off white mat with old masking tape and housed under glass in a metal frame. Sight – 26 1/8" H x 20 1/8" W. Sheet – 29 3/8" H x 22 1/8" W. Framed – 30" H x 24 1/2" W. Circa 1969. CONDITION: Overall good condition with light toning. Minute areas of acid burn visible en verso. Areas of old tape residue to each edge. [See more photos →] |
$1,792.00 | |
179 | NC Stamped Daniel Seagle Pottery Jar, Two Gallons | North Carolina, Catawba Valley, stoneware pottery jar, olive green alkaline glaze with incised lines below the rolled rim and two applied lug handles. One handle with incised initials "D S" for Daniel Seagle (1805-1867) and the other handle incised "2" denoting capacity. 11 3/4" H. Mid 19th Century. Biography: (Courtesy: http://danielseagle.com/the_seagle_school). Daniel Seagle was the first master potter in the Catawba River Valley. He was a Lutheran of German descent who lived in the Vale, N.C., area from 1805-67 and established his pottery business near a creek not far from Trinity Lutheran Church by circa 1824. In the early part of his career, Daniel Seagle made lead glazed earthenware. However, according to the book Turners and Burners, Seagle switched in the 1830s to making stoneware, fired at higher temperatures to hold liquids. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with scattered glaze imperfections. [See more photos →] |
$1,680.00 | |
205 | Rococo style giltwood console table | Louis XV – Rococo style giltwood console table with marble top. Table with ornately carved and pierced acanthus leaf and C scroll designs, acanthus overlaid cabriole legs ending in scrolled feet, with serpentine molded gray marble top. Table 36"H x 41"W x 19"D. Continental, third quarter mid 19th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Scattered repairs and regilding, most noticeably at front top center. Shrinkage cracks or possible repairs to each of the four top corners where legs meet top. Some water streaks to back. Repaired break to 6" area of carving on front left leg. Marble top possibly a later replacement with a few minor scratches and abrasions. [See more photos →] |
$1,680.00 | |
431 | 12 International Lord Saybrook Sterling Goblets | Set of twelve (12) International sterling silver goblets, Lord Saybrook pattern, monogrammed "BEH", gilt wash interiors. 6 5/8" H. 72.305 total troy ounces. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with general use wear and light scratching. [See more photos →] |
$1,680.00 | |
434 | Gorham Sterling Silver Revere Punch Bowl | Gorham Sterling Silver Paul Revere style punch bowl with footed base and flared rim. Maker's marks, Sterling, 41663, 8, and P. Revere Reproduction stamped underside of base. 7 5/8" H x 14" dia. 77.155 total troy ounces. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface scratches. [See more photos →] |
$1,664.00 | |
720 | Mikimoto Pearls w/ 18K Yellow Gold Clasp | Ladies strand of Mikimoto pearls comprised of 78 pearls measure 6.5 x 7 mm each knotted on silk cord, cream color with very light yellow overtone and thick Nacre with very light spotting. Engraved Mikimoto clasp stamped M and 750 for 18K. 22" L. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,664.00 | |
871 | Philippe Art Deco Bronze Sculpture, 3 Dancers | Paul Philippe (French, 1870-1930) Art Deco bronze sculpture group, "Jazz Dancers," depicting three dancing women in flapper style dresses with carved ivory faces and hands, atop an arched copper base signed Philippe with HF foundry mark in circle, atop a rectangular black hardstone and onyx base. 18" H x 18" W x 5" D. Circa 1930. CONDITION: One woman's skirt has come loose from base, oxidation and scattered minor verdigris, shrinkage and some tiny scattered dark spots to ivory, 1/2" chip to front edge of plinth, 1/8" ding to chest of center dancer. [See more photos →] |
$1,664.00 | |
872 | European School Oil Painting, Classical Female w/ Cherub | European School oil on canvas laid down on board painting depicting a partially nude young woman in Classical dress with a cherub holding her arm, landscape scene in the background. Unsigned. Rettes Hondareyte Buenos Aires paper label en verso of stretcher. Housed in a molded 22K gilt wood frame with a circular opening. Sight – 16" H x 16" W. Framed – 24 3/4" H x 24 1/2" W. Mid 19th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition with craquelure. Painting recently cleaned. Blacklight inspection reveals areas of inpainting including to female's right shoulder, left forearm, and upper exposed torso. [See more photos →] |
$1,664.00 | |
933 | 18K Pearl Strand Necklace w/ Jade, Sapphire, & Diamonds. | Five-strand cultured pearl necklace with an 18K yellow gold clasp containing 1 sapphire, approximately 5mm, and 40 round brilliant diamonds, approximately 0.50 carats, SI2 clarity, and I color, as well as an 18K pendant with jade stone, approximately 16 x 14mm, and 114 round brilliant diamonds, approximately 1.0 carat, I1 clarity, and I color. Clasp and Pendant marked 18K. 15" L. 38.4 grams. Provenance: The Estate of Jane Dudley, Nashville, TN and Palm Beach, FL. Social icon Jane Dudley (1925-2017) was the founder of one of the South's most prestigious charity events, the Swan Ball, and a member of the International Best Dressed List. She was married to U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Guilford Dudley, with whom she shared a landmark Nashville estate, Northumberland, until his death in 2002. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,664.00 | |
495 | Newcomb College Vase, Anna Francis Simpson Artist | Newcomb College art pottery matte glaze vase, decorated by the artist Anna Frances Simpson (Louisiana, 1880-1930), carved and painted narcissus paperwhite floral decoration in shades of green, cream, and blue. Base with impressed Newcomb logo, date code for 1912 (FC the artist's initials AFS in blue slip and the incised initial mark of potter Joseph Meyer). 9" H. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,560.00 | |
617 | Marcellus Messer Archive incl. Trunk | Archive and personal effects of Marcellus Ovando Messer (1842-1928), Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 19th Regiment, Company C, and later, the 19th Ohio Veteran Infantry Volunteers. Includes nine (9) badges and buttons, including one (1) Company K., 41, Ohio, Volunteer Infantry ladder badge with fragments of blue silk ribbon, one (1) Chickamauga & Chattanooga Military Park souvenir dedication badge, dated September 19-20, 1895, with red, white, and blue grosgrain ribbon, one (1) Grand Army of the Republic Cleveland 35th National Encampment badge, dated September 9-14, 1901, one (1) Grand Army of the Republic badge, two (2) William McKinley Campaign buttons, including one (1) with Theodore Roosevelt, one (1) Independent Order of Odd Fellows button, two (2) patriotic eagle badges, including one (1) with a bell, and one (1) fragment of red, white and blue grosgrain ribbon, ranging in size from 1" L to 4" L. The archive also includes four (4) letters, one (1) addressed to his uncle from a camp near Brooks Station, dated December 5, 1862, referencing the Battle of Fredericksburg two (2) addressed to his mother from Camp Ford, dated circa 1861. Also includes a commission appointing Messer the rank of Sergeant in Company G of the 19th Regiment of the Ohio Veteran Infantry Volunteers, dated September 23, 1865. Includes CDVs, photos, discharge documents, Departments of the Interior pension documents, deeds, contracts, a written biography on Messer, a Warren Iron & Steel Company stock certificate, reunion invitations, newspaper articles, and more. Includes Messer's travel trunk or blanket chest, pine with red wash and lined in floral fabric, interior till and drawer (16" H x 41 1/2" W x 17 1/2" D), and contents: one (1) 48-star machine sewn US flag, Valley Forge Flag Co. (58" H x 114" W), two (2) printed silk 48-star US flags (48" H x 32" W); one (1) printed cotton 50-star US flag (35" H x 55" W); one (1) printed linen Confederate third national "blood stained banner" reunion flag (20 1/2" H x 35 7/8" W), and one (1) 19th century plaid wool blanket (45" H x 59" W) said to have been used by Messer during the War. CONDITION: Trunk with alligatored varnish, abrasions, lacking feet, does not sit flat. Badges and button in overall good condition with some tarnish, fraying to ribbons. All flags with scattered tiny holes and stains; 1 silk flag with additional fraying at ends; cotton flag with several larger stains; CSA flag with frayed ends and shadow stain; plaid blanket with several noticeable holes and frayed edges. Paper ephemera with toning, dampstaining, foxing spots, tears, etc. to be expected from age. [See more photos →] |
$1,560.00 | |
649 | Early MSFC Model Rocket w/ Motor | Early George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) model rocket comprised of gilt and red metal with a working motor, mounted to a black metal base with a switch and gauge. 9 3/4" H x 6 1/2" W x 23" L. Mid 20th century. Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. Purchased by the consignor from the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), located in Huntsville, Alabama, during a deaccession sale. CONDITION: Overall good condition with wear to base. Not examined for functionality. [See more photos →] |
$1,560.00 | |
753 | Large 1884 Gorham Sterling Bowl with Grape Border | Large late 19th century Gorham Sterling Silver serving bowl, double walled, with elaborate pierced and repousse grape, fruit and leaf border; old Gorham lion-anchor-g mark to underside with date mark for 1884 and A 2860 M. Script monogram AGD to center. 2 1/3" H x 13" dia. 31.42 oz troy. Provenance: The Estate of Jane Dudley, Nashville, TN and Palm Beach, FL. Social icon Jane Dudley was the founder of one of the South's 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, until his death in 2002. The age and monogram of this item suggests it may have been owned by Guilford Dudley's parents, Guilford Dudley Sr. and Anne Dallas Dudley (1876-1955), a prominent activist in the Women's Suffrage movement. Anne Dallas Dudley founded the Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association and served until 1917, when she was elected third vice-president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. Bowl constructed in two parts; small area of separation at one seam (about 1", tight and narrow). Some scratching to underside. [See more photos →] |
$1,560.00 | |
231 | Men's 18K Vacheron & Contantin Wristwatch | 18K yellow gold men's Vacheron & Constantin mechanical wristwatch with Speidel leather strap. Silver dial with second sub dial at 6. Movement# 483431. Case# 315459. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition with expected general wear, approx 1" scratch to back of case. Crown with Jaeger-Lecoultre raised trademark, likely a replacement. Watch working at time of inspection. [See more photos →] |
$1,536.00 | |
366 | East TN Cherry Corner Cupboard, poss. Jacob Fisher | East Tennessee (McMinn County) one-piece walnut corner cupboard, yellow pine secondary. Possibly Jacob Fisher cabinetmaking shop. Comprised of a broken arch pediment with radial fan carved rosettes and central plinth carved shell fan with a radial fan carved rosette at base of fan, astral glazed upper doors, midsection with center dovetailed drawer above two paneled lower cupboard doors with exposed tendons, over shaped serpentine skirt and shaped French style feet. 92" H x 45" W x 28 3/4" D. Circa 1825. Provenance: Living Estate of Elbert and Elizabeth Willson III. Descended through family members from McMinn County. CONDITION: Older refinish. Arch pediment likely a late 19th century replacement. Upper interior painted. Overall general expected use wear, some staining and water wear to back with back foot having contemporary board affixed. [See more photos →] |
$1,536.00 | |
391 | Lanier & Reggie Meaders Pottery Face Jugs | Lanier and Reggie Meaders Southern Folk Art Pottery Face Jugs. 1st item: Lanier Meaders (White County, Georgia, 1917-1998) alkaline glazed jug with dark drips, clay eyes and teeth. 2nd item: Reggie Meaders (White County, Georgia, 1916-2009) light tan/olive face jug with clay teeth and eyes. Both signed in script on the bases. 8" H and 6 1/4" H. Both 20th century. Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Both pieces overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,536.00 | |
430 | 64 Pcs. International 1810 Sterling Silver Flatware | 64 pieces International 1810 Pattern sterling silver flatware, including 12 modern hollow handle dinner knives (8 7/8" L), 12 dinner forks (7 1/4" L), 11 salad forks (6 3/8" L), 12 teaspoons (6 1/8" L), 8 dessert/oval soup spoons, 4 tablespoons, 1 gravy ladle, 1 tomato server, 1 salad serving fork, 1 sugar spoon, and 1 master butter knife. Not monogrammed. 81.145 total weighable troy ounces. Provenance: the estate of May Dean Eberling, Nashville, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear, scratches. [See more photos →] |
$1,536.00 | |
476 | Tiffany Bronze and Glass Vase #715 | Tiffany Studios tall favrile art glass cylindrical vase with green overlay, #715, set into a bronze stand. Vase marked on the underside "L C T". Stand marked on the underside "Tiffany Studios New York/ No 715" with incised numbers 3806. Glass vase – 19 3/4" H. Overall – 22" H. 1st half 20th century. Provenance: a Nashville, TN estate. Refer to a similar example, sold in our July, 2019 auction lot #507. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with a few miniscule, shallow rim flakes (under 1/16") to rim, possible 1/8" light scratch to midsection of glass, minor oxidation to bronze base. [See more photos →] |
$1,536.00 | |
532 | Charles Kermit Ewing O/C Abstract Painting | Charles Kermit Ewing (Tennessee, 1910-1976) oil on canvas abstract painting depicting forms rendered in shades of green, blue, yellow, orange, red, brown, and black. Signed and dated "Ewing 69" lower left. Housed in a wormy wood frame. Sight – 29 1/2" H x 39 3/4" W. Framed – 33 3/4" H x 42 3/4" W. Mid 20th century. Biography (Courtesy Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"): Charles Ewing was a Pennsylvania-born painter, teacher, and lithographer and one of the "Knoxville Seven." He studied at Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard, and the University of Iowa with Jean Charlot. He was a member of art associations in Pittsburgh, Atlanta and New Rochelle, and in 1938, exhibited at the National Academy of Design. He served as art consultant for the Tennessee Valley Authority and, from 1948 until his retirement, was head of the art department at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. Foxing spots en verso. [See more photos →] |
$1,536.00 | |
594 | John Sevier Signed Land Grant, Maury Co. interest | John Sevier (1745-1815), First Governor of Tennessee signed land grant as Governor, dated September 30, 1808 – possibly one of the earliest extant Maury County land grants. The document grants sixty three acres to Robert Neely, assignee of William P. Anderson (who was also surveyor of the land at issue). Curiously, the county is not named, but in stating boundary landmarks, the document makes reference to the Second District and to the mouth of Bradshaw's Creek. The county now known as Maury was located in Tennessee's original surveyor's second district. It is also the site of a Bradshaw's Creek, and a landowner named Robert Neely II (b. 1741, Augusta Co., VA) died in Maury County in 1830. Maury County was officially created Nov. 16, 1807 out of parts of Williamson and Davidson Counties. This document references the original land warrant dated August, 1807, suggesting the lack of a county name was due to the transitional status of the land during that early period, and the omission may have gone unnoticed when the grant was signed by Governor Sevier more than a year later. 15 1/2" H x 12 1/2" W. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Seal intact but faded; partial tears, discoloration, and small losses at fold lines; corner creases; light toning. [See more photos →] |
$1,536.00 | |
682 | Eleanor Moore, Still Life With Copper Pot and Oriental Carpet | Eleanor Moore (American, late 20th century), Still Life with a Copper Pitcher, oranges, and grapes; an Oriental carpet covers the table top and the wall behind the table. Signed at right side (on table top). Housed in a molded giltwood frame with carved feather molding and acanthus molded corners. Gallery labels en verso of frame for Trailside Galleries and Krieger-Ricks, Utah. 23 1/2" H x 27 1/2" W sight; 32" H x 35" W framed. Biography (source: Askart): Eleanor Moore was classically trained at the Chicago Art Institute and the Art Students League in New York. She is known for still lifes reminiscent of works by the Old Dutch Masters with emphasis on color, shapes and atmosphere. She has exhibited with Knickerbocker Artists, the American Artists Professional League, Allied Artists of America, Hudson Valley Art Association and the Artists of America Show. Provenance: the collection of Valleau Caruthers, Brentwood, TN. CONDITION: Excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,536.00 | |
267 | Liverpool Creamware Jug w/ American Ship & Flag | American Historical Liverpool creamware jug, curving, melon shape with a pointed lip and strap handle. Transfer decorated frigate with polychrome highlights to the hull, pennant and an American flag to one side and a black and white pastoral landscape of a valley with shepherds, sheep, and other laborers to the other side. Initials RES within a laurel leaf cartouche beneath the spout. 9 5/8" H. English, early 19th century. Note: The frigate on this pitcher is flying a 16-stars, 16-stripes American flag. In 1794 the United States flag was required to have 15 stars and 15 stripes (one for each state). When Tennessee became the 16th state in 1796 some groups created unofficial flags with the updated number. However, the official flag design did not change again until 1818 and contained 13 stripes and 20 stars. Reference: https://connecticuthistory.org/the-stonington-battle-flag/ CONDITION: Wear and firing crack to spout; light crazing to glaze. Small spider cracks at top. Some loss below handle and overall wear to glaze. Bottom edge fluoresces under blacklight, porcelain color consistent. [See more photos →] |
$1,440.00 | |
297 | Antoine Dury O/C, Trompe L'Oeil Nature Morte with Pheasants | Antoine Drury (French, 1819-1896) oil on canvas trompe l'oeil still life titled "Trompe L'Oeil, Liverpool," depicting two dead pheasants hanging against a wood-paneled wall with the stenciled word "Liverpo" (Liverpool, partially visible) upper left, next to a trompe l'oeil image of a tag reading "Mr. C.A. McDowell, Sundridge House, Oxford" (likely the patron for whom the painting was originally created). Signed lower left on a trome l'oeil image of a second tag, "Tony Dury 28 Church St. Liverpool." Labels en verso with title and conservation summary. 29"H x 21"W sight, 36"H x 28"W in molded giltwood frame. Note: Label en verso details the following biographical information for Antoine (Tony) Dury from Benezit: "Born in Lyon, France, 1819. Studied with Bonnefond & Picot at the Beaux Arts Schools of Lyon (1831-34) and Paris (1836). Exhibited in Paris from 1844-1848. In 1878, he resided in Warwick, England." Circa 1870. Provenance: Nashville, TN estate, ex-Sotheby's, July 8, 1999, lot 420. Provenance: a Nashville, Tennessee estate. CONDITION: Painting in very good restored condition. Label en verso details conservation in 1976 at Berger Art Conservation, New York: Double fiberglass lining with Beva 371, Varnish: MS2A, Vinyl spray, B-67. A few light minor scratches lower left quadrant. 1 1/2" line of inpainting visible under UV light lower right quadrant, across bird's breast, and some infill painting upper left corner edge. A few other tiny possible areas of minor inpainting. Frame has some edge abrasions but is also in overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,440.00 | |
449 | 6 Mint Julep Cups, incl. Wood & Hughes, Duhme & Co. | Assembled group of six (6) silver mint julep cups, including Wood & Hughes, Duhme & Co. 1st-5th items: Set of 5 Wood and Hughes (New York, 1845-1899) sterling silver mint julep cups with rolled upper and lower rims and tapering sides. Maker's marks and Sterling stamped underside of bases. Monogrammed "M". 3 3/8" H. 20.810 total troy ounces. 6th item: Duhme and Company (Cincinnati, 1842-1888) coin or early stering silver mint julep cup with rolled upper and lower rim and tapering sides. Maker's mark stamped underside of base. Not monogrammed. 3 1/4" H. 3.52 total troy ounces. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface scratches, dents. 6th item: 3/16" fracture to rim. [See more photos →] |
$1,440.00 | |
626 | Wilfrid C. Beauquesne O/C Battle Scene | Wilfrid Constant Beauquesne (French, 1847-1914) oil on canvas painting, battle scene depicting armies clashing violently on horseback, with horses and supplies strewn on the ground and a cloudy sky overhead. Signed lower right. Molded giltwood frame with artist's name engraved on small brass plaque lower center. Sight – 17" H x 25" W. Framed – 22" H x 30" W. Late 19th century. Provenance: Private Southern collection of Military Art. Biography: Known for his scenic depictions of this war, Wilfried Beauquesne was known for his depictions of war. He attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, where he studied under well-known military artists Vernet-Lecomte and Horace Vernet. He exhibited regularly at the annual Paris Salon between 1887 and 1899, as well as throughout Europe (source: Askart). CONDITION: Craquelure, especially visible in sky area; vertical tenting extending from top to bottom of canvas at center; scattered miniscule inclusions, scattered light grime. Small patches of gilt loss to frame. [See more photos →] |
$1,440.00 | |
766 | Art Deco 14K WG Diamond Bracelet | Ladies 14K white gold Art Deco diamond bracelet with 40 round brilliant and 36 single cut diamonds approximately 2.5 total carats, VS2 to SI2 clarity range, and F to H color range. Marked 14K. 6" L. 14.2 grams. Two (2) segments of band retained, 4 diamonds approximately 0.01 carats each, 0.7 grams total weight. 14.9 total grams. CONDITION: Retains 2 segments of band. Slight culets on some diamonds. Safety chain broken. [See more photos →] |
$1,440.00 | |
792 | 10 International Lord Saybrook Sterling Goblets | Set of twelve (10) International sterling silver goblets, Lord Saybrook pattern, not monogrammed, 3 with gilt wash interiors. 6 5/8" H. 59.145 total troy ounces. CONDITION: Overall very good condition, very minor surface wear. [See more photos →] |
$1,440.00 | |
21 | 14K Jade Bracelet and 14K Jade Ring | Ladies 14K yellow gold jade bracelet and 14K jade ring, 2 items total. 1st item: 14K yellow gold bracelet, containing 4 cabochon jade ovals, approximately 15.5mm x 12mm, and 14 round brilliant diamonds, approximately 0.25 carats, SI2 clarity, and H color. Tests 14K. 7" L. 18.9 grams. 2nd item: 14K yellow gold ring with 1 cabochon oval jade, approximately 16mm x 12.5mm. Marked 585. Size 3. 7.1 grams. 26 total grams. Provenance: The Estate of Jane Dudley, Nashville, TN and Palm Beach, FL. Social icon Jane Dudley was the founder of one of the South's 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 Nashville's 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 nation's 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 castle's roof. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,408.00 | |
75 | Two Coin Silver Forks, Bell & Bros. TX | Two (2) coin silver forks, fiddle thread pattern handles stamped "coin" with incuse retailer marks "BELL & BROTHERS," San Antonio, Texas, plus pseudohallmark for James Watt (Philadelphia, PA, working 1835-1881). 7 1/2" L. 3.230 total troy ounces. Circa 1860. Note: Samuel Bell, born 1797, worked as a silversmith in Knoxville from 1819-1852 before moving to San Antonio with his family. His sons joined him in the silver business at his small adobe storefront on Commerce Street which offered silver tablewares, spurs, bowie knives. In about 1860, the firm was renamed "Bell & Brothers" with Bell's sons David, Powhatan and Jessup Bell now managing most of the manufacturing and retailing duties. Samuel Bell died in 1882. CONDITION: 3-letter script monogram to handle, overall very good condition with light general wear. [See more photos →] |
$1,408.00 | |
110 | Roy Mason W/C, Marsh with Geese | Roy Martell Mason (New York/California, 1886-1972) watercolor on paper painting depicting a flock of geese flying over a figure standing in a marshland, foreground, a rowboat outlined against a body of water below a cloudy early morning sky, middle ground and background. Signed "Roy M Mason" lower left. Housed under glass in a molded giltwood frame with off white and giltwood liner. Sight – 21 5/8" H x 30" W. Framed – 29 3/4" H x 38 1/2" W. American, early/mid 20th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. Biography: Born in Gilbert Mills, New York, Roy Martell Mason painted a wide range of outdoor subject matter reflecting his interest in hunting and fishing. He won many awards including the Gold Medal from the American Watercolor Society. He was also an illustrator, whose work appeared in Reader's Digest and True magazines. Mason was raised on a farm and was encouraged in his art talent by his father who worked as an engraver and who also taught his son the skills and love of outdoor sports. His art education consisted of only one correspondence course, which he later referred to as his "formal art training." He worked with his father in an engraving business, and then became head of the art department for a Philadelphia lithograph company while maintaining his own studio for painting. A close friend of artist Chauncey Ryder from 1926, Mason often painted with him in New Hampshire. He became a member of the Buffalo Society of Artists, the Salmagundi Club, the American Federation of Arts, the Philadelphia Water Color Club, Grand Central Galleries and an Associate Member of the National Academy of Design. In 1959, he and his wife, Lena, moved to LaJolla, California, where they lived the remainder of their years. (adapted from Peter Falk, Who Was Who in American Art, Askart). CONDITION: Overall good condition with waviness to paper, scattered minute foxing spots. Not examined outside of frame. [See more photos →] |
$1,408.00 | |
339 | Song Wenzhi Landscape with Buildings | Attributed to Song Wenzhi (Chinese, 1919-1991) watercolor on silk landscape scroll painting depicting 20th century buildings clustered along a mountainous coastline. Signed upper right, seal lower left. Image – 38" H x 18 3/4" W. Overall – 73" H x 24" W. 3rd quarter 20th century. Provenance: Private Nashville collection. CONDITION: Considerable creasing. Some scattered foxing and light smudges across center, toning to silk backing. [See more photos →] |
$1,408.00 | |
426 | 18K Yellow Gold Diamond Ballerina Ring | 18K yellow gold ring with round brilliant diamond, approximately 0.55 carats, SI1 clarity, and J color; 8 single cut diamonds, approximately 0.16 carats, VS2 clarity, and I color, as well as 24 tapering baguette diamonds, approxiamtely 0.8 carats, SI2 clarity, and I color. Markings worn, tests 18K. Ring size 6. 1.51 carat total weight diamonds. 4.3 grams. Provenance: The estate Mary Emma Turner, Morristown, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,408.00 | |
112 | Roger Tory Peterson Bird Painting & Book | Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996) original ornithology book illustration painting and a signed copy of his book, A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS. 1st item: ink and gouache on cardstock of two small birds on a limb, likely wrens, one with worm in beak, the other with open beak. Signed in pencil lower right "R.T. Peterson Original / Mealtime / Third Chapter." Matted and framed under glass in a silver metallic frame. 8" H x 10 1/2" W sight, 13" x 15 1/2" framed. 2nd item: Roger Tory Peterson, A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS, autographed on title page. Second Revised edition sponsored by the National Audubon Society, Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, 1962. 290 pp. Enclosed Checklist of birds from the Tennessee Ornithological Society, published 1972. Biography: Roger Tory Peterson was widely known for his field guides to the study of birds. He was an avid student of nature, particularly birds, and studied other artists who specialized in nature including Audubon, Lear, Durer and Fuertes. He went on to study commercial art at the Art Students League and National Academy of Design in New York City. After school he taught art and science in Massachusetts and at this time created his unique system for identifying birds in the field. He later developed and published more than fifty other guides on a variety of nature subjects including mushrooms, clouds, fish, stars, and insects. Peterson was nominated for a Nobel Prize two times and received major awards for ornithology, natural science, and conservation. He was also awarded twenty-two honorary degrees, as well as numerous medals and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. CONDITION: Painting: Overall very good condition with a couple of minor scattered spots of foxing or staining to lower left background. Not examined out of frame. Book: Lacking dustcover, minor wear to boards, some foxing and minor stains to a few interior pages, overall good condition with protective clear cover. [See more photos →] |
$1,320.00 | |
208 | Russian Nephrite & Gilt Silver Paper Knife | Russian nephrite and silver paper knife. Comprised of a Russian Imperial crowned double-headed eagle finial, the knife with gilt silver mounts including portraits of a male and female to each side, script initials MH and the Romanov silver double eagle with inset rubies or garnets. Russian hallmarks to mounting above eagle. 9 1/8" L. 20th century. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Most of gilt wash is not present. Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,320.00 | |
306 | Lucien Delarue, Oil on Linen, Ile de la Cite | Lucien Delarue (France, 1925-2011) oil on linen impressionist landscape painting depicting the Seine and the Ile de la Cite in Paris, France. Signed "Delarue" lower right. Housed in a contemporary giltwood molded frame with carved scroll and shell decorations at centers and corners. Sight – 19 5/8" H x 23 1/2" W. Framed – 25 3/4" H x 29 1/2" W. Late 20th century. Provenance: the living estate of Annette Petri, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,320.00 | |
424 | 2 Ladies 14K & Gemstone Bracelets | 1st item: Bracelet with eight (8) rectangular filigree links inset with rectangular amethyst stones accented by seed pearls. Clasp marked 14K and J.A.K. Approx 7" L, with safety clasp. 22.6 grams. 2nd item: 14K yellow gold pearl bangle bracelet consisting of 15 pearls in a graduated pattern approximately 3.6mm to 5.4mm. Marked 14KS. 5 7/8" opening. 17.3 grams. 39.9 total grams. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall very good condition. 2nd item: Safety clasp missing. [See more photos →] |
$1,320.00 | |
433 | 104 Pcs. Assorted Sterling Flatware inc. Alvin | 104 assorted sterling silver flatware pieces, including Alvin, Gorham, Whiting, Unger Brothers. 18 Alvin Lorna Doone pattern pieces, including 6 forks (7" L), 5 salad forks (6 1/4" L), 3 teaspoons (5 7/8" L), and 4 hollow handle knives (8 5/8" L). 14.425 total troy ounces; 16 Gorham Lancaster pattern teaspoons (6" L). Monogrammed "S". 10.49 total troy ounces; 11 Whiting Louis XV pattern forks (6 7/8" L). Monogrammed "S". 11.96 total troy ounces; 9 Unger Brothers Narcissus pattern salad forks (6 3/8" L). Not monogrammed. 8.18 total troy ounces; 8 Frank Smith Federal Cotillion round bowl soup spoons (5 7/8" L). Not monogrammed. 10.155 total troy ounces; 6 Roger Williams Corinthian pattern teaspoons (5 7/8" L). Not monogrammed. 3.87 total troy ounces; 6 Wallace Waverly pattern forks (7" L). Not monogrammed. 7.735 total troy ounces; 6 Whiting Arabesque pattern teaspoons (5 7/8" L). Not monogrammed. 4.165 total troy ounces; 2 Towle Seville pattern pieces, including 1 Small Solid Cold Meat Serving Fork and 1 Small Solid Berry/Casserole Spoon. Monogrammed "S". 3.60 total troy ounces; 2 Manchester Silver Company Mary Warren pattern pieces, including 1 round bowl spoon and 1 small ladle. Not monogrammed. .88 total troy ounces; 1 Westmorland George & Martha Washington pattern salad fork. Not monogrammed. 1.12 total troy ounces; 1 National Marianne pattern jelly server. Not monogrammed. .805 total troy ounces; 1 Watson small ladle. Not monogrammed. .435 total troy ounces; 1 unidentified sterling hollow handle serving knife. Not monogrammed; 16 unidentified likely sterling pieces, including 14 hollow handle knives (8 5/8" to 9" L) and 2 piece meat carving set. Not monogrammed. 77.82 total weighable troy ounces. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal wear, scratches, bends, to be expected from manner of use. [See more photos →] |
$1,320.00 | |
512 | 3 Acrylic or Lucite Pedestals | Three (3) Art Moderne style acrylic or lucite pedestals, detachable shaped tops over clear straight sides, 41" H x 18" W x 12" D. Circa 2000. Provenance: the collection of Valleau Caruthers, Brentwood, TN. CONDITION: Some areas of clouding near feet, a few minor scratches, overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,320.00 | |
628 | 2 Ship Hull Models and a Compass | Three (3) ship related items, including a Jackson & Sharp builder's half model ship hull and a gimballed compass. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) wooden bifurcated builder's half model ship hulls mounted on wooden panels. One (1) with "C. Bement" painted on stern. DESIGNED BY JACKSON & SHARP Co. WIL. DEL. painted right side of panel. Other hull unmarked. Hulls range in size from 5" H x 37 7/8" L to 6" H x 53 5/8" L. Panels range in size from 6â H x 43â W to 7 1/2" H x 57" W. Late 19th/early 20th century. Note: In 1875, Jackson & Sharp expanded into the shipbuilding industry after purchasing the Christina River Shipyards. In 1901, the company was acquired by the American Car and Foundry Company (ACF), which refocused efforts on the exportation of rail cars. ACF leased the Wilmington, Delaware plant for $25,000 per year until February 1911, when they bought the factory for $500,000. The company increased its focus on shipbuilding during World War I, and by the 1930s, had ceased production of rail cars. (source: https://www.hagley.org/research/digital-exhibits/jackson-sharp). 3rd item: AFT gimballed brass dry compass with cardinal points and Vernier scale, obverse, cardinal points, reverse, pat. 0921, no. 4603K, no. 4803. AFT, patent number, and number stamped surface of compass. 4" H x 9 1/2" dia. Early 20th century. CONDITION: 1st-2nd items: Overall good condition with expected patination, natural age cracks, surface grime. 3/4" x 3 3/8" area of loss top right of Jackson & Sharp hull panel. 3rd item: Overall good condition with areas of rust, grime. [See more photos →] |
$1,320.00 | |
837 | Group of 5 Herend Animals incl. Ostrich | Group of five (5) Herend porcelain animal figurines with fishnet decoration, including one (1) pair of blue kangaroos, one (1) red ostrich or emu, one (1) green rabbit, one (1) brown baby elephant, and one (1) green seated cat. All pieces finished with gilt trim and having stamped Herend mark with additional numbers to underside (see photos). Ranging in size from 3 1/2" to 5 1/2" H. Mid/late 20th century. Provenance: the estate of May Dean Eberling, Nashville, TN. CONDITION: All pieces in overall excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,320.00 | |
76 | 4 Pcs. Russian Silver, incl Enameled | Four (4) pieces Russian silver and silver gilt enamel flatware plus presentation case. 1st item: Silver presentation case depicting three hunters resting, sleeping, and drinking in the forest with their rifles and a dog, hallmarked 84 standard, Moscow Kokoshnik mark, circa 1908-1917, unidentified makerâs mark "KK". Cyrillic inscription en verso. 3 1/2" H x 5" W x 1/2" D. 2nd item: Silver gilt ladle with stylized cloisonne enamel decoration and twist handle, hallmarked 84 standard, Moscow city mark. 7" L. 3rd item: Silver gilt spoon with cloisonne enamel decoration and twist handle, hallmarked 88 standard, Aleksandr Vladislavovich Skovronsky (active circa 1895-1898) assay mark 1898, Moscow city mark. 5 1/2" L. 4th item: Silver gilt spoon with cloisonne enamel decoration and twist handle, hallmarked 88 standard, Aleksandr Vladislavovich Skovronsky (active circa 1895-1898) assay mark 1898, Moscow city mark. 4 1/2" L. Total spoon weight: 4.11 oz. troy. Presentation case: 9.04 oz. troy. Total all items: 13.15 oz. troy. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: All items overall very good condition with light wear consistent with age. Minor wear to edges, corners, and back of presentation case. [See more photos →] |
$1,280.00 | |
207 | Continental Ladies Inlaid Writing Desk | Continental Neoclassical style ladies writing desk or bonheur du jour, comprised of mixed woods with satinwood and contrasting inlaid and marquetry decoration throughout, single part construction. Flat top over central doors flanked by a row of four stacked drawers opening to an interior with single shelf. Below the fold down hinged writing surface is a dovetailed drawer above two locking drawers, and a shaped kneehole skirt, all raised on square tapered legs terminating into balls. 48 1/2" H x 32 5/8" W x 17 3/8" D. Early 20th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition with general use wear, some minor scattered losses to veneer, mostly at joints, some minor scattered age cracks to wood. [See more photos →] |
$1,280.00 | |
265 | 15 Herend Items, incl. Rothschild | Fourteen (14) Herend Rothschild Bird pattern porcelain dinnerware pieces, 15 items total, including twelve (12) dinner plates (#1524), one (1) large round platter (#155), and one (1) round vegetable bowl (#1082). Also includes one (1) round scalloped dish with berry pattern (#7707). All pieces with blue Herend marks stamped to underside. Items range from 10 1/4" dia. to 13 7/8" dia. 20th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition with light surface scratches. [See more photos →] |
$1,280.00 | |
421 | 3 Men's 14K Gold Rings w/ Stones | 3 men's 14K yellow gold rings with stones, including jade, bloodstone, fire agate. 1st item: 14K yellow gold ring with jade stone approximately 17.9 x 12.9mm. Marked 14K. Size 10 3/4. 23.9 grams. 2nd item: 14K yellow gold signet ring with 1 bloodstone approximately 15.5 x 12.5mm. Marked 14K. Size 10. 10.4 grams. 3rd item: 14K yellow gold ring with 1 fire agate stone approximately 18.9 x 14.9mm. Tests 14K. Size 11 1/2. 13.3 grams. 47.6 total grams. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: All rings overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,280.00 | |
444 | 3 items .800 silver incl. Turkish Silver Centerpiece Bowl | 3 pcs silver holloware. 1st item: Large Turkish silver centerpiece bowl with flared rim tapering to a deep, plain circular well; the wide rim engraved with allover wave decoration and a thread and circle border. Hallmarked on upper side of rim (indicating .800 silver or finer), opposite a large engraved cartouche with crown, possibly a coat of arms. 4" H x 14 1/2" dia. 2nd item: Small German Art Deco hand hammered silver lobed bowl, stamped Wetzlar Muenchen .800. 1 1/4" H x 5" dia. 3rd item: Small .800 silver beaker or cup with engraved MG monogram in cartouche on one side and engraved inscription on other side reading "A'Maria Guiomar / recordacao dos Avo's / Elvira e Bentiko 1-4-949." Marked on underside EBERLE PRATA 800. 2 3/4" H. Combined weight: 42.47 oz troy. Provenance: private Nashville, TN Collection, by descent from the estates of Edith and Richard Mickenhagen, Munich, Germany and San Paolo, Brazil. CONDITION: All pieces with small light scratches and dents and some persistent tarnish. [See more photos →] |
$1,280.00 | |
668 | 3 KY and TN Whiskey Jugs inc Green River | Three (3) stoneware whiskey advertising jugs including large Green River jug. 1st item: Nashville, Tennessee stoneware pottery jug brown to cream slip with cobalt stencil reading "Berry, Demoville & Co./Wholesale Druggist/Nashville, Tenn." 12" H. 2nd item: Owensboro, Kentucky three gallon stoneware pottery jug with dark brown glaze and cobalt stencil "Green River/J.W.McCulloch/Sour Mash Whiskey/Trade/GR/SM/Mark/Distiller/Owensboro KY.", with "3" denoting capacity. 15 1/2" H. 3rd item: Louisville, Kentucky stoneware pottery jug with cream slip and cobalt stencil reading "Neat-Richardson Drug Co./Incorporated/Wholesale/Druggists/Louisville, KY". 9 1/2" H. All items late 19th/early 20th century. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall very good condition with scattered firing flaws. 2nd item: Series of vertical hairlines, largest 1/2", surrounding shoulder near handle. 1" area of loss to shoulder. Craquelure to glaze. 3rd item: Partially repaired hairline extending almost the entire circumference, below shoulder. Numerous repairs, largest 2 1/2", to base and handle. 2" hairline underside of base. Craquelure to glaze. [See more photos →] |
$1,280.00 | |
726 | 14K Diamond Waterfall Dinner Ring | 14k yellow gold diamond waterfall dinner ring containing 33 round brilliant diamonds together weighing approximately 5.0 carats, SI2 clarity, and K color. Tested 14K. Setting – 1-1/4" top to base. Size 7 3/4. 13.5 grams. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,280.00 | |
864 | 12 Signed Moser Colored Wine Glasses | Set of twelve (12) Bohemian wine glasses, signed Moser, heavy gilt encrusted rims over faceted bowls, colored glass cut to clear in shades of green, pink, blue, yellow, orange, and purple. Clear faceted stems and round feet. 7 1/4" H. 20th century. Provenance: Living Estate of Joseph & Bette Bacon, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: All overall excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,280.00 | |
870 | Gustav Gurschner, Bronze Lamp | After Gustav Gurschner (Austrian, 1873-1970), Art Nouveau style bronze lamp depicting a young beauty rising from a naturalistic base and hovering over a nautilus shell shade. Unsigned. 20" H. Base – 7" H x 6" W. CONDITION: Overall good functional condition with minor wear and patination. A couple of small edge chips to shell shade. [See more photos →] |
$1,280.00 | |
1002 | 2 Yellow Gold Pendants w/ British Sovereigns | 2 yellow gold pendants with British Sovereigns. 1st item: 9K yellow gold pendant containing 1 1884 Victoria Young St. George British Sovereign. Marked 375 with other British gold hallmarks. Pendant and coin together weigh 13.7 grams. Pendant on 20" gold filled chain. 2nd item: 14K yellow gold pendant with 1 1900 Victoria Old Head British Sovereign, London mint. Pendant marked 14K. 13.1 grams. 26.8 total grams. CONDITION: Coins in circulated condition. Pendants in good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,280.00 | |
620 | Harrod Family KY Album, incl. J. Wilkes Booth CDV | Victorian photograph album, leatherbound, related to the Harrod and Bailey families of Mercer County, Kentucky. Contains forty-one (41) CDVs and tintypes, most notably one (1) CDV of actor and Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, depicted holding a cane with label en verso that reads “Black and Case, photographic Artists, Boston and Newport, R.I.”. Also included is a tintype of a young man with a percussion rifle or shotgun labeled “Grandpa Harrod,” and a tintype of a man with a dog labeled “Uncle Clemp Bailey and Dash (Uncle of Grandma Harrod)”. Most of the images are of people related to the Harrod and Bailey families of Mercer County, Kentucky, and are identified in pen on the mats. The album has descended in the Harrod-Bailey family to present consignor. Album size – 6″ H x 5″ W x 2 1/2″ D. Mid/late 19th century. CONDITION: General wear and stains to leather cover. Most pages contain pen and pencil writing and several exhibit losses. Some CDV’s have foxing or discoloration and some tintypes have scratches. Brass latch missing. [See more photos →] |
$1,280.00 | |
708 | Chanel Classic Double Flap Black Quilted Purse, Small | Chanel classic double flap quilted black lambskin leather bag, small, including woven-in leather chain strap, exterior back slip pocket, and silver tone hardware. Double flap and frontal CC turn-lock closure opens to a red leather interior with stitched double "C" logo and "CHANEL (registered) MADE IN FRANCE" stamped above slip pockets. Hologram sticker reads: 12418412, lower left of main interior pocket. Does not include dustbag. Bag – 6" H x 9 1/2" W x 2 1/2" D. Overall with strap – 15" H. Serial number corresponds to years 2008-2009. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Gently used condition with surface scuffs, scratches, largest 2". Loose threads to chain strap and two areas of left side of bag. 1/4" area of red ink stain to turn-lock closure. Yellowing slight peeling to holographic sticker. [See more photos →] |
$1,216.00 | |
735 | 1892 US $10 Liberty Head Gold Coin, Mounted | 1898 US $10 Liberty Head Gold Coin mounted in a 14K prong set shaped bezel together with a 14K rope chain. 13 3/4 total L. Coin and bezel: 21.4 grams. Chain: 10.6 grams. 32 total grams. CONDITION: Overall very good condition, coin has almost uncirculated details, but has been cleaned. [See more photos →] |
$1,216.00 | |
768 | 18K Yellow Gold Pre-Columbian Style Bracelet | 18K yellow gold pre-Columbian style bracelet featuring nine (9) Olmec heads with posts linking them together. Marked "18K", 7" length. 29.5 total grams. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,216.00 | |
931 | Ladies Platinum, Diamond & Green Glass Ring | Ladies platinum, diamond and faceted green glass Art Deco shield ring, featuring three (3) Old European cut diamonds (one (1) 5.1mm and two (2) 4.6mm) set in a green outlined square plates with 14 Old European cut accent diamonds around the edge. Total approximate diamond weight is 1.5 carats, I1 clarity, and J color. Shank stamped "Platinum 5% IRID". Size 8 1/2". 6.4 grams. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Center stone chipped on facet junction between table and crown. [See more photos →] |
$1,216.00 | |
352 | W. and A.K. Johnston Floor Globe | Terrestrial Library Floor Globe in carved wood stand. Signed within a circular cartouche: “18 INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE by W. & A.K JOHNSTON, LIMITED/ Geographers/Engravers/Printers/ EDINBURGH A. J. NYSTROM & CO. Sole United States Agents, CHICAGO, ” inscribed below the cartouche: “Railways shown thus/ Submarine Telegraph Cables thus, Black/ International Date Line/ Warm Currents, Cold Currents/ Mandate Territories shown by Bars of Colour/ PRINTED By W. & A. K. JOHNSTON LTD./ EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND/ Copyright”. Globe made of two sets of twelve chromolithographed gores laid on a metal sphere, in a calibrated full meridian, the horizon with engraved paper calendar and zodiac, supported on four baluster turned posts on a mahogany Baroque style stand with four acanthus and scroll carved legs joined by an undertier with central acanthus carved pedestal; stand attributed to Kittinger. 40″ H x 22″ dia. Early 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. Globe: light staining, fading, discoloration; 2″ c shaped crack in Pacific Ocean; scattered wear and abrasions up to 1/2″, most noticeable at Equator; paper losses up to 6″ on horizon ring. Stand: general wear and some surface fading, 1/2″ paint drip to undertier, 1 leg with minor abrasions and a 2″ scratch, 1 leg with white splatters (possibly from water). [See more photos →] |
$1,216.00 | |
59 | 4 Kentucky Akin Retailed Coin Silver Julep Cups | 4 Kentucky retailed coin silver julep cups with molded rims and tapering sides, incuse retailer marks "J. B. Akin Danville KY" for John B. Akin (working Danville, Kentucky circa 1855-1860), all additionally stamped *PLK* STANDARD or P. L. Krider Philada Standard for maker Peter Krider (Philadelphia, PA working 1850-1860) to undersides. 1 monogrammed "NHC". Ranging in size from 3 3/4" to 4" H. Combined weight, 4 coin silver items: 19.985 total troy ounces. CONDITION: Overall good condition with surface scratches, dents. [See more photos →] |
$1,200.00 | |
163 | Southern Inlaid Chest of Drawers | Southern Chippendale-Federal transitional walnut chest of drawers, poplar secondary, possibly Middle Tennessee or Kentucky. Comprised of a plain top with inlaid initials "ET" surrounding inlaid floral sprig on frieze, above two over three graduated dovetailed drawers with thumb molded edges and brass pulls, over shaped and dovetailed bracket feet. 39" H x 41 1/2" W x 17 7/8" D. Circa 1800. CONDITION: Older refinish with partial replacements to rear feet facings and blocking. Additional replacements to feet blocking and returns. Stains and scratching to top. Brasses not original with evidence pulls originally in a different location. Upper right half drawer with partial replacement to drawer bottom. Top full length drawer with partial replacement to drawer bottom. [See more photos →] |
$1,200.00 | |
165 | Middle TN Classical Chest of Drawers, Eagle Finial | Middle Tennessee classical chest of drawers, cherry and figured cherry with poplar secondary. Shaped backsplash having a center plinth with gilt eagle finial, carved rondels, and plain plinth ends, over a rectangular top with bull-nose edges, rectangular case with three short drawers above large overhanging drawer and three graduated drawers beneath, all dovetailed with eagle stamped brass pulls. Acanthus and basketweave carved pilasters and turned feet. Possible signature upper right drawer side, illegible. 66 7/8" H x 50 1/4" W x 23 3/4" D. Second quarter 19th century. Fayetteville, TN history of ownership. Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with older refinish. Some gouges upper left at top front edge, 1" gouge front left corner, scattered shrinkage cracks to paneled sides. Period Federal eagle pulls do not appear to be the original set. [See more photos →] |
$1,200.00 | |
184 | NC Stoneware Pottery Jar, attrib. Webster Pottery | North Carolina (Randolph County) salt-glazed stoneware jar, attributed to the Webster Pottery, possibly Chester Webster, having three bands of incised lines extending from the flared neck to upper body, incised "2" within a upper shoulder to denote capacity and applied lug handles. 11 1/2" H. 2nd or 3rd qtr. 19th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. See: Turners and Burners: The Folk Pottery of NC by Charles G. Zug III, pages 36 and 37. CONDITION: Overall good condition with minor scattered firing flaws/voids to rim and body. [See more photos →] |
$1,200.00 | |
440 | 29 A. Michelsen Gilded Sterling Silver Spoons, 1910-1938 | 29 Anton Michelsen gold plated with inlaid enamel sterling silver Christmas and miscellaneous spoons, circa 1910-1938. Spoons designed by Danish artists and manufactured by Anton Michelsen, Copenhagen, Denmark. 1st-24th items: 24 Christmas spoons dating between 1910-1939, including one (1) 1910 (still in original plastic wrap), one (1) 1911, one (1) 1913, one (1) 1916, one (1) 1917, one (1) 1918 (still in original plastic wrap), one (1) 1919, one (1) 1920, one (1) 1921, one (1) 1922 (still in original plastic wrap), one (1) 1923 (still in original plastic wrap), one (1) 1924, one (1) 1925, one (1) 1926 (still in original plastic wrap), one (1) 1927 (still in original plastic wrap), one (1) 1930, one (1) 1931, one (1) 1932 (still in original plastic wrap), one (1) 1933 (still in original plastic wrap), one (1) 1935, one (1) 1936 (still in original plastic wrap), one (1) 1937 (still in original plastic wrap), one (1) 1938 (still in original plastic wrap), and one (1) 1939. 25th-29th items: 5 miscellaneous commemorative spoons (still in original plastic wrap). All with maker's marks, Sterling Denmark, and registered trademark symbol underside of bowls. Spoons ranging in size from 5 7/8" to 6 3/8" L. Includes A. Michelsen black and white pictorial Christmas spoon pamphlet. 43.85 total troy ounces (including plastic wrap on some spoons and enamel). CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear, scratches. [See more photos →] |
$1,200.00 | |
577 | Veryl Goodnight Bronze Sculpture, Back from the Brink | Veryl Goodnight (Colorado/New Mexico, b. 1947) cold painted bronze sculpture titled "Back From The Brink" depicting a frontier woman bottle feeding a bison calf, a second calf standing to her left. The sculpture was created in honor of Maryann Goodnight of Palo Duro Canyon, who with her cattleman husband Charles, helped save a subspecies of bison from extinction in the early 1900s. Signed, dated, and numbered "Veryl Goodnight 2000 (copyright) 4/30" lower left on the base. Gilt metal placard with title and artist's name affixed to wooden base. Mounted to rotating marble and wooden base. Sculpture – 20 3/4" H x 18" W x 14" D. Overall with base – 23 1/2" H x 20" W x 16" D. Early 21st century. Provenance: the collection of Valleau Caruthers, Brentwood, TN. Biography: Veryl Goodnight began her career as a wildlife painter and began sculpting to educate herself about anatomy. Her work has been featured in major American art shows and exhibits including a 40 year retrospective at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her most famous sculpture is "The Day the Wall Came Down, " a seven ton sculpture depicting five horses jumping over the fallen Berlin Wall. the US Air Force delivered the monument to Germany in 1998 and a sister casting is installed at the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Texas. Professional organizations include: Membership in the National Sculpture Society, Society of Animal Artists and the Northwest Rendezvous. (Source: artist's website). CONDITION: Overall very good condition. 4 3/4" repaired break, back of marble base. [See more photos →] |
$1,200.00 | |
653 | Large Mid-Atlantic Burlwood Bowl | Large 19th century American ash burlwood bowl with half round carved rim edge. Mid Atlantic or possibly Pennsylvania. 5 1/2" H x 16 1/4" dia. CONDITION: General wear with dry surface. Minor losses to rim with a couple areas of wood separation at rim, largest 1 1/4". [See more photos →] |
$1,200.00 | |
747 | 54 pcs. Reed & Barton Pointed Antique Sterling Silver Flatware | 54 pieces Reed and Barton Pointed Antique pattern sterling silver flatware, including 12 New French Hollow Knives (9 1/2" L), 12 dinner forks (7 3/4" L), 12 salad forks (6 1/4" L), 12 teaspoons (6" L), 1 tablespoon, 1 pierced tablespoon, 1 sugar shell spoon, 1 cold meat serving fork, 1 master butter knife, and 1 pie and cake server. Not monogrammed. Housed in a fitted box. 62.075 total weighable troy ounces. Provenance: Living Estate of Joseph & Bette Bacon, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: All pieces with general surface scratching, consistent with use. [See more photos →] |
$1,200.00 | |
770 | 4 Diamond and 14K & 2 Diamond & Platinum Jewelry Items, 6 total | 4 Diamond & 14K Jewelry Items plus 2 Platinum Jewelry Items, 6 total pieces. 1st item: 14K white gold necklace with 1 round brilliant and 2 baguette diamonds, approx. 0.50ctw. (VS2, H-I). Marked 14KT. 16" chain. 2.8 grams. 2nd-3rd items: Pair of 14K white gold screw back earrings with 2 round brilliant diamonds, approx. 0.50ctw. (SI1-SI2, H). Marked 14K. 5/8" L x 7/16" W. 3.0 grams. 4th item: 14K white gold tie tack with one round brilliant diamond, approx. 0.25ct. (VS2, H). Marked 14K. 1 7/8" L x 1 1/8" W. 2.9 grams. 5th item: Platinum eternity band with 17 baguette diamonds, approximately 1.0 carat total weight, SI1 clarity, and G color. Tests Platinum. Size 6. 2.7 grams. 6th item: Platinum sword and crescent moon pin with 7 round brilliant diamonds, approximately 0.30 carat total weight, VS2 clarity, and G color. Tests Platinum. 1.7 grams. 4.4 total grams. 14K & diamond pieces total weight: 34.8 grams. Platinum & diamond pieces total weight: 4.4 grams. CONDITION: 1st item: Broken hanger below round diamond indicates missing piece. Remaining pieces overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,200.00 | |
785 | Ladies Platinum Princess Ring | Ladies platinum princess style ring, comprised of 1 mine cut diamond, 2 round brilliant diamonds, and 26 single cut diamonds, the combined estimated weight of the 29 diamonds is approximately 1.0 carat total weight SI1 clarity, and H color. Marked Plat, 10%Irr, and S.J.P. There is a spacer in the ring sizing it to 2 1/2. 4.3 grams. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall in good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,200.00 | |
793 | 53 Pcs. Sterling Silver, incl. Alvin Prince Eugene | 53 pieces sterling silver flatware, including Alvin Prince Eugene, Gorham Cambridge and Strasbourg. 1st-39th items: 39 pieces Alvin Prince Eugene pattern flatware, including 6 modern hollow handle dinner knives (9 1/2" L), 6 dinner forks (7 7/8" L), 6 salad forks (6 3/4" L), 6 teaspoons (5 7/8" L), 6 iced tea spoons, 3 tablespoons, and 6 flat handle butter spreaders. Not monogrammed. 40th-47th items: 7 pieces Gorham Cambridge pattern flatware, including 6 gumbo soup spoons and 1 cream ladle. Spoons with inscriptions reading "Smith" obverse, "1902" reverse, 3 with "W. F. Fischer & Bro" retailer stamp, reverse. 48th item: Gorham Strasbourg pattern bon bon spoon with gilt washed bowl. Not monogrammed. 49th item: Whiting bon bon spoon with gilt washed bowl. Not monogrammed. 50th item: Weidlich pierced fruit spoon. Monogrammed "A". 51th item: Webster pastry server. Monogrammed "A". 52nd-53rd item: 2 unidentified sterling silver pieces including 1 cream ladle and 1 pair of sugar tongs. Not monogrammed. All pieces housed in a fitted box. Combined weight, 52 sterling silver items: 71.245 weighable total troy ounces. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear. [See more photos →] |
$1,200.00 | |
924 | Diamond Solitaire Ring w/ Art Nouveau Gold Setting | 14K yellow gold ring with 1 round brilliant diamond approimately. 0.75ct. (SI2, H) mounted into an Art Nouveau setting. Marked 14K. 3.9g. Size 6 1/4. 3.9 grams. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,200.00 | |
194 | Pr. Gilt Bronze Candelabra & Bronze Mounted Centerpiece Bowl | Pair of Louis XVI style pair candelabra and gilt mounted crystal centerpiece bowl, 3 items total. 1st-2nd items: French Louis XVI style pair of gilt bronze 6-arm candelabra with central urn. Marked "Bronze Made France with foundry mark for Jollet et Cie, Mon Colin A Paris. Electrified later. 24" H x 12 1/2" dia. 3rd item: Gilt mounted crystal centerpiece bowl, oval crystal bowl with a faceted body, scalloped rim and cut base with stylized gilt bronze and grape leaf mounts. 9" H x 17 3/4" W x 7 1/4" D. Early 20th century. Provenance: the living estate of Annette Petri, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: 1st-2nd items: All lights overall good condition with general use wear. All electrified but not tested for functionality. 3rd item: Some scattered light scratching to glass bowl. Light oxidation to mounts. [See more photos →] |
$1,152.00 | |
209 | 1992 Theo Faberge Tropical Egg, 2 pcs. | 1992 Theo Faberge Tropical Egg, part of the "St. Petersburg" collection, comprised of a crystal egg with multi-color enamel decoration and surmounted by a vermeil crown enclosing a vermeil tree with a parrot made of zoisite and jasper and ruby eyes and mounted onto a marble base. Underside of base signed and numbered 230 of 750 with English hallmarks. Top of tree root also with hallmarks. Housed in the original gilt case. Egg – 6 3/4" H x 4 3/8" W. Gilt case – 8 1/2" H x 6 3/8" W. Note: Lot also retains 2 of the orginal packing boxes. Late 20th century. Provenance: Living Estate of Joseph & Bette Bacon, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. Lot also retains 2 of the orginal packing boxes. [See more photos →] |
$1,152.00 | |
345 | 6 Framed Etchings, Ryohei Tanaka | Six (6) Ryohei Tanaka (Japanese, b. 1933) etching and aquatint prints, all editions of 150, dated 1985-1998, framed identically with cream colored mat and brushed silver metallic frames. Subjects/titles include: Inagawa River, Rainy Togetsukyo, Entrance No. 2, Firewood No. 3, Bamboo, and untitled flowering tree with cat in the background. All but the print with cat (dated 1985) have labels from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco en verso. Plate sizes range from 3" x 5" to 4" x 4". All items 11" H x 13" W framed. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Oldest print (cat and flowering tree, dated 1985), has some toning to paper, otherwise all prints in excellent condition. A few mats have small dark spots to mats, particularly the 1985 print, and some scattered minor abrasions to frames. [See more photos →] |
$1,152.00 | |
364 | Southeastern TN Cherry Pie Safe | Southeast Tennessee (possilby Hamilton County) cherry pie safe, poplar secondary. Comprised of a plain top, case with one long dovetailed drawer having turned wood pulls above two paneled doors opening to reveal three interior shelves, sides having punched tins with a cup and saucer design, all resting on tapered legs. 47 1/8" H x 46" W x 16 1/2" D. 3rd quarter 19th century. Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Refinished with some wear to top, overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,152.00 | |
462 | Group of 8 Herend Animals incl. Seal | Group of eight (8) Herend porcelain animal figures with fishnet decoration, including one (1) red Kangaroo with green Joey, one (1) purple cat pouncing on a ball, one (1) blue seal, one (1) blue reclining ram, one (1) red rabbit, one (1) black mouse, one (1) green duck, and one (1) green peacock. All finished with gilt trim and having stamped Herend mark with additional numbers to underside (see photos). Ranging in size from 2 1/8" to 5 3/4" H. Mid/late 20th century. Provenance: the estate of May Dean Eberling, Nashville, TN. CONDITION: All pieces in overall excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,152.00 | |
501 | Fulper "Bell Pepper" Art Pottery Vase | Fulper art pottery Bell Pepper vase, flambe green/gray and coppery crystalline glaze. Mark partially obscured by glaze remanants. 4 1/4" H. Flemington, NJ circa 1910. CONDITION: Excellent original condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,152.00 | |
507 | Gustav Stickley Arts & Crafts Oak Rocking Chair | Gustav Stickley Arts & Crafts oak and leather slat back rocking chair. Top slat with V notch, original leather seat with beveled square upholstery tacks. Stickley impressed stamp to lower right corner of back rocker and original paper label on underside of seat. 34" H x 25 5/8" W x 27" D. Early 20th century. CONDITION: Original paper label to underside of leather seat, partially missing. Overall expected general wear throughout, overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,152.00 | |
551 | 2 Stephen Huneck Cat paintings | Two (2) Stephen Huneck (Vermont 1948-2010) carved and painted cat related artworks. 1st item: Low relief carved and painted depiction of a black and white cat, sitting inside a room with door in the background. Green painted self-frame. Incised signature lower right and date 1989. Additionally signed in paint en verso. 23 1/4" H x 16 H 1/2" W. 2nd item: Three dimensional painted carving of a cat jumping into a room through a cat door cut into in a larger, grain-painted door. Incised signature lower right and date 1995. 31" H x 18 3/4" W. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall excellent condition with a couple of tiny abrasions to frame edge. 2nd item: A few tiny abrasions including to cat's ear, edges of frame, overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,152.00 | |
710 | Chanel Classic Single Flap Brown Quilted Purse, Small | Chanel classic single flap quilted brown lambskin leather bag with wallet, small, including woven-in leather chain strap, exterior back slip pocket, and 24K gold plated hardware. Single flap and frontal CC turn-lock closure opens to a brown leather interior with stitched double "C" logo and "CHANEL (registered)" stamped above wallet pocket, "MADE IN FRANCE" stamped opposite side of main interior pocket. Hologram sticker reads: 1659452, lower left of main interior pocket. Does not include dust bag. Bag – 6" H x 9 1/2" x 2 1/2" D. Overall with strap – 15 1/2" D. Serial number corresponds to years 1989-1991. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Gently used condition with surface scuffs, scratches, indentations, largest 1 1/2". [See more photos →] |
$1,152.00 | |
712 | 6 Hermes and Chanel Designer Scarves | Six (6) Designer Scarves, including five (5) Hermes and one (1) Chanel. 1st item: "The Keys" or "Les Clefs" silk twill scarf, reissue after the original 1965 design by Cathy Latham, depicting forty-seven (47) antique gold keys with black cords and tassel details encircling a central cartouche representing a leather pouch embroidered with keys from the Musee Hermes all on a white ground, surrounded by a black border with gold harness rivets and openwork bronze escutcheons with key holes to each corner, hand rolled hems. Signed "(copyright) HERMES" lower left, "HERMES-PARIS" with hidden "C" to top of keyhole escutcheon, lower right. Does not include original care tag. Approximately 35" square. 2nd item: "Grand Apparat" silk twill scarf, reissue after the original 1962 design by Jacques Eudel, depicting five (5) decorative cartouches of horses and four (4) saddles rendered in shades of beige, gold, white, and gray against a white ground, with gold and brown borders, hand rolled hems. Signed "Jacques Eudel" lower left, "HERMES * PARIS" lower center, and "(copyright) HERMES" lower right. Tilted center. Does not include original care tag. Approximately 35" square. 3rd item: "Les Voitures a Transformation" silk twill scarf, reissue after the original 1965 design by Francoise de la Perriere, depicting images of deconstructed horse carriages surrounding a central cartouche with open cane webbing against a door knocker rendered in shades of cream, green, gold, salmon, rust, and black against a cream ground with gold and green borders, hand rolled hems. Signed "(copyright) HERMES", lower left, "HERMES-PARIS" lower center, and "LA PERRIERE" lower right. Tilted center. Does not include original care tag. Approximately 35" square. 4th item: "Festival des Amazones" silk twill scarf, 1992 reissue after the original 1965 design by Henri d'Origny, depicting images of side saddles, belts, and cords with tassels rendered in shades of magenta, blue, green, gold, brown, cream, and grey against a cream ground with magenta border, hand rolled hems. Signed "(copyright) HERMES", "HERMES PARIS" center, and "H. d'ORIGNY" lower right. Titled top center. Does not include original care tag. Approximately 35" square. 5th item: "Cheval Fleuri" silk twill scarf, 1990/91 fall/winter collection reissue after the original 1964 design by Henri d'Origny, depicting a horse and rider and a bird rendered in magenta, green, coral, and yellow against a grey ground with magenta and aqua floral border, hand rolled hems. Signed "HERMES-PARIS" and "h. SOrigny" lower left, "(copyright) HERMES" top right. Does not include original care tag. Approximately 35" square. 6th item: Chanel Rue Cambon 31 silk scarf depicting four (4) gold chains of decreasing size surrounding a central double "C" logo against a red ground, hand rolled hems. Signed "CHANEL PARIS" lower right. Approximately 34" square. All items late 20th century. CONDITION: Overall gently used condition. 1st item: Scarf has been pressed and cleaned. 8" pull lower left. Loose threads top and lower left hem. 2nd item: Few makeup stains, largest 3/4". Few pulls, largest 5 1/2". 3rd item: Few makeup stains, largest 3/4". 1/8" black spot, lower left. 4th item: Few makeup stains, largest 4". 5th item: Few makeup stains, largest 1/2". Loose thread top left hem. 6th item: 1/2" pull top left. Loose threads, lower left hem. [See more photos →] |
$1,152.00 | |
750 | Wallace Grand Baroque Sterling Flatware, 62 Pcs. | 62 pieces Wallace Grand Baroque pattern sterling silver flatware, including 6 modern hollow handle dinner knives (6 7/8" L), 6 dinner forks (7 1/2" L), 6 salad forks (6 5/8" L), 12 teaspoons (6 1/4" L), 1 tablespoon, 6 demitasse spoons, 12 salt spoons, 6 cocktail/seafood forks, 1 master butter knife, and 6 butter spreaders. Not monogrammed. 47.49 total weighable troy ounces. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear. [See more photos →] |
$1,152.00 | |
925 | 14K Onyx & Diamond Ring plus Earrings | Ladies 14K onyx and diamond ring plus earrings. 1st item: 14K yellow gold ring with 1 onyx, approximately 21mm x 13mm, and 26 round brilliant diamonds, approximately 0.80 carats, VS2 clarity, I color. Tests 14K. 10.3 grams. Ring size 5 3/4. 2nd item: 14K yellow gold earrings with 2 onyx stones, approximately 17.5mm x 13.5mm, and 48 round brilliant diamonds, approximately 1.70 carats, VS2 clarity, and I color. Marked 14K. Approximately 2.55 carat total weight diamonds. 12.4 grams. 22.7 total grams. CONDITION: The onyx in the ring is slightly loose. [See more photos →] |
$1,152.00 | |
155 | East TN Sheraton Cherry Stand, poss. Jacob Fisher | East Tennessee (McMinn County) Sheraton one drawer cherry stand, poplar secondary. Possibly Jacob Fisher cabinetmaking shop. Comprised of an overhanging top above one cockbeaded dovetailed drawer, stiles with ring turnings transitioning into vertical reeded turned legs, terminating into a ring turned and spike foot. Drawer having no pulls and a single lock. 28 3/4" H x 26" W x 21 1/2" D. Circa 1830. Provenance: Living Estate of Elbert and Elizabeth Willson III. Descended through family members from McMinn County. CONDITION: Overall good condition with expected general wear, older refinished surface. One rear leg with small area of rubbing/loss. [See more photos →] |
$1,140.00 | |
170 | 3 East TN M. P. Harmon Stoneware Jars | Group of three (3) East Tennessee M. P. Harmon stoneware pottery preserving jars with the impressed "M P Harmon, Mohawk" coggle around the circumference of jar just below the rim. Ranging in size from 6 1/4" H to 7" H. All late 19th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. Note: M P Harmon/Mohawk is the stamp of the Harmon Pottery, Mohawk (Greene County), Tennessee. CONDITION: One jar with old chip to outer rim, approx. 1" W. Largest jar has chip/clay void to rim that appears to be in the making. [See more photos →] |
$1,140.00 | |
314 | Pr Green Marble and Ormolu Neoclassical Urn Lamps | Pair of near identical Neoclassical dark green marble urn form lamps with bronze mounts including female masks at double handles, mid-sections with floral swags, acanthus leaves, and other decorative bronze mounts, above square bases with ball feet, surmounted by cut glass finials. Fitted with Eagle double light sockets. Includes later blue and cream tassel pulls. Does not include shades. Lamps range in size from 31" to 32 1/4" H x 5 3/4" square. Early 20th century. Provenance: the living estate of Annette Petri, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface scratches. Few mounts slightly loose. Functionality not tested or guaranteed. [See more photos →] |
$1,140.00 | |
655 | 7 TN Buttocks Baskets, incl. Mary Prater | Seven (7) contemporary Tennessee split white oak buttocks form baskets. Includes five (5) baskets, two (2) signed, including one (1) by Nollie and Mary Prater (Cannon County, Tennessee, b. circa 1920), and three (3) attributed. One (1) signed basket by Betty Todd Tanner (McMinnville, Tennessee, 20th Century) and one (1) by Nelda J. Merritt (Tennessee, 20th Century). Ranging in size from 2 1/2"H x 2 3/4" W to 8 3/4" H x 9 1/2" W. American, late 20th century. Provenance: From a private collector who purchased the baskets directly from basket makers while traveling with J. Paul Newby, a well known basket peddler in the South. CONDITION: All overall excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,140.00 | |
715 | Porsche Design by Eterna Men's Titanium Automatic Watch | Men's Porsche Design by Eterna Heritage P'6000 Automatic Chronograph watch, titanium 40mm case and bracelet, black dial with luminescent baton hour markers, automatic self wind movement, calendar date aperture at three and three time functions at six, nine, and twelve, sapphire crystal, fixed titanium bezel with Tachymeter. Serial # P6625-10/1. Watch working at time of inspection. Housed in original box with tag, papers, and extra links. CONDITION: Purchased new in 2016. Mint condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,140.00 | |
748 | 71 pcs Reed & Barton Sculpture Pattern Sterling Flatware | 71 pieces sterling silver flatware, including Reed & Barton Silver Sculpture pattern. 1st-70th items: 70 pieces Reed & Barton Silver Sculpture pattern, including 8 modern hollow handle dinner knives (9" L), 8 dinner forks (7 3/8" L), 7 salad forks (6 5/8" L), 9 teaspoons (6 1/8" L), 5 demitasse spoons, 4 with plastic wrap, 7 dessert/oval soup spoons, 1 sugar spoon, 1 bon bon spoon, 1 gravy ladle, 8 cocktail/seafood forks, 4 with plastic wrap, 1 lemon fork, 1 medium cold meat serving fork, 1 tomato server, 2-piece salad serving set, 2-piece carving set, 7 hollow handle butter spreaders, and 1 hollow handle master butter knife. Not monogrammed. 69.7351 total weighable troy ounces. 71st item: 1 Community tablespoon, marked Sterling. Not monogrammed. 2.175 total troy ounces. Combined weight, 71 sterling silver items: Approximately 71.91 total weighable troy ounces. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with minor surface scratches. [See more photos →] |
$1,140.00 | |
7 | Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Planter | 18th century Chinese Export Famille Rose porcelain planter or jardiniere, square form raised conforming tray base with reservoir. Enameled vignette decoration to the sides depicting Western figures drinking tea and playing instruments, base with red and gilt honeycomb pattern decoration. 5 3/4" H x 10 1/4" D x 10 1/4" W. Late 18th century. CONDITION: Corners of tray with old repairs indicating the loss of the original finials. Chipping to one top corner edge. Old firing flaws and 3/4" firing crack in the making to interior. Possibly missing a cover. [See more photos →] |
$1,088.00 | |
353 | New England Federal Inlaid Card Table | American Federal card or game table, likely Massachusetts, comprised of a mahogany bowfront top with inlaid edges, over a conforming frieze with line-inlaid reserves of bird's eye maple, over tapering reeded legs fitted with brass tips terminating into balls; fly leg swings out to support the hinged top. 29 3/4" H x 36 1/4" W x 34 1/2" D (fully extended/17 1/8" w/out). Circa 1800-1810. CONDITION: Overall good condition with light overall general surface wear. [See more photos →] |
$1,088.00 | |
435 | Kirk Repousse Compotes and Salt Holders, 16 pcs | 16 pieces Kirk Repousse pattern sterling silver holloware, including compotes, salt cellars and shakers. 1st Group: 6 salt cellars and 6 pepper shakers, all pieces stamped S. KIRK & SON STERLING 59A. Shakers 3 1/4"H, Cellars 2" diameter. 2nd group: 2 compotes or pedestal bowls, and 2 candy or condiment dishes. Includes a 10" diameter pedestal bowl stamped S. KIRK & SON STERLING 32AF, a 7 1/2 " diameter pedestal bowl stamped S. KIRK & SON INC STERLING 418A; a 6 3/8" diameter three-footed candy dish stamped S KIRK & SON INC STERLING 215, and a 5" diameter three-footed candy dish stamped S KIRK & SON 925/1000 178. Heights range from 2 1/2" to 5". Combined weight 54.97 oz troy. American, early to mid 20th century. CONDITION: Smallest candy dish is slightly out of round, otherwise all items very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,088.00 | |
473 | St. Louis Crystal Ice Bucket w/ 6 Glasses | French St. Louis crystal ice bucket with a gilt decorated banded rim and cut glass body, together with four (4) St. Louis goblets with cut glass bodies and gilt rims and two (2) St. Louis brandy/whiskey sniffers. All with acid etched mark to the bases. Bucket – 8 1/4" H x 9 1/2" dia. Glasses range in size from 3 1/2" H to 5" H. All pieces 20th century. Provenance: the living estate of Annette Petri, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: All items very good condition. Ice bucket retains the original paper label. [See more photos →] |
$1,088.00 | |
480 | Art Glass Vase with Sterling Overlay | Sterling silver overlaid art glass vase, possibly Loetz. Baluster form vase comprised of topaz iridescent glass overlaid with silver in a stylized Art Nouveau iris design. Lower edge of vase stamped with La Pierre mark and "sterling". 10" H. Early 20th century. Provenance: the living estate of Annette Petri, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: One 1/8" flaw in the making to glass, otherwise overall good condition with no visible damage. [See more photos →] |
$1,088.00 | |
497 | 2 Rookwood Artist Signed Art Pottery Vases | Two (2) Rookwood Artist Signed Art Pottery Vases. 1st item: Kataro Shirayamadani (Japanese/American, 1865-1948) vase with vellum glaze with polychrome floral design on a pink/blue ombre ground, blue interior. Base with incised Rookwood mark, date mark XXX for 1930, shape #913C, and artist mark. 9 1/4" H. 2nd item: Harriet Rosemary Strafer (American, b. circa 1872) squat form vase with standard glaze standard glaze with lef and branch decoration on a rust and brown ground, light brown interior. Base with incised 1893 Rookwood date mark, shape #671B, and artist mark. 4 3/8" H. Provenance: The Estate of Mrs. Frank Wood, Evansville, Indiana and Dickson, Tennessee. CONDITION: Both items in overall very good condition. 1st item has a few minute areas of surface grime, firing flaws, areas of surface abrasions, largest 1 1/4". [See more photos →] |
$1,088.00 | |
637 | 16 Celebrity Signed Books | Sixteen (16) 20th Century Celebrity Autographed Books, including Paul Newman, A. E. Hotcher, Leonard Bernstein, Clint Eastwood, Norman Rockwell, Groucho Marx, Johnny Cash, Bob Hope, Woody Allen, Chuck Berry, and more. 1st item: Signed Shameless Exploitation: in Pursuit of the Common Good, First Edition, No. 797/1,350, by Paul Newman and A. E. Hotcher, 2003. Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk. Front matter paper signed "Paul Newman" and "A. E. Hotchner." Includes certificate of authenticity and note about book. Bound in green leather, gilt edged pages. 9 3/8" H x 6 1/2" W x 1 1/2" D. 2nd item: Signed Findings Leonard Bernstein, 1982. Published by Simon and Schuster, New York. Front end paper signed "Leonard Bernstein." Includes original dust jacket wrapped in Mylar with paper backing. 9 1/2" H x 7 3/4" W x 1 1/4" D. 3rd item: Double Signed Clint Eastwood: A Biography, First Edition, by Richard Schickel, 1996. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. Title page double signed "Richard Schickel/Clint Eastwood". Includes original dust jacket. 9 5/8" H x 6 3/4" W x 1 3/4" D. 4th item: Signed Norman Rockwell: My Adventures as an Illustrator, First Edition, by Norman Rockwell, as told to Thomas Rockwell, 1960. Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York. Half title page signed "sincerely Norman Rockwell." Ex libris label to front end paper. 9 5/8" H x 6 1/2" W. 5th item: Signed The Groucho Letters: Letters From and To Groucho Marx, 1967. Published by Simon and Schuster, New York. Front end paper signed "Groucho." Includes original dust jacket, price clipped. 8 3/4" H x 6 1/8" W x 1 1/2" D. 6th item: Signed Man in Black Johnny Case, Second Printing, 1975. Published by Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids. Front end paper signed "Johnny Cash." Includes original dust jacket, price clipped. 8 7/8" H x 5 7/8" W x 1 1/4" D. 7th item: Signed The Road to Hollywood by Bob Hope and Bob Thomas, 1977. Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York. Front end paper signed "Bob Hope." Includes original dust jacket wrapped in Mylar with paper backing, price clipped. 11 3/8" H x 8 3/4" W x 1 1/4" D. 8th item: Signed Bob Hope's Confession of a Hooker: My Lifelong Love Affair with Golf by Bob Hope As told to Dwayne Netland, 1985. Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York. Front end paper signed "Bob Hope." Includes original dust jacket. 10 5/8" H x 7 1/2" W x 1" D. 9th item: Signed Chuck Berry The Autobiography, First Edition, 1987. Published by Harmony Books, New York. Front end paper signed "Chuck Berry." Includes original dust jacket. 9 5/8" H x 6 1/2" W. x 1 1/2" D. 10th item: Signed Woody Allen a biography, Eight Printing, by Eric Lax, 1991. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York. Half title page signed "Woody Allen." Includes original dust jacket. 9 5/8" H x 6 5/8" W x 1 1/2" D. 11th item: Signed The Name Above The Title: An Autobiography by Frank Capra, 1971. Published by The Macmillan Company, New York. Title page signed "Frank Capra." Includes original dust jacket wrapped in plastic. 9 5/8" H x 7 1/4" W x 2" D. 12th item: Signed Ted Turner: The Man Behind The Mouth by Roger Vaughn, 1978. Published by Sail Books, Inc., Boston. Front end paper signed "Ted Turner." Includes original dust jacket. 8 5/8" H x 5 7/8" W x 1 1/8" D. 13th item: Signed Wouldn't it be Nice: My Own Story, First Edition, by Brian Wilson with Todd Gold, 1991. Published by Harper Collins, New York. Tile page signed "Brian Wilson." Includes original dust jacket. 9 5/8" H x 6 1/2" W x 1 5/8" D. 14th item: Signed Child Star An Autobiography by Shirley Temple Black, 1988. Published by McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New York. Front end paper signed and dated "Shirley Temples Black 1988." Includes original dust jacket. 9 3/8" H x 6 3/8" W x 2 1/8" D. 15th item: Signed Secrets of a Sparrow Memoirs Diana Ross, First Edition, 1993. Published by Villard Books, New York. Title page signed "Diana Ross." Includes original dust jacket. 9 3/4" H x 6 5/8" W x 1 1/2" D. 16th item: Signed Paul Simon Lyrics 1964-2008, 2008. Published by Simon and Schuster, New York. Front end paper signed "Paul Simon." Includes original dust jacket with "Autographed Copy" sticker. 10 3/8" H x 8 1/2" W x 1 1/4" D. CONDITION: Books in overall good condition with normal shelf wear, light toning. Signatures in overall very good, legible condition. 4th item: Front cover with separation from spine. 5th item: Toning, shelf wear, tears, largest 1 3/8", to dust jacket. 8th item: First few pages with separation from spine. 12th item: Shelf wear, water damage to lower portion of book, foxing spots to edges of pages. [See more photos →] |
$1,088.00 | |
709 | Chanel Madison Single Flap White Bag, Medium | Chanel "Madison" single flap white lambskin leather bag, medium, including woven-in leather chain strap and details and silver tone hardware. Cross-over strap with frontal CC with hidden snap closure opens to a gray satin-lined quilted interior with zip pocket, leather interior label stamped "CHANEL (registered) MADE IN ITALY". Hologram sticker reads: 11347950, lower left of main interior pocket. Does not include dust bag. Bag – 6" H x 9 1/2" W x 1/2" D. Overall with strap – 14 1/2" H. Serial number corresponds to years 2006-2008. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Gently used condition with surface scuffs, scratches, largest 1 1/2". 5/8" area of ink staining top of flap interior. Few minute stains to woven-in leather to chain strap. [See more photos →] |
$1,088.00 | |
714 | 5 Judith Leiber Designer Purses | Five (5) Judith Leiber Designer Purses. 1st item: Green karung structured purse and strap, gold tone frame with wavy line embellishments to exterior. Green jade style cabochon clasp opens to a green grosgrain interior with zip pocket and slip pocket, interior gold tone label and frame stamped "Judith Leiber (copyright)". Includes 3 1/2" green grosgrain and gold metal coin purse, 3" gold metal comb with gold tassel, 3" gold metal double sided mirror with Judith Leiber cloth pouch, and two information cards. Bag – 6 3/4" H x 9" W x 4 1/4" D. Overall with strap – 26 3/4" H. 2nd item: Navy blue karung structured purse and strap, gold tone frame with embellishments to exterior. Blue jade style and karung cabochon lift clasp opens to a navy blue grosgrain interior with zip pocket and slip pocket, interior gold tone label and lift clasp stamped "Judith Leiber (copyright)". Includes 3 1/2" blue grosgrain and gold metal coin purse, original Neiman-Marcus retail tag, and information card. Bag – 8 1/4" H x 10 1/4" W x 4 1/4" D. Overall with strap – 27 3/4" H. 3rd item: Red karung structured purse and strap, gold tone frame with embellishments to exterior. Side slide clasp opens to a red grosgrain interior with zip pocket and slip pocket, interior gold tone label stamped "Judith Leiber (copyright)", frame stamped "MADE IN ITALY Judith Leiber (copyright)". Includes 3 1/2" red grosgrain and gold metal coin purse, 3" gold metal comb with gold tassel, 3" gold metal double sided mirror with Judith Leiber cloth pouch, and two information cards. Bag – 6 1/4" H x 11 1/2" W x 2 1/2" D. Overall with strap – 25" H. 4th item: Purple karung structured purse and strap, gold tone frame. Purple jade style cabochon clasp opens to a purple grosgrain interior with zip pocket and slip pocket, interior gold tone label and strap hardware stamped "Judith Leiber (copyright)". Includes information card. Bag – 7 3/8" H x 9 1/2" W x 3 5/8" D. Overall with strap – 26" H. 5th item: Black satin structured purse and chain link strap, Art Deco style silver tone frame with baguette cut rhinestone embellishments to exterior. Black onyx and rhinestone cabochon lift clasp opens to a black satin interior with two slip pockets, interior silver tone label and frame stamped "Judith Leiber (copyright)". Bag – 6 1/2" H x 10 1/4" W x 4 1/4" D. Overall with strap – 27 3/4" H. Late 20th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Gently used condition. General wear to hardware. 4th item: Surface grime to interior. Areas of scuffs, wear, largest 1/2". 5th item: Approximately 8 1/2" area of black satin trim missing to frame exterior. Surface grime to interior and exterior. [See more photos →] |
$1,088.00 | |
1004 | 2 U.S. $5 Gold Coins | Two (2) United States Mint $5 Gold Coins: 1898 Liberty Head, 1912 Indian Head. 1st item: 1898 $5 Liberty Head gold coin, San Francisco Mint, designed by Christian Gobrecht (Pennsylvania, 1785-1844). Depicts the head of Liberty, obverse, an eagle with outstretched wings with a shield on its chest as it clutches an olive branch and a cluster of arrows, reverse. Reeded edge. Housed in a cardboard coin holder. 27mm, .900 purity, 16.72 grams. 2nd item: 1912 $5 Indian Head gold half eagle coin, likely Philadelphia Mint, designed by Bela Lyon Pratt (Connecticut/California, 1867-1917). Depicts a Native American wearing a war bonnet headdress surrounded by 13 stars, obverse, an eagle clutching a group of arrows, reverse. Reeded edge. Housed in a plastic coin envelope. 21.6mm, .900 purity, 8.36 grams. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Both coins are in circulated condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,088.00 | |
98 | Circle of Jacques Courtois, Battle Scene | Circle of Jacques Courtois (French/Italian, 1621-1675) oil on panel painting titled "Battle Scene" depicting a 17th century battle with cavalry and foot soldiers fighting before ruined castle fortifications. Unsigned. Includes a Galleria Sorno paper label with Italian handwritten text and a typed Cornet Arts Ind, Forest Hills, NY paper label en verso. Housed in a later modeled gilt wood frame with bead course running patterns. Sight – 9 3/4" H x 13 1/2" W. Framed – 14 1/2" H x 18 1/4" W. Circa 17th century. CONDITION: Craquelure, age cracks to board, yellowing/foxing to varnish. Board bowed toward center. Numerous areas of insect damage front and back of panel. Few areas of scattered minute paint flakes. Small spot of possible inpainting lower left quadrant. [See more photos →] |
$1,080.00 | |
200 | French Bronze Mantle Clock, Baullier FLS Paris | French gilt bronze Neoclassical style mantle clock, comprised of a gilt bronze figural dog and child, tree, and clock tower atop a rectangular plinth base and bun feet. Clock face marked "Baullier FLS A Paris". Pendulum, stamped "made in England," is likely a replacement. 11 7/8" H x 10 1/2" W x 4 1/2" D. Late 19th century. CONDITION: Clock works not tested. Escapement door absent. Overall general wear to patina. [See more photos →] |
$1,080.00 | |
202 | 3 Pc. French Neo-Classical Clock Set | French three-piece Neoclassical style clock and garniture. Mantel clock with enameled circular dial enclosed in a Neoclassical style white marble case, surmounted by a column with a basket containing gilt Neo-Classical elements, flanked by patinated and parcel gilt bronze figural putti and supported on a shaped plinth base, with turned gilt feet. Gilt bronze mounts throughout. Clock works stamped "06". Together with pair of marble and gilt metal garniture urns having patinated and parcel gilt figural cherub supports. Clock – 20" H x 14" W x 7 3/4" D. Putti Urns – 16" H x 5 3/4" W x 4 5/8" D. French, late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: All pieces overall good condition. Some possible later regilding or gilt touchups. Clock not tested for functionality. [See more photos →] |
$1,080.00 | |
261 | Pr. Large Meissen Style Porcelain Bracket Shelves | Large Meissen style porcelain wall brackets or shelves, comprised of partially nude female figurals with painted and raised floral and acanthus decoration surrounding transfer patterns of courting couples and floral sprays, gilt highlights throughout. Blue Dresden style underglaze script mark with 1460 stamped underside of brackets. 16 3/4" H x 16 3/8" W x 10 1/2" D. Late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall good condition with scuffs, surface grime. 2 hairlines, largest 1 1/4", top of brackets. One bracket with minute chips to flower, repair to female's left hand, repait to petal, top left, 1/2" area of inpainting, top right of pediment. Other bracket with 2 repaired and repainted petals to flower. [See more photos →] |
$1,080.00 | |
302 | Continental Painting, manner of Watteau | Manner of Antoine Watteau (France/Netherlands, 1684-1721) oil on canvas landscape with four central figures: the Commedia dell'arte clown Pierrot, seated on the ground with his guitar, while two well dressed young women and another man, sit above him on a bench; the back of a tall sculpture of nude woman towers over the group, while two men, partly concealed by foliage, watch on from the darkened background. Roses and a discarded piece of clothing are visible lower left foreground. Unsigned and unframed. Two illegible stamps en verso of canvas and a red wax seal on top stretcher. 22" H x 18"W. Provenance: private Nashville, TN collection, by descent from the estates of Edith and Richard Mickenhagen, Munich, Germany and San Paolo, Brazil. CONDITION: Canvas appears to be 18th century or earlier and has been relined, with opaque varnish; only minimal background inpainting is visible under UV light. Impact craquelure lower right quadrant; other scattered minor cracquelure throughout. Scattered small areas of background flaking, most noticeable upper center, near sculpture's back. New staples affixing canvas to old, possibly original stretcher. [See more photos →] |
$1,080.00 | |
619 | 2 Ambrotypes, incl. Confederate Soldier | Two (2) Mid 19th century ambrotypes, including CSA soldier. 1st item: Civil War era sixth plate ambrotype depicting a Confederate States of America (CSA) soldier with a full beard dressed in an infantry uniform. Housed in half of a gutta percha case with gilt mat having an inverted shield-shaped opening. 3 1/4" H x 2 3/4" W. 2nd item: Ninth plate ambrotype depicting the bust of a seated woman in mid 19th century dress, tinting to her cheeks, in a studio setting. Studio marks for Holmes, Booth & Hayden, Waterbury, CT to case. Housed in a gutta percha case with molded basket of flower motif. 2 2/1" H x 2" W. CONDITION: Overall good condition with some wear to cases and scattered minor spots of oxidation to images. 1st item: Lid to case is missing. [See more photos →] |
$1,080.00 | |
625 | W.C. Beauquesne O/B, Soldier Painting | Wilfrid Constant Beauquesne (French, 1847-1913) oil on board military painting depicting a soldier stationed in a trench, peering towards a city in the distance. Signed lower left and dated "1891". Housed in a geometric inlaid wood frame with corner blocks and gilt rabbet edge. Sight – 16" H x 12" W. Framed – 21 1/8" H x 17 1/2" W. CONDITION: Separation to panel running the entire vertical length of the board. Lines of abrasion, upper and lower edges, possibly from previous frame. Otherwise good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,080.00 | |
736 | 1926 $2.50 U.S. Sesquicentennial Gold Coin, Philadelphia Mint | 1926 $2.50 United States Sesquicentennial gold coin, Philadelphia mint, John Ray Sinnock (New Mexico, Philadelphia, 1888-1947). Depicts Lady Liberty, bearing a scroll representing the United States Declaration of Independence and a torch, obverse, Independence Hall, with a rising Sun behind it, reverse. Reeded edge. 18mm, .900 purity, 4.18 grams. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Extremely Fine condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,080.00 | |
816 | Frank Barney O/C, Landscape w/ Woman & Geese | Frank A. Barney (New York, 1862-1954) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting an elderly woman with a cane following three geese up a country road before a copse of trees, with a farmhouse in the distance below a hazy late afternoon sky. Signed and dated "'92" lower left. Housed in a molded gilt wood frame. Sight – 15 5/8" H x 25 1/2" W. Framed – 27 1/2" H x 37 1/4" W. American, late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Overall good condition with craquelure. [See more photos →] |
$1,080.00 | |
132 | Lloyd Branson Oil on Cardstock Landscape Painting | Lloyd Branson (Tennessee, 1861-1925) oil on cardstock landscape painting depicting a small stream leading through a grove of trees with a cabin visible in the background, all bathed in a soft pink early morning or evening light. Signed and dated “Branson 1905″ lower left. Housed in an oval molded gilt wood frame carved decorations. Sight – 9 1/2″ H x 7 1/2″ W. Framed – 12 3/8″ H x 10 3/4” W. Early 20th century. Biography: Enoch Lloyd Branson was best known for his Southern portraits and depictions of East Tennessee history. He moved to New York in 1873 to study at the National Academy of Design, where he won a first prize in 1875. In a partnership with Frank McCrary from 1885 to 1903, Branson became a leader in the East Tennessee arts community. He was a mentor to Catherine Wiley and is credited with discovering Beauford Delaney. (Research courtesy of James A. Hoobler, Tennessee State Museum). CONDITION: Overall good condition with surface grime, toning to back of cardstock. Areas of loss to gilt on frame. [See more photos →] |
$1,050.00 | |
601 | 5 Slave Documents including Tennessee | Five (5) Slavery Related Documents. 1st-3rd items: Three (3) Receipts believed to refer to slave trading in Lincoln Co., Tennessee with the buyer in all three cases listed as John J. or J.J. Whitaker. 1st receipt records the sale of a "negro man named Jim aged about 30 years" to Whitaker by William D. Thompson for $550 on Feb. 20, 1834. 2nd receipt records the sale of "a negro boy named Jim aged about twenty years… sound in body and mind" to Whitaker by Isham Burnett for $500 on August 18, 1834. 3rd receipt records the sale of "two negro boys to (witt) Hut about nine and Joshua about seven yrs old… sound and healthy and in no way defective" for $450 on December 6, 1830. Note: John J. Whitaker is likely John Jernigan "Pegleg" Whitaker (1760-1837), Revolutionary War veteran, pioneer of Lincoln County and co-founder of the county seat of Fayetteville, TN. Whitaker's plantation home known as Pleasant Garden still stands today. 4th item: 1837 ledger entry mentioning "three negroes," dated 1837. 5th item: Slave receipt with partially illegible writing, recording the estate transfer of "a certain negro girl named Martha bequeathed to Milton L. Ford", signed M.R. Foster, guardian, to___Fluker(?) and A.M. Creagh, Jan. 7th, 1854, location unknown. Largest receipt is 7 1/2" H x 6 1/2" W. Provenance: Private Tennessee collection, ex-George Webb, Tennessee Books and Autographs. CONDITION: Later notes in pencil on all items. General toning/discoloration, creasing, and edge losses, overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,024.00 | |
802 | 49 Pcs Gorham Etruscan Sterling Flatware | 49 pieces sterling silver flatware in the Etruscan pattern by Gorham, patented 1913. Old lion-anchor-G mark. Includes 8 knives (8 1/2"L), 8 dinner forks (7 1/4" L), 8 salad forks (6 1/2" L), 12 teaspoons (5 3/4" L), 3 table/serving spoons, 1 cold meat/serving fork, 1 sauce ladle, 1 gravy ladle, 1 pickle fork, 1 carving knife and 1 carving fork, 1 pie server, 1 jelly/cheese server, 1 sugar spoon and 1 master butter knife. 38.1 oz troy excluding knives. CONDITION: Excellent condition. No monograms. [See more photos →] |
$1,024.00 | |
963 | Pair of Chinese Wooden Horses, Cloisonne Pattern | Pair of Chinese carved wooden standing horse figures with gilt and polychrome painted decoration in a cloisonne pattern. 21 1/2"H x 7"W x 23" D. 20th century. Provenance: the collection of Valleau Caruthers, Brentwood, TN. CONDITION: One horse has repaired break to tail, small chips to back of one rear hoof, and shrinkage crack to one side. Other horse has a 1" paint flake, overpainted, with nearby small red paint stain, scattered minor shrinkage cracks. Both have scattered minor flakes and wear. [See more photos →] |
$1,024.00 | |
63 | 4 Coin Silver Julep Cups, incl. KY | Group of four (4) Kentucky retailed coin silver julep cups. 1st item: Small coin silver cup with marks for Peter L. Krider (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1850-1858) and W. Kendrick (Louisville) retailer stamp to base. No monograms. 3 1/8" H. 2nd item: Kentucky coin silver julep cup or beaker with beaded upper and lower edges with incuse mark on underside for J.Kitts (John Kitts, working Louisville, KY, 1843-1878). No monograms. 3 7/8" H. 3rd item: Kentucky coin silver julep cup or beaker with molded top and foot ring, with stamped "Joe. Werne" to the underside for Joseph Werne (1837-1903, Louisville). No monograms. 4" H. 4th item: Coin silver julep cup or beaker with molded rim and three letter script monogram, illegible stamp to base, tests at least 90% silver. 3 7/8" H. 17.020 total troy ounces. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall light surface wear and scratching, one pit to base. 2nd item: Overall light surface wear and scratching, pitting to base and lower body. 3rd item: Overall light surface wear and scratching, pitting and denting to base and body. 4th item: Overall light surface wear and scratching, pitting and denting to base and body. [See more photos →] |
$1,020.00 | |
313 | Pr Jeweled Gilt Bronze Candlestick Lamps | Pair of gilt bronze candlestick lamps with column form shafts with palmetto, acanthus and egg and dart castings, above pyramid form bases with masks, bird and grapevine motifs, accented with round inset multi color quartz stones, and surmounted by cut crystal finials. Fitted with double light sockets. Includes later blue and cream silk tassel pulls. Does not include shades. 37 1/2" H x 8" square. Late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: the living estate of Annette Petri, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface scratches. Possibly wired later for electricity. Functionality not tested or guaranteed. [See more photos →] |
$1,020.00 | |
581 | Martha Pettigrew Bronze " The Parting" | Martha Pettigrew (American, b. 1950),"The Parting," bronze bust of a Native American woman wearing a braid, her head turned slightly to the side. Signed/inscribed lower right, on side, and numbered: "Martha Pettigrew, 1997, 9/20." Mounted on a wooden square base with brass plaque engraved with artist name and title. Base – 5" H. Bust – 16" H. Overall – 21" H x 14" W x 11" D. Provenance: the collection of Valleau Caruthers, Brentwood, TN. CONDITION: Excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$1,020.00 | |
752 | 11 Pcs Francis I Sterling Flatware Servers | 11 sterling silver serving pieces in the Francis I pattern by Reed and Barton. Includes Salad or Vegetable serving fork and spoon (8 7/8" L), Tomato Server, Gravy Ladle (6 3/8" L), Jelly Spoon; 2 Table/Serving spoons, 1 Cold Meat Fork (7 3/4" L), 1 Sugar Shell, 1 Cheese Knife, and 1 Roast Carving Fork. Combined weighable silver: 24.63 oz troy. Provenance: The Estate of Jane Dudley, Nashville, TN and Palm Beach, FL. Social icon Jane Dudley was the founder of one of the South's 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 Nashville's 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 nation's 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 castle's roof. CONDITION: Tips of tablespoons worn, otherwise all items very good condition. Some pieces with possible monogram removals. [See more photos →] |
$1,020.00 | |
794 | 50 Pcs. Community Patrician Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware | 50 pieces Community Patrician pattern sterling silver flatware, including 12 blunt hollow handled dinner knives with bolster (9 3/4" L), 12 dinner forks (7 3/4" L), 10 teaspoons (6 1/8" L), 5 tablespoons, 9 place/oval soup spoons, 1 sugar spoon, and 1 master butter spreader. Not monogrammed. 61.395 total weighable troy ounces. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface scratches. 1 teaspoon with disposal damage. [See more photos →] |
$1,020.00 | |
69 | 4 Mint Julep Cups inc. Kinsey, Baldwin | Group of 4 assorted coin silver mint julep cups. 1st & 2nd items: Pair of coin silver mint julep cups or beakers with triple reeded rims and footrings incuse mark "D. Kinsey" for David Kinsey (Cincinnati, OH, ca. 1861-1871). 3 1/2" H. 3rd item: Unmarked coin silver julep cup, tapered form with beaded rim and footring. Tests coin. 3 3/4" H. 4th item: Missouri coin silver julep cup, tapered form with reeded rim and footring, incuse mark "BALDWIN/ST JOSEPH Mo" for Charles E. Baldwin, St. Joseph, Missouri. 3 1/2" H. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: None of the cups are monogrammed. All with minor wear including various scattered dents and a few minute spots of pitting. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
125 | Bill Sawyer Portrait of Black Man with Guitar | Bill Sawyer (American/Tennessee, b. 1936) oil on masonite portrait of a black man wearing a hat, striped shirt and large blue stone ring, smiling as he holds a guitar. "Property of C King" inscribed en verso in pen. Dark giltwood frame with egg and dart and bead molding and linen liner. Sight – 17 1/2" H x 13 1/2" W. Framed – 20 1/2" H x 24" W. Circa mid 1960s. Biography: Bill Sawyer was a self-taught artist. He graduated from Hillsboro High School in North Carolina, in 1954 and took up painting while stationed in France in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. His first exhibition was in Nashville in May of 1959 and he went on to have one-man shows at Daniel Orr's Gallery in San Diego, the Little Gallery in Memphis, TN, and the Parthenon in Nashville. Joseph Patterson, then the president of the American Association of Museums, arranged for a show of Sawyer's work at the Durlacher Brothers Gallery in New York in 1964. Sawyer was the first untrained artist to have a one-man showthe gallery, and his second show there, in 1966, sold out. Shortly after this time, Sawyer traveled overseas. After his trip, for unknown reasons Sawyer vowed never to paint again. His whereabouts are currently unknown. 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: A few minor abrasions to frame. Painting in excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
196 | Pair French Jollet et Cie Candelabra plus Candlesticks | Pair French Rococo style Jollet et Cie candelabra and two (2) Second Empire candlesticks, 4 items total. 1st-2nd items: French Rococo style pair of gilt bronze 6-arm candelabra. Foundry marks for Jollet et Cie, Ave. Mon Colin A Paris stamped to bases. Electrified. 24 1/2" H x 12" dia. Late 19th century. 3rd-4th items: Pair of French Second Empire gilt bronze and black marble candlesticks with removable beboches. 12 1/4" H. Circa 1870. Provenance: the living estate of Annette Petri, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: 1st-2nd items: All lights overall good condition with general use wear. All electrified but not tested for functionality. 3rd-4th items: Overalll good condition. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
308 | Lucien Delarue, O/C View of City | Lucien Delarue (France, 1925-2011) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a view of city buildings. Signed "Delarue" lower right. Housed in a carved giltwood frame with pierced corners and linen liner. Sight – 11 1/2" x 15 1/2" W. Sight – 17 1/2" H x 21 1/2" W. CONDITION: Excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
321 | Chinese Jade Carved Figural Box, Deer w/ Deer Top | Carved Chinese green jade figural box in the form of a recumbant deer and the deer with a figural top depicting a small deer with Lingzhi. Fitted with a custom carved and pierced footed hardwood stand. 3 3/4" H x 5 1/4" L. Late 19th/early 20th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
367 | East TN Sheraton Mirror, attrib. to Jacob Fisher | East Tennessee (McMinn County) Sheraton walnut mirror, pine secondary, attributed to the cabinet maker Jacob Fisher (working 1837 â 1843) or his son Richard Fisher (working 1837 â 1850) who lived and worked in McMinn County. Comprised of unusual pilasters/stiles, the upper half of turnings having a barley twist form and lower half having a louver design separated by carved capital at the midsection. 46 1/4" H x 23 3/4" W x 3 3/4" D. Circa 1840-1850. Provenance: Living Estate of Elbert and Elizabeth Willson III. Descended through family members from McMinn County. CONDITION: Overall good condition with an older refinish. Beveled glass and yellow pine backboards likely late 19th century replacements. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
392 | Lanier Meaders Folk Art Pottery Face Jug | Lanier Meaders (White County, Georgia, 1917-1998) folk art pottery face jug having a green alkaline glaze with porcelain eyes and teeth. Incised signature on the base. 9 3/4" H. 20th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
455 | 7 Pcs. English Porcelain, Worcester & Royal Crown Derby | Grouping of seven (7) English porcelain tableware items, including one (1) large Worcester meat platter in the Imari palette, two (2) Royal Crown Derby Old Japan pattern scalloped plates, two (2) Royal Crown Derby shell dishes in the Imari palette, one (1) small rectangular Royal Crown Derby porcelain tray in the Imari palette, and one (1) footed Royal Crown Derby porcelain small vase or cup with gilt mask handles in the Old Imari palette. Plates range in size from 5 1/8" H x 6 5/8" W to 14 3/8" H x 17" W. Cup – 3 3/4" H x 3" dia. All pieces 19th century. CONDITION: All pieces overall good condition with minor general wear. Cup with old rim repair. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
529 | 3 Charley Harper Serigraphs & 5 Christmas Cards | Three (3) Charley Harper (Ohio/West Virginia, 1922-2007) serigraphs on paper and five (5) Harper Family Christmas cards, 8 items total. 1st item: Serigraph on paper titled "Phancy Pheathers" depicting a pheasant against a geometric background. Published by the Frame House Gallery, Inc., 1972. Louisville, KY, Numbered "176/1500" in pencil lower left under image, signed "C. Harper" in pencil lower right under image. Card depicting the main image with artist's inscription, signature, and date reading "To Corry–Best/ Wishes/C. Harper/4/11/81" ink ink with publication information en verso. Double matted and housed under glass in a wooden frame. Sight – 26 1/2" H x 7 3/4" W. Framed – 33 1/4" H x 14 1/4" W. 2nd item: Serigraph on paper titled "Voweline" depicting a family of owls enclosed by a heart and cattail plants against a red geometric background. Published by the Frame House Gallery, Inc., Louisville, KY, 1985. Numbered "344/1000" in pencil lower left under image, titled in pencil lower center under image, signed "C. Harper" in pencil lower right under image. Paper label with facsimile signature en verso. Housed under glass in a metal frame. Sight – 8 3/8" square. Framed – 9 3/8" square. 3rd item: Serigraph on paper depicting a bird, possibly a finch, on a beach in the foreground, with small, geometric house on a hilly coastline below a grey sky in the background. Signed "C. Harper" lower right in the image. Housed under glass in a wooden frame. Sight – 15" H x 20 1/8" W. Framed – 18 1/4" H x 23 1/2" W. 3rd Quarter 20th century. 4th-8th items: Five (5) Harper family Christmas cards depicting lady bugs with different seasonal greetings, all reading "Edie, Brett, and Charley Harper" across the bottom. Includes four (4) envelopes, possibly addressed by Charley Harper, postmarked from 1982-1987. Cards range in size from 7 1/8" H x 5 1/4" W to 5 1/4" H x 8 1/8" W. Envelopes range in size from 5 3/8" H x 7 5/8" W to 5 5/8" H x 8 3/8" W. CONDITION: Serigraphs in overall very good condition. Not examined outside of frames. 3rd item: Few minutes areas of loss, largest 1/6", lower right of print. 4th-8th items: Cards and envelopes with creases, wear to be expected from manner of use. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
656 | 5 TN Baskets, incl. Mary Prater Baskets | Five (5) split white oak baskets of various forms. 1st-3rd items: Three (3) baskets attributed to Mary Prater (Cannon County, Tennessee, b. circa 1920), including one (1) Joshua basket, one (1) Moses cradle, and utility pie basket. A photograph of Prater creating the Joshua basket is included. 4th-5th items: Two (2) baskets attributed to Dan & Martha Jones (Warren County, Tennessee, 20th Century) including one (1) "Dolly Parton" basket, and one (1) fan basket (photo included). Baskets ranging in size from 10" H x 9" W to 10 1/3"H x 22" W. American, late 20th century. Provenance: From a private collector who purchased directly from basket makers while traveling with J. Paul Newby, a well known basket peddler in the South. CONDITION: All overall excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
717 | Ladies 18K Bucherer 21 Jewel Wrist Watch | Ladies Bucherer 21 Jewel wrist watch, 18K yellow gold, round gold dial with baton hour markers and indexes, mesh link 18K strap with safety chain, 21 jewel movement and sapphire crystal. Clasp marked 750 and CB. Interior of dial marked with maker's marks, Bucherer, 21 Jewel, and Swiss Made. 7" band. 28.2 grams. CONDITION: Small dent in back of watch case, otherwise overall good condition. Watch working at time of inspection. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
771 | 18K Gold Tanzanite and Diamond Ring | 18K yellow gold tanzanite and diamond ring. Tanzanite center stone is approximatly 10.5mm x 8mm, and is surrounded by a halo of 42 round brilliant accent diamonds, approximately 1.0 carat total weight, SI1 clarity, and H color. Marked 18K and USA. Size 6. 5.2 grams. Provenance: The estate Mary Emma Turner, Morristown, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
778 | 14K Four Strand Pearl & Diamond Bracelet | 14K white gold ladies combination cast and assembled 4-strand pearl and diamond bracelet with filigree pearl clasp and figure 8 safety with polished finish. Comprised of 81 Akoya cultured pearls, 7mm in size, with a light cream color and good luster along with 80 prong/bead set single cut diamonds, measuring 2.00-1.70 x 1.11mm with and approximate total weight of 1.84 carats, VS2 clarity, and H color. Approximately 6 3/4" L. CONDITION: Some pearls slightly blemished, bracelet overall very good condition. 2016 appraisal available upon request. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
795 | 39 Pcs. Sterling Silver, incl. Wallace, Reed & Barton | 39 pieces sterling silver flatware, including Wallace Grand Victorian pattern and Reed and Barton Love Disarmed. 1st-38th items: 38 pieces Wallace Grand Victorian pattern sterling silver flatware, including 6 modern hollow handle dinner knives, 5 still with original plastic wrap (9 3/4" L); 6 dinner forks, 5 still with original plastic wrap (7 3/4" L); 8 salad forks, 7 still with original plastic wrap (6 5/8" L); 8 teaspoons, 7 still with original plastic wrap (6 1/4" L); 2 dessert/oval soup spoons, 1 in Towle plastic wrap; 1 sugar shell spoon; 1 gravy ladle; 6 hollow handle butter spreaders, 5 still with original plastic wrap. 42.725 total weighable troy ounces. 39th item: Reed and Barton Love Disarmed pattern fish serving knife (12 1/2" L). 7.845 total troy ounces. Combined weight, 39 sterling silver items: 50.57 total weighable troy ounces. Provenance: the living estate of Annette Petri, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear. No monograms. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
838 | Group of 8 Herend Trinkets incl. Shells | Group of eight (8) Herend porcelain boxes and trinkets, including two (2) circular pierced covered floral jar, two (2) scallop shells with red and green fishnet decoration, one (1) seashell with blue fishnet decoration, one (1) Orange Bouquet vase/wall hanger, one (1) Rothschild Bird miniature covered box, and two (2) leaves with ladybug and green fishnet beetle. All finished with gilt trim and stamped with Herend mark and additional numbers to underside (see photos). Ranging in size from 1 1/2" to 4 3/4" H. Mid/late 20th century. Provenance: the estate of May Dean Eberling, Nashville, TN. CONDITION: All pieces in overall excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
899 | Mid 20th Cent. Persian Heriz Rug | Persian Heriz rug, 10' x 8', wool on wool, black and russet central medallion with palmettes, russet ground with secondary colors of cream, blue, green, black, and tan. Second quarter of the 20th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Wear consistent with age and use. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
922 | 3 Pairs of Ladies Gemstone Earrings | Three (3) pairs of ladies earrings, 6 items total. 1st-2nd items: Pair of 21K chandelier style earrings with 18 aquamarines. Tests 21K. 12.8 grams. 3rd-4th items: 14K and epidote earrings with filigree gold dangles. Marked 14K. 7.2 grams. 5th-6th items: Pair of dangle style earrings comprised of 3 peridot stones and 1 foil backed green CZ on the post, all set into a gold colored setting. 2 1/2" L. 20 total grams. Provenance: The Estate of Jane Dudley, Nashville, TN and Palm Beach, FL. Social icon Jane Dudley (1925-2017) was the founder of one of the South's most prestigious charity events, the Swan Ball, and a member of the International Best Dressed List. She was married to U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Guilford Dudley, with whom she shared a landmark Nashville estate, Northumberland, until his death in 2002. CONDITION: All pieces overall good condition. Dangle style earrings not mounted into gold. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
932 | Ladies Art Deco Platinum & Diamond Ring | Art Deco style platinum and diamond ring, marked .950 with other hallmarks inner shank, comprised of 6 round brilliant and 20 single cut diamonds approximately 0.75 carats, SI2 clarity, and H color. Size 3 1/4. 3.8 grams. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
965 | 2 Large Japanese Imari Porcelain Bowls | Two (2) large Japanese Imari bowls, including one (1) having a scalloped border with interior bird, floral, and landscape vignette decoration and the exterior with red cartouche, phoenix and flaming pearl decoration with gilt highlights throughout (5 1/4" H x 11" dia.) and one (1) larger example with floral and dragon vignette decoration with gilt highlights throughout (5 3/4" H x 12 1/4" dia.). Both late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: Living Estate of Joseph & Bette Bacon, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: Both overall very good condition with light general wear. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
971 | Ansonia Royal Bonn Porcelain Mantle Clock | Ansonia "La Orb" mantle clock, eight day time and strike movement with porcelain dial and open escapement housed in Royal Bonn porcelain case with hand painted scene depicting a female worker pushing cart of hay, signed lower right "B. Gussgen". 12 1/2" H x 12" W x 5 1/4" D. Early 20th century. Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Porcelain case overall very good condition. Clock in good condition, not tested for functionality. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
1040 | 3 Kirk Sterling Silver Mint Julep Cups | Set of three (3) S. Kirk and Son sterling silver mint julep cups with rolled upper rims, reeded lower rims, and tapering sides. Maker's marks, Sterling, and 277 stamped underside of bases. Not monogrammed. 3 3/4" H. 11.305 total troy ounces. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with normal surface scratches. [See more photos →] |
$960.00 | |
58 | Pair Kitts KY Coin Silver Goblets | Pair of John Kitts, Louisville, Kentucky coin silver chalices or goblets with bulbous bodies, flared and beaded trim. One (1) incuse mark on underside John Kitts & Co. (this mark used circa 1859-1864) and one (1) incuse mark on underside J.Kitts (this mark used circa 1836-1874). One (1) with inscription reading "Bettie Amis/Dec. 25th/1858", one (1) not monogrammed. Chalices range in size from 6 7/8" x 7 1/8" H. 15.805 total troy ounces. CONDITION: Overall good condition with surface scratches, few dents. [See more photos →] |
$900.00 | |
180 | 2 NC James Franklin Seagle Pottery Jars, JFS Stamped | Two (2) North Carolina James Franklin Seagle (Lincoln County, NC, 1829-1892) stoneware pottery jars. 1st item: Four (4) gallon stoneware pottery jar with light green alkaline glaze, pulled handles, a band of incised lines below the rim, an incised "4" denoting capacity and incised initials "JFS" for James Franklin Seagle. 14 1/2" H. Mid/late 19th century. 2nd item: Three (3) gallon stoneware pottery jar with light brown alkaline glaze and two applied lug handles. Incised initials "JFS" for James Franklin Seagle with an incised "3" below denoting capacity to upper mid shoulder. 13 1/4" H. Mid/late 19th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. Note: James Franklin Seagle was the son of potter Daniel Seagle. CONDITION: 1st item: Exfoliation to glaze to lower body, small approx. 1/2" chip to rim. Approx. 2" tight hairline emanating from rim. 2nd item: Fleabite to one handle, minor glaze exfoliation to rim and to one handle. Overall craquelure to glaze. [See more photos →] |
$900.00 | |
623 | Collection of Nashville Civil War Newspapers, Jan-Feb to Sept-Dec 1864 | Collection of Nashville Daily Press and The Daily Press newspapers, dated from January 1-February 6 to September 2-December 31, 1864, each comprised of two (2) double sided pages. Features coverage of the Battle of Franklin, fought on November 30, 1864, in Franklin, Tennessee, the Battle of Nashville, fought on December 10-19, 1864, in Nashville, Tennessee, with reports and correspondence from both Union and Confederate sources, descriptions of battles, casualty lists, prisoner exchanges, guerilla raids, etc.; descriptions of Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea, beginning with Sherman's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta on November 15 (inlcuding an article titled "Burning of Atlanta", dated December 29), and ending with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21; descriptions of Union General Philip Sheridan's victory at Harper's Ferry, dated September 27; and an article titled "John morgan's Escape His Own Account", dated January 22, 1864. Also includes opinion articles about President Abraham Lincoln, articles regarding slavery and African Americans including a report titled "The Negroes on Island No. 10", dated January 26, international war relations, including a printed correspondence between Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Pope Pius IX, dated Janaury 22, 1864, and information about drafts and conscriptions. Articles are interspersed with general articles and notices about marriages, deaths, society columns, advertisements for medicines, grocers, wholesalers, photographers, passenger trains, and more. Hardbound in half red cloth with black cloth sides, gilt lettering to spine. 27 1/8" H x 19 3/4" W x 1 5/8" D. CONDITION: Overall good, legible condition with toning, foxing spots, areas of dampstaining, areas of scotch tape repair, tears, etc. to be expected from age. [See more photos →] |
$900.00 | |
641 | WWII U. S. Propaganda Poster, Uncle Sam | Rare World War II United States propaganda poster titled "Buy War Bonds", depicting Uncle Sam standing in a yellow background above a cloud of smoke carrying the American flag with planes flying overhead and American soldiers charging with bayonets below. Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942. Unframed. Rare, larger size. 59" H x 40" W. Provenance: Private Johnson City, Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Excellent color. Previously folded, some separations noted at folds, largest in upper right quadrant. Small edge tears, largest 2.5â. Foxing, toning on back. Rolling for shipment is not recommended. [See more photos →] |
$900.00 | |
651 | Pair of American Weathervanes, incl. Horse & Cow | Two (2) American molded hollow sheet copper weathervanes, including one (1) in the shape of a horse and sulky and one (1) in the shape of a cow. Ranging in size from 15 1/2" H x 32 1/4" W x 11" D to 24 1/2" H x 30 1/4" W x 2" D. Early 20th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall good condition with surface grime, verdigris to be expected from age and manner of use. Sulky wheels are stationary. [See more photos →] |
$900.00 | |
776 | 14K Victorian Diamond & Pearl Bangle Bracelet | 14K Victorian diamond and pearl bangle bracelet containing one central cushion shaped European mine cut diamond, approximately 0.60 carats, SI2 clarity, and H color, set in a shaped mounting accented with approximately 30 seed pearls. The bracelet tests as 14K gold. 6-1/4 interior circumference and with safety chain. 17.5 total grams. CONDITION: Diamond has a couple of minor chips, one seed pearl missing. Back with slight bending. [See more photos →] |
$900.00 | |
533 | Charles Kermit Ewing Abstract O/C, Road To Granada, Spain | Charles Kermit Ewing (Tennessee, 1910-1976) abstract oil on canvas landscape painting titled "Road To Granada, Spain" depicting a road winding through a rocky hillside below a cloudy blue sky. Signed and dated "Ewing 60" lower right. Exhibition label en verso. Housed in a black wooden frame. Sight – 30 " H x 39 3/4" W. Framed – 30 3/4" H x 40 3/4" W. Mid 20th century. Biography (Courtesy Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"): Charles Ewing was a Pennsylvania-born painter, teacher, and lithographer. He studied at Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard, and the University of Iowa with Jean Charlot. He was a member of art associations in Pittsburgh, Atlanta and New Rochelle, and in 1938, exhibited at the National Academy of Design. He served as art consultant for the Tennessee Valley Authority and, from 1948 until his retirement, was head of the art department at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. CONDITION: Overall good condition with areas of craquelure. [See more photos →] |
$896.00 | |
540 | George Cress Oil on Paper, Expressionist Landscape | George Ayers Cress (Alabama/Tennessee, 1921-2008) oil on paper expressionist landscape painting depicting a valley with colorful hills and sky. Signed and dated "1964" lower right. Housed and matted under glass in a wooden frame. Sight – 15 3/8" H x 21 1/4" W. Framed – 23 3/4" H x 28 3/4" W. Mid 20th century. Biography (courtesy Tennessee Historical Quarterly Vol. XLIV No. 2: "Landscape and Genre Painting in Tennessee 1810-1985"): George Cress was born in Anniston, Alabama and studied at Emory University, American University, and the University of Georgia, where he studied under fellow Southern contemporary artist Lamar Dodd. He was a central figure in Chattanooga's arts community and served as President of the Tennessee Arts Council and sat on the board of the Hunter Museum of Art. From 1951-1984 he was painter in residence at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga; the Cress Gallery of Art at UTC is named in his honor. CONDITION: Overall good condition with waviness to paper. Toning to mat. Not examined outside of frame. [See more photos →] |
$896.00 | |
687 | Sally Caldwell Fisher O/B Coastal Scene | Sally Caldwell Fisher (Michigan, b. 1951) oil on board coastal landscape depicting a lighthouse on hill with houses and sailboats on a lake below. Signed lower right. Housed in a molded gilt wood frame. Sight – 41 1/4" H x 23 3/8" W. Framed – 52 1/4" H x 28" W. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$896.00 | |
801 | 52 Pcs. Wallace Rose Sterling Silver Flatware | 52 pieces Wallace Rose Point pattern sterling silver flatware, including 16 modern hollow handle dinner knives, 7 still with original plastic wrap, (8 – 9 1/8" L, 8 – 9 3/4" L), 10 dinner forks (5 – 7" L, 5 – 7 5/8" L), 8 salad forks, 3 still with original plastic wrap (6 3/8" L), 9 teaspoons (6" L), 1 tablespoon, 2 pierced tablespoons, 1 desert/oval soup spoon, 1 sugar spoon, 1 medium cold meat fork, 1 cranberry server, 1 lasagna server, and 1 master butter knife. Not monogrammed. Housed in a fitted wooden case. 43.925 total weighable troy ounces. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with minor surface wear. [See more photos →] |
$896.00 | |
822 | Sterling Strauser, Nude and Dorothy Strauser Oil | 1st item: Sterling Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) oil on panel painting of a nude woman holding a rose. Signed lower left. Housed in a distressed giltwood frame. Sight: 15 1/2" H x 7 1/2" W. Framed: 24 1/4" H x 16 1/4" W. 2nd item: Dorothy Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1908-2005) watercolor on panel with gilt edge depicting a woman in yellow dress on horseback accompanied by three uniformed men on horseback and a dalmation. Signed "Dorothy Strauser 1966" lower left. Reciept of purchase from Lyzon Gallery, Nashville, en verso. Float mounted behind glass in a painted wood frame. Sight: 7/4" H x 17" W. Framed: 15" H x 24 1/2" W. Provenance: the collection of Valleau Caruthers, Brentwood, TN. CONDITION: Both items excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$896.00 | |
893 | 3 Mercantile items incl. Gray & Dudley Cutlery Showcase | Three (3) Mercantile Display items, including Gray and Dudley Cutlery Showcase Cabinet. 1st item: Gray and Dudley (located Chattanooga & Nashville, Tennessee, early 20th century) oak and glass knife showcase with mirrored fold down rear door. Interior with blue trim paint and later baize lining. "GRAY & DUDLEY HDW CO'S CELEBRATED CUTLERY" etched across front glass panel. 13" H x 35 1/2" W x 24"D. Circa 1900. 2nd item: Wood and cast iron column form revolving rack with fifty-four (54) cast iron hooks, mounted on a cast iron footed base. 35" H x 15 3/4" dia. Late 19th/early 20th century. 3rd item: Wood and cast iron butcher paper dispenser, incised "R" top of bar. Includes roll of white paper. 12" H x 22" W x 20 1/4" D. Late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. CONDITION: 1st item: A few minor losses to interior moldings, light spotting to old mirror, overall very good condition. 2nd item: Wear to be expected from age. One (1) hook is not present. Loose on base. 3rd item: Overall good condition with wear, rust, to be expected from age. [See more photos →] |
$896.00 | |
1006 | 5 Ladies Gold and Gemstone Rings | 1st item: 14K yellow gold ring with 1 pearl approximately 17.5mm x 12mm and 23 single cut diamonds approximately 0.25 carats, I1 clarity, and I color. Marked "14KPC". Size 6 1/4. 7.6 grams. 2nd item: 14K yellow gold ring with 1 cabochon nepherite jade approximately 16mm x 12mm. Marked "14K". Size 4. 6.1 grams. 3rd item: 14K yellow gold ring with cameo. Marked "14K". Size 9 3/4. 6.3 grams. 4th item: 14K wedding band marked "14K". 3.4g. Size 10 3/4. 5th item: 10K yellow gold signet ring with 1 bloodstone. Marked "10K". Size 8 1/2. 5.2 grams. 28.6 total grams. Provenance: The Estate of Jane Dudley, Nashville, TN and Palm Beach, FL. Social icon Jane Dudley (1925-2017) was the founder of one of the South's most prestigious charity events, the Swan Ball, and a member of the International Best Dressed List. She was married to U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Guilford Dudley, with whom she shared a landmark Nashville estate, Northumberland, until his death in 2002. CONDITION: Cameo loose in setting. [See more photos →] |
$896.00 | |
1027 | Pearl Bracelet w/ 14K Diamond Clasp | 4 strand cultured pearl bracelet with 116 round white cultured pearls approximately 5mm each. 14K clasp with 12 round brilliant diamonds approximately 0.05 carats, I1 clarity, and H color. Tests 14K. 7" L. 34.2 grams. Provenance: The Estate of Jane Dudley, Nashville, TN and Palm Beach, FL. Social icon Jane Dudley (1925-2017) was the founder of one of the South's most prestigious charity events, the Swan Ball, and a member of the International Best Dressed List. She was married to U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Guilford Dudley, with whom she shared a landmark Nashville estate, Northumberland, until his death in 2002. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$896.00 | |
68 | 2 Coin Silver Cups, incl. Hudson & Dolfinger | Two (2) KY Coin Silver Cups. 1st item: Kentucky coin silver julep cup with beaded rim and foot ring, by Henry Hudson and Jacob Dolfinger (Louisville, KY, c. 1855-1858) with incuse mark "Hudson & Dolfinger" to base. 4" H. 2nd item: American Coin Silver Mug, c. 1850, stamped for Ball, Black and Company, New York and additionally stamped E. G. & B. Cylindrical form, chased foliate decoration, milled laurel band decoration to the rim and foot and "C"-scroll handle. Inscription in central cartouche and just above foot ring, dated 1850. 3 1/4" H. 9.095 total troy ounces. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall very good condition with normal surface scratches some bending to foot ring, wear to rim. [See more photos →] |
$840.00 | |
292 | Joseph Foxcroft Cole O/B Painting, Landscape with Children | Joseph Foxcroft Cole (Massachusetts/California/Maine, 1837-1892) oil on artist's board painting titled "Landscape with Children" depicting two young girls on a dirt road, winding through a forest. Signed "J. Foxcroft Cole" lower left. Possible old exhibition label en verso and possible previous owner inscription "Mrs Kershaw South ___ Masschusetts". Housed in a molded gilt wood frame. Sight – 13 5/8" H x 9 1/2" W. Framed – 17 5/8" H x 13 1/2" W. American, mid/late 19th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. Artist biography: Barbizon school painter Joseph Foxcroft Cole was raised in Boston and, as a youth, worked with Winslow Homer when both were apprentices in a printing studio. He went to France in 1860 where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and with the popular painter of Normandy landscapes, Emile Lambinet. Cole was also influenced by painters Charles Jacque and William Morris Hunt along with Barbizon artists Corot, Daubigny, Diaz and Troyon. Cole exhibited his bucolic scenes frequently in America, as well as abroad in the Paris Salon and London's Royal Academy. His late work reflected the influence of Impressionism. (Source: Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American Art). CONDITION: Overall good condition with areas of craquelure. Few areas of paint loss, largest 1/4", upper quadrant of painting. Area of loss, largest 1/2", to frame. [See more photos →] |
$840.00 | |
307 | Lucien Delarue Watercolor Parisian Street Scene | Lucien Delarue (France, 1925-2011) watercolor and gouache on paper painting depicting a street scene in Monmartre, Paris with an empty cafe front and the dome of the Sacre-Coeur Basilica in the background. Signed "Delarue" lower right. Housed and matted under glass in a carved giltwood Rococo style frame with pierced corners. Sight – 18 3/4" H x 24 5/8" W. Framed – 29 1/4" H x 35 1/4" W. CONDITION: Overall good condition, light toning. Not examined outside of the frame. [See more photos →] |
$840.00 | |
610 | Civil War M1840 Sword, Capt. Richard Myers, KY | Civil War era Model 1840 "wrist breaker" cavalry sword with iron scabbard, belonging to Union Captain Richard L. Myers, 4th Regiment, Company G, Kentucky Mounted Infantry. Ricasso stamped "S&K" for Schnitzler & Kirschbaum, obverse, "SOLINGEN", reverse. Steel blade, brass guard and leather wrap with twisted brass wire. Scabbard with two rings. Blade length – 34 1/2". Overall length with scabbard – 42". Also includes Commonwealth of Kentucky Commission signed by Governor Beriah Magoffin (1815-1885) stating that Myers was elected to the office of Captain in the 4th Regiment of the Kentucky Volunteer Militia, dated October 9, 1861. Note: The 4th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Dick Robinson and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on October 9, 1861, under the command of Colonel Speed Smith Fry. In February 1864, the regiment was reorganized at Lexington, Kentucky, as the 4th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry. The regiment participated in several notable battles and campaigns, primarily in the southern states, including the Advance on and siege of Corinth, Mississippi, April 29-May 30, 1862, Siege of Chattanooga, September 24-November 23, 1863, the Battle of Franklin November 30, and the Battle of Nashville December 15-16, 1864. It was attached to Thomas' Command, Army of the Ohio, to November 1861. 2nd Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December 1861. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, III Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Center, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XIV Corps, to October 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, XIV Corps, to June 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to November 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division of Mississippi, to August 1865. The 4th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service at Macon, Georgia, on August 17, 1865. (adapted from https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UKY0004RIT). CONDITION: Overall good condition. Heavy pitting, rust to blade and scabbard. Areas of flaking, loss to leather wrap. Tarnish to brass. Commission separated at fold lines, foxing spots, old tape residue, tears, largest 2 3/4". Magoffin signature in overall very good, legible condition. [See more photos →] |
$840.00 | |
758 | Silverplated Table Plateau | Neoclassical style silverplated table plateau, oval with raised, hammered frame having repousse ribbon decoration atop four ball feet, oval mirrored center is one large plate of glass. 1 1/2" H x 40" W x 18 1/2" D. American or English, early 20th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with a few tiny dents and scratches. [See more photos →] |
$840.00 | |
940 | 93 Pcs. Flatware incl. Century Service for 8 | 93 pieces flatware including: 42 pieces Century Sterling (8 Dinner knives, 8 dinner forks, 8 salad forks, 8 teaspoons, 8 tablespoons, 1 sugar spoon and 1 master butter knife); 1 Smith & Smith sterling butter pat shell or ashtray; 8 Wallace Sterling Butter Spreaders; 1 Towle olive spoon and 1 lettuce/serving fork, same pattern, with gilt ends; 6 Baker Manchester ramekin forks and 6 salt spoons, same pattern; 3 Watson demitasse spoons with DAR emblems; 1 Alvin cream ladle, 1 SSMC cream ladle, 1 Weidlich cream ladle, 1 cream ladle with no makers mark; 1 Baker Manchester sugar spoon; 1 Towle Old Master Lemon Fork; 1 Baker Manchester cocktail fork; 1 SSMC nut/bon bon spoon; 1 pr Towle sugar tongs; and 1 Baker Manchester sauce dipper, and 15 pcs silverplated flatware ( 11 German Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik silverplated dessert forks marked WMF 90-18, Oneida and Alvin sugar spoons, Heirloom gravy ladle, and Rogers cocktail fork). Combined weighable sterling items: 53.69 oz troy. CONDITION: Excellent condition, no monograms. [See more photos →] |
$840.00 | |
943 | 6 Gorham Sterling Silver Goblets | Set of 6 Gorham sterling silver water goblets. Maker's marks, Sterling, and 272 stamped underside of bases. 6 1/2" H. Not monogrammed. 36.365 total troy ounces. Provenance: the estate of May Dean Eberling, Nashville, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with normal surface wear. [See more photos →] |
$840.00 | |
1042 | 4 Sterling Silver Julep Cups, Gorham & Newport | 4 sterling silver mint julep cups, including 3 Gorham and 1 Newport, round tapered form with reeded upper and lower rims. 3 with Gorham maker's marks, Sterling, and 1673 stamped underside of bases with Gorham retail stickers, 1 with Newport maker's mark, Sterling, and 1673 stamped underside of base. Newport cup monogrammed "EWJ". 3 3/4" H. 15.225 total troy ounces. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear. [See more photos →] |
$840.00 | |
271 | Olen Bryant Terra Cotta Angel, Exhibited | Olen Bryant (American/Tennessee, 1927-2017) terracotta ceramic hollow sculpture depicting a standing angel with outspread wings. Unsigned. Included is a photograph of the sculpture from a previous exhibit (site and date unknown). Caption reads: "Olen Bryant terra cotta – 1962, 27" tall, owned by artist". 24" H x 18 3/4" W x 9" D. Photograph – 14" H x 12" W. Mid 20th century. Provenance: Estate of Olen Bryant, Cottonwood/Clarksville, TN. A letter of authenticity and provenance from the artist's niece, who served as his studio assistant and personal representative for his estate, will accompany this lot. CONDITION: Sculpture with some glaze imperfections, likely in the making, most notable to face/nose. Some minor wear to photograph. [See more photos →] |
$832.00 | |
316 | Chinese Hardstone Tree w/ Cloisonne Jardiniere | Chinese agate and hardstone tree in rectangular cloisonne enamel jardiniere with bracket feet, 19" H x 17" W x 9" D. 20th century. CONDITION: Excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$832.00 | |
337 | 2 Chinese Export Famille Rose Bowls, 1 19th century | Two (2) Chinese Export Famille Rose bowls. 1st item: 19th century Chinese Famille Rose Export footed porcelain bowl with polychrome decoration, the exterior with alternating figural and landscape cartouche decoration on a diapered ground, the interior with alternating diaper and floral decoration to the rim and floral decoration to the center. 4 1/2" H x 10 1/8" dia. 2nd item: Large 20th century Chinese Famille Rose Export footed porcelain punch bowl with polychrome decoration, the exterior with alternating hut scene and landscape cartouche decoration on a diapered ground, the interior with alternating diapered, geometric, and floral decoration to the rim and hunt scene decoration to the center. 6 5/8" H x 14" dia. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall light wear and losses to polychrome decoration, old repair to one side with hairlines emanating up to rim. 2nd item: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$832.00 | |
365 | East TN Walnut Blanket Chest, attrib. Jacob Fisher | East Tennessee (McMinn County) walnut blanket chest, poplar secondary. Comprised of a top with rounded molding, dovetailed case with feet doweled into wooden members running front to back, turned feet ending in spikes. Possibly Jacob Fisher cabinetmaking shop. 25" H x 40 3/4" W x 18" D. Circa 1830. Provenance: Living Estate of Elbert and Elizabeth Willson III. Descended through family members from McMinn County. CONDITION: Older refinish. Scratching and stains to top, one area of gouging. Losses to top left case edge. [See more photos →] |
$832.00 | |
443 | 5 pcs. French Silver incl. Biennais, Christofle | 1st item: Gilt-silver oval plate or tray with palmette border, Paris 1st standard marks for 1798-1809 with engraved mark "Biennais," possibly the workshop of Martin-Guillaume Biennais (1764-1843, active Paris, ca. 1796â1819). 7/8"H x 15" W x 10 3/8"D. Condition: Wear to gilding, scattered pitting. 2nd item: Beaker or cup with flared rim and repeating engraved wave design, Mercury head mark,and maker's mark for Pierre Hipployte Fournerot (Active Paris, 1833-1857). 3 1/8"h. Condition: 3/4" dent to side and a few small dents to base. 3rd item: Silver dessert plate with leaf overlaid-reeded border, Mercury head mark and illegible maker's mark. 8 3/4" diameter. Mid 19th century. 4th item: Cup or beaker, bombe rim with bead design, applied central cartouche with engraved monogram R, allover circle and thread design to body, Minerva head French 1st Standard mark, no maker's mark. 2 5/8"H. Condition: small dents to base. Mid 19th century. 4th item: Christofle silver plated individual tea pot with cast floral finial and wood handle, circa 1935. Condition: several dents, largest 1/2", some wear to silver showing through to base metal. Combined weight, excluding tea pot: 46.09 oz troy. Provenance: private Nashville, TN Collection, by descent from the estates of Edith and Richard Mickenhagen, Munich, Germany and San Paolo, Brazil. CONDITION: See item description. [See more photos →] |
$832.00 | |
602 | M. W. Forster O/B Kentucky African American Portrait | M. W. Forster (Kentucky, 19th/20th Century) oil on panel bust portrait of an African American woman wearing a plaid kerchief and a 19th century dress against a grey background. Signed "M. W. Forster" lower left. Klauber Portraits, Fine Arts, Louisville, KY gallery label with title, artist's name "Miss M. W. Forster Louisville, Ky" en verso. Housed in a molded gilt wood frame. Sight – 16 1/4" H x 11 3/4" W. Framed – 22 3/8" H x 18" W. Late 19th.early 20th century. Note: Miss M. W. Forster, Crescent Hill, Louisville, KY was listed as a member of the Louisville Artists League in the American Art Directory circa 1898-1900 and was included among the names of artists who exhibited in the winter exhibition of the Louisville Art League in The Art Interchange, Vol. 42, 1899. CONDITION: Overall good condition with scattered small spots of exfoliation and some craquelure. [See more photos →] |
$832.00 | |
686 | Daniel Green, O/B Nude With Blue Cup | Daniel Greene (American, b. 1934) oil on board painting of a nude woman with pensive expression, leaning forward in a chair, holding a blue cup. Signed lower right. Housed in a giltwood frame with corner decoration. Sight – 19 1/4" H x 15 1/8" W. Framed – 27 1/2" H x 23 5/8" W. Provenance: the collection of Valleau Caruthers, Brentwood, TN, who studied under Greene; acquired directly from the artist. Biography: Cincinnati born artist Daniel Greene studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and in New York with Robert Brackman at the Art Students League. There he defied the prevalence of Abstract Expressionism to embark on a career as a realist painter, with an emphasis on narrative figure compositions. He taught painting and drawing at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design from the 1960s to the 1980s. His works can be found in over 400 public and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian and the White House. (Source: The Columbus Museum of Art). CONDITION: Excellent Condition. [See more photos →] |
$832.00 | |
803 | 12 Sterling Bread Plates and 3 Serving Trays | 15 sterling silver plates and serving trays. 1st-12th items: 12 American bread and butter plates. Unidentified maker's marks, Sterling, and 696 stamped underside of bases. Not monogrammed. 6 1/8" dia. 27.970 total troy ounces. 13th item: International Silver Company oval serving tray. Maker's marks, sterling, 782, and 12 in stamped underside of base. Not monogrammed. 12" W x 8 1/2" D. 9.180 total troy ounces. 14th item: Randahl small round serving tray. Sterling, 65, 7 1/2 in, and Randahl stamped underside of base. Not monogrammed. 7 1/2" dia. 5.655 total troy ounces. 15th item: Webster small oval serving tray. Sterling and maker's mark stamped underside of base. Monogrammed "T". 10" W x 7 1/8" D. 4.080 total troy ounces. Combined weight, 15 sterling silver items: 46.885 total troy ounces. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with wear, dents commensurate with use. [See more photos →] |
$832.00 | |
861 | 3 Bohemian Glass Items, Vases & Tumbler | Three (3) Bohemian glass items, vases and tumbler. 1st & 2nd items: Pair of Bohemian cased glass vases with cut vial shaped decoration to flaring tops and gilt acanthus leaf decoration to facted vases. Shreve, Crump and Low of Boston labels on the bases. 9 7/8" H. 3rd item: Cranberry glass tumbler with gilt overlay and enameled vignette decoration of a young beauty with birds on a balcony, overlooking a harbor. 4" H. All items late 19th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: All pieces with some overall general wear and light rubbing, no chips or cracks. [See more photos →] |
$832.00 | |
1024 | Parasol Handle w/ 10K Gold Overlay | Victorian parasol or umbrella handle, comprised of a wooden frame with 10K yellow gold sheet overlay having repousse and chased scrolling foliate decoration with central cartouche. Marked "Quality" on the tip. Tests 10K. 12" L. Weight of parasol handle – 135.4 grams. CONDITION: Overall good condition with light general wear. Not monogrammed. [See more photos →] |
$832.00 | |
9 | Large Japanese Imari Porcelain Punch Bowl, Scalloped Edge | Large Japanese Imari porcelain footed punch bowl with scalloped rim and gilt highlights, the center interior with flowering potted plant motif and additional floral and tassel to the interior, the exterior body with alternating bands of floral decoration on various backgrounds. Fitted with a carved footed hardwood stand. Bowl measures: 7 3/4" H x 13 3/4" dia. Stand measures: 4 3/4" H x 10 1/4" dia. Late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: Living Estate of Joseph & Bette Bacon, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with light general wear. [See more photos →] |
$780.00 | |
78 | Framed Russian Icon with Silver Oklad | Russian oil on board icon depicting Christ, overlaid with a silver oklad. Maker's mark "E.K." together with .84 Kokoshnik mark within the halo. Housed in a gothic style ebonized wood shadowbox frame with applied brass angel. Icon – 8 1/4" H x 6 1/4" W. Framed – 16 1/4" H x 11" W. Early 20th century. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Framed with overall general wear. Some craquelure to painting board. Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$780.00 | |
372 | Cherry Hepplewhite Inlaid Chest of Drawers | Cherry Hepplewhite Inlaid chest of drawers, likely Kentucky. Poplar secondary. Four graduated beaded drawers with string inlay, inlaid kite shaped escutcheons, and original brass bail pulls. Base with shaped skirt and French feet. 37 1/2" H x 40" W x 19 1/2" D. Circa 1810. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Base is a 20th century replacement. Drawer sides built up at bases. On the bottom drawer, a large part of the top of the drawer front beading/molding has been replaced. Pulls appear original. Minor age related wear and shrinkage throughout. Drawer dovetails reinforced with nails. [See more photos →] |
$780.00 | |
527 | 2 Joseph Downing Abstract Mixed Media Paper Collages | Two (2) Joseph Downing (Kentucky/Illinois/France, 1925-2007) abstract paper collage/mixed media works. 1st item: Work titled "Much Happiness Always," created from a wedding invitation and envelope from an Indiana address to Jos. Downing, with "Stagecoach", "Gone with the Wind, "The Wizard of Oz", and "Beau Geste" stamps. Titled in ink, lower left, signed "JOE" lower right. Float mounted and matted under glass in a gilt wood frame. Sight – 10 1/4" H x 8 5/8" W. Framed – 17 3/4" H x 13 3/8" W. Circa 1990. 2nd item: Work with painted geometric shapes secured with copper staples to a paper background. Signed "Downing" lower right. Float mounted and matted under glass in a gilt wood frame. Sight – 5 1/4" H x 8 5/8" W. Framed – 10 3/8" H x 12 7/8" W. Mid 20th century. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall very good condition. Not examined outside of frame. 2nd item: Overall good condition with toning, minute foxing spots. Not examined outside of frame. [See more photos →] |
$780.00 | |
693 | Aleksander Kremer O/C, The Bell Tower | Aleksander "Sasha" Markovich Kremer (Russian Federation, born 1958) impressionistic oil on canvas landscape titled "The Bell Tower", depicting a street with a line of mostly bare trees framing a bell tower, possibly the Saint Nicholas Naval Cathedral Bell Tower in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Signed "Kremer" lower right; label with title en verso. Housed in a molded gilt wood frame with off white linen liner. Sight – 15 5/8" H x 17 1/2" W. Framed – 23 3/8" H x 25 1/2" W. Late 20th century. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN, ex-Linda Woodall Fine Art, Ooletewah, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. Minute abrasion top right. [See more photos →] |
$780.00 | |
821 | Sterling Strauser O/B, Trotter Race | Sterling Boyd Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) oil on board painting depicting a horse racing scene. Signed "Strauser" upper left. Float mounted in black wood frame with linen liner. Sight – 9 3/4" H x 27 7/8" W. Framed – 17 1/8" H x 37" W. CONDITION: Excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$780.00 | |
1020 | 3 14K Ladies Colored Gemstone Rings | 1st item: 14k yellow gold ring with 1 emerald cut amethyst approximately 23mm x 16mm. Marked "14K" and "JMT". Size 5 1/2. 12.1 grams. 2nd item: 14K white gold ring with 1 rectangular cushion quartz approximately 22mm x 14mm. and 36 single cut diamonds approximately 0.2 carats, I1 clarity, and I color. Marked "14K" and "China". Size 5 1/4. 9.4 grams. 3rd item: 14K yellow gold ring with 1 oval blue topaz approximately 18mm x 13mm. and 14 single cut diamonds approximately 0.07 carats, I1 clarity, and I color. Marked" 14K" and "JCR" for John C. Rinker. Size 7. 9.6 grams. Approximately 0.27 carat total weight diamonds. 31.1 total grams. Provenance: The Estate of Jane Dudley, Nashville, TN and Palm Beach, FL. Social icon Jane Dudley (1925-2017) was the founder of one of the South's most prestigious charity events, the Swan Ball, and a member of the International Best Dressed List. She was married to U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Guilford Dudley, with whom she shared a landmark Nashville estate, Northumberland, until his death in 2002. CONDITION: Overall in good condition [See more photos →] |
$780.00 | |
150 | Southern Yellow Pine 2-Drawer Work Table | Southern yellow pine work table having a 3-board overhanging top above two side by side dovetailed drawers with turned wood pulls and tapered legs joined by stretchers. Retains an old stained surface. 28 3/8" H x 33 3/4" W x 23 3/4" D. Possibly Carolinas or Georgia, circa 1825. CONDITION: Overall general wear and abrasions, some staining to top. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
247 | Miniature Portrait of Robert Maitland | American School, possibly John Wood Dodge (1807-1893) mid 19th century miniature watercolor portrait of a gentleman, believed to be Robert Maitland (b. 1768, Scotland, d. 1846, Westchester County, NY). The white haired, blue eyed subject is depicted in a black coat with black tie, the edge of a red chair barely visible behind his back. Housed under glass in a later frame with gold linen mat. Sight – 3 5/8" H x 2 3/4" W. Framed – 7" H x 5 7/8" W. Circa 1850. Property of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Sold to Benefit Future Acquisitions. Note: Robert Maitland was a merchant in Petersburg, Virginia, who later established himself in a very prosperous mercantile business in New York. He was a member of the group known at the "House of Lords" which met at Baker's Tavern every night, and included such men as Gulian Verplanck, Robert Lenox, Preserved Fish, and John Wesley Jarvis. Prominent painter of miniature portraits John Wood Dodge was born in New York City where he lived in the early part of his career. By 1840 he had moved South to become an itinerant portrait artist, basing himself for ten years in Nashville, Tennessee and later, Huntsville, Alabama. CONDITION: Painting is adhered to a backing board. No other damage noted. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
254 | Royal Vienna Wagner Signed Vase and KPM Tea Pot | Two (2) European porcelain items, Royal Vienna and KPM. 1st item: Royal Vienna portrait vase having a cobalt ground with a vignette portrait depicting a young female with blue ribbon in her hair, signed "Wagner" lower right edge of portrait, with gilt handles and rim and gilt foliate highlights throughout. Base with Royal Vienna beehive mark to base and title "Lilie". 9 1/4" H. 19th century. 2nd item: German individual porcelain and bronze tea kettle together with a matching porcelain stand and burner, all pieces having a white ground with parcel bronze handle and overall polychrome and gilt foliate decoration in the Rococo taste. Tea kettle and burner marked with blue cross sword mark, H and Dresden. Stand with blue KPM and scepter mark. 9 1/2" H x 6 1/4" dia. All pieces 19th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: All pieces overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
266 | 17 Historical Staffordshire & Spode Items | Grouping of seventeen (17) Blue and White Historical Staffordshire and Spode transfer printed plates and bowls, most with scalloped rims. 1st-8th items: Eight (8) Staffordshire Clews Death of the Bear pattern dinner plate from the Indian Sporting Series, depicting an elephant with several passengers, a figure with a spear on horseback, and hunting dogs surrounding a bear. Vignettes animals to border. 9th item: Spode Sarcophagi & Sepulchres at the Head of the Harbour at Cacamo pattern dinner plate from the Caramanian Series depicting an engraving from Luigi Mayer's book "Views in the Ottoman Empire, chiefly in Caramania", surrounded by scenes of people and animals to the border. 10th item: Staffordshire John Hall dinner plate from the Quadrupeds Series depicting four vignettes of animals surrounding a central medallion with a lion and a cow. 11th item: Staffordshire Stratford Upon Avon Warwickshire pattern lunch plate depicting a river scene with the Holy Trinity Church in the background surrounded by floral sprays to the border. 12th-13th items: Staffordshire John Rogers & Sons lunch plate and soup bowl depicting a pastoral landscape scenes, surrounded by floral sprays to the border. 14th item: Spode Bridge of Lucano pattern soup bowl depicting a pastoral landscape scene with a bridge and a castle, surrounded by foliate sprays to the border. 15th item: Staffordshire Adams soup bowl depicting a pastoral scene of cows, surrounded by floral sprays to the border. 16th item: Staffordshire Davenport soup bowl depicting pagodas surrounded by moths, flowers, clouds, and other Chinoiserie decorations to border. 17th item: Staffordshire Riley's Semi China lunch plate depicting an outdoor Indian landscape scene surrounded by a basket weave and reticulated border. Maker's marks stamped or handwritten underside of bases. Ranging in size from 7/8" H x 8 1/2" dia. to 1 3/4" H x 10 1/2" dia. All items early 19th century. Note: Ex-collection of Karlton Kemp, Texarkana, AK, old collection labels with additional ink inscriptions on the bases. CONDITION: Overall good condition with crazing, surface scratches, and firing flaws. 1st-8th items: Few chips, largest 1/2". 9th item: 1/4" chip to rim. 11th item: 1" x 1/2" area of damage underside of base with 1/2" chip to rim. 4 3/4" hairline to surface. 12th-13th items: 1/8" chip underside of soup bowl. 17th item: Chips, largest 3/8" to rim. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
273 | Olen Bryant, Large Wood Figure with Green Stones | Olen L. Bryant (American/Tennessee, 1927-2017) carved highly figured wood sculpture of an elongated figure with face and two green inset gemstones. Mounted to a wood base. Unsigned. 50" H x 10" W x 6" D. Provenance: Estate of Olen Bryant, Cottonwood/Clarksville, TN. A letter of authenticity and provenance from the artist's niece, who served as his studio assistant and personal representative for his estate, will accompany this lot. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Area of light scuff marks, 4" H x 1" W. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
382 | 2 James Harold Jennings Folk Art Wood Carvings | Two (2) James Harold Jennings (North Carolina, 1931-1999) brightly painted and carved wood folk art items, including one (1) titled "The Big Boy Is No Match for the Girl Street Fighter", depicting a street fight between a man and woman, and one (1) comprised of various arranged shapes with the head of a mule in the center. Both signed en verso together with symbols depicting the sun, moon, and stars. Ranging in size from 14 3/4" H x 17 3/8" W to 13 3/4" H x 26 1/2" W. Both items 20th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Both overall good condition with light wear. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
384 | Jimmy Lee Sudduth Self Portrait with Toto | Jimmie Lee Sudduth (Alabama, 1910-2007) mud and paint on board outsider art painting, a self portrait of the artist in overalls and railroad hat, standing on a patch of grass with dog Toto, against a white background surrounded by a brown border. Signed "Jim Suddth" top left and center. Hanging wire affixed en verso. 29 1/2" H x 18 5/8" W. Late 20th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition with natural age cracks to wood. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
445 | Continental Silver Demitasse Set and Beaker, 5 pcs. | Five (5) Continental .800 silver items, including Hanau. 1st through 3rd item: three piece silver demitasse or chocolate set comprised of a creamer, covered sugar, and small coffee or chocolate pot, all with repousse floral decoration and marks on the base for Wolf & Knell of Hanau with engraved date "Feb. 12, 1903" to base. 4th item: Small silver coffee or chocolate pot with marks for Roth Georg & Company of Hanau and engraved date to the base "Feb. 12, 1902". 5th item: Silver cup or beaker with matte, textured surface under a polished rim, hallmarks for Hell R. Nachfolger A. Nelson of Berlin. All pieces range in size from 3 1/2" H to 6 1/4" H. 30.190 total troy ounces. All early 20th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: All pieces with script monogram with the exception of the cup. Roth Georg teapot with missing handle. Cup with light pitting, denting to foot ring. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
470 | Pair of Bohemian Enamel and Gilt Decorated Lustres | Pair of Bohemian cranberry glass mantel lustres. White cased with enamel and gilt foliate decorations in alternating vignettes to rim and base, with faceted cut glass prisms. 12 1/4 " H x 5 1/2" dia. Late 19th century. Provenance: Living Estate of Joseph & Bette Bacon, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: Slight wear to gilt accents. Minor scattered chips to cut glass prisms, largest 3/8" x 1/8". Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
536 | Greg Ridley Watercolor, Cityscape | Greg Ridley (American/Tennessee, 1925-2004 ) watercolor painting of city skyline rendered in bright colors. Signed "Ridley" lower right and dated '69. Metallic frame with canted rabbet edge. Sight – 21 1/2" H x 28" W. Framed – 25" H x 32" W. Biography: Greg Ridley was born in Smyrna, TN, and moved with his family to Nashville, TN in 1936. After his service in the US Navy during WWII, he earned a degree in art education from Tennessee State University, and went on to become the first African American to receive a master's degree in fine arts from the University of Louisville. Ridley also attended Fisk University (where he later worked), and where he studied under Aaron Douglas, the Harlem renaissance painter and muralist, who remained a close friend and mentor until his death in 1979. Ridley taught at various Southern universities as well as the City University of New York. One of his last and best known works was the creation of 80 copper panels for the Grand Reading Room of the Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee. Provenance: the collection of Howard and Annemarie Harrod, Nashville, TN. Mrs. Harrod was a longtime patron of Mr. Ridley. CONDITION: Light toning and some scattered light creasing; overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
698 | Renaissance Revival Medallion-Back Chair, Hunzinger Attrib. | Carved Renaissance Revival walnut arm chair attributed to George Hunzinger (1835-1898), comprised of a pierced and carved crestrail with central carved maiden's head medallion above a partially upholstered back with curved sides comprised of turned spindles. Shaped padded seat with curved arms terminating in carved figural maiden's heads, over a pierced and carved skirt joined by carved, turned and splayed front legs. 39 3/8" H x 29 1/4" W x 23 1/4" D. Last half 19th century. CONDITION: Original surface with general wear, some scattered minor losses. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
741 | 4 GSA Morgan CC Silver Dollars, Uncirculated & Mixed | Three (3) Uncirculated and One (1) Mixed General Service Administration (GSA) Carson City Morgan Silver Dollars, 4 items total, including two (2) 1882, one (1) 1883, and one (1) 1884. Each coin includes documentation, three (3) with serial numbers: 78040076, 82454786, and 84003212. Each coin housed in a Carson City holder with fitted boxes. Holders – 5 1/2" H x 3 1/2" W x 1/2" D. Boxes – 6 5/8" H x 4 5/8" W x 5/8" D. Approximately 3.436 total troy ounces. Average grade of MS-63. CONDITION: Uncirculated and Mixed condition. One box top is no longer connected to the lower portion. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
760 | 3 Chinese Hawthorne Pattern Ginger Jars & 2 Others | Grouping of 5 Chinese porcelain pieces including three (3) Chinese porcelain Hawthorne pattern ginger jars: two (2) small (5 3/4" H) and one (1) large (9 3/4" H), all with flowering cherry blossom decoration and lids; together with one (1) Chinese Famille Rose porcelain ginger jar with precious object decoration (8" H) and one (1) blue and white porcelain rectangular form brush bowl having landscape decoration and bracket feet (2 1/2" H x 7 1/2" W x 5 1/2" D). Lot also includes two (2) footed hardwood stands. All pieces 20th century. Provenance: Living Estate of Joseph & Bette Bacon, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: Famille rose ginger jar with scattered losses to enameled decoration, missing lid. Remaining pieces overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
839 | 5 European Porcelain Items inc. Armorial | Five (5) European porcelain items, including Capodimonte, Armorial, and Staffordshire. 1st item: Capodimonte "Au Roi de Rome Naples 1811" pattern armorial square dish with canted corners, hand painted raised classical scenes to each side below gilt scalloped rim, gilt scrolling foliate borders and coat of arms on a white ground, vignettes of flowers to exterior. Capodimonte Crown Over Neopolitan N Mark and pattern name underside of base. 2" H x 8 1/8" square. Circa 1771-1834. 2nd-3rd items: Pair of Capodimonte style urns with hand painted raised classical scenes with gilt highlights, double mask lug handles, incised yellow, red, and green line decorations above square base with gilt floral swags. Capodimonte style maker's marks and "FRANCE" underside of bases. 7 1/2" H x 5 1/4" dia. Circa 1900. 4th item: Staffordshire hand painted male figural with a large hat, standing on a naturalistic base. H. Moog Atlanta retail sticker and "English ca. 1815" sticker underside of base. 6" H x 3 3/4" W x 3 1/2" D. Early 19th century. 5th item: Shell shaped armorial dish, likely Chinese Export for the English market, featuring hand painted coat of arms with gilt highlights, vignettes of fruit, butterflies, and floral swags, all on a white ground surrounded by a green border. Unmarked. 1 1/8" H x 6" W x 5 3/4" D. Late 19th/early 20th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition. 1st item: Few minor scuffs, surface scratches. 2nd-3rd items: Repaired break to base, top loose to one urn. 4th item: Several areas of paint chipping, largest 1/4". 5th item: Few minor scuffs, surface scratches. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
874 | 2 Baskett Bibles plus Nicolas de Hannappes Book | Two (2) 18th Century Baskett Bibles, dated 1719 and 1726, and one (1) 16th Century book by Nicolas de Hannappes. 1st item: The Holy Bible, Containing The Old Testament and The New, 1719. Printed by John Baskett, University of Oxford Press. Octavo, engraved frontispiece, title page, and illustrations, hardbound in red leather with gilt borders, gilt lettering and blind stamps to spine. Ex libris label inside front cover. 9 3/4" H x 7 1/2" W x 3 1/8" D. 2nd item: The Holy Bible, Containing The Old Testament and The New, 1726. Printed by John Baskett, Edinburgh. Octavo, marble edge pages with engraved title page and illustrations, rebound in three-quarter brown leather with marbled-paper sides. 10" H x 8 3/8" W x 2 1/8" D. 3rd item: Virtutum vitiorumque exempla, ex universae divinae scripturae promptuario desumpta by Nicolas de Hannappes, 1540. Published by Jacques Kerver, Paris. Octavo, 144 pages, old rebinding in brown leather with blind stamped covers, three raised hubs. Ex libris label inside of front cover. 6 7/8" H x 4 1/4" W x 1" D. CONDITION: All items: Overall good condition with wear, tears, toning/acid burn, areas of dampstaining, separation from bindings, ink inscriptions, etc. to be expected from age. Additional condition issues – 1st item: Both covers are separated from spine. 2nd item: Front cover separated from spine, both covers with old tape repair to interior. Pages clipped for rebinding. 3rd item: Some losses to leather. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
882 | 2 Cobalt Preserving Jars, Incl. Hamilton | Two (2) cobalt decorated stoneware pottery jars. 1st item: 4-gallon salt glazed stoneware pottery storage jar with cobalt stenciled decoration reading "James Hamilton. & Co. Greensboro, Pa." within a stenciled floral garland to the center and "4" below denoting gallon capacity, freehand cobalt decoration applied to the lug handles. 14 3/4" H. 2nd item: Mid-Atlantic stoneware pottery jar with freehand cobalt tulip with leaves decoration to the body. 9 1/2" H. Both jars mid/late 19th century. Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. CONDITION: 1st item: Some chipping to the handles, otherwise overall good condition. 2nd item: Firing flaws, series of hairlines, largest 4". [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
917 | Late 19th century landscape, signed Albert Clark 1882 | Late 19th century European school oil on canvas painting depicting a country road winding through a gently sloping landscape with trees, fore and middle ground, with a field in the background below a cloudy blue sky. Signed and dated "Albert Clark 1882" lower right. Typed label with artist's attribution and date en verso together with a C. R. Fenton & Co. Ltd. English antique shipper label. Housed in a carved giltwood Rococo style frame with decorative corners and centers. Sight – 19 3/8" H x 23 3/8" W. Framed – 25 1/2" H x 29" W. Provenance: Living Estate of Joseph & Bette Bacon, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition with craquelure. 1 1/2" x 1 1/4" area of repair lower right. Visible stretcher marks. Areas of paint rubbing/loss, largest 1 3/4", lower right. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
944 | 3 Sterling Silver Holloware Items, incl. Gorham | 3 sterling silver holloware items, including Gorham. 1st item: Gorham water pitcher, Helmet form with spur atop the C scroll handle. Maker's marks, Sterling 182, 4, and 1/2 Pint stamped underside of base. Not monogrammed. 8 1/4" H x 5 3/8" W x 8 5/8" D. 20.325 total troy ounces. 2nd item: Gorham rectangular dresser box with hinge lid, footed base, and wooden interior liner. Maker's marks, Sterling, and 300 stamped underside of base. Inscribed "Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Pendleton" underside of base. 1 3/4" H x 10" W x 3 3/4" D. Approximately 17.50 troy ounces. 3rd item: Bread tray with reeded trim. Sterling stamped underside of base. Not monogrammed. 1 1/2" H x 13" W x 6 1/2" D. 8.180 total troy ounces. 46.00 total troy ounces. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall good condition with surface scratches, dents. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
978 | Pr. Sandwich Glass Dolphin Fish Candlesticks | Mid 19th century mold blown glass dolphin fish candlesticks, attributed to Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, comprised of semi-opaque "clambroth" shafts on square bases and a semi-opaque French blue cups. Includes two (2) pairs of associated glass bobeches. Unmarked. Candlesticks – 10 1/4" H x 3 3/4" square. Bobeches range in size from 3 1/2" to 3 3/4" dia. Provenance: Living Estate of Joseph & Bette Bacon, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear. Candle cups with wax residue. [See more photos →] |
$768.00 | |
675 | Carl Sublett Watercolor, Boats in Harbor | Carl Sublett (Tennessee, 1919-2008) watercolor landscape on paper depicting boats in a harbor at sunset. Signed "Sublett '83" lower right. Float mounted behind glass in a molded giltwood frame with ivory silk mat and gilt fillet. Sheet – 17 3/4" H x 23 3/4" W. Framed – 28 3/8" H x 33 3/4" W. Biography: Carl Sublett studied Art History at the American Academy in Florence, Italy after World War II, and became Professor of Fine Art at the University of Tennessee. Sublett was a member of the National Academy of Design. His works are in the collections of the National Academy of Design, The Tennessee State Museum, and Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$720.00 | |
810 | Robert Burns Wilson KY Landscape Watercolor | Robert Burns Wilson (American, primarily Kentucky, 1851-1916) landscape watercolor on paper depicting a springtime river scene with verdant river banks and budding trees foreground with a white cottage on the opposite side of the river background. Signed lower left with presentation inscription lower right reading "For Pauline Dikeman". Housed in a molded gilt wood frame. Sight: 15" H x 21 7/8" W. Framed: 20 1/4" H x 27" W. Artist biography (source: Askart): Robert Burns Wilson may be best known as author of the patriotic poem, Remember The Maine, which became the battle song for the United States during the Spanish American War. But he was primarily a painter. Orphaned at a young age, he spent his childhood in Virginia and West Virginia. As a young man he traveled briefly with a circus and, for a short time, maintained a studio with John White Alexander, a prominent American artist known for his work in the Art Nouveau style. In 1871, he moved to Union City, Kentucky, but a few years later, in 1875, he moved to Frankfort for the opportunity to paint portrait commissions and stayed approximately thirty years. In 1904, he moved to New York City. Wilson preferred to work in watercolor, oil, pastel and charcoal. He is best known for his depictions of animals and, beginning in the early 1880s, his landscapes. CONDITION: Very slight losses noted to paper edges. Minor abrasions to frame corners. A few errant paint spots or tiny stains to sky area. [See more photos →] |
$720.00 | |
81 | Russian Icon, Virgin Mary and Child | Russian icon, polychrome tempera and gilt wood panel of Vladimir mother of God, depicting the Virgin Mary with the infant, Jesus Christ. Cyrillic inscription to side of panel. Originally part of an altar panel. 12 1/4" H x 10 1/2" W. Late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Some minor scattered losses to wood and to paint decoration, mostly to edges. [See more photos →] |
$704.00 | |
83 | Cuzco School Painting, Madonna and Child | Early Spanish Colonial school painting, possibly Cuzco School, late 17th to early 18th century, depicting the Virgin Mary, adorned with crown and queenly garments with chest insignia, and holding the Christ Child, both with faces surrounded by halos. Above the Madonna are Archangel figures; to her side stand a male saint, possibly Joseph, and a female saint, possibly Elizabeth, while depicted below are a man clutching a money bag (likely Judas) and another male figure holding an indiscernable object. Shield or cartouche upper left corner, under angel's hand, with possible initials, otherwise unsigned. Later narrow burnished wood frame. Sight – 22 3/4" H x 17" W. Framed – 23 1/2" H x 17 3/4" W. 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: Relined. 3/4" hole upper left corner. T shaped repaired tear lower right quadrant running from right edge: 4" horizontal and 12" vertical with corresponding inpainting. 2 3/4" tear left edge with corresponding inpainting. 2 areas of inpainting lower left corner, each approximately 3" diameter. Other scattered small areas of inpainting including to Virgin's cheek. Wear and losses to frame. [See more photos →] |
$704.00 | |
84 | 4 Ex-Voto Mexican Retablos | Group of four (4) 20th century Mexican religious painted folk art retablos depicting Christ and/or Saints, all painted on tin, three with shaped tin and painted glass frames and one float mounted into a carved wood frame. Saints depicted include Santa Rita, the Virgin Mary with the Christ child, and Christ holding a small child. Ranging in size from 10" H x 6 3/4" W to 24 1/4" H x 16 1/2" W. All tin and tin framed retablos 19th century. Float mounted retablo 20th century. Provenance: The Estates of Olen Bryant and late Vanderbilt University art professor Thomas Brumbaugh, Clarksville/Cottontown, Tennessee. CONDITION: All with oxidation, bending and losses to paint. All tin framed retablos with losses and/or breaks to glass. Float mounted retablo with losses to lower right corner. Largest retablo frame detached to three sides. [See more photos →] |
$704.00 | |
500 | Ed Diers Signed Rookwood Art Pottery Jar | Rookwood Vellum glaze art pottery handled jar decorated by Ed Diers (working, 1896 to 1931) with flowering pink floral and vine decoration in shades of blue, pink, and green. Underside with impressed Rookwood logo mark, date marks for 1930, shape number 2640, size letter E, and the artist's initials E.D. 9" H. Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$704.00 | |
534 | Charles Kermit Ewing O/C, Jamaica Girl | Charles Kermit Ewing (Tennessee, 1910-1976) expressionist oil on canvas painting titled "Jamaica Girl" depicting the portrait of a Jamaican female wearing a headdress, seated against a yellow background. Signed and dated "Ewing '58" lower left. Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia Annual Regional Exhibition label with artist's name, address, title, and return address with additional artist's signature and date en verso. Housed in a wormy wood frame. Sight – 33 1/2" H x 19 1/2" W. Framed – 41 5/8" H x 27 1/2" W. Mid 20th century. Biography (Courtesy Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"): Charles Ewing was a Pennsylvania-born painter, teacher, and lithographer and one of the so-called Knoxville Seven. He studied at Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard, and the University of Iowa with Jean Charlot. He was a member of art associations in Pittsburgh, Atlanta and New Rochelle, and in 1938, exhibited at the National Academy of Design. He served as art consultant for the Tennessee Valley Authority and, from 1948 until his retirement, was head of the art department at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$704.00 | |
612 | Abalone Handle Knife with Leather Sheath, with provenance | Abalone and German silver handled knife, possibly California, late 19th century, 14 3/4" L, with hand-stitched leather sheaf. Purchased by consignor from the family of John Randolph Barry (1836-1909) of Gallatin, TN family. A handwritten note found with the knife, written by John Barry's wife Caroline, states that the knife originally belonged to Mr. Barry's uncle, Colonel Balie Peyton. Balie Peyton (1803-1878) was born near Gallatin and became an attorney. He was elected to Congress and served from 1833-1837. He moved to New Orleans in 1841 where he served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Louisiana from 1841-1845. He served as aide-de-camp to General William J. Worth during the Mexican American War and was appointed envoy to Chile by President Zachary Taylor from 1849-1853. Peyton moved to California to serve as prosecuting attorney for San Francisco from 1853-1859, which may be when he acquired this California style abalone knife. He returned to Gallatin just before the start of the Civil War and in 1862 lost his son, Balie Peyton Jr., in the Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky. Peyton served as a member of the Tennessee Senate from 1869 to 1871. In addition to his political career, Balie Peyton was nationally known for the racehorses bred on his Tennessee farm. He sponsored a race called The Peyton Stakes in Nashville in 1843, which made international headlines because it was the largest purse ever offered in America or Europe. CONDITION: Pitting to blade, wear to handle and sheath. [See more photos →] |
$704.00 | |
636 | Signed Copy of To Kill A Mockingbird | Harper Lee, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, signed 40th anniversary edition. NY: HarperCollins, 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 323 pages. Signed in blue ink on title page. CONDITION: Fine condition. [See more photos →] |
$704.00 | |
704 | 2 Louis Vuitton Luggage Items | Two (2) Louis Vuitton luggage items including a hanging garment bag and suitcase. 1st item: One brown and tan garment bag with zipper closure and a slit at top for hangers. Monogrammed plaque "WKS" on front right side. 39" H x 24" W. 2nd item: Hard-sided brown and tan suitcase with zipper as well as buckling leather straps for closure. Off-white interior lining with straps and two side pockets, along with Louis Vuitton tag sewn along seam. Monogrammed plaque "WKS" near handle. 17" H x 26" W x 7 3/4" D. Last Qtr. 20th century. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: 1st item: Some wear to leather staps and edges. 2nd item: Good condition with some light wear. Seam near zipper of suitcase has second row of stitching, possible previous repair. Few minor stains on interior lining (largest 1/2" L). [See more photos →] |
$704.00 | |
705 | Louis Vuitton Shoe Bag | Louis Vuitton brown and tan shoe bag with zipper closure, brown corduroy lining and eight interior shoe pockets. Monogrammed plaque "WKS". Key not available for lock. 12.5" H x 18.75" W x 7.75" D. Last Qtr. 20th century. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Some scuffing and wear to leather corners and trim. Monogrammed. [See more photos →] |
$704.00 | |
755 | Tiffany & Co. Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Footed Bowl | Tiffany & Company Art Nouveau sterling silver footed bowl, lobed body with flaring rim and conforming base, molded center, accented with chased acanthus decorations. Maker's marks, 16612 5238, Sterling Silver, 925-1000, M, and 4 Pints stamped underside of base. Elaborate engraved monogram. 5 1/2" H x 9 1/8" dia. 21.735 total troy ounces. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with minor surface scratches. [See more photos →] |
$704.00 | |
937 | 14K White Ruby & Diamond Dinner Ring | 14k white gold ruby and diamond dinner ring containing 19 marquise cut natural rubies and 14 round brilliant diamonds. The rubies have a total weight of approximately 7.25 carats and the diamonds together weigh approximately 0.50 carats, SI2 clarity, J color. Marked 14K and additional with an illegible impressed hallmark. Tests 14K. Size 6 3/4. 10.2 grams. CONDITION: All rubies with inclusions and some surface abrasions. [See more photos →] |
$704.00 | |
987 | 3 Paintings, incl. KY Regional | Three (3) Kentucky regional oil paintings, including Joseph Krementz and David Bettison. 1st item: Joseph Krementz (New Albany, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, 1840-1928) oil on board painting depicting several haystacks illuminated by the late afternoon sun. Signed "Jo Krementz" lower left. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight – 6 1/8" H x 8 3/8" W. Framed – 10 1/8" H x 12 3/8" W. Late 19th/early 20th century. 2nd-3rd items: Two (2) oil on canvas paintings by David Bettison (Kentucky/Louisiana, 19th/20th century), including one (1) maritime painting depicting a ship sailing a calm sea before a setting sun, and one (1) landscape painting depicting a nighttime scene of a forest and a small waterfall. Both signed "Bettison" lower left and right. Both housed in molded giltwood frames. Sights range in size from 6 5/8" H x 9 5/8" W to 8 1/2" H x 9 1/8" W. Both items, late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall good condition with surface grime, darkened varnish. Rubbing to edges of board. Areas of loss to frame. 2nd-3rd items: Overall good condition with surface grime, darkened varnish. Maritime painting with buckling to canvas, areas of loss to frame. [See more photos →] |
$704.00 | |
1000 | Lisa Larson Mid-Century Ceramic Airplane | Lisa Larson (Sweden, b. 1931), Gustavsberg Pottery Traffic series; Mid-century modern polychrome ceramic model of airplaine with pilot, woman, bird, and lion. 6 3/4" H x 10" W x 5 1/2" D. Circa 1960. CONDITION: Some scattered miniscule flakes to red and blue paint, scattered grime. [See more photos →] |
$704.00 | |
1025 | 3 Ladies Jewelry Items: Coral Necklace, Dragonfly Brooch, & Cuff Buttons | 3 Ladies Jewelry Items, including Coral Necklace, Dragonfly Brooch, and Cuff Buttons. 1st item: Ladies multi-strand beaded coral necklace comprised of 14 individual strands with silver leaf form fasteners and clasp. 16" L. 2nd item: Art Deco style sterling silver dragonfly brooch comprised of CZ eyes, blue, green, and black enameled wings, and rhinestones to the wings and body. Marked "925" and "M7". M7 is a Swedish and Finnish date mark for the year 1914. 4 5/8" H x 4 5/8" W. 3rd item: Set of 3 Late Victorian era paste buttons retailed by The English Jeweller A. O. Faulkner, London. Comes with the original box. Provenance: The Estate of Jane Dudley, Nashville, TN and Palm Beach, FL. Social icon Jane Dudley (1925-2017) was the founder of one of the South's most prestigious charity events, the Swan Ball, and a member of the International Best Dressed List. She was married to U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Guilford Dudley, with whom she shared a landmark Nashville estate, Northumberland, until his death in 2002. CONDITION: All items overall good condition with light general wear. [See more photos →] |
$704.00 | |
72 | 16 pcs. Coin Silver, incl. TN Calhoun Knot Pattern | 1st-12th items: 12 pieces coin silver flatware in the rare Knot pattern, all marked W.H. Calhoun in rectangle (William H. Calhoun, working Nashville, 1835-d. 1865). Includes 6 forks (7 3/4" L), 2 tablespoons, 1 dessert spoon, and 3 teaspoons. A few pieces have other tiny assorted illegible marks, possibly journeyman marks, next to the Calhoun marks. All pieces with engraved period monogram B. Combined weight: 16.86 total troy ounces. Also included (13th-16th items) are a tablespoon and teaspoon both, with monograms SS and incuse marks "R & W Wilson Philada"; 1 teaspoon marked for Robert Best & Co., Cincinnati (working 1815-1820); and 1 unmarked teaspoon. Combined weight all items: 20.04 total troy ounces. CONDITION: Calhoun marks on forks are very worn. Some wear to tips of bowls on spoons. Repair to handle of 1 fork. Some fork tines slightly bent. R. Best & Co spoon with small tear to handle and dents. [See more photos →] |
$660.00 | |
278 | X. Ironside & Carl Sublett Watercolors | Xavier Ironside and Carl Sublett Tennessee Abstract works on paper, 2 items total. 1st item: Xavier Ironside (Tennessee, 20th century) watercolor on paper painting depicting a white house sheltered behind a copse of bare trees. Signed and dated "'67" lower right. Housed and matted under glass in a wooden frame. Sight – 17" H x 11 1/2" W. Framed – 24 3/4" H x 18 5/8" W. 2nd item: Carl Sublett (Tennessee, 1919-2008) abstract watercolor and etching on paper depicting a human figure with a large dog or horse. Signed and dated "65 Sublett" lower center. Housed and double matted under glass in a gilt wood frame. Sight – 9 3/4" H x 13" W. Framed – 17 1/2" H x 20 1/2" W. CONDITION: Both items in overall very good condition. Not examined outside of frames. [See more photos →] |
$660.00 | |
404 | 2 East TN Pottery Jars, Weaver Brothers | 1st item: East Tennessee stoneware pottery jar having a transitional stoneware/redware color, unusual rolled rim with incised lines below. Stamped "Weaver & Bro./Knoxville" for David and George Weaver (Knoxville, working 1876-1887) and "2" denoting capacity. 11 3/4" H. 2nd item: East Tennessee salt-glazed stoneware pottery jar with a stamped "Weaver & Bro./Knoxville, Tenn" for David and George Weaver (Knoxville, working 1876-1887). 9" H. Note: The Weaver Pottery was listed in the Knoxville Business Directory from 1876-1887 with David Weaver listed as the proprietor and George C. Weaver as a potter. (Ref. Smith & Rogers, Survey Of Historic Pottery Making In Tennessee 1979", Division Of Archeology, Tennessee Department Of Conservation). Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: 1st item: Scattered chipping to top, sides and underside of rim, a couple of losses to the body with scattered firing flaws. 2nd item: Jar slightly mis-shapen. Appros. 1 1/4" chip loss to body, scattered firing imperfections. [See more photos →] |
$660.00 | |
586 | 3 Navajo Turquoise Jewelry Pcs., Paul Chee | Three (3) Native American Navajo jewelry items by Paul Chee, including one (1) wide cuff bracelet, one (1) belt buckle, and one (1) bolo with leather hanger. All pieces with inset turquoise stones, raised leaf and vine decoration and black grounds. Buckle with script signature, cuff stamped with the initials PC and bolo unsigned but attributed to Chee. Buckle – 3" H x 3 7/8" W. Cuff with 2 3/4" opening. Bolo without leather hanger – 2 1/2" H x 2" W. All 20th century. CONDITION: All pieces in overall good condition with light wear. [See more photos →] |
$660.00 | |
688 | James Pattison O/B, View From Artist's Studio | James William Pattison (Illinois/Missouri/Massachusetts/North Carolina/France, 1844-1915) oil on board winter landscape painting titled "View From His Studio at Ecouen, [Paris]" depicting rooftops dusted with snow, foreground, bare trees and evergreens, middle ground, and a field below a grey sky, background. Signed "J.W. Pattison", titled, and dated "1876" en verso of board. Paper label with artist biographical information, en verso of frame. Housed in a molded giltwood frame with lamb's tongue rabbet edge. Sight – 8 5/8" H x 7 1/4" W. Framed – 13 1/2" H x 12" W. Third quarter 19th century. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. Biography: Pattison enlisted in the Union Army late in the Civil War and began his art career as an illustrator for Harper's Weekly. He then concentrated on painting and was a student of James M. Hart and George Inness. He taught at Washington University (1869-1873), where William Merritt Chase was one of his students. His earliest painting landscapes were in the Hudson River School style; one example is Twin Lakes, Leadville, Colorado (1872; Vose Galleries). Later Pattison studied in Dusseldorf and Paris. With his wife Helen Searle (1830-1884), Pattison lived for six years at Ecouen, just north of Paris, which was the home of an artists' colony. There he took instruction in landscape painting from Luigi Chialiva, who was well known as an animal painter. Pattison exhibited in the Paris Salons of 1879-81. He returned to America in 1882 or 1883 and was active in Chicago art organizations, including the Cliff Dwellers, the Palette and Chisel Club, and the Chicago Municipal Art League. He was director of the School of Fine Arts in Jacksonville, Illinois (1884-1896) and taught at the School of the AIC in 1896. Between 1897 and 1906 Pattison worked in the Tree Studio Building. Pattison exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 and at the St. Louis Universal Exposition, eleven years later. His work appeared at the Art Institute's annuals between 1891 and 1910. He was also an editor and art critic for the Fine Arts Journal, and he is the author of "The World's Painters Since Leonardo", published in 1904. (adapted from Clute, Walter Marshall. "James William Pattison: Author, Critic and Painter." The Sketch Book 5 (May 1906): 311-317; Clarkson, Ralph. "Chicago Artists: Past and Present." Art and Archaeology 12 (September – October 1921): 129-144; Sparks, Esther. "Biographical Dictionary of Illinois Painters and Sculptors, 1808-1945." Diss., Northwestern University, 1971, pp. 546-547; Askart). CONDITION: Overall good condition with scattered areas of paint loss, largest 3". [See more photos →] |
$660.00 | |
881 | 3 Southern Folk Pottery Face Jugs | Group of three (3) miniature folk art stoneware face jugs, including one (1) unsigned with grey "frog skin" glaze, attributed to Morre County, NC (ex. Griffin collection), one (1) NC jug with faint rutile drips marked and dated "Vale/1994" on the base and one (1) NC jug with dark brown glaze and china teeth marked "Seagrove" on the base. Ranging in size from 4 3/4" H to 5 1/4" H. All 20th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: All overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$660.00 | |
891 | Revolving Country Store Wood Display Stand | Revolving display stand consisting of a central turned standard with four (4) graduated display levels, three (3) having turned "arms" terminating into circular displays, resting on four shaped carved feet. Mixed woods. 63 1/8" H x 33" dia. (at the widest point). Late 19th century. Note: Found at a hardware store in Kentucky. CONDITION: Appears to retain the old surface. Some scattered losses and general wear, one of the circular displays with losses to one edge. [See more photos →] |
$660.00 | |
927 | Peridot and Diamond 14K Ring | 14K yellow gold ring with 8.5 carat green oval peridot flanked on each side by three small round brilliant diamonds approx. 0.35 carat total weight, I1 clarity, and I color. Tests 14K. Ring size 5 3/4. 5.9 grams. CONDITION: Band has partial crack (does not go all the way through) [See more photos →] |
$660.00 | |
1005 | Three (3) GSA Morgan CC Dollars, Uncirculated Mixed | Three (3) Uncirculated Mixed General Service Administration (GSA) Carson City Morgan Silver Dollars, including one (1) 1883 and two (2) 1884. Each coin includes documentation with serial numbers: 84175817, 83249181, and 84175832. Each coin housed in a Carson City holder with fitted boxes. Holders – 5 1/2" H x 3 1/2" W x 1/2" D. Boxes – 6 5/8" H x 4 5/8" W x 5/8" D. Approximately 2.578 total troy ounces. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Uncirculated Mixed condition. [See more photos →] |
$660.00 | |
1050 | Fisk University, TN Jubilee Singers Cabinet Card | Circa 1872 cabinet card photograph depicting the nine original members of the Fisk Jubilee Singers in a studio setting, titled "'Jubilee Singers,' of Fisk University, Tennessee". Studio marks for L. E. Walker, Warsaw, New York, en verso. 4 3/8" H x 6 5/8" W. Biography: In 1866 the Fisk Free Colored School was established in Nashville, Tennessee by the American Missionary Association. Housed in abandoned Union hospital barracks, Fisk set out to educate former slaves with the support of donations from former abolitionists. As those donations declined over the next five years, Fisk fell on hard times. To save the institution, Fisk's treasurer, George Leonard White, decided to gamble on the extraordinary voices of the young black singers who had begun to share with him the songs of their ancestors. In 1871, over the objections of his colleagues and sponsors, White and his assistant, a young African American pianist named Ella Sheppard, led a choir of nine young former slaves (now called the Fisk Jubilee Singers) from Nashville to perform for congregations in the North along the route of the Underground Railway. (source: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/fisk-jubilee-singers). CONDITION: Overall good condition with foxing spots, toning, etc. to be expected from age. Areas of skinning en verso. Title lettering slightly smudged but legible. Black ink mark reading "12" top right. [See more photos →] |
$660.00 | |
85 | 5 Carved Wood Santos figures | Group of five (5) carved polychrome wooden Santos figures, including one (1) angel figure standing on globe, label en verso for National Museum of the Philippines, Manila (20th century); one (1) early, probably 18th century male figure with crown; two (2) later figures with crowns (probably 19th century); and one (1) woman with crown and crescent moon (20th century). All mounted on bases. Heights range from 11" to 15 1/4" including bases. All Continental, 18th century/20th century. Provenance: The Estates of Olen Bryant and late Vanderbilt University art professor Thomas Brumbaugh, Clarksville/Cottontown, Tennessee. CONDITION: Considerable paint loss and wear to the three 18th/19th century figures with crowns, all of which are missing hands; one has worm damage verso. Angel figure missing a finger. [See more photos →] |
$640.00 | |
198 | Pair of French Bronze Mounted Covered Urns | Pair of French Sevres style lidded porcelain lamps having spiral ribbed magenta and white ground with enameled floral and gilt decoration throughout, lids with gilt bronze pineapple finials, and mounted onto square gilt bronze bases. Marked with red hallmark and stamped "France" in blue to the underside of the lids. 18 3/4" H. Late 19th/early 20th century. CONDITION: Old repair to rim of one lid, pineapple finial with old repair. Both with overall general wear and in good condition. [See more photos →] |
$640.00 | |
456 | 19 Pcs. English Royal Crown Derby Porcelain | Nineteen (19) pieces of English Royal Crown Derby porcelain, eighteen (18) pieces in the Old Crown Derby Rose pattern, including three (3) dinner plates, six (6) cups, seven (7) saucers, one (1) serving bowl, and one (1) centerpiece urn. Also includes one (1) Imari style 495 compote. All pieces, except for one (1) cup, marked on the base with Royal Crown Derby stamp and date marks for circa 1782-1825. Dinner plates – 1" H x 9 7/8" dia. Cups – 2 3/8" H x 4 1/4" W. Saucers – 1 1/8" H x 5 5/8" dia. Serving bowl – 1 5/8" H x 8 5/8" dia. Urn – 7 7/8" H x 6 5/8" dia. Compote – 2 1/8" H x 9 1/8" dia. CONDITION: Overall good condition with wear to be expected from age, including craquelure to glaze, areas of loss to paint and gilt. Surface stains, interior of one cup. Surface grime interior of urn. [See more photos →] |
$640.00 | |
458 | Assembled Group of Royal Worcester Porcelain, incl. Tea Service, 44 pcs. | Assembled Group of 19th century Royal Worcester Porcelain, incl. Tea Service, 44 total pieces. 1st-38th items: Royal Worcester porcelain tea service comprised of a teapot (5 1/2" H x 9 3/4" L x 5" W), creamer (4 3/4" H x 6 3/4" L x 4 1/2" W), covered sugar (4 3/4" H x 6 1/2" L x 4 1/2" W), 10 teacups (2 1/4" H x 4" dia.), 11 coffee cups (2 5/8" H x 3 3/8" dia.), 1 waste bowl (3 1/4" H x 6 3/4" dia.), and 1 plate (9 1/4' dia.), all having a cobalt ground with floral vingnettes and scrolling gilt and grape decoration. All pieces 19th century. 39th-44th items: Group of Royal Worcester porcelain in various patterns, all with cobalt grounds, foliate vignettes, and gilt accents, including five (5) dinner plates (8 5/8" to 8 7/8" dia.) and one (1) footed bowl (3" H x 6 1/4" dia.). Most pieces with red pattern numbers to base. All pieces 19th century. CONDITION: 1st-38th items: 1 saucer with staple repair, a few with hairlines, most with fleabites to base centers. Waste bowl with hairline to base. Chip to lower side of sugar bowl. Remaining pieces overall general wear. 39th-44th items: Bowl with restoration to lower body and base. Two (2) of the larger plates with hairlines. All with general use wear and losses. [See more photos →] |
$640.00 | |
670 | 2 TN Stoneware Advertising Whiskey Jugs, Script | Two (2) Tennessee stoneware advertising whiskey jugs with incised script. 1st item: Nashville, Tennessee stoneware advertising jug with brown slip incised "F. W. Baker/205 Church St./Nashville T.—-". 9 1/2" H. Late 19th/Early 20th century. 2nd item: Lewisburg, Tennessee stoneware advetising jug with brown slip incised "G. W. Davis/Distiller of fine sour mash whiskey/Lewisburg, T.—-". 8" H. Late 19th/Early 20th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: 1st item: Glaze wear and losses to spout, firing flaws to body. 2nd item: Few minor chips to handle, a couple of firing flaws to the body. [See more photos →] |
$640.00 | |
703 | 4 Louis Vuitton Luggage Items | Four (4) Louis Vuitton luggage Items, including a tote bag and folding suitcase with two detachable toiletry/garment bags. 1st item: Brown and tan tote bag with exterior pockets on either side. Plastic lining and pockets on interior. Monogrammed plaque "WKS" on exterior front pocket. Tag with Louis Vuitton name on interior. No key available for lock on zipper. 2nd-4th item: Large brown and tan garment bag or folding suitcase with leather straps and buckles for closure. Brown interior lining with its own zipper-closure and hook for hanging bag while opened at base. Monogrammed plaque "WKS" beside handle. No key available for locks. Tag with Louis Vuitton name on interior. Includes two interior detachable garment or toiletry bags. Unfolded – 52 1/2" H x 23 1/2" W x 6" D. Interior flat bag – 15 1/4" H x 19 1/4" W. Interior flap-closure bag – 17" H x 21" W x 3 1/2" D. Last Qtr. 20th century. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Some wear, notably to top of folding garment bag at edges. Lacking keys. 1st-2nd items monogrammed. [See more photos →] |
$640.00 | |
1062 | Whitney Leland watercolor | Whitney E. Leland (Tennessee, 20th c.), "None 1," abstract watercolor on paper. 30" H x 22 1/4" W. Circa 1972. Unframed. Provenance: Deaccessioned from the collection of the Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$640.00 | |
16 | Canton Enamel Vase with Gilt Mounts | Good quality Chinese Canton Enamel Vase on yellow ground with gilt bronze mounts. Flaring neck with ormolu fret mount over an enameled landscape scene flanked by ormolu fret and scroll handles; the body with enameled scene of two young women sitting on a terrace and playing musical instruments, the opposite with interior scene of mother/maiden and two children. Ormolu bands at midsection and foot ring. Signed on underside with Qianlong mark, possibly apocryphal. 10 1/2" H. Provenance: the collection of Valleau Caruthers, Brentwood, TN. CONDITION: Overall excellent condition with a couple of scattered minor spots of grime/oxidation which we have not attempted to clean. [See more photos →] |
$608.00 | |
197 | Pair Ormolu Candelabra with Cherubs | Pair of gilt bronze 5-light candleabra, each candle arm issuing from a central branch, held by a cherub or putti standing on a circular, Neoclassical plinth base encircled with laurel leaf wreath, atop a square base with concave corners and marble insets atop two scrolled and four toupie feet. 21 3/8" H x 9" dia. Continental, probably French, late 19th century. Provenance: a Nashville, Tennessee estate. CONDITION: Lacking bobeches; some wear to gilt particularly on candle cups. [See more photos →] |
$608.00 | |
346 | Georgian Document Box & Birdseye Maple Box | Two (2) 19th century document boxes. 1st item: Georgian mahogany serpentine front document box with inlaid patera to top, brass lock, brass handle handles and fitted interior. 13 1/8" H x 9" W x 8 3/4" D. English, early 19th century. 2nd item: Birdseye maple and satinwood document box with brass line inlay and and ebonized footed base. 8" H x 8 1/4" W x 8 1/4" D. English, late 19th century. Provenance: Living Estate of Joseph & Bette Bacon, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: 1st item: Several old small patch repairs to rear lid edges and lower left case edge. Some age cracks to wood. Interior with divider missing and one loose but retained. 2nd item: Some age cracks to wood and losses to brass inlay. [See more photos →] |
$608.00 | |
348 | Miniature European Chest of Drawers | Miniature serpentine front chest of drawers, oak with pine secondary, molded serpentine top over a conforming case with four dovetailed drawers having brass knobs, molded serpentine base above four bracket feet. 10 3/4" H x 14" W x 8 1/2" D. Continental, 19th century. Provenance: Private Nashville collection, ex-Dr. Benjamin H. Caldwell, Jr. CONDITION: 1/2" hole and 2" shrinkage crack right side. Replaced veneer to right sides on the front of 3 top drawers. Some drawer sticking, general wear and abrasions, minor stains to top. Small 1/2" stain/residue right side top edge. [See more photos →] |
$608.00 | |
711 | 2 Chanel Jackets, 1 Chanel Skirt, & 1 Picasso Scarf, 4 items | Three (3) Chanel suit pieces, including matching two (2) piece black jacket and skirt, one (1) camel jacket, and one (1) Paloma Picasso scarf, 4 items total. 1st-2nd items: Chanel two (2) piece black 100% wool suit with double "C" logo 100% silk lining, including gold tone hardware and interior chain link detail to jacket. Double "C" logo buttons to front and sleeve of jacket, slit on skirt. Both with "CHANEL BOUTIQUE" tags and care/information tags. Both items European size 36. 3rd item: Chanel camel 100% wool jacket with double "C" logo silk and spandex lining, including gold tone hardware and interior chain link detail. Double "C" logo buttons to both sets of pockets and sleeves "CHANEL" to interior hooks. Includes a "CHANEL BOUTIQUE" tag, care/information tags, and part of an attached "CHANEL" retail tag. European size 38. 4th item: Paloma Picasso silk scarf with seven (7) bands of chain links in decreasing size against a red ground with a black border, hand rolled hems. Signed "Paloma Picasso" lower right. Approximately 52" square. All items late 20th/early 21st century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall gently used condition. 1st-2nd items: Few surface stains, largest 3/4", to exterior fabric. 1/4" area of loose stitching, bottom of skirt zipper. 3rd item: Few minute stains to exterior and interior fabric. Few pulled threads to lining. 4th item: Few loose threads to hems. Few surface scuffs. [See more photos →] |
$608.00 | |
826 | British School 19th C. Oil, "Suffolk Stream" | British School, 19th century, possibly James Stark (England, 1794-1859) or Edwin Henry Boddington, Jr. (United Kingdom, 1836-1905); oil on canvas landscape painting titled "Suffolk Stream" depicting two young men fishing and a woman and child gathering water on the bank of a stream, foreground, with dense trees below a cloudy blue sky in the background. Unsigned. 19th century paper label marked "Boddington" en verso of stretcher; gilt metal placard with title and identifying the artist as James Stark affixed lower center of frame. Sight – 18 1/2" H x 28 1/2" W. Framed – 28 3/4" H x 38 1/2" W. Mid/late 19th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition with craquelure, yellowing to varnish. Few areas of paint loss, largest 5/8" x 1/2". Possible 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" area of inpainting, top right. Areas of loss to frame. [See more photos →] |
$608.00 | |
890 | 11 German Sulfide Marbles | Eleven (11) German blown glass marbles with sulfide animal figurals, including five (5) dogs, three (3) bears, one (1) lion, one (1) camel, and one (1) squirrel. 1 1/2" dia. Mid/late 19th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall good condition with expected air bubbles, flaws in the making. [See more photos →] |
$608.00 | |
948 | 1 Tiffany bowl plus 8 Gorham bread plates | 9 Sterling Silver items, including Tiffany & Co. bowl and Gorham Estruscan pattern bread plates. 1st item: Tiffany & Company footed bowl or compote with band of scrolling foliate and shell pattern to rim and ovolo band to base. Maker's marks, 5392 Makers 2674, Sterling Silver, M, and 2 1/4 Pints stamped underside of base. Monogrammed B. 4 5/8" H x 7 1/2" W. 11.955 total troy ounces. 2nd-9th items: 8 Gorham Etruscan pattern bread and butter plates with Greek key design borders. Maker's marks, Sterling, 13577, and Etruscan stamped underside of bases. Not monogrammed. 6 3/8" dia. 28.210 total troy ounces. Combined weight, 9 sterling silver items: 31.38 total troy ounces. Provenance: Private Middle TN Collection. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with wear commensurate with use. 1st item: Areas of wear, largest 1/4", to interior of bowl. [See more photos →] |
$608.00 | |
990 | William Halsey O/C, Crashing Waves Seascape | William C. Halsey (Alabama/New York, b. 1820) oil on canvas seascape painting titled "Evening Coastal Fog" depicting crashing waves beneath a tumultous late afternoon sky. Signed "W. Halsey" lower left. Housed in an Art Deco carved green and giltwood frame. Sight – 23 5/8" H x 39 1/2" W. Framed – 32 1/2" H x 48 1/2" W. American, second half of the 19th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition with areas of craquelure. Canvas has been relined. [See more photos →] |
$608.00 | |
1028 | 32 Pcs. Sterling Flatware, inc. Frank Smith Fiddle Thread | 32 pieces sterling silver flatware. Lot includes 25 pieces Frank W. Smith Fiddle Thread pattern flatware: 6 hollow handles dinner knives (8 5/8" L), 4 dinner forks (7" L), 12 five o'clock spoons, and 3 tablespoons. Not monogrammed. 29.09 total weighable troy ounces; 6 Webster salt spoons. Not monogrammed. .575 total troy ounces; 1 International Joan of Arc pattern tomato server. Not monogrammed. 2.270 total troy ounces. Combined weight, 32 pieces sterling silver: 31.935 total weighable troy ounces. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface scratches. [See more photos →] |
$608.00 | |
1039 | Pair of Gorham 5-Arm Sterling Silver Candelabras | Pair of Gorham convertible 5-arm weighted sterling candelabra, convertible to low single, high single or 5-arm candle holder. Makers marks, Sterling, and 770 stamped underside of bases. Not monogrammed. Includes ten (10) clear pressed glass bobeches with molded decorations. Candelabra – 14 3/8" H x 13 1/2" W x 13 1/2" D. Bobeches – 1" H x 4" dia. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear, residue to interior of cups. One cup bent slightly lower than others to one candelabra. Two bobeches with 1/4" loss to tip. [See more photos →] |
$608.00 | |
300 | Continental O/C with French Flag and Figures | Continental School, possibly French, early 19th century oil on canvas. The painting, likely satirical, depicts a gentleman in tall black hat and spats, carrying a driving whip and knife, with a gleam in his eye and wilted rose in his mouth, approaching a group of five young peasant women, one of whom appears to swoon before him. A French flag is planted in the landscape background with a white sign below reading BAL, and opposite, a sign is posted on a tree reading "SECRET DU SENAT regardant la leves (?) du 1848." Unsigned. Later molded giltwood frame. 14 1/2" H x 18" W sight, 17" H x 21 1/2" W framed. CONDITION: Multiple spots of impact craquelure throughout; alligatoring to sky area, center; 3" area of vertical tenting center right in tree area with overpainting, wear and abrasions upper right corner, 6" x 6" area; scattered tiny spots of wear and abrasions, infill and inclusions throughout; light grime and/or varnish aging, most noticeable in sky area; 1" x 1" area of repair with inpaint between the two women's heads at the far right end. Wax lining. [See more photos →] |
$600.00 | |
493 | Murano Picasso Glass Sculpture + Art Glass Orb | Two (2) Mid Century Murano Art Glass items. 1st item: Figural Vase, Homage to Picasso, unsigned, manner of Luigi Mellara. 21" H x 13" W x 9" D. 2nd item: Glass disc with abstract paperweight decoration in primary colors and black, fits into a metal stand. Unsigned. 18" dia. Overall – 24" H x 19" W x 7" D. CONDITION: Both items excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$600.00 | |
505 | George Ohr Biloxi Pottery Salt Cellar | George Ohr (Biloxi, Mississippi, 1857-1919) pottery salt cellar, footed form with dark brown/black glaze. Stamped on base "GEO E OHR,BILOXI,MISS". 1 7/8" H x 3 1/2" dia. Late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$600.00 | |
896 | 2 19th Cent. Textiles, incl. Sampler, Silk Embroidery | Two (2) 19th Century Textiles, including Schoolgirl Sampler, Eagle Silk Embroidery. 1st item: Schoolgirl needlework sampler, possibly American, silk and wool threads on linen; cross, queen's, eyelet and box stitch, strawberry border dividing the field into a top section with 4 rows of Alphabet and lower section with pictorial motifs of bird on branch, basket of flowers, and girl playing with kitten. Signed in box stitch S.A.HARDAWAY and dated 1849. Later giltwood frame. 15" H x 13 1/2" W sight, 16 1/2" H x 15 1/4" W framed. 2nd item: Framed silk embroidery, possibly Chinese export for the American market, depicting an American eagle comprised of various colored silk and bullion threads. Eagle holds arrows in one claw and an American flag Federal shield in the other, flanked on each side by two crossed American flags with laurel branch below. All above a banner with the motto ''E Pluribus Unum''. Housed in a marbleized black frame. 21 5/8" H x 23 1/4" W. Late 19th century. Provenance: an East Tennessee estate. CONDITION: 1st item: Water staining to lower edge with 1/4" hole lower right near border, 1/2" hole to girl's dress, losses to wool threads, light overall discoloration to ground fabric. 2nd item: Scattered minute losses and some discoloration to background, eye of eagle not present. Overall scattered wear and abrasions to the frame. [See more photos →] |
$600.00 | |
954 | Pair Trees Kentucky Coin Silver Julep Cups | Pair of sterling silver julep cups with reeded upper and lower rims and tapering sides, marked on underside TREES / STERLING with shamrock mark for Benjamin Trees (Lexington, KY, active 1935-d. 1965). Both monogrammed MJCSE. 3 3/4" H. Combined weight, 2 sterling items: 8.57 total troy ounces. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with normal surface wear. [See more photos →] |
$600.00 | |
991 | 2 Alexander Dumas Great Smoky Mountains, TN Paintings | Two (2) Alexander Dumas (Tennessee, 20th/21st Century) Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee landscape paintings. 1st item: Oil on canvas painting titled Little Pigeon River depicting a river flowing between two rocky river banks, fore and middle ground, against a line of trees, background. Signed lower right. Two artist's labels with title en verso. Housed in a wooden frame with carved decorative running pattern and rabbet edge. Sight – 17 1/2" H x 23 1/2" W. Framed – 22" H x 28" W. 2nd item: Oil on canvas painting titled Winter Solitude depicting a snow covered river bank, fore and middle ground, a river in the background. Signed lower right. Two artist's labels with title en verso. Housed in a wooden frame with carved decorative running pattern and rabbet edge. Sight – 7 5/8" H x 9 1/2" W. Framed – 12" H x 13 3/4" W. Both items American, early 21st century. Note: Alexander Dumas is a Tennessee artist with over 60 years of experience painting regional landscapes, World War II, Korea & Vietnam scenes, and wildlife. CONDITION: Both items in overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$600.00 | |
1008 | 4 14K Pins & 2 Pocketwatches, incl. Railway Watch | Four (4) 14K Pins & two (2) Pocketwatches. First grouping – four (4) 14K pins, 6 items total, including one (1) onyx and pearl linear pin, one (1) hat pin with diamond shaped garnet stone, one (1) hat pin with emerald stone and accent diamonds, and one (1) hat pin with oval citrine stone. All marked 14K. 11.2 total grams. Lot also includes two (2) watches: one (1) men's Hamilton 992 gold filled pocket watch, Serial #1103911 with Arabic numbers, secondary dial and cobalt hands size 16S and 21 jewels and one (1) Swiss gold filled ladies pocket watch with a cobalt face, monogrammed cover, Serial #99632. Both early 20th century. CONDITION: Pins with use wear, pin with accent diamonds missing one diamond. Men's watch ticks when wound, ladie's watch not functional. [See more photos →] |
$600.00 | |
1018 | Ladies 14K White Gold & Diamond Ring | Ladies 14K white gold ring with 2 round brilliant and 6 single cut diamonds, approximately 1.0 carat total weight, SI1 clarity, and H color. Marked 14K. Size 6. 3.9 grams. CONDITION: Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$600.00 | |
56 | 18th Cent. English Sterling Silver Pierced Basket | English George III sterling silver sugar basket with decorative pierced sides, repousse oval portrait medallions and cartouche with swag decorations to body, beaded rim and footed base and rope decoration to swing handle and rim, scrolling foliate decorations to square base. Base marked for Burrage Davenport, London, Sterling, 1772. Not monogrammed. 5" H x 4 3/4" dia. 7.080 total troy ounces. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear. Likely missing liner. [See more photos →] |
$576.00 | |
288 | Sterling Strauser Figure Painting | Sterling Boyd Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) oil on board painting, the dark outline of a figure incised in white impasto. Signed "Strauser" lower center and dated 1961. Housed in a whitewashed, cove molded frame. Sight – 36" H x 7" W. Framed – 39" H x 10" W. American, mid 20th century. Provenance: a Nashville, Tennessee estate. CONDITION: A couple of miniscule chips to points of thick impasto, 2 small scratches lower right quadrant, some paint surface irregularities inherent to technique. [See more photos →] |
$576.00 | |
478 | Tiffany Favrile Art Glass Vase | Tiffany gold iridescent vase, trumpet form with lobed body and ruffled rim above a short stem and round molded base. Underside of base inscribed "6682D" and "L. C. Tiffany-Favrile". 8 3/4" H. 20th century. Provenance: the living estate of Annette Petri, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$576.00 | |
498 | 8 20th Cent. Rookwood Pottery Items | Eight (8) 20th Century Rookwood Pottery items. 1st item: Large vase with impressed vertical and horizontal lines, green/brown stipple glaze, base with incised Rookwood mark, date mark XXVI for 1927, shape #2930. 10 1/8" H. 2nd item: Vase with double lug handles, pink/green matte glaze, base with incised Rookwood mark, date mark XI for 1911, shape #459D. 6" H. 3rd item: Double handled vase, green/brown crackle glaze, base with incised Rookwood mark, date mark XXXI for 1923, shape #2562. 5 1/4" H. 4th-5th items: Two (2) cylindrical vases with impressed bamboo patterns, green stipple glaze, bases with incised Rookwood marks, date marks XXVII for 1927, shape #1903. 5 3/8" H. 6th item: Small double handled vase, pink/green matte glaze, base with incised Rookwood mark, date mark XXXI for 1931, shape #63. 4 3/8" H. 7th item: Lotus form bowl, blue glaze, base with incised Rookwood mark, date mark XLVIII for 1948, shape #6132. 3 1/4" H x 7 1/2" dia. 8th item: Small square form vase, pink matte glaze, base with incised Rookwood mark, date mark XXXI for 1948, shape #2762. 3 1/2" H. Provenance: The Estate of Mrs. Frank Wood, Evansville, Indiana and Dickson, Tennessee. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with some surface grime. 1st item: Surface abrasions, largest 7/8", body of vase. 2nd item: Areas of crazing to lower body. 3rd item: 5/8" area of repair to rim of one vase. 4th-5th items: 5/8" area of repair to rim of one vase. [See more photos →] |
$576.00 | |
811 | Folk Art Portrait of a Girl, poss. Southern | Folk art portrait of a girl, pencil and watercolor on paper. Subject is identified in pencil en verso as Margaret Adamson, age 6 3/4 or 7 years. She holds a small red book and stands in front of a door, partly visible behind a red drape background. Appears unsigned; not examined out of frame. Sight – 7" H x 5 3/8" W. Original wood panel frame – 10 1/2" H x 8 7/8" W. Second quarter 19th century. Provenance: Private Tennessee collection, purchased in the 1980s in Bowling Green, Kentucky. CONDITION: Fading and toning throughout; a half dozen tiny scratches/abrasions to paper on neck and face of subject. Frame has some minor wear, shrinkage and scratches; back panel has been cut and hinged to allow viewing of inscription en verso of paper. [See more photos →] |
$576.00 | |
820 | Sterling Strauser Rooster Painting | Sterling Strauser (American, 1907-1995) oil on board painting of a white rooster against a brown/green background. Signed "Strauser 68" lower left. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight: 12 3/4" H x 4" W. Framed: 21" H x 11" W. CONDITION: Excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$576.00 | |
845 | 7 Staffordshire Figures | Seven (7) Staffordshire Figures including a pearlware figure of Andromache, modelled standing beside an urn on plinth and mourning the ashes of Hector, 9 1/3" H; 1 figural group of Romeo and Juliet with printed verse on vase: "Jul: O thinkst thou we shall ever meet again? Rom: I doubt it not and all these woes shall serve for sweet discourses in our time to come," 10" H; Napoleon, 16" H; Shakespeare, 17" H; and three miniature Staffordshire dogs, 3-4" H. All English, mid 19th century. Provenance: The Estates of Olen Bryant and late Vanderbilt University art professor Thomas Brumbaugh, Clarksville/Cottontown, Tennessee. CONDITION: Andromache: Overall good condition with light wear to paint, a few tiny flakes to base and figure's shoes, 1" firing crack to skirt fold. Romeo and Juliet: Overall good condition with a few tiny flakes to Romeo's kilt, possible losses to tips of his fingers. Napoleon: repaired break to neck. Shakespeare: Repaired break to base, wear to gilt lettering. Dogs: Overall good condition with light paint wear, a few scattered miniscule chips. All items with light crazing. [See more photos →] |
$576.00 | |
915 | Henry Cheadle O/C, River Landscape | Henry Cheadle (United Kingdom, 1852-1910) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a young woman on a river bank gazing into the water, foreground, trees in the middle ground, and a bridge in the background below a cloudy grey sky. Signed "Signed "H. Cheadle" lower left. Gilt metal placard with artist's name affixed lower center of frame. English framing label en verso. Housed in a period molded gilt wood frame. Sight – 11 1/2" H x 23 1/2" W. Framed – 20 3/8" H x 32 3/8" W. Late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall good condition with craquelure. Few areas of loss to frame; frame likely regilt. [See more photos →] |
$576.00 | |
950 | 46 Pcs Antique Flatware inc. Tiffany, Shiebler, Twist & more | 46 pieces of assorted antique sterling silver flatware including Tiffany, Shiebler, Hotchkiss & Schreuder, figural twist handle, Medallion pattern, and more. Includes 1 Scottish sterling stuffing spoon, marks for Edinburgh, 1816-1817, J.W. Howden & Co., 12" L; 1 pair Philadelphia coin silver Federal sugar tongs with bright cut decoration marked for John Letelier Sr. (working Philadelphia & Chester Co. PA, Wilmington DE, and possibly Washington DC, 1770-c. 1802); 1 pair S. Kirk & Son sterling ice tongs; 1 pair Tiffany sterling sugar tongs; 2 Tiffany Persian pattern salt spoons; 1 ornate Durgin silver spoon with round gilt bowl, 6 1/2" L; 1 Watson Phoebe pattern teaspoon with matte gilt bowl engraved St. Paul; 1 George Shiebler teaspoon in unknown floral pattern; 1 coffee spoon with figural floral handle, marks rubbed but possibly Gorham; 6 demitasse spoons marked only "Sterling"; 3 Medallion pattern teaspoons with marks for Hotchkiss & Schreuder and retailer F. Williams (Palmyra, NY); 2 tablespoons plus 2 dessert spoons and 1 teaspoon all in unknown patterns, also with marks for Hotchkiss & Schreuder/F. Williams; and 1 Victorian silverplated master butter knife. Lot also includes 21 pieces of twist handle flatware: 1 Gorham Olive spoon/pick with figural olive; 5 fruit spoons marked David Kinsey in rectangle; 1 sugar shell marked for Hotchkiss & Schreuder; 1 pr sugar tongs marked only "sterling"; 1 Whiting sugar shovel with engraved matte gilt bowl; and 12 Whiting seafood cocktail forks. Combined weight all sterling items: 31.74 oz troy. Weight of American coin silver tongs: 1.23 oz. CONDITION: Most pieces with monograms. Letelier coin silver tongs have a 1/4" tear to bridge, otherwise all items very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$576.00 | |
951 | Kirk Repousse Bowl and bread tray | S. Kirk & Son Hand Decorated bowl, circular with scalloped rim and repousse center decoration of fruit and flowers, raised on four ball feet. Stamped with company markings and number 233 STERLING on underside. 2 1/2"h x 9 1/4" diameter. 2nd item: S. Kirk & Son Co. Repousse pattern oval bread tray with repousse floral border. Stamped 925/1000 and 266 on underside. 2"H x 12 1/2"W x 7"D. Combined weight: 30.54 oz troy. CONDITION: Both items overall good condition with light general wear. [See more photos →] |
$576.00 | |
1021 | Ladies 14K Yellow Gold & Diamond Ring w/ 3 Stones | Ladies 14K yellow gold 3 stone diamond ring with a bypass style mounting. Stones measure 4.25mm approximately 1.0 carat, SI2 clarity, and H color. Tests 14K. Size 8. 3.1 grams. Provenance: Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Josephine Lavecchia estate, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall good conditon. [See more photos →] |
$576.00 | |
1033 | 32 American & English Sterling Silver Items | 32 American and English sterling silver items, including Whiting Art Nouveau bowl, 34 items total. 1st item: Whiting Art Nouveau bowl with a shaped repousse floral rim and ribbed body. Monogrammed "ETC". 1 3/4" H x 8 7/8" dia. 5.91 total troy ounces. 2nd item: Tiffany & Co. Vine-Multi Motif Grapevine pattern berry casserole spoon with gilt wash to bowl. Monogrammed "EB". 9 1/4" L. 3.18 total troy ounces. 3rd-10th items: 8 pieces Towle Old Master pattern, including 2 hollow handle dinner knives (8 7/8" L), 1 dinner fork (7 1/4" L), 4 teaspoons (6" L), and 1 pie/cake server (10 3/8" L). Not monogrammed. 5.345 total weighable troy ounces. 11th-16th items: 6 R. Wallace & Sons Violet pattern teaspoons. Not monogrammed. 5 3/8" L. 2.90 total troy ounces. 17th-24th items: 8 Gorham items, including 2 small footed salt cellars with repousse floral rims with gilt interior wash (1" to 1 5/8" H), 2-piece repousse floral salt and pepper shaker set (2 3/4" H), 2 salts (1/2" H) with 2 salt spoons (2 3/8" L), all with gilt interior wash. 1 salt cellar with engraved inscription reading "A. J. F. Mc B/June 24, 1891", salt and pepper shakers with engraved inscription reading "Mc B./June 24, '91" stamped underside of bases. Salt spoons monogrammed "D". 4.655 total troy ounces. 25th item: English pair of sugar tongs, marks for Alexander Coghill, Glasgow, 1854. Not monogrammed. 6 3/8" L. 2.06 total troy ounces. 26th item: English master salt spoon, marks for George William Adams, London, 1866. Monogrammed and dated "EG/1867". 4 1/2" L. .705 total troy ounces. 27th item: Towle tomato server. Monogrammed "RGH". 8 1/2" L. 2.52 total troy ounces. 28th item: R. Blakington & Co. cream ladle. Not monogrammed. 5 7/8" L. 1.015 total troy ounces. 30th item: Dominick & Haff teaspoon. Monogrammed A.B.T.". 5 7/8" L. .795 total troy ounces. 31st item: Manchester Silver Co. salt spoon. 2 3/8" L. .070 total troy ounces. 32nd item: Sterling bon bon spoon. Monogrammed "G". 5 1/2" L. .860 total troy ounces. 33rd-34th items: 2-piece likely sterling wooden bowl salad set. Approximately 11 3/8" L. Combined weight, 32 sterling silver items: 30.015 total weighable troy ounces. Provenance: Living Estate of Joseph & Bette Bacon, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear. 33rd-34th items: One tine broken to wooden serving fork. Handle is loose. [See more photos →] |
$576.00 | |
936 | 14K Diamond Pendant with Chain | 14K yellow gold diamond necklace comprised of 12 round brilliant diamonds, approximately 0.50 carat total weight, SI1 clarity, and H color. Also 54 accent single cut diamonds, approximately 0.50 carat total weight, SI2 clarity, and I color. Chain marked 14K and Gabriel & Co. Pendant marked 14K. 16" chain. 13.4 total grams. Provenance: The estate of Mary Emma Turner, Morristown, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$570.00 | |
80 | Russian Icon w/ Saints and Archangel | Russian icon comprised of polychrome tempera paint and heavy gilt embellishments on cradled wood panel depicting St. Peter, the Archangel Michael, and Saint Evdokia, surmounted by an image of Christ in clouds. 14" H x 12 1/4" W. Late 19th century. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Scattered losses to paint on edges, minor general wear to tempura on top. [See more photos →] |
$544.00 | |
99 | Style of Hubert Robert, 18th C. Landscape with Roman Ruins and 3 figures | Style of Hubert Robert (French, 1733-1808), 18th century oil on canvas Continental landscape depicting a soldier holding a spear, standing beside two men seated on the ground, with Roman ruins towering in the background. No signature visible. Antique, possibly original giltwood carved frame. Sight – 17" H x 24" W. Framed – 23" H x 30" W. CONDITION: Relined. 1" area of paint loss at upper left corner (top of column). Scattered areas of inpainting, particularly two 1" diameter areas lower right corner, one 2" area lower left corner, 2 areas around prisoners, and one 2" area next to soldier. Other smaller scattered areas of inpaint to background and sky area. Craquelure throughout. Some bloom to varnish right side of of painting. Several very small scattered paint flakes. Several areas of paint loss at perimeter next to frame. Frame exhibits wear, a few small losses, and several shrinkage cracks. [See more photos →] |
$544.00 | |
157 | Middle TN Cherry Work Table, Original Surface | Middle TN cherry work table in the old varnish, poplar secondary. Sheraton form, comprised of an overhanging top with one dovetailed drawer, turned legs over turnip spike feet. 29 1/2" H x 25" W x 21" D. Second quarter of the 19th century. Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Overall good condition, with expected wear. [See more photos →] |
$544.00 | |
272 | Olen Bryant Framed Figure and Blue Figural Group | Two (2) Olen Bryant (American/Tennessee, 1927-2017) ceramic items. 1st item: Olen Bryant blue ceramic sculpture of three figures carrying another figure. Signed "'65 O. Bryant" on lower side. 10" H x 12" W x 12" D. 2nd item: Olen Bryant grey ceramic figure with a flowing robe, mounted to giltwood panel with exposed brass or gilded screws. Unsigned. Housed in a copper colored wood frame. Figure – 15" H x 5" W. Framed – 20 1/2" H x 10 1/2" W. Provenance: Estate of Olen Bryant, Cottonwood/Clarksville, TN. A letter of authenticity and provenance from the artist's niece, who served as his studio assistant and personal representative for his estate, will accompany this lot. CONDITION: Both excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$544.00 | |
331 | 2 Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Lamps | Two (2) Chinese Export Famille Rose porcelain lamps. 1st item: Famille Rose vase, mounted as a lamp, decorated with reserves depicting figures engaged in various activities within gilt fret borders; additional precious object and insect decoration. Fitted with carved hardwood base and drilled to wire for electricity. 20 5/8" H x 4" W. 2nd item: Hat stand with quatrefoil piercings, mounted as a lamp, decorated with male and female figures standing amongst rocks and greenery. Bronze bee shaped finial. Fitted with carved hardwood base and drilled to wire for electricity. 27" H x 4 3/4" W. Late 19th/early 20th century. CONDITION: Both items overall good condition with light wear; not tested or guaranteed for functionality. 1st item: Finial is not present. [See more photos →] |
$544.00 | |
336 | Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Floor Vase | Chinese porcelain Famille Rose floor vase, rouleau form, with polychrome paint decoration including flowering peony, bird and fruit to the body with band decoration to the top and base including lappet decoration. Red six-character Ch'ien Lung mark to the base. 23" H x 8 1/2" dia. Early 20th century. CONDITION: Drill hole to base, overall light general wear to decoration. [See more photos →] |
$544.00 | |
988 | 19th c. Haystack Painting, O/C, Signed | American School, possibly Southern, oil on canvas landscape painting depicting the sun setting on a farm field with haystacks in foreground and barn in background. Illegible signature lower right and dated '94. Unframed. 20" H x 30" W. Circa 1894. Provenance: a Nashville, Tennessee estate. CONDITION: Craquelure throughout, light grime. [See more photos →] |
$544.00 | |
993 | Dozier Bell Drawing of Two Women Walking | Dozier Bell (American, b. 1957) diminutive charcoal drawing of two female figures walking, with other people visible in the background. Signed "D. Bell '08" lower right. Housed behind glass in a black matted frame. Sight – 3 1/4" H x 2 3/8" W. Framed – 9 7/8" H x 8 1/4" W. Biography (Courtesy: Artist's website): Bell received a BA from Smith College and a MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to her Fulbright Fellowship, Bell has received Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants in 2003 and 1993, a grant from the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation in 2009, residencies at both the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, and in 2014, a Purchase Prize award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York. She lives and works in coastal Maine. CONDITION: Overall excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$544.00 | |
1035 | 20 Sterling Silver Items, incl. Tiffany & Co. | Group of twenty (20) sterling silver items, including Tiffany & Company, Gorham, International, 23 items total. Three (3) Tiffany & Company demitasse cup holder and saucer sets with Lenox porcelain cups (2 5/8" H x 4 1/8" dia); eight (8) Gorham cordials (2 7/8" H): two (2) piece International Courtship pattern creamer and double handled sugar bowl set (3 3/8" H); two (2) International Prelude pattern toothpick holders with gilt interior wash (2 3/4" H); one (1) Poole double cocktail jigger, monogrammed "EWS" (4 3/4" H); and one (1) sterling footed cup with chased decoration (5" H). 26.635 total troy ounces. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear, dents. [See more photos →] |
$544.00 | |
181 | Western NC Nelson Bass Pottery Jar | North Carolina Nelson Bass (Lincoln County, NC, 1846-1918) dark brown alkaline glaze 4 gallon stoneware pottery jar, tall ovoid form with applied pulled lug handles, stamped on one handle "NB" for Nelson Bass and incised "4" denoting capacity. 14" H x approx. 10 1/2" dia. Late 19th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Some scattered slight lifting to glaze and firing flaws. Overall good condition with no chips or cracks. [See more photos →] |
$540.00 | |
380 | Adkins Folk Art Carved & Painted Pole Cat | Minnie & Greg Adkins Folk Art carved and painted polecat, painted in colors of yellow, brown, black and white. Signed on the underside of the belly "M. Adkins/Chester Adkins" and dated 1985 to underside of front paw. 14 1/2" H x 58" L x 4 1/2" W. 20th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$540.00 | |
479 | Tiffany Blue Favrile Compote | Tiffany Studios blue iridescent Favrile art glass compote. Marked in script on underside "L.C. Tiffany Favrile/ x127". 4 1/8" H x 5 3/4" W (diameter). CONDITION: Overall very good condition. No damage noted. [See more photos →] |
$540.00 | |
605 | Andrew Johnson Signed Land Grant | Governor of Tennessee and later President Andrew Johnson (b. 1808-d.1875) signed land document granting Isaac Long seven and 154/160 acres in Hardin County, Tennessee, dated April 1, 1857. Note: Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869, and the 16th Vice President of the United States under President Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865-April 15, 1865. He was Governor of Tennessee from 1853-1857. CONDITION: Signature clear with no fading. Scattered foxing and white discoloration to blue paper. Separations at fold lines, largest 1 3/4" L. [See more photos →] |
$540.00 | |
742 | 1878 GSA Morgan Carson City Dollar, Uncirculated | 1878 Uncirculated General Service Administration (GSA) Carson City Morgan Silver Dollar. Includes documentation with serial number: 83133020. Housed in a Carson City holder with fitted box. Holder – 5 1/2" H x 3 1/2" W x 1/2" D. Box – 6 5/8" H x 4 5/8" W x 5/8" D. Approximately .859 total troy ounces. CONDITION: Uncirculated condition. [See more photos →] |
$540.00 | |
868 | Library Ladder Chair, Convertible | English Regency style armchair that converts to library stairs; rectangular molded tablet style crest rail and splat, molded arms ending in carved volutes and square molded raking legs; faux green leather seat is hinged at front, allowing crestrail to be tipped forward, converting the base to a four step library ladder with tooled leather on steps. Height as chair: 34" H x 22 1/2" W x 26" D. Height as Ladder: 27". English, mid to late 19th century. CONDITION: Scattered abrasions and surface wear throughout; two 1" areas of veneer loss to rear foot of chair (becomes front foot of ladder). Wear to leather on steps. [See more photos →] |
$540.00 | |
961 | Pair M. Fred Hirsch Weighted Sterling Silver Trumpet Vases | Pair of M. Fred Hirsch sterling silver paneled trumpet vases with flared scalloped rims, foliate decorations to body, and round, weighted bases. Sterling, maker's marks, Weighted, and 172 stamped underside of bases. Not monogramed. 12 1/4" H x 5" dia. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: Overall good condition with normal surface wear. Dents, largest 3 1/2". 5/8" x 1/8" area of damage to base of one vase. [See more photos →] |
$540.00 | |
1053 | European School O/C Maritime Painting | European School, 19th century, oil on canvas maritime painting depicting three feluccas sailing away from a wharf with city skyline in the background, possibly Venice, Italy. Unsigned. Housed in a molded gilt wood frame. 19 1/2" H x 15 1/2" W. Framed – 31 3/8" H x 27 7/8" W. Provenance: The Estate of Mrs. Frank Wood, Evansville, Indiana and Dickson, Tennessee. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Stretcher marks visible across top of canvas. Canvas possibly relined. [See more photos →] |
$540.00 | |
79 | Russian Icon of St. Nicholas | Russian icon, polychrome tempera and gilt on a cradled wood panel depicting St. Nicholas (the Wonder Worker) to the center holding a book of scripture flanked by the Virgin Mary and Christ upper corners. Titled lower center edge. 14" H x 12 1/4" W. Late 19th century. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Some minor scattered losses to paint decoration, especially to edges, age cracks to wood. [See more photos →] |
$512.00 | |
259 | Pair of Meissen Parcel Gilt Figural Candlesticks | Pair of German Meissen polychrome and parcel gilt candlesticks, including one (1) representing Winter and one (1) representing Spring from the Four Seasons series. Both with blue Meissen underglaze marks to base along with incised and stamped numbers. 10 1/2" H x approx. 5 1/2" W. 19th century. CONDITION: Male figure with repaired break to one hand, breaks to tips of vine on same candlestick along with errant wax drippings. Female figure with old repaired break to one arm, fleabites to base of candlestick with possible repairs to petals beneath candle holder. [See more photos →] |
$512.00 | |
329 | Japanese Cloisonne Vase | Good quality Meiji cloisonne enamel vase with small narrow neck, the body decorated with white flower having tall blade-like leaves, all on a dark blue ground. Unsigned. 9 3/4" H. Provenance: ex-Flying Crane Antiques, New York, NY. Japanese, early 20th century. Provenance: the collection of Valleau Caruthers, Brentwood, TN. CONDITION: Excellent condition. [See more photos →] |
$512.00 | |
539 | Vannoy Streeter, Wire Figure on Horseback | Vannoy Streeter (Tennessee, 1919-1998) wire sculpture of a figure riding a high-stepping Tennessee Walking Horse. 5 1/4" H x 5 1/2" L x 2 1/2" W. Biography (source: The Tennessee Encyclopedia): "Self-taught sculptor Vannoy Streeter was known as "Wireman" because of the fanciful creations he fashioned from coat hangers and metal wire. Best known for his depictions of the Tennessee Walking Horse, Streeter also created scores of other images using wrapped and twisted wire…By the time of his death in 1998, Streeter had gained national exposure. He participated in the National Black Arts Festival in 1990, and his work attracted collectors from around the United States. Born in 1919 in Wartrace, Tennessee, Streeter moved with his family to what would later become a Tennessee Walking Horse farm. At the time, owners were still training their mixed thoroughbreds to prance in front of buggies. The oldest of six brothers, he learned the horse grooming and training business from his father. When the first Walking Horse Celebration was held in Wartrace, Streeter was there to observe the high-stepping front legs and sliding, low-slung back legs that created the characteristic rocking gait. After the Walking Horse Celebration moved to its current home in the county seat of Shelbyville, Streeter took special pride in the fact that African American trainers helped develop the Walking Horse style and that champion horse "Strolling Jim" was from Wartrace." CONDITION: Overall excellent condition with a couple of tiny spots of oxidation. [See more photos →] |
$512.00 | |
613 | Attr. Allen C. Redwood, Tavern Scene Illustration | American School illustration painting attributed to Allen (Carter) Christian Redwood (American/Virginia, 1844-1922), watercolor and gouache on paper (laid on cardstock), tavern scene depicting several men, possibly Civil War soldiers, sitting around an indoor fire, with some playing cards at a table in the background. Signed "A.C.R." lower left (signature partially covered by frame). Housed and matted under glass in a wooden frame with gilt rabbet edge. Sight – 9" H x 12" W. Framed – 16 3/4" H x 19 1/4" W. Late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. Biography: Illustrator Allen Redwood was born in Lancaster, Virginia. His illustrations often reflected his own experience during the Civil War. He fought in the 55th Regiment of the Army of Northern Virginia including at Bull Run, where he was captured, exchanged, and made a Major, and at Gettysburg, where he was injured and later imprisoned. After the war, he had studios in Baltimore and New York, and illustrated and wrote articles about the war for Century and Harper's Magazine. He also made illustration trips out West and to Cuba during the Spanish American War. He died at his home in Asheville, North Carolina in 1922. Sources: Walt Reed, The Illustrator in America, 1860-1940 ; Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940. CONDITION: Laid on cardstock. Possible pinprick holes to each corner. Minute paint chip, top left. [See more photos →] |
$512.00 | |
848 | Meissen Female Nude, Robert Ullman | Meissen Modernist blanc-de-chine porcelain sculpture designed by Robert Ullman, titled "The Spring" (Frühling). Depicting a three-quarter length view of a nude woman, standing holding a lowered sheet around her knees. Marked with blue crossed swords on back at base and stamped signature. 20" H x 9" W. Circa 1940. CONDITION: Old tight hairline to underside. Slight discoloration to glaze in areas on face. [See more photos →] |
$512.00 | |
973 | 3 Meissen Style Porcelain Wall Brackets | Three (3) Meissen style porcelain wall brackets including one (1) pair and one (1) single smaller bracket. 1st-2nd item: Pair of wall brackets each decorated with a cherub and flowers and gold gilt accents. Each marked on back in blue with a "T" above an "X". One (1) stamped with a "1086". 12 1/4" H x 11 1/4" W x 7 1/4" D. 3rd item: Wall bracket with attached gilt wood backing decorated with a cherub surrounded by flowers. 6 1/4" H x 6" W x 4 3/4" D. Probably Dresden, late 19th to early 20th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: All items overall good condition, with some surface grime. 1st-2nd item: Minor losses to flower petals, mainly on central flowers, largest 1/2". Repaired break to cherub arm; adhesive residue on top surface. 3rd item: Screws loose on wood backing. [See more photos →] |
$512.00 | |
986 | Butler Brown Oil on Board Landscape | Butler Brown (Georgia, born 1937) oil on board landscape painting depicting a pond with base of tree on a bank with tin cans, book and bamboo pole, foreground, a rowboat, a line of trees, and houses in the background. Signed and dated Butler Brown 1979 lower right. Housed in a wooden frame with giltwood veneer and off white linen liner. Sight – 8" H x 10 5/8" W. Framed – 11 3/8" H x 14 1/8" W. Third quarter 20th century. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$512.00 | |
1030 | 26 Sterling Champagnes, Cordials, Shot Glasses | 26 sterling silver mid-century bar items, including Webster, Randahl, and Plata Villa. 1st-6th items: 6 Webster Company short stemmed sterling champagne flutes with flared rims and gilt wash to interiors. Sterling and maker's marks stamped underside to bases. Not monogrammed. 5 1/2" H x 2 1/2" dia. 11.275 total troy ounces. 7th-18th items: 12 Randahl cordials with flared rims and steeped bases. Sterling, 14, and maker's marks stamped underside to bases. Not monogrammed. 3" H x 1 1/4" dia. 8.765 total troy ounces. 19th-26th items: 8 Plata Villa (Mexico City, 20th century) shot glasses with tapering bodies. Mexico, maker's marks, 925, and 1 inside eagle mark stamped underside of bases. Not monogrammed. 2 1/8" H x 1 5/8" dia. 8.83 total troy ounces. Combined weight, 26 sterling silver items: 28.54 total troy ounces. Provenance: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with minor wear, few dents commensurate with use. [See more photos →] |
$512.00 | |
584 | 2 Native American Cherokee Rivercane Baskets | Grouping of two (2) Native American Cherokee rivercane baskets. 1st item: Cherokee rivercane carrying basket of long rectangular form, with alternating walnut dyed weavers and butternut or faded bloodroot dyed weavers. 11 1/2" H x 14 1/4" W x 9" D. 2nd item: Cherokee rivercane carrying basket of round form with square base. Alternating weavers of walnut dyed, bloodroot dyed, and butternut weavers. 11 1/4" H x 10 3/4" W x 9 1/2" D. Both 20th century. Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. CONDITION: 1st item: Minor damage to weaver around rim, overall good condition. 2nd item: Slight wear to weaver around rim and minor scattered breakage to weaver, largest 1"L. Overall good condition. [See more photos →] |
$510.00 | |
585 | 3 Cherokee Indian Baskets, Two Rivercane | Grouping of three (3) Native American Cherokee baskets, including two (2) rivercane and one (1) split oak carrying basket. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) Cherokee rivercane carrying baskets with round forms on square bases. One smaller basket with alternating walnut and bloodroot dyed weavers and unusual band of bloodroot weavers applied around rim. One larger basket with alternatig bloodroot and walnut dyed weavers. 11 3/4" H x 8" W x 8 1/2" D and 13" H x 11 1/4" W x 10 3/4" D. 3rd item: One (1) Cherokee split oak carrying basket with alternating dyed weavers. 13 1/4" H x 17" W x 8 1/4" D. All 20th century. Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. CONDITION: All items overall good condition. 1st-2nd items: Minor wear and damage to weavers on base of smaller basket, and faint pale film to half of exterior. Minor scattered losses to decorative weaver, largest 1/2" L. 3rd item: Minor wear to bottom of basket, white drip stains to rim and interior. [See more photos →] |
$510.00 | |
654 | 6 Tennessee & Southern Oak Baskets, Late 19th/Early 20th Century | Grouping of six (6) early Southern, likely East Tennessee, split oak baskets including two (2) round form carrying baskets, one (1) with a tall squared handle and inverted base and one with woven foot ring. Together with three (3) buttocks baskets including one with red alternating dyed weavers and one (1) small kidney form basket with the original dark patina. Baskets range is size from 8" H x 10" W x 9" D to 15" H x 13" W x 13" D. All Late 19th/Early 20th century. Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Round form baskets overall good condition. Smallest buttocks basket with losses to weavers at rim. Kidney shaped basket with losses to weavers at rim. [See more photos →] |
$510.00 | |
1022 | 14K Diamond and Garnet Bangle Bracelet | 14K yellow gold bangle bracelet with 7 mine cut diamonds, approximately 1.0 carat total weight, SI1 clarity, and K color, with 10 rhodolite garnets. Marked 14K. Approximately 7" center interior circumference. 10.9 grams. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →] |
$510.00 |