Summer 2021 Two-Day Auction Highlights

Beauford Delaney (American/Tennessee, 1901-1979) large-scale vertically oriented oil on canvas painting presenting an abstraction comprised of horizontally lined brushstrokes in varying widths and set against a variegated and tactile background. The artist anchors the image with a rectangular shape in the lower half of the image, which includes two mirrored color centric arcs, one slightly larger than the other. The artist creates a viewer's scrim through an applied overall splatter pattern in off-white and raw umber. Unsigned. 63 3/4 x 51 1/4 inches. Circa 1972. Provenance: The Estate of Lois Imogene Delaney, Knoxville, Tennessee. Note: Beauford Delaney's studio practice has been characterized as a linear path from modernist urban scenes in New York City to atmospheric abstractions when he moved to Paris in 1953. Numerous late paintings by Delaney, such as this circa 1972 canvas, suggest that the artist used an inventive and experimental approach during the last 5-10 years of his career. During this period, he expanded his studio practice to include monoprints, screenprints, and lithographs. Additionally, he worked in a realist style, as in his series of portraits of Civil Rights-era leader Rosa Parks, while simultaneously producing non-objective compositions made up of swirling bands of color applied with a variety of tools. These and other stylistic and technical experiments attest to Delaney's remarkable energy and wide-ranging aesthetic interests during the latter part of his career. The painting being offered with a composition in muted, intuitive color choices possibly points to the American Modernist influence of Marsden Hartley. A Beauford Delaney oil of similar size dated 1974 with centric arches and horizontal stripes can be viewed in the San Francisco MOMA collection: https://www.artsy.net/artwork/beauford-delaney-untitled-81. Additional note: A photographic image depicting the oil on canvas being offered is pictured in the Knoxville, Tennessee art storage facility with the artist's niece, Ogust Delaney Stewart, in the foreground. Courtesy credits: Case expresses appreciation to Stephen Wicks (Barbara W. and Bernard E. Bernstein Curator of the Knoxville Museum of Art), Derek Spratley (Administrator, Estate of Beauford Delaney), and Jane Jacob (President, Jacob Fine Art, Inc.) for their assistance on this Beauford Delaney oil painting. 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: Unframed. Some scattered minor losses to paint to perimeter, mainly the lower edge, one area upper right edge. Canvas missing some applied nails to upper edges. [See more photos →]

William Edmondson (American/Tennessee, 1874-1951) limestone "Critter" sculpture depicting a small animal sitting upright on its hind legs, with front feet cast downward, atop a rectangular integral base. 12 3/8" H x 5" W x 7 3/4" D. Provenance: Private Southern collection. Note: This "Critter" is stylistically similar to 2 sculptures sold by Case Antiques in 2011, Lot #190 and in 2020, Lot #153. While this form is most similar to the example sold in 2020 in the sculpting of the ears and the slope of the neck, this example has an elongated oval head more similar to the form sold in 2011. Biography: William Edmondson was born in Davidson County, Tennessee, the son of freed slaves, and worked most of his life as a railroad employee and janitor. A spiritual experience at the age of 57 prompted him to begin sculpting limestone using a railroad spike as chisel, and he claimed divine inspiration for the works produced during his 17 year art career. In 1937, Edmondson became the first African American artist to have a solo show at the Museum of Modern Art, and he is regarded as one of the most important self-taught artists of the 20th century. 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 general wear to surface. Underside front corner of base with old chip. [See more photos →]

Large George Rodrigue (Louisiana, 1944-2013) acrylic on canvas titled "Trees Are Green; Dogs are Not Supposed to be Blue". The painting depicts two of Rodrigue's best known images: a Blue Dog with yellow eyes, foreground, and a moss laden "Rodrigue Oak" tree against an expressionist yellow, gold, blue and green background. Signed Rodrigue lower left, additionally signed and dated 2011 en verso. Housed in a molded gilt wood frame. Canvas: 36" x 48". Framed: 43" H x 55 1/4" W. Provenance: Private Southern Collection, acquired from George Rodrigue Gallery, New Orleans, 2012. This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalog raisonne of George Rodrigue works being prepared by the artist's estate. Note: this painting was begun by Rodrigue on Nov. 11, 2010 during an event at the Central School Arts and Humanities Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana to raise funds and awareness for the George Rodrigue Foundation for the Arts. We wish to thank the Rodrigue estate for providing a digital photograph George Rodrigue at work on this painting. Biography: Born and raised in Cajun Country, artist George Rodrigue "portrayed on his canvas what he feared was his dying heritage – including its land, people, traditions, and mythology and sought to "graphically interpret the Cajun culture, preserving it in the face of a progressive world". Rodrigue began to draw and paint as a child, after being confined to bed with polio. Recovered, he went on to study art at the University of Southwest Louisiana and the Art Center College of Design, then in Los Angeles. In the early 1990s he was commissioned to create art for a book of Cajun ghost stories. This project was the genesis of his Blue Dog Series, inspired by the French-Cajun loup-garou legend, and modeled after his own childhood dog, Tiffany. Blue Dog catapulted him to worldwide fame. Rodrigue portrayed his famous melancholy canine subject in a variety of unlikely settings, with Presidents, celebrities and in ads for Absolut Vodka, as well as in traditional bayou landscapes. A passionate philanthropist, Rodrigue later founded the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts www.rodriguefoundation.org, advocating the importance of the arts in education. Programs include art supplies for schools, scholarships, and arts integration through Louisiana A+ Schools. Rodrique died of cancer in 2013 at the age of 69. (Source: The George Rodrigue Foundation). 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, no damage. [See more photos →]

Tiffany Studios leaded glass and bronze table lamp with “Arrowroot” pattern conical form shade in green, white, yellow, rust, and blue leaded glass, with label reading “Tiffany Studios, New York” along the lower inside rim, together with a #6701 Tiffany Studios bronze lamp base having an artichoke style riser and an onion bulb design platform above four scrolled feet. Fitted with a 3 socket light cluster and signed on the base “6701 Tiffany Studios New York”. Shade: 20 1/2″ diameter x 8 1/2″ H. Base: 26″ H. American, circa 1910. Provenance: the estate of Edith (Edie) M. Bass, Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from her parents, Walter Paul McBride and Claire Childs of Lake Forest, Illinois. The lamp likely originally belonged to Mrs. Bass’s grandfather, C. Frederick Childs (1875-1955), founder of the C.F. Childs & Co. Securities Co. Mr. Childs was the first dealer of U.S. Government Securities. His offices in Chicago and New York were across the street from the Federal Reserve in each city and his trading office was located at One Wall Street. Edie McBride Bass attended Miss Porter’s School and graduated from Vassar. She married Jack Maddin Bass of Nashville, Tennessee, whose father owned J.M. Bass and Co., one Nashville’s first securities firms. Edie served numerous charitable institutions in Nashville. She was a Lifetime Trustee of Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and the Ensworth School, and served on the Board of Miss PorterÕs School. She was a driving force in establishing fund raising for the Swan Ball, The Land Trust of Tennessee, and the M.S. Society. Condition: Shade overall very good condition with no obvious hairlines or wear. Base in overall very good condition with nice old mellow patina. Heat cap is a replacement. Functional at time of inspection (see photos of illuminated lamp). [See more photos →]

Elizabeth Catlett (American, 1915-2012) bronze sculpture titled "The Family", depicting an African American father, mother and child standing and embracing one another. Initialed "EC" on the sculpture base. Sculpture with ebonized brushed patina and mounted onto a square wood base. Sculpture: 14 5/8" H x 5" W. 16 3/4" overall total H. Provenance: private California collection, by descent from the estate of Clara D'Agostino, New York. Artist biography: Elizabeth Catlett is best known for her prints and sculpture, which she believed could help inspire social change, particularly in regards to African American women. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1940 from the University of Iowa. Her painting teacher at Iowa was the artist Grant Wood, who encouraged his students to make art about the subjects that they knew best and to experiment with different art mediums. Catlett went on to become the Chair of the Art Department at Dillard University in New Orleans. and from 1944-1946 taught at the George Washington Carver School in Harlem, which offered instruction for the working men and women of the city. In 1946, she was awarded a Rosenwald Fellowship. She and her husband, the artist Charles White, traveled to Mexico. She eventually settled there and eventually married the artist Francisco Mora. She worked as the first woman professor of sculpture and later Chair of the department at the National School of the Fine Arts in Mexico. (Source: Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, "American Women Artists," and the National Museum of Women in the Arts). Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

East Tennessee oil on fabric portrait of Judge John A. McKinney (1781-1845) by Samuel Shaver (TN, 1816-1878). The subject is attired in a dark suit and gold waistcoat and depicted seated in the “Napoleonic” pose. Housed in a carved mahogany veneer wood frame. Sight: 27 1/2″ H x 24″ W. Framed: 34″ H x 30 1/2″ W. Note: This portrait is illustrated in the Tennessee Portrait Project and referenced in “Portraits in Tennessee Before 1866,” page 78, entry #318. Note: Family history states that this portrait was completed circa 1842, making it one of the earliest known Shaver attributed portraits. Biography of the sitter: John Augustine McKinney emigrated from Ireland to the United States in 1800. He married Elizabeth Ayer and moved to Rogersville, Tennessee to practice law. McKinney was a successful lawyer and landowner and built many prominent structures in Rogersville. In 1824-1825, he built the McKinney Tavern House which hosted three U.S. Presidents including Jackson, Polk, and Johnson. The tavern was eventually renamed The Hale Springs Inn which was famous for being the oldest, continuously run Inn in the state of Tennessee. McKinney tried cases in Hawkins, Hancock, Sullivan, Washington, Greene, Grainger, Claiborne, Campbell, and Union Counties. He was appointed U.S. District Attorney by President John Quincy Adams and was chosen to represent his County in the State Constitutional Convention in 1834. Biography of the artist (Courtesy of James C. Kelly, Virginia Historical Society) Portraitist Samuel M. Shaver was born in Sullivan County, the son of David Shaver and Catherine (Barringer) Shaver. He may have been influenced by William Harrison Scarborough (1812-1871), a native-born Tennessee artist, four years Shaver’s senior, who did portraits of Shaver’s relatives. Shaver’s earliest known painting dates to 1845, but he was probably painting before that time. For the next quarter-century, he was East Tennessee’s standard portraitist. In 1851 Shaver was a professor of drawing and painting at the Odd Fellows Female Institute in Rogersville. In 1852 he advertised in Greeneville and Knoxville papers; for several years thereafter his whereabouts are unknown. The death of his first wife in January 1856 recalled him to Rogersville, where he remained until the Civil War. At the outset of the war, Shaver moved to Knoxville, where he became one of the founders of the East Tennessee Art Association. From 1863 to 1868 Shaver lived and worked near Russellville. About 1868 he joined his mother-in-law and family in Jerseyville, Illinois, near St. Louis, where he continued painting. He died June 21, 1878. The Estate of Alice Wright Summers Hale, Rogersville, TN. Condition: Conserved in the winter of 1989-90 by Cumberland Art Conservation in Nashville, TN. Relined with some light inpainting to subject’s forehead and new wax coating. A black light photo is included and an abbreviated conservation report is en verso of painting. [See more photos →]

Large John Millard Ferren (American, 1905-1970) oil on canvas abstract expressionist painting titled "Summer," depicting abstract geometric shapes and lines in shades of blue, cream, orange, taupe and brown on an off-white background. Signed lower right "Ferren". A. M. Sachs Gallery label and The Phillips Collection Art Museum labels en verso. Housed in a simple chrome frame with black liner. Sight: 80" H x 59" W. Framed: 81 1/4" H x 60" W. Created 1952-1953. Biography: John Ferren grew up in various parts of the Northwest and in his early years, studied briefly at the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institue) and worked in sculpture. During a trip to Europe he met artist Hans Hofmann who influenced him to become a painter. He studied at Academies de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris, Colarossi, and the Sorbonne, and had further study at the University of Florence. In Europe, he became friends with Picasso and exhibited with members of the Abstraction-Creation artist group which included Kandinsky and Mondrian. In 1936, Matisse hosted a show of Ferren's work as his New York gallery. Ferren also joined and lead "The Club" in New York, an informal group of artists who represented the social-intellectual center of abstract expressionism in the city. By 1947 but built a summer studio in Brentwood, CA and taught summer sessions at the Art Center School and UCLA. He was the artistic consultant for Alfred Hitchcock films The Trouble with Harry and Vertigo, for which he designed the unforgettable nightmare sequence. Ferren had about 40 solo exhibitions and participated in over 100 group shows in Paris, New York, London, Chicago and California. (sources: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"; Askart; The Phillips Collection). The Estate of James W. Perkins, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Very good condition. Overall light grime across surface of painting. Area of craquelure in the center of the work where light blue paint had been applied. Area of light craquelure in right upper quadrant. Two errant marks of grime on surface noted to lower right quadrant, one 1" and the other 1 3/4". [See more photos →]

Publisher Signed, THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU, Manuscript Edition, Vol. I-XX, No. 133/600, published by Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, Boston and New York, 1906. Hardcover octavos, top edge gilt pages, each volume with handwritten number, frontispieces and additional illustration plates with tissue paper guards, hardbound in three-quarter green Moroccan leather with tan marbled paper sides, gilt floral blind stamping and lettering to spines, five raised hubs, tan marbled end papers, each volume with a green grosgrain ribbon bookmark. Volume I includes a tipped in, double-sided handwritten page in ink from a letter by Thoreau discussing literature. All volumes approximately 9″ H x 6 1/2″ W x 1 1/2″ D. Provenance: the estate of Edith (Edie) M. Bass, Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from her parents, Walter Paul McBride and Claire Childs of Lake Forest, Illinois. The books likely originally belonged to Mrs. Bass’s grandfather, C. Frederick Childs (1875-1955), founder of the C.F. Childs & Co. Securities Co. Mr. Childs was the first dealer of U.S. Government Securities. His offices in Chicago and New York were across the street from the Federal Reserve in each city and his trading office was located at One Wall Street. Edie McBride Bass attended Miss PorterÕs School and graduated from Vassar. She married Jack Maddin Bass of Nashville, Tennessee, whose father owned J.M. Bass and Co., one Nashville’s first securities firms. Edie served numerous charitable institutions in Nashville. She was a Lifetime Trustee of Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and the Ensworth School, and served on the Board of Miss Porter’s School. She was a driving force in establishing fund raising for the Swan Ball, The Land Trust of Tennessee, and the M.S. Society. Additional items from her estate will be offered in our January auction. Condition: Covers in overall very good condition with light shelf wear, corners slightly bumped. Pages in overall very good condition with toning, few minute, scattered foxing spots to some title pages. Toning impressions to bookmarks to some pages. Illustrations are collated. Journal IV with dog-eared end papers. [See more photos →]

Tiffany Studios table lamp with “Crocus” pattern domed leaded glass shade in yellow, cream and green leaded glass, unsigned, together with a # D805 Tiffany Studios lamp base having an onion bulb design base above four scrolled feet. Fitted with a 3 socket light cluster and signed on the base “Tiffany Studios New York D805″ together with Tiffany monogram stamp. Shade: 6 1/2″ H x 16″ dia. Base: 18” H. American, circa 1910. Provenance: the estate of Edith (Edie) M. Bass, Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from her parents, Walter Paul McBride and Claire Childs of Lake Forest, Illinois. The lamp likely originally belonged to Mrs. Bass’s grandfather, C. Frederick Childs (1875-1955), founder of the C.F. Childs & Co. Securities Co. Mr. Childs was the first dealer of U.S. Government Securities. His offices in Chicago and New York were across the street from the Federal Reserve in each city and his trading office was located at One Wall Street. Edie McBride Bass attended Miss Porter’s School and graduated from Vassar. She married Jack Maddin Bass of Nashville, Tennessee, whose father owned J.M. Bass and Co., one Nashville’s first securities firms. Edie served numerous charitable institutions in Nashville. She was a Lifetime Trustee of Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and the Ensworth School, and served on the Board of Miss Porter’s School. She was a driving force in establishing fund raising for the Swan Ball, The Land Trust of Tennessee, and the M.S. Society. Additional items from her estate will be offered in our January auction. Condition: Shade overall good condition with no apparent breaks. Base with nice old green brown patina. Heat cap is a replacement. Functional at time of inspection (see photos of illuminated lamp). [See more photos →]

Confederate Personal or Bible flag found with personal belongings of the wife of General John Hunt Morgan, First National pattern, 15 stars; hand sewn silk striped field and blue canton with fourteen embroidered stars encircling a large single star. Red or burgundy silk cord and tassels. 5" x 8 1/2". Circa 1862. Note: This flag is documented and photographed in the book, CIVIL WAR FLAGS OF TENNESSEE, by Stephen D. Cox, with commentary from Cox stating it is of a similar pattern to that of Morgan's brigade. (Pictured as Plate #154 and documented on page 540). Provenance: This flag was found in a box containing 4 envelopes addressed to General John Hunt Morgan and his wife, Mattie Ready Morgan, which are included with this lot. 1st envelope: addressed to Mrs. M.R. (Mattie Ready) Morgan, Murfreesboro, TN, postmarked Vicksburg, Mississippi, November 23. 2nd envelope: addressed to Genl. John H. Morgan, McMinnville, Tenn., postmarked Atlanta, GA (date illegible, possibly March, with two CSA five-cent Jefferson Davis blue stamps). 3rd envelope addressed to Mrs. Genl. Jno. H. Morgan, care of Hon. C.W. Ready, Murfreesboro Tenn, postmarked Abingdon, VA, Feb. 7. 4th envelope: addressed to Mrs. Jno. H. Morgan, Murfreesboro Tenn., postmarked Memphis (?) Tenn., __ 28. All with 3 cent US Washington rose stamps except as noted. Biography: Known as "the Thunderbolt of the Confederacy," John Hunt Morgan was born in Alabama but is most closely associated with Kentucky. He equipped a militia company, known as the "Lexington Rifles," out of his own pocket and led them to Bowling Green at the start of the war to join forces with General Buckner. Morgan was made a colonel in 1862 and fought at Shiloh before being attached to Joseph Wheeler's division in General Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee. However, Morgan frequently defied orders and struck out on his own across "enemy" lines, destroying railroad and telegraph lines, seizing supplies and taking prisoners. In 1862, his marriage to Mattie Ready Morgan was called the "social event of the year" in Confederate circles. Mattie Ready was the daughter of a successful Murfreesboro, TN mayor and U.S. Representative (before the war); she attended Soule College in Murfreesboro and the Nashville Female Academy. John Hunt Morgan's most ambitious raid began in 1863, when against Bragg's explicit orders, Morgan and his 2,400 men crossed the Ohio River and rode over a thousand miles to terrorize the defenses of Southern Indiana and Ohio. Bragg was captured and sent to prison in Columbus, but escaped and made his way back to Confederate lines. In 1864 he set out to attack the largely pro-Union city of Knoxville, Tennessee, but was caught in a surprise attack in Greeneville and shot to death by a Union private who had once served under him. His death left Mattie Ready Morgan a pregnant widow after only 630 days of marriage. Source: Stephen Cox, "Civil War Flags of Tennessee"; and The American Battlefield Trust. Condition: Flag is in fragile condition with losses and full separation to white stripe and significant fraying to top red stripe along line where the flag was folded in half. Fading, particularly to red stripes, and scattered light grime/discoloration, particularly to white stripe. Tiny hole to blue canton. Tiny holes to lower red stripe and scattered small spots of light discoloration. [See more photos →]

Grueby Faience Company Art Pottery vase, Model #84, having a green matte glaze and pinched neck with stylized leaf design, designed by the pottery’s first director of design, George Prentiss Kendrick. Base with impressed circular mark reading “Grueby Faience Co., Boston, U.S.A. and 84″ together with a Grueby paper label and artist cypher. 11 3/4″ H x 8” W. Late 19th/Early 20th century. Private Southern Collection. Condition: Overall very good condition. No cracks or chips. While the UV inspection revealed no visible repairs or restoration, this example appears to be same Rago auctions sold on June 8, 2013 and the condition report listed the vase with “restoration to two small areas at rim.” [See more photos →]

Pierre Paulin (French, 1927-2009) for Artifort mid-century modern sofa from the F260 series also known as ABCD. Wood frame on castors with three shaped foam seats and “wave” backs, with the original woven burgundy/red upholstery. Sofa retains the original Artifort and Turner Ltd. paper labels to the base. 24″ H x 29 1/4″ D x 94 1/2″ W. Circa 1979. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company’s headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original Knoll and other Mid Century Modern office furniture. This is the second of three Artifort sofas being offered in this two-day auction. Condition: Overall very good condition with general wear to upholstery. [See more photos →]

Georgia Hepplewhite huntboard, Southern yellow pine throughout with old dark swirled paint decorated finish. Overhanging rectangular two-board top with gallery above two square nail drawers and tall square tapered pegged legs. Attributed to Clark Co. GA. 46 1/2" H x 57 3/4" W x 23 1/8" D. Mid-19th century. The collection of Dr. Robert and Diana Marsh, Lawrenceville, Georgia. Condition: Overall very good condition with expected use wear, particularly to front corners. Top with minor losses and wear, some separation to two boards. [See more photos →]

Chinese celadon glazed porcelain vase, bronze form, with animal mask handles, fret decoration to the neck and raised dragon decoration to the body. Blue Hsuan T'ung mark to the base. 13" H. Early 20th century. Condition: One pinprick area of glaze loss to the lower body, otherwise overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Large Chinese figural bronze Luduan form or foo / fu dog censer, comprised of two parts. Beast or lion is depicted standing, the head with pricked ears, two horns, a curled mane and an open mouth having four sharp teeth and broad tongue. The rotund body with raised flame decoration, a fanned tail and four stout legs having flaming pearl decoration and resting on claw type paws. Underside of torso with archaic mark. 21 3/4" H x 9 1/2" W x 14 1/2" L.Bronze weighs 56.5 pounds. Provenance: The estate of Edith (Edie) M. Bass, Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.P. McBride. A shipping manifest that descended with this object states that it was purchased on August 6, 1924 by W. P. McBride of Chicago, from Fu Teh Jung of 50 Jade St. in Peking, China, who acquired it from a retired Chinese military official, "Mr. Huei, Military Governor of Chiu-Chiang, China under [the] Ching [sic] Dynasty". The bronze is recorded on the shipping manifest as Han Dynasty. The porcelain vase referred to on this manifest is also in this auction (see lot #27). Note: Mrs. Bass's mother, Claire Childs McBride (Mrs. W.P. McBride), was the daughter of C. Frederick Childs (1875-1955), founder of the C.F. Childs & Co. Securities Co. Mr. Childs was the first dealer of U.S. Government Securities. His offices in Chicago and New York were across the street from the Federal Reserve in each city and his trading office was located at One Wall Street. Edie McBride Bass attended Miss Porter's School and graduated from Vassar. She married Jack Maddin Bass of Nashville, Tennessee, whose father owned J.M. Bass and Co., one Nashville's first securities firms. Edie served numerous charitable institutions in Nashville. She was a Lifetime Trustee of Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and the Ensworth School, and served on the Board of Miss Porter's School. She was a driving force in establishing fund raising for the Swan Ball, The Land Trust of Tennessee, and the M.S. Society. Condition: Old losses to tips of both ears. Stress fracture to joint of back left leg. Scattered pitting and wear to bronze commensurate for age. [See more photos →]

Pierre Paulin (French, 1927-2009) for Artifort mid-century modern sofa from the F260 series also known as ABCD. Wood frame on castors with three shaped foam seats and “wave” backs, with the original woven rust/red upholstery. Sofa retains the original Artifort and Turner Ltd. paper labels to the base. 24″ H x 29 1/4″ D x 94 1/2″ W. Circa 1979. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company’s headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original Knoll and other Mid-Century Modern office furniture. This is one of 3 Artifort sofas being offered in this two-day auction. Condition: Overall very good condition with general wear to upholstery. [See more photos →]

Pair of Pierre Paulin (French, 1927-2009) for Artifort mid-century modern chairs from the F260 series also known as ABCD. Wood frame on castors with shaped foam seats and “wave” backs, with the original woven burgundy upholstery. Both chairs retain the original Artifort and Turner Ltd. paper labels to the bases. 24″ H x 29 1/4″ D x 33″ W. Circa 1979. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company’s headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original mid-century modern office furniture. Condition: Both chairs overall good condition, general wear and some minor staining, one with some minor losses to seat upholstery. [See more photos →]

Large Turkish Rubia carpet, wool on cotton, Woven Legends label. Large central medallion with palmettes flanked by foliate designs on a large shaped ivory field with red, blue, and green spandrels, all within a wide foliate border. Woven in colors of salmon, red, green, blue, and ivory. 17' x 12'. 20th century. The estate of J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

George Sugarman (American, 1912-1999) abstract sculpture, "Red and Black Spiral," 1975, painted and welded aluminum, with four fan-fold sections encircling a horizontal axis. Sculpture is hollow and measures 69" H x 128" W x 44" D. Sculpture currently situated on a base which is available to the winning buyer, measuring 28 1/4"H x 49 3/4"W x 50"D. Provenance: Deaccessioned by the Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee, commissioned by the museum through a purchase from the National Endowment for the Arts. Note: This large and iconic sculpture, which was has welcomed visitors to the Hunter Museum since 1978, will only be available for preview from its current outdoor location at the entry to the Museum grounds. (No admission fee is required to view it). It will not be available for viewing or for pickup at Case's gallery. The buyer of this lot must make arrangements to pick up the sculpture from itsÊcurrent location at the Hunter Museum in Chattanooga. The hollow sculpture and its very heavy base can be separated and it is up to the buyer to decide if they want to take the base. Case will work with the successful buyer and museum staff to coordinate pickup arrangements. Please do not contact the museum directly, but direct all questions to Case. Artist biography: George Sugarman was born in New York and studied at the City College of New York and in Paris with cubist sculptor Ossip Zadkine. He is credited with pioneering the concept of pedestal free sculpture, and is best known for his large scale, colorful metal sculptures. Sugarman is known for his large scale architectural installations at the Federal Court Building in Baltimore, First National Bank in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Xerox Building in El Segundo, California. Condition: Sculpture and base have been exhibited outside and show weathering, with alligatoring, general wear, and scattered losses to paint. The sculpture can be separated from the base by entering an opening on the back of the base. [See more photos →]

Asian Export Sterling Silver Tea Service with high relief iris decorations, eight (8) pieces. ARTHUR & BOND, STERLING, and YOKOHAMA stamped to underside of bases. Includes a kettle on stand, coffee pot, teapot, tea caddy, covered sugar bowl, creamer, double-handled waste bowl, and a pair of sugar tongs. Also includes an International Silver Company burner. Pieces ranging in size from 9 3/4″ H x 8″ W to 1″ H x 5″ L. 116.60 total troy ounces. Meiji Period. Provenance: private Chattanooga collection. Consignor’s grandparents acquired this set and the Arthur & Bond teacups also in this auction (see lot #3) while traveling in Asia in the early 1900s. Condition: All items in overall very good condition. Handles slightly loose to teapots. [See more photos →]

Pair of Pierre Paulin (French, 1927-2009) for Artifort mid-century modern two-seat sofas or settees from the F260 series also known as ABCD. Wood frame on castors with shaped foam seats and "wave" backs, with woven light beige upholstery. Both settees retain the original Artifort and Turner Ltd. paper labels to the bases. 24" H x 29" D x 64 1/2" W. Circa 1979. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company's headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original Knoll office furniture. Condition: Chairs in the original upholstery. Some light staining and wear, overall structurally good condition. [See more photos →]

Italian Pietra Dura coffee table, in the manner of Richard Blow (1904-1992) and the Giuseppe Fiaschi & Figlio workshop. Comprised of a rectangular green marble top with multicolor inset fish decoration, set on a brass base. Underside to top stamped "Made in Italy". 15 1/2" H x 47" W x 24 1/4" D. 20th century. Note: The brass base form is also very similar to marked Richard Blow coffee tables. The Estate of David G. Leach Jr., Vonore, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition with general expected wear. [See more photos →]

Eames No. 670 & 671 lounge chair and ottoman, made by Herman Miller and designed by Charles Eames (American, 1907-1978) and Ray Eames (American, 1912-1988). Comprised of Rosewood veneer shells with green leather cushions and cast aluminum bases. Round metal Herman Miller disc label together with the paper patent label to the underside chair seat, matching ottoman does not retain any labels. Chair measures: 32" H x 32.75" Square. Ottoman measures: 16" H x 23 3/4" H x 22" D. The Estate of David G. Leach Jr., Vonore, Tennessee. Condition: Chair and ottoman overall good condition and structurally sound. Leather to both pieces with scattered wear and light losses. Some added green color to some areas of loss by previous owner. [See more photos →]

Chinese Doucai porcelain floor vase or jar, Qianlong or Chein Lung period (1736-1796). Flared and shaped rim with figural pierced dragon handles. The ovoid body with figural and animal scenic landscape decoration including a dragon dog standing beneath a pine tree with bird, and a female figure and warrior figure with horse. Band decoration to the rim and mid-section, leaf, ruyi-head and foliate decoration to the base. 29 1/2" H x 13" W. Provenance: the estate of Edith (Edie) M. Bass, Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from her parents, Walter Paul McBride and Claire Childs of Lake Forest, Illinois. A shipping manifest that has descended with this item states that it was purchased on August 6, 1924 by W. P. McBride of Chicago, from Fu Teh Jung of 50 Jade St. in Peking, China, who acquired it from "retired Mr. Huei Military Governor of Chiu-Chiang [Jiujiang] China under Ching [sic] Dynasty." The document attributes the jar to the Chien Lung period, 1736-1796. The bronze censer referred to on this manifest is also in this auction (see lot #13). Note: Mrs. Bass's mother, Claire Childs McBride (Mrs. W.P. McBride), was the daughter of C. Frederick Childs (1875-1955), founder of the C.F. Childs & Co. Securities Co. Mr. Childs was the first dealer of U.S. Government Securities. His offices in Chicago and New York were across the street from the Federal Reserve in each city and his trading office was located at One Wall Street. Edie McBride Bass attended Miss Porter's School and graduated from Vassar. She married Jack Maddin Bass of Nashville, Tennessee, whose father owned J.M. Bass and Co., one Nashville's first securities firms. Edie served numerous charitable institutions in Nashville. She was a Lifetime Trustee of Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and the Ensworth School, and served on the Board of Miss Porter's School. She was a driving force in establishing fund raising for the Swan Ball, The Land Trust of Tennessee, and the M.S. Society. Condition: 5" hairline emanating from rim, One handle previously detached from rim and glued back. Light vertical hairline through the lower part of this handle, approx. 1/2" L. The 1924 shipping manifest stated the damage to the vase occurred during shipping. [See more photos →]

Pierre Paulin (French, 1927-2009) for Artifort mid-century modern sofa from the F260 series also known as ABCD. Wood frame on castors with three shaped foam seats and “wave” backs, with the original woven burgundy/red upholstery. Sofa retains the original Artifort and Turner Ltd. paper labels to the base. 24″ H x 29 1/4″ D x 64 1/2″ W. Circa 1979. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company’s headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original Knoll and other Mid Century Modern office furniture. This is the third of three Artifort sofas being offered in this two-day auction. Condition: Overall good condition with general wear to upholstery. [See more photos →]

Large Persian Heriz rug or carpet, wool on cotton. Central medallion on dark blue ground with palmettes within a red diamond, dark blue ground foliate border. Woven in colors of red or rust, blue, ivory, and gold. 12' 4" x 8' 11". First quarter 20th century. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition, rebound ends, one end with fringe loss. [See more photos →]

Viktor Schreckengost (Ohio/Florida, 1906-2008) watercolor on paper painting depicting multicolored images of fish contained in geometric shapes with stars. Signed "Viktor Schreckengost" lower right. Also includes one (1) copy of VIKTOR SCHRECKENGOST AND 20TH-CENTURY DESIGN exhibition catalog, by Henry Adams, The Cleveland Museum of Art, distributed by the University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2000, signed and inscribed by Schreckengost to the half title page, one (1) copy of NORTHEAST OHIO AVENUES magazine, September 2000, featuring Schreckengost on the cover and a two-page article about his exhibition at The Cleveland Museum of Art, pp. 48-49, and one (1) blank greeting card depicting one of Schreckengost's bowl, signed and dated "Schreckengost 1999" to cover. Housed and matted under plexiglass in a wooden frame with white trim. Sight: 39" H x 29 1/2" W. Framed: 48 1/2" H x 39" W. Biography: Victor Schreckengost was an American industrial designer as well as a teacher, sculptor, and artist. He had a large and wide ranging body of work including pottery design, painting, industrial design and research on radar feedback. Schreckengost's peers included designers Raymond Loewy, Norman Bel Geddes, Eva Zeisel, and Russel Wright. Schreckengost taught industrial design at the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) for more than 50 years. The Estate of David G. Leach Jr., Vonore, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition. Not examined outside of frame. Frame with minor scuffs to white trim. [See more photos →]

Douglas Denniston (Arizona, 1921-2004) abstract oil on canvas painting titled "Composition No. 37," featuring two vertical shaped columns with vertical black lines, painted in colors of mauve, red, white, and blue. Signed in pen on the upper stretcher en verso. Eric Firestone Gallery, Scottsdale and Tucson, AZ paper label, additionally en verso. Housed in a metallic painted wood frame. Sight: 29 3/8" H x 23 5/8" W. Framed: 31 1/8" H x 25 1/4" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Biography: Douglas Denniston studied painting with Raymond Jonson and co-founded the Transcendental Painting Group with Emil Bistrram in 1938. In 1945 he came to New Mexico and became involved in the Santa Fe/Taos Art Movement. His work during this period was mainly abstract. By the 1950s, when he began a teaching position at the University of Arizona, he began working in a more representational style. His work has been exhibited at MOMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Butler Institute of American Art. Condition: Painting overall very good condition. Framed with minor scattered abrasions. [See more photos →]

Group of twenty-eight (28) assorted machine-made marbles, possibly Christensen Agate Company. Three (3) swirls with electric yellows and orange on black, two seam variety; two (2) flames, consisting of red, green, black, and yellow; one (1) striped opaque consisting of blue and orange; five (5) swirls with transparent red and opaque white; two (2) slags, one with transparent aqua and one with transparent yellow base, the latter featuring a fold pontil transitional; three (3) transparent swirls, with colors of orange, black and yellow; one (1) striped transparent with pink base; eleven (11) swirls, consisting of blacks, yellows, oranges, greens, and blues. All ranging from 3/8" dia. to 1" dia. Marbles housed in a repurposed paper cup, hand-decorated by original owner. 1st half 20th century. Provenance: Formerly owned and collected by Ruth Spradling, East TN. Condition: All marbles with evidence of light use wear. [See more photos →]

Matilda Lotz (Tennessee/California/Europe 1858-1923) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting cattle in a meadow with a pond or stream in the foreground. Signed lower right corner "Matilda Lotz". Sight – 19"H x 28"W, Frame – 37"H x 40"W. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. Biography: Matilda Lotz was born in Franklin, Tennessee. She showed artistic promise at a very early age, drawing the household pets and farm animals. During the Civil War, her family's home was commandeered by Confederate forces for a hospital. (It stands today as the Lotz House Historic House Museum and is open to the public for tours in downtown Franklin). Following the war, the Lotz family left Tennessee and settled in San Jose. In 1874 Matilda began a six-year course of study under Virgil Williams at the School of Design in San Francisco. While there, she won several medals and graduated with the highest honors. Matilda also studied with William Keith, and in the 1880s in Paris under Felix Barrias and the animal painter Emile Van Marcke. While in Paris she received an honorable mention for her work exhibited at the Paris Salon and was awarded two gold medals by the Paris Academy of Painting (the first woman ever to be honored by the Academy). Returning to San Francisco in the mid-1880s, she painted portraits of such notables as William Randolph Hearst and Leland Stanford. In the 1890s, she returned to Paris where she was closely associated with Rosa Bonheur for several years. She received several European commissions from members of British nobility for her animal paintings. At the outbreak of WWI, she was living in Algiers until she was expelled by the French. Abandoning her belongings and paintings, in 1915 fled to Tata, Hungary, where she remained until her death. Her work is in the collections of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Oakland Museum, and the Milwaukee Art Center. (Sources: Interview; AAA 1907-08; KOV; Ben; CSL; WWA 1923." Adapted from Edan Hughes, ÒArtists in California, 1786-1940"). Condition: Overall very good condition. Tiny 1/16" hole, center, in trees; 1/2" scratch lower center near frame edge. Some minor losses and wear to frame. [See more photos →]

Large Grueby Art Pottery vase by the artist Ruth Erickson (active with Grueby 1889-1910), with a curdled brown over green glaze and carved elongated leaf decoration. Base with impressed circular mark GRUEBY POTTERY BOSTON U.S.A. together with a partial Grueby Pottery paper label and the artist cypher for Ruth Erickson. 14 3/4″ H x 9″ W. Early 20th century. Private Southern Collection. Condition: Overall very good condition, base with grinding chips. No cracks or chips. UV inspection reveals no visible repairs or restoration. [See more photos →]

Ladies Platinum Art Deco wrist watch by Patek Philippe featuring one hundred ninety-seven (197) round brilliant & single cut diamonds approximately 4.45 carats Clarity-VS2, Color-G. The watch tests platinum, and is 6 1/2" L. Serial number is 815095. Gross weight of the watch is 41.03 grams. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Movement with oxidation/rust, not functioning at time of inspection. Otherwise good condition. [See more photos →]

Alfred De Breanski, Sr. (United Kingdom/Scotland, 1852-1928) oil on canvas landscape painting titled "Moonrise on a Perthshire Loch" depicting a group of cattle drinking, knee-deep, from a Scottish lake set at the base of a jagged mountain range, with sun or moon partially obscured by hazy clouds in the background. Signed "A.F.de.Breanski" lower right. Additional signed and titled with "Copyright reserved," en verso of canvas. Two paper labels, including one Theo. J. Gidden, London, England, en verso of frame. Gilt metal placard with partial title and artist's name, affixed lower center of frame. Housed in a giltwood frame with pierced corners and centers. Sight: 19 1/4" H x 29 1/4" W. Framed: 25" H x 35 1/2" W. Biography: London-born painter Alfred De Breanski Sr. was a well-known painter of Welsh and Scottish scenes who met with success during his lifetime. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in London from 1869-1918 and also exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. Two of his sons also became painters. (Source: Askart). The Estate of Jeane DuBose, Atlanta, Georgia. Condition: Overall very good condition with craquelure. Minute paint flake, lower left edge of canvas. Slight buckling, top right of canvas. Frame with areas of loss to gilt, natural age shrinkage. [See more photos →]

Mabel May Woodward (Rhode Island, 1877-1945) impressionistic oil on board seascape painting titled "Umbrellas on the Beach" depicting a group of beachgoers with brightly colored umbrellas relaxing on a beach, a few swimmers and a sailboat in the still blue ocean beneath a cloudy blue sky. Signed "M. Woodward" lower right. Handwritten label with artist's information, title, and approximate completion date "c. 1920," en verso. Gilt placard with artist's name and dates, affixed lower center of frame. Housed in a Louis XIII style frame with off white linen liner. Sight: 8 1/4" H x 9 5/8" W. Framed: 14" H x 15 1/2" W. Biography: "Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Mabel Woodward was an Impressionist painter of simple palette who specialized in colorful beach and other recreational scenes. She was also a long-time teacher (25 years) at the Rhode Island School of Design and there started The Action Class, a pioneering idea whose purpose was to study the human figure as a machine rather than a stationery object. She traveled to Europe but spent most of her summers in Ogunquit, Maine. She was also a frequent visitor to Provincetown, Massachusetts where she painted many street and beach scenes. She got her early art training at the Rhode Island School of Design and continued her studies at the Art Students League in New York with William Merritt Chase, Frank DuMond, and Kenyon Cox. She worked with Du Mond in Old Lyme, Connecticut and attended the Ogunquit School as a student of Charles Woodbury." (source: Art by American Women: Selections from the Collection of Louise and Alan Sellars, by Paul E. Sternberg, published by Brenau College, Gainesville, Georgia, 1991). The estate of J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition with craquelure. Scattered areas of paint flaking to center of painting above yellow umbrella and lower left of sand, largest 1/4" x 1/2", to surface of board. Frame with minor losses, largest 1/4" x 3/4", to gilt. [See more photos →]

Tall Grueby Art Pottery vase by the artist Marie Seaman, having a bolbous lower body transitioning to a straight neck, dark green matte glaze and overlapping elongated carved leaf decoration. Base with impressed circular maker’s mark GRUEBY POTTERY BOSTON U.S.A. and lotus blossom and the initials M. S. for the artist Marie Seaman. 12 1/2″ H x 8″ W. Early 20th century. Private Southern Collection. Condition: A couple of fleabites to leaf edges, some minor rubbing to lower body. No cracks or chips. UV inspection reveals no visible repairs or restoration. [See more photos →]

Richard Hayley Lever (Australian-American, 1876-1958) impressionist oil on canvas titled "Early Morning Central Park West, Looking Towards 5th Ave. & 59th St," bird's eye view of the edge of Central Park and the Manhattan skyline, cast in a sunrise glow. Signed "Hayley Lever" with a possible illegible date, lower left. Typed artist's biography and title inscription en verso. 22K gold leaf giltwood cove molded frame with hand-carved corners. Sight: 24 1/2" H x 29 1/2" W. Framed: 35 1/2" H x 40 1/2" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN, acquired from Williams American Art Galleries, Nashville. Skinner, lot #370, March 14, 1997. Sotheby's, lot #242, Dec. 17, 1990. Biography: Australian born Hayley Lever was known for his impressionist town-shore landscapes and his use of color, which was deeply influenced by Van Gogh. He studied in London in the 1890s and then went to Cornwall, where he painted seaside paintings at an artist's colony on the coast of St. Ives and also some scenes in Northern France. Lever came to America in 1911 and soon became one of the most widely exhibited artists in New York; he taught at the Art Students League from 1919 to 1931 and became director of the Studio Art Club in Mount Vernon, New York. He maintained a studio in Gloucester, Massachusetts and traveled internationally throughout his career. His work is in the collection of several major museums. (Source: Michael David Zellman: 300 Years of American Art). Condition: Overall very good condition with craquelure. Scattered areas of inpainting, largest approximately 1", primarily to top half of painting in sky and around buildings (see UV light photos). 19 3/4" vertical line to right side of canvas, resulting from rubbing or shifting of canvas on stretcher. [See more photos →]

Six (6) American 18th Century Mahogany Chippendale Chairs, attributed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Each with yoke shaped crest over vasiform splat with central pierced trefoil ornament and tapered, slightly flaring stiles ending in chamfered, raking rear feet; slip in seat with rust colored upholstery; arched serpentine seat rail. Cabriole legs with bracket returns joined by vase, ring and block turned stretchers and ending in pad feet. Each chair is numbered by notches on the interior front seat rail. 38" H x 19 1/2" W x 20" D. Circa 1750. Provenance: Private Nashville, TN collection, by descent from Dr. Benjamin Caldwell, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: All pieces with minor wear, abrasions, insignificant losses and scratches. Upholstery is not original. Four of the six seats are replacements. All six chairs with shrinkage cracks to splats. Chair 1: Small repair at lower stile. Chair 2: 1 repaired break to splat. Chair 3: Repair to one front leg. Chair 4: Repair to one end of crest rail at stile joint. Possible pest damage to interior of front seat rail. Repair to rear stile at seat joint. Chair 5: 2-inch area of scratches/scraping to finish on one stile. Repair to splat at shoe. Repair to one rear leg near seat joint. Chair 6: Minor repairs at rear seat area at leg and shoe. Loss to one lower return on splat. [See more photos →]

Large Pennsylvania William & Mary period walnut gate-leg table in an older surface, oval top with elongated drop leaves, with a dovetailed drawer at each end and scalloped skirts over ring and baluster legs and stretchers. Oak, poplar, and white pine secondary. Older brasses and iron hinges. Note: table retains an old paper label inventory description on the inside edge of the skirt below the drawer (F88). 29 1/2" H x 64 3/4" W (w/leaves, 19 3/4" center section/ 22 1/2 each leaf) x 49 3/4" D. Early 18th century. Provenance: The estate of Charles K. Davis, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from his father, Charles K. Davis of Fairfield, CT, purchased from Israel Sack Inc. Oct. 25, 1939. Note: Charles Krum Davis Sr. (1889-1968) was chairman of the Remington Arms Company, and a passionate early collector of Americana. With the help of a few important dealers, primarily Israel Sack, Davis assembled what has been called one of the most important private collections of early Americana. His home was profiled in the Magazine Antiques, January and March, 1941. Much of Mr. Davis Sr.'s collection ultimately went to Winterthur and other museums. Condition: Minor loss to top edge at rule joint for one leaf, center of top with varnish loss of a circular pattern, underside bracing and divider of drawers 19th century or later. Iron hinges on one side show evidence of previous triangular strap hinges. One dovetailed drawer retains most of the glue blocks to underside of drawer. [See more photos →]

Set of twelve (12) swivel lounge chairs designed by Vincent Cafiero for Knoll International in the 1950's, with the original tufted black leather upholstery, on a four-point polished adjustable aluminum base. Most retain the original labels reading "Knoll Associates 320 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022" with Knoll Industries trademark. 34 1/2" H x 25" W x 22 1/4" D. Circa 1970's. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company's headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original Knoll office furniture. Condition: All chairs in overall good condition with general use wear. A few with wear to arm tips, back edges and underside dustcovers. One with replaced wheels. [See more photos →]

Southern brandy table or board, coastal Carolina or Georgia, walnut primary, yellow pine secondary. Consisting of a plain, slightly overhanging top above two deep dovetailed drawers with kite inlaid escutcheons and elongated wood pulls, the left drawer fitted with interior dividers, all above tall squared tapering legs. Scratchbeading applied to the case surrounds of the drawers. 33" H x 33 1/4" W x 25" D. Circa 1825. The collection of Dr. Robert and Diana Marsh, Lawrenceville, Georgia. Condition: Overall very good condition. Older refinish with some light wear and staining to top. Pulls are likely old replacements. [See more photos →]

A complete set of 20 framed prints from the Henri Matisse "Jazz" Series portfolio, published by George Braziller for the Museum of Modern Art in 1983 (a facsimile of the 1947 Verve edition). Each matted and housed under glass in metal frame. Sheet – 23 1/2" H x 15 1/4" W. Frame – 28 1/4" H x 20 1/4" W. Includes publisher's cloth-covered clamshell box, in gray paperboard slipcase, as issued. Measurements for the case: 16" L x 12" W x 1 1/2" D. Each interior page: 15 1/4" H x 11 3/4" W. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. These prints were used to decorate offices throughout the office building, which was noted for its collection of mid-century modern Knoll furniture. Condition: Overall very good condition. Clamshell box: Two minor areas with transparent adhesive residue, largest 1/2" dia., to exterior bottom edge of box. [See more photos →]

Walnut Polyphon Upright Coin-Operated Music Box by Schutzmarke, Leipzig, Germany. Comprised of a two-part case, the upper case fitted to play 19 1/2" discs, with dual combs and crank handle, and the lower case fitted with a fall front door and compartments for disc storage. Serial number 5134, marked on the disc arm. Marked "Polyphon" on the plate and DRGM on the bar. Carved pediment and elements throughout the case. Lower disc case with remnants of old paper labels detailing song names. 83" total H x 29" W x 16" D. Circa 1895-1900. Private Southern Collection. Condition: Overall very good condition. Music box is functional. Some minor wear and staining to case, fabric to top front door damaged. [See more photos →]

Diminutive Kentucky coin silver julep cup with molded rim and foot ring, stamped J. EUBANK in rectangle on underside for James, John or Joseph Eubank, working Glasgow, KY circa 1808-1850. No monograms. 3 1/4" H, 3.6 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Mark has some wear. 1/4" small dent to side, otherwise very good condition. [See more photos →]

Helen La France (American/Kentucky, 1919-2020) large oil on board panoramic painting depicting a group of cows resting and grazing by a barn structure with two male figures working far right foreground, a dirt road bordered by a whitewashed fence and a farmhouse with two female figures and a clothesline mid-ground, and several farmsteads nestled amongst rolling green hills below a bright blue sky background. Signed and dated lower right "Helen Lefrance '95". Housed in an ebonized and gilt wood frame. Sight: 23 1/2" H x 47 3/8" W. Framed: 26 1/2" H x 50 1/4" W. Biography: Self-taught African American artist Helen LaFrance was born on a Kentucky farm and began painting in her 40s. She is known for her "memory paintings", drawn from her recollections of life growing up in the rural South. Several museums and private collectors, including Oprah Winfrey, own examples of her work." (Source: "Helen LaFrance Folk Art Memories" by Kathy Moses). Helen Lafrance died November 22, 2020, in a Mayfield, Kentucky nursing home at the age of 101. Condition: Painting overall very good condition. Frame with minor wear to back corners. [See more photos →]

Grueby Art pottery low form vase, having a green matte glaze and alternating carved wide leaf and bud design. Center of base with impressed illegible Grueby mark with other marks, obscured by heavy glaze. 6 1/4″H x approx. 9″ dia. Early 20th century. Private Southern Collection. Condition: Overall very good condition, a few slight areas of glaze imperfections noted below the rim. A couple of pin head size areas of glaze loss. UV inspection reveals no visible repairs or restoration. [See more photos →]

Charles Webster Hawthorne (American, 1872-1930), "Summer Day," oil on canvas painting, laid down on board, depicting a woman in hat and white dress, seated on the ground. The subject is devoid of facial features, a technique Hawthorne sometimes used in his teaching at Provincetown, positioning models with their backs to the light to place emphasis on conveying light and color rather than fine details. Signed, inscribed, and dated lower right, "To my friend Walter Douglas – C.W. Hawthorne – 95." Housed in a carved giltwood frame with beaded rabbet edge. Sight – 12-1/2" H x 18" W sight. Framed – 19" H x 24" W. En verso is a label for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, with artist, title and date 1895 and museum accession number HMSG 1966.2409. Provenance: by descent from the estates of Thomas and Peggy Connor, Nashville, Tennessee. Note: This painting was deaccessioned by the museum in 1988 to benefit the acquisitions fund and sold at Sotheby's, where it was purchased by the Connors. The Walter Douglas referred to in the inscription was an artist friend of Hawthorne's and fellow student of William Merritt Chase. Provenance: Walter Douglas (acquired from the artist), 1895. Davis Galleries, New York, 1957. Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1957-1966. Hirshhorn Museum, 1966-1988. Sotheb's sale of American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Lot no. 00177, purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Connor, Dec. 1, 1988. By descent to present consignor, 2013. Condition: Canvas laid down on board. Couple of errant white paint drips upper left quadrant. A few scattered tiny, minor inclusions. Paint is thin along right edge. Frame has several small areas of wear and surface loss up to 1". [See more photos →]

Three (3) Albert Huie (Jamaican, 1920-2010) religious woodcut prints. 1st item: Print titled "Pocomania" depicting three human figures celebrating Pocomania, a Jamaican folk religion combining revivalism with ancestor worship and spirit possession, rendered in black and white. Titled, in pencil, lower left below image, signed "AHuie," in pencil, lower right below image. Unframed. Image: 9 7/8" H x 7 3/8" W. Sheet: 13 5/8" H x 11 1/8" W. 2nd item: Print titled "The Baptism" depicting male and female figures in a body of water before a religious leader with outstretched arms, additional female figures in the background against a night sky, rendered in black and white. Titled, in pencil, lower left below image, signed "AHuie," in pencil, lower right below image. Unframed. Image: 10 5/8" H x 7 7/8" W. Sheet: 16" H x 12 1/8" W. 3rd item: Print titled "Mother and Child" depicting a Nativity scene of a mother and child, presumably Mary and the Christ child, in a barn setting with a sheep and a cow, the star of Bethlehem visible from a window in the background, rendered in black and white. Titled, in pencil, lower left below image, signed "AHuie," in pencil, lower right below image. Unframed. Image: 12" H x 8 1/4" W. Sheet: 15 1/8" H x 12 1/8" W. The Estate of David G. Leach Jr., Vonore, Tennessee. Condition: Both items in overall good condition with light toning. Minor creases to sheets. 1st item: Minute scattered foxing spots, primarily to left side of sheet. 3rd item: 1/8" foxing spot, top left of sheet. [See more photos →]

San Ildefonso pottery jar by Tony Da (1940-2008) having a blackware body and reddish brown rim with carved Avanyu serpent design to the upper shoulder. Incised "DA" on the base. 3 1/4" H x approx. 4 1/4" dia. Provenance: Purchased in the 1970's. Private East Tennessee collection. Condition: Overall very good condition, white errant mark to the base. [See more photos →]

Bridget Riley (New York/United Kingdom, born 1931) color silkscreen print titled "Elapse" depicting wavy lines in pastel shades of pink, green, and blue against a white background. Titled, in pencil, lower left below image, signed and dated "Bridget Riley '82," in pencil, lower right below image. The Print Club of Cleveland watermark, lower right below signature (partially obscured by mat). Includes informational paperwork regarding the artist and the print, published by The Print Club of Cleveland. Housed and matted under Plexiglas in a silver metal frame. Image: 40 1/8" H x 25" W. Sheet: 44 1/4" H x 28 1/2" W. Framed: 48" H x 32 1/4" W. The Estate of David G. Leach Jr., Vonore, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition with waviness to paper. 1 3/4" horizontal crease, left center of image. Not examined outside of frame. [See more photos →]

Douglas Denniston (Arizona, 1921-2004) abstract expressionist oil on canvas painting titled "Bird and Fish", featuring a brightly colored geometric rendering of a bird and a fish, arranged in four vertical columns. Signed and dated "Denniston '48" lower right. Eric Firestone Gallery, Scottsdale and Tucson, AZ paper label, en verso. Housed in a white painted frame. Sight: 21 1/2" H x 39 1/4" W. Framed: 24" H x 42" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Biography: Douglas Denniston studied painting with Raymond Jonson and co-founded the Transcendental Painting Group with Emil Bistrram in 1938. In 1945 he came to New Mexico and became involved in the Santa Fe/Taos Art Movement. His work during this period was mainly abstract. By the 1950s, when he began a teaching position at the University of Arizona, he began working in a more representational style. His work has been exhibited at MOMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Butler Institute of American Art. Condition: Overall good condition with craquelure, primarily to red, green, and pink areas of bird. [See more photos →]

50 pieces Hermes Siesta pattern porcelain service for 8, including eight (8) dinner plates (11″ dia.); eight (8) dessert plates (9″ dia.); eight (8) bread and butter plates (6 1/2″ dia.), six (6) still in plastic wrap; eight (8) cups (2 1/4″ H); eight (8) saucers (5 7/8″ dia.); eight (8) chargers (12″ dia.), six (6) still in plastic wrap; 1 oval serving platter (16 1/2″ W); and 1 round tart dish (12 1/2″ dia.), both serving pieces include brown Hermes dust jackets. Each with pattern name and maker’s marks stamped to underside of bases. Includes thirteen (13) original Hermes orange boxes. Boxes ranging in size from 2″ H x 7 7/8″ square to 4″ H x 19 1/2″ W. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: All items in overall very good, like new condition, some still with original retail tags or still in plastic wrap. Boxes with wear, 5 boxes with tears/damage to edges of lids, largest 14″. [See more photos →]

Avery Handly, Jr. (Tennessee, 1913-1958) oil on board painting titled "Miss Aletha's Last Ride" depicting an early 20th century car that has crashed in a small lake within a rocky landscape.The occupants of the car are attempting to surrender to a group of three men, including one in another car, and two others shooting at them from behind a ledge on the bottom left of the painting. Titled and signed "Avery Handly" en verso of board. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight: 35 1/2" H x 47 1/2" W. Framed: 41 1/4" H x 53 3/8" W. Provenance: Art Collection of former Watkins College of Art; proceeds benefit scholarship endowment for students in the new Watkins College of Art at Belmont University. Condition: Overall good condition with 3 3/8" surface scratche to roughly the center of the board. Scattered minute areas of paint loss. Board slightly loose in frame. [See more photos →]

Set of Eight (8) Parcel Gilt Sterling Silver Charger Plates in the Pompeiian pattern by Mount Vernon Silver Company. Circular form with decorative guilloche bands at rim and vermeil gilt silver Neoclassical plaques at each side, accented with repousse husk swags. Illegible Art Deco style monograms. Stamped on reverse STERLING POMPEIIAN N186 with Mount Vernon hallmark and BRAND-CHATILLON CO. 12 5/8" at handles x 11 3/4" diameter. 194.34 oz troy. Note: Brand-Chatillon was an upscale retailer located at 773 Fifth Avenue in New York. The company both made and retailed fine silver and jewelry and was out of business by 1940. Provenance: Private Indiana collection, acquired from Dawn Evers-Corley, D. Bigda Antiques, Charleston, South Carolina. Condition: Overall excellent condition with some scattered scratches. [See more photos →]

Mary Tillman Smith (Mississippi, 1905-1995) folk art house paint on found wood portrait depicting a woman waving her hands on a yellow background. Signed in pen en verso. Rustic wood frame, painted black. 21 1/2"H x 35"W. Frame: 26 1/2" x 40". The Collection of Sylvia Roberts, Nashville, TN. Condition: Painting overall excellent condition with a few flyspecks. Some chips and losses to frame. [See more photos →]

Small miniature watercolor and gouache on cardstock painting, possibly an illustration or study, depicting a group of people in 19th century clothing making their way across a flooded plain through sheets of rain. An overcrowded stage coach sits in half-wheel-deep water with a train in the background. Illegibly signed lower left. Housed under glass in an ebonized molded frame with gilt rabbet edge and cream colored mat. Purnell Art Company, Baltimore, MD label en verso. Sight – 3 3/4"h x 6 5/8"W. Frame – 9 1/2" H x 12"W. Probably American, mid to late 19th century. Condition: Overall very good condition. Adhered to paper backing at sides. There does not appear to be any additional information en verso. A couple of smudges and small streaks upper left quadrant. Grime to mat. [See more photos →]

Grueby Art Pottery tall cylindrical vase, with a dark blue matte glaze and carved wide leaf decoration. Base with impressed circular maker's mark GRUEBY POTTERY BOSTON U.S.A. together with the incised initials CH. 9 1/8" H. Private Southern Collection. Condition: Overall very good condition. No cracks or chips. UV inspection reveals no visible repairs or restoration. [See more photos →]

Charles Counts (Kentucky, 1934-2000) Civil Rights inspired art pottery lidded jar, with allover incised decoration including figures being doused by a fireman’s water hose, a dog barking at a figure and other figures with raised hands and shouting. Incised inscription around the shoulder reads “Lift Up Our Voices Against The Mob”. Additionally incised on the base “Charles Counts/Rising Fawn/Georgia/1963”. 13 3/4″ H. Charles Counts (1934 – 2000) was inspired to create this piece by the Birmingham Race Riots of 1963. The Kentucky born potter, designer, textile artist, and quilter was also a social activist, as well as a writer and teacher who worked to preserve the art forms of his native Appalachia. Counts attended Berea College in Kentucky and earned a master’s degree in pottery and weaving at Southern Illinois University in 1957. He then studied under Bauhaus-trained master potter, Marguerite Wildenhain in California and also did advanced work in ceramic technology at the University of Southern California under Carlton Ball and Susan Peterson. Counts established a pottery studio with his wife Rubynelle in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1959, before moving to Lookout Mountain, Georgia in 1963. His Georgia studio was called The Pottery Shop at Rising Fawn. The Counts helped form the Designer-Craftsmen of the Southern Appalachians, and were prominent members of the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. They later moved to Nigeria where Charles taught at the University of Maiduguri until his death. Private Chattanooga, TN collection. Condition: Excellent condition. Protective felt pads added to rim and base. [See more photos →]

Hawkins County, Tennessee highly figured walnut serpentine chest of drawers, yellow pine and poplar secondary. Shaped top with diagonal grain banded walnut veneer over one overhanging dovetailed serpentine drawer above three graduated serpentine dovetailed drawers, all with cockbeading, inlaid kite escutcheons, and brass pulls. Highly figured stiles transition into fully fluted quarter columns topped and terminating with gilt spiral fluted carved balls, applied molding to inset paneled sides, case resting on turned Sheraton feet. 48 1/4" H x 43 1/2" W x 21 1/4" D. Circa 1820. Note: The incorporation of highly figured walnut into other Hawkins County furniture forms include a corner cupboard example illustrated in the book "The Art of Tennessee", illustrated on page 68, plate #33 and now in the collection of Historic Williamsburg Foundation. The Estate of Alice Wright Summers Hale, Rogersville, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition with older refinish. Three of four drawers retain the original locks, brass pulls later replacements. Top veneered edge with losses, mostly to front corners, and top right front side. [See more photos →]

Southern miniature or child's walnut cupboard or press, poplar secondary. Cupboard in the old surface and consisting of a molded top with tall arched gallery, two paneled doors opening to reveal two shelves and chamfered interior, paneled sides, front turned Sheraton legs with unusual flared foot and straight back legs. Back boards have circular saw marks and case is joined by tenons to back stiles. 34 1/4" H x 27 1/2" W x 16" D. Circa 1850. Note: Oral history states that this piece originated from the Tatum Family in Patrick County, Virginia. The collection of Dr. Robert and Diana Marsh, Lawrenceville, Georgia. Condition: Overall good condition with the original surface. Surface with general wear and losses, top with minor scattered stains. Losses to left front side of gallery and left back side of gallery. [See more photos →]

Labeled Mid-Century Knoll Industries 2544 “Credenza 4 Position” designed by Florence Knoll Bassett circa 1954, manufactured in the 1960s. Rectangular cabinet or sideboard with Italian cremo marble top over four figured walnut veneered hinged and locking doors with aluminum tab hardware. Chrome finished steel base and square tubular legs. Underside with “Knoll International 320 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022_ label including the Knoll Industries trademark. Retains the original key. 25 1/2″ H x 74 1/2″ W x 18” D. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company’s headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original Knoll office furniture. Condition: Overall very good condition. Some minor spotting to top, retains the original key. [See more photos →]

Fifty-six (56) piece Japanese export silver and porcelain teacup set by Arthur and Bond. 1st-24th items: twelve (12) sterling silver pierced demitasse teacup frames (2" H) and twelve (12) sterling saucers (4 1//2" dia.), each with high relief, repousse iris decorations. Arthur & Bond, Yokohama marks and "Sterling" stamped to underside of bases. 25th-56th items: thirty-two (32) porcelain items, including twenty-eight (28) demitasse teacup inserts (2 1/4" H) and two (2) porcelain teacups with bamboo form handles (2" H) and saucers (5 1/2" dia.), all with hand painted decorations of purple and white irises on a white ground, gilt trim to rims. Twelve (12) pieces with Arthur & Bond, Yokohama stamped to underside of bases, Nineteen (19) with red Japanese characters to underside of bases, and one (1) unmarked. Combined sterling weight: 30.045 total troy ounces. Meiji Period, late 19th to early 20th century. Provenance: private Chattanooga collection. Consignor's grandparents acquired this set and the Arthur & Bond tea set also in this auction while traveling in Asia in the early 1900s. Condition: All items in overall good condition with minor loss to gilt trim. Four Arthur & Bond porcelain inserts and one teacup with hairlines, one with 3/4" area of loss to painted decoration. Arthur & Bond porcelain inserts do not sit flish in frames. [See more photos →]

6 piece Baker Manchester Repousse sterling silver tea service with matching sterling tray. Comprised of a teapot, coffeepot, creamer, covered sugar bowl, wastebowl, and rectangular tray, each with hand-chased foliate decorations. Maker's marks, "STERLING," "HAND-CHASED," and "1016," "1017," or "1018" stamped to underside of bases. Not monogrammed. Hollowware pieces ranging in size from 4 3/4" H x 4 7/8" dia. to 11 1/4" H x 9 1/2" W. Tray: 1 1/4" H x 23 5/8" W x 13 3/4" D. 164.792 total troy ounces. The estate of J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: All pieces in overall good condition. Tray with surface scratches. Handle to teapot is loose. 1 1/4" dent to base of creamer. [See more photos →]

Thomas McKenney and James Hall: HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volume One (only). 32 plates present. Front cover, some color plates, and early pages, including title page, are missing. This partially complete single volume appears to be the first edition, published by Edward C. Biddle in Philadelphia in 1837. It retains 32 original plates: War Dance, Red Jacket, Kishkalawa, Pushmataha, Elskwautawaw, Eshtahumleah, Waapashaw, Meetakoosega, Weshcubb, Little Crow, Sequoyah, Nawkaw, Quatawapea, Payta Kootha, Pashepaw, Peamuska, Catahecassa, An Objibway Mother and Child, Okeemakeequid, Waemboeshkaa, Mcintosh, Ongpatonga, Nesouaquoit, Moanahonga, Tahchee, Ancamegishca, Wabishkeepenas, Tshusick, Lappawinsoe, Tishcohan, Shahaka, Tokacon. Sheet size of plates: 15" x 20". Provenance: private Middle Tennessee collection. History: The idea for this landmark book was conceived by Thomas McKenney, head of the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs. Through his job, McKenney had the opportunity to travel and become acquainted with Native American tribes and their leaders. By about 1820 he had become increasingly concerned about the survival of Native American culture in the face of Western expansionism. McKenney believed American Indians should be "looked up on as human beings, having bodies and souls like ours" and wanted to preserve "in the archives of the Government whatever of the aboriginal man can be rescued from the destruction which awaits their race." McKenney began commissioning portraits of American Indians who traveled to Washington, DC to negotiate treaties with the federal government. Charles Bird King and Peter Rindisbacher were among those artists hired to depict Native American chiefs, warriors and squaws, either from life or from watercolors by frontier artists like James Otto Lewis. In 1829, McKenney was dismissed from his post by President Andrew Jackson. McKenney began commissioning lithographs of the paintings in order to reach a wider audience through a subscription-based publishing project, and hired Judge James Hall to write biographies of the sitters and a general history of North American Indians. It became the most elaborate color plate book published in the United States when it was released over a multi-year period from c. 1837-1944. Sadly, all but five of the original paintings were destroyed in a fire at the Smithsonian in 1865. HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA preserves what is considered the best and in some cases the only likenesses of many of the most notable Native Americans of the period. Provenance: by descent in the family of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Greene Woodson of Birmingham, Alabama. Condition: Front cover missing, rear cover fully detached; significant losses to spine. Some first pages missing (Red Jacket biography is the first attached page present). Pages and plates with varying degrees of foxing and toning but largely intact, except for War Dance, Red Jacket, Kishkalawa and Pushmataha. War Dance – significant toning, edge chipping and losses, 2" tear across title, 4" dampstain across top. Red Jacket – 1 1/2" tear at center edge. 1" tear to top edge. Significant side chipping. Very discolored. Kishkalawa – Edge chipping with narrow losses up to 4"L, 1" tears at top and side edges, corners chipped. Pushmataha – corner losses. Nesouaquoit portrait and biography was removed from binding by previous owner but is present and original to this book. Many plates are still in good condition with dark and bright coloring. [See more photos →]

Matthew A. Daly (American/Ohio, 1860-1937) impressionist oil on board painting titled "Hod Carriers at Lunch". Depicting four male laborers seated by a fire with their lunch. Signed and dated lower left "M.A. Daly, 1920". Additionally titled and partially signed in pencil verso. Housed in a carved gilt wood Arts & Crafts style frame. Sight: 11 1/2" H x 13 1/2" W. Framed: 16 1/2" H x 18 1/4" W. Condition: Painting overall good condition with one very small area of old paint loss lower right corner (approx. 1/8"). Frame with light general wear, small loss to upper right corner, minor cracquelure noted to both lower corners. [See more photos →]

Kentucky coin silver mint julep cup, flaring reeded rim and foot ring, stamped in rectangle MCCLURE & VALENTI, for James McClure and Philip Valenti, in partnership in Bowling Green, KY, circa 1867. 3 1/2" H, 3.77 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Very good condition with minimal scratching and denting, no monograms. [See more photos →]

Sterling Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) oil on board still life painting depicting roses and other flowers in a vase, rendered in a thick impasto technique. Signed and dated "Strauser 68" top left. Housed in a giltwood frame with pierced corners and centers with an off white wooden fillet. Sight: 23 1/2" H x 17 1/2" W. Framed: 31 1/4" H x 25 1/4" W. The Estate of William Pursell, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Oil Painting in overall very good condition. Board is slightly loose in frame. Fillet with areas of dampstaining, largest 13 3/4". [See more photos →]

Life sized Asian, likely Siamese, gilt bronze Buddha, depicted standing with arms outstretched and hands facing outward. Together with a custom black wood stand. Buddha: 69 1/2" H x 20" W. Stand: 10" H. Note: Purchased by the original owner in Hong Kong in 1979. Original receipt available to winning bidder upon request. The Estate of David G. Leach Jr., Vonore, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition, wear to gilt finish on the right side of the chest, top of the arms, top of the feet, scattered wear to the lower half of the face and flame finial of head. [See more photos →]

Ladies 14K white gold 2.6mm Art Deco style bracelet featuring 300 single cut diamonds weighing approximately 1.5 carats, Clarity-VS2, Color-H, accented by 192 radiant cut natural sapphires approximately 4.5 carats. The bracelet is marked "14K" and "585". The bracelet is 7 1/2" L. and has a gross weight of 31.03 grams. Condition: Overall good condition. [See more photos →]

191 pieces Towle Paul Revere pattern sterling silver flatware. Includes 20 knives (9" L) plus 6 knives (9 1/2" L); 17 forks (7 1/8" L) plus 4 forks (7 5/8" L); 20 salad forks (6 1/4" L) plus 7 salad forks (5 3/4" L); 40 teaspoons, 15 dessert spoons (7" L); 14 tablespoons; 14 cocktail forks; 8 round bowl soup spoons (6 3/4" L); 8 iced teaspoons; 8 flat handle butter spreaders, plus 1 master butter knife; 1 gravy ladle; 1 carving knife and 1 carving fork; 1 pie server; 1 cream ladle; 1 sugar shell; 1 lemon fork; and 1 cold meat fork (7 1/3" L). Some items monogrammed. 190.40 total weighable troy ounces. 191 total pieces. The Estate of James W. Perkins, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall excellent condition. Some items monogrammed P. [See more photos →]

116 pieces Reed and Barton Francis I pattern sterling silver flatware. Twenty-four (24) dinner knives (4: 9 7/8" L, 8: 9 1/2" L, 12: 8 7/8" L); twenty four (24) dinner forks (12: 7 3/4" L, 12: 7 1/4" L); twelve (12) salad forks (6 1/8" L); twelve (12) teaspoons (5 7/8" L); eleven (11) place/oval soup spoons; three (3) tablespoons; two (2) pierced tablespoons; one (1) salt spoon with gilt wash to bowl; one (1) sugar shell; one (1) gravy ladle; one (1) lemon fork; two (2) meat serving forks, one (1) small and one (1) large; one (1) tomato server; two (2) piece salad serving fork and spoon set; two (2) piece small carving set; two (2) piece large carving set; one (1) cheese knife; one (1) toothpick holder inscribed "Peggy" to body; one (1) salt cellar inscribed "Anita-Bill/Dec. 30, 1960" to underside of base; and twelve (12) hollow handle butter spreaders. Not monogrammed or inscribed unless specified in description. All housed in a fitted wooden case. Case: 144.475 total weighable troy ounces. Private Chattanooga, TN collection. Condition: All items in overall good condition with normal surface scratches. Toothpick holder with dents, largest 1/4". [See more photos →]

Pair of diminutive John Bell/Waynesboro manganese and lead glazed earthenware pottery jugs, ovoid form with applied handles, upper shoulders impressed JOHN BELL WAYNESBORO, signed on the base with the identical date. The larger jug signed on the base "Waynesboro June (or Jan) 14 82" and the smaller jug signed on the base, "Wayne Jun (or Jan) 14 1882". Both with initial inscriptions and incised marks on base. 5" to 5 1/2" H. Pennsylvania, 1882. Provenance: The estate of Charles K. Davis, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from his father, Charles K. Davis of Fairfield, CT. Note: Charles Krum Davis Sr. (1889-1968) was chairman of the Remington Arms Company, and a passionate early collector of Americana. With the help of a few important dealers, primarily Israel Sack, Davis built what has been called one of the most important private collections of early Americana. His home was profiled in the Magazine Antiques, January and March, 1941. Much of Mr. Davis Sr.'s collection ultimately went to Winterthur and other museums. Condition: Both jugs in overall excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Kentucky Agricultural Premium coin silver cream pitcher or milk jug with elaborate floral and scroll repousse decoration, rocaille chased rim and center cartouche inscribed SOUTHWESTERN AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL ASSOCIATION, beaded and scrolled handle, with flat spiral reeded foot. Stamped PURE COIN / K&P / J. KITTS for John Kitts, working Louisville, 1836-1878. 6 1/2"H, 7.18 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Some denting to footring, shallow dent to left side of cartouche, scattered minor dents and scratches, overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Helen La France (Kentucky, 1919-2020) large oil on canvas landscape painting depicting an African American congregation gathering for a Church Picnic, with automobiles parked in front of a church and horse and buggy approaching lower left; a table is being spread in the background, while little girls play a circle game in the right foreground. Signed "Helen La France" lower right. Molded stained wood frame with Lyzon, Nashville frame label en verso. Sight: 15 1/2 "H x 29 1/2" W. Framed: 21" H x 35" W. Provenance: Private Tennessee collection, acquired by consignor's parents directly from the artist. Biography: "Self-taught African American artist Helen LaFrance was born on a Kentucky farm and began painting in her 40s. She is known for her "memory paintings" drawn from her recollections of life growing up in the rural South. Several museums and private collectors, including Oprah Winfrey, own examples of her work." (Source: "Helen LaFrance Folk Art Memories" by Kathy Moses). Helen LaFrance died November 22, 2020 in a Mayfield, Kentucky nursing home at the age of 101. Condition: Overall excellent condition. Tiny spot of trapped debris or cluster of dried paint on limb of center tree. A few minor abrasions to frame. [See more photos →]

Pennsylvania comb-back Windsor armchair, possibly Philadelphia. Curved crest rail having carved scrolls at the terminus with nine (9) back spindles intersected by a center rail terminating in flattened curved handholds. Arms supported by vase-turned balusters and short spindles. Wide shield shaped seat transitioning into ring and vase turned legs ending in turnip shaped feet. Bulbous stretcher supports for legs with a medial bulbous stretcher support. 47" total H x 17 1/2" Seat H x 24 1/2" W x 17" D. Late 18th century. Retains an old inventory label (F-159). Provenance: The estate of Charles K. Davis, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from his father, Charles K. Davis of Fairfield, CT, purchased from Israel Sack Inc., New York. Note: Charles Krum Davis Sr. (1889-1968) was chairman of the Remington Arms Company, and a passionate early collector of Americana. With the help of a few important dealers, primarily Israel Sack, Davis built what has been called one of the most important private collections of early Americana. His home was profiled in the Magazine Antiques, January and March, 1941. Much of Mr. Davis Sr.'s collection ultimately went to Winterthur and other museums. Condition: Overall very good condition with older refinished surface. Minimal traces of the original painted surface. [See more photos →]

One hundred and fifty (150) pieces Gorham Strasbourg pattern sterling silver flatware, including fifteen (15) dinner knives (8: 9" L, 7: 9 1/4" L), fifteen (15) dinner forks (9: 7" L, 6: 7 1/2" L), fifteen (15) salad forks (6 1/4" L), eighteen (18) teaspoons (5 7/8" L), twelve (12) round bowl cream soup spoons, two (2) oval soup spoons, nine (9) demitasse spoons, one (1) tablespoon, one (1) pierced tablespoon, one (1) sugar shell spoon, one (1) pierced bon bon spoon, one (1) cream ladle, one (1) gravy ladle, one (1) jelly server, eight (8) oyster forks, twelve (12) strawberry forks, one (1) lemon fork, twelve (12) ice cream forks, one (1) pierced long handle olive spoon with gilt wash to bowl, one (1) serving fork, one (1) tomato server, one (1) large fish serving fork, one (1) lettuce serving fork, one (1) large berry/casserole spoon, one (1) large asaparagus serving fork, two (2) piece salad serving fork and spoon set, one (1) casserole spoon, one (1) pastry server, one (1) lasagna server, and twelve (12) hollow handle butter spreaders. Lettuce fork monogrammed with script "M." Housed in a fitted wooden case. Case: 9 1/2" H x 15" W x 11 3/4" D. 141.30 total weighable troy ounces. The collection of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Roberts, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Condition: All items in overall good condition with normal surface wear. [See more photos →]

Grueby Art Pottery vase, decorated by the artist Marie Seaman, having a dark blue matte glaze and ribbed design to the body, incised on the base M. S. for Marie Seaman together with the impressed circular maker’s mark GRUEBY POTTERY BOSTON U.S.A. 11″ H x 8″ W. Early 20th century. Private Southern Collection. Condition: Overall very good condition. No visible chips or cracks. UV inspection reveals no visible repairs or restoration. [See more photos →]

Coin Silver mint julep cup stamped A. BLANCHARD in rectangle for Asa Blanchard, working Lexington, KY, 1808-1838, with eagle psuedohallmark (mark used circa 1820-1838). Tapering cylindrical sides and reeded rim and foot ring, monogrammed C. 3"H, 4.35 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Overall excellent condition with a couple of tiny dents, under 1/4"L. [See more photos →]

Antoine Blanchard (French, 1910-1988) oil on canvas painting depicting Place de la Republique, Paris. The bustling scene includes pedestrians, carriages, and a streetcar, in the square surrounding the famous monument "Marianne" (personifying France). Signed "Antoine. Blanchard." lower right. Painted wood frame with molded scroll and leaf decoration. W.T. Burger Co. label en verso along with Burger stamp (to canvas) and label with artist biographical information. Sight: 13" H x 18" W. Framed: 19" H x 24" W. Provenance: W.T. Burger Co, LaPorte, Indiana; Private collection, Birmingham, Alabama. Biography: Antoine Blanchard began his study of fine arts in Rennes for three years and then studied at the School of Fine Arts in Paris for four years. He exclusively painted Parisian street scenes, depicting the city in all seasons but always in 1900. (adapted from Dictionnaire Critique et Documentaire Des Peintres Sculpteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs, New Edition, Volume II, by E. Benezit, published by Editions Grund, 1999, p. 374). Condition: Painting in excellent condition. Some dampstaining visible to lower edge of back of frame. [See more photos →]

Aaron Bohrod (Wisconsin/Illinois, 1907-1992) surrealist oil on masonite board painting titled "Winter Landscape by Moonlight" depicting several people walking through a small town covered in snow towards a church in the background, beneath a cloudy evening sky illuminated by a full moon. Signed "Aaron Bohrod" beside a smaller trompe l'oeil winter landscape enclosed within a horn ornament, lower left. Frank J. Oehlschlaeger Gallery, Chicago, IL paper label with a Collection of Philip J. and Suzanne Schiller, American Social Commentery Art 1930-1970, Highland Park, IL paper label, en verso. Housed in a carved wood silver painted frame. Sight: 18 1/2" H x 29 1/2" W. Framed: 26" H x 37" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Biography: "Aaron Bohrod studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the Art Students' League of New York under John Sloan. While living in Chicago during the 1930s, he worked for the Chicago Federal Art Project and was Artist-in-Residence at the University of Illinois-Carbondale. Bohrod painted in the Regionalist and Social-Realist styles, documenting Chicago street scenes. The somewhat brighter colors found in his earliest paintings, however, reveal that he was already taking liberties with the Regionalist style. From 1942 to 1945, Bohrod was an artistic war correspondent in the European Theater for Life Magazine and also worked for the Army Corps of Engineers. In 1948, Bohrod replaced John Steuart Curry as the second Artist-in-Residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A few years later, his continued work with the university's Rural Art Program created enough interest in program activities that the Wisconsin Rural Artists Association (WRAA) was established. Bohrod was Artist-in-Residence at UW-Madison until his retirement in 1973. In the late 1940s, Bohrod became part of a growing tendency toward illusionism and fantasy called 'Magic Realism.' His later "trompe l'oeil" still lifes, begun in the 1950s, are filled with allusions, puns, and jibes that refer to many cultures and different eras. He often included art historical references, found objects, and faux surfaces in his works to create those illusions. In the early 1950s, he traveled extensively throughout Wisconsin and Michigan, making sketches of the landscapes along the way. His intense study of nature resulted in smaller paintings that became more detailed." (source: Museum of Wisconsin Art). Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

104 pieces Reed and Barton Francis I pattern sterling silver flatware, including 12 dinner knives (6: 9 1/8" L, 6: 9 1/4" L), 12 dinner forks (7 3/4" L), 12 salad forks (6 1/8" L), 12 teaspoons (5 7/8" L),12 iced teaspoons, 12 round bowl cream soup spoons, 2 sugar shell spoons, 1 gravy ladle, 12 oyster forks, 1 asparagus server, 1 cheese plane, 1 pasta server, 1 lasagna server, 1 pie and cake server, and 12 flat handled butter spreaders. Not monogrammed. 118.185 total weighable troy ounces. The estate of J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: All pieces in overall good condition with normal surface wear. [See more photos →]

Attributed to Albert Pinkham Ryder (New York/Massachusetts, 1847-1917) oil on panel painting depicting a nighttime scene of waves crashing against a rocky shore under a glowing moon. Unsigned. Housed in a giltwood frame with off white linen liner. Sight: 7 3/4" H x 9 3/4" W. Framed: 13" H x 14 3/4" W. Provenance: Private Chattanooga, TN collection, purchased in California in the 1970s. Biography: Albert Pinkham Ryder, was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Ryder entered the National Academy of Design in 1870, but soon after he became allied with a group of more progressive artists, like J. Alden Weir, who formed the Society of American Artists in 1877. That same year Ryder traveled abroad for the first time, and he spent the summer of 1882 in Europe and North Africa where he became inspired by old masters. Between 1878 and 1887 Ryder exhibited at the Society of American Artist group shows, as well as at the National Academy. He was admired as a colorist and developed his own personal technique, using a dark palette, heavy pigment with multiple layers and glazes to create an inner luminosity. It is recognized that his inventive, imaginative mind and technique foreshadow the similar approaches made by later surrealist and abstract expressionist artists. (Source: AskArt, adapted by writing from Michael Preston Worley, Ph.D.). Condition: Overall good condition with craquelure. Frame with abrasions, minor losses to gilt. [See more photos →]

After Pablo Picasso (Spain/France, 1881-1973) color lithograph on Arches wove paper titled "The Embrace," published by Guy Spitzer, Paris, circa 1954. Depicts an affectionate couple in an interior bedroom setting. Signed "P. R. Picasso," with Spitzer blind stamp, in the stone, lower left. Numbered "25/125," in pencil, lower left below image, signed "Picasso," in pencil, lower right below image. Typed label on cardstock backing. Housed and matted under plexiglass in a carved giltwood frame. Image: 20 1/4" H x 21 3/4" W. Sight: 22 1/2" H x 23 1/4" W. Framed: 34 1/2" H x 35 1/2" W. The Estate of Barbara K. Lipman, Memphis, TN. Condition: Image overall good condition with foxing near pencil signature and edition number. Print laid down on card stock. Outer margins with paste residue from matting laid down on outer margins of sheet. Cardboard debris and exfoliation to paper resulting from paste residue. [See more photos →]

Native American Navajo sterling silver concho belt, comprised of 6 large oval (4 x 4 1/4") and 7 small rectangular (4 x 1 3/4") links or plaques attached to a leather belt. Each link contains 2 rows of circular needle point turquoise. The belt is marked "sterling" and signed "IH" for Ivan Howard. 47" L, gross weight of 1427.8 grams. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall good condition with normal use wear. [See more photos →]

Frederick Stuart Church (New York, Michigan, 1842-1924) oil on canvas painting titled "Out for Spin" depicting a young woman seated at the bow of a rowboat manned by four cherubs, each holding an oar, the scene observed by two seagulls on a bank, lower left. Inscribed, signed, and dated "Copyright F.S. Church NY 1904" lower left. Gilt placard with title and artist's name, affixed lower center of frame. Housed in a Louis XIV style giltwood frame with pierced corners and centers. Sight: 15 3/4" H x 42 3/4" W. Framed: 30 1/4" H x 57" W x 4" D. Provenance: the estate of Edith (Edie) M. Bass, Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from her parents, Walter Paul McBride and Claire Childs of Lake Forest, Illinois. Note: Claire Childs, was the daughter of C. Frederick Childs (1875-1955), founder of the C.F. Childs & Co. Securities Co. Mr. Childs was the first dealer of U.S. Government Securities. His offices in Chicago and New York were across the street from the Federal Reserve in each city and his trading office was located at One Wall Street. Biography: "Known for his decorative work, especially of anthropomorphic animals, Frederick Stuart Church was a native of Michigan who had a long career in New York City. He had in-depth knowledge of animal anatomy, which was evident in the depictions of this subject in oil, watercolor, and etchings. His first allegorical compositions were produced in the mid-1870s. Although he was a strong believer in academic training, Church did not visit Europe until late in life and felt that foreign art had little to teach Americans. He was directed by his parents toward a business career, and worked from the age thirteen to seventeen for the American Express Company in Chicago. He did a lot of drawing in his spare time. For three years, he served in Union artillery during the Civil War, and then returned to Chicago where he studied at the Chicago Art Academy with Walter Shirlaw. In 1870, he moved to New York and studied at the National Academy of Design with Lemuel Wilmarth and at the Art Students League. Early on, he earned his living as a commercial artist including illustrations for "Harper's Weekly." His illustrations often featured black and white drawings of animals. He also worked in watercolors and oils and was skilled as an etcher. He was a member of the National Academy of Design." (source: 300 YEARS OF AMERICAN ART by Michael David Zellman, published by The Wellfleet Press, Secaucus, 1987). Condition: Overall very good condition with craquelure. Frame with minor abrasions/areas of loss to gilt. [See more photos →]

Samuel Shaver (Tennessee, 1816-1878) portrait of Winifred Berry Benson of Culpeper, VA, oil on canvas, laid on board. The subject is depicted seated in a red chair wearing a dark dress with a white lace collar and matching cap, hands crossed in her lap and gold spectacles on her head. Housed in a carved gilt wood frame with an oval opening and beaded edge with stenciled spandrels. Includes Easter greeting cruciform card from the sitter or a relative. Sight: 29 1/2" H x 24" W. Framed: 36 3/4" H x 31 1/4" W. Biography of the sitter: Winifred Berry Benson was the daughter of James Benson and Dulcibella Berry. She married Captain James Richards (1774-1844), of Culpeper County, Virginia, circa 1799. They had seven children, including Harriet Somerville Richards, born March 12, 1820 at Culpeper County, VA, who married Philip Smith Hale, son of George Hale and Margaret Hamilton, on September 3, 1846 at Culpeper County, VA, and had ten children. Harriet appeared on the census of June 24, 1880 at Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA, as a widow. Harriet died on January 24, 1908 at Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee, at age 87. She was buried Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rogersville, Hawkins County, TN. (source: http://pembertonfamily.com/history/koplend/richards001.htm). Artist Biography (Courtesy of James C. Kelly, Virginia Historical Society): Portraitist Samuel M. Shaver was born in Sullivan County, the son of David Shaver and Catherine (Barringer) Shaver. He may have been influenced by William Harrison Scarborough (1812-1871), a native-born Tennessee artist, four years Shaver's senior, who did portraits of Shaver's relatives. Shaver's earliest known painting dates to 1845, but he was probably painting before that time. For the next quarter-century, he was East Tennessee's standard portraitist. In 1851 Shaver was professor of drawing and painting at the Odd Fellows Female Institute in Rogersville. In 1852 he advertised in Greeneville and Knoxville papers; for several years thereafter his whereabouts are unknown. The death of his first wife in January 1856 recalled him to Rogersville, where he remained until the Civil War. At the outset of the war, pro-Confederate Shaver moved to Knoxville, where he became one of the founders of the East Tennessee Art Association. The association commissioned him to do portraits of fifteen Confederate leaders and generals, presumably from photographs. None of the portraits have been located, and perhaps they were never painted. From 1863 to 1868 Shaver lived and worked near Russellville. About 1868 he joined his mother-in-law and family in Jerseyville, Illinois, near St. Louis, where he continued painting. He died June 21, 1878. The Estate of Alice Wright Summers Hale, Rogersville, TN. Condition: Original canvas laid on board. Overall light craquelure. Old repairs to left side of subjects face and left margin. A circular area of loss upper right quadrant. [See more photos →]

Grueby Art Pottery low rim vase, decorated by the artist Marie Seaman, with carved wide leaf and bud design to the body, dark green matte glaze to the ground and white glazed buds. Base with illegible Grueby mark to the center, obscured by heavy glaze, and incised initials MS for Marie Seaman. 6 3/4" H x 7 1/2" W. Early 20th century. Private Southern Collection. Condition: Some very slight scattered fleabites to some leaf edges, glaze void, in the making, to one side of body. Blacklighting did not reveal any restoration or repairs. [See more photos →]

Caio Fonseca (New York, born 1959) aquatint and mixed media trial proof print titled "Seven String, No. 1" depicting abstract black shapes and red and yellow dots and lines against a light brown background. Labeled "TPI" in pencil, lower left under plate, signed and dated "2001" in pencil, lower right under plate. Typed paper label, en verso. Housed under plexiglass and matted in a wooden frame. Plate: 28 3/4" H x 40" W. Sight: 31 1/4" H x 42 3/4" W. Framed: 41 1/4" H x 52 3/4" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. Not examined outside of frame. [See more photos →]

Labeled Knoll Mid Century Table Desk, #2480, designed by Florence Knoll Bassett in 1961 and manufactured 1970s, consisting of an oval, highly figured rosewood top and a chrome finished steel X form pedestal base. Underside of top with label for "Knoll International / 320 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022" bearing the Knoll Industries trademark. 29" H x 53 3/4" W x 95 3/4" L. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company's headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original Knoll office furniture. Condition: Overall very good condition, table top refinished. Base with general light scratches and minor wear. [See more photos →]

Italian Micromosaic circular plaque depicting St. Peter's Square, the Vatican, Rome, housed in original large and ornate ebonized wooden easel style frame. 13 5/8" square by 2 1/2" deep. Provenance: Private Holly Springs, MS collection. Miss Cornelia Crittenden Craft (1870-1953) of Holly Springs brought this plaque back from her Grand Tour in Europe in 1902-1903. Condition: Very good condition with all tesserae present, minimal fine age related cracking, possible small stain spot near dome which we have not attempted to clean. Not examined out of frame. Frame has a few scattered tiny edge chips, mostly to rear edge. Full split to back frame panel and easel back. [See more photos →]

Middle Tennessee Hepplewhite cherry sugar sideboard, poplar secondary. Comprised of a rectangular overhanging top over two deep scratch-beaded drawers, all dovetailed with brass pulls and brass inlaid escutcheons, over square tapered legs. 38" H x 38 5/6" W x 22 7/8" D. Probably Davidson County, TN, Circa 1820. Note: The overhanging top on the back of the sideboard indicates it was constructed to accommodate wainscoting and indicates the form maintains the original height. Provenance: private Nashville, TN collection, acquired from collectors Roy and Florence Striegel of Nashville 40 years ago. Condition: Overall very good condition with expected use wear. Older refinish with some wood shrinkage and staining to top, very small patch repair to left and right drawer support edge and old small patch repair to lower right corner of right drawer. Pulls have oxidation, drawer sides with slight buildup and replaced drawer supports. [See more photos →]

Jesse Carl Hobby (American/Illinois, 1871 – 1938) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a river running below a stone bridge flanked by snow-covered riverbanks, with a small village visible in the background. Signed lower right "Jess Hobby". Housed in an Arts & Crafts style carved giltwood frame. Sight: 33 1/2" H x 35 1/4" W. Framed: 43 3/4" H x 45 1/2" W. Jesse Carl Hobby (1871-1938) studied painting with Elbridge Grafton and H. B. Hewley in his native Cooperstown, New York. He later moved to Omaha, Nebraska where he studied landscape painting under Mart S. Hazelton. He spent time touring with theater companies and eventually settled in the Chicago region where gained notoriety for his decorative scenes and theater commissions including a curtain for the Warrington Theatre, formerly the Warrington Opera House. By the end of his career, he specialized in landscape paintings, often featuring the views of the Oak Park region outside of Chicago where he resided. While exhibiting his work independently and with groups in the area, he was recognized for his skill by Chicago newspapers and won the All-Illinois Society of the Fine Arts' first gold medal at their annual exhibition in 1935. (Source: Wendy Greenhouse, PhD. from the M. Christine Schwartz Collection. Chicago, Illinois.) The Collection of Sylvia Roberts, Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Antique Persian Sarouk rug or carpet, wool on cotton. Salmon and red central medallion on a navy blue field with foliate decoration, flanked by ivory, salmon, and red spandrels, red foliate border. 13' 9" x 10' 11". First quarter 20th century. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: Losses to fringe, frayed binding at ends, overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Pair Mid-Century Knoll Industries Barcelona chairs, designed in 1929 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and manufactured in the 1980s. Original black tufted leather cushions with leather support straps, polished steel X-form legs. Both chairs retain the original Knoll Industries paper label. 30″ H x 30″ W x 29 1/2″ D. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company’s headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original Knoll office furniture. Condition: Overall very good condition. Cushions with very slight fading to leather and light general wear. Base with expected general surface wear. [See more photos →]

One hundred thirty-four (134) pieces Gorham Strasbourg pattern sterling silver flatware, including twenty-four (24) dinner knives (9 1/4" L), ten (10) still in plastic wrap; twenty-four (24) dinner forks (7 5/8" L), eleven (11) still in plastic wrap; twenty-four (24) salad forks (6 3/8" L), twelve (12) still in plastic wrap; twenty-four (24) teaspoons (5 7/8" L), five (5) still in plastic wrap; twelve (12) oval soup spoons; twelve (12) iced teaspoons, eleven (11) still in plastic wrap; five (5) cream soup spoons, two (2) still in plastic wrap; two (2) tablespoons; one (1) pierced tablespoon; one (1) sugar shell spoon, still retains plastic wrap; one (1) gravy ladle; two (2) serving forks, one (1) still in plastic wrap; one (1) cheese cleaver; and one (1) master butter knife. Not monogrammed. 157 total weighable troy ounces. Condition: All items out of plastic wrap in overall good condition with light surface scratches. Items in plastic wrap in new condition. 1 serving fork with possible disposal wear to reverse of handle. [See more photos →]

Gaston Domergue (France, 1855-1927) impressionistic oil on canvas painting titled "Canal St. Martin" depicting the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, lined with trees, a building visible in the background beneath a hazy blue sky. Signed "G Domergue" lower left. Two Christie's auction labels, dated 2002, and a Richmond Gallery, Cork Street, London, label with title and additional information, en verso. Housed in a Louis XIV style giltwood frame with off white linen liner. Sight: 17 1/2" H x 25" W. Framed: 25 1/4" H x 33" W. Biography: Gaston Domergue was a post-impressionist French landscape painter. He lived off of inheritance from his family and spent his life traveling to paint scenes around France. He painted with a light touch in a manner comparable to Camille Pissaro or Alfred Sisley. (Source: Adapted translation from E. Benezit Dectionnaire Des Peintures Sculpteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs). The estate of David B. Person, Historic Burton Place, Holly Springs, Mississippi. Condition: Overall very good condition. Surface grime, en verso of canvas. Frame with areas of loss, largest 3/4", to gilt, staining to liner. [See more photos →]

Tim Lewis (Kentucky, b. 1952) folk art carved sandstone sculpture depicting Noah's Ark, with giraffe heads and necks protruding out of the stern onto the roof, sheltering a male and female to one side and a hippo and and other animal to the other. Another male and female figure with kissing birds to the stern and two lions depicted on the bow. Various animals depicted in each window. Signed and dated "T 04/Lewis" top of bow. 14 1/4" H x 24 1/2" W x 8 1/2" D. Sculpture weighs 113.3 pounds. The Collection of Sylvia Roberts, Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall good condition with weathered, green patina. Few minute chips to ear of right giraffe. [See more photos →]

Pair Mid-Century Knoll Industries Barcelona chairs, designed in 1929 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and manufactured in the 1980s. Original black tufted leather cushions with leather support straps, polished steel X-form legs. Both chairs retain the original Knoll Industries paper label. 30″ H x 30″ W x 29 1/2″ D. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company’s headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original Knoll office furniture. This is the first of three pairs of Barcelona chairs being offered in this two-day auction. Condition: Both chairs overall good condition with slight wear to cushions. The upper cushion of one chair with two vertical tears on each seam side of the top middle square, each approximately 2 in long. General light expected wear and surface scratching to the bases. [See more photos →]

Pair Mid-Century Knoll Industries Barcelona chairs, designed in 1929 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and manufactured in the 1980s. Original black tufted leather cushions with leather support straps, polished steel X-form legs. Both chairs retain the original Knoll Industries paper label. 30″ H x 30″ W x 29 1/2″ D. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company’s headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original Knoll office furniture. Condition: Overall very good condition, leather cushions with minor wear, legs with general expected surface wear. [See more photos →]

Scarce Jonesborough, Tennessee, watercolor landscape painting on cardstock, depicting various figures and animals harvesting a crop of wheat and engaging in various activities. Including a female resting below a tree with two young children, a female gathering hay and a young girl with dog holding a water barrel foreground with other figures gathering wheat, a figure riding on horseback, a horse-drawn carriage and a cottage in the background. Titled lower center margin THE HARVESTERS. Signed lower left by Elizabeth E. George and lower right "Jonesboro F. Academy Feb. 1838-9". Cardstock/Paper -15 3/4" H x 12 3/4" W. Framed – 16 1/4" H x 20 1/4" W. This watercolor landscape, depicting harvesting activities, was possibly inspired by prints of 16th and 17th Flemish harvest landscapes by artists like Pieter Bruegel (Brueghel) the Elder or Younger and Joos de Momper the Younger. The rendering of the dog in the lower right corner is especially reminiscent of animals depicted from an earlier era. Additional note: The Jonesboro Female Academy was organized in 1833 by a local group of citizens and continued to operate until 1852, when it was combined with the Odd Fellow Female High School. The artist of this work may be Elizabeth George, born circa 1820 in Greene County, daughter of William George (son of a German immigrant) and his wife Elizabeth Clutz. She married Richard Elder in Greene County in 1847. Condition: Overall toning noted to paper. Horozontal line of residue extending through the head of the little girl with the dog and above the woman seated, holding a child. No attempt was made to remove this residue. Some fading to ink inscriptions to lower margin. [See more photos →]

Ladies 14K yellow gold charm bracelet featuring 37 charms. The charms include one (1) 10K gold panning kit, one (1) 14K evergreen tree, one (1) 14K 6 sided die, one (1) 14K kangaroo, one (1) 14K Eiffel Tower, one (1) 14K headdress, one (1) 14K fan, one (1) 14K guitar, one (1) 14K and enamel pineapple, one (1) 14K windmill, one (1) 14K instrument, one (1) 10K cross, one (1) 14K ship, one (1) 10K dancing figure, one (1) 18K pillar, one (1) 9K bagpipe, one (1) 18K boat, one (1) 14K lantern, one (1) 14K lion, one (1) 18K cabin, one (1) 14K preacher, one (1) 14K legionaire, one (1) 14K bodhisattva, one (1) 14K lei, one (1) 18K bull and axe pendent, one (1) 14K sailboat, one (1) 14K horn, one (1) 14K sarcophagus, one (1) 14K sphynx, one (1) 18K Romulus and Remus, one (1) 14K bamboo quiver, one (1) 14K abacus, one (1) 14K Shakespeare bust, one (1) 14K bezel with a greek coin, one (1) 14K masked figure, one (1) 10K totem pole, and one (1) 14K pitcher. The bracelet is marked "14K" and the charms are all marked or test 9K, 10K, 14K, or 18K. The bracelet is 6" L and has a gross weight of 115.6 grams. The estate of Camille Gift, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition with expected light use wear. [See more photos →]

Very large burlwood ash bowl, possibly Native American, turned with plain rim. Retains an older surface. 23 3/8" dia. x 6 1/2" H. Early 19th century. Provenance: The estate of Charles K. Davis, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from his father, Charles K. Davis of Fairfield, CT. Note: Charles Krum Davis Sr. (1889-1968) was chairman of the Remington Arms Company, and a passionate early collector of Americana. With the help of a few important dealers, primarily Israel Sack, Davis assembled what has been called one of the most important private collections of early Americana. His home was profiled in the Magazine Antiques, January and March, 1941. Much of Mr. Davis Sr.'s collection ultimately went to Winterthur and other museums. Condition: Overall very good condition with nice mellow patina, some minor wear and losses to rim. [See more photos →]

Sonny Dalton (American, 1933-2011) mixed-metal steampunk locomotive sculpture. Comprised of various found parts including an automotive headlight, musical instruments, a music box, a coin bank, and various gears. Unsigned but retains the original artist card. 23 3/8" H x 29" L x 8 1/2" W. 20th century. The Estate of David G. Leach Jr., Vonore, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Pair of Mount Vernon Sterling Silver Pompeiian Pattern Urns and Covers, Neoclassical style, having urn and flame finials, ram's mask handles, round tapering bodies with guilloche banding at neck and at square footed bases, and vermeil gilt silver repousse figural medallion and husk swags. Stamped POMPEIIAN N186 STERLING and BRAND CHATILLON with Mount Vernon hallmark.15"H. Combined weight 74.23 oz troy. Note: Brand-Chatillon was an upscale retailer located at 773 Fifth Avenue in New York. The company both made and retailed fine silver and jewelry and was out of business by 1940. Provenance: Private Indiana collection, acquired from Dawn Evers-Corley, D. Bigda Antiques, Charleston, South Carolina. Condition: Excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Leon Dabo (New York/France, 1864-1960) oil on board still life painting depicting a vase of red, purple, orange, and yellow flowers situated on a wooden table before a window. Signed and dated "Leon Dabo '58" with artist's monogram, lower right. Two Estate of Leon Dabo No. 208 labels and additional artist's monogram reading "Leon Dabo Paris, 1937), en verso of board. 22k giltwood molded frame with hand-carved scrolling foliate corner elements and a giltwood fillet. Sight: 17 1/2" H x 12 1/2" W. Framed: 27" H x 22" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN, acquired from Williams American Art Galleries, Nashville, TN. Biography: Born in Paris, France in 1865, Leon Dabo apprenticed in his father's Detroit studio, then divided his time between Paris and New York. He studied with the artist Pierre-Cecile Puvis de Chavannes, who advised him to learn decorative arts because, 'if you don't you won't eat and you will die.' Dabo focused on architectural decoration until the early 1900s, when he was invited to exhibit his landscapes in New York. He painted broad views of mountains and rivers that emphasized the changing effects of light on the landscape. These images appealed to nineteenth-century Americans, who saw the countryside gradually disappearing as a result of industrialization. Dabo exhibited extensively during his lifetime, both in group shows and as a solo artist, including at the 1913 Armory Show. His work was also on display at many museums including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and the National Gallery of Art. Dabo died in 1960 in New York City, and continues to be exhibited, praised, and widely collected today. (Adapted from the Smithsonian American Art Museum biography of Dabo). Condition: Overall very good condition with 1" x 1 1/2" area of light craquelure, lower left below vase. [See more photos →]

Forty-two (42) pieces Hermes Comete pattern silverplated flatware set, including eight (8) dinner knives (9 1/2" L), seven (7) still in plastic wrap; eight (8) dinner forks (8" L), seven (7) still in plastic wrap; eight (8) teaspoons (5 1/2" L), seven (7) still in plastic wrap; eight (8) dinner spoons (8 1/4" L), all still in plastic wrap; eight (8) dessert forks (6 3/4" L), seven (7) still in plastic wrap; and two (2) piece serving fork and spoon (10" L), spoon still in plastic wrap. All pieces housed in six (6) original Hermes orange boxes with seven (7) brown storage bags. Not monogrammed. Boxes ranging in size from 2 1/8" H x 6 1/4" W x 2 3/4" D to 2 1/2" H x 12 3/4" W x 4 1/8" D. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition. 5 pieces not in plastic wrap with normal surface wear. Majority of pieces in plastic wrap in new condition. Greenish blue discoloration to join of serving fork, also slightly present to join of serving spoon. Majority of boxes with minor wear, teaspoon box with surface scratches, largest 6 3/8". [See more photos →]

Labeled Mid-Century Knoll Industries 2544 Walnut Executive Office Cabinet or Credenza. Designed by Florence Knoll Bassett and introduced in 1961 as a variation of her classic 1954 “Credenza 4 position,” this cabinet featured ten drawers instead of four doors. Rectangular Italian cremo marble top over conforming case with figured walnut veneers, drawers with aluminum tab hardware, some with fitted interiors; chrome finished base and tubular steel legs. Underside labeled “Knoll International 320 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022″ including the Knoll Industries trademark. 25 1/2″ H x 74 1/2″ L x 18” D. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company’s headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original Knoll office furniture. Condition: Overall good condition with expected light general wear. [See more photos →]

Archive of over three hundred (300) items primarily pertaining to Colonel William Little Vance (1815-1888), early Memphis, Tennessee businessman, slave trader, and witness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Includes slave receipts, inventory lists, and other documents related to Vance and members of his prominent family including his wife Letitia Hart Thompson Vance (1826-1896), his father Samuel Vance (1784-1823), his mother Elizabeth Little Brown Vance (1792-1854), his son George Thompson Vance (1852-1926), and other family members. 1st item: Governor of Tennessee Samuel Houston (1793-1863) secretarial signed land document, granting Joseph Kerr one thousand eight hundred fifty-four acres in Obion County "…by virtue of Warrant No 93–dated the 17th of September 1808.." dated May 1, 1828. Secretarial signatures for Houston and Daniel Graham, below. Encapsulated (not laminated) in a plastic archival sleeve. Document: 16" H x 10 3/4" W. Sleeve: 18" H x 12 1/2" W. 2nd-4th items: Three (3) ledgers and date books belonging to William L. Vance, detailing personal and business expenses, such as the buying and selling of slaves, including one (1) group of unbound pages comprising a slave inventory including names, ages, and the amount the slaves were sold or purchased for, dating circa 1847-1859, one (1) brown leather book with business and personal expense records, including a record of expenses related to a trip to Washington, D.C., indicating that Vance purchased a ticket to Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865, where he witnessed Lincoln's assassination, dating from circa 1857-1885, and one (1) black leatherette date book for the year of 1864. Ranging in size from 6" H x 3" W x 1/2" D to 12 1/2" H x 7 3/4" W x 1 1/2" D. 5th-7th items: Three (3) slave receipts, including one (1) detailing the temporary hiring of a "…negro girl named Fanny…" belonging to William L. Vance, stating that "…she is to be well treated in sickness and in health, and not transferred to the possession of any other person, or removed out of Mercer County, unless by Vance's consent…" It additionally states that she is to be returned at Christmas and that she is to be given several items of clothing. Twice signed by William Simpson and dated January 1, 1862. Also includes two (2) blank receipts. 6 1/4" H x 7 5/8" W. 8th item: Civil War era ALS. Two page handwritten bifolium letter on Thirty-Seventh Congress, House of Representatives, Washington City, United States of America stationary pertaining to William Little Vance, Esquire, stating that "…(the bearer) is a true and loyal citizen and a citizen of Ky…" and that Vance wishes to travel behind Federal lines during to conduct business, dated November 7, 1862. Encapsulated (not laminated) in a plastic archival sleeve. Document: 8 1/8" H x 10" W. Sleeve: 9 1/4" H x 12" W. 9th item: Hamilton Fish signed document stating that "…all whom is may concern to permit and freely to pass William L. Vance, accompanied by a minor son, a Citizen of the United States, and in case of need to give him all lawful Aid and Protection…" with a description of Vance's physical characteristics, dated July 10, 1873. Hamilton Fish signature below (Fish was a New York Governor and U.S. Senator who, during the Civil War, served on Lincoln's presidential commission that made successful arrangements for Union and Confederate prisoner exchanges; he later became U.S. Secretary of State from 1869-1877). Encapsulated (not laminated) in a plastic archival sleeve. Document: 18 1/4" H x 12 1/8" W. Sleeve: 19 1/2" H x 13 3/4" W. 10th item: Governor of Tennessee Albert H. Roberts signed commission naming George T. Vance a Notary Public in Shelby County, TN, dated January 17, 1920. Roberts and Ike B. Stevens, Secretary of State, signatures below. 15 3/4" H x 9 3/8" W. 11th-30th items: Twenty (20) land documents pertaining to land primarily in Shelby County, TN, including indentures and plat maps, dated from March 5, 1795 to June 12, 1873. 31st item: Civil War era copy of a letter from President Abraham Lincoln and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Ulysses S. Grant regarding "…James Hughes of Indiana…a worthy gentleman, and a friend…" originally dated October 22, 1864 and February 25, 1864. Encapsulated (not laminated) in a plastic archival sleeve. Document: 8 1/4" H x 6 1/2" W. Sleeve: 8 3/4" H x 7 1/2" W. 132nd-134th items: Approximately one hundred and two (102) tax receipts, inventory lists, promissory notes, checks, a ledger, and other legal and business related documents, dated February 12, 1848 to March 17, 1909. 135th-338th items: Approximately two hundred and four (204) letters, dated June 1770 to November 12, 1933, pertaining to members of the Vance family and others, including letters from the Civil War era (1861-1865) and the World War I era (circa 1917-18) from Corporal John Vance, Headquarters Company 120 Infantry, Sevier Branch, Greenville, South Carolina. The letters discuss personal matters and business, including the operation of his farm. Also includes approximately forty (40) envelopes, primarily addressed to William Vance. 339th-378th items: Approximately forty (40) souvenir postcards, blank or addressed to various members of the Vance family, advertisements, and other paper ephemera items, dated circa 1917 to 1923. Many of the documents, postcards, letters, and other paper ephemera items are encapsulated (not laminated) in plastic archival sleeves. Biography: Colonel William L. Vance, was born in Clarksville, TN, November 26, 1816, and educated in Nashville. He landed in Memphis, February 6, 1835, more by accident than design. He was en route home from New Orleans by steamer, among the passengers on board being three agreeable gentlemen, merchants in the then new town of Memphis. They prevailed upon him to stop here and accept a business engagement, and he was promptly installed as clerk in a store on Winchester street, between Main and Front row. In the fall of that year he was one of a party of Nashville gentlemen forming a horseback expedition to the then Mexican Territory of Texas. There he found an opportunity for investment in lands, and did so, a few years later selling at an advance that formed a nucleus for his future fortune. While in that State he was present at the meeting called to declare its independence of Mexico, and was appointed to the secretaryship of the legation to the United States, headed by his brother-in-law, George C. Childress, Minister. He took a prominent part in the erection of many landmarks of the city, some of which still stand and are ornaments. The most prominent of these is the Gayoso Hotel, which was the result of his enterprise and that of his brother-in-law, Robertson Topp. In 1844, Col. Vance was married to Miss Letitia Thompson, daughter of George C. Thompson, of Kentucky. When the war broke out Col. Vance, who was then engaged in farming in Kentucky, deposited upward of $100,000 with the Barings, of London, and awaited the cessation of hostilities, though he took no active part in them, being beyond the age for military service. On the evening of April 14, 1865, he was in Washington, and attended Ford's Theater and witnessed the assassination of President Lincoln. Col. Vance was the first who reached Willard's Hotel with the news. In 1867 he went with a commission from Gov. Bramlette, of Kentucky, to the World's Exposition at Paris, France, accompanied by his daughters, Misses Bettie and Sue. In 1868 he sold his Kentucky property and returned to Memphis, where he resided until his death in 1888. (source: THE MEMPHIS APPEAL obituary, November 14, 1888). Condition: All items in overall good, legible condition with expected toning, scattered tears, stains and small losses, 1st item: Separated along center fold line with dampstaining, toning, and foxing spots. Houston signature with 1" area of loss to first name. 2nd-4th items: Covers in fragmentary condition, pages in overall good, legible condition with some fading and foxing. [See more photos →]

Pair of English Regency Style sterling convertible three-arm candelabra, retailed by Tiffany & Co. Each with removable, scrolling arms having gadroon-edged nozzles, drip pans, and edges, over a column with chased leaf decoration and fluting, on a circular gadroon-edged foot. Nozzles and drip pans with lion passant and leopard hallmarks. Base additionally marked with "T & Co." and date letter hallmark for "1957" together with lion passant and leopard head. 16 1/4" H x 14 1/2" W. 96 total troy ounces. Condition: Overall very good condition with light general use wear. [See more photos →]

Richard MacDonald (American/California, born 1946) polychrome bronze sculpture titled "Piper," smaller size version. Signed "R. MacDonald" on the base and numbered 1/175 and mounted onto a stepped black marble rectangular base. 13" H x 13" W x 8" D. Created 1978. Provenance: Private Nashville Collection, purchased through Davishire Interiors, which represented MacDonald in the Nashville area. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Large David Kapp (American/New York, b.1953) abstract expressionist oil on canvas painting titled "Raritan River", depicting a landscape rendered in shades of blue, green, yellow, white, and pink. Titled and dated "1977" en verso on upper stretcher. Signed and dated en verso of canvas. A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York City, label en verso upper stretcher. Housed in a simple gilt metal frame. Sight: 50" H x 54" W. Framed: 50 3/4" H x 55 3/8" W. Provenance: The Estate of James W. Perkins, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, ex-A.M. Sachs Gallery, NYC. Biography: David Kapp is best known for his paintings of the "contemporary urban landscape" which evoke "the feeling of silence that follows traffic noise, or the emotional distance of standing behind plate glass." Writing in the New York Times, Ken Johnson described Kapp's work as having "a dreamy, mildly hallucinatory air and a mood of Hopperesque melancholy." Kapp was born in New York in 1953. He attended Walden School, Windham College (BFA, 1974), and Queens College (MFA, 1978). He received a Creative Artists Public Service Fellowship in Painting in 1982 and the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1985. His work can be found in museums and public collections throughout the United States and Europe, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC; and Foundation Paribas, Paris, France.Ó (Adapted from the artist's website). Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Douglas Denniston (Arizona, 1921-2004) oil on canvas painting titled "White Clouds" depicting a Western desert landscape with several cactuses and other plant life beneath a cloudy blue sky. Signed and dated "Denniston 96" lower center. Eric Firestone Gallery, Scottsdale and Tucson, AZ paper label, en verso. Housed in a silver metal frame. Sight: 45 3/4" H x 51 3/4" W. Framed: 46 1/2" H x 52 1/2" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN, acquired from Eric Firestone Gallery. Note: a catalog of Denniston's exhibition "Douglas Denniston: 42 Years in Tucson" at the Tucson Museum of Art in 2001, which featured this work with the title "White Clouds," is included. Biography: Douglas Denniston studied painting with Raymond Jonson and co-founded the Transcendental Painting Group with Emil Bistrram in 1938. In 1945 he came to New Mexico and became involved in the Santa Fe/Taos Art Movement. His work during this period was mainly abstract. By the 1950s, when he began a teaching position at the University of Arizona, he started working in a more representational style. His work has been exhibited at MOMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Butler Institute of American Art. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

145 pieces Towle Old Colonial pattern sterling silver flatware, 147 items total, including 12 dinner knives (9 5/8" L), 12 dinner forks (7 5/8" L), 12 salad forks (6 1/4" L), 24 teaspoons (5 5/8" L), 12 iced teaspoons, 12 round bowl cream soup spoons, 12 dessert/oval soup spoons, 3 tablespoons, 1 sugar spoon, 1 pierced bon bon spoon, 1 cream ladle, 1 tomato server, 1 trout serving fork, 12 cocktail/seafood forks, 12 small ice cream forks, 2 piece small carving fork and knife set, 2 piece plastic bowl salad serving fork and spoon set, 1 pie server, and 12 flat handle butter spreaders. Also includes 2 Towle Contour pattern sterling silver pieces, including 1 large cold meat serving fork and 1 tomato server. All pieces not monogrammed. Housed in a fitted wooden case. Case: 4" H x 15 3/4" W x 11 1/2" D. 154.725 total weighable troy ounces. The Estate of William Pursell, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: All items in overall good condition with normal surface wear. Repaired break to plastic salad serving spoon. Surface scratches, abrasions to case. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Kentucky coin silver agricultural premium mint julep cups, each with beaded rim and foot ring and engraved inscription "South Western Agricultural & Mechanical Association / Mallory". Incuse mark "J. KITTS" to underside for John Kitts, Louisville, Kentucky (working 1843-1878; this mark used circa 1836-1874). Heights range from 3 3/4" to 3 7/8" H, combined weight 15.99 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: All items overall good condition. One cup with shallow, 1/4" linear dent to side. One cup with dent to foot ring and some scratching under "Mallory." [See more photos →]

East Tennessee, Hawkins County, figured cherry Jackson press, poplar secondary, two-part construction with inlaid escutcheons for upper and lower cases. Top section with slanted ogee molded cornice over two astragal glazed doors opening to four shelves; the lower section having one dovetailed drawer over two paneled doors, flanked by half turned pilasters, paneled case sides, the whole resting on turned Sheraton feet. Appears to retain the original locks. Top: 43 5/8" H x 46 1/2" W x 14" D. Base: 47 1/4" H x 45 1/4" W x 19 3/4" D. Circa 1825. The Estate of Alice Wright Summers Hale, Rogersville, TN. Condition: Overall good condition. Older refinish with some sun bleaching of the left side. Top of base with some scattered scratching, minor abrasions to lower case base molding above turned legs, wear commensurate for age. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Ancient Greek Apulian or Attic red-figure blackware pottery vessels of women, including Maenads. 1st item: Apulian bell krater, having a flared rim and two handles, depicting two Maenads or followers of Dionysus, including a woman in profile holding a sistrum on one side, and a seated woman, holding a Thyrsus wand or staff in her right hand and a Philae, or libation bowl, in her left, on the other, a geometric border below rolled rim and a meander band to the lower body above a round footed base to both sides. 9" H x 9 1/2" dia. 2nd item: Attic lekythos, having trefoil rim and one handle, depicting a woman in profile with a palmette leaf, a band of white frets to tapered neck and a band of waves below above a round stepped base. Royal Athena, New York, NY and Beverly Hills, CA gallery label to underside of base. 12 1/2" H x 4" W. Both items circa 5th-4th century B.C.E. Provenance: The Estate of David B. Person, Holly Springs, Mississippi, acquired from Royal Athena Galleries. The estate of David B. Person, Historic Burton Place, Holly Springs, Mississippi. Condition: Both items in overall good condition with areas of craquelure, areas of loss, largest 1/4", to polychrome. 1st item: Fleabites, largest 1/2" to edge of base. Hairlines, largest approximately 2", possibly in the making, to underside of base. Base is slightly unstable. [See more photos →]

140 pcs Sterling Silver flatware, including 137 pieces S. Kirk and Son Repousse pattern and 3 associated pieces. S. Kirk & Son service includes 15 dinner knives (13: 8 7/8" L, 2: 9" L), 15 dinner forks (7 1/4" L), 14 salad forks (6 1/4" L), 14 teaspoons (5 7/8" L), 12 iced teaspoons, 12 dessert/cereal spoons, 12 cream soup spoons, 2 tablespoons, 1 sugar shell spoon, 1 gravy ladle, 1 oversized salad serving spoon, 12 ice cream forks, 12 cocktail/seafood forks, 2 piece small steak carving knife and fork, and 12 flat handled butter spreaders. Approximately 28 pieces monogrammed with script "CEP." Also includes 1 Alvin Bridal Bouquet pattern bacon fork (7 1/2" L) and 2 piece W.R. Humphreys Repousse carving knife (10 1/8" L) and fork (8 5/8" L). All pieces marked sterling. Housed in a fitted wooden case with inlaid metal escutcheon stamped "JAMES L. BARNARD, JR." to lid. Case: 10 3/4" H x 18 1/2" W x 13" D. 141.390 total weighable troy ounces. The estate of J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: All items in overall good condition with normal surface scratches. Case with normal storage abrasions. [See more photos →]

Carl William Peters (New York, 1897-1980) oil on canvas painting titled "A Quiet Beach" depicting a small crowd of people on the shore of a beach before a small cliff with a house and a tree, a few boats sailing the waters before the oppostie shore beneath a cloudy blue sky. Signed "Carl W Peters" lower right. R. H. Love Galleries, Inc., Chicago, IL, gallery label with artist's name, title, and additional information, en verso. Housed in a molded giltwood frame. Sight: 19 1/2" H x 23 1/2" W. Framed: 29" H x 33" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Biography: "From Rochester, New York, Carl Peters became an American Scene painter and regionalist. During his growing years where he was raised on a farm in Fairport, a Rochester suburb, he was exposed to a variety of artistic movements including the Hudson River School painters, tonalist tradition, Ashcan School, American impressionism, and early modernism. At the age of sixteen, he declared himself an artist and reportedly painted every day for the rest of his life. After attending art school in Rochester, he enrolled in the Art Students League in New York City and spent several summers in Woodstock, New York, studying with Charles Rosen and John F. Carlson, the latter being his most influential teacher. His forte was snowscenes, which he frequently painted in the Genesee Valley on his family farm near Fairport. He also spent many summers near Cape Ann, Massachusetts. He exhibited widely and won three Hallgarten Prizes from the National Academy of Design, 1926, 1928, and 1932. He was a camouflage artist in the army during World War I, and he also did WPA murals for the Federal Arts Project during the Depression years. His work is in numerous museums including the National Museum of American Art, the Memorial Art Gallery and Strong Museum of Rochester, New York; the Fairport Museum of Fairport, New York; and the Rockport Art Association in Massachusetts." (source: American Art Review, June 1999). Condition: Overall very good condition with 1" area of rubbing, top left of canvas. Visible stretcher mark across top of canvas. [See more photos →]

Kentucky Sheraton cherry sugar table, poplar secondary, having a plain top over deep rectangular locking drawer with a highly figured cherry drawer front and burl banded border, The dovetailed and cockbeaded drawer retains the original lock and glue blocks on the underside of the drawer. Interior hidden drawers of rectangular form rest between drawer supports and medial supports on case sides. Substantial ring and cylinder turned legs ending with conical spike feet. 32 1/4" H x 32 1/2" W x 22 1/4" D. Circa 1825. The Estate of Donna Norton, Glasgow, KY. Condition: Overall very good condition. Refinished surface, expected wear commensurate with age. [See more photos →]

Stickley Brothers Arts & Crafts oak dining table. Consisting of a round top that expands to accommodate four leaves making an oval and resting on a central tapered square pedestal terminating in four corbel legs. The four leaves retain the original storage box. Brand mark to the base top reading "Stickley Bros. Co. Grand Rapids". Top without leaves measures 30 1/4" H x 48 1/4" dia. Each leaf measures 48 1/2" L x 12 1/4" H. Early 20th century. Condition: Overall very good condition with expected use wear, some minor staining to top. A couple of leaves with minor losses to the edges. [See more photos →]

95 pieces Gorham Strasbourg pattern sterling silver flatware, including 12 dinner knives (9" L), 12 dinner forks (7" L), 12 salad forks (6 3/8" L), 21 teaspoons (5 7/8" L), 8 iced teaspoons, 8 cream soup spoons, 2 dessert/oval soup spoons, 1 tablespoon, 1 demitasse, 1 gravy ladle, 1 sugar shell spoon, 1 pierced bon bon spoon, 1 oyster fork, 1 lemon fork, 1 cheese server, 1 pie server, 1 salad serving spoon with stainless steel bowl, 1 lapel pin, 1 master butter knife, and 8 flat handled butter spreaders. Not monogrammed. Includes a fitted wooden case. Case: 4 1/4" H x 18" W x 11 1/2" D. 96.705 total weighable troy ounces. Condition: All items in overall good condition with normal surface wear. Case with light surface scratches. [See more photos →]

Set of twelve (12) English Regency ebonized and parcel gilt chairs, including two (2) armchairs and ten (10) side chairs. All with partially caned backs and rush seats. Side chairs: 35 1/2" H x 16 1/2" D x 18 3/4" W. Armchairs: 35 1/2" H x 18 3/4" W x 21" D. All 1st quarter 19th century. Condition: All chairs in good condition and structurally sound. Three side chairs with damage to cane backs, one with losses to front leg at top corner block. Two chairs with replaced rush seats. All chairs with general use wear and minor losses to paint decoration. Chairs retain custom seat cushions, all with heavy wear use. [See more photos →]

Louis Oscar Griffith (American/Texas/Indiana, 1875-1956) oil on canvas, laid on board, landscape painting depicting two trees in a scrubby landscape, possibly Texas Hill Country. Signed L.O. Griffith lower left. Molded giltwood frame. 17 1/2" H x 23 1/2" sight, 24 1/2"H x 30 1/2"W. Biography: Although born in Indiana, painter and printmaker L.O. Griffith spent most of his youth in Texas and later returned there to study with Frank Reaugh and to do a series of landscapes (mostly etchings). He is believed to have studied the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, in Paris and Brittany; and the National Academy of Design. Griffith settled in Nashville, Indiana, but painted landscapes in a variety of locations including New Orleans. He was awarded the 1921 Gold Medal at the Palette and Chisel Club, the 1925 Daughters of Indiana Typical Indiana Scene Prize at the Hoosier Salon, and First Prize at the 1929 Texas Wild Flower Competition, San Antonio Art League at Witte Memorial Museum, and numerous other awards for his etchings. The Collection of Sylvia Roberts, Nashville, TN. Condition: Some scattered craquelure upper left quadrant, sky area, overall excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Monumental Chinese carved stone sculpture in the form of a Ruyi or scepter, possibly a garden ornament, having a belt hook dragon head top with smaller chilong dragons and lingzhi flanked by two seals to body, terminating in a magic fungus or Ju-i head shaped hook base with additional dragons. Reverse side with carved Chinese inscription the length of the scepter, six character seal form mark below the Ju-i head, and archaic mark below the dragon head. 53" L x 8 3/4" W x 7 3/8" D. 20th century. Provenance: the estate of Stanley Horvatin, formerly of La Jolla, California. Note: Mr. Horvatin was a designer of Asian gardens whose clients included the late Harle Montgomery. Condition: Formerly used as a garden ornament and shows some weathering; overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Pair of Qing Dynasty yellow ground porcelain quatrefoil dishes, Famille Rose chrysanthemum decoration to exterior and turquoise glaze to interior, with fret design at top rim and on feet. Signed with medallions and calligraphy on exterior of bowls and on undersides. 2 3/4"h x 8 1/2"w x 6"d. Includes pair of fitted carved hardwood stands, 2 1/2"H. Provenance: the estate of Camille Gift, Nashville, Tennessee by descent from Sara Joan Wilde (1923-2014), Colorado Springs, CO. Mrs. Wilde and her husband, Lt. Col. Adna Godfrey Wilde (1920-2008) traveled extensively throughout Asia as part of his career as an officer with the U.S. Army. Condition: Overall very good condition. One of the bowls flouresces under blacklight, mostly in the interior. However, examination of these areas under magnification does not indicate repairs. Some scratching to undersides. Pencil numerical inscription to underside of one dish. [See more photos →]

Rare Kentucky coin silver salver or small footed tray, 10" diameter, with engraved scenic designs, one of a Gothic style building and tower, the other of an Arabian or Russian style building in a landscape, both enclosed in cartouches, with two other vacant cartouches and a center one engraved WILLIAM ROBINSON HUNTER FROM HIS FATHER AND MOTHER NOV. 15, 1857, all enclosed within an ovolo border and supported on three scrolled feet. Stamped HINTON and COIN en verso, attributed to William M. Hinton, working Paris, KY c. 1844-1847 and 1854, and Shelbyville, KY c. 1847-1854. 14.57 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Overall good condition with some wear to engraving and a couple of small scratches. [See more photos →]

Italian School oil on canvas portrait of a noblewoman, likely 17th century, manner of Carlo Ceresa (1609-1679). The auburn haired subject is depicted standing, attired in a Baroque style black dress with white lace trim and cuffs and wearing multiple pieces of gold jewelry including a hair adornment, necklace, ornate brooch, and multiple rings with one hand resting just below her chest and the other holding a fan. Hiram H. Hoelzer (New York) art restoration stamp en verso. One stretcher additionally stamped "New York". 40 3/4" H x 31" W. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Painting is unframed. Some rubbing and losses to perimeter of canvas from prior frame. Canvas relined. UV light shows inpainting to forehead and left cheek, neck and hands, and some scattered inpainting to clothing and left side of brooch. [See more photos →]

Southern sugar table or low work table with an overhanging top and large dovetailed drawer with an inlaid escutcheon and lock. Poplar with a red wash, backboard chesnut or walnut species. Case rests on turned tapered legs transitioning to ring turnings and ball feet. The table appears to retain the original wooden pulls. 29" H x 33 7/8" W x 26 1/8 D. Possibly East Tennessee, second quarter of the 19th century. The collection of Dr. Robert and Diana Marsh, Lawrenceville, Georgia. Condition: Older cleaned surface, scattered abrasions wiith front stiles having abrasions to right side and patch to the back right side of the same stile. Retains the original lock. [See more photos →]

Continental Chinoiserie painted leather folding six-panel floor screen. Leather front with painted decoration including floral arrangements in Asian style porcelain vases, bowl of fruit, various birds nesting amongst flowering trees with swimming ducks and floating lotus blossoms along the lower edge, all within border decorated with fan and cartouche shapes, each panel with brass tacked edges. The reverse with ebonized painted wooden frame and later fabric with gilt stenciled floral designs. 95 1/2" H x 129" W (each panel measures 21 1/2" W). 19th century or earlier. Condition: Leather panels have been backed with 20th century fabric. Leather with cracking, lifting, and craquelure pattern across all panels. Some losses to edges of leather at separations/cracking. Wear and scattered exfoliation to painted leather surfaces. Scuffs to painted wooden frame. [See more photos →]

Large grouping of ninety-one (91) Tiffany and Company sterling silver table accessories, including forty-three (43) salt shakers (2 3/8" H) and forty-eight (48) pepper grinders (2 5/8" H). All items stamped "Tiffany & Co" and "Sterling," pepper grinders additionally stamped "MADE IN ITALY GARANTITO TRE SPADE," "925," and "star-38-FI," to underside of bases. Not monogrammed. All items housed in four (4) square wooden boxes. Boxes: 4 1/4" H x 11" square. Salt shakers weigh approximately 63.855 total troy ounces. Pepper grinders not weighed due to wood inserts. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: All items in overall good condition with tarnish, dents, general use wear. [See more photos →]

Richard MacDonald (American/California, born 1946) polychromed bronze sculpture titled "Flutist", part of the "Mimes" series. Signed on the base "R. MacDonald" and numbered 136/175. Mounted onto a stepped black marble rectangular base. 21" H x 12" W x 8" D. Created in 1993. Provenance: Private Nashville Collection, purchased through Davishire Interiors, which represented MacDonald in the Nashville area. Private Nashville Collection. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

125 pcs Kirk Steiff Silver Flatware in the Rose and Chrysanthemum patterns. Includes 120 pieces Kirk Stieff Rose pattern sterling silver flatware:13 dinner knives (8 7/8" L), 12 dinner forks (6 7/8" L), 14 salad forks (6" L), 13 teaspoons (5 7/8" L), 8 five o'clock teaspoons (5 5/8" L), 5 iced teaspoons (1 – 7 1/2" L, 4 – 8 1/8" L), 3 fruit spoons, 3 demitasse spoons, 3 dessert/oval soup spoons, 3 round bowl soup spoons, 4 bouillon soup spoons, 2 serving spoons, 1 jam spoon, 6 ice cream forks, 3 berry forks, 3 oyster forks, 1 gravy ladle, 1 long handled olive fork, 1 medium cold meat fork, 2 large lettuce serving forks, 1 pierced fish knife with an English blade, 1 hot cake server, 2 piece small carving set, 2 piece salad serving set with wood ends, 1 bottle opener, 1 cake knife, 1 pie server, 4 flat handle butter spreaders, 2 piece salt and pepper shaker set, 2 master salt spoons, and 2 open salts. Approximately 28 pieces monogrammed with script "G," 5 pieces inscribed "Avery," 5 pieces monogrammed with script "CFG," 2 pieces monogrammed with script "MAK," 2 pieces monogrammed with script "S," and 1 piece monogrammed with script "FMF." Also includes 5 Kirk Stieff Chrysanthemum pattern pieces, including 1 pierced short handle olive spoon monogrammed with script "CFG," 1 short handle pickle/olive fork monogrammed with script "CFG," and 3 flat handle butter spreads monogrammed with script "D." 118.375 total weighable troy ounces. Condition: All pieces in overall good condition with normal surface scratches. Tine bent to 1 lettuce fork. Wear/losses to ferrules on 2 piece salad set and bottle opener. [See more photos →]

Scarce inlaid East Tennessee tea table, butternut or walnut top with center having a circular inlaid fan of alternating light and dark wood inlay within an alternating inlaid center circle and the outside edge having an alternating inlaid band with cut corners. Top supported by a birdcage with square pilasters on a ringed vasiform pedestal, tripod base with shaped snake feet. Feet are dovetailed into the tripod base. 36 1/8" W x 25 7/8" D x 29 7/8" H. Circa 1825. The Collection of Ann Hale-Smith, Rogersville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition with an older refinish. Old split to center of top with a butterfly repair to underside. [See more photos →]

East Tennessee Cherry Jackson Press, likely Hawkins County, two part construction with yellow pine secondary. Upper section with stepped ogee cornice over two sixteen pane glass doors enclosing four shelves; lower section having two scratch beaded dovetailed drawers over two paneled doors, paneled case sides, resting on ring turned ball feet. Appears to retain the original locks and possibly the original pulls. Top: 52 1/2 H x 49 1/2" W (cornice, 44" W of case) x 12" D. Base: 43" H x 45" W x 19 1/4" D. Circa 1835. The Collection of Ann Hale-Smith, Rogersville, Tennessee. Condition: Older refinish with the backboard for the top section replaced early 20th century, Old cornice may have been removed when backboard replaced and reworked. Drawer sides built up and drawer supports replaced in lower section. [See more photos →]

Grueby Faience Company Art Pottery vase, Model 163, having a dark green matte glaze with alternating carved leaf design and flared rim. Base impressed GRUEBY FAIENCE CO. BOSTON U.S.A. and 163, together with an incised N enclosed within a circle mark for Lillian Newman. 8 1/2" H. Early 20th century. Private Southern Collection. Condition: Overall very good condition, no cracks or chips. Some very slight scattered fleabites noted to a few leaf edges. UV inspection reveals no visible repairs or restoration. [See more photos →]

Stickely Brothers Arts & Crafts oak sideboard. Consisting of a plain top with gallery over two half drawers and one long drawer and two lower doors, all on straight post legs. Retains the original hammered copper hardware. Back branded "Stickley Bros. Co. Grand Rapids" and with "Quaint Furniture" label. 45 3/4" H x 50" W, 22" D. Early 20th century. Condition: Overall very good condition with older refinish. Top with a circular stain and case with light scratches. [See more photos →]

Victor Vasarely (Hungarian/French, 1906-1997) Modern Op art mixed media interactive puzzle sculpture titled "Vasarely Planetary Folklore Participations No. 1," numbered 1095/3000, published by William Wise and Editions Pyra, Switzerland, in collaboration with Editions Denise Rene, Paris, 1969. Comprised of two hundred (200) coded and magnetized circle and square shaped magnetic pieces in nineteen colors housed in a square black steel frame wired for hanging, with one hundred and eighty-nine (189) additional pieces, three hundred eighty-nine (389) total pieces. All housed in a shallow black metal case with a Vasarely screen-print to lid. Signed "Vasarely," and numbered in pencil, en verso of metal frame. Also includes three (3) information booklets and three (3) extra magnets. Frame: 19 3/4" square x 1/4" D. Case: 20 1/4" square x 1" D. The Estate of David G. Leach Jr., Vonore, Tennessee. Condition: All items in overall very good condition with normal surface wear to pieces. One piece missing from additional pieces. Information booklets with general handling wear, one with two pieces of old masking tape, largest 3 1/2" x 2 1/8", to center fold line. Case with surface wear, few dents, areas of loss, largest 3/4" x 1", to labels. [See more photos →]

English Regency block front or serpentine form tortoise shell tea caddy, the top with silver nameplate and line inlay, the base with line inlay and ball feet. Top lined with green velvet and top edge with bone veneer, base top edge with bone veneer and based fitted with two compartments, the lids with wood knobs. 5" H x 7 1/2" W x 4 3/4" D. Early 19th century. Private Southern Collection. Condition: Overall very good condition with expected wear to edges. Silver escutcheon loose, left lid with glued break to corner and right lid with a tortoiseshell patch to corner. [See more photos →]

Four piece parcel gilt sterling silver Individual or "Bachelor" Tea Service including the sterling silver tray and a demitasse cup set in the Pompeiian pattern by Mount Vernon Silver, retailed by Brand-Chatillon Company, New York, 22 items total. Includes an oval sterling tray with guilloche banded rim and rectangular vermeil medallions depicting four cherubs, together with a teapot, creamer with giltwash interior, and sugar bowl, all of Neoclassical urn form with guilloche banded rims and reeded handles, the bodies adorned with engraved swags and vermeil repousse medallions depicting a Greek goddess on one side and monogram reserves on the other, raised on square bases with guilloche banding. Also includes a set of six (6) sterling silver demitasse cup holders and six (6) saucers, in the Pompeiian pattern, together with six (6) Lenox Neoclassical porcelain inserts. All sterling items stamped on reverse STERLING POMPEIIAN N186 with Mount Vernon hallmark and BRAND-CHATILLON CO. All sterling items with illegible Art Deco style monograms. Service pieces ranging in size from 4 1/2" H x 5 3/8" W to 11 1/2" H x 7 1/4" W. Tray: 16" W x 9 1/2" D. Demitasse cups with inserts: 2 5/8" H x 3 1/8" W. Saucers: 3 5/8" dia. Combined weight: 76.96 total troy ounces. Note: Brand-Chatillon was an upscale retailer located at 773 Fifth Avenue in New York. The company both made and retailed fine silver and jewelry and was out of business by 1940. Provenance: Private Indiana collection, acquired from Dawn Evers-Corley, D. Bigda Antiques, Charleston, South Carolina. Condition: All items in overall good condition with normal surface wear, especially tray. Few dents, largest 1/8", to demitasse cup holders. [See more photos →]

Anthony Thieme (Massachusetts/California, 1888-1954) impressionistic oil on canvas painting depicting two figures on a country road lined by trees in brilliant autumn foliage on each side, leading to a small cottage with body of water in the background. A partly cloudy blue sky is overhead. Signed "A Thieme" lower left. Housed in a giltwood Arts and Crafts style frame with carved corner elements. Sight: 29 1/2" H x 35 3/8" W. Framed: 38 1/2" H x 44 1/4" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Biography: Anthony Thieme was born in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam in 1888. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam, at the Royal Academy at the Hague, as an apprentice to George Hoecker, a well known stage designer in Dusseldorf, Germany, and to Antonio Mancini, an Italian Impressionist. After completing his studies, Thieme journeyed throughout Europe and South America, working in stage design to support his travels. Thieme first came to the United States in 1917 and initially worked as a set designer and book illustrator first in New York and later in Boston. By the late 1920s, Thieme had married and moved from Boston to Cape Ann in Rockport, Massachusetts, an emerging art colony. Like the other Rockport artists, his style was influenced by Impressionism, with special attention paid to the effects of light, but also by the Dutch tradition of seascape painting. Throughout his career, Thieme favored painting en plein air, or outside, because it allowed him to better capture the atmosphere's fleeting effects. He has been referred to as the "Master of Light and Shadow." Thieme's paintings were often met with critical acclaim and were displayed at galleries in New York, London, and Paris. He also established the Thieme School of Art at Cape Ann in 1929 and taught classes out of his studio until 1943. After the accidental destruction of his studio in 1946, he traveled south to Charleston, South Carolina and was inspired by the tropical foliage and coastal light. He spent two months in Charleston, before continuing on to Florida, the Caribbean, and Central America. Until his death in 1954, Thieme spent his summers in Rockport and the winter months based in St. Augustine, Florida Throughout his career, Thieme exhibited his work widely and was active in numerous art associations and clubs. He participated in exhibitions across the country including ones at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. He was a member of the National Arts Club, the American Watercolor Society, the Salmagundi Club, the Boston Art Club, the Art Alliance of America, and the Rockport Art Association. (adapted from The Johnson Collection). Condition: Overall good condition with light craquelure. 3/8" area of paint loss, center left to orange bush. Canvas has been relined. Frame with 1" x 1 1/4" area of loss, visible lower left en verso. Additional note – examination with a blacklight flouresces highlights in the trees. This may be a certain pigment or varnish causing this effect as there is no exfoliation or damage visible in these areas. [See more photos →]

30 pieces of sterling silver serving flatware in the Francis I pattern by Reed and Barton including 1 soup ladle, 1 gravy ladle, 1 cream ladle, 1 tomato server, 1 waffle server, 1 pie server, 1 cake server, 1 pastry server, 2 cheese servers, 2 sugar shell spoons, 2 master butter spreaders, 1 jelly server, 1 pair of sugar tongs, 1 pierced tablespoon, 1 pierced bon-bon spoon, 1 lemon fork, 2 short handle pickle/olive forks, 2 small cold meat serving forks, 1 large ice cream serving spoon, 1 large ice cream server, 1 salad serving fork, 1 cake knife, 1 wedding cake knife, and 2 piece small steak carving knife and fork set. Not monogrammed. Ranging in size from 4 1/4" to 12 5/8" L. 58.46 total weighable troy ounces. The Estate of James W. Perkins, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: All items in overall very good condition with light surface wear. Ice cream server handle near proximity of the maker's mark with possible factory flaw/minor repair. [See more photos →]

Pair of labeled Mid-Century Knoll Industries Parallel Bar System armless sofas, designed by Florence Knoll Bassett circa 1955, manufactured 1970s. Comprised of a tufted three cushion rust or orange woven upholstered top on a chrome finished steel base with six (6) legs. Underside frame with label for “Knoll Associates 320 Park Avenue New York, NY 100022″ with Knoll Industries trademark. 31″ H x 29″ D x 84” W. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company’s headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original Knoll office furniture. Condition: Overall very good condition with general expected use wear. [See more photos →]

Archive of eighty-nine (89) items related to American Astronauts. 1st item: Authors Signed WE SEVEN: BY THE ASTRONAUTS THEMSELVES, First Edition, First Printing, by M. Scott Carpenter, et al., published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1962. Octavo, 352 pages including index and black and white photographic images, hardbound in black cloth with white lettering to front cover and spine, pictorial end papers, includes dust jacket. Signed by all seven authors, including Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn, Malcolm Scott Carpenter, Leroy Gordon Cooper, Alan B. Shepard, Virgil I. Grissom, and Walter M. Schirra, to front end paper. 9 3/4" H x 6 3/4" W x 1 1/4" D. 2nd-77th items: Group of seventy-six (76) publicity photos of astronauts with autopen signatures, including one (1) John Herschel Glenn, Jr., two (2) Alan Shepard, seven (7) Neil Armstrong, two (2) Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom, two (2) Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, Jr., one (1) Malcolm Scott Carpenter, seven (7) Edward "Ed" Higgins White II, seven (7) James Arthur Lovell, Jr., seven (7) Thomas Patten Stafford, seven (7) John Watts Young, seven (7) Frank Frederick Borman II, eight (8) James Alton McDivitt, seven (7) Elliot McKay See, Jr., eight (8) Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr., and three (3) Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton. 78th-87th items: Ten (10) space-related photographs, including a photograph of the homecoming of Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, Jr. to Hawaii, May 1963, images of Gemini IX-A Space Walk and Terrain Views, the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, TX, and more. Includes duplicates. 88th item: Booklet titled NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, ASTRONAUT JOHN H. GLENN, JR., FRIENDSHIP 7, February 20, 1967. Softcover octavo, 20 double-sided pages with text and black and white photographic images. 10 1/2" H x 8" W x 1/8" D. 89th item: Gilt metal souvenir pin in the shape of a Mercury capsule. Unmarked. 3/4" L. Provenance: the collection of former NASA employee Alexine Wilkerson of Franklin, Tennessee, who worked at the Space Agency from 1962-1966. Condition: 1st item: Signatures in overall very good, legible condition. Pages with light toning. Dust jacket with shelf wear, toning, creases, 3 1/2" tear to top left of front, 3/4" tear lower center of back, 1" x 1 5/8" area of sticker residue, lower right of front, 6 1/2" vertical area of separation of mylar from paper, lower left near spine of front. Covers in overall good condition with some sun fading, normal shelf wear. 2nd-77th items: One Thomas Patten Stafford photo with 1/4" area of red glitter nail polish, lower right. 88th item: Shelf wear to covers. Overall waviness to pages and covers, toning. [See more photos →]

Walter Parsons Shaw Griffin (Connecticut/Maine/France, 1861-1935) impressionistic oil on board painting titled "Public Gardens at Nimes. Southern Trip. Fall 1911" depicting the Jardins de la Fontaine (Gardens of the Fountain) in Nimes, a city in the Occitanie region of southern France, rendered in a heavy impasto technique. Signed "GRIFFIN" lower right. Numerous handwritten inscriptions en verso, including title, "27 quai des Grands Augustins, Paris, France" address, and a partial American address with a paper label and a red seal. Gilt placard with artist's name and dates, affixed lower center front of frame. Housed in a Louis XIV style giltwood frame with an off white linen liner. Sight: 12 3/4" H x 15 3/4" W. Framed: 19 1/4" H x 22 1/2" W. Biography: "Born in Portland, Maine, Walter Griffin became one of the better known landscape painters in Connecticut in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His father was a carver of ship figureheads, and Walter grew up with exposure to art through his father's artist friends. At age sixteen, he began five years of study at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts school, and then went to New York where he studied at the Art Students League, and in 1882 enrolled in the National Academy of Design in New York. There he associated with William Merritt Chase, Willard Metcalf, and Emil Carlsen. In 1887, he went to France for a ten-year period and studied at the Academie Colarossi and the Ecole des Beaux Arts with Jean Paul Laurens and exhibited at the 1889 Paris Salon. He also painted at the village of Barbizon with Francois Millet. By 1898, he was in Hartford, Connecticut where he set up a studio and taught at a local art school. He also founded and taught at an art school in Quebec between 1897 and 1899. In 1889, he married Lillian Baynes, an associate from his art school teaching. Much of his landscape painting was in the environs of Farmington, Connecticut, which he called the "Barbizon of America" because of its bucolic charms. In 1903, he began painting in Old Lyme, and the artists there, especially Childe Hassam, influenced him to a brighter, more colorful palette. He became so intrigued with landscape painting that he gave up teaching. However, by 1908, he became itinerant because his marriage was unhappy. He moved around between Europe, especially France, and other parts of New England including Portland, Maine. In 1922, he was elected to the National Academy. After his death in 1935, the Academy held a joint memorial exhibition of his work and that of his close friend, Child Hassam. However, his work was largely forgotten until the mid 1970s because his sister had stored away most of his paintings. The Vose Galleries of Boston played a major part in exposing his painting to the public." (source: Michael David Zellman, "300 Years of American Art" and Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"). The estate of J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Painting in overall very good condition. Frame with natural age shrinkage and areas of loss, largest 1/2", to gilt. [See more photos →]

Grouping of six (6) Stickley Brothers Arts & Crafts #919 dining chairs, including five (5) side chairs and one (1) armchair. Oak primary wood, pegged construction with tacked leather seats. Each with Original hammered hardware and branded stamp to underside seat stretcher reading "Stickley Bros. Co. Grand Rapids". Side chairs measure: 36 1/4" H x 17 3/8" W x 16 1/2" D. Armchair measures: 36 1/2" H x 25 1/4" W x 17 1/2" D. Early 20th century. Condition: All overall good condition with expected general use wear. Leather on seats in good condition. [See more photos →]

Large English Regency double compartment tortoise shell tea caddy, comprised of a casket shaped top, sterling silver nameplate and line inlay to the top and base, bone inlay to base edge and bone ball feet. The top interior lined with blue satin and top edge with bone, the large compartments with silver knobs and the base top edge with bone. 6 1/2" H x 12" W x 5 3/4" D. Early 19th century. Private Southern Collection. Condition: Some scattered minute losses to tortoiseshell. Some looseness and losses to silver line inlay. Interior with missing corner blocks causing the lids to rest unevenly. [See more photos →]

Late 19th-century French mahogany brass and marble top wine table, comprised of a cartouche-form marble top with brass surround and two brass bottle compartments, over two dovetailed drawers with bronze drawer pulls, two lower shelves, and curved legs with bronze animal paw mounts to feet. 28 1/2" H x 18 3/4" W x 18 1/4" D. Late 19th century/Early 20th century. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Some oxidation to brass, table with overall general wear, a few areas of wood shrinkage, one table drawer with losses to upper right corner. Bottle compartments missing original lids. [See more photos →]

Angel Botello (Barros) (Puerto Rico/Haiti/Spain, 1913-1986) modernist signed colored linoleum cut print on paper depicting a crowned figure atop a donkey, the figure pointing upwards to a star, rendered in bright, bold colors. Pencil signed "Botello" lower right, numbered 5/50 lower left and initialed NA upper left. Housed in a modern black frame with cream matte. Plate: 11 1/8" H x 15" W. Sight: 11 5/8" H x 15 1/2" W. Framed: 20 1/4" H x 24 3/8" W. Biography: Sometimes referred to as "The Caribbean Gaugin" for his use of bold colors and depictions of island life, Angel Botello Barros, later known simply as Angel Botello, was born in Galicia, Spain. He moved to Bordeaux, France with his family in the 1920s and studied for four years at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. In 1935 he returned to Spain to study at the Academia de Bellas artes de San Fernando in Madrid. The Spanish Civil War disrupted his life and education. He joined the army as a cartographer, and eventually was reunited with his family in France in a refugee camp. They resettled in the Dominican Republic, where Botello's career flourished. Many of his paintings created at this time were presented at the Latin American Art Exposition at the Riverside Museum in 1940. His paintings gained the attention of the Peruvian ambassador, who invited Botello to show them in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1944. There Botello met his future wife, Christiane. The couple lived in Haiti for about ten years until the 1950's when they moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1953, they opened an art gallery at the Caribe Hilton Hotel. (source: AskArt, the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico). The Estate of Elizabeth Chalfant, Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Thomas Hardy novels, including Author Signed TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES, 1926. 1st item: Author Signed TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES: A PURE WOMAN, Limited First Illustrated Edition, by Thomas Hardy, illustrated by Vivien Gribble, published by Macmillan and Company, Ltd., London, 1926. Hardcover octavo, 508 pages with 41 woodcut illustrations and foldout map by Emery Walker, quarter bound in vellum with marbled paper boards, gilt lettering to spine, includes cardstock slipcase. Signed "Thomas Hardy" to front matter page. 11 1/2" H x 8 1/4" H x 1 3/4" D. Slipcase: 11 5/8" H x 8 3/4" W x 2 1/8" D. 2nd item: Illustrator Signed THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE, Limited First Edition, by Thomas Hardy, illustrated by Clare Leighton, published by Macmillan and Company, Ltd., London, 1929. Hardcover octavo, 485 top edge gilt pages with 12 tipped-in woodcut illustrations including frontispiece, quarter bound in vellum with paper boards, gilt lettering to spine. Signed "Clare Leighton" to front matter page. Book: 9 7/8" H x 7" W x 2" D. The estate of a Vanderbilt University professor, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: 1st item: Slipcase with toning/acid burn. Normal shelf wear to covers, corners bumped. Pages in overall good condition with toning, 1/2" tear to lower right corner of page 17. 2nd item: Shelf wear, 2 1/8" x 1 1/2" area of rubbing to vellum on spine, corner slightly bumped. Pages in overall good condition with toning/acid burn. Engraving on 480 almost separated from page. [See more photos →]

English George IlI sterling silver assembled flatware partial service, 60 pieces circa 1795-96, plus 24 undated knives and 6 additional 20th century spoons, 90 pieces total. Includes: 12 table or dinner forks, hallmarks for various makers including six (6) George Smith III and William Fearn, four (4) Richard Crossley, one (1) Thomas Northcote, and one (1) illegible, London, 1795-96. 8" L; 12 salad or dessert forks, hallmarks for various makers including seven (7) William Southey, three (3) partially illegible, possibly Richard Crossley, and two (2) illegible, London, 1796. 6 1/4" L; 12 teaspoons, hallmarks for various makers including seven (7) Thomas Shepard, two (2) William Eley and William Fearn, one (1) Solomon Houghham, one (1) James Wintle or Joseph Wilson, and one (1) George Smith, London, 1796. 5 1/2" L; 12 dessert or oval soup spoons, hallmarks for various makers including six (6) Richard Crossley and six (6) George Smith, London, 1796. 6 3/4" L; 12 tablespoons, hallmarks for Richard Crossley, London, 1796. 8 3/4" L; 12 dinner knives (10 3/8"L) and 12 dessert knives (8 1/2"L) with reeded handles, hallmarked with lion, monarch and MB in rectangle, possibly Matthew Boulton or Michael Bock, no city or date mark (note: marks on smaller knives are very hard to read). Also included are six (6) 20th century rat tail teaspoons with mid rib handles, all with 20th century hallmarks for Sheffield makers including three (3) attributed to John Turton and Company (1936-1939); two (2) marked for Walker and Hall (1905-06 and 1924-25), and one (1) attributed to Atkins Brothers (1943-44). 5 1/4" L. All housed in a large, fitted wooden case. Includes keys. Case 8 1/2" H x 21" W x 15" D. 82.860 total weighable troy ounces. The Estate of James W. Perkins, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Marks on dessert knives are very worn. All items in overall good condition with normal surface wear. Expected wear to case. [See more photos →]

Gorham coin silver water pitcher and two goblets, all monogrammed "Alcorn" and descended in the family of James Lusk Alcorn, KY politician, Confederate General, Governor of Mississippi, and U.S. Senator. Pitcher, marked with early Gorham Lion-anchor-G marks and stamped 290 COIN, features a draped ribbed handle with Bacchus or Satyr mask; a flared, scalloped rim and spout; acanthus, egg and dart banding at neck, and a body with elaborate Rococo style repousse floral bouquets and central cartouche with engraved monogram ALCORN, all on a ribbed, spreading footring. 11" H. 39.17 oz troy. Goblets are unmarked with beaded rims, grape clusters, leaves and vine motifs surrounding cartouches engraved ALCORN, and beaded foot rings. 6 5/8" H. 11.75 oz troy. Combined weight: 50.92 oz troy. Provenance: Private Indiana collection, acquired from Benjamin Solomon Antiques of Indianapolis, who acquired the pieces from the great grandson of Gov. Alcorn. Note: The High Victorian style pitcher bears a strong resemblance to the Gorham silver tea set acquired by First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln in 1861, with its masks, Rococo floral vignettes, and naturalistic leaf forms. That pattern was not made expressly for the White House but is believed to have been an off-the-shelf item. Ref. Charles H. Carpenter, "Gorham Silver," pp. 54-57. Biography: James Lusk Alcorn was born in Illinois, and attended college in Kentucky. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1843 before moving to Mississippi, where he set up a law practice in Panola County. His practice flourished, allowing him to amass large holdings of land and slaves. A Whig, he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi Senate in the 1840s and 50s, and initially opposed Secession. But when the Civil War began, he joined the Confederacy and served as a Brigadier General for 18 months. Two of his sons died during the war. Alcorn managed to hold on to his wealth by trading cotton with the North, and by the time the war ended, he was estimated to be one of the 50 wealthiest men in the South. Now a Republican, Alcorn supported suffrage for Freedmen, endorsed the 14th Amendment, and became the leader of the Scalawags. He was elected Governor of Mississippi in 1869 and served until 1871, when he resigned to become a U.S. Senator. An advocate of education, he supported (segregated) public schools for African American students and a new college for African American students in Mississippi, now known as Alcorn University. Although a former slaveholder himself, he called slavery "a cancer upon the body of the Nation". Alcorn lived and died at his plantation, Eagle's Nest, in Coahoma County. He was married to Mary C. Stewart of Kentucky and, following her death in 1849, to Amelia Walton Glover of Alabama. He is buried in the cemetery on his family's former property; the house was destroyed by fire many years ago. Source: National Governor's Association website; Congressional Globe, 42 Congress 2 Session, pp. 246-247; Eric Foner, "Reconstruction" (1988). Condition: Overall very good condition. Pitcher: several scattered minor scratches and very small dents, under 1/4". Goblets: The section of foot next to the base of the stem has a lower profile on one goblet than the other, possibly a result of dents being repaired or possibly as made (they are otherwise identical). Goblets otherwise in excellent condition with minimal scratching and a few tiny dents. No additional monograms (other than Alcorn) or monogram removal on any of the pieces. [See more photos →]

Chinese 14K gold (tested) figural dragon, depicted standing with raised head. Fitted with a conforming hardwood stand. 2" H x 3 1/2" W. 73.3 grams. Provenance: the estate of Camille Gift, Nashville, Tennessee by descent from Sara Joan Wilde (1923-2014), Colorado Springs, CO. Mrs. Wilde and her husband, Lt. Col. Adna Godfrey Wilde (1920-2008) traveled extensively throughout Asia as part of his career as an officer with the U.S. Army. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Mount Vernon Silver Pompeiian Pattern vermeil and sterling centerpiece bowl, Neoclassical form with ram's mask handles, round body, decorative guilloche band at rim and at square base, and central vermeil gilt silver repousse figural medallion and husk swags. Monogrammed on one medallion. Stamped POMPEIIAN N186 STERLING and BRAND CHATILLON with Mount Vernon hallmark. Includes gilt insert bowl and flower frog with urn finial, unmarked, not weighed. Bowl with flower frog and insert: 10" H, 93.4 oz. Bowl only: 6 1/4"H x 12" diameter (13 1/2" including handles), 57.57 oz troy. Provenance: Private Indiana collection, acquired from Dawn Evers-Corley, D. Bigda Antiques, Charleston, South Carolina. Condition: Excellent condition. Some minor wear to insert bowl. [See more photos →]

Five (5) Kentucky coin silver mint julep cups, all with reeded rims and foot rings, all marked GARNER & WINCHESTER and LEX KY in rectangles for Eli Garner and Daniel Frank Winchester, working Lexington 1842-1862. Two of the cups are 3 1/2" H and are not monogrammed. Two cups measure 3 1/4" H and are engraved "Presented to M.A. Payne by her Father" on side and additionally marked 10 OZ 15 in rectangle on base. One measures 3 3/8" H and is monogrammed LHY and additionally marked 10 OZ 15 in rectangle on base. (Note: 10 oz 15 was a 19th century mark sometimes used to indicate coin silver). Combined weight 23.61 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Scattered small scratches and minor dents to each cup (up to 3/8" L, on one of the Mary Payne cups); overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Mayna Treanor Avent (Tennessee, 1868-1959) impressionistic oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a bridge spanning a body of water, surrounded by trees with autumn foliage, a red farm visible in the background beneath a cloudy blue sky. Signed “Mayna T Avent” lower right. Handwritten note describing treatment performed by Frances de Brun Brown, circa July 1984, affixed en verso. Housed in carved giltwood frame. Sight: 18 1/2″ H x 24 1/2″ W. Framed: 24 1/2″ H x 30 1/2″ W. Biography: Mayna Treanor Avent was the daughter of Thomas O. and Mary Andrews Treanor. She was born September 17, 1868 at Tulip Grove Mansion, across the Lebanon Pike in Nashville from Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage. Study at Cincinnati was followed by two years at the Academie Julien in Paris. In 1891 she married Frank Avent, a Murfreesboro attorney who later served as State Railroad Commissioner for many years. He died in 1941. Avent taught painting in Nashville for many years and exhibited throughout the US. She painted in Mass. and SC, as well as TN. She produced oil and watercolor paintings, occasional drawings, and wood block prints in the Japanese manner. She was a member of the Nashville Studio Club, the Nashville Artists Guild, and the Centennial club, which in 1951 held a retrospective of her 68 year artistic career. She spent her last 3 years with her son in Sewanee, TN, where she died on Jan. 2, 1959. (source: THE SOUTH ON PAPER: LINE, COLOR AND LIGHT, “The South on Paper: Line, Color and Light” by James C. Kelly, published by South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, 1985, p. 22). Condition: Overall good condition with craquelure. Two areas of repair, largest 4″ x 5 1/2″, visible en verso. Inpainted, cleaned, and varnished by Frances de Brun Brown, circa July 1984. (See original hand written note en verso). Minor scattered areas of exfoliation, paint loss, largest 1/4″, top left quadrant. [See more photos →]

Henri Farre (Illinois/France, 1871-1934) impressionistic oil on canvas painting depicting a Chicago street scene. Three skyscrapers, including the Chrysler Building, are visible in the background, under a blue partly cloudy sky. The street in the foreground contains pedestrians and 1930s era automobiles. Signed "HFarre" preceded by a two digit number (illegible) lower right. Housed in a carved rococo style giltwood frame with pierced centers and corners, an off white linen liner, and a giltwood fillet. Sight: 38 3/4" H x 28 1/2" W. Framed: 47 5/8" H x 37 3/4" W. Biography: Henri Farre gained international fame for being the first artist to capture a first hand view of aerial combat during World War I, which he did as an observer bombadier, producing a series of more than 170 aviation paintings. However, the French born artist was classically trained and also produced a number of portraits, landscapes and still lifes. He attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and studied with Gustave Moreau. Farre exhibited regularly in the Paris Salons and lived for awhile in Buenos Aires prior to World War I. After the war, Farre moved to Chicago, where he resumed painting more traditional subjects. The Estate of James W. Perkins, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Kentucky coin silver julep cup with flaring, reeded rim, stamped on underside B SETTLE for Benjamin Settle, working Russellville, KY prior to 1867, through 1892. No monogram. 3 1/2" H, 3.84 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Very good condition with some light scratches and a shallow 1/4" dent at foot. [See more photos →]

Stickley Brothers Arts & Crafts oak china cabinet consisting of a rectangular case with glazed sides and two glazed doors opening to reveal four interior shelves, all on straight post legs. Original hammered hardware and the back boards with brand mark reading "Stickley Bros. Co. Grand Rapids" and a "Quaint Furniture" label. 54 3/4" H x 39" W x 15 1/2" D. Early 20th century. Condition: Overall very good condition with general use wear. Top with an area where the varnish has been removed, a couple of glue blocks missing on the underside of the base. [See more photos →]

Assorted Parcel Gilt Sterling Silver tableware items in the Pompeiian pattern by Mount Vernon Silver plus Glass Menu Holders. Items marked for Mt. Vernon include 1 tazza and 8 bread and butter plates, all with guilloche banded rim and rectangular vermeil medallions depicting four cherubs, together with 2 salts, 1 with gilt wash interior, and 2 salt and pepper shakers of Neoclassical urn form with guilloche banded rims and reeded handles, the bodies adorned with engraved swags and vermeil repousse medallions depicting a Greek goddess on one side and reserves with illegible Art Deco style monograms, with round footed bases. Stamped on reverse STERLING POMPEIIAN N186 with Mount Vernon hallmark and BRAND-CHATILLON CO. Also includes 8 Neoclassical style gilt metal and amber glass menu holders. 21 pcs total. Objects range in size from 1 7/8" H x 1 3/4" W to 3" H x 10" W. Combined sterling weight: 74.975 total troy ounces. Provenance: Private Indiana collection, acquired from Dawn Evers-Corley, D. Bigda Antiques, Charleston, South Carolina. Condition: All items overall very good condition. Few fleabites, bends to bases of menu holders. [See more photos →]

Scarce pair of Kentucky coin silver eyeglasses, one arm of frame marked R FRAZIER in serrated rectangle, attributed to Robert Frazier Sr., working Paris KY prior to 1799 and Lexington 1799-1851. Exterior of opposite arm marked 44. 4 1/2" W x 4" D. Provenance: The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Note: Mrs. Spiller is seen discussing these eyeglasses on a 2015 episode of "Kentucky Collectibles" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDWhOdCYvgA . Condition: Very good condition. Glass may or may not be original. [See more photos →]

Large German sterling silver double-handle tray, having foliate relief and cartouche decoration, shaped handles, and rope border, the underside marked STERLING HANDARBEIT GERMANY together with an illegible hallmark. 26 5/8" W x 15 7/8" D. 106.950 troy ounces. The estate of Camille Gift, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition, no monograms. Scattered surface scratches throughout. [See more photos →]

102 pieces Reed and Barton Burgundy pattern sterling silver flatware, including 10 dinner knives (9 5/8" L), 10 dinner forks (7 7/8" L), 6 salad forks (6 1/2" L), 11 teaspoons (6" L), 7 demitasse spoons, 1 baby spoon, 12 iced tea spoons, 8 round bowl cream soup spoons, 4 tablespoons, 1 gravy ladle, 1 jelly server, 1 pierced bon bon spoon, 9 cocktail forks, 1 pickle/olive fork, 1 lemon fork, 2 medium cold meat serving forks, 2 piece salad serving fork and spoon set, 1 pastry server, 1 pie server, 2 piece small steak carving knife and fork set, 2 piece large roast carving knife and fork set, 8 hollow handle butter spreaders, and 1 master butter spreader. Some pieces monogrammed with script "FHL" or "ABH." 117.895 total weighable troy ounces. The Estate of Alice Wright Summers Hale, Rogersville, TN. Condition: All items in overall good condition with normal surface wear. Baby spoon with disposal damage. [See more photos →]

Qing Dynasty bronze tripod censer or incense burner, low round form with twin handles, resting on a bronze lotus form tripod stand. Underside of censer with six character Xuande mark. 5 1/8" H x 7" W. Private Chattanooga, TN collection. Condition: Overall surface and use wear commensurate with age. Censer with one dent and old surface abrasion of approx. 1 1/4" length below one handle and a smaller, shallow dent and surrounding suface abrasion to body. [See more photos →]

American marine oil on canvas painting attributed to Alfred Thompson Bricher (New York/New Hampshire, 1837-1908) depicting a coastal seascape with sailboats visible in the distance and a rocky coast line with trees and flora in fall colors. Unsigned. Gilt name plate with artist's name and dates, affixed lower center of frame. Housed in a giltwood and composition frame with fluted cove molding and acanthus corner decoration. Sight: 23 1/4" H x 41" W. Framed: 31" H x 49 1/4" W. Circa 1890. Provenance: Nashville collection; purchased from the Oct. 1, 2011 Case Antiques Auction of the estate of Welling LaGrone (lot #443). Biography: "Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Alfred Bricher grew up in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and by 1851 was working in Boston. He became a professional painter in 1858, after meeting Charles Temple Dix and William Stanley Haseltine while sketching at Mount Desert, Maine. The following year he had his own studio in Newburyport. During the 1860s, Bricher made pictures for L. Prang and CompanyÕs print catalogue; like many New England artists of this period, he sought to bring his work before a wider public. In 1868 he married and moved his studio to New York, but over the next decades spent a great deal of time traveling, primarily sketching seascapes up and down the Atlantic coast. Most of his summer trips were to the New England states. On these trips he made landscape studies that were later transformed into oils and luminous watercolors. He was particularly impressed with Grand Manan Island off the Maine coast in the Bay of Fundy, whose rugged cliffs and surrounding sea he drew and painted for seventeen years." (Source: the Smithsonian American Art Museum). Condition: Overall very good condition. Small repaired tear at right edge. [See more photos →]

Japanese export silver cocktail set, comprised of one (1) shaker, eight (8) beaker style liqueur cups, and one (1) tray with wooden center insert and silver rim, 14 items total. All with raised dragon decoration to the body or rim against a stippled background. Shaker and beakers with M hallmark within a flower cartouche and chopmark stamp, tray with matching chop mark stamp. Together with four (4) Asian demitasse spoons or stirrers with bamboo style handles and figural finials, marked "Sterling 950". Shaker: 9 1/2" H, cups: 2 1/2" H, and stirrers: 3 3/4" L. Total weighable troy ounces (shaker & beakers) 22.19 total troy ounces. Stirrers weigh: 1.045 troy ounces. Early 20th century. The Estate of Alice Wright Summers Hale, Rogersville, TN. Condition: Denting to shoulder of top, cap and base of cocktail shaker. Some cups with bending. Fading to wood tray insert. [See more photos →]

Kentucky agricultural premium coin silver pitcher or ewer, pear shaped form with molded rim and acanthus overlaid C scroll handle, raised on a tall circular beaded foot. Engraved inscription AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL ASSOCIATION to body underneath spout. Stamped on bottom, J. KITTS for John Kitts, working Louisville, Ky 1836-1878, along with C, COIN and C&B. 10 3/4"H. 15.3 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Several scattered small dents and scratches, up to 1/4", overall good condition. [See more photos →]

11 pieces of Kentucky coin silver marked for John Beauchamp, working Bowling Green prior to 1847 to 1871 and possibly later. Includes 1 cream or gravy ladle; 2 tablespoons or serving spoons; 7 teaspoons, and 1 salt spoon. The two tablespoons are marked in rectangles, all other marks are incuse. The two teaspoons with rounded fiddle handles bear additional pseudo hallmarks. Ranging in size from 3 7/8" to 9 1/8" L. Combined weight 9.83 oz troy. (Ref. Marquis Boultinghouse, Silversmiths of Kentucky, p. 298). The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Most/all with assorted monograms. The two teaspoons with rounded fiddle handles have small tears at bowl and dents. Other items overall very good condition with some scattered minor dents to bowl and wear to a few tips. [See more photos →]

European 19th century oil on canvas painting depicting a young girl with brunette hair pulled back by a headband, wearing a white dress with blue bows, her left hand resting on a rock, and holding a red butterfly in her right hand. Distant landscape visible in the background. Signed, "Budzynski 1857", lower right (possibly Jozef Budzynski -Poland, working 19th century). Housed in a molded giltwood frame, possibly original. Sight: 27 1/4" H x 22" W. Framed: 35" H x 30" W. Poland, circa 1857. Condition: Overall craquelure. Areas of paint flakes/loss, largest 1/2" x 1/2", primarily to left quadrant surrounding figure. Areas of repair, largest 3 1/2" x 1 3/4", visible en verso of canvas with corresponding areas of inpainting. 3/4" x 5/8" area of overpainting, top right of subject's shoulder. Slight buckling, top right of canvas. Frame in overall good condition with minor areas of loss to gilt, natural age shrinkage. [See more photos →]

Unusual Reclining Writing Armchair and Framed Saddlebag, both originally belonging to Carey Allen Harris (1806-1842), Acting Secretary of War and Commissioner of Indian Affairs under U.S. President Andrew Jackson. 1st item: Late Classical or Empire style mahogany reclining armchair with upholstered seat and seat back; curved stiles and partially upholstered armrests, the curved hand rests each mounted with brass receptacles for a brass arm mounted with rosewood writing box and candlestick which can be fitted into either hand rest. Chair with ogee molded front seat rail flanked by ring turned front feet with brass casters; rear feet are raked and have never had casters. Old but not original light green velvet upholstery with brass tacks. Rosewood writing box features mother of pearl plaque inscribed "C.A. Harris" and a mother of pearl escutcheon, and a fitted and baize lined interior. Chair overall: 40" H x 20 1/2" W x 33" D. 2nd item: Leather saddlebag with brass plaque engraved C.A. Harris, mounted to linen lined shadowbox with burlwood frame. Saddlebag: 6" x 5", Frame: 11 1/2" x 10 1/2". Provenance: both items descended in the family of Carey A. Harris to current consignor. Note: Harris was a native of Williamson County, Tennessee. He and Abram P. Maury founded the Nashville Republican newspaper in 1824, and he went on to marry Maury's daughter, Martha. Harris was politically active and a part of President Andrew Jackson's inner circle. He worked as a clerk in the War Department and occasionally served as Acting Secretary of War when Lewis Cass was unavailable. Andrew Jackson appointed Harris Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1836, a post he retained under President Martin Van Buren. He was involved in the forcible removal of Native Americans from the Southeast, and was forced to resign and return to Tennessee after evidence of his role in a scheme to speculate in Indian allotments came to light in 1838. He died a few years later at the age of 36. Although his political career ended in disgrace, Harris is also remembered for his role in printing "The Western Harmony" in 1824, which marked the beginning of music publishing in Nashville. A state historical marker stands at the site of Harris's former press near Third Avenue in downtown Nashville. Condition: 1st item: Overall good condition. Upholstery with wear and some scattered stains and grime. Some small losses to turned front feet; rear feet have been repaired and reinforced. Some losses to edges of sides. Writing box: Baise replaced; some age related separations and veneer repairs to lid. 2nd item: Saddlebag with alligatored surface, considerable wear, other half of saddlebag may not be present. Not examined out of frame; method of mounting to shadowbox is unknown. [See more photos →]

Victorian Old Sheffield silverplated epergne, comprised of a brilliant cut glass center bowl, resting on a silverplated baluster standard having floral and acanthus decoration, with four removable scrolling arms fitted with brilliant cut glass bowls, all raised on a circular base with four scrolled foliate feet. 21" H x 20" W. Mid/late 19th century. The estate of J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition. Large center bowl with hairlines to base. Epergne does not rest perfectly evenly. [See more photos →]

Carl Sublett (Tennessee, 1919-2008) abstract watercolor on paper, possibly from his Flagg Island series. Signed and dated "72 lower right. Housed in a modern chrome frame and float mounted onto a linen weave backing. Together with an exhibition book titled Carl Sublett, published by the Tennessee State Museum for the February 15 – May 6, 1984 exhibition of his works. Sight: 13 3/4" H x 21 3/4" W. Framed: 19 1/4" H x 27 1/4" W. Biography: Carl Sublett studied Art History at the American Academy in Florence, Italy, after serving as a sergeant in World War II. He moved to Knoxville in 1954 where he studied with Kermit Ewing and eventually became a Professor of Fine Art at the University of Tennessee. Sublett was a founding member of the art group, The Knoxville Seven, a progressive group working from 1955-1965, which produced some of the first abstract expressionist art in Tennessee. In 1982 he retired from teaching and in 1984, he opened the Sublett Gallery in Knoxville. In 1991, "The Unseen Carl Sublett" was the first exhibit at the new Knoxville Museum of Art (built on the site of the 1982 World's Fair). Sublett won numerous awards for his paintings and 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, Nashville. (source: The Tennessee Arts Commission). Condition: Overall very good condition with toning to linen mat. [See more photos →]

Jay Hall Connaway (Maine/Arizona/Indiana, 1893-1970) impressionistic oil on artist's board painting titled "Spring on the Farm" depicting a farm house and a barn in Sunderland, Vermont situated in a green field and surrounded by trees, fore and middle ground, low mountain ranges below a blue sky, background. Signed "Connaway" lower right. Additionally signed and titled with location of scene, en verso of board. Gilt metal placard with artist's name, affixed lower center of frame. Housed in a molded gilt wood frame with an off white linen and giltwood liner. Sight:15 1/2" H x 19 1/2" W. Framed: 21 3/4" H x 25 3/4" W. American, second/third quarter 20th century. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Biography: "A student of the sky, waves, and snow-covered hills of Maine and Vermont, Jay Connaway belonged to the generation that presented the region as timeless and quiet in the face of modernity and ensured that the image of New England maintained a prominent role in the American imagination. Connaway enjoyed a reputation as one of the most promising young marine painters of the 1920s. Prolific, well-known, and highly regarded both as an artist and a teacher, Connaway moved to Maine in 1922 and took up permanent residence on Monhegan Island with his wife Louise in 1931. For 17 years, Connaway observed and painted the ocean and its many moods in the tradition of Winslow Homer and Rockwell Kent before moving to Vermont in 1947 where he lived out his life. Born in Indiana, Connaway studied in New York City at the Arts Students League under William Merritt Chase before interrupting his studies to volunteer for service in the First World War. Upon discharge from the army, Connaway studied in Paris at the Academie Julian and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts before returning to the United States and settling in New England. Sticking to his guns as abstraction gained in popularity in the years after World War II, Connaway's bold brushwork and subtle palate served as hallmarks of his unique style of masculine impressionism. Connaway enjoyed close to 90 one-man shows in his lifetime. He was elected an associate of the National Academy of Design in 1933 and a full academician in 1943. His work was exhibited at the leading galleries of his day, including Macbeth, Vose, Kennedy, and Doll & Richards. In his own lifetime, Connaway's vision of the landscape of New England could be found hanging at the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts." This information adapted from the 2009 exhibit text of "Jay Connaway and the Landscape of New England" by the Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Condition: Overall very good condition with few minute spots, surface scuffs, largest 2", to sky quadrant. Frame with areas of toning/light staining to linen liner and minor chips/flakes to gilt on frame. [See more photos →]

American Rococo Revival Rosewood center table, possibly Meeks or Roux, with turtle shaped black and gold Portoro marble top over a conforming skirt with foliate carving and floral medallions; four acanthus scrolled, cabriole legs with carved floral garlands and acanthus carved cross stretchers, joined by a medallion carved ornament with beaded decoration and urn finial. Brass casters. Unsigned. 30" H x 47 1/4" W x 31 1/2" D. Third quarter 19th century. Provenance: the collection of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Roberts, Murfreesboro, Tennessee; descended in the family. Note: Mr. and Mrs. Roberts home, the historic Palmer House, was a landmark mansion in downtown Murfreesboro. Condition: Overall very good condition, with light wear and some abrasions, mostly to feet, including a very small chip at one foot. [See more photos →]

Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) color lithograph artist's proof (also known as epreuve d'artiste, or E.A.) titled "Animals," included in Our Unfinished Revolution, a portfolio of 10 lithographs by Calder, text by Leonard Boudin, published by Alba Editions, Inc., to aid the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, New York, printed by Mourlot, Paris, 1976. Depicts three animals, including a grey elephant, a yellow big cat, and a red big cat against a white background. Labeled "E.A." in pencil, lower left below image, signed "Calder," in pencil, lower right below image. Includes a Certificate of Authenticity from Nahan Galleries, New York, dated November 21, 1980. Housed and triple matted under plexiglass in a black wooden frame. Sight: 21 1/2" H x 29 1/4" W. Framed: 30 1/2" H x 38" W. The Estate of David G. Leach Jr., Vonore, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition. Not examined outside of frame. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Native American Navajo sterling silver and turquoise jewelry items, including one (1) squash blossom necklace, one (1) cuff bracelet, and one (1) ring. 1st item: Sterling silver Navajo squash blossom necklace with 12 turquoise blossoms between double strand silver beads and a naja containing 4 rows of turquoise. The necklace is marked "sterling" and signed "JW" for Juliana Williams. The necklace is 32" L and has a gross weight of 239.2 grams. 2nd item: Sterling silver Navajo cuff bracelet featuring circular rows of turquoise. The bracelet is marked "sterling" and signed "DLW" for Danny L. Wauneka. the bracelet is 6 1/2" and has a gross weight of 58.6 grams. 3rd item: Sterling silver ring featuring a circular row of turquoise. The ring tests sterling and is unsigned. The ring is size 8 and has a gross weight of 8.7 grams. Gross weight of the lot is 306.5 grams. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: All pieces in overall very good condition with expected general wear. [See more photos →]

Large Navajo wool rug or blanket, Two Grey Hills pattern with crosses. Woven in colors of brown, cream and tan. 81 1/2" H x 62" W. 1st half 20th century. Private East Tennessee collection. Condition: Overall good condition for age. Some scattered stains, wear and losses to edges. [See more photos →]

President Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953 signing pen and signed photograph with additional Truman photos. 1st item: Signed photograph depicting Truman signing the "Judicial Salary Bill" (Public Law 567) on July 31, 1946 at the White House, Washington, DC, surrounded by various politicians. Signed lower center to Truman's image. Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C. studio marks, lower left. Housed and matted together under glass in a black wooden frame with the 1331 Triumph fountain pen that was used to signed the bill and typed labels for the photograph and pen. Framed: 14 1/2" H x 14 1/4" W. 2nd-3rd items: Two (2) photographs depicting Truman and H. Graham Morison, Executive Assistant to the Attorney General, 1945-48; Assistant Attorney General and head of the Civil Division, 1948-50, including one (1) depicting them with William Pat Jennings (1919-1994), United States Representative from Virginia (serving from 1955-1967) at the Tri-Cities Airport, Blountville, Tennessee, in 1960. Handwritten paper label, en verso of Tri-Cities airport frame. Both housed and matted under glass in black or giltwood frames. Frames ranging in size from 8 3/4" H x 10 3/4" W to 11 1/8" H x 13 1/4" W. Condition: All items in overall good condition. Not examined outside of frames. 1st item: Signature in overall good, legible condition. [See more photos →]

Civil War era album containing fifty (50) cartes-de-visite (CDVs), including thirty-two (32) lithographed images of engravings and eighteen (18) photographic images, depicting Presidents, Presidential Cabinet members, Union and Confederate generals and leaders, and other figures of historical significance, including John Wilkes Booth. Album includes: Presidential related images, including one (1) depicting the Sixteenth President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) and one (1) First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882), including one (1) depicting Lincoln's funeral, one (1) depicting the First President George Washington (1732-1799) and one (1) depicting First Lady Martha Washington (1731-1802), and one (1) depicting the Seventeenth President Andrew Johnson (1808-1875); members of Lincoln's presidental cabinet, including one (1) depicting Secretary of State William Henry Seward (1801-1872), one (1) depicting Secretary of War Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869), one (1) depicting Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles (1802-1878), and one (1) Secretary of the Treasury Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873); prominent Union Generals, including two (2) depicting Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; 1822-1885), one (1) depicting Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888), one (1) depicting Winfield Scott (1786-1866), one (1) depicting George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885), one (1) depicting Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893), one (1) depicting David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870) and more; prominent Confederate leaders and sympathizers, including one (1) depicting Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870), one (1) depicting a composite CDV of Confederate President Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) surrounded by his Generals including Robert E. Lee, Ambrose Powell Hill Jr. (1825-1865), James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart (1833-1864), Braxton Bragg (1817-1876), Joseph Eggleston Johnston (1807-1891), John Hunt Morgan (1825-1864), Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863), and Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard (1818-1893), one (1) depicting a satricial image of Jefferson Davis wearing a crinoline while he is escorted by two Union soldiers, and one (1) depicting John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865), the American actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at the Ford Theater on April 14, 1865; also includes six (6) CDVs of unidentifed people in period dress. Fourteen (14) CDVs with handwritten inscriptions from a previous owner identifying the sitter or scene. All housed and matted in gilt edges pages in a brown leather album with gilt blindstamped covers and spine with brass hardware, floral end papers. Album: 6 1/8" H x 5 3/8" W x 2 1/4" D. Private Nashville Collection. Condition: All CDVs in overall very good condition. Not examined outside of mats. Front matter pages with foxing spots. Leather covers with rubbing, wear, bumped corners. [See more photos →]

Antique Persian Farahan Sarouk rug, wool on cotton, center shaped medallion on a dark blue field surrounded by floral or foliate designs. Secondary colors of ivory, red, green, gold, pink, and dark blue. Circa 1920's. 81" L x 52" W. Provenance: The estate of J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, purchased 1968. Condition: Overall good condition with light, commensurate wear for age. [See more photos →]

French Daum Nancy art glass vase, square form with etched and enameled scenic landscape decoration to all sides. Base marked "Daum Nancy" with the cross of Lorraine and artist initial "L". 4 3/4" H. Early 20th century. The Estate of Elizabeth Chalfant, Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. Slight fleabite to one top corner, a couple of tiny scattered fleabites to the body. [See more photos →]

Four (4) Tall English Neoclassical style sterling silver weighted candlesticks, hallmarked BES Co. for Barker, Ellis Silver Co., Birmingham, England, date letter for 1968-1969. Circular candle cups, with removable hallmarked bobeches, featuring laurel and swag decoration over square plinths and conforming shafts with repousse swag, ram's head and wreath design, on tiered square bases with acanthus leaf and Neoclassical urn decoration. 12 1/4" H x 5" square bases. The estate of J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: All pieces in overall good condition with light general wear. Very slight pitting to some base edges. [See more photos →]

The Smith Briggs Coin silver presentation tea service, Civil War and Railroad interest. Includes 4 pieces, all engraved SMITH BRIGGS: a teapot with hinged lid, cream pitcher, waste bowl, and covered sugar bowl, all with pear shaped bodies having repousse decoration of morning glory flowers and vines, laurel decorated bands at rims and around bases. Sugar bowl and teapot are accented with three-dimensional floral finials, and all pieces except waste bowl have floral chased handles. All pieces feature cartouches engraved: SMITH BRIGGS; teapot with opposite cartouche additionally inscribed: PRESENTED BY THE EMPLOYEES OF THE HUDSON R.R. CO AT EAST ALBANY SEPT. 15 1864. Signed (incuse) on underside: B. MARSH / ALBANY / J.L.W. Teapot: 12" H. Combined weight: 89.47 oz troy. Provenance: Private Indiana estate, acquired from an East Coast dealer. Note: The USS Smith Briggs was a Union Army gunboat destroyed in the American Civil War. Originally a tugboat built in East Albany, NY for the Schuyler Steam Towing Company, it was named for Smith Briggs, Freight Agent of the Hudson River Railroad. The private ship was leased by the U.S. Government for use in the Civil War and converted into a gunboat in 1863. During the Battle of Smithfield in Virginia on Feb. 1, 1864, it was hit and run aground, with its crew taken prisoner. Confederate soldiers and civilians converged on the ship and looted it, taking its eagle figurehead and anything else on board of value they could find. The ship was then set on fire and blown to bits. The exact connection of this silver tea service to the boat – including whether it was ever actually used onboard – is unknown. It may have been made after the ship's destruction as a consolation gift to Smith Briggs, the Hudson River Railroad executive for whom the ship was originally named. Condition: Excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Two (2) dark green painted wood hanging boxes, including one (1) pipe box. 1st item: Early American black painted pipe box with a shaped hanger back, interior well with sloped and scalloped sides, and a lower square nailed drawer. Together with four (4) early 20th century clay colonial style pipes, marked Gouda. Pipes length average 16 1/2". Pipe box: 18 1/2" H x 6 1/4" W. American, early 19th century. 2nd item: Early American dark green long rectangular hanging box with sliding cover, circular shaped hanger. Square nail construction. 13 1/2" H x 2" W. American, first half of the 19th century. Provenance: The estate of Charles K. Davis, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from his father, Charles K. Davis of Fairfield, CT. Note: Charles Krum Davis Sr. (1889-1968) was chairman of the Remington Arms Company, and a passionate early collector of Americana. With the help of a few important dealers, primarily Israel Sack, Davis assembled what has been called one of the most important private collections of early Americana. His home was profiled in the Magazine Antiques, January and March, 1941. Much of Mr. Davis Sr.'s collection ultimately went to Winterthur and other museums. Condition: Boxes in overall very good condition with expected use wear. Some minor loss to underside right front edge around nail of pipe box. [See more photos →]

1st item: Ladies 18K yellow gold Tiffany & Company eternity ring featuring twenty-six (26) round brilliant diamonds approximately 1.04 carats, Clarity-VS1, Color-G. The band is marked "Tiffany & Co" and "18K". The band is size 4 1/2 and has a gross weight of 2.19 grams. 2nd item: Ladies 18K yellow gold Tiffany & Company eternity ring featuring twenty-eight (28) natural princess cut natural sapphires approximately 2mm each. The ring is marked "Tiffany & Co" and "18K". The ring is size 4 1/2 and has a gross weight of 1.88 grams. Provenance: the collection of Alexine Wilkerson, Franklin, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Carl William Peters (New York, 1897-1980) oil on canvas impressionist landscape painting titled "Pleasant Street, Rockport" depicting the residential Pleasant Street neighborhood in Rockport, Massachusetts. Unsigned. R. H. Love Gallery, Chicago, IL label en verso. Housed in a gilt carved frame with pierced scrolling foliate projecting corners and center decorations. Sight: 18 7/8" H x 23" W. Framed: 26 1/4" H x 29 3/4" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Note: This work is accompanied by an estate certificate signed by the artist's widow, stating that this unsigned painting came into her possession by provision of Peters' Last Will and Testament, dated June 17, 1993. Biography: "From Rochester, New York, Carl Peters became an American Scene painter and regionalist. During his growing years where he was raised on a farm in Fairport, a Rochester suburb, he was exposed to a variety of artistic movements including the Hudson River School painters, tonalist tradition, Ashcan School, American impressionism, and early modernism. At the age of sixteen, he declared himself an artist and reportedly painted every day for the rest of his life. After attending art school in Rochester, he enrolled in the Art Students League in New York City and spent several summers in Woodstock, New York, studying with Charles Rosen and John F. Carlson, the latter being his most influential teacher. His forte was snowscenes, which he frequently painted in the Genesee Valley on his family farm near Fairport. He also spent many summers near Cape Ann, Massachusetts. He exhibited widely and won three Hallgarten Prizes from the National Academy of Design, 1926, 1928, and 1932. He was a camouflage artist in the army during World War I, and he also did WPA murals for the Federal Arts Project during the Depression years. His work is in numerous museums including the National Museum of American Art, the Memorial Art Gallery and Strong Museum of Rochester, New York; the Fairport Museum of Fairport, New York; and the Rockport Art Association in Massachusetts." (source: American Art Review, June 1999). Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Large Zuni "Mudhead" Katsina bolo comprised of silver with multi stone channel inlay, attached to a braided leather tie with silver drum tips. Partially stamped on the back "E Z". Possibly Eddie Beyuka (1920-2002). 5 1/4" H. Circa 1970s-1980s. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Native American Santa Clara pottery items. 1st item: Mida Tafoya (b. 1931) blackware pottery vase, with carved serpent decoration below the rim. Signed on the base "Mida Tafoya Santa Clara Pueblo". 5 1/4" H x 7 1/4" dia. Note: Purchased in the 1970's. 2nd item: Pottery bowl, signed in script on the base "Lela" , possibly for Lela Gutierrez. Blackware ground with orange polychrome geometric decoration around the upper shoulder. 4 1/4" H x 8 3/8" dia. 20th century. Note: A 1976 "Special Award" ribbon from the Phoenix Indian Arts & Crafts Show accompanies this bowl. Private East Tennessee collection. Condition: 1st item: Overall very good condition. 2nd item: Shallow chip to the rim and a few scattered minor areas of glaze flakes to polychrome decoration. [See more photos →]

Ladies 18K yellow gold modernist necklace pendant / brooch designed by Michael Tomlinson. The necklace is marked "18K" and "Tomlinson". The gold bar link chain has a length of 24". 53.41 grams total. Condition: Overall excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) watercolor on cream paper depicting a nude female figure with her left arm raised and resting on a wall with her lower arm by her side and holding fabric. Signed lower right JOSEPH DELANEY. Float mounted onto cream board and housed in a gilt wood frame. Sight/Paper: 17 3/4" H x 11 5/8" W. Framed: 27" H x 22 1/2" W. Condition: Some overall toning to paper, pin pricks to upper corners, slight bending to upper right corner. [See more photos →]

John Wesley Chumley (Virginia/Tennessee, 1928-1984) watercolor landscape painting titled “Bloodroot”. Depicting a woodland interior with flowering bloodroot plants emerging around a fallen tree with a rock wall background. Signed “Chumley” lower left and titled en verso. Housed under glass in a giltwood frame with linen liner. Sight: 16″ H x 28″ W. Framed: 25 1/2″ H x 37 1/4″ W. Biography: John Wesley Chumley was born in 1928 in Rochester, Minnesota while his father, a Tennessee native, was in his surgical residency at Mayo Clinic. He attended McCampbell School and the Tennessee Military Institute in Sweetwater, Tennessee. His concentration on art quickly grew. His post-graduate study under Walter Stuempfig at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts further convinced him that his field was realism and the rural countryside his stimulus. As he refined his work, there were other influential centers of art along the way–the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida, where he met his wife Bettye (Skip) Roberts; and the Fort Worth Center of Art, Fort Worth, Texas, where he was artist-in-residence from 1958-1961. In 1961 the couple moved to a 200-acre farm in Middleton, VA that provided scenery, wildlife, plants and inspiration for the artist. Chumley’s character and personality were reflected in the choice of his chief medium–egg tempera, the most difficult and “slowest,” although he also painted in watercolors and oil. His painstaking representation of scenery, plants, and lifelike human and animal subjects with tempera–a tedious process involving a mixture of pigment, egg yolk, and water which dried quickly–enabled him to express his perception of light. As John observed, “Light is my bag.” (source: Adapted from Askart, taken from http://www.fountaincitytnhistory.info/People5-Chumley.htm with the permission of Fountain City Historian J.C. Tumblin) Condition: Watercolor overall excellent condition. Frame with a few slight abrasions. [See more photos →]

Qing bronze incense burner with carved pierced hardwood lid and white jade finial. Censer of circular form with half ring side handles, the sides with raised taotie mask and abstract dragon designs, accompanied by a pierced hardwood cover carved with longevity signs and surmounted with a white jade carving of an immortal child. 8 7/8"H x 6" diameter. Chinese, 19th century. Provenance: the estate of Camille Gift, Nashville, Tennessee by descent from Sara Joan Wilde (1923-2014), Colorado Springs, CO. Mrs. Wilde and her husband, Lt. Col. Adna Godfrey Wilde (1920-2008) traveled extensively throughout Asia as part of his career as an officer with the U.S. Army. Condition: Part of the carved wood lid into which the jade finial sits is missing. Some wear and oxidation to bronze, particularly on underside and interior. [See more photos →]

Large Chinese Famille Rose porcelain baluster jar with helmet cover, Four Seasons pattern enameled decoration including flowering branch and chrysanthemum to the body, red bats along the body rim, the domed top with flattened finial, enameled foliate decoration and blue foliate band. 17 1/2" H. Late 19th/Early 20th century. Private Nashville, TN Collection. Condition: Overall excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Nellie Augusta Knopf (Illinois/California, 1875-1962) oil on board impressionistic maritime painting titled "Sardine Boat" depicting a small boat with lowered sails docked at a small harbor, before a red brick building, in the background. Signed "N.A. Knopf" lower left. Gilt metal placard with title, artist's name, and dated, affixed lower center of liner. Housed in a giltwood frame with off white linen liner and giltwood fillet. Sight: 15 1/2" H x 19 1/2" W. Framed: 23 1/4" H x 27 1/4" W. Early/mid 20th century. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Biography: Born and raised in Chicago, Nellie Augusta Knopf became known for her mountain landscapes and seascapes. She graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago and also studied with Charles H. Woodbury in Ogunquit, Maine. For 43 years she taught and was Director of Art at Illinois Women's College, later MacMurray College. Condition: Overall very good condition with craquelure. [See more photos →]

Edmund Johann Niemann (United Kingdom, 1813-1876) panoramic oil on canvas landscape painting titled "A Distant View of Lindford Bridge" depicting a river with stone bridge leading to the village of Lindford, as viewed from a rocky outcropping amongst shrubbery and trees; overhead is a blue sky dotted with clouds, their shading reflecting a slight change in the angle of the sun and the time of day. Signed "Niemann" on a rock, lower right foreground. Two typed paper labels, including one indicating that the painting was formerly the property of Lady Anne Tennant, dated November 29, 1974, en verso. Gilt metal placard with artist's name, dates, and title, affixed lower center of frame. Housed in a giltwood frame with Rococo style pierced corner and center elements. Sight: 29 1/4" H x 49 1/2" W. Framed: 36 1/2" H x 57" W. Biography: "Edmund Niemann was born in Islington, London in 1813. His father, John Diedrich Niemann, was a native of Minden, Westphalia and was a member of Lloyd's, working in the City of London. As a young man, Edmund was employed as a clerk at Lloyd's, but he decided to devote himself to art and in 1839 settled in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, mostly painting out of doors. Though he especially enjoyed painting the scenery of the Thames and of the River Swale, near Richmond in Yorkshire, many other areas of the British Isles are covered in the corpus of his work. Between 1844 and 1872, he exhibited paintings at a wide range of prestigious galleries including the Royal Academy, the British Institution, the Society of British Artists in Suffolk St, the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Institute, the Glasgow Institute, the Paris Salon, the Liverpool Academy of Arts and the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. The first picture exhibited was a view "On the Thames, near Great Marlow, Bucks" — a small canvas shown at the Royal Academy in 1844. Niemann and a number of other artists, including Edward Armitage were dissatisfied with the exclusiveness showed by the management of several leading art societies. In 1848 Niemann returned to London for the foundation of the 'Free Exhibition' held in the Chinese Gallery at Hyde Park Corner. This exhibition opened with 500 works of art including sculpture. In 1850 this became the Portland Gallery, Regent Street, and Niemann was chosen as one of the trustees and honorary secretary. The society later assumed the name 'The National Institution'. The existence of the society was short lived with 1861 seeing the last of their exhibitions. Niemann lived at Mount Vernon House in Hampstead in the 1850s. His paintings are characterized by versatility, natural colors, and visual realism, often in the romantic artistic style of J.M.W. Turner, Corot and Caspar David Friedrich. His son, Edward H. Niemann, was also a painter imitating his father's style. Ill for a number of years in his later life, Niemann died suddenly at Brixton Hill, Surrey of apoplexy on 15 April 1876." (Source: The Jurist by S. Sweet, 1855, p. 479 and Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (condensed edition), published by Oxford University Press, 1975, vol. 2, p. 503). The Estate of Jeane DuBose, Atlanta, Georgia. Condition: Overall very good condition. Frame with minor losses to gilt, natural age shrinkage. [See more photos →]

Labeled Mid Century Knoll Industries walnut executive cabinet or Small Credenza, designed by Florence Knoll Bassett circa 1954, manufactured 1960s. Rectangular form having Italian cremo marble top over four fitted drawers with chrome finished steel tab hardware, base and square tubular legs. Underside with “Knoll Associates 320 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022″ paper label also bearing the Knoll Industries trademark. 25 1/2″ H x 37 1/2″ W x 18” D. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company’s headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original Knoll office furniture. Condition: Overall good condition with very light wear. Left side with minute errant white, possibly paint, specks. [See more photos →]

Ralph Eugene Meatyard (_Kentucky/Illinois, 1925-1972) gelatin silver print depicting a young boy in a hooded sweat suit and boots seated outside and holding flowers, the broken pieces of a stone planter at his feet on the grass. Photograph signed verso near hinge, "Madelyn O. Meatyard" (artist's widow). Includes the original shipping materials from Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY. Hinge mounted to a white mat. Photograph: 5 7/8" H x 6 7/8" W. Sight: 5 1/2" H x 6 1/2" W. Mat: 15 1/2" H x 12 1/2" W. Note: Meatyard's work was featured in the Howard Greenberg Gallery exhibition titled "Family Photographs from Home," March 11-April 30, 2005. Private Chattanooga, TN collection. Condition: Overal very good condition. [See more photos →]

Trippensee Planetarium Company, Saginaw, Michigan, geared Tellurian model, manufactured by the George F. Cram Company. Consisting of painted or lithographed globes representing the Earth, Moon, and Venus affixed to metal rod arms that revolve around a central brass sphere representing the sun on a wooden arm with an inset compass, all mounted on a turned wooden pillar, set on a stepped round brass base, with a circular zodiac dial to the top, printed in black on silver. Maker's marks to earth globe. 13 3/4" H x 20" W x 7 1/2" D. Late 19th/Early 20th century. Condition: Overall good condition with dents, overall wear to brass globe and stand. Areas of loss, largest 3", to paint. Brass tag to arm is not present. Oxidation to metal components. [See more photos →]

Antique Caucasian Shirvan rug, coarse weave vegetable dyed wool on wool, with three central medallions on red ground and floral border, in colors of red, green, gold, blue and green. 7' L x 5' 4" W. Late 19th/Early 20th century. The Collection of Ann Hale-Smith, Rogersville, Tennessee. Condition: Some caustic oxidation noted and wear from where the foundation had been bound up or creased. [See more photos →]

Ladies 14K yellow gold woven style bracelet. The bracelet is marked "14K" and is 7 1/4" L. The weight of the bracelet is 51.21 grams. The Estate of William Pursell, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

French 18K yellow gold (tested) and enamel decorated rectangular pillbox, the top with an enameled vignette of birds to the center, cobalt ground to the box body with white enamel and gilt decorated borders. Two partially legible hallmarks to the inside base. 3/8" H x 2 5/8" W x 3/4" D. 19th century. 33 grams. The Estate of Elizabeth Chalfant, Nashville, TN. Condition: Minor scratching and losses to enamel. [See more photos →]

Kentucky coin silver cream ladle and tongs, attributed to Asa Blanchard, working Lexington circa 1808-1838, 2 items total. 1st item: Sugar tongs with round grips and plain, elongated arms, double struck on each arm with incuse marks BLANCHARD, script monogram FB. 5 3/4" L. 2nd item: Cream ladle with plain fiddle handle, worn mark A. BLANCHARD in rectangle. 5 1/4" L. Combined weight: 1.68 oz troy. Both circa 1820-1838. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Tongs: Excellent condition. Ladle: Possible old worn monogram erasure. Maker's mark worn. Some dents to bowl, otherwise very good condition. [See more photos →]

Douglas Denniston (Arizona, 1921-2004) abstract oil on canvas painting titled "Composition No. 34" depicting a web like pattern of brightly colored shapes rendered in shades of purple, blue, green, red, orange, yellow, grey, and tan. Signed and dated "Denniston '48-'49" lower left. Eric Firestone Gallery, Scottsdale and Tucson, AZ paper label, en verso. Housed in a grey painted wooden frame. Sight: 19 1/2" H x 22 3/4" W. Framed: 20 3/4" H x 24" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Biography: Douglas Denniston studied painting with Raymond Jonson and co-founded the Transcendental Painting Group with Emil Bistrram in 1938. In 1945 he came to New Mexico and became involved in the Santa Fe/Taos Art Movement. His work during this period was mainly abstract. By the 1950s, when he began a teaching position at the University of Arizona, he began working in a more representational style. His work has been exhibited at MOMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Butler Institute of American Art. Condition: Overall good condition. Very slight diagonal indentation on light gray-blue color panel approximately 4.5 inches long. [See more photos →]

1945 Mexican 50 Pesos Centenario gold coin, Mexico City mint, designed by Emilio del Moral (Mexican, 20th Century). Depicts the Winged Victory "The Angel of Independence" design with the denomination, weight, and year of mintage, obverse, the Mexican national Coat of Arms featuring a golden eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its beak below "ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS", reverse. Lettering reading "INDEPENCIA Y LIBERTAD" to edge. 37.1mm, .900 purity, 41.8 grams. Provenance: private Nashville, Tennessee estate. Condition: Very Fine/Extremely Fine. [See more photos →]

Chinese Qing Famille Rose porcelain vase, rouleau form with flared rim. The neck with enameled floral decoration above a stylized and floral band, the body with figural landscape decoration depicting a nobleman on horseback, a female being pushed in a cart by a male attendant and a female attendant holding a tray with ewer. Gilt highlights to rim and shoulder.16 1/2" H. Qing Dynasty, Late 19th/Early 20th century. Private Nashville, TN Collection. Condition: Overall very good condition with minor wear to enameled decoration and rim. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Mose Ernest Tolliver (Alabama, 1919-2006) folk art house paint on wood panel paintings, including one (1) depicting a human figure wearing a blue hat and holding two purple walking sticks against an off white background and surrounded by a purple border, and one (1) depicting two birds, rendered in shades of blue, off white, and green, against an off white background with purple dots throughout. Both signed "MOSET" with backward "S," lower left. Human figure painting with a metal bar, bird painting with a soda can tab, en verso. Bird painting housed in a rustic wooden frame, human figure painting is unframed. Human figure panting: 26 1/2" H x 17 3/4" W. Bird painting: Sight: 13" H x 19 1/2" W. Framed: 18" H x 24 1/2" W. The Collection of Sylvia Roberts, Nashville, TN. Condition: Both items in overall good condition with natural age shrinkage to panels. Human figure painting with areas of loss, largest 1 1/4", to edges of panel. [See more photos →]

New England William and Mary bannister back tiger maple armchair with arched crest transitioning to four (4) flat vertical baluster shaped slats and bottom shaped rail, ring, and cylinder turned stiles with rear stiles having prominent button shaped finials. Curved arm rests terminating in scroll shaped handholds. Front stretchers with double ball turnings, front stiles tapering at feet. Older splint oak woven seat. 48 1/2" H x 25 1/2" W x 17 1/4" D. First half of the 18th century. Provenance: The estate of Charles K. Davis, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from his father, Charles K. Davis of Fairfield, CT, purchased from E.B. LaGrange. Note: Charles Krum Davis Sr. (1889-1968) was chairman of the Remington Arms Company, and a passionate early collector of Americana. With the help of a few important dealers, primarily Israel Sack, Davis assembled what has been called one of the most important private collections of early Americana. His home was profiled in the Magazine Antiques, January and March, 1941. Much of Mr. Davis Sr.'s collection ultimately went to Winterthur and other museums. Condition: Overall very good condition with older refinish, glued break to bottom shaped rail of backrest, losses to splint oak at front corners of chair, especially the left side. [See more photos →]

Ernest Wante (Belgium, 1872-1960) gilt bronze statuette titled "Judith," depicting the heroine from the Biblical story dressed in an elaborate costume with inset with six (6) red garnets and one (1) green glass jewel, holding a scimitar in both hands. Signed "E. Wante," back left of dress. Mounted to a square green marble base. Statuette: 9 1/4" H x 4 1/2" W x 4" D. Overall with base: 10 1/8" H. Estate of Camille Gift, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition. Fleabites to marble base edge. [See more photos →]

Kentucky coin silver hair comb, attributed to Walter C. Smith (b. Greensburg, Kentucky, working Bowling Green prior to 1858 and Louisville, c. 1858-1864). Nine pointed teeth and a scalloped shaft with engraved floral design to front, engraved inscription en verso: "Made by Walter C. Smith and presented to Mrs. W.L. Underwood December 25, 1855." 4 3/8" W x 4 1/4" D. .96 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Overall good condition with some slight bends to teeth. 1/4" tear to lower right side of shaft. [See more photos →]

Two (2) WPA era oil on board paintings attributed to Jean "Virginia" Hogan (Connecticut, born 1909), including one (1) depicting a street scene with people milling around a construction site with buildings in the background beneath a cloudy blue sky, and one (1) depicting a nighttime carnival scene. Both unsigned. Both housed in identical giltwood frame with carved beaded corner elements to corners of fillet. Sights: 19 1/2" H x 21 3/4" W. Frames: 29 1/2" H x 31 1/2" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Biography: Jean Hogan (1909) was born in Hartford Connecticut. She studied at Pembroke Colege and became a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the New Haven Paint and Clay Club, the Springfield Art League, and the Hartford Society of Woman Painters. Her work has been exhibited in the National Academy of Design, the Ogunquit Art Center, Brown University, the Morton Gallery, NY in 1945, the World's Fair New York in 1939 among others. In 1938 and 1942 she won awards from the Springfield Art League, and in 1943 won an award from the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. Throughout her career, she was an integral part of the American Regionalist movement of the 1930s and '40s in which artists depicted realistic scenes of the deep South and American Midwest. Note: Additional documentation about the artist, used to construct the biographical information above, will be included courtesy of Williams Galleries of Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. Street scene painting with 3/8" surface abrasion, center right, frame with areas of loss, largest 3/4", to gilt. Nighttime scene with few scattered minute paint flakes, primarily to sky quadrant. [See more photos →]

Seventy-three (73) pieces Gorham Strasbourg pattern sterling silver flatware, including twelve (12) dinner knives (9 5/8" L), twelve (12) dinner forks (7 5/8" L), twelve (12) salad forks (6 3/8" L), twelve (12) teaspoons (5 7/8" L), twelve (12) oval soup spoons, one (1) tablespoon, and twelve (12) hollow handle butter spreaders. Not monogrammed. 71.825 total weighable troy ounces. Provenance: the collection of Alexine Wilkerson, Franklin, Tennessee. Condition: All items in overall good condition with normal surface scratches. Tine of one dinner fork is bent. [See more photos →]

Labeled Mid Century Knoll Industries figured walnut credenza, designed by Florence Knoll Bassett and manufactured 1960's-1970's. Rectangular form having top over four sliding doors with black leather pulls, and square tubular legs. Underside with "Knoll Associates 320 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022" paper label also bearing the Knoll Industries trademark. 27 1/4" H x 71 1/4" W x 18" D. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company's headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original Knoll office furniture. Condition: Overall good condition, top with minor light scratching, primarily along the front edge. [See more photos →]

Henry Chalfant (New York/California, b. 1940) color photograph printed on Kodak Professional Endura metallic paper titled "Campbell's Soup by Fred Brothwaite, 1980," depicting a subway train with graffiti of Campbell's soup cans. Signed, dated, and numbered "Henry Chalfant '80 1/9" lower right. Two Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, labels, en verso. Housed under plexiglass in a white shadowbox frame. Photograph: 11 3/4" H x 59 3/8" W. Sight: 17 1/8" H x 63 1/2" W. Framed: 17 1/8" H x 65" W x 2 1/4" D. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Biography: "Starting out as a sculptor in New York in the 1970s, Chalfant turned to photography and film to do an in-depth study of hip-hop culture and graffiti art. One of the foremost authorities on New York subway art, and other aspects of urban youth culture, his photographs record hundreds of ephemeral, original artworks that have long since vanished. His archive of over 1,500 photographs is represented exclusively by Eric Firestone Gallery, New York and East Hampton. He co-authored the definitive account of New York graffiti art, Subway Art (Holt Rinehart Winston, N.Y. 1984) and a sequel on the art form's world-wide diffusion, Spray Can Art (Thames and Hudson Inc. London, 1987). Chalfant co-produced the PBS documentary, Style Wars, the definitive documentary about Graffiti and Hip Hop culture and directed Flyin' Cut Sleeves, a documentary on South Bronx gangs, in 1993. He produced and directed Visit Palestine: Ten Days on the West Bank in 2002. His film From Mambo to Hip Hop was featured in the Latino Public Broadcasting series, Voces in 2006-2007, and won an Alma Award for Best Documentary." (source: The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Henry Chalfant: Art vs. Transit, 1977-1987, September 25, 2019 to March 8, 2020, exhibition press release). Condition: Overall very good condition. Not examined outside of frame. Frame with minor scuffs. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Native American Navajo sterling and turquoise jewelry items 1st item: Sterling silver squash blossom necklace with 10 blossoms, each featuring a unique shape of boulder turquoise, between double row silver beads and a naja with 5 unique shaped boulder turquoise. The necklace tests sterling and is unsigned. The necklace is 26" L and has a gross weight of 238.2 grams. 2nd item: Sterling silver cuff bracelet featuring a rectangular boulder turquoise. The cuff is marked "sterling" and signed "M". The bracelet is 7" and has a gross weight of 102.9 grams. 3rd item: Sterling silver ring featuring a rectangular boulder turquoise. The ring tests sterling and in unsigned. The ring is size 10 1/4 and has a gross weight of 30.19 grams. Gross weight of the lot is 371.29 grams. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: All pieces in good condition with overall general wear. [See more photos →]

Civil War era Sharps New Model 1863 breech-loading carbine, .52 caliber, serial number C. 20255 to tang. Top of barrel marked "SHARPS RIFLE/MANUFG CO./ HARTFORD CONN." before the rear sight and "NEW MODEL 1863" between the breechblock and the rear sight, rear sight marked "R.S. LAWRENCE/PATENTED/FEB 15TH 1859," left side of the receiver marked "C. SHARPS' PAT./Sept. 12th 1848," right side of lockplate marked "R.S. LAWRENCE PAT/APRIL 12TH 1859" and "C. SHARPS' PAT./OCT. 5TH 1852," left side of barrel before breechblock with "E.A.W" inspector mark, butt plate tang with "W" inspector mark. Walnut stock, round barrel, iron furniture, checkered hammer, slightly curved butt plate, blade front sight and folding rear ladder sight, sling bar and ring mounted on the left side of the receiver. Barrel length: 21 1/2". Overall length: 38 1/2". Manufactured circa 1863-65. Condition: Overall good condition. Action holds at half and full cock. Dings to stocks, with 9" horizontal scratch to right side of butt stock. Light pitting to metal, primarily to end of barrel, hammer, breechblock, and trigger guard tang. Visible rifling to bore. Fading, wear to marks. [See more photos →]

Set of twelve (12) Chinese export sterling silver wine goblets, with scrolling grapevine repousse decoration, eleven (11) goblets marked to the inside of foot ring YU CHANG STERLING. Together with one (1) goblet with identical decoration marked STERLING 925/1000 FINE. Eleven (11) goblets with script monogram MKS. Sterling marked goblet with presentation inscription reading POLO TOURNAMENT CAMP KNOX, KY 1922 – WON BY ELEVENTH INFANTRY CAPTAIN F. M. SMITH. 6 3/4" H. 58.98 total troy ounces. Note: The Yu Chang firm operated in Hong Kong and Shanghai circa 1900-1925. The Collection of Ann Hale-Smith, Rogersville, Tennessee. Condition: All goblets in overall good condition. 11 are monogrammed, 1 with presentation inscription. [See more photos →]

English fusee pocket watch, movement marked "R. Richards, N141, Liverpool, S F". Watch face having yellow gold striped ground with applied rose gold Roman numerals, two black metal markers, and a central flowering basket with rose gold highlights and leaf and shell border with rose gold highlights. Floral engraved balance cock marked "Detach'd".Ê Fusee movement with a chain drive, key wind, and key set, fitted with a protective dust cover. Housed in an 18K yellow gold case, possibly Duhme and Company of Cincinnati (formerly W. F. Doll Company, New York). The case with an engraved shield cartouche surrounded by scrolling foliate decorations against a checkered ground. The Interior of the case is twice stamped "D & CO K 18" with serial number 10250. Watch attached to one (1) gold-filled watch chain. The gross weight of the assembled watch is 133.8 grams. Provenance: The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Crystal, second hand, and key are not present. Dents, largest 1", to exterior of case. Stem is ornamental. Not functional at time of inspection. [See more photos →]

Roy Pace (Tennessee, 1911-2011) hand carved and painted Nativity Set, comprised of fourteen (14) pieces including one (1) manger with trumpeting angel, one (1) Mary kneeling over the infant Jesus, one (1) Joseph holding a lantern, three (3) wise men, three (3) camels, one (1) shepherd with staff, one (1) donkey, one (1) cow, and two (2) sheep. All figures and animals signed on the base and dated 1995, 1996, or 1998. All range in size from 4" H x 4 1/2" W to 18 3/4" H x 20 1/2" W. Condition: All pieces in overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Pair of Herend porcelain candelabra "vases a tete de Elephant," after the original Sevres design by Jean-Claude Duplessis. Each vase of baluster form with ruffled rim, the neck with applied figural elephant heads with trunks supporting two candle sockets above gilt handles, the bodies with polychrome painted foliate and bird cartouche decoration on blue grounds, and a pedestal base with four scrolled feet. 1st half 20th century blue Herend mark to the bases. Additionally impressed Herend mark along with C506. 16" H x 13 1/8" W x 6 1/2" D. The Estate of William Pursell, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: One vase overall very good condition. One vase with old repaired breaks to underside of both candle sockets, otherwise overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Red Grooms (American, b. 1937), London Bus, 3-D Lithograph Construction on BFK Rives, circa 1984, signed in pencil on top of bus and inscribed "For Rich and Sylvia / Very Best / Red Grooms". Mounted on a wood base and enclosed in a plexiglass case. Circa 1984. Edition of 63 with 5 AP, unnumbered. 12"H x 10"W x 4 1/2"D. Case 14"H x 12 1/2"W x 6 1/2"D. The Collection of Sylvia Roberts, Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall fading and some minor wear. [See more photos →]

Set of twelve (12) Chinese export sterling silver wine cups or sherbets, with scrolling grapevine repousse decoration. Inside of foot ring marked YU CHANG STERLING. 4" H. 47.28 total troy ounces. Note: The Yu Chang firm operated in Hong Kong and Shanghai circa 1900-1925. The Collection of Ann Hale-Smith, Rogersville, Tennessee. Condition: All overall very good condition. Monogrammed. [See more photos →]

Large Chinese cloisonne jardiniere or planter, of lobed or quatrefoil form with flowering branch, butterfly and bird decoration and ruyi head rim border on a turquoise ground. Base with remnants of a paper label and with inscriptions. Approx. 19" dia. x 11 1/2" H. Possibly late Qing dynasty, late 19th/early 20th century. The estate of a Vanderbilt University professor, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition with general use wear and losses, one small area of bruising, 1/4" upper shoulder near rim. [See more photos →]

Set of twelve (12) S. Kirk & Son sterling bread plates stamped en verso "S. Kirk & Son/Sterling/58". Not monogrammed. 6" dia. 37.980 total troy ounces. Condition: Overall good condition with light use wear, not monogrammed. [See more photos →]

Large archive of 100 plus items, including land grants signed by Tennessee Governors James K. Polk, Willie Blount, Joseph McMinn, and William Carroll, pertaining to John Davis (1770-1853), early surveyor and prominent land holder in Nashville, Tennessee and grandfather of Edward Dickson Hicks II (1831-1984), the founder of Historic Devon Farm. 1st item: Governor of Tennessee and later President James Knox Polk (1795-1849) signed land document, granting John Davis six hundred acres in Davidson County, TN, dated February 22, 1840. Note: James Polk was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He was the Speaker of the House of Representatives (1835-1839) and the ninth Governor of Tennessee (1839-1841). 2nd item: Governor of Tennessee Willie Blount (1768-1835) and Secretary William Grainger Blount (1784-1827) signed land document, granting Jesse Williams, assignee of John Deal, three hundred and twenty acres in Stewart County, TN, in consideration of Deal's military service, dated May 7, 1813. Note: Willie Blount was the third Governor of Tennessee, serving 1809-1815. Note: William Grainger Blount was the eldest son of William Blount, nephew of Governor Willie Blount. He practiced law in Knoxville and became the owner of Blount Mansion after serving three terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives. 3rd-5th items: Three (3) Governor of Tennessee Joseph McMinn (1758-1824) signed land documents, including one (1) granting Jonathan F. Robertson and John Davis, assignees of Edward Newman, six hundred and forty acres in Dickson County, TN, in consideration of Deal's military service, dated February 1, 1816, one (1) granting John Davis, assignee of Joshua Davis, fifty acres in Dickson County, TN, dated February 2, 1816, and one (1) granting John Davis, assignee of John Hayes, thirty acres in Humphreys County, TN, dated September 11, 1816. Note: Joseph McMinn was the fourth Governor of Tennessee, serving 1815-1821. 6th item: Governor of Tennessee William Carroll (1788-1844) signed land document, granting Peter Booth fifty acres in Davidson County, TN, dated August 17, 1825. Note: William Carroll was the fifth Governor of Tennessee and served twice, from 1821-1827 and again from 1829-1835. Biography: John Davis was born in Eastern North Carolina in 1770. By some accounts, he fought in the Revolutionary War as a teen. Other accounts say it was actually his father, Frederick Davis, who fought, securing the land grant that prompted 18 year old John Davis to strike out for what was then Davidson County, North Carolina. Davis fought Indians in the territory, doing battle at Buchanan Station in 1792, and worked as a Davidson County surveyor. He brought his entire family, including Frederick Davis and sister Ciddy Davis (who would marry the son of Nashville founding father James Robertson), to Davidson County. In 1798, he began a family of his own by marrying a Virginia-born girl, Dorcas Gleaves. One of their daughters, Nancy Davis, married Edward Dickson Hicks, but the young couple died not long after she gave birth to their son, Edward Dickson Hicks II. John and Dorcas Davis raised the child, and all the while, John Davis was surveying and amassing land. The property around their farm grew, as did the red brick home, and by the time of his death in 1853, Davis's legacy included more than 30,000 acres of land–and, according to his obituary, "an unspotted reputation for integrity and honesty, which was never questioned." 7th-21st items: Fifteen (15) land indentures and other documents, including copies, pertaining to property owned by John Davis of Davidson County, TN and others, one (1) signed by Andrew Ewing (1783-1813), the first County Court Clerk for the Cumberland Territory, dated circa 1797-1848. Note: "The office of Court Clerk was created in 1780 by the Cumberland Compact, the original articles of agreement signed by settlers who established Fort Nashborough. Andrew Ewing, a Revolutionary War veteran born in Pennsylvania, and who arrived in 1780 with John Donelson, was appointed as the first County Court Clerk for the Cumberland Territory. Ewing was reappointed in 1783 when Davidson County, North Carolina was established. During his tenure he set the precedence for transcribing the county's earliest legal proceedings, recording of all land deeds and transactions, wills, marriages, births, and deaths in the territory. He even transcribed some of Founder James Robertson's state documents. When Tennessee became a state in 1796, Ewing remained as County Court Clerk. He held the position until his death in 1813." (source: http://www.nashvilleclerk.com/about/history/). Also includes a large 100 plus item collection of clipped newspaper articles, publications, a scrapbook, and other ephemera items pertaining to Devon Farm, owned by seven generations of Davis-Hicks descendants, in Davidson County, TN. Individuals featured include Nashville photographer Otto Giers, his daughter, Hunter Giers, who married Edward Dickson Hicks IV, and Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, dated circa 1922-1976. (For additional biographical information regarding the Davis-Hicks-Giers family and Devon Farm, see: https://caseantiques.com/2016/06/279385/). Private Nashville Collection. Condition: 1st-21st: Overall good condition with toning, few documents with tears, areas of loss, largest 1" x 1". Governor signatures in clear, legible condition. Additional ephemera items with toning, tears, areas of loss, dampstaining, and general handling wear to be expected from age and manner of use. [See more photos →]

Civil War era Colt Army Model 1860 Revolver, .44 caliber, serial number 141028, all visible serial numbers matching. Barrel marked "Address Col. Saml Colt New-York U.S. America," left side of frame marked "Colts Patent," illegible rectangular cartouche, bottom of left stock, "D" inspector marks, left and right side of barrel, "H" inspector mark, top of frame near hammer. Walnut stocks, round barrel, naval scene engraving on cylinder, brass trigger guard and back strap, iron mounted, checkered hammer, standard front sight, loading lever. Also includes a copy of The Weisz Parts Portfolio, Arlington, VA, catalog, circa 1988. Colt housed in a red felt lined wooden case with a glass lid. Barrel length: 8". Overall length: 13 1/2". Case: 3" H x 17" W x 8 1/8" D. Serial number corresponds to year 1863. Provenance: The Estate of Kevin George Carle, Albemarle, NC. Condition: Overall good condition with light pepper pitting to metal, primarily to end of barrel, normal storage dings to stocks. Action holds at half and full cock. Visible rifling to barrel. Naval engraving is visible. Includes two keys to case. Wedge is jammed. [See more photos →]

1795 United States Flowing Hair 90% silver dollar, designed by Robert Scot (Scottish-American, 1745-1823). Depicts a bust of Liberty with her hair flowing behind her, surrounded by fifteen, six-pointed stars with lettering reading “LIBERTY” above and the date “1795,” below, obverse, an eagle with outstretched wings surrounded by a wreath with two leaves beneath each wing. Lettering reading “HUNDRED CENTS ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT,” with decorations to edge. 40mm dia. .860 total troy ounces. Condition: VF-20 Very Fine [See more photos →]

Carroll Cloar (Tennessee, 1913-1993) large signed graphite drawing on paper, doublesided, the first side depicting a smiling man wearing a hat and seated on a wooden crate, with three figures in the background. Titled lower left "Stevedore in Guayaquil, Ecuador" and signed "Carroll Cloar" lower right. Sketches en verso of a young girl. Float mounted and housed in a textured giltwood frame. Sheet: 40 1/2" H x 26 1/2" W. Framed: 50 3/8" H x 36 1/4" W. Likely one of Cloar's drawings from his travels in South America, circa late 1940s. Provenance: the Collection of Sylvia Roberts, Nashville, TN, formerly in the collection of Dr. Benjamin Caldwell of Nashville; acquired Brunk Auctions, May 20, 2006, lot 508. Biography: Carroll Cloar was known for incorporating nostalgic images from his Southern childhood, often merged with dreamlike motifs, into powerful magic realist scenes, and 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, CloarÕs 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. (Source: The Johnson Collection/Memphis Brooks Museum of Art). Condition: Overall good condition. Perimeter of paper with creasing, minor scattered losses and very slight tears visible lower edge and left margin. Losses to paper upper left corner. Some minor brown specks, left mid section. [See more photos →]

Southern Sheraton walnut and cherry work or sugar table, poplar secondary. Walnut hinged top having a convex square center panel revealing a shallow well with a lapped wooden bottom, two dovetailed lower drawers with cherry fronts, two side panels having square convex panels like the top, and a back inset panel. Case resting on turned legs. Underside of upper drawer with a checkerboard shaded in pencil. 30 1/4"H x 20 7/8" x 20 5/8". Possibly Tennessee, second quarter of the 19th century. The collection of Dr. Robert and Diana Marsh, Lawrenceville, Georgia. Condition: Overall very good condition with older refinish. Lock missing to shallow well. Top drawer has a circular plug near a faux escutcheon, splits to right convex panel. [See more photos →]

Hand painted French folding room screen, comprised of four wood panels having figural landscape cartouche decoration to the centers against a blue and gilt gothic arch and fleur de lis backdrop, the opposing sides painted in matching blue with each panel having a giltwood frame. 75" H x 87" W (each panel 21 3/4" W). 19th century. Provenance: the estate of Edith (Edie) M. Bass, Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from her parents, Walter Paul McBride and Claire Childs of Lake Forest, Illinois. Note: Mrs. Bass's mother, Claire Childs, was the daughter of C. Frederick Childs (1875-1955), founder of the C.F. Childs & Co. Securities Co. Mr. Childs was the first dealer of U.S. Government Securities. His offices in Chicago and New York were across the street from the Federal Reserve in each city and his trading office was located at One Wall Street. Edie McBride Bass attended Miss Porter's School and graduated from Vassar. She married Jack Maddin Bass of Nashville, Tennessee, whose father owned J.M. Bass and Co., one Nashville's first securities firms. Edie served numerous charitable institutions in Nashville. She was a Lifetime Trustee of Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and the Ensworth School, and served on the Board of Miss Porter's School. She was a driving force in establishing fund raising for the Swan Ball, The Land Trust of Tennessee, and the M.S. Society. Condition: Overall good condition with some scattered craquelure to paint surface and some scattered areas of light paint exfoliation. Hinges are replacements. [See more photos →]

Kirk & Son sterling flatware including Repousse and Rose patterns. 1st set: 84 pieces S. Kirk and Son Repousse pattern sterling silver flatware, including 8 dinner knives (8 7/8" L), 8 dinner forks (7 1/4" L), 14 salad forks (6 1/4" L), 8 teaspoons (5 7/8" L), 12 five o'clock teaspoons (5 5/8" L), 12 demitasse spoons, 8 iced tea spoons, 4 round bowl cream soup spoons, 1 mayonnaise ladle, 1 gravy ladle, 1 pair of sugar tongs, 1 two-tine butter pick, and 6 flat handle butter spreaders. 2nd set: 12 Rose pattern dinner knives (9 5/8" L). Some pieces with script monogram "JCS". 96 total pieces. 72.375 total weighable troy ounces. The Collection of Ann Hale-Smith, Rogersville, Tennessee. Condition: All items in overall good condition with normal surface scratches. 1 teaspoon with dent to bowl. Few pieces with disposal damage to reverse of handles or bowls. [See more photos →]

22 pieces of Bowling Green, Kentucky coin silver marked for James McClure, Philip Valenti, and W.C. Smith, including 1 knife and 1 shovel spoon, 23 items total. 1st-15th items: 3 tablespoons or serving spoons, 1 butter knife, and 11 teaspoons, all with fiddle swell handles with incuse mark MCCLURE & VALENTI for James McClure and Philip Valenti, in partnership c. 1867 (note teaspoons are of 3 different sizes ranging from 5 1/8" to 6"L). 16th-17th items: 2 Fiddle Tipt handled teaspoons stamped J MCCLURE in rectangle for James McClure, working Bowling Green 1840s-1881. 18th-22nd items: 2 dessert spoons, 2 teaspoons, and 1 shovel spoon, all with incuse marks W.C. SMITH BOWLING GREEN for Walter C. Smith, working Bowling Green circa 1846-circa 1858. Also includes 1 teaspoon with fiddle swell handle with incuse mark DUHME & CO for Duhme and Company (Cincinnati, 1842-1888). Ranging in size from 5 1/4" to 9" L. Combined weight: 15.93 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Most items very good condition with some minor denting to bowls and scattered wear to tips of bowls. 1/2" tear to bowl on 1 McClure & Valenti tablespoon. 1 McClure & Valenti teaspoon has a repaired tear to bowl. 1 Smith teaspoon has a very deep 1/2" dent to bowl. Duhme & Co teaspoon with disposal damage to handle. Most with varying monograms. [See more photos →]

Persian Heriz rug, wool on cotton. Ivory, red and dark blue central medallion on a diamond red field with foliate decoration, flanked by ivory and red spandrels, red foliate border. 8' 1" x 11' 4". Late 1930's or early 1940's. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition, some fringe loss to both ends, some replaced edge bindings. [See more photos →]

Anton Weiss (Tennessee/Arkansas, born 1936) abstract acrylic on canvas painting titled "Residual I" depicting a multicolored wash in shades of red, brown, blue, yellow, grey, and black, against a white background. Signed and dated "Anton Weiss 87" lower right. Nashville, TN All-State Art Exhibition, 1987 identification tag with a handwritten "W," possibly indicating that the painting won an award, and typed artist biography, en verso of canvas, titled, en verso of stretcher. Float mounted in a wooden frame. Canvas: 36" square. Framed: 38" square. Provenance: Art Collection of former Watkins College of Art; proceeds benefit scholarship endowment for students in the new Watkins College of Art at Belmont University. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Louis Edward Jones (Tennessee, 1878-1958) oil on board landscape painting depicting the Great Smoky Mountains beneath a hazy sky. Signed and dated "L.E. Jones 1940," lower center. Additionally signed and dated en verso of board. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight: 8" H x 10" W. Framed: 9 3/4" H x 12" W. Provenance: Private Arkansas Collection. Note: Louis Jones was an impressionist painter originally from Woodstock, New York who established the Cliff Dwellers Studio in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition with areas of inpainting, largest 1/4", to trees, lower center, and sky, top left and right. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Kentucky coin silver mint julep cups, each marked T. AYRES in rectangle for Thomas Ayres, working Danville, 1823-1857. One cup is monogrammed DLC, the other is not monogrammed. Both measure 3 3/8" H, combined weight 9.56 oz troy. Note: Thomas Ayres, son of one of Kentucky's earliest silversmiths, Samuel Ayres, worked in Danville, Kentucky and later in Keokuk, Iowa before returning to Danville in 1861-c.1870. Marquis Boltinghouse attributes the T. AYRES mark in rectangle, along with an eagle pseudo hallmark that is not present on these cups, to his 1823-1857 period of residence (ref. "Silversmiths of Kentucky" pp. 297-298). The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Both with some scratching (especially the monogrammed cup), but in overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Kenneth Webb (Ireland/England, b. 1927) oil on board Irish landscape painting depicting the mountain Croagh Patrick (The Holy Mountain) in County Mayo, with a body of water and and small village foreground. Initial signed lower right. Additionally signed and titled en verso "Kenneth Webb, 3 Kilmakee Park, Gilnahirk, Belfast" and "Croagh Patric Co. Mayo". Housed in a carved and ebonized wood frame with a gilt wood liner. Sight: 15 1/2" H x 19 1/2" W. Framed: 21 7/8" H x 26" W. Provenance: Estate of Ruth T. Simpson, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Previously in the collection of Douglas Kearny Valldejuli, a past president of the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Bequeathed to Ruth T. Simpson. Additional biographical information on Valldejuli available to winning bidder upon request. Note: Croagh Patrick, which overlooks Clew Bay in County Mayo, is considered the holiest mountain in Ireland. The tradition of pilgrimage to this holy mountain stretches back over 5,000 years from the Stone Age to the present day without interruption. Its religious significance dates back to the time of the pagans, when people are thought to have gathered here to celebrate the beginning of harvest season. Croagh Patrick is renowned for its Patrician Pilgrimage in honour of Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saint. It was on the summit of the mountain that Saint Patrick fasted for forty days in 441 AD and the custom has been faithfully handed down from generation to generation (Courtesy of Croagh Patrick Visitor Centre). Condition: Painting overall very good condition with one area of minor paint touch up to lower right quadrant of approx. 1/8" x 3/8". Frame with minor scattered abrasions. [See more photos →]

American fan back windsor armchair, Mid Atlantic or New England. Curved crest rail with nine (9) back spindles intersected by a center rail terminating in flattened curved handholds. Arms supported by vase-turned balusters and short spindles. Wide oval shaped seat transitioning into ring and vase leg turnings and tapered turned feet. Legs having side and medial bulbous turned stretcher supports. Underside with traces of green paint and Davis inventory label (F-161). 35 1/2" H x 23 1/8" W x 17" D. Late 18th century. Provenance: The estate of Charles K. Davis, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from his father, Charles K. Davis of Fairfield, CT, purchased from E. B. Lagrange. Note: Charles Krum Davis Sr. (1889-1968) was chairman of the Remington Arms Company, and a passionate early collector of Americana. With the help of a few important dealers, primarily Israel Sack, Davis built what has been called one of the most important private collections of early Americana. His home was profiled in the Magazine Antiques, January and March, 1941. Much of Mr. Davis Sr.'s collection ultimately went to Winterthur and other museums. Condition: Overall very good condition with an older refinish. Traces of the original green paint to underside. [See more photos →]

English mahogany 8-Day longcase or tall case by John Pickford (working 1814 – 1851), dial signed "John Pickford, Liverpool". 8 day brass movement. Broken scroll arched pediment with brass ball and spire finials, center ball with bird finial, reverse painted glass tympanum above an arched hood door, flanked by integral reeded columns, moon painted clock face having floral and geometric spandrals, with hour and minute hands and Roman numerals along with minute and date dials. Flame mahogany waist section with molded rectangular swag decoration to the door, flanked by reeded columns above applied molded rectangular decoration with cut corners flanked by molded diamonds, ogee waist molding above the box base having canted sides, shaped skirt and French feet. Brass pendulum and works, retains one weight. 100" H x 24 1/4" W x 9 7/8" D. 19th century. The estate of a Vanderbilt University professor, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Case and clock face overall good condition with expected general wear including abrasions and veneer chips. Minute and date dials missing hands. Rear feet with loss of height. Top right back case corner with losses. Retains one weight. Works not tested or guaranteed. [See more photos →]

Clarence Holbrook Carter (Ohio/New Jersey, 1904-2000) watercolor on paper landscape painting depicting trees with little to no leaves in a field, the foremost tree with a small red bird house at the top, beneath a cloudy grey sky. Signed and dated "Clarence H. Carter 36" lower right. Housed and triple matted under glass in a wooden frame. Sight: 14" H x 21 1/4" W. Framed: 21 1/4" H x 29" W. The Estate of David G. Leach Jr., Vonore, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition with toning, slight waviness to sheet. Not examined outside of frame. Frame with abrasions, largest 1 1/2". [See more photos →]

13 S. Kirk & Son Repousse sterling silver hollowware items, including 1 bon bon bowl and 12 bread and butter plates, all with hand chased foliate borders. Maker's marks, STERLING, and numerals stamped to underside of bases. Not monogrammed. Ranging in size from 1/4" H x 6 1/4" dia and 2 3/8" H x 9 3/4" dia. 61.86 total troy ounces. The estate of J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: All items in overall good condition with normal surface scratches. [See more photos →]

Caio Fonseca (New York, born 1959) aquatint and mixed media artist's proof titled "Seven String Etching, No. 10" depicting abstract black shapes and red and blue dots and lines against a light brown background. Labeled "AP 11" in pencil, lower left under plate, signed and dated "2001" in pencil, lower right under plate. Typed paper label, en verso. Housed under plexiglass and matted in a wooden frame. Plate: 17 1/2" H x 12 1/2" W. Sight: 19" H x 13 1/2" W. Framed: 28 3/4" H x 22 5/8" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. Not examined outside of frame. [See more photos →]

Native American sterling silver (tested), large turquoise and leather concho belt, comprised of ten (10) Conchos or links total including five (5) large multicolor turquoise stones and five (5) smaller squash blossom links with inset matching turquoise, all attached to a wide black leather belt. Unsigned. 48" L with a gross weight of 1984.9 grams. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall good condition with evidence of normal use wear. [See more photos →]

Burnside Contract Model 1865 Spencer Repeating Carbine, .52 caliber, serial number 32550 to rear of the frame near the hammer. Top flat of receiver marked "MODEL/1865/SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE/PAT'D MARCH 6, 1860/MANUF 'D AT PROV. R. I./BY BURNSIDE RIFLE Co." butt plate tang with "W" inspector mark, top of butt stock near butt plate tang with "J.H.C" inspector mark, left side of hammer with "O" inspector marks, left side of frame near hammer with "P" inspector mark, patch box with "B" inspector mark, faded inspector cartouches to left side of butt stock behind sling bar and underside of forearm. Walnut stocks, round barrel, iron furniture, slightly curved butt plate with patchbox, modified raised brass blade front sight and rear sight with sliding "V" notch elevation bar, sling bar and ring mounted on the left side of the receiver, single sling swivel at the bottom of butt stock. Barrel length: 20". Overall length: 37. Manufactured in 1865. Condition: Overall good condition. Action holds at half and full cock. Dings to stocks with 1/4" gouge to left side of butt stock. Minute losses to stocks, primarily to forearm near barrel band, wrist near sling bar, and butt stock near butt plate. Dings and some pitting to metal, primarily to end of barrel, trigger guard, sling ring, and butt plate. Some rusting to rear sight and sling swivel. Bore is dirty with visible rifling. [See more photos →]

Douglas Denniston (Arizona, 1921-2004) oil on canvas painting titled "The Pink Quilt" depicting a nude brunette woman reclining in a chair covered by a pink quilt, a blue shawl draped over her torso and left arm. Signed and dated "Denniston '64" lower right. Eric Firestone Gallery, Scottsdale and Tucson, AZ paper label, en verso. Housed in a wooden frame. Sight: 33 1/2" H x 45 1/2" W. Framed: 35" H x 46 3/4" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Note: Additional documentation included with the work indicates it was exhibited in an exhibition titled "Douglas Denniston" at the University of Arizona Art Gallery in 1965. Biography: Douglas Denniston studied painting with Raymond Jonson and co-founded the Transcendental Painting Group with Emil Bistrram in 1938. In 1945 he came to New Mexico and became involved in the Santa Fe/Taos Art Movement. His work during this period was mainly abstract. By the 1950s, when he began a teaching position at the University of Arizona, he began working in a more representational style. His work has been exhibited at MOMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Butler Institute of American Art. Condition: Overall very good with light craquelure. Minor areas of paint rubbing, largest 2", to edges of canvas. [See more photos →]

1st item: Jacques de Villon (French, 1875-1963) aquatint etching after a painting by Pablo Picasso (Spain/France, 1881-1973) titled "Mother and Child," originally painted in 1901, Chalcographie de Louvre edition. Depicts a seated woman in a blue robe, kissing the forehead of a child in a white night shirt. Signed "Picasso" center left in the plate. Chalcographie de Louvre blindstamp, lower center below plate. Housed and matted under plexiglass in a gilt wood frame. Plate: 25 3/4" H x 16 3/4" W. Sight: 29 1/2" H x 20" W. Framed: 37 1/2" H x 29 3/4" W. 2nd item: Jacques de Villon (French, 1875-1963) aquatint etching after a painting by Amedeo Modigliani (French, 1884-1920) titled "L'Itallienne" or "Gypsy Woman with Baby," originally painted in 1919, Chalcographie de Louvre edition. Depicts a seated woman with short dark hair, holding a baby wrapped in a navy blue blanket. Labeled "Modigliani Pinxt," "Chalcographie de Louvre," and "Jacques Villon Sct," lower left, center, and right in the plate, below image. Watkins Institute of Art Collection, Belmont University, Nashville, TN labels, en verso. Housed and matted under plexiglass in a wooden frame. Plate: 19 1/2" H x 12 1/8" W. Sight: 21" H x 13 1/2" W. Framed: 31" H x 22 1/2" W. Provenance: Art Collection of former Watkins College of Art; proceeds benefit scholarship endowment for students in the new Watkins College of Art at Belmont University. Note: In 1920, the artist Jacques de Villon was commissioned by the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune to create aquatint engravings based on the canvases of several important painters including Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso, and even Villon himself, "for the purpose of promoting Impressionism and supporting contemporary creation. … No photomechanical processes were used in this project and the resulting prints are miracles of the engraver's art." (Orozco,p. 16). Villon employed a painstaking and time consuming 18th century color engraving method using three and sometimes four plates to complete the final proof, in an effort to create a final print as true as possible to the original painting. After the original run of about 200 prints (plus several artist proofs) for the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, these plates were acquired by the Chalcographie du Louvre, which reissued an unknown number of the Villon prints in the mid 20th century, prior to Villon's death. For an excellent explanation of Villon's process as well as a detailed catalog of his prints, refer to Miguel Orozco, "The Prints of Jacques Villon Vol. 1" https://www.academia.edu/42703372/The_prints_of_Jacques_Villon_Vol_1_Interpretation_works Condition: Both overall good condition. Not examined outside of frame. [See more photos →]

Assembled set of twelve (12) Kentucky coin silver teaspoons, all marked BLANCHARD in rectangles for Asa Blanchard, working Lexington, c. 1808-1838 (this mark used c. 1820-1838; ref Boultinghouse, Marquis. Silversmiths of Kentucky, 1785-1900, p. 299 fig. 29E.). All 5 3/8" L, combined weight 5.04 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: No monograms; 1 or more monograms possibly removed. Some marks worn. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Kentucky coin silver julep cups or beakers, each having molded rim and footrings, one with additional beading at rim and footring, tapered bodies, underside with incuse marks MCDANNOLD for George W. McDannold, working Mt. Sterling, Winchester and Covington, Kentucky, 1829-1863. One has engraved inscription reading "J.P. Gouley." 3 5/8" H x 3 1/4" dia. 15.480 total troy ounces. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: All items in overall good condition with surface scratches, dents, largest 3/4". Possible repair to rim or cup with beaded trim. [See more photos →]

Louis Edward Jones (Tennessee, 1878-1958), "A Burst of Sunlight in the Smokies," impressionistic oil on canvas board landscape painting depicting a road leading into the Great Smoky Mountains, with a grove of trees in early autumn foliage in the foreground, and cloudy gray sky overhead. Signed and dated "L. E. Jones 1953" lower left. Titled, signed, and dated, en verso of board. Housed in a wooden frame with gilt trim. Sight: 9 5/8" H x 11 5/8" W. Framed: 13 1/2" H x 15 1/2" W. Note: Jones was an Impressionist painter from Woodstock, New York and established the Cliff Dwellers studio in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Private Washington, DC area collection. Consignor's great uncle purchased directly from the artist. Condition: Overall good condition with a couple of minute paint touch ups (visible under UV light), less than 1/16" diameter in the upper middle part of painting. [See more photos →]

Set of twelve (12) Steiff sterling silver water goblets, numbered 0801 with Steiff hallmarks on the base. No monograms. 6 1/2" H. 69.06 total troy ounces. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Bimal Dasgupta (India/Europe, 1917-1995) abstract oil on canvas painting in shades of black, yellow, blue, green, brown, and off white, rendered in a heavy impasto technique. Signed and dated "B. Dasgupta 61" top left. Unframed, secured to stretcher. 35 1/2" H x 47 1/2" W. Provenance: Private Chattanooga collection. Bimal Dasgupta (1917-1995) was born in Bengal and joined Calcutta's College of Arts and Crafts in 1937. His studies were interrupted by the war, but he continued to apply his talent as the assistant director of art for Victory magazine. After the war, he worked at the Dhoomimal Art Gallery and for advertising agencies. He eventually went on to teach at the College of Art in New Delhi for 14 years. While spending six-moths in Europe on a scholarship to study fine art, he was introduced to cubism and abstract forms for the first time. This experience ultimately transformed Dasgupta's style from classical landscapes to abstract expressionism, a manner he continued to paint in for the expanse of his career. Bimal Dasgupta was was honored by the Sahitya Kala Parishad in New Delhi in 1972 and made a fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi in 1989. Information courtesy of the Drishyakala Art Museum in New Delhi, India. Private Chattanooga, TN collection. Condition: Overall grime and wear to surface of painting. Craquelure, areas of exfoliation/paint loss predominately in left upper quadrant, largest 2" (does affect signature). [See more photos →]

Pair of late Qing Dynasty quatrefoil moon flask porcelain vases, modified as lamps; each with yellow ground and Famille Rose floral and geometric decoration to neck and sides; central vignettes outlined with blue fret design, finely enameled with opposing decoration of rooster and chicken in landscape to one side and plainer birds in landscape to reverse side; iron red figural Chilong style dragon handles to each side; mounted atop carved and pierced hardwood stand affixed to black and gold marble oval base. Later lamp hardware and Chinese style finials. Vases: 7" H (8 3/8" including stands) x 4" W x 2 1/2" D. Overall Lamps from bottom of vase to top of finials: 21" H. Provenance: private Middle Tennessee collection, has been in the family since the early 1900s. Condition: Bottoms likely drilled. Hairline at top of one vase where metal lamp support joins rim. Other lamp has roughness to design at foot where wood stand is affixed, suggesting possible repair. Finials are later and do not match. [See more photos →]

Ladies Platinum filigree brooch featuring a mine cut diamond approximately 1.23 carats, Clarity-I1, Apparent Clarity-SI1 (fracture filling present), Color-K. 6 accent single cut diamonds approximately 0.10 carats, Clarity-SI2, Color-I. The brooch tests platinum and is 2 1/2" L. Gross weight of the brooch is 8.69 grams. The Estate of William Pursell, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: The center diamond has been enhanced by fracture filling. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Kentucky coin silver mint julep cups with reeded rims, incuse marks on underside H.McC for Hugh McConaghy, working Danville, KY c. 1870. Cups range in size from 2 3/4" to 3 3/4" H. Combined weight 6.92 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Overall excellent condition with no monograms or inscriptions. A few tiny dents and scratches. [See more photos →]

Carl Sublett (Tennessee, 1919-2008) watercolor on paper landscape painting titled "Wintered Ridge #178" depicting a ridge with snow and brown grass beneath a cloudy grey and blue sky. Signed "Carl Sublett," lower right. Housed and matted under plexiglass in a wooden frame. Sight: 26 3/4" H x 34 3/4" W. Framed: 35 1/4" H x 42 3/4" W. Note: This painting was included in the Carl Sublett Exhibition, at the James K. Polk Center, Tennessee State Museum, in Nashville, TN, held February 15-May 6, 1984, and is pictured in the exhibition catalog on page 35. Biography: Carl Sublett studied Art History at the American Academy in Florence, Italy, after serving as a sergeant in World War II. He moved to Knoxville in 1954 where he studied with Kermit Ewing and eventually became a Professor of Fine Art at the University of Tennessee. Sublett was a founding member of the art group, The Knoxville Seven, a progressive group working from 1955-1965, which produced some of the first abstract expressionist art in Tennessee. In 1982 he retired from teaching and in 1984, he opened the Sublett Gallery in Knoxville. In 1991, "The Unseen Carl Sublett" was the first exhibit at the new Knoxville Museum of Art (built on the site of the 1982 World's Fair). Sublett won numerous awards for his paintings and 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, Nashville. (Source: The Tennessee Arts Commission). Condition: Overall good condition, L-shaped scratch to surface of watercolor in center of the frame approximately 5" long. Not examined outside of frame. Frame with minor abrasions. [See more photos →]

American Federal card table, likely Massachusetts, mahogany with tiger maple veneer and white pine secondary. Rectangular top with ovolo corners over a conforming tiger maple veneered skirt with mahogany cross banding; square tapering legs with inlaid cuffs over double tapering. 29 3/4" H x 36" W x 17 3/4" D. Circa 1800-1810. The estate of J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition. Older refinish, small patch and crack to top leaf near hinge, dowel in top, tiger maple veneer on fly leg plinth block replaced. [See more photos →]

Sterling Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) abstract oil on board landscape painting depicting a suburban neighborhood partially obscured by large flowering trees with a black cat passing by, beneath a cloudy sky, rendered in a heavy impasto technique. Signed and dated "Strauser 79" lower left. Housed in a wooden frame with faint gilt trim. Sight: 21 1/2" H x 27 1/2" W. Framed: 24 3/4" H x 30 1/2" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. Board is slightly loose in frame. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Hasui Kawase (Japanese, 1883-1957) shin hanga color woodblock prints, published by Wanatabe Shozaburo, Tokyo, circa 1946-1957. 1st item: Woodblock print titled "Ikegami Honmon-ji (Ikegami Honmonji Temple)" depicting a winter scene of two women, a child, and a monk walking away from the Buddhist temple of the Nichiren Shu south of Tokyo, erected where Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist priest and philosopher of the Kamakura period, is said to have died. Black Hasui signature with a red Kawase seal, lower right, black 6mm Watanabe seal, lower left, additional black character ink stamps, lower left and right of image. 2nd item: Woodblock print titled "Itsukushima no Yuki (Snow at Itsukushima)" depicting a winter scene of the torii at Itsukushima Shrine, a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima). Black Hasui signature with a red Kawase seal and a black 6mm Watanabe seal, lower left, additional black character ink stamps, lower left of image. Both items hinged mounted to an off white mat. Images ranging in size from 9 5/8" H x 14 1/2" W to 14 1/2" H x 9 5/8" W. Sheets ranging in size from 10 3/4" H x 15 5/8" W to 15 5/8" H x 10 3/4" W. Mat: 19" H x 13 1/8" W. Condition: Both items in overall good condition with toning, unframed. 1st item: 1 3/4" tear, top right of sheet (does not affect image). 2nd item: Two small round holes, top left and right of sheet (does not affect image). [See more photos →]

Henry Chalfant (New York/California, born 1940) color photograph on Kodak Professional Endura metallic paper titled "2Mane TNT, Seen Tc5, 1981," depicting a subway train with graffiti of stylized letters and cartoon characters. Signed, dated, and numbered "Henry Chalfant '82 1/9," lower right. Eric Firestone Gallery, New York label, en verso. Housed under plexiglass in a white shadowbox frame. Photograph: 8 7/8" H x 59 3/4" W. Sight: 12 7/8" H x 63 1/2" W. Framed: 14 1/2" H x 65" W x 2 1/8" D. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Biography: "Starting out as a sculptor in New York in the 1970s, Chalfant turned to photography and film to do an in-depth study of hip-hop culture and graffiti art. One of the foremost authorities on New York subway art, and other aspects of urban youth culture, his photographs record hundreds of ephemeral, original artworks that have long since vanished. His archive of over 1,500 photographs is represented exclusively by Eric Firestone Gallery, New York and East Hampton. He co-authored the definitive account of New York graffiti art, Subway Art (Holt Rinehart Winston, N.Y. 1984) and a sequel on the art form's world-wide diffusion, Spray Can Art (Thames and Hudson Inc. London, 1987). Chalfant co-produced the PBS documentary, Style Wars, the definitive documentary about Graffiti and Hip Hop culture and directed Flyin' Cut Sleeves, a documentary on South Bronx gangs, in 1993. He produced and directed Visit Palestine: Ten Days on the West Bank in 2002. His film From Mambo to Hip Hop was featured in the Latino Public Broadcasting series, Voces in 2006-2007, and won an Alma Award for Best Documentary." (source: The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Henry Chalfant: Art vs. Transit, 1977-1987, September 25, 2019 to March 8, 2020, exhibition press release). Condition: Overall very good condition. Not examined outside of frame. [See more photos →]

Very large Native American Cherokee rivercane basket, waste or storage basket form, woven in the Chief's Daughters pattern with alternating walnut dyed weavers. Maker unknown but retains the string from the original Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual tag. 19 1/2" H x approx. 17" W. Provenance: Purchased by the original owners in the 1970's directly from the Cherokee/Qualla Arts reservation. Private East Tennessee collection. Condition: Overall very good condition with general wear. [See more photos →]

Governor of Tennessee Samuel Houston (1793-1863) signed land document, granting Andrew A. Brown fifty acres in Dixon County "…on the Beavor[sic] Dam fork of Turnbull Creek…," dated October 20, 1827, No. 296. 15" H x 12" W. Note: Sam Houston's term as Tennessee governor lasted from 1827 until 1829, when he resigned and moved to Texas. Houston later became the President of Texas and its Governor. He is the only person in American History to be elected governor of two states by popular vote. descended in a Middle Tennessee family to current consignor. Condition: Overall good condition with toning/acid burn, scattered foxing spots, areas of dampstaining, largest 3 1/4" x 3 1/2". Tears, largest 1", to fold lines. Houston signature in overall good, legible signature, slightly affected by dampstaining. [See more photos →]

Four (4) framed collections of various preserved butterflies, approximately 200 mostly English, housed in three (3) shadowbox frames and one (1) regular frame. One framed stamped "Watkins & Doncaster 116 Park View Road Welling, Kent, England" en verso and the smaller with Asian paper label en verso. Frames: 35" H x 23 1/4" W, 18" square and 22" H x 10" W. All specimens late 19th/early 20th century. The estate of a Vanderbilt University professor, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition. Largest case with a few specimens missing. [See more photos →]

Chinese ceramic flask, Tang or Tang style, flattened ovoid form on tall splayed foot with narrow neck, animal form handles, both sides with molded mask decoration, three-color crackle glaze with splashes of green, blue, and amber on buff ground. 8 1/8"H x 8" W x 4 3/4"D. Condition: Overall very good condition. Minor glaze chipping to foot, tiny chip to rim, 3/8" chip to one animal handle. [See more photos →]

Framed Chinese Republic period Famille Rose porcelain plaque with polychrome figural landscape decoration depicting a scholar seated beneath a pine tree with his student who is greeting a dog. Plaque initialed en verso and numbered in pencil "2". Housed in a custom hardwood frame with brass hanger. 15" H x 9 3/4" W. Framed: 24" H x 18 3/4" W. 20th century. The Collection of Ann Hale-Smith, Rogersville, Tennessee. Condition: Plaque in overall very good condition. Hardwood frame with shrinkage, some areas of repair to wooden shrinkage cracks. [See more photos →]

Italian Fratelli Cacchione, Milan Art Deco style sterling silver vase, having a convex shaped body with a partially scalloped rim extending to a swirling gadrooned decoration. Gold sticker reading "MADE IN ITALY," with FC, 925, star-38-MI, STERLING, and rampant lion stamped to underside of base. 11 3/4" H x 10 3/8" W. 60.260 total troy ounces. The Estate of Ira Lipman, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition with surface scratches to lower body. [See more photos →]

75 pieces assorted sterling silver flatware and hollowware, including: 39 Towle pieces, including 1 baby mug inscribed "Ruth", 12 dinner knives, 12 dinner forks, and 12 teaspoons, monogrammed with script "ALC", 1 Old Colonial pattern cream ladle, with faint gilt wash to bowl inscribed "Pharmacy", monogrammed "K.U.", and 1 Enid, also known as Chatelaine, pattern master butter knife, monogrammed with script "A.L.C."; 7 Reed and Barton pieces, including 1 baby mug, inscribed "Lindsey" and 6 Athenian pattern teaspoons, monogrammed with script "S"; 6 Wendell Manufacturing Company Junior Rococo also known as Mauser, pattern forks, monogrammed with script "G"; 6 Mechanics Sterling Company teaspoons, inscribed with script "Cone"; 5 Gorham pieces, including 4 Lancaster pattern pieces, 2 dessert/oval soup spoons, monogrammed with script "E.M J", 1 tablespoon, and 1 pierced tablespoon spoon, and 1 Strasbourg pattern salad serving spoon, monogrammed with script "C"; 5 Dominick and Haff flat handled butter spreaders, monogrammed with script "ALC"; 2 piece Heirloom Reigning Beauty pattern baby fork and spoon set; 1 J.B. and S.M. Knowles Lexington, also known as Mount Vernon, pattern small chipped beef fork, monogrammed with script "S"; 1 Whiting Manufacturing Company Holly pattern pierced bon bon spoon; 1 Howard Sterling Company York pattern large chipped beef fork, monogrammed with script "J"; and 2 piece miniature salt and pepper shaker set, unknown maker. All items stamped Sterling. Ranging in size from 2" to 8 3/4" L. 72.29 total weighable troy ounces. Condition: All items in overall good condition with normal surface wear. Baby mugs with dents, largest 1/2". Disposal wear to bowls of 2 Reed and Barton teaspoons. Disposal wear to handles, bowl, and tines of baby set. Bent to tine of Knowles fork. Salt and pepper shakers with dents, largest 1/4". [See more photos →]

Newcomb College matte glaze art pottery vase or cachepot with low relief trees, moss and full moon decoration in colors of blue, green and cream. Base with impressed Newcomb cipher, date code for 1933 (UI75) and impressed initial mark for the decorator Sarah (Sadie) Agnes Estelle Irvine. Includes a handwritten note from a relative of the consignor stating that this piece was given to her while she was stationed at the Marine Hospital in New Orleans and was made by a relative of one of her patients, LA, circa 1937. 3 3/4" H x 5" dia. Note: All proceeds to benefit Our PLACE Adult Day Center, in Tellico Village, Loudon, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. Very slight scattered glaze scuffs, visible with magnification. Interior with light overall craquelure. [See more photos →]

Pal Kepenyes (Hungary, Mexico, b.1926) brass sculpture depicting a standing male warrior wearing a lion mask with glass eyes and embossed armor with owl and bird decoration, hold a staff with a lion's head tip. Signed on the bottom of the feet "Pal Kepenyes" and "odE12". Fitted with a square wood display base. Sculpture: 39 1/2" H x 13 3/4" W. Base: 9 3/8" H x 12 7/8" W x 12 7/8" D. Provenance: the estate of Camille Gift, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Sculpture overall very good conditon. Base with general wear and scratching to top. [See more photos →]

William and Mary Early oak ladderback armchair with ring and ball turned stiles, arched ladderback slats, losenge front stretchers and lower arm supports, flat shaped arm rests, pronounced ring and ball finials, front feet with lower ring turnings resembling feet pads. Old varnish with traces of old red paint. 49 1/2" H x 24 3/4" W x 18 1/2" D. New England, early 18th century. Provenance: The estate of Charles K. Davis, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from his father, Charles K. Davis of Fairfield, CT. Purchased from E.B. LaGrange, Wilton, CT., Aug. 1, 1939. Note: Charles Krum Davis Sr. (1889-1968) was chairman of the Remington Arms Company, and a passionate early collector of Americana. With the help of a few important dealers, primarily Israel Sack, Davis assembled what has been called one of the most important private collections of early Americana. His home was profiled in the Magazine Antiques, January and March, 1941. Much of Mr. Davis Sr.'s collection ultimately went to Winterthur and other museums. Condition: Top arched slat with old loss, left arm rest may be a 19th century replacement. Rush seat is an old replacement. [See more photos →]

Jorge Fick (New Mexico, 1932-2004) abstract acrylic on paper painting. Untitled abstract work depicting an off white geometric shape against a brown background. Signed "J. Fick" lower right. Eric Firestone Gallery, Scottsdale and Tucson, AZ paper label, en verso. Housed under plexiglass in a white wooden frame. Sight: 29 3/8" H x 21 3/4" W. Framed: 40 3/4" H x 32 1/4" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Biography: Detroit native Jorge Fick attended Cass Technical School, the Art School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, the Mexican Art School in Guadalajara, Mexico and Black Mountain College in Asheville, NC, where he earned a BFA. His work was heavily influenced by his mentor Franz Kline, who introduced him to Abstract Expressionism, with whom he shared a studio in New York. In 1958, Fick moved to Santa Fe, NM where he and his wife, a ceramic artist, were active in the art community. He exhibited widely throughout the 1960s in American galleries and museums. His work is part of several permanent collections, such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe; the Phoenix Art Museum; and Smith College Museum of Art, as well as the Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center. Condition: Overall good condition with slight waviness to paper. Not examined outside of frames. 1st item: Some debris under plexiglass, plexiglass slightly loose in frame. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Native American Mississippian Culture Quapaw polychrome pottery items including a water bottle and jar, both with red and white polychrome decoration. Jar: 7 1/4" H x 5" W. Water bottle: 8 3/4" H x 5 1/2" W. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Both pieces with overall general wear and losses to paint decoration. Jar with scattered chipping to the rim. Bottle with a few fleabites to rim and upper shoulder. [See more photos →]

Archive of thirty (30) items pertaining to the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, held in Nashville, TN, May 1-October 31, 1897, 31 items total. 1st-22nd items: Twenty-two (22) Tennessee Centennial Exposition related souvenir items, including eleven (11) postcards and photographic images (ranging in size from 3 3/8" x 8" H), four (4) cranberry cut glass items (ranging in size from 2 1/4" to 3 3/4" H), three (3) spoons (ranging in size from 4 3/8 to 6" L), one (1) H. G. Lipscomb and Company razor blade (closed: 6 1/4" L, opened: 9 1/2" L), two (2) coins/medallions, including one (1) depicting the "Giant See-Saw," (ranging in size from 1 1/4" to 3" dia.), and one (1) plaque comprised of a colored print under glass (12" dia.). 23rd item: THE OFFICIAL CATALOGUE OF THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, U.S.A., MAY 1ST TO OCTOBER 31ST, 1897, published by Burch, Hinton, and Company, Nashville, 1897. Softcover octavo rebound in red cloth hardcovers, 215 pages with front and back advertisements. 9 1/4" H x 6 3/8" W x 7/8" D. 24th item: TENNESSEE EXPOSITION FINE ART CATALOGUE, published by the Press of the Bandon Company, Nashville, 1897. Softcover 12mo, 266 pages with photographic illustrations. 7 3/8" H x 5 1/2" W x 3/4" D. 25th item: ART ALBUM OF THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, HELD AT NASHVILLE, MAY 1 TO OCTOBER 31, 1897, photographs by W. G. and A. J. Thuss, published by Marshall and Bruce Company, Nashville, 1898. Oblong hardcover quarto. 9 3/4" H x 12 3/4" W x 1 1/8" D. 26th item: REPORT ON THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT AT THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, NASHVILLE, 1897, printed by The Government Printing Office, Washington, 1901. Hardcover octavo, 188 pages. 9 3/8" H x 6 1/8" W x 1" D. 27th item: Author Signed and Inscribed IMAGES OF AMERICA: TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL NASHVILLE 1897, by Bobby Lawrence, published by Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, 1998. Softcover octavo, 128 pages. Author ink inscription reads "To: Jim Brown I hope that you enjoy this book on the World's Fair held in Nashville in 1897. Thanks a lot for your support & writing the letter–in support of the Exposition Festival. I appreciate your friendship. Bobby Lawrence 5-4-99" to half title page. 9 3/8" H x 6 5/8" W x 1/2" D. 28th-29th item: Two (2) copies of THE TENNESSEE HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, including one (1) including Fall 2018, Volume LXXVII, Number 3, and one (1) Winter 2019, Volume LXXVIII, Number 4, published by the Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville. Softcover octavos. Fall 2018 copy includes articles pertaining to books and the artist J. Trousdale Haden related to the Nashville Exposition. Both approximately 11 1/8" H x 8 5/8" W x 1/4" D. 30th item: THE NASHVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT booklet. Oblong softcover octavo. 6 1/4" H x 9 1/2" W x 1/4" D. 31st item: Reprint of ART ALBUM OF THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, HELD AT NASHVILLE, MAY 1 TO OCTOBER 31, 1897, photographs by W. G. and A. J. Thuss, originally published by Marshall and Bruce Company, Nashville, 1898, reprinted circa 1975. Oblong hardcover quarto. Includes dust jacket. 9 1/2" H x 12 1/2" W x 1" D. Private Nashville Collection. Condition: All items in overall good condition. 19th century books with expected wear to covers, areas of loss, tears, foxing spots, dampstaining, toning/acid burn, to be expected from age and manner of use. 24th item: Title page is not present. 30th item: Covers and title page are not present. Majority of pages separated from stapled binding. 31st item: Front flap to dust jacket is separated from front panel, foxing spots and tears to dust jacket. [See more photos →]

Coca Cola figural police crossing guard advertising sign, depicting a life sized cut out metal figure of a smiling policeman wearing a blue uniform, directing traffic with a yellow sign reading SLOW SCHOOL ZONE, reverse has the red Coca Cola button sign and glass Coca Cola bottle, mounted onto a circular Coca Cola black iron base. 62 3/4" H x 30 1/4" W. Circa 1950's. Private Southern Collection. Condition: Fading to paint, wear and areas of oxidation throughout. [See more photos →]

Leo Blake (American, 1887-1976) oil on board maritime painting titled "Harbor Scene" depicting several boats moored at docks, additional buildings visible in the background beneath a hazy blue sky. Signed "Leo B Blake" lower right. Three paper labels, including a Blake Studios, Berkshire, MA label, en verso of board. Housed in a white painted wooden frame with faint gilt trim. Sight: 15 1/2" H x 17 1/2" W. Framed: 19 1/2" H x 21 1/2" W. Provenance: the estate of Earl and Annette Bruhn of Chicago, close friends of the late artist. Three other lots of work by Blake from the same estate are also being sold in this auction. Biography: Leo B. Blake studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1908-1912, and began his career in illustration and commercial art. In 1933, he relocated to New England and set up a studio in the Berkshires, where he focused on painting landscapes and taught classes, including at Williams College (1937-1941) and the Berkshire Museum (1943-1953). Blake was a member of numerous organizations including the Pittsfield Art League (where he served as president), the North Shore Arts Association, the Illinois Academy of Fine Arts, and the American Artists Professional League. He exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the Salmagundi Club, and the Berkshire Museum. Condition: Overall very good condition. Frame with minor areas of loss, largest 1/4", to white paint. [See more photos →]

Louis Edward Jones (Tennessee, 1878-1958) impressionistic oil on board landscape painting depicting a group of trees with red and yellow autumn foliage at the base of a Smoky Mountain range, beneath a partly cloudy blue sky. Signed "Louis E. Jones" lower right. Housed in a wooden frame. Sight: 11 3/4" H x 13 3/4" W. Framed: 15 1/2" H x 17 1/2" W. Note: Jones was an Impressionist painter from Woodstock, New York and established the Cliff Dwellers studio in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Private Washington, DC area collection. Consignor's great uncle purchased directly from the artist. Condition: Overall very good condition with a couple of minute paint touch ups (visible under UV light) less than 1/16" diameter. Dirt accretions, primarily to sky quadrant. Slight gap between board and frame across the top edge. [See more photos →]

Diminutive George III mahogany and mahogany veneer chest on chest, pine secondary. Top with ogee bracket cornice with dentil molding above an inlaid mahogany frieze; two half-length drawers over three full length graduated dovetailed and cockbeaded drawers with brass pulls, flanked by canted corners with vertical contrasting dark and light inlay. Base with medial molding above three graduated dovetailed and cockbeaded drawers with brass bail pulls, resting on tall bracket feet with scrolled returns. 73 1/8" H x 41" W x 20 1/2" D. English or Scottish, early 19th century. The Estate of William Pursell, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition with older refinish, some wear and losses to wood with some wood shrinkage noted. A few drawer runners have been built up. Front right repair to one foot facing. [See more photos →]

Set of twelve (12) Kentucky coin silver forks, all with fiddle thread handles marked POINDEXTER, incuse, for William P. Poindexter, active Lexington, 1818-1859. All with script monogram P on front. 6 7/8" L. Combined weight 15.99 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: A couple of tines slightly bent, some wear to marks, overall excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Fifty (50) pieces Kirk Repousse pattern sterling silver flatware, including ten (10) dinner knives (8: 9" L, 2: 9 3/4" L), seven (7) still in plastic wrap; two (2) dinner forks (7 7/8" L), one (1) still in plastic wrap; nine (9) teaspoons (5 7/8" L), eight (8) still in plastic wrap; eight (8) place forks, five (5) still in plastic wrap; ten (10) salad forks, seven (7) still in plastic wrap; seven (7) place spoons, five (5) still in plastic wrap; one (1) lemon fork; two (2) shell berry/casserole spoons; and one (1) pie server. Not monogrammed. 55.745 total weighable troy ounces. Condition: All items out of plastic wrap in overall good condition with light surface scratches. Items in plastic wrap in new condition. [See more photos →]

Governor of Tennessee Samuel Houston (1793-1863) signed land document, granting Andrew A. Brown fifty acres in Dixon County "…on the pounding mile fork of [Beaver Dam Creek]…," dated October 20, 1827, No. 295. 15" H x 12" W. Note: Sam Houston's term as Tennessee governor lasted from 1827 until 1829, when he resigned and moved to Texas. Houston later became the President of Texas and its Governor. He is the only person in American History to be elected governor of two states by popular vote. Descended in a Middle Tennessee family to current consignor. Condition: Overall good condition with toning/acid burn, minute foxing spots. Tears, largest 2 3/4", to fold lines. Houston's signature in overall good, legible condition. [See more photos →]

Clyde Singer (Ohio, 1908-1999) oil on masonite board painting titled "Street Cleaner" depicting a man in a white suit and hat smoking a pipe and pushing a yellow broom cart down an empty city street. Signed "C. Singer" top right. Additional signature with date "1954" and inscription reading "White Wing" en verso of board. Typed 1988 auction label with artist's name and title with additional typed artist information label en verso of frame. Housed in a wooden frame with green and gilt painted trim. Sight: 11 1/8" H x 17 1/4" W. Framed: 15 1/2" H x 21 1/2" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition with light surface scratches, largest 2 3/4". Few errant blue paint marks, largest 3/4", to frame. [See more photos →]

Framed Southern watercolor theorem on velvet, depicting a display of fruit and floral sprig in urn, housed in the original mahogany veneer frame. Sight: 17 1/2" H x 21 1/4" W. Framed: 21 1/4" H x 25 1/4" W. 19th century. Provenance: descended in an old Williamson County, Tennessee family. Condition: Overall toning. Some scattered shattering/fraying noted to velvet. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Limited Edition Designer Pens, including Aurora, Delta, and Cartier. 1st item: Aurora Dante Alighieri fountain pen, numbered 1653 to cap, 18 karat yellow gold medium nib, dark green resin screw-one cap and barrel, vermeil bands engraved with laurel leaves, gold tone clip and top of cap with engraved image of Dante. Stamped number to cap, "AURORA" to center band, "18K/750/AURORA" and hallmarks to front of nib, "M" to reverse of nib. Includes green wooden presentation case with booklet, all housed in an exterior box. Fountain pen: opened: 6 1/2" L, closed: 5 1/4" L. Case: 2" H x 9 1/2" W x 7 7/8" D. Exterior box: 2" H x 9 5/8" W x 8" D. 2nd item: Delta Colosseum fountain pen, numbered 0792/1926, 18 karat two toned gold medium nib, orange marble resin barrel with black resin screw-on cap, sterling silver mounts, including center band with laurel leaf relief, clip with engraved leaves, and Delta logo emblem to top of cap. Stamped "DELTA/COLOSSEUM/ITALY" with number to barrel, "EDIZIONE 1996" to inlaid silver band on barrel, Delta logo with "DELTA/18K/750" and "M" to nib. Includes black suede presentation case and exterior boxes. Fountain pen: opened: 6 1/2" L, closed: 5 3/4" L. Case: 2 5/8" H x 8 1/8" W x 6" D. Exterior box: 1 3/4" H x 8 3/8" W x 6 1/4" D. 3rd item: Louis Cartier Composite Godron fountain pen, numbered 001105 to center trim band, 18 karat two toned gold medium nib with rhodium inlay, vertical pinstripe pattern to black resin screw-on cap and barrel with platinum bands, grip, and clip with Cartier logo, onyx cabochon stone to end cap. Stamped "CARTIER PARIS" to center band, "MADE IN FRANCE," "Ste C (diamond) L TF," and number to center trim band, gold sticker reading "M" to grip, Cartier logo with "18K 750" to nib. Includes a red leatherette presentation case and folder with paperwork. Fountain pen: opened: 5 3/4" L, closed: 6 1/2" L. Case: 1 1/4" H x 7 1/8" W x 3" D. Exterior box: 2" H x 7 1/2" W x 3 1/2" D. Private Middle Tennessee Collection. Condition: All items in overall good, gently used condition with light surface scratches. Nibs have been inked. Need to be cleaned. 1st & 2nd items: Does not include ink bottles. 2nd item: Some tarnish to silver trim. 3rd item: Gold sticker with fading. Boxes and paperwork are not original to pen. [See more photos →]

Victorian Sterling Silver Center Bowl or small Punch Bowl, circular form with spiral fluted repousse floral, scroll and cartouche decoration. Marked for London, 1894. Maker's mark partially worn but appears to be for George Maudsley Jackson. 6 1/4"H x 10" diameter. 27.38 oz troy. Provenance: Private Indiana collection; acquired from Estate Antiques, Charleston, SC; acquired from the estate of Edward Magawly Banon, Esq. (b. Broughall Castle, Ireland, 1868, d. Jacksonville, Florida, 1944). Note: This bowl is pictured on a table in the Living Room of Banon's home, in the book Notes on the Banon and Other Ancient Irish Families compiled by Mrs. Edward Magawly Banon and privately printed in 1947. Condition: Hallmarks worn; bowl in overall very good condition. 1/2" scratch to one center cartouche; deep pinpoint size dent to opposite cartouche. Some scratching and tiny dents to interior. Scattered minor tiny dents to exterior. No apparent monograms or monogram removals. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Kentucky coin silver julep cups, all with incuse marks G. SHARP JR DANVILLE KY for George Sharp Jr., working Danville circa 1857-late 1860s. One has beaded rim and monogram AGNES BRIGHT, one has beaded rim with no monogram, and the third has a molded rim and monogram S G CLARKSON. Heights differ for each cup and range from 3 1/2" to 3 1/4" H. Combined weight 15.17 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Cups in overall very good condition with scattered minor scratching and denting, largest is a 1/2" dent on Clarkson cup. Clarkson cup also has some pitting to interior. [See more photos →]

Ladies custom 18K white and yellow gold ring featuring an oval cabochon lapis lazuli approximately 10.54 carats accented by 3 round brilliant diamonds approximately 0.09 carats, Clarity-SI1, Color-H, and 2 round brillant natural sapphires. The ring is marked "18K" and is size 6. Gross weight of the ring is 14.91 grams. The Estate of William Pursell, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Lapis stone is loose in mounting. Otherwise good condition. [See more photos →]

Large Herend porcelain walking elephant, model # 5214, with hand painted blue fishnet decoration and gilt painted accents. Underside of feet with blue stamped factory mark and impressed model number. 10" H x 15" L. 20th century. The collection of Sherry Hastings, Paducah, KY. Condition: Overall excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Ed (Eddy) Mumma (Florida/Ohio, 1908-1986) Folk Art house paint on board painting depicting a woman with orange skin against an orange background, rendered in a heavy impasto technique. Unsigned. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight: 15 1/2" H x 11 1/2" W. Framed: 21" H x 17" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Condition: Overall good condition. Frame is not wired for hanging. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Van Briggle art pottery pieces. 1st item: Van Briggle art pottery jar with molded leaf design, pink ground glaze with green glazed rim. Early pre-1920 incised Van Briggle mark to the base together with other illegible marks. 4" H x 8" W. 2nd item: Van Briggle art pottery vase with molded Art Nouveau flower design, blue/green glaze. Early pre-1920 incised Van Briggle mark to the base together with "Van Briggle/Colo Spgs/711". 6" H x 8 1/4" W. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: 1st item: Light cracklure to glaze. Firing flaws to base including white discoloration. 2nd item: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Henry Moore (United Kingdom, 1898-1986) abstract color lithograph on Japon paper titled "Black Seated Figure on Orange Ground," numbered 125/180, from the Shelter Sketchbook portfolio, 1966. Depicts a seated human figure rendered in black and blue against an orange, red, and yellow background. Signed and dated "Moore 66." in backwards letter and numbers, in charcoal, lower left below image, numbered, in pencil, lower left under image, signed "Moore," in pencil, lower right. Float mounted under plexiglass in a silver metal frame. Sheet: 14 1/2" H x 12" W. Framed: 25 1/2" x 19 1/4" W. The Estate of David G. Leach Jr., Vonore, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Matthew Andrew Daly (Ohio, 1860-1937) impressionistic oil on board landscape paintings depicting scenic views of the province of Alberta, Canada. 1st item: Painting titled "Grey Day, Valley of 10 Peaks, Moraine Lake, Alb." depicting a still lake before a line of evergreen trees, the snow-covered Ten Peaks mountain range visible in the background beneath a light blue sky. Signed "MA. Daly" lower right. Titled, en verso. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight: 11 1/2" H x 14 1/2" W. Framed: 15" H x 18" W. 2nd item: Painting titled "Bow River, Banff Alberta Can" depicting the town of Banuff situated along the Bow River, Sulphur Mountain visible in the background against a cloudy blue sky. Initialed "M.A D" lower right. Titled, en verso. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight: 11 1/2" H x 14 1/2" W. Framed: 16 3/4" H x 19 3/4" W. Note: In addition to painting, Matthew Daly was also an artist for Rookwood Pottery, Cincinnati, OH, circa 1883-1903. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Condition: Both items in overall very good condition. 2nd item: Scattered areas of paint loss, largest 1/8", primarily to buildings. [See more photos →]

Large Eddie Beyuka (1920-2002) Zuni "Ogre" Katsina bolo consisting of silver with multi stone channel inlaid stones, attached to a braided leather tie with silver drum tips. Stamped on the back "EAB Zuni". 5 1/4" H. Circa 1970s-1980s. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: One coral inlaid stone missing below necklace. Some scratching noted to hair, left lower side. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Native American sterling silver and leather Concho belts. 1st item: Native American sterling silver and leather Concho belt comprised of ten (10) oval stamped sterling silver Conchos measuring 3 x 2 1/4" each and mounted onto a black leather belt. The Conchos test sterling, belt 55" L. Gross weight of the belt is 47.17 grams. 2nd item: Native American Navajo sterling silver (tested) Concho belt comprised of sixteen (16) Conchos, eight (8) oval and eight (8) bow tie shaped, all with stamped decoration with the oval links with central inset turquoise and mounted onto leather. Unsigned, 44" L. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall good condition. 1st iem: Nine of the conchos with felt added to the back. 2nd Item: Overall good condition with some general wear. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Pre-Historic Anasazi culture items including a water jar & jar with effigy handle.1st item: Anasazi culture black on white decorated pottery water jar or canteen with geometric decoration to the upper body, handles and neck. 5" H x 6 1/4" W. Circa 1200 – 1300 CE. 2nd item: Anasazi culture red on white decorated pottery water jar or pourer with animal head figural handle. 6" H. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: 1st item: One handle with old repair. Scattered wear and losses to jar and paint decoration. Some minute chipping to rim. 2nd item: Old hairline emanating from rim to lower body with some losses. Two other chips to rim, one with hairline. [See more photos →]

Ten (10) Keuffel & Esser (K&E) Slide Rules. 1st item: K&E 4061 Polyphase Duplex slide rule. Comprised of two-sided celluloid coated mahogany, with frameless glass cursor with plastic edges held together with metal screws, and L-shaped metal end pieces. Maker's marks and model number, front and top edge of cursor. Includes one (1) brown leather K & E case. Slide rule: 7 1/4" L. Case: 7 5/8" L. 2nd item: K&E 4061T Polyphase Duplex slide rule. Comprised of two-sided celluloid coated mahogany, with glass "clamshell" cursor in a brass frame, and L-shaped metal end pieces. Maker's marks and model number, front and top edge of cursor. Includes one (1) brown leather case. Slide rule: 7 1/4" L. Case: 7 5/8" L. 3rd item: K&E 4068 Duplex slide rule. Comprised of two-sided celluloid coated mahogany, with glass "clamshell" cursor in a brass frame, and metal end pieces. Maker's marks, front. Includes one (1) brown leather case. Slide rule: 9 7/8" L. Case: 10" L. 4th item: K&E 1747 5 Inch Mannheim slide rule. Comprised of one-sided celluloid coated mahogany, front, laminated paper label, back. Maker's marks, front. 5 1/2" L. 5th item: K&E 4087 T slide rule, duplex with Trig Scales. Comprised of two sided celluloid covered mahogany with metal framed glass cursor. Maker's marks and patent number, bottom of the base. Housed in a K & E leather case. Slide rule: 22 1/8" L. Case: 22 3/4" L. 6th item: K&E 4051 Mannheim slide rule, comprised of one sided celluloid covered mahogany with 2 metal framed glass cursors. Maker's marks and patent numbers, top. Housed in a K & E original leather case. Slide rule: 20 1/2" L. Case: 20 3/4" L. 7th item: Keuffel & Esser 4051 Mannheim slide rule, comprised of one sided celluloid covered mahogany with 1 metal framed cursor. Maker's marks, top. Housed in a black K & E early case. Slide rule: 20 1/2" L. Case: 20 3/4" L. 8th item: K&E 4051 Mannheim slide rule, comprised of one sided celluloid covered mahogany with metal framed cursor. Maker's mark to cursor. Housed in a black K & E early case. Slide rule: 20" L. Case: 20 3/4" L. 9th item: K&E 4051 Mannheim slide rule, comprised of one sided celluloid covered mahogany with brass-framed cursor. Maker's marks to cursor. Housed in a black K & E early case. Slide rule: 20" L. Case: 20 3/4" L. 10th item: Early Keuffel & Esser Mannheim slide rule, comprised of one sided celluloid covered mahogany with brass chiseled cursor. Maker's marks, top and cursor. Housed in a black K & E early case. Slide rule: 10 3/8" L. Case: 10 5/8" L. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. Condition: All items in overall good condition with wear to be expected from age and manner of use. Areas of tarnish to brass cursor frames and metal end pieces. 1st item: Edge of cursor with two 1/4" areas of loss to glass. 2nd item: Cursor with 3/4" x 7/8" area of loss to glass. 3rd item: Toning to celluloid. Case with wear, stitching is not present to one side. 4th item: Cursor is not present. Ink inscription from previous owner, back. [See more photos →]

Louis Vuitton Keepall 60 Bandouliere duffle bag, comprised of brown and tan monogram coated canvas with tan vachetta leather trim, dual rolled handles, and gold tone brass hardware. Zip closure with lock stamped "(registered) LOUIS VUITTON PARIS MADE IN FRANCE" at top opens to a brown canvas lined interior, interior brown leather tab stamped with date code "V.I. 8905", brown leather luggage tag and leather trim stamped "(registered) LOUIS VUITTON PARIS MADE IN FRANCE", leather trim additionally stamped "06", additional hardware stamped with logo "VL" or "LOUIS VUITTON". Includes one (1) removable adjustable shoulder strap stamped "(registered) LOUIS VUITTON" and one (1) handle strap stamped "(registered) LOUIS VUITTON PARIS MADE IN FRANCE". Overall with handles: 15 1/2" H x 24 1/4" W x 10 3/4" D. Shoulder strap: 40 1/2" L. Handle strap: 7/8" H x 2 5/8" W x 1" D. Date code corresponds to year 1989. Condition: Overall good, used condition. Some areas of wear, minor staining to canvas and leather trim. Areas of tarnish to hardware. Few areas of staining, largest 1 1/4" dia. [See more photos →]

Single wrought iron gate, manner of Samuel Yellin, with organic swirled design and bolt style latch. Possibly designed by James Philip Kerrigan, Jr. (1904-1958) founder of Kerrigan Iron Works in Nashville, TN. 69 3/4" H x 35" W. 20th century. 96 lbs. Provenance: the collection of Sherry Hastings, Paducah, KY, acquired in Tennessee. Note: James Philip Kerrigan, Jr. founded Kerrigan Iron Works in Nashville, TN in 1929. Kerrigan designed many of the gardens gates, exterior light fixtures and staircase, among other items, for Cheekwood Mansion located in Nashville. Condition: Overall very good condition with some light scattered oxidation. [See more photos →]

Henry Hammond Gallison (Massachusetts/Italy, 1850-1910) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a walking path winding through a field, a town and church steeple visible in the background beneath a cloudy sky. Signed "H H Gallison" lower right. Clara Combs Studio, Memphis, TN label with ink inscription of previous owner, en verso of frame. Housed in a giltwood frame with laurel leaf and lamb's tongue running patterns. Sight: 34 3/4" H x 44 1/2" W. Framed: 46" H x 55 1/2" W. Biography: Henry Gallison was born in Boston but traveled around the world where he painted and exhibited landscape scenes. He was a pupil of Yves Bonnefoy in Paris, and obtained awards for works exhibited in Turin, in the Salon of French Artists in Paris, for the Universal Exposition of 1900. Throughout his career, he depicted wide-reaching landscapes like this one that capture the expanse of his surroundings. The estate of David B. Person, Historic Burton Place, Holly Springs, Mississippi. Condition: Overall good condition with faint stretcher mark across top of canvas. Canvas has been relined. Two areas of repair, largest 7" x 8", visible en verso with corresponding areas of inpainting. Frame with areas of loss, largest 3/4" to gilt, age shrinkage. [See more photos →]

Civil War era Springfield Model 1863 Type II Rifle-Musket Dated 1864, .58 caliber with bayonet. Lock plate marked 1864 U.S. SPRINGFIELD with eagle logo and dated 1864, top of barrel dated 1864, V over P over eagle head proof mark, left side of barrel, two illegible cartouches, left side of lock plate. Walnut stocks, round barrel, metal frame, standard sights, checkered hammer, curved butt plate, ram rod, leather shoulder strap. Also includes a fitting bayonet, unmarked. Barrel length: 40". Overall length: 58". Bayonet: 20 3/4" L. Provenance: The Estate of Kevin George Carle, Albemarle, NC. Condition: Overall good condition with pepper pitting to metal, tarnish to lock plate, storage dings to stocks with areas of loss, largest 1 1/4", to underside of fore arm near ram rod. Action stiff but holds at full and half cock. Rifling visible to barrel. Bayonet with some minor pitting to surface. [See more photos →]

1939 Coca Cola salesman sample cooler manufactured by Kay Displays of New York. Retains the original sets of information cards below each lid, one showing each of the eight models available along with their specifications and the other featuring the various attributes of the cooler. Cooler: 10" H x 12" W x 7 1/4" D. Private Southern Collection. Condition: Cooler in original condition with expected surface wear and paint losses, some minor denting to top, lids do not close flush to case. [See more photos →]

18 pieces of coin silver attributed to Paris / Bourbon County, Kentucky coin silver by makers including Joseph Stephens, James and George Snyder, B.B. Marsh, Abraham Shire, and more. 1st-5th items: 5 teaspoons with fiddle handles stamped J STEPHENS in rectangle for Joseph Lawrence Stephens, working 1810-1820+ (d. 1848, Cynthiana). 6th item: Teaspoon with fiddle handle monogrammed WSB, stamped B.B. MARSH in rectangle for Benedict Beal Marsh, working Paris, Ky 1844-1857+. 7th-9th items: 3 dessert spoons with fiddle swell handles, one monogrammed T.C., all stamped A. SHIRE in rectangle with rounded edges for Abraham Shire, working Paris KY 1865-1900. 10th-11th items: 2 teaspoons with fiddle handles monogrammed THS, stamped ROBINSON in rectangle, possibly for Jacob Robinson, working Paris circa 1860. 12th item: Tablespoon or serving spoon with fiddle swell handle monogrammed JMH and stamped J & G SNYDER and PARIS KY in separate rectangles for James C. and George W. Snyder, working as partners in Paris from pre 1845-1848. 12th item: Salt ladle with oval fiddle handle stamped GS in rectangle, attributed to George Snyder, working Paris, 1803-1813. 14th-18th items: 5 teaspoons with fiddle tipt handles monogrammed SEG and stamped with incuse mark C or G SNYDER and COIN, possibly George Snyder. Ranging in size from 3 3/4" to 9 3/4" L. 10.12 oz troy combined weight. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: J. Stephens spoons: wear to tips of bowls, 2 spoons with small tears to bowls, all with some dents to bowls. B.B. Marsh spoon with wear to mark. Shire spoons: Good condition. J & G Snyder spoon: wear to tip of bowl, deep short scratch to bowl, generally very good condition. Salt ladle: very good condition. Snyder teaspoons: significant denting to bowl, one has short tear. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Frank Crawford (Francis) Penfold (New York/France, 1849-1921) impressionistic watercolor paintings, including one (1) depicting a sailboat sailing across tumultous waters beneath a stormy sky, signed and dated "Frank C. Penfild 1921," lower left; one (1) watercolor and graphite work depicting a man and a woman standing before a windmill, additional buildings visible in the background, signed and dated "Frank C. Penfold 1913," lower right; and one (1) depicting a group of seagulls flying across a still ocean, signed "F. C. Penfold," lower left. All with gilt placards reading "Frank Crawford Penfold/American Impressionist" affixed lower center of frames. All housed and matted under glass in giltwood frames. Sights ranging in size from 5 3/4" H x 8 1/8" W to 12" H x 15 3/4" W. Frames ranging in size from 14 1/2" H x 16 1/2" W to 21 3/4" H x 25 1/4" W. Biography: "Expatriate painter, Frank Penfold was the son of William Penfold, a portrait painter in Lockport and Buffalo, New York. Frank trained with his father in portraiture and later at the Academie Julian in Paris (1884). Frank Penfold was in France by 1879 and later had a home in Pont Aven, Brittany. He occasionally returned to Buffalo and in 1891, taught a class at the School of Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. He also helped in organizing the Municipal Art League in 1901." (source: Peter Hastings Falk, editor, "Who Was Who in American Art."). The estate of J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: All items in overall good condition. Not examined outside of frames. Smallest frame with areas of loss, largest 1/4", to gilt. [See more photos →]

Grouping of two (2) Chinese carved celadon jade items, including one (1) carved figural depicting an immortal holding a flowering fruit branch with a young child and horse at his side and feet and one (1) carved snuff bottle with raised dragon decoration to the body. Bottle: 3" H x 2 1/4" W. Figural: 3 1/4" H x 2 1/2" W. Both items Late 19th or Early 20th century. Provenance: the estate of Edith (Edie) M. Bass, Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from her parents, Walter Paul McBride and Claire Childs of Lake Forest, Illinois. Condition: Both items overall very good condition. Snuff bottle spoon detached from top and lodged in bottle. [See more photos →]

English George III mahogany inlaid demilune card or game table, satinwood cross banded top and interior edge, line inlaid skirt, inlaid square tapered legs. 29 1/4" H x 45" W x 21 5/8" D(closed). Late 18th/early 19th century. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition with general use wear. Some losses to line inlay on top and base of legs. Top leaf of table slightly warped. Rear left leg with losses to veneer and wood on inside edge. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Victorian rosewood side chairs.1st item: Victorian laminated rosewood side chair in the manner of Charles Baudouine, the crest pierced and carved with basket of flowers and cascading foliate designs to the seatback surround, the backs laminated and curved, tufted upholstered seatback and shaped upholstered seat, foliate carved knees and skirt. Cabriole legs and brass casters to all four feet. Burgundy floral damask upholstery. 38 1/2" H X 20" W X 18" D. Mid-19th century. 2nd item: Victorian laminated rosewood side chair in the manner of Belter, the crest pierced and carved with basket of flowers and cascading foliate and grape designs, the backs laminated and curved, tufted upholstered seatback and shaped upholstered seat, foliate carved knees and skirt. Cabriole legs with brass casters to front feet. Blue floral damask upholstery. 37 1/4" H X 18 1/2" W X 17" D. Mid-19th century. The estate of David B. Person, Historic Burton Place, Holly Springs, Mississippi. Condition: 1st item: Overall good condition with light general wear, some scattered wood shrinkage noted. Glued break to back leg reinforced with old screw. 2nd item: Back of chair with vertical split, screws added to stabilize, overall general use wear, scattered wood shrinkage. Wood infill and repair to carved scroll on left side of lower crest. [See more photos →]

Large Eddie Beyuka (1920-2002) Zuni "Ogre" Katsina bolo comprised of silver with multi stone channel inlay, attached to a braided leather tie with silver drum tips. Stamped on the back "EAB Zuni". 5 1/4"H. Circa 1970's-1980's. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Slight bending to knife blade, otherwise overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Mississippian Culture Quapaw polychrome water bottle with incised, relief and painted swirled designs. 8 1/4" H. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Old break repair to rim and overall general expected wear. [See more photos →]

English stitched leather figural footstool in the shape of a hippo, feet fitted with copper button caps. Attributed to Dmitri Omersa. 13" H x 24" L. 4th quarter 20th century. The estate of a Vanderbilt University professor, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition with general expected wear. Does not retain the original label. [See more photos →]

Three (3) decorative vanity or dresser items, including one (1) Moser perfume bottle and two (2) gilt covered opaline and cranberry glass boxes. 1st item: Moser glass perfume bottle with low bulbous body, having eight cranberry glass panels to clear ground with hand painted gilt scrolling foliate designs, includes a nine sided pointed stopper with repeated gilt decorations. Unmarked. 6 1/2" H x 5 1/4" dia. 2nd item: Cranberry glass and gilt bronze filigree overlay box, rectangular form with a hinged lid, escutcheon, and two handles, above four pierced feet. Unmarked. 4 1/4" H x 4 1/4" W x 3 1/4" W. 3rd item: Opaline clear translucent glass box, rectangular form with a hinged lid and bronze mounts. Unmarked. 4 1/4" H x 4 1/4" W x 3 1/4" D. All items late 19th/early 20th century. Condition: All items in overall good condition. 3rd item: Lid does not close all the way. [See more photos →]

Group of five (5) of Christensen Agate Company marbles, including two (2) Guinea marbles, one (1) clear base and one (1) cobalt base, both with multi-colored surfaces; three (3) flame pattern, two of yellow and green, one of orange and black. All with single seams. All ranging from 5/8" dia. to 3/4" dia. 1st half 20th century. Provenance: Formerly owned and collected by Ruth Spradling, East TN. Condition: All marbles with evidence of light use wear. [See more photos →]

Geoffrey Lewis (Oregon/California, 1928-2005) oil on board maritime painting depicting three sailors hanging on to the side of a sailboat in an attempt to keep her from being tossed by turbulent waves beneath a stormy grey sky. Faintly signed and dated "Geoffrey Lewis 74" lower right. Housed in a giltwood frame with black trim and off white fabric liner. Sight: 29 1/2" square. Framed: 39 1/2" square. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition with craquelure, primarily to center quadrant. 2 3/4" stain to lower left of liner. [See more photos →]

Waterman, France Boucheron Signe Edson Limited Edition Fountain Pen, numbered 1860 to top of clip, 18 karat yellow gold medium nib, royal blue transparent resin with 18 karat filigree arched overlay to barrel and grip, gold tone snap-on cap held by three gold tone spring-loaded studs, gold tone clip and clip band with blue resin inlays. Stamped "FRANCE" and number to left and right of clip, Boucheron logo to bottom of cap, "WATERMAN" and "BOUCHERON" with hallmark to center band, hallmarks to overlay, Waterman logo with "18K 750" to front of nib, "M" to reverse of nib, additional hallmarks to band below nib. Includes a blue leatherette case with a lower slide drawer containing blue and black cartridges, booklet and blank lifetime guarantee card, all housed in an exterior box. Fountain pen: opened: 6 1/4" L, closed: 6" L. Case: 2 1/2" H x 9 3/4" W x 8 1/4" D. Exterior box: 2 3/4" H x 10 1/4" W x 9 1/8" D. Private Middle Tennessee Collection. Condition: Fountain pen in overall good, gently used condition with light surface scratches. Nib has been inked. Needs to be cleaned. Case with light wear. Exterior box with light wear, mildew/foxing spots to interior. [See more photos →]

Assembled set of eight (8) Kentucky coin silver tablespoons or serving spoons attributed to Asa Blanchard, working Lexington, c. 1808-1838. Includes 4 with plain fiddle handles marked A BLANCHARD in rectangles; 2 with reverse tipt handles marked A BLANCHARD in rectangles; and 2 with reverse tipt handles and incuse mark BLANCHARD. All approximately 8 3/4" L, combined weight 12.97 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: All with some minor dents to bowls; one bowl has signficant denting. One spoon has repair to handle. All with varying degrees of loss to bowl ends. Various monograms. Some marks worn. [See more photos →]

Pair of Napoleon III marble urn form candelabra, attributed to Henri Picard, Paris, with gilt bronze floral and figural mounts. Each comprised of two white marble urns, each surmounted by three gilt bronze arms modeled as leaves and flowers with petal shaped candle cups, with mermaid caryatid handles and gilt bronze acanthus pedestal feet. Each is mounted on a stepped marble base with four circular gilt bronze feet. 16 3/4" H x 9" W. French, third quarter 19th century. Note: Fondeur and Doreur Henri Picard was in business by 1831 in Paris. His firm supplied objects to Emperor Napoleon III's apartments at the Louvre and was known for its fine quality bronzes and tableware. The Estate of James W. Perkins, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition with very light scattered wear and light scattered oxidation. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Lagoon Pearl Bracelets by Mikimoto. 1st item: Ladies 14K pearl bracelet Blue Lagoon by Mikimoto featuring twenty-four (24) cultured pearls approximately 6.5 to 6.6mm each, well rounded with medium nacre. The clasp is marked "585" and "BL F" The bracelet is 7" L and has a gross weight of 10.72 grams. 2nd item: Ladies Sterling silver pearl bracelet Blue Lagoon by Mikimoto featuring twenty-three (23) cultured pearls approximately 6.7 to 7.0mm, rounded, medium nacre. The clasp is marked "925 BL" and the bracelet is 6 1/2" L. Gross weight of the bracelet is 13.82 grams. Condition: Both items overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Continental Neoclassical silver hot water kettle on stand. Comprised of scrolled handle with rosette medallion, domed lid, and acanthus overlaid spout. Body with band of floral scroll decoration having child masks at front and back, engraved lower body simulating ribbing, circular foot with Greek key banding, and cast gadrooned band decoration to shoulder and foot ring, resting on a stand with four scrolling legs with acanthus leaf, scroll and shell decoration. Fitted with bone insulators. Foot of kettle with illegible hallmark. Stand marked "760". 75.750 total troy ounces. Note: Kettle tests 90% silver purity. Probably Northern Europe, early to mid 19th century. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Kettle overall good condition with light surface wear. Monogrammed to one side. One bone insulator missing. Kettle tests 90% silver purity. [See more photos →]

Kentucky coin silver mint julep cup with flaring molded rim and foot ring, monogram McC, stamped on bottom S. S. CUTLER & CO. in rectangle, attributed to Lexington, circa 1840s. 3 3/4" H, 4.88 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Overall good condition. A couple of tiny minor dents, overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

William McEvoy (Ireland, 1858-1891) oil on canvas painting depicting an angler on the banks of a winding river with cattle on the shoreline foreground with a mountainous landscape background. Signed "W. McEvoy" lower right. Housed in a gilt rococo style frame. Sight: 17 1/4" H x 31 1/2" W. Framed: 24 1/2" H x 38 1/2" W. Condition: Painting overall very good condition with scattered light losses in upper right margin and scattered touch up to the sky area visible in black light photos, wax-resin lining. Frame with scattered minor wear. [See more photos →]

Egyptian Revival Gilt Bronze Mounted Bookcase or Curio Display Cabinet on Stand, mahogany, three piece construction. Triangular pediment with ormolu acanthus and scroll mounts, over two glazed doors with gilt bronze banding, enclosing two fixed glass shelves against a mirrored back with glass sides, the doors flanked by caryatids, supported on a dovetail-constructed base section with open back and sides, front caryatid columns and a plinth base with gilt bronze front ornamentation, all atop four gilded bun feet. Interior fitted with light. 81"H x 52 1/2"W x 19 1/2"D. Probably Continental, early 20th century. Private Nashville Collection. Condition: Overall very good condition. 1" repair to wood section above and below one glass door, scattered shrinkage and minor abrasions, some minor and hard to spot veneer chips and repairs to plinth (largest loss is 1"L, on side near back edge/foot). Gilt bronze anthemion on pediment has become detached from the rest of the ornament but is retained. [See more photos →]

Six (6) Peti Clements (Alabama, 1911-1999) Black Americana folk art acrylic on board paintings, including one (1) titled "Dinner on the Ground", "General Store", "Jones Grocery", "Sunning Quilts", "Last Short Round", and "Jump on the Broom" each depicting African African figures engaged in various scenes of everyday Southern rural life, including a wedding scene. All signed "Peti Clements" lower left. Additionally signed with titles and dates, en verso of frame. All housed in similar wooden frames. Sights approximately 4 1/2" H x 5 1/2" W. Frames approximately 6 1/2" H x 7 1/2" W. Circa 1982-85. Note: A female, African American folk artist, Peti Clements was raised on a rural Alabama farm and many of her paintings depict scenes of her early everyday life. Her work is represented in the permanent collection of the Tennessee Valley Art Museum, Tuscumbia, AL. Condition: All items in overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Native American Navajo sterling silver and green/blue turquoise squash blossom necklace comprised of twelve (12) silver and turquoise blossoms mounted onto a double row of silver beads and a central silver naja featuring turquoise. Marked STERLING, unsigned. Together with a pair of sterling and turquoise matching squash blossom dangle earrings featuring green/blue turquoise. The earrings test sterling and are unsigned. The necklace is 28" L and has a gross weight of 280.8 grams. The earrings are 2 1/4" L x 1" W and have a gross weight of 27.8 grams. Gross weight of the lot is 308.6 grams. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: All items in overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

TYPUS GENERALIS UKRAINAE SIVE PALATINATUUM PODOLIAE, KIOVIENSIS ET BRACZLAVIENSIS TERRA NOVA DELINEATIONE EXHIBENS, engraved by Jan Jansson, based on Guillaume La Vasseur de Beauplan's map, published by Moses Pitt, Amsterdam, circa 1685. Copperplate engraving on laid paper with hand coloring map of Ukraine, divided into provinces, with surrounding regions and other areas of interest identified in Latin text. Decorative title cartouche with a coat of arms flanked by four men, top left, scale of miles and legend cartouches, top right and lower left. Surrounded by scale notations yellow line border. Two pages of Latin text, en verso. Unframed. Image: 16 1/2" H x 21" W. Plate: 17" H x 21 5/8" W. Sheet: 20 1/4" H x 23 5/8" W. Note: Pitt's map is one of the earliest maps to include the name Ukraine in the title of a printed map, following shortly after the Treaty of Zboriv in 1649. Condition: Overall good condition with scattered minute foxing spots, 1" x 4" area of dampstaining, top center of sheet (does not affect image). 3/4" area of loss top right edge of sheet. 2 1/4" x 3/4" area of white archival tape, visible top right en verso. 1" tear to overlapping pages, visible en verso. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Asian bronze items. 1st item: Asian bronze censer comprised of a pierced lid having a figural foo dog finial, an orb-shaped body with shaped handles, above tripodal legs with figural elephant knees, all mounted on a pierced and footed circular base. 13" H x 5" dia. Prob. Japanese, Late 19th/early 20th century. 2nd item: Southeast Asian gilt bronze buddha, depicted with a flame aura behind his crowned head and seated in the Vajrayana pose atop a double lotus base. 9 1/2" H x 5 1/2" W. 20th century. 3rd item: Bronze Buddha depicted seated in the Bhumisparsha position. 7 1/4" H x 5 3/4" W x 3 1/2" D. Late 19th/Early 20th century. The Estate of Elizabeth Chalfant, Nashville, TN. Condition: 1st item: Horizontal stress cracks to two of the four feet, one almost the entire width of foot, otherwise overall good condition. 2nd item: Overall good condition with light wear to gilt. 3rd item: Remnants of old gilt, heave wear to bronze with scattered areas of pitting. Wood base insert present but not intact, with old label remnants. [See more photos →]

Pair Chinese Cloisonne garlic bulb "candelabra" vases having turquoise grounds with scrolling foliate decoration and a total of five spouts. The bases with impressed four character Chia Ch'ing mark. 11 3/4" H x 7 1/2" W. 20th century. The estate of a Vanderbilt University professor, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Both overall very good condition. One with a couple scattered areas of slight pitting to the lower body. One vase with craquelure line to the rim. [See more photos →]

Tiffany & Company travel clock, comprised of a pink guilloche enameled and gilt silver-mounted case with a white enamel dial with black numerals, silver batons, and gilt decoration and marked "Tiffany & Co.", with ball feet. Fitted with Swiss Geneva Clock Company works. Back of case with engraved three letter monogram and base stamped "Argent 0.935 TLC monogram and 96 44". Retains the original winding key. 2" H x 1 3/8" W. The Estate of Elizabeth Chalfant, Nashville, TN. Condition: Fleabites to lower edge of the crystal, Tiffany letters worn on dial. Not functional at the time of inspection. [See more photos →]

Ladies 14K yellow gold omega style necklace. The necklace is marked "14K" and "Italy". The necklace is 21" L with a 2" L extender. Gross weight of the necklace is 31.21 grams. The Estate of Alice Wright Summers Hale, Rogersville, TN. Condition: Overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Edouard Bisson (France, 1856-1939) reverse painting on concave glass depicting an ethereal young brunette woman with her arms above her head, holding a sea shell in her right hand, draped in silk with flowers at her feet. Signed and dated "Edouard Bisson 99" lower right. F. Ginet, Grenoble, France label, en verso of frame backing. Housed in a gilt wood frame with reeded running pattern. Image: 10 1/4" H x 6 3/4" W. Framed: 15 3/4" H x 12 1/2" D. Provenance: private Southern collection. Condition: Overall very good condition with 1/8" area of paint loss, lower right near flower. Frame with areas of loss, largest 1", natural age shrinkage. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Carl Sublett (Tennessee, 1919-2008) artworks. 1st item: Watercolor on paper painting titled "Vergura Schoolhouse" depicting a white school house with rust colored shutters, portico, and roof, with a bell tower, against a line of trees and a mountain range beneath a grey and blue late afternoon sky. Sight "Sublett" lower right. Collector's Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, label with artist's name, title, and additional information, en verso. Housed and double matted under glass in a cove molded wooden frame. Sight: 13 1/2" H x 19 3/8" W. Framed: 20 5/8" H x 26 1/2" W. 2nd item: Abstract oil on canvas painting titled "August Blue" rendered in shades of blue, black, brown, red, orange, yellow, and green. Signed "Carl Sublett" lower right. Carl Sublett Studio, Knoxville, TN label en verso. Housed in a wooden frame. Sight: 19 1/2" H x 15 3/4" W. Framed: 21" H x 17 1/4" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. 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: 1st item: Overall very good condition with slight waviness to paper. Not examined outside of frame. 2nd item: Overall good condition with craquelure, two areas of paint loss, largest 1/8" x 1/8", to brown paint. Canvas is loose in frame. Frame with minor abrasions. [See more photos →]

Biedermeier occasional or writing table, walnut veneer, pine secondary. Comprised of a rectangular crossbanded veneered top with rounded corners, hidden drawer and cross banded detail, over a frieze with carved column supports terminating into acanthus leaf carving, all resting on a trestle style base. 30 1/4" H x 24 3/4" W x 18 1/4" D. Austria, circa 1825. Condition: Old veneer repairs to band around top and trestle base. Some wear to top corners. Repair and infill to left carved acanthus leaf urn above the trestle base. [See more photos →]

1st-8th items: Eight (8) International Lord Saybrook pattern sterling silver water goblets. Maker's marks, Sterling, and additional numerals stamped to underside of bases. Not monogrammed. 6 1/2" H x 3 1/2" dia. 9th-14th items: Six (6) Edwardian English cordials, hallmarked for William Aitken, Birmingham, and dated 1905. Not monogrammed. 3 1/8" H x 1 1/4" dia. 15th-16th items: Two (2) shot glasses, including one (1) Fischer, monogrammed and dated "J. R. 1-29-55," and one (1) Baldwin & Miller, Inc., monogrammed and dated "B.E.R. 9-15-'56." Maker's marks, Sterling, and additional numerals stamped to underside of bases. Both approximately 1 3/4" H x 1 3/4" dia. Combined sterling weight: 56.525 total troy ounces. The collection of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Roberts, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Condition: All items in overall good condition with general use wear. 15th-16th items: Slight dents to rims. [See more photos →]

Five (5) Native American Mother of Pearl jewelry items including one (1) squash blossom necklace, one (1) cuff bracelet, and three (3) rings. 1st item: Sterling silver squash blossom necklace with ten (10) silver & mother of pearl blossoms between double row silver beads and a naja featuring mother of pearl. The necklace tests sterling and is unsigned. The necklace is 22" L and has a gross weight of 148.8 grams. 2nd item: Sterling silver cuff bracelet featuring 3 mother of pearl stones. The cuff is marked "sterling" and signed "RH". The cuff is 7" and has a gross weight of 36.38 grams. 3rd item: Sterling silver Navajo ring featuring a mother of pearl. The ring is marked "sterling" and signed "B" for Billy Slim. The ring is size 8 and has a gross weight of 8.0 grams. 4th item: Sterling silver ring featuring a mother of pearl. The ring tests sterling and is not signed. The ring is size 6 1/2 and has a gross weight of 8.12 grams. 5th item: Sterling silver ring featuring a mother of pearl. The ring tests sterling and is not signed. The ring is size 7 1/4 and has a gross weight of 6.65 grams. Gross weight of the lot is 207.95 grams. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: All pieces overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Ancient Greek Gnathian Apulian blackware lekythos, having a flared rim, depicting a white and red figure of the winged goddess Nike, seated and holding a offering dish to bulbous body, flanked on the left and right by scrolling decoration with line borders to lower neck and lower body above a footed base. 6 3/4" H x 4" dia. Circa 340 B.C.E. Condition: Overall good condition areas of loss to polychrome, with fleabites, largest 3/8". Dirt encrustation primarily to rim. 1/2" x 2 1/4" area of repair to base. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Vintage Clocks. 1st item: Cartier Romane Pendulette desk or alarm clock,18K gold plated and red enameled case, white dial with Roman numerals. Back marked "Cartier/6602/1U/43639/Swiss Made". 3 1/4" H x 3" W. 2nd item: A' Les Must De Cartier desk clock, 18K gold plated and red enameled case, white dial with Roman numerals and date window. Back of case marked "Cartier/Paris/Swiss Made/7531 01262". 2 1/2" H x 5 1/2" W. 3rd item: Chopard "Happy Day" travel or Desk clock, Back of case "Chopard/Happy Day/516677-21/815585". Retains the original leather storage case and box. 2" H x 1 1/2" W. All 20th century. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: All clocks overall very good condition with light general wear. Item 1 has a few paint flakes to the back side of the clock. Clocks not tested for funtionality. [See more photos →]

Charles Constantin Joseph Hoffbauer (France/MA, 1875-1957) oil on canvas battle scene painting depicting the charge of the French Cuirassiers at Waterloo. Signed upper right, "C. Hoffbauer" and verso. Sight: 35 5/8" x 21 5/8", Framed: 41-3/4" x 27-1/2". Early 20th century. Provenance: Private Nashville collection, purchased from Case Antiques in our July, 2014 auction. Biography: Charles Hoffbauer was born in Paris and studied at L'Ecole Des Beaux-Arts under Fernand Cormon and Gustave Moreau. He exhibited and was recognized at the Paris Salon, winning the Prix National Salon, and won a bronze medal at the Paris Universal Exposition. During the first World War, he was an army artist and a liason to the American camouflage section. Although he painted many subjects, Hoffbauer's battle scenes were to bring him much acclaim. In 1935, he received a commission to paint murals for Battle Abbey, a Confederate memorial in Richmond, Virginia. A commission to paint a mural in the Missouri State Capitol, "Missouri at War," followed. Two years later he became an American citizen and settled in Massachusetts. The Museum of Modern Art in Paris has one of Hoffbauer's battle scenes and he painted "Revolt of the Flemish" for Memorial Hall in Philadelphia. (courtesy Askart). Condition: Overall very good condition. A few miniscule scattered flakes and tiny pin holes, small area of light scattered inclusions upper left corner, some scattered minor craquelure. [See more photos →]

Limited Edition Lladro porcelain figurine group titled "Circus Parade", #1609. Figural depicts a ballerina riding an elephant with two monkeys playing musical instruments, leading a car filled with circus clowns on a naturalistic base, rests on a wooden base, #123/1000. Sculpture designed by Regino Torrijos, decorated by Vincente Navarro, introduced in 1989 and retired in 1998. Signed and numbered in black to the underside of the wooded base. Retains the original COA and packaging. 14 1/4" H x 28 1/4" L x 10" D. Condition: Overall excellent condition. Retains the original COA and packaging. [See more photos →]

Limited edition Lladro porcelain figural titled "First Date", #1393. Figural depicts a young man escorting his date into his convertible car on a naturalistic base with tree, rests on a wooden base, #444/1500. Sculpted by Salvador Debon, decorated by J. Ruiz, and issued in 1982. Signed and numbered in black on the top of the naturalistic base. Retains the original COA and packaging. 16 1/4" H x 21" L x 10" D. Condition: Overall excellent condition. Retains the original COA and packaging. [See more photos →]

Five (5) Native American silver and turquoise jewelry items, including one (1) squash blossom necklace, one (1) cuff bracelet, and three (3) rings. 1st item: Sterling silver Navajo squash blossom necklace with 10 silver & turquoise blossoms between a double row of silver beads and a central naja featuring turquoise. The necklace is marked "sterling" and signed with a snail pictorial mark for Bobby Etsitty. The necklace is 24" L and has a gross weight of 177.2 grams. 2nd item: Sterling silver Navajo cuff bracelet featuring turquoise, marked "sterling" and signed "G" for Gilbert Damon. The cuff is 7" and has a gross weight of 136.7 grams. 3rd item: Sterling silver ring featuring turquoise, marked "sterling", unsigned. The ring is size 8 and has a gross weight of 31.25 grams. 4th item: Sterling silver (tested) ring featuring turquoise, unsigned. The ring is size 10 3/4 and has a gross weight of 24.70 grams. 5th item: Sterling silver (tested) ring featuring turquoise, unsigned. The ring is size 6 1/4 and has a gross weight of 13.26 grams. Gross weight of the lot is 383.11 grams. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: All pieces overall very good condition with general wear. [See more photos →]

Michael J. Lynch (American, b. 1950) impressionist oil on board titled "Nantucket Rain" depicting boats at dock. Signed lower right and en verso. Additionally titled and dated 1997 en verso. Housed in a molded gilt wood frame. Sight: 9 1/4" H x 11 1/4" W. Framed: 16 3/4" H x 18 3/4" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

John Gilkes Shipston (English, 1707 – 1789/1790), Quaker 30-hour elmwood tall case clock. Flat hood with molded cornice above a glazed door with integral flanking columns, brass dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes to the chapter ring, the center engraved with a compass or sun and wavy lines, engraved "Jn Gilkes" and "SHIPSTON" to the lower chapter ring, the brass spandrels with applied scrolling pierced foliate and flame decoration. Waist with long molded door over medial molding and a box base. Brass works with iron weight. 88" H x 13 1/4" W x 9 3/4" D. Oxfordshire, England, Mid 18th century. Note: John Gilkes of Shipston (1707 – 1789/1790) was the son of Thomas Gilkes Sr. (1675 – 1757) of Sibford, Both father and son were notable Quakers in the Oxfordshire community and Thomas Gilkes Sr. was purported to be the founder of clockmaking, particularly Quaker clockmaking, in Oxfordshire. The estate of a Vanderbilt University professor, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Case and dial in overall good condition with expected general wear. Split to top of backboard. One iron weight retained. Works not tested or guaranteed. [See more photos →]

Emily Nichols Hatch (American, 1871-1959) oil on canvas Impressionist painting depicting a Bell or Clock Tower or Steeple rising above city rooftops at nightfall. Signed lower left. Remnants of an Exhibition label en verso with artist name and "NYC". Molded giltwood frame with linen liner. Sight: 21" H x 18" W. Framed: 28 1/2" H x 25 1/2" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl W. Klein, Brentwood, TN. Biography: Emily Nichols Hatch was a painter, lecturer, teacher and printer. She studied at the Artists and Artisans Institute and the Shinnecock summer School of Art on Long Island with Charles Hawthorne, Walter Shirlaw and William Merritt Chase. She made several trips to Europe and had a studio in Paris. Hatch was President of the National Association of Women Artists from 1921-1925 and provided leadership for its permanent quarters at 17 East 62nd Street. In 1940, she became the Director of the Tarrytown, New York, Art Center. She eventually moved from New York to the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore areas. (Source: The Smithsonian Archives of American Art and Paul Sternberg, Sr., "Art by American Women"). Condition: Tiny flake at upper left corner, 1/8", otherwise excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Jorge Fick (New Mexico, 1932-2004) abstract acrylic on paper painting titled "Trifle" depicting swaths of color in shades of white, pink, red, yellow, and grey against a black background. Signed "J Fick" lower right. Eric Firestone Gallery paper label and a handwritten paper label, en verso. Float mounted and matted under plexiglass in a grey wooden frame with white trim. Sheet: 26 1/4" H x 39 1/2" W. Sight: 26 3/4" H x 40" W. Framed: 36 1/2" H x 49 1/2" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Biography: Detroit native Jorge Fick attended Cass Technical School, the Art School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, the Mexican Art School in Guadalajara, Mexico and Black Mountain College in Asheville, NC, where he earned a BFA. His work was heavily influenced by his mentor Franz Kline, who introduced him to Abstract Expressionism, with whom he shared a studio in New York. In 1958, Fick moved to Santa Fe, NM where he and his wife, a ceramic artist, were active in the art community. He exhibited widely throughout the 1960s in American galleries and museums. His work is part of several permanent collections, such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe; the Phoenix Art Museum; and Smith College Museum of Art, as well as the Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center. Condition: Overall very good condition with slight waviness to paper. Few minute scattered foxing spots to mat. Scractes, debris to plexiglass. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Native American Navajo jewelry items. 1st item: Navajo sterling silver and boulder turquoise belt comprised of nine (9) sterling and turquoise squash blossom style links. Marked STERLING and signed B, possibly for Benjamin Piaso. 42" L with a gross weight of 425.1 grams. 2nd item: Large Navajo sterling silver cuff bracelet featuring a large boulder turquoise stone with floral sterling surround. Marked STERLING and signed V NEZ for Viola Nez. The cuff is 6 1/2" and has a gross weight of 186.5 grams. Gross weight of the lot is 611.6 grams. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Belt in overall good condition. Turquoise in cuff with hairlines and some pitting. [See more photos →]

Large Native American Anasazi culture water or storage olla with polychrome black and white on red decoration including whirling log/swastika and other geometric designs. 11 1/2" H x approx. 14 1/2" W. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Broken and reglued condition with scattered losses at break lines. [See more photos →]

Archive of fifty-eight (58) items pertaining to Peter Gordon, Merchant of Alexandria and Fredericksburg, Virginia, including a slave related letter, legal papers, and documents in relation to the ship Fabius under the command of Captain James Hughes and Thomas Farrell, circa 1804-1811. 1st-11th items: Eleven (11) invoices, letters, receipts and other documents pertaining to Gordon's business endeavors, including items from Baldwin M. Lee, a Justice of the Peace of Westmoreland County and family member of Gordon's wife, Susan Hancock [Lee] Gordon Thornton (1795-1867), dated circa July 26, 1803-March 8, 1811. One (1) letter from Baldwin, dated February 10, 1810, refers to the sale of Gordon's slaves, including a reference to Mr. Murray "…of this neighborhood, who is very anxious to purchase Maria & her child at $450…" Note: Susan married Gordon circa May 24, 1806 or 1808 in Westmoreland County. Her second marriage was to John Stuart Thornton of Montpelier, Rappahannock County, VA, b. 1780.12th-13th items: Two (2) legal documents, including one (1) indenture between Gordon and his wife and John Stewart, junior of the Corportation of Fredericksburg and Commonwealth of VA, for a tract of land containing seven hundred and fifty-six acres in Culpepper County, for the sum of one thousand four hundred and ten pounds and one shilling, dated and witnessed October 1, 1808, and one (1) answer of a bill of complaint issued against Gordon and another in the Court of the United States for the fifth circuit and Virginia District by David Wilson, with attached copies of evidence, given under oath before Baldwin M. Lee, a Justice of the Peace of Westmoreland County, dated December 29, 1810.14th-37th items: Twenty-four (24) bills of lading issued to Peter Gordon and others, primarily Robert Patton and William Ramsey Wilson, confirming the shipment of goods such as hogsheads of Virginia leaf tobacco, coffee, and wine, aboard the Fabius, including twelve (12) from Alexandria to Bordeaux, dated June 23, 1804, one (1) includes an invoice, dated May 25, 1804, ten (10) from Bordeaux to New York, dated October 8, 1804, and two (2) from Bordeaux, with French text, dated September 21, 1805. 38th-58th items: Twenty-one (21) invoices, manifests, letters, and other documents pertaining to the shipment of goods by Gordon and others aboard the Fabius, dated circa May 31, 1804-May 3, 1808. Note: An Invoice for Wines and Food shipped on board the Fabius was recorded in The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 44: 1 July to 10 November 1804, pp. 383-84. The ship, carrying cases of wine and preserved fruit, was bound to New York and consigned to the Collector of the Custom there on account of the President of the United States. Private Chattanooga, TN collection. Condition: All items in overall good, legible condition with toning, foxing spots, dampstaining, insect damage, tears, to be expected from age and manner of use. [See more photos →]

Two (2) oil on canvas horse / equestrian paintings.1st item: Walter Wasdell Trickett (United Kingdom, 1866 -1939) oil on canvas painting titled PATRICIAN, depicting a young horse standing in a grassy field with rolling hills and trees in the background. Titled, signed, and dated in red lower left "PATRICIAN, W. Wasdell Trickett, 1914". Housed in a contemporary carved giltwood frame. Sight: 10" H x 14" W. Framed: 13" H x 17" W. 2nd item: Early 20th century oil on canvas painting depicting a young shirtless man atop a horse and riding through water. Signed and dated lower right "L. Ras**** 10". Housed in a modern 20th-century frame. Sight: 24 1/4" H x 16 1/4" W. Framed: 28" H x 20 1/4" W. Probably European, Early 20th century. Condition: Canvas with overall light craquelure, relined. Framed with minor scattered losses, seam separation to lower left corner. 2nd item: Minor rubbing to painting perimeter, overall good condition. Frame with minor scattered abrasions. [See more photos →]

Southern Sheraton sugar chest, cherry primary, poplar secondary. Comprised of a hinged molded top, rectangular post and panel case and inlaid brass escutcheon, interior well with a divider, long dovetailed drawer with brass pulls, all over turned Sheraton legs. Retains the original lock and hinges. 29 1/2" H x 40 3/4" W x 18 3/4" D. Probably Kentucky or Tennessee, 2nd quarter 19th century. Condition: Old refinish, top with some ring marks and stains. Drawer pull are replacements and the interior divider possibly a later replacement. [See more photos →]

Four (4) Native American silver and turquoise jewelry items, including: one (1) Navajo silver and turquoise squash blossom necklace with ten blossoms set on a double row of beads, naja with eight turquoise stones, 24" L; two (2) silver cuff bracelets set with oval turquoise stones; and one (1) silver ring with central turquoise stone flanked by two smaller turquoise stones, size 6. All unmarked. Silver and stone jewelry weighs 312.90 grams. Private East Tennessee collection. Condition: All pieces overall very good condition with general wear. [See more photos →]

Old Sheffield Silver Plated Warming Stand or Fish Dish with removable mazarin, the oval base with hot water compartment, having scalloped and gadrooned edges, scroll and paw feet, and two scroll handles; removable decorative pierced mazarin or strainer of conforming shape with two ring handles. Unmarked. Stand: 3 1/4" H x 26" W x 19" D. Mazarin: 19" H x 14" W. English, early 19th century. Condition: Some scratching and a few minor tiny dents, overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Seven (7) Pelikan Pens and Pencils, including one (1) Expo 2000 Humankind Fountain Pen. 1st item: Limited Edition Expo 2000 Humankind Fountain Pen, numbered 1068 to clip band, two toned 18 carat gold medium nib, dark red acrylic screw-on cap, grip, and bottom of barrel, vermeil section engraved in a twisting replication of DNA to barrel, gold plated bands and "beak" clip, Pelikan logo to top of cap. Stamped "PELIKAN – GERMANY" and "Ag 925" to center band, "EXPO 2000 >> HUMANKIND << 1998," to engraved barrel, Pelikan logo with "18C-750/M" and "PF" within an oval to nib. Opened: 6 1/2" L. Closed: 5 1/2" L. 2nd-5th items: Four (4) piece Souveran pen and pencil set, including one (1) M400 fountain pen with two toned 14 carat gold medium nib, one (1) K400 ballpoint pen, one (1) R400 rollerball pen, and one (1) D400 mechanical pencil. Each with black and blue striped celluloid acetate or black resin caps or barrels with gold plated bands and "beak" clips, Pelikan logos to top of caps. Stamped "PELIKAN – GERMANY" to center bands, Pelikan logo with "14C-585" and "M" to nib. Includes interior and exterior boxes with booklets. Fountain pen and rollerball pen: opened: 5 3/4" L, closed: 5" L. Ballpoint pen and mechanical pencil: 5 3/8" L. 6th-7th items: Two (2) piece Souveran pen and pencil set, including one (1) R800 rollerball pen and one (1) D800 mechanical pencil. Both with black and green striped celluloid acetate or black resin caps or barrels with gold plated bands and "beak" clips, Pelikan logos to top of caps. Stamped "PELIKAN – GERMANY" to center bands. Rollerball pen: opened: 6 1/2" L, closed: 5 1/2" L. Mechanical pencil: 5 3/4" L. Private Middle Tennessee Collection. Condition: All items in overall good, gently used condition with light surface scratched. Nibs have been inked. Need to be cleaned. 1st & 6th-7th items: Does not include boxes or papers. 2nd-5th items: Exterior boxes with light wear, R400 and D400 boxes with some dampstaining. [See more photos →]

Classical chest of drawers, possibly Boston. Classical form with mahogany veneers and white pine secondary wood. Consists of a plain square backsplash of figured mahogany over a top tier section of three equally sized dovetailed drawers transitioning to a chest with two dovetailed drawers over three long dovetailed drawers of equal size flanked by square tapered pilasters with banded edges of lighter veneer. Tri-carved leaf capitals surmount tapered pilasters. Case rests on acanthus carved ovolo feet. Tier top and chest top banded with contrasting veneer borders. Appears to retain the original brass pulls and locks. 52 3/4" H x 44 3/4" W x 20 1/2" D. American, Circa 1825. The estate of David B. Person, Historic Burton Place, Holly Springs, Mississippi. Condition: Overall very good condition. Refinished, two of the long drawers in the lower chest with slight buildup of drawer sides (approximately 5/8"). Minor veneer losses to right drawer surrounds on right side. A couple of old separations to lower case sides. [See more photos →]

1st tiem: Douglas Denniston (Arizona, 1921-2004) abstract gouache and ink on paper painting titled "Saints with Spectrum, Composition I" depicting shapes rendered in black, white, green, and blue. Signed, dated, and numbered "Denniston 49 I" lower right. Eric Firestone Gallery, Scottsdale and Tucson, AZ paper label, en verso. Matted and housed under glass in a wooden frame. Sight: 12" H x 6" W. Framed: 19 1/4" H x 15 1/4" W. 2nd item: Douglas Denniston (Arizona, 1921-2004) abstract gouache and ink on paper painting titled "Saints with Spectrum, Composition II" depicting three brightly colored vertical columns, includinga central column with shapes renderedin black, white, purple, and pink. Signed, dated, and numbered "Denniston 49 II" lower right. Eric Firestone Gallery, Scottsdale and Tucson, AZ paper label, en verso. Matted and housed under glass in a wooden frame. Sight: 12" H x 6" W. Framed: 19 1/4" H x 15 1/4" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Biography: Douglas Denniston studied painting with Raymond Jonson and co-founded the Transcendental Painting Group with Emil Bistrram in 1938. In 1945 he came to New Mexico and became involved in the Santa Fe/Taos Art Movement. His work during this period was mainly abstract. By the 1950s, when he began a teaching position at the University of Arizona, he began working in a more representational style. His work has been exhibited at MOMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Butler Institute of American Art. Condition: 1st item: Overall good condition with few scattered minute foxing spots. Not examined outside of frame. 2nd item: Overall very good condition. Not examined outside of frame. [See more photos →]

George Gustav Adomeit (Ohio/Germany, 1879-1967) watercolor on paper painting titled "Farm House, Chargin Farm Ohio" depicting a farm house situated in an autumn landscape. Signed "Geo G Adomeit" lower right. Handwritten artist and title label, en verso. Housed and double matted under glass in a giltwood frame. Sight: 12 3/8" H x 18 3/4" W. Framed: 20 1/2" H x 26 1/2" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. Not examined outside of frame. [See more photos →]

1882 $5 "Brown Back" Brown Seal bank note from The East Tennessee National Bank of Knoxville, depicting the portrait of President James A. Garfield. First Issue. Serial # T865752T / 3399 pp C. CH # 2049. FR # 472. Rosecrans/Nebeker signatures. Private Nashville Collection. Condition: PMG Grade Very Fine 20. [See more photos →]

1901 $10 "Bison" legal tender notes, featuring a vignette of a bison, Black Diamond or Pablo, center, with the portraits of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, left and right, obverse. Female figure representing Columbia between two pillars and two scrolls, reverse. Serial # 13424846/ pp B. FR # 114. Lyons/Roberts signatures. Private Nashville Collection. Condition: PMG Grade Very Fine 30. [See more photos →]

Two (2) oil paintings by Tennessee artists, including Washington Girard and Cornelius Hankins. 1st item: Washington Girard (Tennessee, 1873-1931) oil on board Tennessee landscape painting depicting a small pond between two banks, a setting sun in the background. Signed "W. Girard." lower left. Housed in a giltwood frame. Includes copies of conservation reports for the painting, restored by Dee Minault of Cumberland Art Conservation, Nashville, circa 2003 and frame, restored by Reed's Gold Leaf, Nashville, along with a copy of Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Spring, 1986 that includes an article of biographical information on Girard. Sight: 7 3/4" H x 9 3/4" W. Framed: 14 1/2" H x 16 3/4" W. American, early 20th century. Biography: William Washington "Wash" Girard was born on Sycamore Creek in Cheatham County, TN and after high school traveled to New York to study under marine painter Edward Moran. Following the death of his girlfriend, he returned to Nashville, where he continued painting and was a prolific writer. "His paintings of beech trees, his favorite theme, were often small and painted on Sycamore Creek or Brown's Creek in the Nashville area. Not overly sentimental, these paintings were praised for their romanticism while remaining realistic." (source: Weesner, "William Washington Girard", Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Spring, 1986). 2nd item: Cornelius Hankins (Mississippi/Tennessee, 1863-1946) oil on board still life painting depicting a vase of yellow and pink roses against a dark background. Signed "Cornelius Hankins" lower right. Housed in an oval modeled gilt wood frame. Sight: 15 3/4" H x 12 1/2" W. Framed: 19" H x 15 3/4" W. Note: Hankins studied with Robert Henri, leader of the Ashcan School, and with William Merritt Chase in New York. He was active for much of his career in the Nashville area. The Estate of William Pursell, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: 1st item: Overall good condition with craquelure. Painting and frame have been professional restored, please refer to the photographs for full details. 2nd item: Overall good condition with scattered areas of paint flaking and surface abrasions, largest 7/8". [See more photos →]

Frank A. Barney (New York, 1862-1954) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a small waterfall in a forest setting. Signed and dated "Frank A. Barney 09" lower right. Pencil inscription with brief artist's biography and old paper tag, en verso of frame. Housed in a molded frame with black velvet liner and giltwood fillet. Sight: 21 1/2" H x 19 3/4" W. Framed: 27" H x 25 1/4" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Condition: Overall good condition with craquelure, areas of paint rubbing/exposed areas of canvas, largest 6 3/4". 2 1/2" piece of scotch tape, top left of frame. [See more photos →]

2 Chinese Export Silver Snuff Boxes, the larger with hinged lid and all sides decorated with repousse scenes of Chinese figures in landscapes, gilt interior, the underside marked for Hung Chong & Co. working Shanghai, late 19th to early 20th century. 1 5/8" H x 3 1/3" W; and the smaller box in the shape of a fan with lid hinged at side and decorated with repousse scene of Chinese figure in landscape, marked CHINA SILVER to underside. 3/4" H x 1 3/4" W. First half 20th century. Combined weight: 4.09 oz troy. Provenance: Private Indiana collection. Condition: Both items excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Paul Storr and Edward Farrell sterling-mounted Old Sheffield Silver Plated Meat Dome. Oval dome with sterling acanthus overlaid handle having figural lion masks and large flower at terminus, hallmarked for Paul Storr, London (no date letter), and applied sterling silver relief crests at the center of each side with hallmarks for Edward Farrell, London, 1820-21. The arms are believed to be those of Sir Jacob Astley 6th Baronet (b 1797 – d 1859) of Melton Constable Norfolk and Seaton Delavel, Northumberland. Plated meat dome stamped R. & S. Garrard, Panton, London. 10 3/4" H x 16" W x 10" D. Condition: Mounts: Excellent. Dome: Overall very good condition with a few minor scratches to exterior, interior showing pink at top (underneath where handle is mounted), some discoloration around lower rim. [See more photos →]

Ladies 14K yellow gold chain bracelet. The bracelet is marked "14K" and is 7" L. The bracelet weighs 34.62 grams. Housed in a George Jensen box. Condition: Overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Seven (7) Herend hand painted porcelain rabbit figurines with fishnet decoration, including one (1) red pair of rabbits, one (1) red crouching rabbit, one (1) green pair of rabbits with an ear of corn, one (1) green rabbit with one ear lifted, one (1) yellow rabbit with long ears, one (1) green pair of rabbits, and one (1) red recumbent rabbit, gilt accents throughout. All items with blue Herend stamp mark and numbered on the base. Ranging in size from 1 3/4" H x 2 1/2" W to 5 1/8" H x 4 3/4" W. 20th century. The collection of Sherry Hastings, Paducah, KY. Condition: All items in overall excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Two (2) works on paper by Tennessee artists Robert Birdwell and Xavier Ironside.1st item: Robert Birdwell (Tennessee, 1924 -2016) etching on paper titled "Two Blind Beggars," numbered 5/25, depicting an elderly man and woman, the man with sunglasses and a cane. Titled, in pencil, lower left below plate and numbered in pencil lower center below plate, signed and dated "Robert Birdwell 52," in pencil lower right below plate. Four labels, including one typed label indicating that this print won a Purchase Prize Award in Drawing or Print during the Tennessee All-State Artist Exhibition 1953-54. Housed and matted under plexiglass in a carved wooden frame. Plate: 23 3/4" H x 12 1/4" W. Sight: 24 1/4" H x 12 5/8" W. Framed: 38" H x 23 3/4" W. Note: Birdwell was a member of The Knoxville Seven, an influential group of progressive artists in Knoxville who invigorated East Tennessee's art scene between 1955 and 1965. 2nd item: Xavier Ironside (Tennessee, 20th century) watercolor on paper painting titled "Winter Evening" depicting a farmhouse in a snow covered landscape beneath a hazy blue and grey sky. Signed and dated "Xavier Ironside '57" center right. Mounted to a card stock board. Sheet: 18 3/4" H x 23 3/4" W. Board: 22" H x 26 3/4" W. Provenance: Art Collection of former Watkins College of Art, proceeds benefit scholarship endowment for students in the new Watkins College of Art at Belmont University. Condition: 1st item: Overall good condition with toning to sheet and mat. Not examined outside of frame. 2nd item: Overall good condition with light toning. [See more photos →]

Harold Kraus (Tennessee, b. 1940s), "Snow Day #3," oil on board painting depicting children preparing to sled down a snowy hill. Signed lower right "Kraus", additionally signed and titled en verso. Gilt molded frame with linen mat and title plaque, lower center. Board: 7 1/2" H x 9 1/2" W. Framed: 12"H x 13 3/4"W. Private Nashville Collection. Condition: Excellent condition, no damage. [See more photos →]

Attributed to Bernhard Gutmann (New York, 1869-1936) impressionistic oil on canvas landscape painting titled "Autumn Landscape" depicting large trees with autumn foliage beneath a cloudy blue sky. Unsigned. Salander-O'Reilly, New York gallery label with artist's name, title, and additional information, affixed en verso of stretcher. Housed in a black wooden frame inset in a larger wooden frame with gilt trim. Sight – 26 1/4" H x 32 1/4" W. Framed – 27 3/4" H x 33 3/4" W. American, late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Biography: "In a wide-ranging career spent in both Europe and America, Bernhard Gutmann created paintings, prints, and graphic designs, taught art, served as an arts administrator, and published several art manuals. Gutmann was born in Hamburg, Germany, the son of a merchant; he was educated in elite schools and attended the art academies of Dusseldorf and Karlsruhe. Rejecting the pedantry of academic training, he worked in Haarlem, in the Netherlands, before emigrating to the United States to join his brother, an electrical engineer and inventor, in Lynchburg, Virginia. The energetic and gregarious Gutmann organized the Lynchburg Art Club, painted a mural, designed book illustrations, and taught widely, including at the newly founded Randolph-Macon Woman's College. In 1899 he moved to New York City to work as a graphic designer while continuing to paint using the dark color schemes in which he had been schooled in Germany. With his marriage in 1907 to financial heiress Bertha Goldman, Gutmann was freed permanently to pursue his art with little concern for the opinions of critics and patrons. Working in Europe for the next five years, he embraced the bright colors and vibrant brushwork of impressionism in his landscapes, figure paintings, and still lifes. On his return to the United States in 1912, Gutmann pursued numerous opportunities to exhibit his work in his adopted homeland. He contributed paintings to several conservative juried exhibitions, but he also was represented in the so-called Armory Show of 1913, a showcase for the latest trends in European and American modern art. Gutmann's work met with considerable critical favor even as it shifted toward the concerns of post-impressionism, with its expressive use of strong color, richly textured surfaces, and powerful outlining of forms. In 1913, Gutmann and his family joined the artists' colony at Silvermine, Connecticut, one of several East Coast centers for the development of indigenous American artistic expression at the turn of the twentieth century. Gutmann helped organize the Silvermine Guild of Artists in 1922. He returned to his Silvermine home after a three-year visit to Spain and Paris. He then turned his attention to ceramics and to printmaking. A trip to Europe just after the collapse of the Stock Market in 1929 inspired a new burst of creativity in various drawing media and resulted in exhibitions at several New York City galleries. In 1934, Gutmann was appointed regional director of the Public Works of Art Project, a federal artists' relief program, for New Canaan, Connecticut. The artist died two years later, in 1936. Today, his work is held at the Terra Museum of American Art." (Source: the Terra Foundation Collection website). Condition: Overall good condition with buckling to canvas. Areas of rubbing, largest 3", to edges of canvas. Surface abrasions, largest 1 1/2", to frame. [See more photos →]

Pair of French gilt bronze and diamond cut crystal two-light candelabra, each composed of a center bronze and crystal column topped by a cut crystal acorn style finial and having a crystal bobeche and prisms, flanked by acanthus overlaid bronze arms supporting two removable bronze and crystal candleholders with crystal bobeches and prisms. Knopped cut crystal stem and rounded foot. No marks found. 21 1/2" H x 17 1/4" W x 5 1/4" D. Late 19th century. The estate of J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition. Scattered fleabites and chips to all bobeches, one bobeche has old repaired crack. One center crystal candlestick with losses to crystal at one end. Some tiny scattered paint splatters to prisms. [See more photos →]

Jorge Fick (New Mexico, 1932-2004) abstract acrylic on paper painting. Untitled painting depicting a tan abacus-like grid against a reddish brown background with a black border. Dated "27-I-70," lower left, signed "J. Fick," lower right. Housed and matted under plexiglass in a wooden frame. Sight: 20 1/4" H x 28 1/4" W. Framed: 30 1/4" H x 39 1/4" W. Provenance: the Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Biography: Detroit native Jorge Fick attended Cass Technical School, the Art School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, the Mexican Art School in Guadalajara, Mexico and Black Mountain College in Asheville, NC, where he earned a BFA. His work was heavily influenced by his mentor Franz Kline, who introduced him to Abstract Expressionism, with whom he shared a studio in New York. In 1958, Fick moved to Santa Fe, NM where he and his wife, a ceramic artist, were active in the art community. He exhibited widely throughout the 1960s in American galleries and museums. His work is part of several permanent collections, such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe; the Phoenix Art Museum; and Smith College Museum of Art, as well as the Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center. Condition: Overall good condition with slight waviness to paper. Not examined outside of frames. Areas of craquelure to tan areas of painting. [See more photos →]

Mid-century Modern Italian Arco floor lamp designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. Comprised of a long and arched chrome metal arm and rounded chrome metal shade set on a large rectangular marble base. Signed FLOS MADE IN ITALY. 98 1/2'' H x 13'' D x 78 1/2'' W. Italy, 20th century. Condition: Overall good condition with light general expected wear to chrome. Lamp working at time of inspection. [See more photos →]

Pair of Mid-Century Parallel Bar lounge chairs, designed by Florence Knoll Bassett circa 1955, manufactured 1970s. Each with brown single cushion upholstered back and seat on a chrome finished steel base with four straight legs. 29 1/2" H x 29 1/2" D x 25" W. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company's headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original Knoll office furniture. Condition: Overall good condition, light general wear to upholstery. Does not retain the original Knoll labels. The seat cushion inserts have some dry rot and are not pliable. [See more photos →]

Native American Navajo sterling silver Concho belt comprised of seven (7) shaped and stamped links with an inset turquoise in the shape of a cowboy boot. Marked "sterling" and signed "CT" for Terry Charlie. 40" L. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Five (5) Native American silver and turquoise jewelry items, squash blossom necklace, cuff bracelet, belt buckle, watch band, and ring. 1st item: Navajo sterling silver squash blossom necklace with 12 silver & turquoise blossoms mounted onto a double row of silver beads with a central silver naja featuring five (5) turquoise nuggets. The necklace is marked STERLING and signed ATI or ATT. The necklace is 26" and has a gross weight of 93.9 grams. 2nd item: Navajo sterling silver wide cuff bracelet featuring five (5) rows of turquoise, marked STERLING twice and signed "T" three times for Mary & Richard Thomas. The bracelet is 7 1/4" and has a gross weight of 168.2 grams. 3rd item: Navajo coin silver (tested) belt buckle rectangular form with three rows of turquoise, unsigned, 4 x 2 1/2". Gross weight of the buckle is 62.5 grams. 4th item: Zuni stainless steel watchband with sterling silver flanks featuring three (3) turquoise nuggets, marked STERLING and signed W. QUAM ZUNI for Wayne Quam. The watch band is 6" L and expandable, gross weight of 54.6 grams (includes stainless steel band). 5th item: Navajo sterling silver ring featuring double Cabochon turquoise, unsigned and tests sterling. Size 9 with gross weight of 18.4 grams. Gross weight of the lot is 397.6 grams. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: All pieces in overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Document archive related to the family of Judge John Williams Green of Culpeper County, Virginia, 80 items total. Topics include the USS Ontario, the Texas Revolution, Slavery, and more. The family included William B. Green (c. 1804-1880), Lawyer; Dr. Daniel S. Green (1811-1864), U.S. Navy Surgeon; and Rawleigh B. Green (born c. 1806), businessman, all sons of Judge Green (1781-1834), a Virginia lawyer, soldier, plantation owner, politician, War of 1812 veteran, member of the Virginia State Senate, and judge on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.1st-11th items: Eleven (11) ALS from Rawleigh, to William and Daniel, including four (4) from Vicksburg, VA, dated May 4, 1832-March 10, 1836, two (2) from new Orleans, dated January 4-15, 1836, two (2) from an Indian Camp in Hinds County, MS, dated May 25-June 26, 1836, two (2) from Geisers Store, MS, dated August 20-October 31, 1836, and one (1) from Bellegrove, VA, dated October 7, 1837. Two (2) letters, one (1) from New Orleans, dated January 15, 1836 and one (1) from Vicksburg, March 10, 1836, include detailed ink drawings and descriptions of a new steam engine that he designed. He also discusses the Texan Revolution and the Mexican-American War, specifically in one (1) letter from Vicksburg, VA, dated December 5, 1835, writing that a cousin had told him that "…Texas would soon belong to this country…" and, based on his information "…if the war is not over I will join the [Texan] army and recieve[sic] their premium of a thousand acres of land if it be true that they so handsomely reward volunteers…" 12th-26th items: Fifteen (15) ALS from Dr. Daniel S. Green, U.S. Navy, to William and Rawleigh, including twelve (12) composed while he was stationed on the U.S.S. Ontario, during expeditions to Rio de Janero, St. Salvador, Monte Video, and other locations in South America, dated March 14, 1834-November 7, 1835, and three (3) written while he was recuperating at a Naval Hospital in Philadelphia, dated February 20, 1837-August 18, 1837. 27th-64th items: Thirty-eight (38) assorted letters, receipts, and other documents addressed to William, dated July 11, 1827-February 16, 1853, including one (1) letter referring to Williams's farm and the wellbeing of the slaves, stating "…the Negroes and Family are to be furnished with what…the Farm and all that will be purchased for the Negroes will be paid for by you…" from Millon Green, his step-mother, dated February 28, 1834. 65th-80th items: Sixteen (16) assorted ephemera items related to Virginia, including two (2) documents pertaining to the sale of slaves, dated January 21, 1816, January 16, 1821, and November 16-17, 1825, one (1) hardbound book of handwritten and pasted poems and recipes, two (2) Court of Appeals of Virginia imprints, one (1) titled "Whitely v. Commonwealth" dated circa 1858 and one (1) titled "Alexander & ALS vs Smyth &c." dated circa 1859, two (2) Civil War era broadsides detailing the taxation of Naval Stores, Wines, and Agricultural Products by the Confederate Government, and one (1) envelope containing eighteen (18) red and green George Washington two cent stamps and six (6) blue Franklin one cent stamps, all postmarked. Private Chattanooga, TN collection. Condition: Overall good condition with toning/acid burn, foxing spots, areas of dampstaining, insect damage, tears, to be expected from age. Signatures in overall good, legible condition. [See more photos →]

Governor of Tennessee James K. Polk (1795-1849) signed land document, granting William Austin thirteen acres and 126/160 acre in Dickson County "…on both sides of the Beavor[sic] Dam creek of Turnbull Creek…," dated May 1, 1840. 15" H x 12" W. Note: Polk was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849, as well as the Speaker of the House of Representatives (1835-1839) and Governor of Tennessee (1839-1841). descended in a Middle Tennessee family to current consignor. Condition: Overall good condition with toning, areas of dampstaining, largest 2 1/2" x 2 3/4". Tears, largest 1 1/2", to fold lines. Polk signature in overall good, legible condition, affected by tear to fold line. [See more photos →]

Set of eight (8) Danish Modern teak spindle back chairs, designed by Poul Volther for Frem Rojle. Undersides of seats impressed "Frem Rojle Made in Denmark", four with full or partial paper labels reading "Furnituremakers Denmark Control". 30 3/4" H x 16" W x 15" D. Circa 1960. The Estate of David G. Leach Jr., Vonore, Tennessee. Condition: Six chairs with sun fading and wear use. One chair with break around joint of one rear leg. One chair with reinforced metal bracket applied to rear leg joins, also back is slightly loose where spindle attach to the seat. [See more photos →]

Limited edition Lladro porcelain figurine group titled "Happy Encounter", #1523. Figural depicts a man on horseback and his dog stopping to talk with a young woman in a convertible car on a naturalistic base, rests on a wood base, #101/1500. Sculpted by J. Roig, decorated by Angeles Cabo, Issued in 1987, and retired in 2002. Signed and numbered in black to the underside of the wooden base. Retains the original COA and packaging. 15" H x 22" L x 13" D. Condition: Overall very good condition, car back bumper is missing. Retains the original COA and packaging. [See more photos →]

Russian Impressionist oil on canvas portrait of a young boy titled en verso "Gray Eyes," possibly by Vasily Filatov (1920 – 1982). Depicts a young boy attired in a dark suit with a solemn expression and clasped hands. Signed in Cyrillic en verso "V. V. Filatov", titled, and dated 1976. Housed in a gilt carved laurel leaf and foliate wood frame. Sight: 14 5/8" H x 11 1/4" W. Framed: 21 1/4" H x 17 3/4" W. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Five (5) Native American Navajo jewelry items, squash blossom necklace, cuff bracelet, and three (3) rings. 1st item: Navajo sterling silver squash blossom necklace comprised of ten (10) silver and turquoise blossoms mounted on a double row of silver beads and a central naja featuring turquoise. The necklace is marked "sterling" and signed by Bobby Etsitty with a snail pictorial. 26" L with a gross weight of 165.0 grams. 2nd item: Navajo sterling silver cuff bracelet featuring turquoise, marked "sterling" and signed "P Benally". 6 1/2" L with a gross weight of 54.71 grams. 3rd item: Sterling silver (tested) ring featuring turquoise, unmarked, size 10 3/4. Gross weight of the ring is 17.96 grams. 4th item: Sterling silver (unmarked) ring featuring turquoise, unmarked, size 9. Gross weight of the ring is 10.40 grams. 5th item: Sterling silver (tested) ring featuring turquoise, size 8 1/4. Gross weight of the ring is 4.06 grams. Gross weight of the lot is 223.77 grams. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: All pieces in overall good condition with general wear. [See more photos →]

Grouping of early 19th-century lighting, including one (1) black painted circular tin ship's lantern with ribbed glass globe, punched star and diamond cutout decoration and bail handle, one (1) black painted rectangular ship's lantern with four glass circular molded inserts to each side and a bail handle, and one (1) black painted polygon shaped tin lantern with candle insert and handle. Ranging in size from 10 1/2" to 14 1/2" H. American, 19th century. Provenance: The estate of Charles K. Davis, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from his father, Charles K. Davis of Fairfield, CT. Note: Charles Krum Davis Sr. (1889-1968) was chairman of the Remington Arms Company, and a passionate early collector of Americana. With the help of a few important dealers, primarily Israel Sack, Davis assembled what has been called one of the most important private collections of early Americana. His home was profiled in the Magazine Antiques, January and March, 1941. Much of Mr. Davis Sr.'s collection ultimately went to Winterthur and other museums. Condition: 1st lantern in overall good condition with some oxidation to tin, 2nd lantern with cracks to two of the glass inserts, light oxidation and wear. 3rd lantern with some oxidation and denting, one cracked glass insert. [See more photos →]

Kentucky coin silver sugar tongs, stamped J.C. REILLY in serrated rectangle for J.C. Reilly & Co., working Louisville, c. 1816-1832. Fiddle handles with oval grips, no monogram. 5 1/2" L, .91 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Tiny loss to side of one grip, some wear to bottom of mark. Overall good condition. [See more photos →]

James Vance Miller (West Virginia/Virginia, 1912-2002), "Mountain Stream," oil on board impressionist landscape painting depicting sun-dappled water cascading along a treelined bank. Signed "J. Vance Miller" lower right. Titled en verso "Mountain Stream" and dated "May, 1967," along with inscription "Sold to Rufus Buchanan / Vance Miller 8/22/69" with deposit and balance information and possible additional artist signatures. Carved giltwood frame and fillet with beige mat. Sight: 12" H x 18" W. Framed: 18 3/4" H x 22 3/4" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. Some wear/exfoliation to upper left edge, some scattered spots of unpainted canvasboard visible lower left (does not appear to be flaking). Some staining to mat and scattered small losses/abrasions to frame. [See more photos →]

Two (2) pieces of Moorcroft Flambe Grape art pottery. 1st item: Moorcroft art pottery flambe glaze vase, tapered form with grape cluster and leaf decoration to the shoulder on a red and green ground; signed and impressed maker's marks to the base. 12 3/4" H. 1st half 20th century. 2nd item: Moorcroft art pottery bowl, grape cluster and leaf decoration to the bowl on a red ground; signed and impressed maker's marks to the base. 4 1/2" H x 12" dia. English,1st half 20th century. Provenance: The estate of Charles K. Davis, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from his father, Charles K. Davis of Fairfield, CT. Condition: 1st item: Overall very good condition. 2nd item: Overall very good condition with interior having very light wear. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Native American Plains textiles with beadwork. 1st item: Native American Plains Indian beaded black velvet panel having a floral decorated center and border, possibly Cree. 21 3/4″ H x 22 7/8″ W. Late 19th/early 20th century. 2nd item: Native American Plains Indian beaded pin cushion with geometric and floral beaded designs to the top and base. 3″ dia. 20th century. 3rd item: Native American Ojibwa woven sweetgrass hanging or trivet with a floral embroidered birchbark center. 6″ dia. First half of the 20th century. Private East Tennessee collection. Condition: 1st item: Overall very good condition. One very small area of bead loss, lower right corner. 2nd item: Losses and shattering to fabric sides of cushion. Beadwork in very good condition. 3rd item: Overall general wear, losses to embroidery. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Gus Lafayette Baker (Tennessee, 1922-1994) oil paintings of a female and male nude. 1st item: Oil on canvas painting titled "Eva" depicting a seated nude female in an interior setting. Signed "Gus Baker," lower right. Housed in a giltwood frame with pierced corners and centers. Sight: 13 1/4" H x 10 1/4" W. Framed: 20" H x 17" W. Note: "Eva" was said to be Baker's muse, and may have been his patron Eva Jean Wrather (1908-2001). 2nd item: Oil on panel painting depicting a nude male reclining in a naturalistic setting. Unsigned. Unframed. Panel: 13 1/2" H x 10 1/4" W. Note: This painting may be a self-portrait or a study for his etching titled "Saint Francis in Ecstasy." Provenance: consignor of these paintings is one of Gus Baker's former students. Condition: 1st item: Overall very good condition. Frame with areas of loss, largest 1/4", to gilt. 2nd item: Overall good condition with areas of exfoliation/paint loss, largest 1 3/4", to edges of panel. [See more photos →]

Six (6) tortoiseshell veneered novelty items with hinged lids, four (4) with inlaid metal monogram plates, all with velvet or silk interior lining, including two (2) card cases, one (1) with an inlaid watercolor and mother of pearl European scene, obverse, and an inlaid mother of pearl scene of a bird and a fountain surrounded by flowers, reverse; one (1) cigarette case; one (1) domed top snuff box with four ball feet; one (1) eyeglass case; and one (1) box containing a glass inwell. Ranging in size from 2 1/2" to 5 1/8" L. Late 19th century. Private Nashville Collection. Condition: Overall good condition with some cracks/breaks, largest 2", to tortoiseshell. Card carse with watercolor scene with areas of losses, largest 1" x 3/4". [See more photos →]

Two (2) Native American Anasazi culture black on white seed or water jars, both with geometric decoration. 5 1/4" H x 4 3/4" W and 4 3/4" H x 5" W. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Largest jar with one area fluorescing near one handle, indicating a possible repair, shallow chip to rim. Smaller jar with chip to rim and overall general surface wear. [See more photos →]

Civil War era Limber ammunition chest, light grey or green painted walnut boards with a slightly domed hinged lid and iron hardware, including two handles, and a cast brass lock ring, constructed with round screws. Handwritten inscription reading "285/93/SPANISH," to iron plate, back right. 21" H x 48" W x 22" D. Note: A limber was a two wheeled carriage used to haul a cannon and its carriage on the battlefield, and typically required a six horse team to transport. The limber also carried an ammunition chest like this along with tar and water buckets, and a tarpaulin. Provenance: Private Holly Springs, Mississippi collection. By oral tradition, found in a barn in South Carolina, left behind by Sherman's army as they pursued General Johnston's Army of Tennessee in 1865. Condition: Lacking interior divider. Partially retains original wartime paint, with some losses and wear. Areas of oxidation to metal. Copper sheet originally affixed to lid is not present. [See more photos →]

Gerald Brockhurst (English, 1890-1978) 3 unmounted etchings from the estate of Thomas Brumbaugh (co-author and editor of the book, THE ART OF GERALD BROCKHURST, Georgia Museum of Art, 1993). 1st item: THE TWO MELISANDES, depicting a young woman holding a baby, pencil signed lower right and signed in reverse in plate. Plate 155 x 90 mm (6" x 3 1/2"), sheet 295 mm x 233 mm (11 1/2" x 9 1/8"). 2nd item: CORINNE, depicting a young woman in a hat, looking to the side. Edition of 125. Signed in pencil lower right and reverse signed in the plate. Plate: 139 x 102 mm (5" x 4"). Sheet: 280 x 210 mm (11 1/8" x 8 1/4"). Note: the first two items have pencil inscriptions en verso, "From the estate of the artist's wife 1998" and "Produce of England". 3rd item: ELIZABETH, depicting a woman in capelet and hat, her hair braided in rings. Edition of 76. Watermarked paper. Pencil signed lower right and notated "Trial" lower left corner of margin with additional notations in pencil. Watermarked paper. Plate: 145 x 110 mm (5 3/4" x 4 1/2"), Sheet: 260 mm x 213mm (10 1/8" x 8 1/3"). 4th item: CYPRIANO, depicting a boy in a beret. Signed in reverse in plate and lower right in pencil. Plate: 162 x 125 mm, (6 3/8 x 3 3/8), Sheet: 285 x 210 mm (11 3/8 x 8 1/2"). Inscribed Produce of England en verso in pencil. Circa 1927. Provenance: The estates of sculptor Olen Bryant and late Vanderbilt University art professor Thomas Brumbaugh, Clarksville/Cottontown, Tennessee. Condition: 1st item: some discoloration along top edge, light scattered creasing to margins, small spot left center margin. 2nd item: Some errant pencil marks lower right corner, scattered thumbdings. 3rd item: Discoloration from light exposure, tape remnants both sides, some smudges and tiny stains. 4th item: excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Norman Lloyd (Australia/England, 1895-1983) oil on canvas painting titled "Bridge" depicting small boats moored in the river Seine beside a sidewalk shaded by several trees with buildings visible behind them, a bridge visible in the background beneath a partialy cloudy blue sky. Signed "Norman Lloyd" lower left. Two paper labels, including one W. T. Burger Co., Inc. label with artist's name, title, and additional information, en verso of frame. Housed in a giltwood center and corner frame with off white linen liner and a giltwood fillet. Sight: 12 3/4" H x 15 3/4" W. Framed: 21 3/4" H x 24 1/2" W. Condition: Oil painting in overall very good condition. Old relining. Frame with natural age shrinkage. Liner with 1/2" area of damage, top right. [See more photos →]

1901 $10 "Bison" legal tender notes, featuring a vignette of a bison, Black Diamond or Pablo, center, with the portraits of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, left and right, obverse. Female figure representing Columbia between two pillars and two scrolls, reverse. Serial # E53720328/ pp D. FR # 122. Speelman/White signatures. Private Nashville Collection. Condition: PMG Grade Very Fine 30. [See more photos →]

Norman Lloyd (Australia/England, 1895-1983) oil on canvas painting titled "Country Road" depicting a dirt road winding through a forested area, a white stucco building visible in the background against additional trees beneath a cloudy, late afternoon sky, rendered in a heavy impasto technique. Signed "Norman Lloyd" lower right. W.T. Burger & Co. paper label typed artist biography paper label, en verso. Housed in a giltwood Louis XVI style frame, with tan linen liner, and giltwood fillet. Sight: 12 1/2" H x 15 1/2" W. Framed: 20 1/2" H x 23 1/2" W. Condition: Painting overall very good condition with light craquelure to sky quadrant. Frame with areas of loss, largest 2 3/4", to gilt, slight area of peeling to liner, lower left corner. [See more photos →]

Geoffrey Lewis (Oregon/California, 1928-2005) oil on board landscape painting depicting a series of green hills and mountain ranges beneath a cloudy blue sky with a meadow and red flowers in the foreground. Unsigned. Housed in a giltwood frame with black trim and off white velvet liner. Sight: 29 1/2" H x 39 1/2" W. Framed: 36 1/2" H x 46 1/2" W. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition with scattered minute areas of exfoliation/paint flakes to lower quadrant. [See more photos →]

Oil on canvas portrait painting depicting the three quarter bust view of an elderly man with a luxuriant beard and mustache, dressed in a light mauve three piece suit with a red tie, seated in a garden setting. Unsigned. Includes a paper label with handwritten ink inscription reading "Lyzon/Degas W.I./16 X 20/Woody." Possibly a likeness of the artist, Edgar Degas. Housed in a giltwood frame with modeled floral corner decorations. Sight: 19 1/2" H x 15 1/2" W. Framed: 25 1/4" H x 21" W. Second half 20th century. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Condition: Overall good condition. Series of minute abrasions, top left quadrant of canvas. Minor craquelure, lower quadrant of canvas. Few minor scuffs, largest 1", lower quadrant of canvas. [See more photos →]

Southern Beaten Biscuit Table or biscuit board, likely Georgia, yellow pine throughout with a marble insert. Hinged top with nailed construction and lower section with nailed boards and a large underside medial support post for marble top secured to inset side panels with molded surrounds on the outside case on three sides. Hinged door with screen opens to access lower interior. Marble biscuit top also supported by four large 3 3/4" x 2" interior stiles ending in square legs and feet. 36 3/4"H x 25 3/4"W x 23"D. Oral history from the Pennington (Seed) family of Morgan County, Georgia, Mid 19th century. The collection of Dr. Robert and Diana Marsh, Lawrenceville, Georgia. Condition: Overall very good condition with marble top having an old break to the left back corner edge. Screen door with some damage to wire screen and a small section of lower molding missing to the screen door (approx. 2 1/2" length). [See more photos →]

Scarce and early Kentucky coin silver condiment ladle with coffin end handle, marked AYRES & HAYDON in rectangle for Samuel Ayres and Noah Haydon, active Lexington, 1811-1813. Script monogram WAR. Reference: Boultinghouse, Marquis. Silversmiths of Kentucky, 1785-1900, p. 43, mark illustrated p. 297, fig. 9. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Coin silver julep cup or beaker, having a beaded rim and foot ring, tapered sides, underside with incuse mark for S.B. Hall (working Nicholasville, KY and Clayton, IN, c. 1837-1850). Monogrammed with script "MD." 3 5/8" H x 3 1/4" dia. 5.299 total troy ounces. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Overall good condition with normal surface scratches. Bends, largest 1", to footring. [See more photos →]

Continental, possibly Flemish wool tapestry woven in a design of a tall tree in a lush landscape, surrounded by a floral border. Fringed sides. Top has fabric strip sewn in with rings for ease of hanging. 113 1/2″H x 54″W. (9’7″ x 4’9″). 18th century or earlier. Private Nashville Collection. Condition: Overall very good condition. Fading. Scattered minor spots of repair, largest is a 13″ repaired tear to upper left edge. [See more photos →]

64 pieces Towle Louis XIV pattern sterling silver flatware, designed by Harold E. Nock, patented 1924, including 8 dinner knives (9 1/2" L), 8 dinner forks (7 3/8" L), 4 teaspoons (5 7/8" L), 4 five o'clock teaspoons (5 1/2" L), 12 demitasse spoons, 11 ice cream forks, 1 baby spoon, 1 bon bon spoon, 1 cream ladle, 1 small chipped beef fork, 2 piece salad serving fork and spoon set, 1 old style tomato server, 1 pie server, 1 cheese server, and 8 flat handle butter spreaders. Most pieces monogrammed with script "FBJ," baby spoon inscribed "Sept. 6. 1926." 46.325 total weighable troy ounces. The Estate of Alice Wright Summers Hale, Rogersville, TN. Condition: All items in overall good condition with normal surface wear. Bon bon spoon with bend to bowl. [See more photos →]

Charles Kermit "Buck" Ewing (Tennessee, 1910-1976) 3-D mixed media cement on wood painting titled "Moon Shot #2". Depicts a cutout of the moon superimposed on wood, both in a metallic brown color. Titled, signed and dated en verso "Moon Shot #2, 1970, C. Kermit Ewing, U.T., Knoxville TN". Housed in a simple wood frame, likely made by the artist. Moon: 23" dia. Sight: 30 1/2" H x 30 3/8" W. Framed: 30 3/4" H x 30 5/8" W. Together with a Ewing exhibition poster from 1976 reading, "Buck Ewing/retrospective exhibition/40 years/1937 – 1976". 29 1/2" H x 24" W. Note: A similar example can be found in a University of Tennessee Department of Art Faculty Exhibition booklet from 1966, which shows a cement piece titled "Moon Shot #2", 28" dia. Scanned copy of this material available upon request. Condition: Painting overall very good condition. Lower margin of poster missing, some denting/losses to poster corners. [See more photos →]

Navajo silver and coral squash blossom necklace with twelve blossoms on a double strand of beads, naja with coral and cactus design to the center, illegibly signed en verso. Together with one (1) pair of matching silver and coral earrings and one (1) coral and silver ring marked "CLBZ" under a large M for Mitchell Calabaza, size 7 1/2. Necklace: 28" L, naja: 3 1/4" H. All silver and coral jewelry weighs 324.25 grams. Purchased in San Juan Capistrano in the 1960s. Private East Tennessee collection. Condition: All pieces overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Chinese Republic period Famille Rose porcelain vases. 1st item: Chinese Famille Rose porcelain vase, hexagonal paneled form with flaring rim, raised foliate bud handles and footed base. Polychrome decoration to the body including dragon and phoenix with male figure playing a musical instrument atop the dragon amongst clouds and two female figures on a balcony, one playing a musical instrument, all above a rocky landscape with pine tree, together with an inscription on one panel and archaistic symbols to the footed base. 16 1/2" H x 8 1/2" W. 2nd & 3rd items: Pair of Chinese Famille Rose porcelain hat stands with polychrome decoration depicting birds perched upon flowering branches and inscriptions along the rim. Bases with red seal mark and San Antonio, Texas gallery label. 11 1/8" H. The estate of David B. Person, Historic Burton Place, Holly Springs, Mississippi. Condition: 1st item: Overall good condition. Light wear and minor losses to polychrome decoration, primarily to raised handles. 2nd & 3rd items: Overall good condition. One with shallow chip to rim, minor wear and losses to decoration to both. [See more photos →]

Two (2) coin silver cups or mugs, marked for G.W. Stewart, Lexington, and W.M. Hinton. 1st item: Coin silver cup with floral wreath design enclosing an inscription, ROBERT SPOTSWOOD RUSSELL FROM HIS MOTHER, with reeded rim and foot ring, and angular handle. Incuse mark G. W. Stewart for George W. Stewart, working Lexington, 1843-1852. 3 1/2"H. Note: the recipient of this cup was likely Robert Spotswood Russell of Fayette Co., Kentucky (1818-1852), son of Thomas Allen Russell and Anne Mastin Allen, and grandson of the General Robert Spotswood Russell who established "Poplar Hill" on Russell Cave Pike in the 1790s. 2nd item: Coin silver cup with floral/scroll cartouche and engraved inscription SAB FROM PS, with molded rim, egg and dart banding at foot ring, and C scroll handle. Marked in rectangle for William M. Hinton, working Paris, KY 1844-1847 and 1854-1900 and Shelbyville, KY 1847-1854, along with pseudohallmarks and incuse mark for M.W. Galt & Bro., working Washington, DC 1847-1879. 3 1/2"H. Combined weight 9.85 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Stewart cup has very rubbed mark; a couple of fairly deep dents, under 1/4" L, and some scratches, Hinton cup slightly out of round, especially on bottom, with some shallow denting to side. [See more photos →]

Pair of Continental, likely English, Neo-Greco or Regency style satinwood veneer pier tables, rectangular form with black stencil decorated tops having ormolu trim, atop an ebonized base comprised of two tapering columnar ormolu-mounted legs, resting on curved trestle-like supports with carved rosette decoration. 29" H x 39 1/2" W x 19 1/2" D. Late 19th/Early Century. The estate of David B. Person, Historic Burton Place, Holly Springs, Mississippi. Condition: Both tables overall good condition with scattered light wear, minor scratching to tops and minor scattered losses to black paint. [See more photos →]

Continental Neoclassical .800 silver cake or fruit openwork basket, comprised of a pierced swing handle with floral and cartouche decoration, an openwork body with floral swag, musical instruments and rams head decoration, and a pierced pedestal base with floral swag and cartouche decoration. The under side with three European hallmarks together with an illegible maker's mark. Fitted with a shaped clear glass insert. 17" H (w/handle) x 12 3/4" W x 8 3/4" D. Basket weighs 39.450 troy ounces. 19th century. Condition: Repairs to handle on each side near swivel base. Glass insert with old repaired break. [See more photos →]

Continental .800 silver tea kettle together with stand and burner. Kettle with repousse lobed lid and body accented with stylized tulip and cabachon decoration; acanthus and scroll handle and spout, and circular foot. Lobed gourd form bone finial. Kettle marked HUMBERT & HEYLANDT .800 on base with additional hallmark. Kettle fits into a stand with four figural paw feet and scroll and cabachon decoration at knees. Removable burner. Kettle and burner not marked. Overall: 13 1/2" H x 9 3/4" W x 8" D. Kettle weight: 39.03 oz troy. Kettle, stand and burner: 55.65 oz troy. German, Mid 19th century. Note: the firm of Humbert and Heylandt originated circa 1820 in Berlin. The company exhibited and won awards at the Centennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia. The estate of Camille Gift, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Kettle: Some age cracking to finial. 1/4" dent to burner. Stand exhibits some wear to feet with possible base metal showing through. Stand and Burner are not marked. [See more photos →]

Group of Fourteen (14) Herend porcelain animal figurines with fishnet decoration, including one (1) red pheasant, one (1) black boxer, two (2) blue bears, one (1) gold mouse eating a nut, one (1) gold bunny, one (1) brown teddy bear, one (1) green "Cow Jumped Over the Moon," one (1) blue seashell, one (1) green frog with crown, one (1) red owl, one (1) green snail, one (1) pink lamb, and one (1) black cat looking right. All pieces finished with gilt trim and having stamped Herend mark with additional numbers to underside, smallest blue bear with "USA 2007" stamp, gold mouse and bunny with "HEREND GUILD 2006" or "2008," black boxer "MADE IN HUNGARY" stickers (see photos). Ranging in size from 1 1/8" H x 1" L to 4 1/4" H x 8 1/2" L. Mid/late 20th century. The estate of J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: All pieces in overall excellent condition. Few minute areas of paint loss to pheasant's tail. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Chinese Style Porcelain vases.1st item: Cartier Chinese Famille Noir style porcelain vase, rouleu form with enameled flowering branch and bird decoration. The base stamped in blue "Cartier Porcelaine De Paris, France, Fondee in 1773". 18 3/4" H. 20th century. 2nd item: Tiffany & Company Chinoiserie blue and white porcelain lidded ginger jar. The lid with figural foo dog finial and the body with ribbed design and overall floral decoration. Base stamped "Hand Painted in France for Tiffany & Co. 5033" with initial signature. 18 1/4" H. 20th century. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: Both overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Paul Lancaster (Tennessee/Colorado, 1930-2019) oil on canvas painting titled "Tropical Princess" depicting a young woman in an elaborate dress, seated next to a large black bird in a jungle landscape setting. Signed "Lancaster" lower right. All State Art Exhibition 1994 label and Watkins College of Art label, en verso. Housed in a wooden frame. Sight: 39 1/2" square. Framed: 45 1/2" square. Provenance: Art Collection of former Watkins College of Art; proceeds benefit scholarship endowment for students in the new Watkins College of Art at Belmont University. Biography: Self-taught artist Paul Lancaster began painting in the late 1950s in Colorado, while training as an Army medic. His grandfather and great grandfather were Cherokee Indian, and Lancaster's love of nature and spirituality influence many of his canvases. His work has been included in numerous exhibitions including The Art of Tennessee at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and a 2013 one man show at the Parthenon in Nashville, which brought together many of his works created over the last 50 years. Condition: Overall very good condition. Frame with loss, abrasions, largest 3 1/4". [See more photos →]

Regency or William IV mahogany library writing table or desk. Inset green leather top with gilt tooled border and banded veneer surrounds over two frieze cockbeaded dovetailed drawers with later gilt bronze lion pulls, rectangular end supports transitioning into a carved trestle base with circular carved feet and casters. False frieze doors verso. 31" H x 47 1/4" W x 23" D. Circa 1840. The estate of David B. Person, Historic Burton Place, Holly Springs, Mississippi. Condition: Overall very good condition. Bruise to molding on right side of approximately 4" length. [See more photos →]

Mose Ernest Tolliver (Alabama, 1919-2006) folk art house paint on wood panel painting depicting a portrait of Southern (Alabama) artist Fred Nall Hollis, more commonly refer to as "Nall," rendered in shades of pink and black against a green background. Signed "MOSET" with backwards "S," lower left. Metal bar and a soda can tab, en verso. Unframed. 27 1/4" H x 16" W. The Collection of Sylvia Roberts, Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall good condition with minor surface scuffs, errant paint marks, natural age shrinkage to panel. [See more photos →]

Four (4) Oiva Toikka (Finland, 1931-2019) hand-blown art glass birds, made for Iittala. Includes one (1) gray and white speckled bird labelled as a "Mistle Thrush" on retail sticker, one (1) red speckled bird labelled as "Jouliana" on retail sticker, and one (1) yellow and beige bird labelled as "Cedar Waxwing" on retail sticker, and one (1) yellow bird with pulled design. Cedar Waxwing etched "FinnFest 2015" and Mistle Thrush etched with date "2013" to bases. All items with Iittala stickers, old retail stickers, and etched maker's name to bases. All items approximately 4 1/2" H x 3 1/2" W x 7 1/2" L. Condition: All items in very good condition. Retail sticker partially removed on yellow bird's base. Light scuffs to bases. Condition: All items in very good condition. Retail sticker partially removed on yellow bird's base. Light scuffs to bases. [See more photos →]

Two (2) sets of Hermes wine glasses, sixteen (16) total. 1st item: Set of eight (8) Hermes Crystal Fanfare pattern white wine glasses, each with cut ovoid-shaped dots to bowls. All with acid-etched logo and "CRISTAL HERMES PARIS" to the bases. Includes four original Hermes orange square boxes, each with fitted interiors for two glasses. Glasses: 6 3/4" H x 2 7/8" dia. Boxes: 4 3/8" H x 9 1/8" square. 2nd item: Set of eight (8) Hermes Crystal Fanfare pattern red wine glasses, each with 20 vertical cut lines to the bowls. All with acid-etched logo and "CRISTAL HERMES PARIS" to the bases. Includes four original Hermes orange square boxes, each with fitted interiors for two glasses. Glasses: 7 1/4" H x 3" dia. Boxes: 4 3/8" H x 9 1/8" square. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: 1st item: Overall very good condition. Boxes with minor wear. 2nd item: Overall very good condition One glass with 1/8" fleabite to rim. Boxes with minor wear. [See more photos →]

Set of three (3) Mid-Century Eileen Gray style E-1027 adjustable height side tables, comprised of chrome-plated tubular steel with clear glass tops. Underside of tables marked "25773 BS1". Table height is adjustable from 24" to 39 1/2" and 20' dia. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Note: Guardsmark, a private security firm, was founded in 1963. The company's headquarters in downtown Memphis was noted for its collection of original Knoll office furniture. Condition: All tables overall good condition with expected general wear. [See more photos →]

Knoll mid century modern square end or coffee table, model #2520, with Italian cremo marble top on a chrome finished aluminum T-angle frame. Underside of frame with Guardsmark inventory label. This was the largest size offered of Knoll's "square end" tables, based on the original 1954 design by Florence Knoll Bassett. 17" H x 42" square. Manufactured circa 1970. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition with light general expected wear. [See more photos →]

Albert Lujan (New Mexico, 1892-1948), also known as Xenaiua meaning "Weasel Arrow," oil on board painting depicting a Southwestern Native American Taos Pueblo dwelling before a small river, with a mountain range beneath a cloudy blue sky in the background. Signed "Albert Lujan" lower right. Artist information card, en verso. Housed in a giltwood frame with black trim, an off white linen liner, and a giltwood fillet. Sight: 6 7/8" H x 8 3/4" W. Framed: 13 3/8" H x 15 3/8" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. Frame with areas of loss, largest 1 3/8", to gilt. [See more photos →]

Native American Morgan Silver Dollar and turquoise squash blossom necklace comprised of ten (10) 1921 morgan dollars as the blossoms mounted onto a double row of silver beads and a central silver naja featuring a suspended turquoise. The necklace tests sterling and is unsigned. 26" L, gross weight of 379.7 grams. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Large Eddie Beyuka (1920-2002) Zuni "Parrot" Katsina bolo comprised of silver with multi stone channel inlay, attached to a braided leather tie with silver drum tips. Stamped on the back "EAB Zuni". 5 1/4" H. Circa 1970's-1980's. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Eleven (11) Science related books. 1st item: PHYSICA VETUS ET VERA: SIVE TRACTATUS DE NATURALI VERITATE HEXAEMERI MOSAICI, by Edmund Dickinson, sold by Henri Ribotteau, London, 1702. Hardcover octavo, 348 pages including 4 copper plate engravings on pp. 94-95 and 342-343, with additional illustrations, rebound in three-quarter brown leather with marbled paper sides. 9 7/8" H x 7 7/8" W x 1 1/8" D. 2nd-3rd items: SELECTIONS FROM MR. NICHOLSON'S JOURNAL: A JOURNAL OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY, AND THE ARTS, Vol. I & II, by William Nicholson, London, circa 1806. Hardbound octavoes, 800 plus pages including illustrations, hardbound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Handwritten table of contents to each volume, pages are not in numerical order. 8 7/8" H x 5 5/8" W x 1 1/2" D. 4th-5th items: CONVERSATIONS ON CHEMISTRY; IN WHICH THE ELEMENTS OF THAT SCIENCE ARE FAMILIARITY EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED BY EXPERIMENTS, Third Edition, Vol. I & II, printed by M. & S. Brooke for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, 1809. Hardcover 12mos, 710 total marble edged pages with engraved illustrations, hardbound in red leather with gilt blind stamped covers and spine, gilt lettering to spine, five raised hubs, marbled end papers, ex libris plates, interior of front covers. 7 1/8" H x 4 1/2" W x 1" D. 6th item: A DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY, ON THE BASIS OF MR. NICHOLSON'S, by Andrew Ure, M.D., printed for Thomas & George Underwood, London, et al., 1821. Hardcover octavo, 752 pages with 15 engraved plates (numbered 1-14), hardbound in brown leather with gilt borders, gilt lettering to spine, five raised hubs, ex libris plate, interior of front cover. 9" H x 5 3/4" W x 2" D. 7th item: RECREATIONS IN CHEMISTRY, by Thomas Griffiths, published by John W. Parker, London, 1841. Hardcover 12mo, 278 pages including index, 8 additional pages of back advertisments, rebound in one quarter brown leather with marbled paper sides. Photographic image of previous owner with 19th century inscription to front matter pages. 7 1/4" H x 4 3/4" W x 1 1/8" D. 8th item: METHODES GAZOMETRIQUES by Robert Bunsen, published by Librairie de Victor Masson, Palce de l'Ecole de Medecine, Paris, 1858. Hardcover octavo, 320 pages, hardbound in one quarter black leather with marbled paper sides. 8 1/2" H x 5 1/2" W x 1" D. 9th-10th items: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMISTRY: THEORETICAL, PRACTICAL AND ANALYTICAL AS APPLIED TO THE ARTS AND MANUFACTURERS, Vol. I-II, by Writers of Eminence, published by J. B. Lippencott and Company, 1877 & 1879. Hardcover octavoes, 2,056 total marble edged pages with numerous woodcuts and steel plate engravings, hardbound in three-quarter brown leather with brown cloth sides, gilt blindstamped covers with gilt lettering to spine, five raised hubs, marbed end papers, Seton High School Cincinnati, OH ex libris plate to interior of front covers. Approximately 11 1/4" H x 8 1/2" W x 2 3/4" D. 11th item: ESSAYS IN CHEMISTRY, by T. E. Thorpe, published by Macmillan and Company, Ltd., London, 1902. Hardcover octavo, 582 marble edged pages, hardbound in green leather with gilt blindstamped covers, gilt lettering to spine, five raised hubs, marbled end papers. 8 7/8" H x 6" W x 1 7/8" D. Condition: All covers in overall good condition with shelf wear, some with sun fading, bumped corners. All pages with toning, handling wear, foxing spots, inscriptions from previous owners. 3rd item: Dampstaining to covers and pages. 1st item: Rebound covers in overall good condition with light shelf wear. Pages in overall good condition with toning, foxing spots, dampstaining, tears, inscriptions from previous owners. First, including title pages, and last few pages with paper or old tape backing. [See more photos →]

Andrew Wyeth (Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania/Maine, 1917-2009) limited edition offset lithograph titled "North Light", depicting N.C. Wyeth's studio in a winter snowscape. Pencil signed and numbered "Andrew Wyeth, 104/100" lower right. Published by The Brandywine River Museum and printed by Stinehour Press, Lunenberg, Vermont, 1994. Includes authentication label. Unframed. Image: 21 1/2" H x 29 1/4" W. Sheet: 25 1/2" H x 33 1/4" W. American, late 20th century. Note: Andrew Wyeth created the original North Light painting to help the Brandywine River Museum to raise funds to restore his father's studio. Condition: Overall very good condition with expected creases visible en verso. Reverse side of print with two areas of damage from tape removal, largest 1/4" x 2", top left and right edges. [See more photos →]

Two (2) country store advertising cabinets. 1st item: Oak Merrick’s Advertising round cylinder country store revolving spool cabinet, with two stenciled glass doors reading “Merrick’s Six-Cord Soft Finish Spool Cotton” and a door on the base to retrieve spool. Top with patent plate reading “Patented July 20, 1897”. 20″ H x 18 1/4″ W. Early 20th century. 2nd item: Countertop oak ribbon spool display cabinet by A.N. Russell of New York, with four front doors that pivot outward to allow access to the ribbon spools. Brass plaque to lower edge reads A.N. RUSSELL & SONS, ILION, N.Y. U.S.A. 26 1/2″ H x 28″ W x 6 1/2″ D. Early 20th century. Private Southern Collection. Condition: 1st item: Overall good condition with expected general wear. Old veneer loss to edge above right of door. 2nd item: Minor scattered fading to wood. Losses to top back left corner. Top door does not sit flush with cabinet, leans forward slightly. Crack to glass, top left side. [See more photos →]

10 pieces sterling silver including water goblets, toothpick holder and salt/pepper shakers. Grouping includes: seven (7) Wallace sterling silver water goblets, maker's marks, Sterling, and 14 to underside of bases. 6 3/4" H. Together with an International sterling silver toothpick holder (3" H), maker's marks, Sterling, and NH1 to underside of base and a pair of Keene, New York individual sterling silver salt and pepper shakers (1 1/4" H). 40.49 total troy ounces. The collection of Sherry Hastings, Paducah, KY. Condition: All pieces in overall good condition with general use wear. Water goblets are not monogrammed. Shakers with some pitting to tops. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Kentucky or Ohio Coin silver mint julep cups with beaded upper and lower rims, incuse stamp on underside W.R. EVANS for William R. Evans, working Cincinnati c. 1844-prior to 1850 and in Covington, KY by 1850-1855. One with engraved monogram OPC and the other with engraved monogram J.P. COX. Both 3 3/4" H, 9.75 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: One cup with a couple of shallow scratches/dents up to 1/3" L, the other with a deep tiny dent. Overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Scarce and early Kentucky coin silver cream ladle with beveled elongated oval handle, marked E OUTTEN in rectangle for Ephraim Outten, working Maysville by 1816-d. 1825. 6 7/8" L, .92 oz troy. Reference: Boultinghouse, Marquis. Silversmiths of Kentucky, 1785-1900, mark illustrated p. 304, fig. 113. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Some short deep scratches to bowl; some wear to mark; overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Attributed to Thomas Puryear Mims (American/Tennessee, 1906-1975), limestone sculpture depicting a standing nude woman on an integral base; the subject's head is tilted up toward her right side, and her right arm is stretched across her torso. Unsigned. 29" H x 10 1/2" W x 7 1/2" D. Sculpture weighs 95 pounds. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Biography: Born into a distinguished Southern literary family, Puryear Mims earned an English degree from Vanderbilt University and taught the subject for a brief period. His fascination with sculpture eventually led him to study at the Academie Julian in Paris and the Art Students League in New York, where he trained under two of America's pioneer abstractionists, Robert Laurent and William Zorach. He also worked in the studio of the sculptor Saul Baizerman in New York. In 1934 he worked on the Mount Rushmore project as an assistant to Gutzon Borglum, but found it to be more "mechanical" than artistic. He returned to the Art Students League and eventually, to Nashville. Mims taught art at Vanderbilt University and in 1958 was appointed Sculptor in Residence. He created numerous public sculptures around Nashville, participated in several one-man and multi-artist exhibits, and, following his death, was the subject of a retrospective at Cheekwood. While Mims's early work was largely representational, he was influenced by cubism in the late 1950s and evolved into an abstract, organic, curvilinear style of sculpture. Women as voluptuous, creative beings, in particular Eve and Athena, were frequent subjects in the 1960s. Mims retired from Vanderbilt in 1972 and taught privately until his death three years later. (Source: "Thomas Puryear Mims" by Philancy Holder, published by Tennessee Botanical Gardens & Fine Arts Center, Inc., Cheekwood, Nashville, TN., 1977). Note: Mims's work is sometimes compared with that of another prominent Nashville sculptor working around the same time, William Edmondson. Works by the two artists were displayed together in a 1988 exhibition at the Nashville Metropolitan Arts Commission Gallery, "Spirit and Form: the Art of William Edmondson and Puryear Mims." Condition: Some chips and losses to base, wear and some brownish discoloration to stone, suggesting previous use outside. [See more photos →]

Gerald Brockhurst (English, 1890-1978), 3 unmounted etchings from the estate of Thomas Brumbaugh (co-author and editor of the book, THE ART OF GERALD BROCKHURST, Georgia Museum of Art, 1993). 1st item: UNA (THE YOUNG CREOLE), annotated "Artist Proof" lower left margin in pencil, edition of 111. Signed in reverse in the plate and pencil signed lower right. Plate: 220 x 160 mm (8 3/8 x 6 1/8"). Sheet: 390 x 262 mm (10 3/8" x 15 3/8"). Circa 1929. 2nd item: ANAIS II, annotated in pencil lower right "2nd state, 1930." Signed in reverse in the plate and pencil signed lower right. Plate: 225 x 175 mm (8 3/4 x 7"), Sheet: 381 x 275 mm (15" x 10 3/4"). 3rd item: THE BLACK CLOAK (MRS. MELLON). Signed in reverse in the plate. Inscribed with title and date 1943 in pencil lower right. Plate: 250 x 200 mm (9 7/8" x 7 7/8"), Sheet: 315 x 244 (12 3/8" x 9 5/8"). All items inscribed in pencil en verso "From the estate of the artist's wife 1998." Provenance: The estates of sculptor Olen Bryant and late Vanderbilt University art professor Thomas Brumbaugh, Clarksville/Cottontown, Tennessee. Condition: 1st item: overall very good condition with a couple of light small creases and thumbdings. 2nd item: Discoloration to upper right corner, scattered light creases/thumbdings, faint yellow discoloration to lower left margin. 3rd item: a couple of very faint spots of foxing, scattered, overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Charles Cobelle (Connecticut/France, 1902-1998) abstract oil on board painting titled "Chez Catherine" depicting a Parisian square with several people and a couple in a horse and buggy passing by buildings, including the Chez Catherine restaurant. Signed "Cobelle" lower right. Two typed Young's Fine Art Gallery, North Berwick, ME auction labels, both dated August 29, 1992, en verso. Housed in a giltwood frame with off white linen liner. Sight: 15 1/2" H x 19 3/4" W. Framed: 21 1/2" H x 25 3/4" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Texaco Star glass gravity pump globe topper, comprised of milk glass form atop a round metal base with a painted red five point star superimposed with "TEXACO," centered by a raised green painted "T" with "REG. US. PAT. OFF." below. 17 1/2" H X approx. 16" dia. Circa 1920's. Private Southern Collection. Condition: Some losses to red star decal on both sides, minor wear and losses to black paint, expected oxidation to metal base with some red paint transfer. [See more photos →]

Diamond Dye oak countertop advertising cabinet, the front tin door with an embossed and painted chromolithograph depicting five children playing foreground with a large home in the background, "Diamond Dyes" printed above and "The Standard Package Dyes of the World" printed below. Printed by the Wells & Richardson Company. The interior fitted with 6 shelves, 6 slots in each shelf retaining the original identification label, retains some of the original dye packets. Back tin door with embossed advertising text. 24 1/2" H x 15 1/4" W x 8 3/4" D. Private Southern Collection. Condition: Overall very good condition with very minor wear to lower right corner of front tin, base of case. Retains some of the original dye packets. [See more photos →]

Early Cornelius Hankins (Mississippi/Tennessee, 1863-1946) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a beached wooden boat in a field with a line of trees in the background. Signed and dated lower right "Cornelius Hankins 1896". Additional presentation inscription en verso reads "Christmas gift to Mr. and Mr. Coleman from Cornelius Hankins – picture and Miss Maude Hazlegrove- frame. A.D. 1896.". Housed in a carved gilt and gesso frame with scrolling foliate edge. Sight: 9 1/2" H x 13 1/2" W. Framed: 15 3/4" H x 19 3/4" W. Condition: Painting with light overall craquelure, grime. Frame with several scattered losses, discoloration, and some hairlines to frame edge. [See more photos →]

Sheraton server or press, walnut with mahogany veneer, poplar and white pine secondary woods. Plain rectangular top over a single wide dovetailed drawer veneered with figured mahogany and scratchbeaded at edges and having two original round wood knobs; two paneled and hinged doors opening to a single fixed shelf; full length reeded stiles and four turned and tapered feet. Paneled back and sides. 40"H x 41"W x 19 5/8" D. Virginia or Mid-Atlantic, circa 1825. Provenance: private Holly Springs, Mississippi collection, by descent from a relative in Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition. Retains old key and locks. Small pest hole to back. Scattered shrinkage cracks including one to front. Drawer supports replaced. Case Divider below long drawer with marks for old hinges, possibly re-purposed for this press since the patination is consistent with remaining case. [See more photos →]

Marino Marini (Italian, 1901-1980) colored lithograph referenced as "Miracolo" and titled verso "Horse and Sparrow," numbered 32/50, depicting abstract black, white, brown, and grey shapes representing a horse and a sparrow against an orange background. Numbered, in pencil, lower left, signed "Marino" in pencil, lower right. Several exhibition and gallery labels indicating that this was part of the Mr. and Mrs. Leslie L. Johnson Collection, en verso. Housed and matted under glass in a wooden frame with gilt trim. Sight: 25" H x 17" W. Framed: 30 1/4" H x 22" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. Not examined outside of frame. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Native American Navajo jewelry items, squash blossom necklace, bolo tie, and cuff bracelet. 1st item: Early Navajo sterling silver squash blossom necklace comprised of fourteen (14) silver blossoms set between single row silver beads and a central silver naja. The necklace tests sterling and is unsigned. The necklace is 24" and has a weight of 253.4 grams. 2nd item: Sterling silver Navajo bolo tie featuring turquoise, marked "925" and signed by the artist "Wydell Billie". The tie is 36" L and has a gross weight of 71.35 grams. 3rd item: Navajo sterling silver cuff bracelet featuring turquoise, marked ".925" and signed by the artist "Robert Noreen Kelly" with a feather pictorial. The cuff is 6 1/2" and has a gross weight of 98.66 grams. Gross weight of the lot is 423.41 grams. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: All pieces in overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Lewis Borgo (New York/Italy, b. 1876) Works Progress Administration (WPA) era mixed media painting on cardstock, depicting men at work in an large industrial setting. Signed with initials LJB lower left corner. Possibly a study for a mural. Matted and framed under glass in a later molded giltwood frame. Sight: 15" H x 13" W. Framed: 24" H x 26" W. American, circa 1930. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Condition: Overall good condition with a small 1/8" spot of thin paint left center near edge. 12 1/2" horizontal scratch across lower half of painting. [See more photos →]

Forty (40) Royal Crown Derby porcelain dinnerware items, King's pattern, including eight (8) dinner plates (10 5/8" dia.), sixteen (16) salad plates (8 1/2" dia.), eight (8) saucers (5 7/8" dia.), and eight (8) footed cups (2 1/8" H). All with 20th century red Derby marks to the underside of bases. The estate of J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: All items in overall very good condition with light surface scratches, minute losses to polychrome and gilt. One dinner plate with residue to underside. One cup with slight crazing to interior. [See more photos →]

Large Herend hand painted porcelain figural depicting two ducks, the bodies with red fishnet decoration and the wings with blue and pink paint decoration, gilt accents throughout. Base with stamped blue factory mark and incised model number. 7 3/4" H x 15" L x 9 3/4" W. 20th century. The collection of Sherry Hastings, Paducah, KY. Condition: Overall excellent condition. [See more photos →]

American School, probably Southern, late 19th or early 20th century, oil on canvas painting depicting a seated woman in a red high collared dress, playing a banjo in a dark, interior setting. Unsigned. Housed wooden frame with a braided giltwood running pattern and fillet. Sight: 15 5/8" H x 11 1/2" W. Framed: 24 1/2" H x 20 1/2" W x 2 1/2" D. Provenance: found in a Nashville area estate. Condition: Overall good condition with craquelure, buckling across top of canvas. Areas of exfoliation/paint loss, largest 1/4", to canvas, primarily above the woman's head and below her feet. Frame with 1 1/2", to gilt. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Native American jewelry items, squash blossom necklace, cuff bracelet, and ring. 1st item: Navajo sterling silver (tested) squash blossom necklace comprised of ten (10) silver and blue turquoise blossoms mounted onto a double row of silver beads and a central naja featuring graduated turquoise, all having leaf and rope twist decoration, unsigned. The necklace is 28" L and has a gross weight of 342.8 grams. 2nd item: Navajo sterling silver cuff bracelet featuring a central turquoise stone surrounded by leaf and rope twist decoration, marked "sterling" and signed "GR". The bracelet is 6 1/2" and has a gross weight of 61.49 grams. 3rd item: Navajo sterling silver ring featuring a round turquoise stone with leaf decorated surround, marked "sterling" and not signed. The ring is size 7 1/4 and has a gross weight of 12.37 grams. Gross weight of the lot is 416.66. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: All pieces in overall good condition with expected general wear. [See more photos →]

Four (4) Mississippian Culture Pottery Pieces, including one (1) bird effigy bowl (likely 20th century copy), one (1) lobed body water bottle, one (1) water bottle or vase with relief hand and face decoration, and one (1) vessel comprised of two conjoined pottery bowls with "bridge" handle. Ranging in size from 4 3/4" H x 7" W to 9 1/4" H X 7 1/4" W. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: All pieces overall good condition. Lobed water bottle, vase and pottery bowls with some scattered chipping and losses to rims. [See more photos →]

Kentucky coin silver ladle marked TK MARSH and PARIS KY in rectangles (Thomas King Marsh, working Paris, Kentucky, 1831-1877+), the fiddle handle is monogrammed "AC". 8 5/8" L, 2.19 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (South Carolina, 1883-1979), etching titled "The Brown Singer", depicting a young African American woman in a profile portrait pose, with upswept hair and flowing dress. Pencil signed by the artist lower right. Housed in a modern chrome frame. Image: 9 1/2" H x 7 3/8" W. Sight:10 3/8" H x 7 5/8" W. Framed: 16 1/2" H x 14" W. Provenance: Estate of Ruth T. Simpson, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Previously in the collection of Douglas Kearny Valldejuli, a past president of the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Bequeathed to Ruth T. Simpson. Additional biographical information on Valldejuli available to winning bidder upon request. Condition: Etching in overall very good condition. Chrome frame with some scattered abrasions. Not examined out of the frame. [See more photos →]

Middle Tennessee, DeKalb County, stoneware pottery pitcher with hand-written description on the body reading “Brighthill Lumes chaise Brother Prohibition May God Bee with you my Brother, L.D. Moore Superintendent”. 9 1/2″ H. Late 19th century. Note: Page 336 of the book “Tennessee Potteries, Pots, and Potters – 1790’s to 1950, Volume 1”, by Smith and Rogers, mentions a Lee D. Moore from DeKalb County, TN, “Both the 40DK11 pottery site and the clay bank were owned by a Moore family, though perhaps not until the late 1870s. L. D. Moore sold the clay bank between 1877 and 1879 then again in 1882. In 1917 his son H. L. Moore repurchased this same one-acre tract, which was reincorporated into the Moore farm. Both Lee D. Moore and his son Harmon L. Moore are indicated to have been farmers with no obvious connection to pottery making”. Condition: Overall excellent condition with glaze drips and a few scattered unglazed inclusions around rim edge. Base underside edge with chips where there was likely an excess pooling of glaze. [See more photos →]

Kentucky coin silver mint julep cup with molded and reeded rim and foot ring, engraved TC & SMB in script, stamped S. WHERITT with eagle pseudo hallmark to underside for Samuel Wheritt, working Richmond, KY 1824-d. 1877. 3 1/3" H, 4.77 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: A couple of tiny dents, overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Chris Heilman (American, b. 1950) studio art glass vases, Iris and Wisteria Gardens. 1st item: Vase titled "Iris Garden," clear exterior with an aqua core, depicting three iris flowers, each with two blossoms, surrounded by purple, red, and yellow flowers within greenery to the base. Incised signature, date, and title "Chris Heilman 2005" to edge of base. 7 1/4" H x 6 1/8" dia. 2nd item: Vase titled "Wisteria and Garden," clear exterior with an aqua core, depicting wisteria trees with green leaves and purple blossoms on branches, with yellow, red, and purple flowers within greenery to the base. Incised signature, date, and title "Chris Heilman 2005" to edge of base. 6 3/4" H x 5 1/2" dia. Condition: Both items in overall very good condition with scattered expected wear to underside of bases. [See more photos →]

Large Native American Anasazi Culture black on white olla with handles and black polychrome geometric decoration to the upper half of the jar. 13" H x approx. 15 1/2" dia. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall good condition with old repair below handle extending down body to underside of base. [See more photos →]

Archive of approximately ninety-eight (98) items pertaining to CSA Private Joseph M. Meredith, 6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, formerly Wheeler's 1st Tennessee Cavalry, Company G, including one (1) General Joseph E. Johnston parole document, dated May 3, 1865, and one (1) United Confederate Veterans (UCV) 11th Reunion Nathan Bedford Forrest Badge, Memphis 1901.1st item: Parole document signed by the officers and men who served in General Joseph E. Johnston's Army, dated May 3, 1865, issued from Charlotte, North Carolina. The one page, typed and handwritten document reads "In accordance with the terms of the Military Convention, entered into the twenty-sixth day of April, 1865, between General Joseph E. Johnston, commanding the Confederate army, and Major-General W. T. Sherman, commanding the United States Army in North Carolina, "Jos M. Meredith private Co G…Regt Tenn Cavalry Ashby…, has given his solemn obligation not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly released from this obligation, and is permitted to return to his home, not to be disturbed by the United States authorities so long as he observes this obligation and obeys the laws in force where he may reside." Signed by Special Commissioner, U.S. Army, and the soldier's commanding officer, Confederate Army. 4 1/2" H x 8 1/4" W. Note: On April 17, Johnston and Sherman met at the Bennett farm. Negotiations between the two men lasted several days, but on April 26, the Generals agreed on the terms of Johnson's surrender. As part of this agreement, the Union would not take any prisoners, but the men in Johnson's army would sign paroles, agreeing to not take up arms in support of the Confederacy. As long as each soldier abided by the terms outlined in this document, he would be free to return to his home. (source: https://www.ncpedia.org/anchor/parole-signed-officers-and). Note: 6th Cavalry Regiment, formerly Wheeler's 1st Tennessee Cavalry, was organized in May, 1862. It was assigned to F.C. Armstrong's, H.B. Davidson's, Humes', and H.M. Ashby's Brigade. The unit participated in the operations in North Mississippi during the balance of 1862 and in January, 1863, contained 430 officers and men. It went on to fight at Chickamauga, skirmished in Middle Tennessee, then was active in the Atlanta Campaign. Later the regiment saw action in various engagements in North Alabama and Middle Tennesee, moved to South Carolina, and in 1865 joined the Army of Tennessee. After fighting at Averysboro and Bentonville, it was included in the surrender on April 26. The field officers were Colonels Jacob B. Biffle and James T. Wheeler, Lieutenant Colonels W.W. Gordon and James H. Lewis, and Majors Joseph J. Dobbins and William S. Hawkins. (source: https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CTN0006RC). 2nd-5th items: Group of three (3) UCV 11th Reunion, Memphis, TN, held from May 28-30, 1901 souvenirs, including one (1) Nathan Bedford Forrest scroll-style badge, comprised of a red silk ribbon hanger with a celluloid drop depicting a portrait of Forrest inside a laurel wreath with three different flying Confederate flags below, surrounded by text; one (1) mess hall menu; and one (1) sheet of nine (9) tickets for the mess hall. Also includes one (1) copy of an article from the Columbia Herald describing a joint reunion between the 1st TN Cavalry and the 9th Battalion. 6th-97th items: Approximately ninety-two (92) letters, receipts, promissory notes, publications, and other documents, including one (1) handwritten list of members of the 6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, one (1) handwritten list of members of the Family Record of Thomas Meredith and one (1) reproduction photograph of members of the Meredith family, and two (2) Tennessee Public Schools Primary Grade Teacher's certificates, dated circa October 8, 1841 to August 13, 1902. Documents housed in plastic sleeves, including some in older plastic sleeves with adhesive backing, in a white, three-ring binder. 98th item: Doll in the form of a young girl, having a painted ceramic head, arms, and lower legs and wearing a floral fabric dress. Circa 1875. 13" L. Provenance: all items descended together in a Nashville, Tennessee family to current consignor. Condition: All items in overall good condition with toning, tears, foxing spots, and general handling wear to be expect from age and manner of use. 1st item: Area of acid burn from 5/8" x 4 3/4" area of old tape repair across center of document, en verso, slightly obscuring handwritten text. Tears, largest 2", to fold lines. Housed in an older plastic sleeve with adhesive backing. 2nd-5th items: Forrest badge with light surface grime fraying to ribbon, otherwise overall very good condition. 98th item: Doll with wear, missing hand; some fading and small losses to original dress. [See more photos →]

Cartier silver finish Art Deco style quartz desk clock. The white face with stylized Roman numerals. The back marked "Cartier/Swiss Made/07053RU/3054". 5 1/2" H x 11 1/4" W. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition. Not functioning at time of inspection, likely needs a new battery. [See more photos →]

Mahogany traveling dresser box and stereoscope and stereoviews depicting several congressmen and President McKinley, belonging to U.S. Rep. James Daniel Richardson (1843-1914) of Murfreesboro, Democratic politician representing Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 through 1905. 51 items total. 1st item: Mahogany traveling dresser box. Exterior with inlaid mother of pearl to lid and lock escutcheon, the hinged lid with brass hardware opening to reveal a dark pink velvet lined interior with multiple compartments containing several accessories, including four (4) glass bottles, two (2) with glass stoppers and two (2) with silver-tone metal lids, one (1) rectangular glass container with a pierced silver-tone metal lid, one (1) John Holland mother of pearl and gold-tone metal fountain pen and one (1) gold-tone metal pencil. Also includes two (2) secret compartments located beneath the main compartments. 6 3/4" H x 12" W x 9" D. Late 19th/early 20th century. 2nd-51st item: Stereoscope and stereoviews, including several of Richardson's fellow congressmen and President McKinley. Grouping includes one (1) "Perfectscope" stereoscope and thirty nine (39) Underwood and Underwood stereoviews depicting late 19th-century prominent political figures, published by Strohmeyer and Wyman, New York, 1898, two (2) depicting William McKinley (1843-1901), 25th President of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901, at his desk in the White House; one (1) depicting the Honorable Thomas Brackett Reed (1839-1902), Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1889 to 1891 and again from 1895 to 1899; one (1) depicting Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, served from 1893 to 1924; one (1) depicting Charles Henry Grosvenor (1833-1917) U.S. Representative from Ohio, served from 1885 to 1891, and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War; one (1) depicting Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler (1836-1906) U.S. Representative from Alabama, served from 1885 to 1900, a cavalry general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and a general in the United States Army during both the Spanish-American War and Philippine-American War; one (1) depicting Henry Clay Evans (1843-1921) U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, served from 1897 to 1902, U.S. Representative from Tennessee, served from 1889 to 1891, twice a candidate for Governor of Tennessee (1894 and 1906), and U.S. consul to London from 1902 to 1905; and more. Also includes nine (9) additional stereoviews depicting people and scenic locations, published by various makers. Stereoviews: 3 5/8" H x 7 1/8" W. Stereoscope: 7 3/4" H x 13" L. Provenance: the collection of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Roberts, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, by descent from Mr. Roberts' great-grandfather, Rep. James Daniel Richardson. Condition: 1st item: Overall good condition with natural age shrinkage to wood, areas of loss, largest 1". Lid with small 1/4" circular patch, lower right edge. Velvet with general use wear, tears, largest 1". One mother of pearl button is separated from velvet. Felt added to underside of base. 2nd-51st items: Stereoviews in overall good condition with areas of loss, general handling wear to be expected from age and manner of use. Stereoscope in working condition. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Parker Duofold International fountain pens, including one (1) Limited Edition Norman Rockwell pen. 1st item: Norman Rockwell fountain pen, numbered 0097/3500 to bottom of barrel, two toned 18 karat gold nib, black and white marble swirl acrylic screw-one cap and barrel, 18 karat bands and die-struck emblem depicting Rockwell's profile to top of cap, gold plated clip with arrow logo. Stamped "NORMAN ROCKWELL LIMITED EDITION PARKER DUOFOLD" to top of cap, facsimile of Rockwell's printed signature to cap, "PP," "750," with additional hallmarks to center trim band, "PARKER" with logo, "MADE IN UK" with number to bottom of barrel, arrow logo with "PARKER/18K 750" to front of nib, "M" to reverse of nib. Includes Fiddleback Maple presentation box with die-struck brass medallion embedded in the lid, black canvas portfolio including Certificate of Authencity and four art print reproductions of Rockwell Parker pen advertisements, each numbered "97/3500," and booklet, all housed in a brown leather artist's case. Fountain pen: opened: 6 3/4" L, closed: 5 1/2" L. Portfolio: 9" H x 11 1/4" W x 1/2" D. Case: 4 1/2" H x 13 1/2" W x 10 1/4" D. 2nd item: Fountain pen with two toned 18 karat gold nib, black and white mother of pearl marble swirl acrylic screw-one cap and barrel, gold plated bands and clip with arrow logo. Stamped "PARKER DUOFOLD" to top of cap, "PARKER" with logo, "MADE IN UK" with "1I" to bottom of barrel, arrow logo with "PARKER/18K 750" to front of nib, "M" to reverse of nib. Includes a black American maple Parker presentation case with two booklets, one card, and tag, all housed in a Parker exterior box. Fountain pen: opened: 6 1/2" L, closed: 5 1/4" L. Case: 1 1/4" H x 8 1/4" W x 3" D. Exterior box: 1 3/4" H x 8 3/4" W x 3 1/2" D. 3rd item: Fountain pen with two toned 18 karat gold nib, blue marble swirl acrylic screw-one cap and barrel, gold plated bands and clip with arrow logo. Stamped "S * M" to top of cap, arrow logo with "PARKER/18K 750" to front of nib, "M" to reverse of nib. Includes a grey suede Parker presentation case and two booklets, all housed in a Parker exterior box. Fountain pen: opened: 6 7/8" L, closed: 5 1/2" L. Case: 1 1/4" H x 8" W x 4 1/2" D. Exterior box: 2" H x 8 1/4" W x 4 3/4" D. Private Middle Tennessee Collection. Condition: All items in overall good, gently used condition with light surface scratched. Nibs have been inked. Need to be cleaned. 1st item: Some mildew to canvas lining of case, booklet, and exterior of portfolio (does not affect certificate or prints). Minor wear to exterior of case. 2nd-3rd items: Minor wear to exterior boxes. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Jimmie Lee Sudduth (Alabama, 1910-2007) mud and paint on board outsider art paintings, including one depicting a log cabin and signed upper mid-margin and one depicting a brightly colored house with a truck in front having a green and white background signed upper left margin. Unframed. Both measure 24 1/4" H x 23 3/4" W. 20th century. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Condition: Both paintings overall good condition. House painting with slight loss to both lower corners. [See more photos →]

Carl Sublett (Tennessee, 1919-2008) watercolor painting on paper titled "Southern Icon #293", depicting the Southern Railway Terminal located in downtown Knoxville, TN. Dated and signed lower right "93 Sublett". Title, signature, and inscriptions describing the work in pencil en verso. "Unframed. 21 78" H x 30 1/4" W. Note: Original paperwork from artist included with this painting. Biography: Carl Sublett studied Art History at the American Academy in Florence, Italy, after serving as a sergeant in World War II. He moved to Knoxville in 1954 where he studied with Kermit Ewing and eventually became a Professor of Fine Art at the University of Tennessee. Sublett was a founding member of the art group, The Knoxville Seven, a progressive group working from 1955-1965, which produced some of the first abstract expressionist art in Tennessee. In 1982 he retired from teaching and in 1984, he opened the Sublett Gallery in Knoxville. In 1991, "The Unseen Carl Sublett" was the first exhibit at the new Knoxville Museum of Art (built on the site of the 1982 World's Fair). Sublett won numerous awards for his paintings and 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, Nashville. (Source: The Tennessee Arts Commission). Condition: Overall very good condition. Unframed. [See more photos →]

Kentucky coin silver mint julep cup, with molded and reeded rim and foot ring, engraved monogram LITTLE DAVID, stamped J. BEST & CO. in rectangle on underside for John Best, working in Lexington prior to 1860 through at least 1867. 3 5/8" H, 5.18 oz troy. The Estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Condition: Deep 1/16" dent to upper rim forcing it out of round; a couple of other small dents and a couple of spots of pitting. Otherwise good condition. [See more photos →]

Seven (7) Herend hand painted porcelain animal figurines with fishnet decoration, including one (1) red seated cat, one (1) green badger, artist signed "Balta Szilvia" to underside of base, one (1) yellow hedgehog, one (1) green squireel, one (1) green recumbent ram, one (1) red bear, and one (1) green cat perched on a ball of red yarn, gilt accents throughout. All items with blue Herend stamp mark and numbered on the base. Ranging in size from 2" H x 1 5/8" W to 4 1/2" H x 4" W. 20th century. The collection of Sherry Hastings, Paducah, KY. Condition: All items in overall excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Morley Hicks (Ontario/Wisconsin, 1877-1959) impressionist oil on board harbor scene depicting a schooner moored at a dock with figures standing nearby, and a cloudy sky overhead. Signed lower right with painted number 806 lower left. Titled en verso THEBAUD, GLOUCESTER FISH BOAT, with additional signature en verso and notes, "No. 806 1936 From sketch no. 635 Painted 1934 / Raced Blue Nose 1932". Molded giltwood frame with ivory linen liner. Board: 20" H x 24" W. Framed: 26" H x 31" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Note: the Gertrude L. Thebaud was a celebrated American fishing and racing schooner built and launched in Essex, Massachusetts in 1930 with Gloucester as its port of registry. It was designed by Frank Paine and built by Arthur D. Story for Louis A. Thebaud, and named for his wife. The schooner was a frequent competitor of the Canadian schooner Bluenose. During World War II, the Gertrude L. Thebaud saw service with the United States Coast Guard. It sank in 1948 off the coast of Venezuela. Artist biography: "Morley Hicks came to the U.S. in 1900. He began his professional career as a paint chemist at Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company but gradually gave it up in favor of painting. He studied art at Milwaukee Normal School under Gustave Moeller and George Oberteuffer and at Wisconsin State Normal School under Alexander Mueller from 1921 to 1923. His understanding of oil paints led to his interest in easel painting. Being very methodical, he numbered and kept meticulous records of his 1,381 paintings. At first he copied others' works, but then began doing his own compositions. He was a member of the Walrus Club in Milwaukee, and a member of the Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors. Hicks was very fond of painting Wisconsin landscapes. They are quite literal renderings of nature, but he also played with special effects of lighting. He particularly liked to capture shoreline atmospheres on canvas."(Source: The Museum of Wisconsin Art). Condition: Overall good condition. Cracquelure and some scattered tiny flaking/ exfoliation along lower quarter of painting. 1" overpainted flake in sky area, upper left near top edge. [See more photos →]

Maude or Maud Kaufman Eggemeyer (American/Indiana, 1877-1959), "Zinnias," oil on canvas Impressionist still life painting depicting a hand painted porcelain bowl of multicolored flowers. Signed lower left. Additionally signed and titled en verso. Giltwood molded frame. Sight – 18"H x 22"W. Frame – 21 1/2"H x 25 1/2"W. Provenance: by descent from Louise Whisenhunt, former director of the Art Association of Richmond, Indiana. Condition: Some light grime. 1/4" spot with possible thin spot of loss, lower left quadrant. 1" line of scratching lower center near frame edge. A few abrasions to frame. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Japanese Showa Period Woodblock Prints. 1st item: Shiro Kasamatsu (Japanese, 1898-1991) color woodblock print depicting a school of fish. Signed "Shiro Kasamatsu" with red seal, printed lower right in the image. Japanese characters, date "1963," and red seal, printed lower center and right below the image, numbered "B 63/100," in pencil, lower right below the image. Housed and matted under plexiglass in a silver painted wooden frame. Sight: 15 1/4" H x 10 3/8" W. Framed: 22 1/4" H x 17 1/8" W. 2nd item: Gyojin Murakami (Japanese, 1911-1998) color woodblock print depicting the silhouettes of children fishing by a large body of water. Dated and signed "1968 g. murakami" with additional Japanese characters, in pencil, lower left below image, numbered "No 17/50," in pencil, lower right below image. Housed and matted under plexiglass in a silver painted wooden frame. Sight: 9" H x 16" W. Framed: 15 1/2" H x 23" W. 3rd item: Mikumo (Inagaki Nenjiro) (Japanese, 1902-1963) color woodblock print depicting a processional scene in a landscape setting. Two seals, lower left in image. Signed "Mikumo" number (obscured by mat), in pencil, lower left below image. Japanese watermark, lower right. Housed and matted under plexiglass in a giltwood frame. Sight: 12 3/4" H x 17 1/2" W. Framed: 19" H x 24" W. The Estate of David G. Leach Jr., Vonore, Tennessee. Condition: All items in overall very good condition. Not examined outside of frames. Frames with abrasions, areas of loss, largest 2 3/4". 3rd item: Slight waviness to paper. [See more photos →]

Assembled grouping of five (5) Chinese ceramics, exhibited at the 1982 World's Fair held in Knoxville, Tennessee. Including one (1) standing earthenware female figure with Sancai glaze, one (1) earthenware red glazed figure depicting General Guan Gong seated with a stamp to inner edge, one (1) Famille Verte bottle form porcelain vase with garlic neck and shaped handles, one (1) porcelain bottle form vase with mottled green glaze and garlic rim, and one (1) flambe glaze figural vase or censer in the form of a ram. Ranging in size from 10 1/4" H x 15" H x 8" W. All 20th century. Provenance: All items originally purchased from The Chinese Pavilion of the Knoxville International Energy Exposition at the 1982 World's Fair, the first World's Fair in which China participated since 1904. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/05/us/china-exhibit-captivates-crowds-at-world-s-fair.html Condition: All pieces in overall very good condition with the exception of the female figure which has glaze loss to upper torso and hands and a repaired break to the base. [See more photos →]

Vannoy Streeter (Tennessee, 1919-1998) wire sculptures depicting a six-piece band, 8 items total, comprised of a vocalist, a guitar player, a fiddle player, a banjo player, a drum player seated at a drum set, and a piano player seated at a piano. Ranging in size from 5 5/8" H x 5 3/4" W x 5" D to 7 3/4" H x 5 1/2" W x 3" D. Biography: "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." (source: The Tennessee Encyclopedia). The Collection of Sylvia Roberts, Nashville, TN. Condition: Oxidation to wire. Note that some loose tips (as made) are sharp. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Kurdish Bijar Rugs. 1st Item: Kurdish Bijar Herati design area rug, wool on wool. Large central foliate field on dark blue within three geometric and floral borders. Woven in colors of rust, salmon, blue, green, brown and ivory. 7′ 6″ x 4′ 6″. 1920’s or earlier. 2nd item: Kurdish Bidjar rug, wool on wool, hand painted. Large foliate center on dark blue with foliate and geometric borders. Woven in colors of blue, rust, brown and cream. 6′ 8″ x 4′ 5″, 1st Qtr. 20th century. Provenance: the collection of Alexine Wilkerson, Franklin, Tennessee. Condition: 1st item: Overall general wear, losses to fringe. 2nd item: Overall general wear, losses to fringe, some color bleed. [See more photos →]

Large Eddie Beyuka (1920-2002) "Warrior" Katsina bolo comprised of silver with multi stone channel inlay, attached to a braided leather tie with silver drum tips. Stamped on the back "EAB Zuni". 5 1/4" H. Circa 1970s-1980s. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Santo Domingo Olla pottery jar with polychrome geometric decoration to the body and a red painted base. 9 1/2" H x 13" W. Early 20th century. Provenance: The estate of Stanley Horvatin, formerly of La Jolla, California. The estate of Stanley Horvatin, formerly of La Jolla, California. Condition: Old repaired break to rim with several hairlines emanating from rim, longest is 3" horizontal hairline, with chip at one crack. Another repaired break to rim with added paint, approx. 1" x 1" square. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Time Zone or World Time desk clocks, including: two (2) Asprey Garrard, London chrome and brass tombstone shaped desk clocks, both marked on the back "Swiza 5A/Swiss Made". Both with engraved plaques fixed to back reading "Ira A Lipman". 7 1/4" H x 4 3/4" W; and one (1) French Hour Lavigne desk clock, rectangular case with four silvered dials with Roman numerals, plaques below each reading "New York, London, Tokyo and Zurich". Marked on the back "France 1482 84". 10" W x 3 1/2" D. All 20th century. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: 1st & 2nd items: Both clocks overall very good condition. Not tested for functionality. One retains the original box and papers. 3rd item: Overall very good condition. Not tested for functionality. [See more photos →]

Three (3) items related to Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975, including one (1) signed book. 1st item: Ronald Reagan signed and inscribed WHERE'S THE REST OF ME?: THE RONALD REAGAN STORY by Reagan and Richard G. Hubler, published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1965. Octavo, 316 pages including index, hardbound in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, includes original dust jacket. Author ink inscription reads "To Katheryne Taylor with every good wish Sincerely Ronald Reagan" to front end paper. 8 1/2" H x 5 3/4" W x 1 1/4" D. Note: According to family oral history, the consignor's mother likely obtained the book or had it signed when Reagan was a guest speaker as governor at a "Republican Women of Orange County" event. 2nd-3rd items: Two (2) copies of RONALD REAGAN SPEAKS OUT AGAINST SOCIALIZED MEDICINE, spoken word LP records, part of "Operation Coffee Cup," Project of Woman's Auxiliary, American Medicial Association, Communications Division, Chicago, 1961. Each record is housed in original pictorial cardstock sleeves, with twelve typed pieces of literature regarding the record and Operation Coffee Cup, including a transcription of the record's contents. Records: 12" dia. Sleeves: 12 3/8" square x 1/2" D. Private East Tennessee collection. Condition: All items in overall good condition. 1st item: Dust jacket with shelf wear, light staining, toning, tears, largest 1/4". Pages in overall good condition with light toning. Inscription and signature in overall good, legible condition. 2nd-3rd items: Records with some surface scratches, not tested for functionality. Sleeves with expected handling wear, surface scuffs. [See more photos →]

Archive of twelve (12) paper ephemera items related to H. Graham Morison, Executive Assistant to the Attorney General, 1945-48 and Assistant Attorney General and Head of the Civil Division, 1948-50, including one (1) commission signed by President Harry S. Truman, 16 items total. 1st item: President Harry S. Truman signed commission document conferring on H. Graham Morison the position of Assistant Attorney General, dated February 28, 1948. Signed by Truman, lower right, signed by Thomas Campbell Clark (1899-1977), 59th United States Attorney General from 1945 to 1949 and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967, lower left. Housed and matted under glass in a black wooden frame. Sight: 13 5/8" H x 17 1/4" W. Framed: 18" H x 21 1/2" W. 2nd item: Black and white photograph of Thomas Campbell Clark, depicted seated at a desk in a suit, with signed inscription to H. Graham Morison below image reading "For Graham Morison-my colleague in Justice-with the best wishes of his friend," dated and signed "1/10/46" and "Tom C. Clark," lower left and right. Housed under glass in a black wooden frame. Sight: 13 1/8" H x 10 1/4" W. Framed: 14" H x 11 1/8" W. 3rd item: One (1) page typed letter from Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963), as United States Senator from Massachusetts, serving 1953-1960, to Morison, dated August 20, 1960. Typed on United States Senate stationary, the letter expresses Kennedy's "…deep appreciation for the assistance [Morison] and the other members of the Advisory Committees of the Democratic Advisory Council have rendered to the Party and to the Nation…" Autopen signature lower right. Erased pencil inscription partially visible top right. Housed and matted under glass in a black wooden frame. Sight: 8 1/4" H x 7 1/2" W. Framed: 11 3/4" H x 11" W. 4th-5th items: Two (2) TLS. One page typed letters from Albert Arnold Gore Sr. (1907-1998), United States Senator from Tennessee, serving 1953-1971, to Morison, dated December 12 and December 15, 1967. Typed on United States Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations stationary, the letters discuss the General Services Administration (GSA) and the property of a man named John Webster in Rogersville, TN. Signed lower right. 6th item: TLS. One page typed letter from Wayne Levere Hays (1911-1989), U.S. Representative of Ohio, serving from 1949 to 1976, to Morison, dated September 28, 1956. Typed on Congress of the United States, House of Representatives stationary, the letter acknowledge's Morison's letter of the 26th and states that Hays plans on being in Washington on October 11th for the Foreign Affairs Committee meeting. Signed lower right. 7th item: TLS. One page typed letter from William Stuart Symington III (1901-1988), United States Senator from Missouri, serving from 1953 to 1976, to Morison, dated March 18, 1957. Typed on United States Senate, Committee on Armed Services stationary, the letter acknowledges Morison's letter of March 13th. Signed lower right. 8th item: TLS. One page typed letter from Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (1911-1978) United States Senator from Minnesota, serving from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978, to Morison, dated August 16, 1960. Typed on United States Senate stationary, the letter discusses Morison's involvement with the Paul Porter reception. Autopen signature lower right. Additional handwritten inscription below. 9th-11th items: Three (3) one page typed letters from Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900-1965) 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations, serving 1961-1965, to Morison, dated April 27, May 4, and May 17, 1961. Typed on Representative to the United States of America to the United Nations stationary, the letters primarily discuss personal matters. Autopen signatures, lower right. 12th item: One page typed letter from Victor Henderson Ashe II (born 1945), United States Ambassador to Poland, served 2004-2009, to Peter Morison, dated August 20, 1984. Typed on Victor Ashe U.S. Senate stationary, the letter acknowledges Peter's involvement in the George Webster barbeque, held on August 17, 1984 and references Ashe's impending senatorial campaign. Signed lower right. 13th-16th items: Four (4) paper ephemera items related to Carey Estes Kefauver (1903-1963), United States Senator from Tennessee, serving from 1949-1963 and James Edward Nelm of Kingsport, TN. Condition: Signatures and inscription in overall good, legible condition. Not examined outside of frames. Some letters with minor tears. 2nd item: 2" vertical line of black residue, lower left of glass. [See more photos →]

Two (2) United States mint $5 gold coins. 1st item: 1885 $5 Liberty Head Gold Half Eagle 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, the United States motto above, reverse. Reeded edge. Housed in a round coin slab. 21.6mm, .900 purity, 8.359 grams. 2nd item: 1986 $5 American Gold Eagle Bullion Coin, Philadephia mint, designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (New York/New Hampshire/Massachusetts/France, 1848-1907) and Miley Tucker-Frost (American, 20th-21st Century). 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, male bald eagle carrying an olive branch back to a nest occupied by his mate and their offspring, reverse. Mounted in a yellow gold ring marked "JGL" and 14KP" with a diamond surround, size 7 3/4. Coin: 16.5mm, 3.393 grams. Ring: 9.2 grams. Overall: 17.559 grams. Condition: Both items AU-50 About Uncirculated. [See more photos →]

International Silver Company Trianon pattern sterling silver water pitcher. Maker's marks, STERLING, E22, TRIANON, and 4 1/2" PINTS, stamped to underside of base. Not monogrammed. 9 1/2" H x 9 3/4" W. 30.375 total troy ounces. The estate of J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition with normal surface scratches. 1/4" dent to right side of body. [See more photos →]

Set of twelve Gorham sterling silver bread and butter or dessert plates with gadroon edges, each numbered 180 with lion-anchor-g and Gorham Sterling mark on bottom. All 6" diameter. Includes original blue felt storage bag with mark for B.H. Steif Jewelry Co., Nashville, TN. 36.74 oz troy total. Private Nashville Collection. Condition: Overall good condition with some scratching. [See more photos →]

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), 3 engravings. 1st item: Frontispiece for Antichita Romane Vol. 2, first issued 1756, depicting the meeting of the Via Appia and the Via Ardeatina. Engraving on laid paper. Plate- 15 3/4" x 25". Frame – 26 1/2" x 36 1/2". 2nd item: "Altro Candelabro Antico," (candelabrum in the Vatican collection), engraving on wove paper, plate 26 3/4" x 17", frame 34" x 23". 3rd item: "Ara Antica," engraving on wove paper, plate 17" x 9 1/2", frame 26" x 20 1/2". All float mounted on cream mats in black frames with gilt rabbet edges. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. Condition: Not examined out of frame. All have toning, especially at edges, and light creasing. 1st item also has edge chipping, 1/2" tear left side, old tape visible upper left corner behind print, scattered light toning, foxing and grime. Margins on second item possibly trimmed. [See more photos →]

Two (2) works on paper by Tennessee artists. 1st item: Ernest Pickup (Tennessee, 1887-1970), wood engraving depicting the Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville, TN, with humble houses at the foot of the hill (prior to urban renewal, which dramatically changed the look of Tennessee's Capitol Hill beginning in 1949). Signed in pencil lower right and with initials "EAP" in the plate. Housed and matted under glass in a black wooden frame. Sight: 12 3/4" H x 8 3/8" W. Framed: 15 1/4" H x 12 3/8" W. Biography: Ernest Pickup began his career in 1912 as a commercial artist working in Nashville. In the 1930's, he began to work with wood engraving and became nationally recognized for his work. He was one of the few Tennessee artists who worked with wood engraving. The majority of his prints reflected nature as well as historical and rural places in and around Nashville. He exhibited in the Exhibition of Lithographs, Woodcuts, and Block Prints in New York City and the Sixth International Exhibition of Lithography and Wood Engraving, held at the Art Institute of Chicago, both in 1937, along with international exhibitions in Sweden (1937) and Scotland (1939). 2nd item: Cliff Johnston (Tennessee, fl. 1940s), "I Gave A Son," original World War II pencil illustration for a Nashville Gas and Heating Company ad, poster or broadside. Illustration depicts an older woman clutching a photograph with service star posted in a window in the background. The printed text, laid atop the illustration, refers to wartime rationing of gas appliances. Housed under plastic wrap with a black mat. Sheet: 12 1/8" H x 10 1/4" W. Mat: 14" H x 12 3/4" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Condition: Both items in overall good condition with light toning. 1st item: Not examined outside of frame. 2nd item: Few spots of discoloration to printed text. [See more photos →]

English School oil on canvas painting titled "Peaceful River" depicting a calm river flowing between two forested river banks, against a hazy blue sky. Signed "T. Ireland" lower left. Typed label, en verso, from a previous gallery. Titled with artist's name, lower center of fillet. Housed in a carved giltwood frame with a giltwood fillet. Sight: 17 3/4" H x 13 1/2" W. Framed: 26 3/4" H x 22 3/4" W. The Estate of Jeane DuBose, Atlanta, Georgia. Condition: Overall good condition with craquelure, stretcher marks to canvas. 1/8" area of paint loss/exfoliation to overhanging branches to center of canvas (see photo # 5). Slight buckling, top right of canvas. 2 1/4" x 2 1/2" "L" shaped area of repair, top left en verso of canvas with corresponding inpainting. Frame with wear and minor areas of loss. Stretcher slightly loose in frame. [See more photos →]

Four (4) pieces of Navajo jewelry, including one (1) squash blossom necklace, two (2) cuff bracelets, and one (1) ring. 1st item: Sterling silver squash blossom necklace with 24 silver blossoms mounted onto a double row of engraved silver beads and a central naja featuring turquoise, marked "sterling" and unsigned. 2nd item: Sterling silver bracelet featuring turquoise with a 7" cuff and a gross weight of 58.27 grams. 3rd item: Sterling silver Zuni cuff bracelet featuring turquoise and a watch slot. The cuff tests sterling and is signed "AH" for Alonzo Hustito with a bull pictorial. The cuff is 7" and has a gross weight of 104.2 grams. 4th item: Sterling silver ring featuring turquoise. The ring is marked "sterling" and signed "R". The ring is size 11 1/2 and has a gross weight of 21.26 grams. Gross weight of the lot is 523.73 grams. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition with expected general wear. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Native American Zuni squash blossom necklaces. 1st item: Zuni sterling silver (tested) squash blossom necklace comprised of twenty (20) silver and robins egg blue turquoise bird blossoms between a double row of silver beads and a central naja featuring robins egg blue turquoise, unsigned. The necklace is 24" L and has a gross weight of 109.7 grams. 2nd item: Zuni sterling silver (tested) squash blossom necklace comprised of sixteen (16) silver and turquoise bird wing blossoms between a double row of silver beads and a central naja featuring turquoise, unsigned. The necklace is 24" and has a gross weight of 86.1 grams. Gross weight of the lot is 195.8 grams. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Both pieces overall good condition. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Near East/Middle East Rugs. 1st item: Caucasian Turkish rug, wool-on-wool, central foliate field on dark blue ground within three floral borders. 6′ 2″ x 3′ 6″. Early 20th century. 2nd item: Antique Hamadan runner, wool on wool, three central medallions and floral border, Woven in colors of red, rust, green, gold, blue and ivory. 10′ 7″ x 5′ 4″. Late 19th/Early 20th century. The Collection of Ann Hale-Smith, Rogersville, Tennessee. Condition: 1st item: Overall general use wear, losses to fringed ends, wear and light losses to sides. 2nd item: Heavy wear, losses to both sides and ends. [See more photos →]

D. Tayler (Massachusetts, born 1968) maritime oil on canvas painting depicting a clipper ship with unfurled white sails and an American flag at the stern of the ship, sailing across calm waters beneath a cloudy blue sky, another ship visible in the background. Signed "D. Tayler" lower right. Housed in a giltwood frame with carved floral corner decorations. Sight: 23 1/2" H x 35 1/2" W. Framed: 33 3/4" H x 45 1/2" W. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition with light craquelure, top right. Slight yellowing, some debris trapped under varnish layer. [See more photos →]

Sallie Smith (Tennessee, 19th/20th Century) charcoal and gouache on paper drawing, possibly an allegory, depicting a young boy, likely meant to represent the god Dionysus, holding a bunch of grapes and a young girl, likely meant to represent the goddess Demeter, holding a sickle and a small bunch of grapes, seated next to a sheaf of wheat. Signed and inscribed "Sallie Smith/Soule Female College/Murfreesboro. Tenn." lower left. Housed under glass in a distressed giltwood frame. Sight: 29" H x 21" W. Framed: 34" H x 26" W. Note: "Located on North Maple Street from 1853 to 1917, Soule College was Murfreesboro's longest-lived female academy. Soule offered instruction from primary education through college. Women always made up more than half the faculty. The school reached its apex in 1904, when 28 women received diplomas under the leadership of progressive educator Virginia Oceania Wardlaw. The 1908 catalog emphasized that the college was "not a fashionable society school" but a place designed to teach women 'how to live as well as how to think.' Well-known local women who attended Soule include Mattie Ready (who later married General John Hunt Morgan), Kate Carney (who later taught at Soule), artist Willie Betty Newman, and Jean Marie Faircloth (who later married General Douglas MacArthur)." (source: https://www.mtsuhistpres.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/In-the-Footsteps-of-Notable-Women.pdf). The Estate of James W. Perkins, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall good condition with toning. Areas of loss/acid burn, largest 1 1/4", to paper with overpainting, primarily to left side of girl's face and chest. 1" tear, top center of sheet. Not examined outside of frame. [See more photos →]

Aesthetic Movement Bamboo and Lacquer Bookcase with two glass doors. Bamboo gallery with decorative curved design at rear side and brass caps at corners, over a floral painted simulated lacquer top, and two glass doors. Floral embossed leather-covered shelves and sides. 50" H x 31" W x 15 1/2" D. Probably English, circa 1880. Condition: Wear to sides and shelves, 1" deep scratch and a few smaller losses to top, scattered wear elsewhere, overall good condition. Backboard with a couple of drill holes to accomodate electrical cords. [See more photos →]

Chris Heilman (American, b. 1950) studio art glass vase titled "Wisteria and Garden," clear exterior with a purple core, overflowing with wisteria trees having green leaves and purple blossoms on branches, with yellow, red, and purple p flowers within green leaves to the base. Incised signature, date, and title "Chris Heilman 2005" to edge of base. 7 1/4" H x 6" dia. Condition: Overall very good condition with areas of expected wear to underside of base, largest 2 1/2". Scattered airbubbles in the making to exterior. [See more photos →]

Civil War era photographic and book archive, 3 items total, including one (1) carte de visite (cdv) album containing three (3) CDVs, 10 total, of Confederate and Union military leaders, including Brigadier General George Hume Steuart (1828-1903), Major General Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818-1883), and General John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906). Also includes one (1) CDV of American author, poet and editor Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867). Also includes one (1) albumen print depicting students, including Will Hale, third row, and officers, including Captain Davis and Major Davis, top row, at the McMinn Military Academy, Rogersville, TN, and one (1) copy of SCIENCE OF WAR: TACTICS FOR OFFICERS OF INFANTRY, CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY, arranged and compiled by L. v. Buckholtz, published by J. W. Randolph, Richmond, 1861. The Estate of Alice Wright Summers Hale, Rogersville, TN. Condition: All items in overall good condition with toning/acid burn, tears, dampstaining, foxing spots, to be expected from age and manner of use. [See more photos →]

C. Hjalmar "Cappy" Amundsen (Maine/New York/Massachusetts, 1880-2001) impressionist oil on canvas painting depicting a boat moored at a dock before two red buildings, a body of water and a row of buildings visible on the opposite shore beneath a cloudy grey sky. Signed "H Amundsen" lower left. Typed artist's label en verso. Housed in a giltwood frame with off white linen liner and a giltwood fillet. Sight: 15 3/4" H x 19 3/4" W. Framed: 20 1/2" H x 24 1/2" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition with visible stretcher marks across top of canvas. Frame with 5/8" area of loss to gilt, lower right. [See more photos →]

Georges Ferro La Gree (France, b. 1941) impressionistic oil on canvas maritime painting depicting several boats sailing across a body of water, a harbor visible in the background beneath a cloudy blue sky. Signed "Ferro La Gree" lower left. Housed in a white painted wooden frame with pierced corners, light blue trim, off white linen liner, and gilt wood fillet. Sight: 17 1/2" H x 21 1/2" W. Framed: 30" H x 34" W. Provenance: Private Chattanooga, TN collection, acquired from Campanile Galleries, Chicago. Condition: Overall good condition with rubbing to left and right edges of canvas. 1 1/2" x 3/4" area of repaint, lower left of canvas. [See more photos →]

Chinese Famille Rose bowl, quatrefoil form, with an allover polychrome foliate design to the exterior with good luck symbols, a turquoise glazed interior, and base, base marked with a red seal. Fitted with a conforming hardwood stand. 2 5/8" H x 7" W x 5 3/8" D. Late 19th century. The Estate of Elizabeth Chalfant, Nashville, TN. Condition: Flake to inside interior turquoise glaze, minor wear along the base edge. [See more photos →]

Three (3) Chinese Export Rose Medallion porcelain items, including one (1) punch bowl and two (2) chargers, all with polychrome enamel vignettes of court and landscape scenes, with birds, butterflies, and flowers, and gilt highlights throughout. Punch bowl: 13 3/4" dia. x 5 3/4 H. Chargers: 13 5/8" dia. All pieces late 19th century. The Estate of Alice Wright Summers Hale, Rogersville, TN. Condition: Punch bowl overall very good condition, rim with wear to decoration and a couple of very slight fleabites. Chargers overall very good condition with wear to decoration on rims. [See more photos →]

Chinese white monochrome porcelain flute, together with a custom hardwood display stand. Flute: 24 3/8" L. Stand: 12" L x 4" H. Early 20th century. The estate of David B. Person, Historic Burton Place, Holly Springs, Mississippi. Condition: Overall very good condition, firing glaze voids noted to one end. No chips or breaks, triangular notch to one end that is in the making. [See more photos →]

Five (5) Parker pens and pencil, including Duofold Mandarin Yellow fountain pen, four (4) piece Sonnet Fougere sterling silver pen and pencil set. 1st item: Duofold Mandarin Yellow fountain pen, numbered 8892/10,000 top of cap and barrel, 18 karat yellow gold medium nib, yellow and black resin screw-one cap and barrell, gold plated bands and arrow clip, inlaid gold tone medallion to top of cap. Stamped "PARKER DUOFOLD MANDARIN" with number to top of cap, "DUOFOLD/GEO.S.PARKER/FOUNTAIN PEN/PARKER PEN CO./MANDARIN YELLOW" with number to barrel, "PP," "750," with additional hallmarks to center trim band, arrow logo with "PARKER/18K 750" to front of nib, "M" to reverse. Includes a grey suede Parker case and two booklets, all housed in a Parker exterior box. Fountain pen: opened: 6 3/4" L, closed: 5 1/2" L. Case: 1 1/2" H x 8" W x 4 1/2" D. Exterior box: 1/7/8" H x 8 3/8" W x 4 3/4" D. 2nd-5th items: Four (4) piece Sonnet Fougere pen and pencil set, including one (1) fountain pen with 18 karat two toned gold medium nib and snap on cap, one (1) ballpoint pen, one (1) rollerball pen, and one (1) mechanical pencil. Each with sterling silver barrels and caps with vertical rows of dart patterns, gold plated bands, trim, and arrow clips, black enamel inalid accents to top of caps and end caps. Stamped "METAL" to top of clips, "925" with additional hallmarks to caps, Parker logo with "PARKER/SONNET/FRANCE" with numbers and "PP" hallmark to center band, "PARKER/18K/750" with "PP" hallmark to front of nib, "M" to reverse of nib. Fountain pen and rollerball pen: opened: 5 3/4" L, closed: 5 1/4" L. Ballpoint pen and mechanical pencil: 5 1/2" L. Private Middle Tennessee Collection. Condition: Overall good, gently used condition with light surface scratches. Nibs have been inked. Need to be cleaned. 1st item: One hinge broken to grey case. Boxes and booklets are not original to pen. 2nd-5th items: Does not include boxes. Some tarnish to sterling silver. [See more photos →]

George III sterling silver salver or footed tray by John Crouch I and Thomas Hannam, London, 1775-1776, hallmarked on underside, with scalloped and beaded rim, three shell and scroll feet, and engraved griffin crest. 7 1/2" diameter. 9.76 oz troy. Provenance: Private Indiana collection. Condition: Overall very good condition with 1 tiny spot of pitting near rim, 1 pinpoint sized dent beneath crest; a few minor scratches. [See more photos →]

Jimmie Lee Sudduth (Alabama, 1910-2007) mud and paint on board outsider art painting, depicting a young girl riding a bicycle, with her dog in a crate on the back, and a train to the left. Signed upper right "Jim Sudduth". Unframed. 24" H x 48 1/4" W. 20th century. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Eight (8) Herend Aquatic themed hand painted porcelain animal figurines with fishnet decoration, including one (1) green sea lion on a naturalistic base, three (3) pink dolphins of varying sizes, one (1) green pair of angel fish on a naturalistic base, one (1) green seahorse perched on a seashell, one (1) angelfish on a naturalistic base, and one (1) green baby seal, gilt accents throughout. All items with blue Herend stamp mark and numbered on the base. Ranging in size from 1 1/8" H x 3 1/4" W to 7" H x 7 1/4" W. 20th century. The collection of Sherry Hastings, Paducah, KY. Condition: All items in overall excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Five (5) Herend African themed hand painted porcelain animal figurines with fishnet decoration, including one (1) red hippopotamus, one (1) blue rhinoceros, two (2) elephants, one (1) red and one (1) green, and one (1) green frog, gilt accents throughout. All items with blue Herend stamp mark and numbered on the base. Ranging in size from 1 3/4" H x 2 3/8" W to 3 1/2" H x 5 1/2" W. 20th century. The collection of Sherry Hastings, Paducah, KY. Condition: All items in overall excellent condition. [See more photos →]

Chinese porcelain garden stool, quatrefoil form having a celadon glaze with raised foliate enameled decoration throughout, each side with applied shaped handles. 20 1/4" H x 15" W x 11 1/2" D. Late 19th/early 20th century. The Estate of Jeane DuBose, Atlanta, Georgia. Condition: A few areas of glaze voids, some craquelure to glaze along the base. A couple of flakes to enamel decoration to top. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Native American Anasazi culture black on white pottery water pitchers, both with geometric decoration. 7 1/2" H & 6" H. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Both with overall wear and minor losses. Largest pitcher with chipping to rim and old losses to handle. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Native American Southwest Anasazi or Ancestral Puebloans black on white pottery ladles, both with black painted geometric designs over a white slip glaze. One ladle with opening at handle tip for hanging. 10" L and 11" L. Provenance: The Estates of Ora and Eleanor Eads, Nashville, TN. Condition: Both overall good condition with general use wear. Larger dipper with repair to bowl and handle, smaller dipper with old repair to bowl. Both with fleabites to bowl edge and stress fractures. [See more photos →]

Francis (Frank) Golden (Massachusetts, 1916-2008) watercolor on paper landscape painting depicting a sporting scene of three men and two hunting dogs hunting geese near a small body of water, beneath a cloudy grey sky. Signed and dated "Francis Golden 74" with a copyright symbol, lower right. Housed and double matted under plexiglass in a wooden frame. Sight: 21 1/2" H x 29" W. Framed: 32" H x 38 1/2" W. Artist's biography: Francis (Frank) Golden is known for Plein-aire painting and sporting magazine illustration. He studied at the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston where he graduated in 1939. Golden eventually settled in Chicago, moved to New York wherein 1939, he painted the background on Salvador Dali's "The Dream of Venus" for the World's Fair, then to Connecticut and finally to Massachusetts. From 1948-1978, Golden's painting became illustrations for Saturday Evening Post and his sporting scene subjects were popular in Sports Illustrated, Sports Afield, Gray's Sporting Journal, Audubon, Collier's and other prestigious magazines. Golden left commercial illustration painting in 1978 to concentrate on painting full time (Adapted from AskArt). Condition: Overall very good condition. Not examined outside of frame. Frame with minor abrasions. [See more photos →]

25 pieces assorted Sterling and Continental silver hollowware and flatware. 1st item: Large Reed and Barton Sterling Silver oval dish with fluted sides, year mark on base for 1940. 15" x 11". 2nd item: Mauser Sterling condiment bowl with repousse floral scroll decoration at rim, 4" diam. 3rd item: Rectangular German silver dish with scalloped corners, stamped .835 WTB. 6" x 5". 4th through 11th items: 8 assorted napkin rings (4 have Continental silver marks .800-835, 1 is marked Gorham Sterling, 3 are unmarked). 12th through 17th items: Six glass coasters with sterling overlay by Webster, 3" diameter. 18th through 25th items: Assembled set of 8 English sterling teaspoons with oval ends (4 with engraved crests, 2 with different script monograms). Makers include Soloman Hougham, Robert Rew, William Eley, William Fearn, William Chawner, and Stephen Adams, with dates ranging from third quarter 18th to first quarter 19th century. Combined marked weighable sterling items: 31.8 oz troy. Combined weight Continental silver: 5.89 oz troy. Private Nashville Collection. Condition: 1 coaster with denting, scattered small dents to some napkin rings, overall all items very good condition. [See more photos →]

Two (2) Marine Paintings by Ohio artists. 1st item: Arthur Louis Helwig (Ohio, 1899-1976) oil on canvas marine painting depicting a dock with three men and a dog, gazing at small boats moored at a dock, with red buildings on the opposite shore beneath a cloudy blue sky, background. Signed "helwig" lower right. Possible title "Sodamn-Eastport", en verso of canvas. Handwritten artist's label, en verso of stretcher. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight – 19 3/4" H x 23 3/4" W. Framed – 23 3/8" H x 27 3/4" W. 2nd item: Reginald Leslie Grooms (Ohio, 1900-1989) abstract oil on canvas maritime painting depicting several fishing boats moored at a dock with fishermen walking toward a fish market, additional buildings and trees beneath a cloudy grey sky, background. Signed "R Grooms" lower right. Handwritten artist's label with The Closson Art Galleries, Cincinnati, OH paper label, en verso. Housed in a molded giltwood frame with guilloche, reeded, and bead course running patterns. Sight – 17 1/2" H x 21 1/2" W. Framed – 22 1/2" H x 26 1/4" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. Condition: 1st item: Overall very good condition. Slight buckling, lower right of canvas. 2nd item: Overall very good condition with visible stretcher marks, right edge of canvas. [See more photos →]

Matt Thomas (United Kingdom, born 1943) oil on canvas maritime painting depicting two American ships on choppy waters flying the Betsy Ross variant flag, in use circa June 14, 1777 – May 1, 1795, from the sterns. A row boat is approaching the larger ship, with an additional ship and the opposite shoreline visible in the background beneath a late afternoon sky. Signed "Matt Thomas" lower right. Housed in a giltwood frame with carved floral decorations to each corner. Sight: 23 1/2" H x 35 1/2" H x Framed: 33 3/4" H x 45 1/2" W. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

Set of twenty-two (22) Tiffany sterling silver cocktail forks, Fanueil pattern. Marked en verso "Tiffany & Co. Sterling". Forks retain their Tiffany silver keeper bags. Forks: 6" L. 17.015 total troy ounces. 1st half 20th century. Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: No monograms. All forks with light expected general use wear. [See more photos →]