Three (3) Delft blue and white tin-glazed earthenware items. 1st item: Rare violin with foliate and bird decorations, embossed F-holes, hatch decoration to the fingerboard, and four removable pegs. Stamped with maker's mark to underside. 18" H x 5 1/8" W x 3" D. Dutch, 18th century. 2nd & 3rd items: Two (2) urn-shaped vases, each with slightly different central images of windmills on one side and ships at sea on the other, enclosed in cartouches surrounded by foliate scroll designs, each vase with mask and fixed ring handles. Maker's mark, year mark, and additional numbers stamped in blue to underside. 13 3/8" H x 6" dia. Dutch, circa 1900.

PROVENANCE: The Estate of Edith (Edie) M. Bass, Nashville, Tennessee. Most of the items from her estate in this auction were by descent from her parents, Walter Paul McBride and Claire Childs of Lake Forest, Illinois.

CONDITION: Violin with repairs and restoration including previously repaired hairline to the fingerboard, losses to the bridge, and losses to the ends of the pegs, scattered wear to glaze. Vases in overall very good condition with minute scattered surface wear.