Two (2) Darryl Glenn Steele (Tennessee, b.1956) oil on canvas landscape paintings. 1st item: Western landscape painting titled "Echoes of Sedona" depicting a steep red rock formation in front of a blue mountainous background. Signed "Steele" lower left. Additionally signed, titled, and dated "1992" en verso. Housed in a contemporary gilt frame with a linen […]
Lot 483: 3 American School O/B Paintings, Western Landscapes
Three (3) American School western landscape oil paintings. 1st-2nd items: Oil on canvasboard paintings depicting western landscape scenes of the desert. Both signed "Allbright" lower right, painted in the manner of Lloyd Albright. Both housed in near matching wooden frames. Sights: 15 3/4" H x 19 3/4" W. Frames: 19 3/4" H x 23 3/4" […]
Lot 481: Large Leo Meissner Drawing, Western Landscape
Leo John Meissner (Maine/New York, 1895-1977) pastel on paper desert landscape drawing depicting cacti and shrubbery in front of rocky terrain. Signed “Leo Meissner” lower left. Housed and matted under glass in a giltwood frame. Sight: 23 1/2″ H x 15 1/2″ W. Framed: 34 14″ H x 28 1/2″ W. Early 20th century. CONDITION: […]
Lot 479: John Califano O/B Landscape & E. Andrews Glacier Photograph, 2 items
1st item: John Califano (Illinois/California/Italy, 1862-1946) oil on board western landscape painting depicting a river surrounded by rocky cliffs, with an illuminated, snow-covered mountain peak in the distance. Signed "J. Califano" lower left. Housed in a wood frame with a gilt liner. Sight: 12 1/2" H x 9 1/2" W. Framed: 15 3/4" H x […]
Lot 480: Bela Horvath O/B Landscape Painting, Near Tuscon in Park
Bela Horvath (American/Hungarian, 1888-1973) oil on board landscape painting, titled "Near Tuscon in Park", rendered in light impasto depicting a narrow riverbed surrounded by large boulders and a sunlit tree with scattered, amber-leaved trees in the midground at the bottom of a deep canyon with steep rockfaces in the background beneath a clear blue sky. […]
Lot 478: George Northup Bronze Lamp, Aspen Birch Tree
George Northup (American, b. 1940) bronze sculptural "Aspen" lamp, comprised of a patinated or cold painted Aspen birch tree resting on a naturalistic patinated base with leaves and fitted with a round bronze shade and dragonfly finial. Signed on the base edge "Northup" and numbered 2237 to the underside. 67 1/2" total H with finial. […]
Lot 476: 6 Civil War & World War I items, incl. Pittman Cartridge Box
1st item: J. I. Pittman, New York Union Model 1841 rifleman's leather cartridge box. Brown leather, single stitched with scalloped edge to outer flap and lunate interior flap over implement pouch with tab closure. Interior flap marked "MADE BY J.I. PITTMAN NEW YORK". Includes closing tab, brass finial, two metal buckles, and two belt loops. […]
Lot 477: 8 19th Cent. American Powder Horns
Eight (8) American powder horns of varying sizes, seven (7) having wooden plugs secured by brads, three (3) with wooden plugs, and one (1) with a leather strap. Ranging in size from 4 1/2" to 8 3/4" L. Possibly Southern, Early/mid 19th century. PROVENANCE: The Estate of Thomas Wellington Patton, Knoxville, Tennessee. CONDITION: Powder horns […]
Lot 474: 1876 Centennial Souvenirs, CDVs and 2 Baltimore views, 16 Items
A collection of ten (10) souvenirs from Philadelphia and the 1876 Centennial Exposition, plus four (4) Civil War era CDVs with Revenue Stamps, and two (2) early prints of Baltimore, including a rare early lithograph view by Edward Sachse. 16 items total. 1st-10th items: Souvenirs include one (1) unused soap cake depicting Memorial Hall; two […]
Lot 475: 2 Early 19th Cent. Peru Maps, incl. Pinkerton & Thomson
1st item: PERU map, drawn by L. Herbert, engraved by Neele, published by Cadell & Davies and Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme for A Modern Atlas, by John Pinkerton, London, circa 1815. Copperplate engraving with handcoloring depicting Peru and the surrounding territories, including a portion of Brazil labeled "Portuguese Possessions" and "Unknown Parts", with place […]