American Aesthetic Movement ebonized and gilt fern stand, possibly Killian Brothers, New York. Comprised of a circular top supported by three shaped legs terminating into shaped paw slipper feet with gilt bronze eagle finials centered by a turned urn finial. Eagles with bronze chain mounts and repeating chain mounts to the base. 38 1/2" H […]
Lot 537: Pair Louis XV Style Bronze Chenets & French Rococo Style Bronze Clock
1st & 2nd items: Pair of Louis XV style gilt bronze fireplace andirons or chenets featuring cherubs resting scrolls atop dolphin bases. 19" H x 15 1/2" W. 20th century. 2nd item: French Rococo style gilt bronze mantle clock with floral and scroll decoration, the dial having blue and white enameled Roman numerals inside cartouches […]
Lot 535: American Classical Mahogany Two Drawer Table
American Classical mahogany two drawer rectangular dressing table or bureau, with mahogany and mahogany veneer, poplar and white pine secondary. Plain top over two dovetailed drawers with brass pulls, elaborately carved and turned acanthus legs ending in brass capped feet. 29 3/4" H x 32" W x 21 1/2" D. Second quarter of the 19th […]
Lot 534: American Mahogany Block Front Chippendale Desk
New England Chippendale mahogany blocked and shell carved slant front desk, white pine and poplar secondary. Consisting of a fall front lid resting on two pull out slides, a fitted interior with four shaped pigeonholes above four drawers to each side with central bank of four drawers, the top drawer with urn carving, four graduated […]
Lot 533: New England Federal Inlaid Card Table
Federal mahogany demilune card table with mixed secondary woods. Rectangular hinged top with cut corners and inlaid at the edge, central shell flanked by shaped string inlay on the skirt, diamond and tombstone line inlay on the stiles, and line and banded inlay on the tall tapering legs. 28 3/4" H x 36 1/2" W […]
Lot 532: Southern Walnut Bookcase Desk, possibly Southwest Virginia
Southern, possibly Southwest Virgina, desk and bookcase, walnut primary, pine secondary, constructed in two sections. The upper section with a projecting cornice over two glazed doors opening to reveal four shelves; the lower section with a slant lid having battened ends. Slant front lid opens onto two pull-out slides to reveal an interior fitted with […]
Lot 531: Early Georgia Folk Art Fiddle w/ Period Notes
Early Georgia folk art carved fiddle, entered into the 1860 Cotton Planters' Convention, together with an 1860 handwritten note reading "Georgia made Fiddle. Manufacture by W. Richard Jones, Columbus, Ga, Age 15 years, Implements, pocket knife, chisel and gimlet. His first attempt at the mechanical arts". An additional Cotton Planters Convention tag fragment accompanies the […]
Lot 530: Group of Hugh White Folk Art Figural Carvings
Eight (8) Hugh White (American, 20th Century) carved and painted Appalachian folk art figures including a figural sculpture depicting a male and female standing with two other males on a wood base with a cow and mule, together with a single bearded male in blue overalls and a single female holding with a rolling pin […]
Lot 529: Folk Art Carved & Painted Quail Sculpture, Walter Powell
Folk Art carved and painted wood sculpture by Walter T. Powell (Tennessee, 1926-2013) depicting a covey of quail, including a male and female with their young, perched upon a driftwood stand. Signed on the base. 10 1/2" H x 24" W x 15 1/2" D. 20th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition.
Lot 528: Ten (10) Ron Holmes, VA Carved & Painted Folk Art Birds
Grouping of ten (10) carved and painted birds by Ron Holmes (Saltville, Virginia, 20th Century). All carvings signed, dated, and identified on the base underside and depicted standing on a naturalistic tree base. Birds include a pair of turkeys, a pair of ducks, one (1) blue jay, a pair of cardinals, one (1) Baltimore oriole, […]