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, […]
Lot 527: 2 Southern Folk Art Carved items, incl. East TN Dulcimer & Charles Link Inlaid Panel
1st item: Vintage East Tennessee, Elizabethton, mountain dulcimer, comprised of mixed woods including cherry and maple, interior with a tag partially reading "Robert K. Wilson, No-18, 7-87, Eliz. TN", five-string, sixteen fret model, the top with two heart sound holes, and scrolling sound holes along the lower body. 37 1/4" L x 8" W. 2nd […]
Lot 526: Sixteen (16) Miniature TN White Oak Baskets, incl. Graduated Set
Grouping of sixteen (16) East Tennessee miniature white oak splint baskets, including: a graduated set of five (5) buttocks baskets, one (1) larger buttocks basket, and ten (10) miniature buttocks baskets attributed to Artie Minton, Sullivan County, TN. Ranging in size from 1 1/2" H x 1 1/2" W x 1 3/8" D to 4 […]
Lot 525: 2 Cannon County, Middle TN Buttocks Baskets
Two (2) Middle Tennessee graduated split white oak buttocks baskets by Ida Pearl Davis (Cannon County, TN, 1921-2007) and her daughter Thelma Davis Hibdon (b. 1942). Includes: one (1) "1/2 Bushel" basket and one (1) "1 1/2 Bushel" basket, both having wide woven rims and centers and ribbed construction. Both signed and dated "Ida P. […]
Lot 524: Set of 3 Scott County, VA Jesse Jones Signed Graduated Baskets
Set of three (3) graduated Scott County, Virginia baskets signed by Jesse Jones (b. 1907). All buttocks style comprised of white oak, rib-type split construction with handles secured by nails at the rim. All signed in pencil "Jesse Jones" on the handle, the largest additionally dated 11-83. Ranging in size from 9" H x 10 […]
Lot 523: Three (3) Scott County, VA Jesse Jones Baskets, All Signed
Set of three (3) graduated Scott County, Virginia baskets signed by Jesse Jones (b. 1907). All buttocks style comprised of white oak, rib-type split construction with handles secured by nails at the rim. All signed in pencil "Jesse Jones" on the handle, the largest additionally dated 1981. Ranging in size from 9" H x 11" […]
Lot 522: Signed Kentucky Miniature 3-Drawer Chest
Allen County, Kentucky miniature chest of drawers, poplar and pine. Comprised of an overhanging molded top above three drawers, paneled sides and rounded stiles terminating in straight feet. Inscribed on the underside of the middle drawer, "Made by J. L. Hickman (Jesse Lee Hickman) for his wife KATE in THE YEAR 1874 AT SCOTTSVILLE KY". […]
Lot 520: Ron Williams O/C Landscape Painting, Smoky Mountain Summer
Large Ron Williams (Tennessee, 1947-2016) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a mossy, bouldered shore covered in a thick evergreen treeline beside a still body of water with the hazy forest continuing in the midground towards a steep mountain range, likely the Great Smoky Mountains, visible in the background beneath a white sky. Signed "Ron […]