Grouping of three (3) Southern split white oak baskets, including two (2) Wythe County, Virginia low oval form baskets with woven converging ribs and double wrapped rims and one (1) Southern, likely Virginia, buttocks basket with fixed handle attached by nails, old varnished surface, with vertical wrapped weavers accents at handle terminals. Ranging in size […]
Lot 200: Forked Handle Wythe Co. VA Oval Basket
Wythe County, Virgina (Valley of Virginia) split white oak low basket, oval form composed of woven converging ribs, a double wrapped rim and a fixed forked handle attached with nails. 10"H (total H) x 14 3/4" W x 10 1/2" D. Basket body 3 1/2" H. Late 19th/Early 20th century. Provenance: Wythe County, Virginia collection. […]
Lot 201: 2 Wythe Co. VA Oval Flat Baskets, Inc. Fork Handle
Two (2) Wythe County, Virgina (Valley of Virginia) split white oak low oval form baskets, including one with woven converging ribs, a double wrapped rim and a fixed forked handle attached with nails and one identical form without the fixed handle. Handled basket: 7 3/4" H x 12 3/4" W x 9 1/2" D body […]
Lot 198: Black Americana figure, poss. Dutreuil Barjon, New Orleans
Black Americana folk art carved figure, possibly by Pierre Charles Dutreuil Barjon, a free man of color working in New Orleans 1813 – 1856, or his son Dutreuil Barjon, Jr. Carved hardwood, likely cypress, figure depicting a young African American man, seated and attired in a suit with his arms held upright, likely originally attached […]
Lot 199: 6 Southern Folk Art Dolls, incl. Helen Bullard
Grouping of Six (6) Southern Folk Art dolls. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) Helen Bullard Kreckniak (1902-1996, Ozone, Tennessee, working 1949-1982) carved female "Holly Dolls" including one (1) named "Barbry Allen" wearing a green gingham dress with bonnet and holding a dulcimer, signed on the back of the right leg and dated "1964," and one (1) […]
Lot 197: Clarence Stringfield Carving + Prison Art Lamp, 2 items
Two (2) Southern carvings, including Clarence Stringfield. 1st item: Clarence Stringfield (Tennessee, 1903-1976) folk art wood carving titled "Hillbillies In Love," depicting a conjoined female and male bust with a flattened back and hanger. Titled and signed "Carved by C. Stringfield" in marker on the base. 14" H x 7" W x 2 1/4" D. […]
Lot 195: Roy Pace Folk Art Carved Eagle
Roy Pace (Tennessee, 1911-2011) hand carved and painted folk art American Eagle, depicted with outstretched wings and talons and mounted onto a red, white and blue Federal shield. Incised signature and date "Roy Pace 1996" en verso. 12" H x 24 1/2" W x 11 1/4" D. Provenance: the estate of James (Jimmy) Neely, Smyrna, […]
Lot 196: 2 Roy Pace Folk Art Carvings
Two (2) Roy Pace (Tennessee, 1911-2011) hand carved and painted folk art figures including one (1) bearded man attired in a long coat and hat and standing with a long rifle in one hand and a pipe in another and one (1) farmer depicted kneeling and drinking water from a bucket with a sickle in […]
Lot 193: Southwest Virginia Jackson Press, poss. Rose Cabinet Shop
Southwest Virginia Jackson Press, two part construction, mahogany veneer and walnut primary, poplar and walnut secondary. Upper section having slanted cornice over frieze and two glazed mullioned doors enclosing four interior shelves, half turned pilasters to the sides; lower section having one overhanging dovetailed drawer over two paneled doors, flanked by half turned pilasters, and […]
Lot 194: Folk Art Plantation desk
Folk art secretary or plantation desk, possibly Southern, with dark brown wash surface, mixed woods, single piece construction. Gothic style trefoil carved cornice over two hinged paneled doors with applied trefoil and sun decoration and two white ceramic knobs; doors open to an interior with shelf over a bank of five pigeonholes. Hinged slant front […]