Three (3) Mercantile Display items, including Gray and Dudley Cutlery Showcase Cabinet. 1st item: Gray and Dudley (located Chattanooga & Nashville, Tennessee, early 20th century) oak and glass knife showcase with mirrored fold down rear door. Interior with blue trim paint and later baize lining. "GRAY & DUDLEY HDW CO'S CELEBRATED CUTLERY" etched across front […]
Lot 892: 2 Mercantile Spool Cabinets, incl. Clark's Advertising
Two (2) Mercantile spool cabinets, including Clark's advertising cabinet. 1st item: Clark's oak Spool-Cotton Mile-End cabinet having six full graduated drawers with brass handles and lettering, wooden floral reliefs and honeycomb veneer, decorative carved moldings to top, base, and sides. 22" H x 25 1/4" W x 17 5/8" D. 2nd item: Walnut spool cabinet, […]
Lot 891: Revolving Country Store Wood Display Stand
Revolving display stand consisting of a central turned standard with four (4) graduated display levels, three (3) having turned "arms" terminating into circular displays, resting on four shaped carved feet. Mixed woods. 63 1/8" H x 33" dia. (at the widest point). Late 19th century. Note: Found at a hardware store in Kentucky. CONDITION: Appears […]
Lot 890: 11 German Sulfide Marbles
Eleven (11) German blown glass marbles with sulfide animal figurals, including five (5) dogs, three (3) bears, one (1) lion, one (1) camel, and one (1) squirrel. 1 1/2" dia. Mid/late 19th century. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. CONDITION: Overall good condition with expected air bubbles, flaws in the making.
Lot 889: 6 Tennessee Baskets, Jimmy & Bill White
Grouping of six (6) Jimmy and Bill White oak baskets. 1st item: Split oak round form basket on square base. In pencil, signed "Bill White 1990" and "Apple Shaker Basket" written on base. 2nd-4th items: three signed Jimmy White treenware baskets of various handle types, all with signatures etched on bases with two having "87 […]
Lot 888: 6 Baskets incl. 2 Prater Family Baskets
Grouping of six (6) contemporary woven oak baskets, including two Prater Family baskets. 1st item: Coker Creek Crafts buttocks basket with plain woven band and makers name stamped to interior base. 2nd item: Ralph Chesney buttocks basket with pattern woven band and alternating dyed weavers on body, creating an overall longitudinal stripe pattern. Signed and […]
Lot 887: 5 Early Tennessee & Southern Oak Baskets
Grouping of five (5) Southern, likely East Tenneessee split oak baskets. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) buttocks baskets including one large form with dark old patina. 13" H x 16" W x 14 1/2" D and 9 3/4" x 9 1/2" W x 11" D. 3rd-4th items: Two (2) carrying baskets with paint decorations, including one […]
Lot 886: Sheraton Cherry Sugar Chest, Attr. TN
Sheraton sugar chest, attributed to Middle Tennessee, cherry with poplar secondary wood. Hinged top with molding on three sides, opens to reveal a single divider set into the dovetailed case; base with mid-molding and single dovetailed, scratchbeaded drawer on four turned and tapered legs with scratchbeading at top. Brass escutcheon; wood knobs. 34 1/2" H […]
Lot 885: Collection of 5 Sugar Nippers
Collection of five (5) pairs of antique iron sugar nippers, used to cut sugar into block form. Four (4) feature decorative shaped blades. Lengths range from 5 1/2" to 8 3/4". 19th century. CONDITION: All with age related oxidation, scratching, overall good condition.
Lot 884: Early Copper Still, ex-Basil Hayden Family
Late 18th/Early 19th century Kentucky hand forged copper pot still with dovetailed seams, C form handle and flared lip, purchased from the family of early distiller Basil Hayden. Hayden's grandson Raymond B. Hayden founded a distillery in Nelson County, Kentucky in the 1880s and named his label "Old Grand-dad" in honor of his grandfather. When […]