Two (2) cobalt decorated stoneware pottery jars. 1st item: 4-gallon salt glazed stoneware pottery storage jar with cobalt stenciled decoration reading "James Hamilton. & Co. Greensboro, Pa." within a stenciled floral garland to the center and "4" below denoting gallon capacity, freehand cobalt decoration applied to the lug handles. 14 3/4" H. 2nd item: Mid-Atlantic […]
Lot 881: 3 Southern Folk Pottery Face Jugs
Group of three (3) miniature folk art stoneware face jugs, including one (1) unsigned with grey "frog skin" glaze, attributed to Morre County, NC (ex. Griffin collection), one (1) NC jug with faint rutile drips marked and dated "Vale/1994" on the base and one (1) NC jug with dark brown glaze and china teeth marked […]
Lot 880: 3 Western NC Stoneware Pottery Items
Grouping of three (3) Western North Carolina alkaline glazed pottery items, including one (1) 2-gallon alkaline glazed jug with applied strap handle and incised "2" denoting capacity (13 3/4" H), one (1) storage jar with lug handles and a few rutile drips below the rim (10 3/4" H), and one (1) small alkaline glazed preserving […]
Lot 879: 2 Western NC Stoneware Pottery Pcs.
Two (2) Western North Carolina, Catawba Valley stoneware pottery items. 1st item: Ovoid form stoneware pottery jar having two applied lug handles, dark olive alkaline glaze and incised sine wave decoration around the neck. 12" H. 2nd item: Stoneware 1-gallon jug having rings around the spout, one pulled applied handle and dark drip alkaline glaze. […]
Lot 878: 2 Southern Stoneware Pottery Items, Pitcher & Jar
Two (2) Southern stoneware pottery items, pitcher and jar. 1st item: Southern, likely Southwest Virginia, transitional stoneware pitcher with Albany slip and applied squared handle. Mid-section with banded sine wave decoration and incised inscription reading "Mackie Manns?". 9 3/4" H. Late 19th century. 2nd item: Southern stoneware pottery jar having a salt-glaze with comb and […]
Lot 877: 2 TN Stoneware Pottery Pcs., Jug & Jar
Group of two (2) Tennessee stoneware pottery pieces. 1st item: Salt glaze over alkaline double dip stoneware pottery jug attributed to West TN having an applied strap handle and collard rim, possibly the Craven school of West TN. 11 1/2" H. Late 19th century. 2nd item: Stoneware pottery jar, likely Southwest VA or East TN, […]
Lot 876: Pair of 18th Cent. Carved Ivory Figurines
Two (2) 18th century Continental carved ivory full length figurines, possibly of saints; one depicting a woman with hands in a prayer position and wearing flowing robes, 7 1/8"H, the other depicting a man with two fingers raised, his bare feet atop an eight-sided plinth and further raised on a carved oval base, 8 5/8"H […]
Lot 875: Illustrated 19th Cent. German Forestry Certificate
Black Forest German Forestry Apprenticeship Certificate issued to Carl Frederick Heshel by Von Fahnenburg, the Forest Master from the Royal District, and William Bender, District Forester of Urach, dated February 1, 1824. The certificate translates as: "I William Bender Kingdom Wurtem Mountainous district forester of Urach hereby acknowledge by this document Carl Frederick Heshel, born […]
Lot 874: 2 Baskett Bibles plus Nicolas de Hannappes Book
Two (2) 18th Century Baskett Bibles, dated 1719 and 1726, and one (1) 16th Century book by Nicolas de Hannappes. 1st item: The Holy Bible, Containing The Old Testament and The New, 1719. Printed by John Baskett, University of Oxford Press. Octavo, engraved frontispiece, title page, and illustrations, hardbound in red leather with gilt borders, […]
Lot 872: European School Oil Painting, Classical Female w/ Cherub
European School oil on canvas laid down on board painting depicting a partially nude young woman in Classical dress with a cherub holding her arm, landscape scene in the background. Unsigned. Rettes Hondareyte Buenos Aires paper label en verso of stretcher. Housed in a molded 22K gilt wood frame with a circular opening. Sight – […]