Southwest Virginia earthenware bottle with sine wave incising. Lead glaze and possible traces of copper oxide glaze, sine wave incising around shoulder. Bottle is flattened on two sides (saddle bottle form), glazed on the bottom. 5 1/2" height. Third quarter of the 19th century. CONDITION: Very good condition.
Lot 135: Southern Round Lazy Susan Table
Southern, possibly Middle Tennessee, Lazy Susan dining table, comprised of mixed woods including cherry, maple, walnut and pine. Having a circular top comprised of several joined boards with original raised revolving lazy Susan center, over turned ring legs with castors, pegged construction. 34 1/4" H (w/ lazy Susan center). Large circular top – 54" dia. […]
Lot 136: TN or VA Pie Safe with Pitcher & Urn Tins
East Tennessee or Southwest Virginia pie safe, cherry primary, poplar secondary. Comprised of a slightly overhanging rectangular top above two dovetailed drawers with unusual domed wood pulls, above two doors, each fitted with two blue painted punched tins and wood pulls. Upper door tins with pitcher, urn, and star designs and the lower door tins […]
Lot 133: East TN Hepplewhite Chest, Highly Figured Walnut
East Tennessee Hepplewhite walnut chest of drawers, Grainger/Greene County provenance. Highly figured walnut primary wood, poplar secondary. Comprised of a plain rectangular top, four graduated dovetailed drawers, kite inlaid escutcheons, shaped apron, and bracket feet. 38" H x 38 3/4" W x 17 3/4" D. Circa 1820. Descended from Franklin William Taylor (1810-1886) of Grainger […]
Lot 134: Middle TN Cherry Sugar Chest
Middle Tennessee Sheraton sugar chest, possibly Davidson County, cherry primary, poplar secondary. Comprised of a rectangular top with breadboard ends and molded edges, opening to a divided three-part interior, above one dovetailed drawer with wood pulls and tall turned feet terminating into spikes. 35" H x 27 1/2" W x 18" D. Second quarter 19th […]
Lot 132: Sumner County, TN Jackson Press
Sumner County, Tennessee Jackson Press, cherry primary with cherry and mahogany veneers, poplar secondary wood. Three piece construction: top section with cove molded cornice over mahogany veneered dovetailed frieze, second section with two glazed doors having 16 panes, brass escutcheons and hinges, opening to interior with three fixed shelves. Lower section with wide ogee molding […]
Lot 129: John Spelman O/C, Smoky Mountain Cabin
John Adams Spelman (Minnesota/Illinois, 1880-1941) oil on canvas landscape painting titled "The Old Mountain Home Near Big Smokey Mountains" depicting a cabin on a small hill surrounded by trees, a small pond and trees in the foreground, mountain range in the background, below a blue sky dotted with small clouds. Signed and dated "J' A' […]
Lot 130: Kentucky Hepplewhite Inlaid Sugar Chest
Kentucky Hepplewhite inlaid sugar chest, diminutive rectangular form, cherry primary, poplar secondary. Comprised of a hinged top with breadboard ends and molded edge, retangular well interior. Offset divider present with two smaller bisecting dividers for the smaller compartment missing. Interior corner blocking of stiles present. Bottom board of well with beveled edges. Case with a […]
Lot 128: Jack Woodson Steamboat Oil Painting
John Jack "Waddie" Woodson (Virginia, 1913-1992) oil on artist's board landscape painting, original illustration depicting the steamboat "Hudson" sailing along a river in what appears to be the Southeastern United States in the late afternoon, a man in a rowboat, foreground. Signed "Woodson" lower left. Housed in a distressed gilt wood frame. Sight – 16 […]
Lot 126: Helen LaFrance O/C, Children Sleeping
Helen LaFrance (Kentucky, b. 1919) oil on canvas painting depicting the interior of a bedroom in an African American home, with vivid floral wall paper and two large and colorful quilt-covered beds, one containing three boys, awake and the other containing two girls, asleep; a woman, presumably their mother, is visible ironing clothes through a […]