Cowden and Wilcox, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania stamped and cobalt decorated stoneware pottery bowl. Stamped with cobalt foxglove decoration below. Interior with brown slip glaze. 5" H x 10 1/2" dia. Late 19th century. Provenance: Private Knox County, TN collection. CONDITION: Scattered minor fleabites to rim, primarily to one side with some glaze exfoliation to rim and […]
Lot 732: JW Fiske Statue of Virtue
Joseph Winn Fiske (American, b. 1832) painted garden zinc figure of Virtue, after the Greek deity of virtue Arete, holding and feeding a bird, possibly after a design by George Fisher & Bro. (1867-1901). The base reads: J. W. FISKE 26.28 PARK PLACE NEW YORK. 39" H. 41.5 lbs. American, late 19th century. CONDITION: Later […]
Lot 733: 8 English Kitchen & Hearth Items, 18th/19th Century
Eight (8) English hearth and kitchen items. 1st item: Oak candle box, trapezoid form with hinged lid and pierced carved back, ebony and light wood inlaid decoration of a two tined fork and knife bordered by veneer. 17 3/4" H x 7" W x 5 3/4" D. 2nd item: Wrought iron sugar nippers with wooden […]
Lot 734: 8 Kitchen & Hearth Items, 18th/19th Century
Assembled grouping of eight (8) kitchen and hearth items. 1st item: 18th century English posnet, iron body raised on three legs with bronze handle marked "T.P.B. Water III", for the foundry of the same name, 6 1/8" H x 15" W. 2nd & 3rd items: Two (2) early 19th century fireplace warming stands or trivets […]
Lot 730: Italian gilt leaves and cherubs
Group of antique Italian fire gilded carved wood leaf and cherub wall ornaments or architectural fragments, late 18th to mid 19th century, including two fully modeled cherub or putti figures and two laurel branches. Cherubs with protruding square iron nails. Possibly originally part of larger sconces. Cherubs 7"H, branches 15-16"L. Provenance: a Nashville, TN, estate, […]
Lot 728: 2 English Mahogany Tables
1st item: English mahogany Chippendale style tilting tea table with an octofoil carved top, carved spiral standard and acanthus carved knees and feet. 43" H (vertical), approx. 30" H (horizontal) x 31" dia. 19th century. 2nd item: English mahogany tilt-top candlestand with ring and spiral carved standard over tripodal Queen Anne slipper feet. Top – […]
Lot 729: Pr. George III Girandole Mirrors
Pair of George III carved giltwood girandole mirrors, oval shaped having flower and carved scroll designs with two arms centered at the base. 33" H x 20" W. 22.4 lbs total. Late 18th/early 19th century. Provenace: Formerly of Maple Grove Estate, Knoxville, TN when a private residence, and published in Southern Accents magazine. CONDITION: Break […]
Lot 725: Empire Revival Window Seat & Federal Style Shield Back Chair
Empire Revival window seat and Federal Style shield back chair, 2 items total. 1st item: American Empire Revival handcarved backless window seat with scrolled arms and animal feet on casters. Uupholstered in modern Chinoiserie linen fabric. 29″ H x 43 1/2″ W x 20″ D. Mid 19th century. 2nd item: Federal Style shield back mahogany […]
Lot 726: New England Queen Anne Highboy
New England Queen Anne mahogany highboy, two parts, white pine secondary wood, top with overhanging molded cornice, dovetailed case, two lip-molded dovetailed short drawers over three graduated lip-molded dovetailed long drawers, base with one central lip-molded dovetailed central drawer flanked by lip-molded dovetailed square drawers. Batwing mount hardware, only four complete brasses remain. Base with […]
Lot 727: New England Tall Pine Blanket Chest, 18th Cent.
18th century New England lift top pine one-drawer blanket chest. Top with applied molding. Front of well molded and paneled to simulate two drawers, top lifts to reveal storage well above a single drawer with oval brass handles. Molded stiles over a triple arch shaped skirt with arched boot jack sides and straight feet. Paneled, […]