Greene County, Tennessee cherry press, two part construction, cherry primary with poplar and yellow pine secondary woods. Top section in cherry with stepped ogee cornice over a frieze of figured cherry veneers, and quarter-turned stacked ring pilasters flanking two astral glazed doors with 26 panes total. Doors opening to three shelves with dish ledges. Lower […]
Lot 116: Williamson Co., TN Cherry Hepplewhite Sugar Chest, Rosemount Plantation Provenance
Early Williamson County, Tennessee cherry sugar chest in the Hepplewhite style. Poplar secondary wood. Dovetailed case with hinged rectangular top having bread board ends and ogee molding; interior divided into three sections, over a base with single dovetailed and scratchbeaded drawer, all raised on tall tapered square legs. 36-3/8" H x 28-5/8" W x 16-1/2" […]
Lot 115: Federal Inlaid Table, poss. Baltimore
Federal inlaid mahogany Pembroke table, poplar secondary. Oval top with two drop leaves, all with double line inlaid edges, convex skirt with dovetailed drawer on one side and false drawer on the other, both outlined with ebonized and contrasting lighter wood string inlay, flanked by inlaid paterae, over square tapered Hepplewhite legs with inlaid bellflowers, […]
Lot 113: Southern Cherry Two-Drawer Table
Sheraton cherry two-drawer work table, likely Kentucky or Ohio, cherry primary, pine, walnut, and poplar secondary woods. Square top over two dovetailed, scratch beaded drawers, the top one with brass escutcheon and the lower drawer with brass pull, supported by turned and spiral legs, ending in ball and spike feet. First drawer has an incised […]
Lot 114: Southern Miniature Cherry Child's Chest
Southern miniature cherry child's chest, cherry primary and secondary wood primarily poplar, four graduated drawers with square nails and oval wheat brasses on tapered feet with shaped sides. 26 1/8" H x 18 1/8" W x 9 5/8" D. Southern, possibly Tennnessee. 2nd Quarter 19th century. CONDITION: Older refinish. Old splice repair to back left […]
Lot 112: Virginia Federal Inlaid Sideboard, Signed by Maker
Maker signed Virginia inlaid Federal sideboard. Walnut, with figured walnut veneers, and yellow pine. Signed, ìMade by/Jacob Thalwigî, top of bowed yellow pine board above center drawer. Thalwig lived at Mount Vernon, Virginia (Fairfax County) from 1803 to 1806. In 1806, when Bushrod Washington (1762-1829), the Presidentís nephew and heir, was in possession of the […]
Lot 111: 2 Federal Chairs, Gen. Coffee Provenance
A near or altered pair of Federal mahogany dining chairs, reputedly from Hickory Hill Plantation in Alabama, home of Andrew Jackson's close ally and business partner, General John Coffee. Klismos shaped chairs, each with a top rail in the form of a rectangular molded tablet, rounded top rail and curving in at center, over a […]
Lot 109: Leszek Piasecki, O/C, Orientalist Painting
Leszek Piasecki (Ukraine/Poland/Germany, 1928-1990) oil on canvas painting of a Middle Eastern marketplace. An Oriental rug trader, standing alongside several carpets, conducts business with two men in the foreground as their horses and two dogs watch on. In the background, people are sitting and talking in front of several tents. Signed Leszek Piasecki lower left. […]
Lot 110: Signed Orientalist Landscape, Road to Damascus
Late 19th century Orientalist landscape, depicting several figures, including a team of oxen, along a road lined with ruins and a mountain in the background. Signed illegibly lower left, A. Alberick (?). Late 20th century brass nameplate reading: Road To Damascus 10 BC, with old label for the J.J. Gillespie Gallery, Pittsburgh, en verso. Elaborate […]
Lot 108: Edward Physick Oil on Canvas Dog Portrait
Edward Robert Physick (British, c. 1836-1880) oil on canvas dog portrait depicting a chained white terrier dog resting by a barrel, with a turtle in the foreground. Inscribed en verso on the stretcher in red: "Painted by R. Physick" and stamped "4493 Mr. T. T. Edwards/91 Park Street/ Camden Town". Housed in a burlwood frame […]









