Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, Mei Ping form with scrolling lotus blossom, Ruyi and key fret pattern decoration. 9 1/4" H. Purchased in Hong Kong 4/27/1994 from Chinese Arts & Crafts (H.K.) Ltd. Certificate of Authenticity states that this item dates to the Ming-Wanli Period, 1573-1620. Certificate provided upon request. CONDITION: Scattered firing flaws […]
Lot 582: 2 Blue & White Chinese Porcelain Items, Dish & Ginger Jar
1st item: Chinese blue and white porcelain shallow dish, blue six character Kuang Hsu mark to base. 2" H x 10 1/2" dia. 2nd item: Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar with twin dragon decoration to the body. Base with four blue character marks within double concentric circles. 5" H. Both items late 19th […]
Lot 580: Plique a Jour & Cloisonne Items
1st group: 5 Asian translucent plique a jour items including floral plate (7-1/2″ dia.), floral and fish decorated eggs (2-3/8″ and 2-3/4″ L), floral turquoise ground ginger jar, marked ‘Made in Japan’ (5″ H) and floral jar with celadon ground, 4-3/4″ H. Early-mid 20th century. 2nd group: Group of Asian cloisonne including footed tea pot […]
Lot 581: 3 Pcs. Chinese Porcelains – Vases, Brush Washer
1st item: Chinese royal blue porcelain vase with gilt decoration, base with blue double concentric circle mark. 8" H x 3 1/2" W. 2nd item: Chinese porcelain vase, bottle form with flaring rim and mirror black glaze vase. Fitted with conforming hardwood stand. 14 1/2" H. 3rd item: A Chinese Sang-de-Boeuf or ox-blood red brush […]
Lot 578: World's Fair Bell, 1894 San Fran
Souvenir table bell from the San Francisco Mid Winter Exhibition of 1894, with 3 eglomise vignettes depicting various buildings, and a gilt metal filigree frame affixed to a round marble disc. 3"H. CONDITION: Bell functional. Some wear to gilding and eglomise paint. One vignette is sideways in its frame and we have not attempted to […]
Lot 579: 5 Chinese Peking Glass Items
1st item: Green and white Peking glass bowl with carved chrysanthemum and scrolling vine decoration. 3" H x 6 1/2" dia. 2nd item: Yellow and white Peking glass vase with carved floral decoration. 6 1/4" H. 3rd-5th items: 3 yellow Peking glass reverse painted snuff bottles including a pair with landscape decoration to each side […]
Lot 577: A.T. Goodloe: Some Rebel Relics [Civil War] 1893
Goodloe, Albert Theodore. SOME REBEL RELICS FROM THE SEAT OF WAR. Member of John L. McEwen Bivouac No. 4, Franklin Tenn. Nashville: Printed for the author. Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. 1893. 315pp. First Edition. 7 1/2″ H x 5 3/8″ W x 1″ D. CONDITION: Publisher’s decorated boards, soiled and faded. […]
Lot 576: Basil Duke: History of Morgan's Cavalry
1st item: Duke, Basil W. HISTORY OF MORGAN'S CAVALRY. Cincinnati: Miami Printing and Publishing Company, 1867. Viii, 578pp. Small map affixed to rear free endpaper. 8 3/8" H x 5 5/8" W x 1 3/4" D. 2nd item: Drake, James Vaulx. LIFE OF GENERAL ROBERT HATTON, Including His Most Important Public Speeches, Together, With Much […]
Lot 574: 2 ambrotypes incl. post mortem
Two 19th century photographs including a post-mortem image. 1st item: Ambrotype of a dead young man, decorative gilt mat and velvet lined union case with phoenix design to exterior. 3 1/2" x 3". 2nd item: Ambrotype of six people, possibly a family, with the face of one woman inked or rubbed out. 4 1/2" x […]
Lot 575: J. M. Crawford: Mosby and His Men
Crawford, J. Marshall. MOSBY AND HIS MEN: A RECORD OF THE ADVENTURES OF THAT RENOWNED PARTISAN RANGER, JOHN S. MOSBY, [COLONEL C.S.A.]. Including the Exploits of Smith, Chapman, Richards, Montjoy, Turner, Russell, Glasscock and the Men Under Them. New York: G.W. Carleton & Co. 1867. 375pp. [1] 8pp. Advertisements. Decorated with plates. 7 1/2" H […]