1st item: "Tennessee" Map, by Anthony Finley, engraved by Young and Delleker, published by Anthony Finley, Philadelphia, 1824. From "A New General Atlas, Comprising a Complete Set of Maps" by Anthony Finley. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring of Tennessee depicting towns and roads, county lines, names of counties, rivers, mountains, and railroads. Title, top […]
Lot 533: Survey of the Cumberland River, 1834 Steamboat Map
"Survey of the Cumberland River from the Falls To Nashville with a View to the Removal of the Obstructions to Steam Boat Navigation Between Those Points", made under the direction of Howard Stansbury, U.S. Asst. Civ. Eng. by John P Baily and George O'Driscoll, U.S. Asst. Civ. Eng., printed by the Government Printing Office, Washington, […]
Lot 532: G. A. Mullin Co. Terrestrial Globe on Stand
12-inch terrestrial globe with label reading "George A. Mullin Co., Cedar Rapids, Iowa" mounted onto a cast iron lion paw stand. 22 1/4" H x Approx. 15" dia. Early 20th century. CONDITION: Wear, minor stains and scattered losses to paper surface of globe.
Lot 531: English Haworth Angle Barometer
Charles Howorth (United Kingdom, fl. 1823-1852) mahogany angle or sign post barometer. Two printed paper scales, under glass, on extended arm registering from “28 Stormy” to “31 Very Dry.” Glass tube continues down left side to enclosed cistern, with mahogany case terminating in a carved stylized lotus or fleur di lis. Signed “Charles Howorth Fecit […]
Lot 528: Caldwell Memoirs Pestilential Philadelphia 1801
Caldwell, Charles. MEDICAL & PHYSICAL MEMOIRS, CONTAINING, AMONG OTHER SUBJECTS, A PARTICULAR ENQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE LATE PESTILENTIAL EPIDEMICS OF THE UNITED STATES. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas and William Bradford, 1801. 348 pp. 8 3/8" H x 5 1/2" W x 1 3/4" D. Provenance: The living estate of Dr. and […]
Lot 526: Egyptian Bronze Ibis Sculpture
Egyptian bronze and wood ibis sculpture, comprised of a cast bronze head, legs and feet all inserted into a wooden body and covered by gesso. 4 7/8" H x 6 1/2" L x 2 1/2" W. Egyptian late period, 750-30 BC. CONDITION: Patination to bronze. Losses and cracking to gesso.
Lot 527: Cased Medical Instruments, 19th c.
19th century American surgeon’s field amputation kit in fitted, brass mounted, mahogany and satinwood veneered case with velvet lining. Contains a total of 35 medical implements including bone saw, scalpels, tourniquet, and other surgical tools, many with horn handles. Marked items are stamped “Caswell Hazard & Co. W.F. Ford NY” or Caswell Hazard & Co. […]
Lot 525: 3 Ancient Bronzes & 1 Ancient Greek Pelike
1st item: Ancient bronze statuette depicting a deity, possibly the Sumerian goddess Lama, wearing a long tiered robe and a horned tiara with outstretched arms on a decorative pedestal. May have been mounted to wooden base with "Jerusalem" in Hebrew ascribed on top. Statuette – 3 3/4" H x 1 7/8" W x 1 3/8" […]
Lot 523: Dave McGary Bronze Sculpture "Lakota Hoofprints"
David McGary (American, b. 1958) patinated and painted bronze sculpture titled "Lakota Hoofprints" depicting beaded moccasins and a pipe bag. Signed, dated, and numbered "Dave McGary 1996 140/250" back of sculpture. Mounted to wooden base with brass name plate engraved with title and artist's name. 4" H x 6 1/2" W x 6 1/2" W. […]
Lot 524: 3 Peruvian Chimu Blackware Pottery Items
1st item: Peruvian Pre-Columbian Chimu figural blackware pottery spout vessel featuring the head of an animal with anthropomorphic hands, front, and legs and tail, back, and incised geometric designs on top of body. 6" H x 3 3/4" W x 5 3/4" D. 12th-14th century. 2nd item: Peruvian Pre-Columbian Chimu figural blackware pottery vase depicting […]