Continental fruitwood desk with parquetry inlaid slanted top, which lifts to reveal an interior fitted with twelve drawers, all with burl inlaid panels and round ebonized knobs. Star inlaid sides. Serpentine front with four long parquetry inlaid drawers and brass bail handles. Ebonized trim and bun feet. 45 7/8" H x 27 1/2" D x […]
Lot 102: Continental Blanket Chest w/ Star Inlay
Continental fruitwood blanket chest with lift top having two inlaid compass star panels and hand wrought hinges, opening to an interior with till and hand wrought iron lock. Front has two raised panels inlaid with compass star decoration, along with applied carved lunette designs in the corner of each panel, and an elaborate pierced escutcheon. […]
Lot 99: Pair Carved Frames Possibly Biltmore Industries
Pair of finely carved arts and crafts walnut picture frames with leaf and berry decoration and an elaborate botanical craved crest. Possibly Biltmore Industries of Asheville North Carolina. Frame opening: 5 1/2" H x 3 1/2" W. Overall: 13 3/8" H x 8" W. Condition: Both overall very good condition with one frame having minor […]
Lot 100: 19th Cent. Candle Mold, Foot Warmer & Copper Kettl
19th Century Candle Mold, Foot Warmer, and Copper Kettle. 1st item – Tin 12-candle mold. 11 2/8" H x 8 3/4" W x 4 5/8" D. 2nd item – Wooden foot warmer with clover cut-out decoration and wrought iron handle. One side removable with metal box insert for coals. 6 1/2" H x 9 3/4" […]
Lot 96: Cast Iron Turkey Doorstop
Rare and early cast iron Wild Turkey doorstop with embossed base and finely detailed feathers, original paint. Attributed to Bradley and Hubbard. 12-3/4"H x 11-1/4" W. Provenance: A Belle Meade (Nashville) Tennessee collection. Condition: Overall very good condition with a few tiny scattered spots of light wear and oxidation, particularly to tailfeathers, a tiny extraneous […]
Lot 97: Early Shaker Oval Box
Early Shaker oval maple and pine lidded box with two fingers plus one, secured with copper tacks. Pencil written inscription to the underside of the top reads "Bought of the Shaking Quakers at the Little Village of Lebanon the 26th day of August 1805". 2-1/8" H x 5-5/16" W x 3-3/8" D. Note: The Shaker […]
Lot 95: L&N Train Depot Oil on Canvas
Folk art panoramic oil on canvas painting by Frances Patterson (20th century) depicting the Louisville & Nashville Train Depot in Etowah, Tennessee. Features the Victorian L & N railway station with a red L & N train to the right and a dog in the foreground. Signed lower right FRANCES PATTERSON and titled L & […]
Lot 92: Wilson County Tenn. Archive, Anderson family
Archive related to the family of Dr. Joseph Motley (J.M.) Anderson and his son Samuel Motley Anderson of Lebanon, Tennessee. Joseph Anderson (1815-1896) was a prominent doctor, mayor of Lebanon, and a Mason (elected Grand Master for Tennessee in 1866). Sam Anderson (1859-1937) was a pharmacist and breeder of Jersey cattle and a member of […]
Lot 93: Two Tennessee Maps
1st item: Johnson's map of Kentucky and Tennessee by Johnson and Browning, undated, showing counties, with pictorial vignettes in three corners of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, the Navy Yard in Memphis, and the State House (Capitol Building) in Nashville. Light pink mat with weathered style molded frame. 17" x 24" sight, 24" x 31" framed. 2nd […]
Lot 94: Plat Book of Greater Chattanooga District, 1928
Plat book of greater Chattanooga district including portions of Hamilton County, Tenn. and Catoosa, Dade and Walker Counties, GA compiled and published by C.W. Chadwick, civil engineer, Ann Arbor, Mich. Several pages hand colored. Copyrighted 1928. 23" H x 18" W x 2" D. Provenance: Estate of George Love, Chattanooga, TN. Condition: Overall good condition […]