Stan Bentall (American, 20th c.) bronze eagle sculpture titled "Miracle of Birth" featuring an eagle landing on a nest of two gold-colored eggs. Numbered 15/36, copyright 1999, Santa Fe Bronze, with impressed signature on bronze near base. Supported on round wooden base. 35" overall HT x 27" approx. wingspan. Base: 15-1/2" diameter. Provenance: Lafollete, TN […]
Lot 625: Pair Waterford Lismore Crystal Jars & Clock
Pair of Waterford Lismore crystal covered jars together with an octagonal Lismore clock having a quartz movement. Jars measure 7 3/4" H. Clock measures 5" H. All 20th century. Condition: All pieces excellent condition.
Lot 621: Pair French Bronzed Figures after Moreau
1st item: A French bronzed spelter figure of a male worker titled `Faucher', after Louis Auguste Moreau (1883-1958), depicting a male figure sharpening a scythe, mounted on an ebonized wooden plinth with a title tag. 18" H. 2nd item: A French bronzed spelter figure of a female worker titled `Faneuse', after Louis Auguste Moreau (1883-1958), […]
Lot 622: Painted Plaster Head Sculpture, after Melcarth
A black painted plaster sculpture of a male head after Edward Melcarth's "Heroic Head". Initialed on side. 9 1/2" H x 6 1/2" W x 7 1/2" D. 20th century. Condition: Overall very good condition.
Lot 619: Large alabaster bust of a Child
Alabaster sculpture of child with hat surrounded by the ruffled petals of a flower, circular urn style base. 21"h. Unsigned. Probably Italian, late 19th to early 20th century. Condition: Few small edge losses, overall very good condition.
Lot 620: Gayrard Bronze sculpture of a dog
Joseph Paul Raymond Gayrard (French, 1807-1855), bronze figure of a reclining Borzoi dog with green painted or patinated ground below, mounted atop an oval hardstone base. Sculpture inscribed Gayrard London 1848, possibly later. 3-1/4" H overall x 4-1/4" D base x 7-1/4" W base. Condition: Abrasions to base, overall good condition.
Lot 616: 2 Irene C. Simms (TN) Oils, Wormy Chestnut Frames
Two Irene C. Simms (Oak Ridge, TN, 20th century) oil on board paintings. 1st item: PRINCESS 7 FEET TALL, unsigned, with exhibition label en verso. Board: 20" H x 15-3/4" W, frame: 28-1/4" H x 24-3/4" W. 2nd item: STORMY, depicting two seabirds, signed Simms en verso and with exhibition card en verso. Both paintings […]
Lot 618: F. Mennen Woodblock, Tall Corn
Fannie Rebecca Mennen (American, Georgia 1903 – 1995) colored wood block print titled "Tall Corn". Pencil signed lower right and titled lower left. Housed in a natural wood frame. Sight – 14 1/2" H x 7 3/4" W. Framed – 22 3/4" H x 14 7/8" W. 20th century. Condition: Some toning to perimeter of […]
Lot 615: Pauline Wallen Watercolor Landscape
Pauline Wallen (Tennessee, 20th century) impressionist watercolor on paper titled "Across the Storm, Greenbriar" depicting a mountain landscape in East Tennessee. Pencil signed lower left. Housed in the original painted rustic frame. Biography: A Knoxville native, Wallen studied art at Salem College in Winston-Salem, N.C.; the University of Tennessee; the Corcoran Gallery of Art and […]
Lot 612: Design for a Stained Glass Window Watercolor
An original watercolor design for a stained glass window. Gothic arch design depicting Jesus with Mary, Martha and another disciple with children. "To the Glory of God" and additional Latin words along the bottom edge. Sight 21 3/4" H x 14 1/4" W. Framed – 31" H x 23" W. 20th century. Condition: Tear to […]