An important panoramic East Tennessee landscape oil on canvas by Thomas Campbell (1834-1914, born in England, active Tennessee). Titled on back “Tenn Mill and Mine”, showing a mill in the foreground and a large factory complex in the background right. Provenance – Calderwood Lodge of Calderwood Dam, Tennessee. Condition – overall excellent condition, uncleaned surface, […]
Important Meissen female nude porcelain by Walter Schott.
Important Meissen female nude porcelain by Walter Schott, marked on the base with blue cross swords and incised in the base a cursive “F 68”. Additional number marking with only a “2” legible. This Meissen work, titled ” Nude Flora ” was modeled in 1897 and is pictured in Laurence Mitchell’s Meissen Collector’s Catalogue, p. […]
East Tennessee redware jar with sine wave incising. Attributed to Cain pottery. 19th century.
Lot 159: Monumental gilt plaster casting of horse of Helios for Nashville Parthenon
Monumental gilt plaster casting from one of the horses of Helios, the rising sun. The initial description stated this was one of the castings from the British Museum in London. Subsequent consultations with Wesley Paine, Director of The Parthenon, Nashville, indicates this is probably an interim cast made by Belle Kinney & Leopold Scholz as […]
Lot 160: An Important and rare portrait of William Walker, "The Grey Eyed Man of Destiny"
Important portrait of William Walker, “The Grey Eyed Man of Destiny”, by Nashville artist, George Dury (1817-1894). The painting is signed on the back, “Dury 1858”. Oil/gouache on paper. This painting had previously been attributed to artist Washington Cooper in John Edwin Woodrow’s book, “John Berrien Lindsley” (illustrated on page 85). William Walker was a […]
Large Middle Tennessee double handle jar, attrib. George Washington Dunn
Lot 55: Exceptional carved folk art mold, dated 1831
Exceptional and rare Southern folk art carved mold, found in Wythe County, Virginia, dated 1831. Exceptional textured gouge carving, creating a level of detail and perception of depth indicative of a master carver. Circular mold consisting of hexagonal star with flower designs between points, outer circular border consisting of gouged carved date of “1831” and […]
Rare redware bottle, attributed to Cain Pottery, East Tennessee
Rare Zenith Stratosphere console radio, model 16 – A – 63
Rare Zenith Stratosphere console radio with inscriptions “Zenith 16-A-63 N100346 N99745”, 16 tube console radio with main chassis and power pack chassis, multicolored “airplane” dial, shadowgraph tuning, two speakers. Retangular case with sliding doors over dial, flanked by marquetry inlaid panels. Lower section with inset rounded center panel with pierced wooden grillwork over the speakers, […]
Civil War relics from the battle of Nashville, Stanley Horn collection
Collection of excavated Civil War relics from the Battle of Nashville found by noted historian, Stanley F. Horn. Contains over 90 assorted relics including bullets, buttons, various buckles, bayonet scabbard tip, canteen spouts, and cannonball fragment. Includes card from Stanley Horn with description where the relics were found along Granny White Pike in Nashville. Circa […]