Grouping of 4 ivory items. 1st item: Ivory letter opener with Egyptian head. 7" L. Late 19th century. 2nd item: Letter opener with brass Art Nouveau handle. 8 1/4" L. Early 20th century. 3rd item: Victorian ivory Pointer dog head attached to wooden umbrella handle with brass collar and glass eye. Head measures 1 3/4" […]

George III quillwork box or tea caddy, octagonal form with barber pole inlaid edges and floral rolled paper designs, brass handle. 4-3/4"H x 5"W x 4-1/2"D. English, circa 1800. Provenance: Estate of Salli LaGrone, Franklin, Tennessee. Condition: Significant losses to wood, losses at back, loss of lining.

Large South Carolina alkaline glazed storage jar, ovoid form with rolled molded rim over ear-shaped handles. 12 5/8" H x 10 1/4" W. Mid 19th Century. Condition: Overall excellent condition.

2 Carved Folk Art Items, cane and cane handle. 1st item – Folk art carved cane with three finely carved and detailed alligators with the last alligator having a figure in its mouth. 35 1/2" L. 2nd item – Folk art carved cane handle with finely carved alligator figures, one on top and another on […]

Large Middle Tennessee stoneware pottery jar, inscribed with what appears to be a downward facing "3", denoting gallon capacity and the words in script, "Putnam County" on the upper shoulder. 17" H. Late 19th century. Condition: Old freeze cracks to reverse side of script, chip to rim and traces of green paint.

Lot of two southern pottery items including, Item 1: Edgefield, South Carolina alkaline glazed storage jar with distinctive ridge line at the lower rim flaring to a square rolled rim. 9" H x 5" W. 19th Century. Item 2: Small North Carolina alkaline glazed jug with thick alkaline glaze build up at base. 6" H […]

Sullivan County, Tennessee lead glazed redware jug attributed to the Cain Pottery. Jug features tapered rim, extruded handle, incised rig decoration, and beaded foot. Glaze with general cracklure. 7 3/4" H. Late 19th Century. Provenance: Jug discovered in Bristol, Tennessee and featured in the Tennessee Historical Society 2011 exhibition "Tennessee Turned: Earthenware and Stoneware Made […]

Rare Putnam County, Tennessee stoneware pottery rundlet made by James C. Crawley (b. abt 1798 – 1859). Signed and dated in script on upper section “J. C. Crawley, His Jug, 1851”. Tan transitioning to dark brown in color. 14 1/4″ H. Provenance: acquired from the Geraldine Pettross Apple estate, Gordonsville, TN (Smith Co.). Biography (Courtesy […]

Knoxville, Tennessee Weaver Brothers stoneware pottery bowl, stamped "Weaver & Obr., Knoxville, Tenn." . The Weaver Pottery was listed in the Knoxville Business Directory from 1876-1887 with David Weaver listed as the proprietor and George C. Weaver as a potter. 4 1/2" H X 10 1/4" Dia. (Survey Of Historic Pottery Making In Tennessee 1979", […]

Sumner County Tennessee cherry candlestand, comprised of a one board top (21 1/2" dia) atop a rotating birdcage and resting on a tripod snake leg base. Older surface. 25 1/4" H. First half 19th century. Provenance: Descended through the family of William McKain Franklin and wife Evaline Aurville Douglass of Pilot Knob Plantation, Station Camp […]