Rare Victorian Scottish writing or stationery box with contents, green leather with gilt lettering on exterior. Monogrammed "J.H. St. E". Upper shelf for blotting paper and lower drawer with travelling inkwell, compartments containing pens and sealing wax, wafers, matches, nibs and postage stamps. 1-1/2" x 5-1/2" x 3-1/8". Made by W & S Milne, Edinburgh, […]
Lot 452: 2 Books: Art & Mystery + TN Silversmiths
Lot of 2 Tennessee Decorative Arts Books. 1ST ITEM: "Tennessee Silversmiths", by Benjamin Hubbard Caldwell, Jr., copyright 1988, The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. 2ND ITEM: "The Art and Mystery of Tennessee Furniture and Its Makers through 1850" by Derita Coleman Williams and Nathan Harsh, copyright 1988, Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Both […]
Lot 453: 2 TN Centennial Items: book and See Saw medal
1ST ITEM: Book Published 1897, Tennessee Centennial, with poems by Annie Somers Gilchrist. Includes photos of prominent women in Tennessee. Cloth cover with gilt lettering, stains to front. 2ND ITEM: Tennessee Centennial Exposition souvenir medal, depicting the Giant See Saw ("Cars carry 25 people and go 200 feet high"). Marked May 1-Oct. 8 1897 Nashville […]
Lot 450: Oil on canvas of Pug Dog, unsigned
Oil on canvas painting of Pug Dog, unsigned, half-portrait of pug dog wearing collar with three bells. Green background. Unsigned. Old framer's label en verso "Ripka & Co. Phila". Carved and molded gilt frame. Canvas: 18-1/4" H x 18" W. Frame: 23-3/4" H x 20-3/4" W. 19th century. Condition: Small tear in upper right corner, […]
Lot 448: George McManus watercolor, portrait of a woman
George McManus (American, New York & California,1882 – 1954) pencil, ink, and watercolor on paper depiciing a woman posing in lingerie, front and rear views. Sight – 12 1/4" H x 8 1/8 W, Framed 15 7/8" H x 10 7/8 W. Condition: Toning to edge of paper
Lot 449: George McManus, 6 Block Comic Strip
Ink on paper six block comic strip titled "The Newlyweds, Their Baby" by George McManus (American, New York & California,1882 – 1954). Sight – 9 1/8" H x 14 5/8" W, Framed 12" H x 17 1/2" W. Condition: Toning at the edge of paper, tear in lower left corner.
Lot 446: John Cox o/c Mountain Landscape
John Cox (American, b. 1947) oil on canvas, Southwestern mountain landscape. Signed lower right. Contemporary giltwood frame. 11 3/8" H x 15 1/2" W canvas, 19" H x 22 5/8" W framed. Late 20th c. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone Jr., Nashville, Tenn. Condition: Excellent.
Lot 447: Miguel Martinez, Portrait of a Woman
Oil pastel portrait of a woman, signed lower right Miguel Martinez '03 (New Mexico, b. 1951). Giltwood frame with acanthus carved corner blocks. 28" x 22" sight, 34-1/2" x 28-1/2" framed. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone Jr., Nashville, Tenn. Condition: Excellent condition.
Lot 445: John D. Cogan mountain landscape
Oil on board, mountain landscape, signed lower right John D. Cogan (American/New Mexico, b. 1953). Titled en verso "Up in the Weather 2010". Contemporary giltwood frame. 8" x 6" sight, 13 1/2" x 11 1/2" framed. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone Jr., Nashville, Tenn. Condition: Excellent.
Lot 443: Manner of Alfred T. Bricher, o/c Coastal Landscape
Large oil on canvas coastal seascape, manner of Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908). Unsigned. Housed in a giltwood and composition frame with fluted cove molding and acanthus corner decoration. Sight – 23 1/4" H x 41" W. Framed – 31" H x 49 1/4" W. Circa 1890. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone Jr., Nashville, […]









