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 […]
Lot 103: Rare Tennessee coin silver coffee pot, marked W. H. Calhoun Tenn.
Rare Tennessee coin silver coffee pot, marked “W. H. Calhoun Tenn.” with three pseudo hallmarks (William H. Calhoun, Nashville, Tennessee, working 1839-1865). Engraved in one of the cartouche shields, “To Mrs H. Bruner 1865”. The engraving is assumed to be a later date, since Calhoun died in 1865. Elaborate floral and leaf repousse engraving, branch […]
Lot 195: Exceptional M. C. Escher (1898-1972) "Stars", signed engraving, 1948
Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch, 1898-1972) wood engraving, “Stars”, October 1948, signed “M C Escher” in pencil lower left margin and “eigen druk” (artist’s impression) in lower right margin. Uncut sheet of wove paper. Signature and date “MCE/X – “48” in block. Condition – very light foxing to right margin, lower right and upper left margin […]
Silver Water Pitcher with Overton Provenance
Silver water pitcher with Overton family provenance and inscriptions, inscribed “Bailey & Co./136 Chestnut St. Philadelphia,” figural lion, S, shield marks, and two lion passant marks; inscribed “M.M.O. to H.V.O”. Descended in Susan West’s family and referred to in her notes as “Flower Pitcher” that “came from Traveller’s Rest.” “M.M.O” is believed to refer to […]
Lot 182: Miniature on ivory attributed to John Wood Dodge
Rare portrait on ivory of young boy, attributed to John Wood Dodge (1807-1893, working in Nashville, 1840-1861). Miniature depicts a young boy wearing a black hat and tartan plaid jacket, possibly a posthumous portrait. An enclosure on the back shows a braided lock of hair under glass. The pink-tinged clouds in the background and position […]
Cherokee hawk carving by Going Back Chiltosky, NC (lot#106)
Cherokee carving of hawk by Going Back Chiltosky (1907-2000). Chiltosky is one of the most recognized Cherokee Indian carvers and taught woodcrafts at the Cherokee School. Examples of Chiltosky’s work are illustrated in “Arts and Crafts of the Cherokee”, Rodney Leftwich, p. 95. Signed on base, “Qualla School G.B.C. 1937”. Excellent condition. Height 10″ height. […]
Sand Mountain Alabama decorated and dated churn (lot#162)
Large Sand Mountain, Alabama decorated churn, attributed to E. E. McPherson of Sand Mountain, bands of sine wave incising around upper shoulder and midsection of the jar. Incised in script, “1896” denoting the date, and a “5” on both sides of the jar, denoting the gallon capacity. Alkaline glaze with two pulled handles on one […]