East Tennessee cherry pie safe, late Sheraton/Classical form, poplar secondary. Rectangular form with dovetailed vaulted peak-shaped gallery, top having a half round molding, two dovetailed and scratch beaded drawers with turned pulls flanked by embossed rectangular stiles with figured cherry, lower case with two doors, each having four tins punched with fylfot design with semi-circular […]
Lot 227: East TN Paint Decorated Pie Safe
East Tennessee, Greene or Washington County, pie safe with poplar throughout, and old polychrome paint decoration. Rectangular top over two dovetailed drawers with wood pulls and two cupboard doors, each having four punched tin panels decorated with stylized starbursts and tulips above urns, hearts and candlesticks; each side with three punched tins decorated with arches […]
Lot 226: East Tennessee Vine and Tassel Inlaid Secretary
East Tennessee Federal/Sheraton period transition Secretary Bookcase, walnut with poplar and yellow pine secondary, two-part construction. Top bookcase section with molded ogee cornice over a rope and tassel inlaid frieze, and vine and bud inlaid chamfered front corners flanking two double paneled doors. Interior is painted green and has three adjustable shelves. Lower desk section […]
Lot 225: Exhibited Southern Hepplewhite Sugar Chest, Middle TN
Middle Tennessee Hepplewhite Federal Sugar Chest, cherry with poplar secondary wood. Hinged single board top with cleated ends, over a locking dovetailed case with original divided interior supported on a base with scratch-beaded dovetailed drawer and four square tapering legs. Original oval Federal brasses. Exhibited, the Frist Art Museum, “Art of Tennessee,” 2006, and illustrated […]
Lot 224: Andrew Jackson Hair in Locket and Portrait Miniature
1st item: A braided lock of hair belonging to General and later President Andrew Jackson, gifted by Jackson to Bernard Maguire of Philadelphia in 1844. Housed in a gold plated metal locket and gold filled chain with decorative shield engraved en verso, “General Andrew Jackson’s HAIR / March 15, 1844 / B.M. “. The gift […]
Lot 223: Ralph Earl Andrew Jackson Portrait Miniature w/ 14K Brooch & Lock of Hair
Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl (Tennessee/Massachusetts, 1788-1838) miniature portrait depicting a youthful, red-haired Andrew Jackson in military uniform. After John Welsley Jarvis’s c. 1819 portrait in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Signed “R.E.W.E.,” center right. The present portrait is encased in a 14k yellow gold mourning brooch with a lock of (presumably) Jackson’s […]
Lot 222: Watercolor Painting made in Gallatin, TN 1830s
Circa 1832 Sumner County Tennessee schoolgirl Theorem by Catherine Hassel of Gallatin. The watercolor on paper image, possibly emblematic of Harvest or national Bounty, features a young woman seated on a wall in a lush garden, holding a basket overflowing with grapes in one hand and raising a goblet in the other hand towards a […]
Lot 221: Lloyd Branson Watercolor Spring Landscape & Book
1st item: Lloyd Branson (Tennessee, 1861-1925) panoramic watercolor and gouache on paper landscape depicting white flowering trees lining a dirt path, with a split rail fence visible in the far left background. Initialed and dated lower right LB *93. House in a gilt wood frame. Sight: 8 1/2″ H x 18 1/4″ W. Framed: 16 […]
Lot 220: Large William McCoy Smoky Mountain Landscape, Leconte & Balsam Point
Large William J. McCoy Jr. (Knoxville, 1906-1995) oil on board mountain landscape painting depicting Mount LeConte & Balsam Point from Sugarland Mountain, all locations in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Signed “McCoy” in red, lower right. Additionally signed, titled, and dated 1974 en verso. Housed in a silvered and painted wood frame. Sight: 12 […]
Lot 219: Louis Jones O/B East TN Mountain Landscape
Louis Edward Jones (American, 1878-1958) oil on board landscape painting depicting the Smoky Mountains with several blue mountains in the background and various colored trees and rocks in the foreground. Signed and dated lower left L.E. JONES 1946. Inscribed en verso “This is my gift to Robert & Mildred Fetterhoff, 1015 Warren St. Huntington, Ind.”. […]
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