Pair of Sevres-style porcelain lidded urns having celeste blue grounds with vignettes depicting cupids, musical imagery, and courting couples in landscape settings. Gilt highlights throughout and scrolling foliate bronze mounts terminating into goat head masks, the whole mounted onto a stepped square bronze base. Unmarked. 22 3/8 in. H x 11 1/4 in. W. French, late […]
Lot 661: Pair Italian Faience Maiolica Albarello Portrait Jars
A pair of 18th Century Italian faience or majolica Albarello or Apothecary jars of narrow waisted form, with opposing central portrait vignettes, surrounded by colorful flowers and leafy scrolls on a blue ground. Includes later copper liners. 17 1/2 in. H. PROVENANCE: The estate of Dr. Michael Spalding, Nashville, TN. CONDITION: Losses at rims and footrings, […]
Lot 660: 3 Antique Polychrome Faience Items: Albarello, Tazza, Inkwell
1st item: Italian Faience tazza depicting Jupiter and an Eagle with his young male love Ganymede. 6 in. H x 8 in. dia. 2nd item: Italian Albarello or Apothecary jar with heraldic motif and date, verso. 9 1/2 in. H. Hairline to rim. 3rd item: Inkwell, likely Spanish Talavera, signed to the underside. 3 1/2 in. H x […]
Lot 659: Carved Blackamoor Torchiere, Venetian Gondolier
Continental school, likely Italian, carved wood polychrome and gilt blackamoor figure that depicts a young man who stands on a partial, diminutive Venetian gondola with metal fero da prova or prow ornament. His shoulder-length hair descends from beneath a fez with floral motif and he wears an ornately decorated tunic and tights. His left hand grips an oar and […]
Lot 658: German Porcelain Portrait Plaque, Jeunesse
German oval porcelain portrait plaque depicting a dark-haired young woman. Signed along the edge, lower right, “Wagner”. Titled en verso “Jeunesse” (Youth) and stamped GERMANY. Housed in a gilt wood frame. Plaque: 5 in. x 4 in. Framed: 9 in. H x 8 in. W. First quarter 20th century. PROVENANCE: Private Knoxville Collection. CONDITION: Overall very good […]
Lot 657: Marion Bryant Cook Oil Painting, Landscape with Ducks in Flight
Marion Bryant Cook (Tennessee, 1933-2018) oil on canvas Tennessee autumn landscape painting depicting a tree with distinctive white bark and two ducks in flight. Signed lower left and dated 1968. Giltwood frame with taupe/green painted mat. Sight: 13 in. H x 10 in. W. Frame: 19 in. H x 15 1/2 in. W. CONDITION: Painting in […]
Lot 656: Thomas Shipley See Rock City Barn Painting, 1975
Tom Shipley (American, 20th century) acrylic on canvas painting, “Advertising,” 1975. An old, red-roofed barn stands before a hillside lined with trees. Text painted on the barn reads “SEE BEAUTIFUL ROCK CITY / World’s 8th Wonder / near Chattanooga Tenn.” Signed and dated 7-75, lower right. Old label with artist and title information affixed to stretcher. Housed […]
Lot 655: Charles Inzer Oil Painting, Girl w/ a White Apron
Charles Inzer (Tennessee, active late 20th c.), oil and pencil on board, modernist painting of a girl who wears a blue dress and white apron as she looks directly toward the viewer, set against a red background. Signed lower center. Housed in a giltwood frame with a linen liner. Sight: 22 in. H x 18 in. W. Frame: […]
Lot 654: Carl Gutherz O/C Portrait of Kate Scruggs Gutherz, 1898
Large Carl Gutherz (Tennessee/Missouri, 1844-1907) oil on canvas three-quarter length portrait painting depicting his wife, Kate Scruggs Gutherz (1850-1909). Depicted seated in a carved chair and turned to the left, the subject rests her arms in her lap in a gently crossed position, holding a gold eyeglass in her left hand. She wears a high-neck velvet dress, […]
Lot 653: Ron Williams O/C Smoky Mountain Waterfall Painting
Ron Williams (Tennessee, 1947 – 2016), oil on canvas impressionist fall landscape painting depicting a waterfall over large rocks, flanked by fall-colored foliage to each side, likely a location in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Signed lower right. Housed in a dark brown wood frame. Sight: 29 1/2 in. H x 17 3/8 in. W. Framed: 35 […]
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