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Lot 664: Pair George III Style Inlaid Mahogany Knife Box Urns

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Pair of George III Hepplewhite style mahogany knife boxes, urn form with inlaid vertical satinwood banding, each with urn finial atop a cover lifting to reveal a fitted interior, each resting on a turned circular base. 26 in. H x approx. 10 1/2 in. W. English, late 19th to early 20th century. PROVENANCE: The estate […]

Lot 663: Pair of Victorian Cobalt Double Overlay Glass Lamps

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Pair of Victorian cut overlay glass lamps, cobalt blue to colorless, each with pyriform font having a leafy floral design, raised on a matching baluster form pedestal with double step marble base having gilt brass banding. 19 1/2 in. H. English or American, Late 19th century. PROVENANCE: Living Estate of Sally Johnson Harlan, by descent from her […]

Lot 662: Pair of French Sevres Style Porcelain Urns

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]