George David Coulon (American/Louisiana, 1823-1904), oil on panel landscape painting depicting Fort Macomb, Chef Menteur Pass. A brick building sits atop the moated hill, with a wooden structure in the foreground and a bridge faintly visible at left. Signed and dated lower right “G.D. Coulon 86”. Remnants of old label on verso reading: “Fort Macomb […]
Case’s Jan. 26 Auction Features Over 740 lots including Museum Deaccessions, Estate Collections
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.— From paintings that once hung in a museum to a Butch Cassidy “Wanted” poster that once hung in a sheriff’s office, diversity is the theme at the Winter Case Antiques Auction, set for Saturday, January 26 at the company’s gallery in Knoxville. The auction features art and antiques being sold by three Tennessee […]
Grosjean & Woodward Silver Water Pitcher
A Charleston coin silver presentation pitcher made by Grosjean & Woodward (New York, working 1853-1862) and retailed by Hayden & Whilden (H. Sidney Hayden & William G. Whilden, Charleston, SC, working 1855-1863). Pear shaped body with deep floral and foliate repousse work and chasing to the body, spout and handle. Engraved presentation inscription reading “M. […]
Lot 363: KY or TN horse portrait, possibly Hall's Black Haw
19th century oil on canvas equine portrait, unsigned, the subject of which is believed to be the horse known as Canada Chief or Hall's Black Hawk. The dark brown horse with black mane and small white blaze on its forehead is depicted in profile against a landscape with trees and hills in the background. Old, […]
Lot 172: W.P. Silva o/c, Lookout Battlefield, Cravens House
William Posey Silva (TN/CA 1859-1948) oil on canvas depicting the Cravens House on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, south of Chattanooga (now incorporated in the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park. Signed lower left corner. Titled outer right margin in pen: Lookout Battlefield. Unframed. 18" H x 22" W. Note: The Cravens house, built by iron merchant Robert Cravens, […]
Lot 106: Virginia Frye-Martin school Bookcase on Bureau
Virginia 18th century bookcase on bureau attributed to the Frye-Martin school of Winchester. Walnut primary, yellow pine secondary. The upper case features a broken arch scroll pediment, carved floral rosettes, applied arch string tympanum molding, and arched stop-fluted quarter columns. The lower bureau features a pull out writing surface above four graduated drawers flanked by […]
Lot 81: General Benjamin Butler Civil War Letter Archive
General Benjamin Butler Civil War letter and document related archive. 1st item – Over 30 late 19th century copies of orders given by General Butler during the Civil War. 2nd item – Two Head Quarters Department of Virginia and North Carolina: Army of the James field letters written by General Butler, dated 1864, 3rd item […]
Lot 80: General Benjamin Butler archive relating to confis
Significant Civil War era archive relating to the seizure of $60,000 gold from Samuel Smith & Co. of New Orleans in May of 1862 by Union General Benjamin Butler. Includes letters, document evidence, and excerpts from U.S. newspapers relating to the case brought by two New Orleans bankers to recover $60,000 in gold taken by […]
Lot 78: Gen. Butler Texas Proclamation of Retaliation
Two Civil War documents connecting General Benjamin Butler and the Confederate State of Texas including Proclamation of Retaliation and Texas Secretary of State letter. Item 1: A period Texas Proclamation of Retaliation against General Benjamin Franklin Butler reading "Joint Resolution concerning Retaliation: Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Texas, that we heartily approve […]
Lot 76: 3 General P. G. T. Beauregard Civil War Items
Grouping of Civil War items including a signed document discussing Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard's treatment during the Civil War by Union General Benjamin Butler, a G. T Beauregard compliment card, and General Butler's personal 2-volume copy of "Military Operations of General Beauregard" by Alfred Roman. Document appears to be correspondence between General Beauregard […]
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