Fourteen (14) pieces of assorted sterling silver flatware, including one (1) Gorham Buttercup pattern solid macaroni server with retailer marks; two (2) Gorham Imperial Chrysanthemum pieces including preserve spoon and crumber; four (4) Whiting Manufacturing Co. Louis XV pattern items including fish knife, waffle server, mustard spoon, and pierced bon bon spoon, two with retailer […]
Lot 539: Xanthus Smith O/B Painting, Brig, Outward Bound, Hampton Roads VA 1865
Xanthus Russell Smith (Pennsylvania, 1839-1929) oil on board post-Civil War military painting depicting a large sailing vessel or brig embarking out of Hampton Roads, Virginia. Two men row a small boat through the foreground and other vessels are visible in the distance. Signed and dated "Xanthus Smith / 1865," lower right. Additionally signed and dated […]
Lot 408: Duffner & Kimberly Leaded Glass Hanging Lamp, Irises
Duffner & Kimberly leaded glass dome-shaped hanging lamp, irises, colored mottled slag glass panels depicting pink iris & leaf design to lower rim and geometric design to upper shade, applied Duffner & Kimberly badge to interior shade, bronze fitter ring with polished caps and chain, 4 light pull chain light-cluster by Hubbell. Shade: 7" H […]
Lot 149: Middle Tennessee Sheraton Sideboard, MESDA documented
Middle Tennessee sideboard with flame grain figured cherry veneers and scalloped case front. Cherry primary and poplar secondary, curved splash-board / gallery top with two short drawers to each side over a two-board rectangular top with reeded edges. Central bow front drawer over a bow front double-door cabinet, flanked by two square drawers and two […]
Lot 127: William Edmondson Sculpture, Mother and Child
William Edmondson (American/Tennessee, 1874-1951), “Mother and Child,” carved limestone figure of a woman carrying a young child with one arm and holding a book or pocketbook with the other. The subjects both have short, textured hair and rudimentary facial features, and the body of the child, clinging to the mother, is well defined. As with […]
Lot 568: Fort Family of NC/TN Archive, 19 items including Slave Receipts, Land Grants
Archive of documents and letters related to the Fort Family of Tennessee, primarily Elias Fort (1730-1819) of Edgecombe, NC who came west on a Revolutionary War land grant and settled in Robertson County, TN, and his son, Josiah Fort (1762-1848). Includes an 1811 slave receipt for $350 paid by Josiah Fort "by the hands of […]
Lot 564: Group of Middle TN Ephemera inc. Slave Sale, 1852 Alamanac
1st item: Slave receipt, recording $425 received from Daniel Montgomery for "Polly aged about 16 and George aged about 12 years," sold by John Fitzhugh, dated July 22, 1823, Fairfax County, Virginia. The purchaser was likely Daniel Montgomery of Sumner County, Tennessee, born to William and Jane McMillan Montgomery in 1789, died Sumner County, 1855), […]
Lot 561: 10 pcs 19th c. TN Ephemera, incl. Governor Signed
1st item: 1806 letter sent from William Dunlop, Hackettstown, New Jersey to James V. Anderson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania inquiring about the worth of goods including tea in Tennessee. The letter was 9 5/8" H x 15" W. Note: Although this letter is addressed to Anderson in Philadelphia, he was a resident of Jonesborough, TN and was […]
Winter 2024 Auction Preview
Below is an early preview of the January 27th and 28th auction to take place at our Knoxville, Tennessee headquarters. In-person bidding plus phone, absentee, and internet bidding will be available. The full Catalog will be available by mid-December. George Rodrigue (Louisiana, 1944-2013) acrylic on canvas titled “Louisiana Sunday Morning”. Signed “Rodrigue” lower left, additionally […]
Lot 629: Collection of 8 Early TN & NC Docs, incl. James Winchester, Stockley Donelson, Johnson-Pillow Family
1st item: One-page handwritten letter from the "Founder of Memphis" General James Winchester (1752-1826), Cragfont, Castalian Springs, TN, addressed to artist Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl (1788-1838), Nashville, TN, dated May 31, 1817. The letter references an impending visit by Earl, spelled "Earle" to Cragfont, reading "General Winchester presents his respects to Mr. Earle and informs […]
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