15 silver items related to the family of U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall. 1st group: One Durgin sterling silver cold meat fork, W. Senter & Co. retailer, with applied fleur de lys on tip and script monogram en verso, "JWB" for Julia Wingate Boyd, 8-5/8" L; 1 English sterling tablespoon with swell and shell tip, […]
July 14, 2018 Auction Preview
Join us on Saturday, July 14, 2018 for our premier auction at our NEW Knoxville gallery! We welcome all bidding types (live, phone, absentee, and online) for this auction of fine art, historical ephemera, Civil War artifacts, silver, jewelry, Asian arts, Southern and American furniture, porcelain, Native American pottery and baskets, American pottery, folk art, […]
Lot 854: Group 6 Railway Pocket Watches plus 1 (7 total)
Six various railway pocket watches and one Elgin pocket watch, 7 total. 1st-3rd items: 3 Hamilton Railway Special 992B 10K gold-filled pocket watches, 21 jewels, 2 with white enamel faces, 1 with yellow enamel face, all with Arabic numerals, sub seconds dials, serial numbers C523537, C287630, 4C148876, 2" W cases, 2 with metal watch chains. […]
Lot 711: Set 4 German Silver Goblets and Dish
Five (5) pieces German 800 silver including set four .800 silver goblets, marked with crescent, crown and 800 on rim, maker's mark not found, 6 1/2" H, together with one Gebruder Kuhn .800 silver scalloped edge round dish, marked on base, 3/4" H x 6 1/4" dia. 25.765 total oz troy/5 items. Third quarter 20th […]
Lot 257: Joseph Loring Silver Cup, Dearborn Family History
Federal coin silver cup or beaker, molded rim with tapering sides, monogrammed HD presumably for Major General Henry Dearborn (1750-1829). Maker's mark J. Loring in script within a cartouche to the base (Joseph Loring, Boston, b. 1747- d. 1815). Inscription on the base reads, J. E. D. C. / A. M. D. B. (Annette Maria […]
Lot 744: Large Thornton-American Aloe
Dr. Robert John Thorton (United Kingdom, 1768-1837) hand-colored aquatint, mezzotint, and stipple engraving titled The American Aloe, painted by Philip Reinagle (1749-1833), engraved by Thomas Medland (c.1765-1833). From TEMPLE OF FLORA : OR GARDEN OF THE BOTANIST POET PAINTER AND PHILOSOPHER, published by Thornton, London, 1807 folio edition. Partial watermark reading H. Smith 18…, lower […]
Lot 443: 14 Pre Rev. War Almanacks, 1752-1774
Fourteen (14) Pre Revolutionary War Almanacks, Ames and Low. Octavos, self wrappers, stitched, approx. 22-24 double sided pages. 1st-5th items: AN A(S)TRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR(S) OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1752, 1757, 1763, AND 1764 and AMES'S ALMANACK 1759 by Nathaniel Ames, the elder/father (1708-1764), three printed by John Draper, one printed […]
Lot 438: John Vanderlyn 1804 Portrait, possibly Thomas Jefferson
John Vanderlyn (New York, 1775-1852) ink wash, conte crayon and graphite oval portrait, possibly Thomas Jefferson, signed in pencil, “J. Vanderlyn,” in margin lower left, and in pencil “at Paris 1804,” in lower right margin. Paris, France artist supply store label en verso (partially hidden by brown tape). Oval image – 8-1/2″ x 6-1/2″. Oval […]
Lot 167: 19th Cent. French Oil after Charles A. Van Loo
19th century French oil on canvas depicting two young artists painting and drawing a young model, after the drawing LES ENFANTS PEINTRES by Charles Andre Van Loo (France/Italy, 1705 ñ 1765). Signed lower left C. LeBRUN, most likely added at a later date. Housed in a simple gilt wood frame. Sight: 35 3/8" H x […]
Lot 751: Sterling Pitcher and 3 pcs Flatware
1st item: American Sterling silver water pitcher, bulbous helmet form with C handle, marked Reed & Barton Sterling 765, monogram SHM. 8 3/4" H. 2nd item: 2 Piece salad serving spoon and fork with pointed oval handles, marked Gorham Sterling H856 (likely the Old Colony-New pattern), 10 1/2" L. 3rd item: English sterling gravy ladle, […]
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