Two (2) French Enamels. 1st item: French bronze and cloisonne blue enamel footed oval pen tray with bronze pen mounts. 2-1/4" H overall x 7" L x 3-5/8" W. Second half of the 19th century. 2nd item: French porcelain oval enamel box with gilt bronze mounts, hinged top with oval hand-painted cartouche of three cherubs […]
Lot 42: Turquoise Snuff Bottle plus Lapis and Quartz Carvings, 3 items
Turquoise snuff bottle plus lapis and quartz carvings, 3 items total. 1st item: Turquoise snuff bottle carved on one side with scene of the Great Wall of China. 2 1/2" H. 2nd item: Carved lapis pebble in the form of a flower bud and leaf. Stone has iridescent flecks as it shades from dark blue […]
Lot 20: Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Charger
Chinese Famille Rose porcelain charger with painted central landscape scene depicting a young boy and mother atop a foo dog/dragon with attendant holding a fan, enameled sgraffito yellow ground border with floral and auspicious symbol decoration. Six character red Ch'ien Lung mark en verso on a robin's egg blue ground. 15" dia. Late 19th/early 20th […]
Lot 14: Chinese Fencai Enamel Eggshell Bowl
Chinese Republic Period eggshell or translucent porcelain bowl with black and tan ruyi banded border over a landscape scene with finely painted figures; poem or inscription verso accompanied by three red seals; the interior side decorated with a grasshopper or cricket among flowers, and at the center a black and white writhing dragon enclosed in […]
August 5, 2017 Auction Preview
Our August 5, 2017 auction at our Knoxville gallery welcomes all bidding types (live, phone, absentee and online) and features art and antiques from several prominent Tennessee collections and estates. A focal point of this auction will be the estate of Dr. Ben Caldwell of Nashville (1935-2017), including Southern coin silver, paintings and folk art, American […]
Lot 880: Child portrait in Aesthetic Frame
Oil on canvas portrait of a standing child in lace dress with wide blue sash, signed "G. Holthaus", and additionally notated below, "Pinxt", lower right, housed in an elaborate Aesthetic Movement gesso frame with basketweave and floral molding, having projecting corners with applied gilt flowers. Circa 1880. Sight – 29 1/2" x 24 5/8". Framed […]
Lot 843: 3 Fak Hong Framed Magic Posters
1st item: Color lithograph advertising poster for The Great Chang and Fak-Hong's United Magicians Presents "The Oriental Review" depicting an act from their show in which a magician summons the spirit of a Japanese Geisha. Lithographer: E. Mirabet, Valencia. Housed in a dark blue metal frame. Sight – 24 1/2" H x 16 1/2" W. […]
Lot 690: Assorted Group of 10 Paperweights
Assorted grouping of paperweights, 10 total. 1st item: St. Louis pedestal paperweight, red honeycomb with a clichy-type yellow rose in center. Signature cane on underside "SL 1976". 3 7/8"dia. 2nd item: St. Louis pedestal paperweight, red, white & blue with rose cap. "Signature cane on underside "SL 1977". 3 7/8" dia. 3rd item: St. Louis […]
Lot 689: Group of 4 Paperweights, incl. Charles Kasiun, Jr.
1st & 2nd items: 2 Charles Kaziun Jr. paperweights including a pedestal form with white flower on red speckled ground (2" H) and pansy on white ground (2 1/4" dia.). Both with gold 'K" signature stamp. 3rd item: Gibson floral paperweight having dark blue trumpet flowers. Signed "Gibson" and dated 1989 on the base. 3 […]
Lot 683: 9 St. Louis (France) Paperweights
1st & 2nd Items: 2 blue over white overlay faceted paperweights with concentric millefiori mushrooms to the center. The tops of each mushroom with St. Louis signature cane and dated 1970. Both retain the original paper label. 3" dia. 3rd & 4th items: 2 clear faceted floral paperweights with blue 12 petal flowers on a […]
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