Two miniature portraits of ladies. 1st Item – Miniature portrait of a young woman with dark curly hair wearing a white dress with red wrap against a blue background. Watercolor on ivory, round, with gold metal frame. 2nd Item – American school miniature portrait, watercolor on ivory. Oval half-length portrait of a woman in bonnet […]
Lot 348: Meissen figural porcelain group of gardeners, 19th
Meissen figural porcelain group with gentleman and two ladies in garden after a 1778 design by Michael Victor Acier. Meissen crossed swords mark in underglaze blue to the base. Pressed number 72, scratched form "F", "94". Gold numbers "45". 9" H. Late 19th Century-early 20th Century. Condition: Multiple restorations including repairs to column, gent's hat, […]
Lot 111: 3 Enamel Battersea Boxes & 4 Enamel Tiebacks
3 English Battersea enamel boxes, all late 18th to early 19th century, and 4 enamel curtain tiebacks. Item 1: Georgian Battersea enamel box, oval, with pink bulbous fluted sides, the lid with hand painted bird and flowers and verse "I love so well to kiss and tell". Lid mirrored on the interior. 3/4"H x 1-1/2"W […]
Lot 403: Four Meissen Porcelain Items
1ST ITEM: Meissen porcelain plate, white, pink and gilt, with handpainted figural decoration, blue Meissen crossed swords mark . 9 1/2" dia. 2ND ITEM: Meissen porcelain jam jar, white, pink, and gilt with figural vignettes, applied rose finial to handle, 4"H. 3RD ITEM: Meissen porcelain cabinet charger white with applied relief white floral decoration, blue […]
Lot 401: Pair of Chinese Export Armorial Urns
Pair of Chinese export armorial style porcelain lidded urns with pistol grip handles and square bases, hand-painted ornamentation of blue flowers and garlands and gilded handles and finial; the center on front and back contain a painted bald eagle in the cartouche with the latin motto "Eplu-ibus Unum." Each are marked on the bottom with […]
Lot 197: Bror Nordfeldt colored woodcut, Woman at Piano
Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt (American, 1878-1955) colored woodcut on cream Japan paper, titled “Woman with a fan at the piano”. Pencil signed and dated upper left “Nordfelt, No. 21, 1906”. Subject is a woman holding a fan by her side, standing by a grand piano with a blue vase of flowers and a potted plant […]
Lot 80: Sixteen Star American Flag, framed
16 star American national flag. Double ply bunting, hand sewn with a cotton or linen canvas hoist, 3 whipped eyelet grommets. 16 single-appliqued cotton muslin stars. Exhibited Cheekwood Museum of Art, “Nashville collects, circa 1990. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone, Jr., Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee was the 16th state admitted to the Union on June […]
Lot 61: Confederate Flag
Confederate cotton flag, possibly Secession era or proposal for a Confederate National Flag. Blue, white and red bars, each 18" wide, with thirteen machine stitched single applique stars (sewn through around edges and made from two different materials). Period homemade pewter grommets. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone, Jr., Nashville, Tenn. The secession era of […]
Lot 30: Pr. Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Saucers
Pair of Chinese porcelain Famille Rose saucers or low bowls, robin's egg blue ground and decorated with a bird perched on a flowering branch of wistaria and peony. Four character iron red Yung ch'ing ch'ang ch'un mark (Eternal prosperity and enduring spring). 1 3/4" H x 7 3/4" dia. Early 20th century. Condition: Excellent condition.
Lot 3: Asian Stained Ivory Carving of Rose and Vine
Finely carved and stained ivory rose and vine okimono with original wooden box. A naturalistic carved rose branch with four flowers, each in different stages of bloom. Blue "Made in Japan" label fixed to one leaf. 14-1/4" L x 6" H x 7-1/2" W. Stamped box measures 10" H x 16-1/4" W x 9-1/2" D. […]