1st item: German Meissen porcelain polychrome decorated figural group depicting a shepherd and shepherdess embracing with a sheep resting on the shepherdess’s knee, and raised on a naturalistic ground. Base impressed A 41. and 162 together with the Meissen blue crossed swords mark. Late 19th century. 2nd item: German Meissen porcelain polychrome decorated figural group […]
Lot 310: Antique Beshir Torba Turkmen Rug
Antique Beshir Torba Turkmen rug, wool on wool, the brick red center with stylized floral and medallion designs within a large primary floral border, lower elem border with stylized flowers. Woven in red, blue, gold, and cream colors. 6ft 2in x 3ft 3in. Circa 1870’s. PROVENANCE: Private Des Moines, Iowa collection. CONDITION: Uneven pile wear, […]
Lot 301: Antique Iranian Isfahan Area Rug
Antique Iranian Isfahan area rug, wool on cotton, overall cream field, the center with flowering vase and bird designs within three primary borders including a bird and foliate border. Woven in red, pink, blue, green, gold, and cream colors. 7ft 1in x 5ft. Circa 1920’s. PROVENANCE: Private Des Moines, Iowa collection. CONDITION: Overall very good […]
Lot 297: Persian Pictorial Tree of Life Rug
Persian, likely Isphahan, Tree of Life pictorial rug, central gold ground with a flowering tree and birds, flanking dogs and deer below, all within four borders including a bird and flower border. Wool on cotton construction, woven in colors of gold, blue, red, and brown. 5ft 5in x 3ft 6in. 1st Qtr. 20th century. PROVENANCE: […]
Lot 257: Caroline Wills 1836 Sampler, possibly Southern
American schoolgirl needlework embroidered sampler dated 1836 by Caroline Wills (b. 1824 – d. Knoxville, TN 1857), silk on linen, featuring a simple blue geometric border enclosing 5 alphabets in a variety of stitches including Queen’s, eyelet, box and cross, above a signature, CAROLINE WILLS SAMPLER WROUGHT AD 1836, over a flowering bush flanked by […]
Lot 222: Watercolor Painting made in Gallatin, TN 1830s
Circa 1832 Sumner County Tennessee schoolgirl Theorem by Catherine Hassel of Gallatin. The watercolor on paper image, possibly emblematic of Harvest or national Bounty, features a young woman seated on a wall in a lush garden, holding a basket overflowing with grapes in one hand and raising a goblet in the other hand towards a […]
Lot 168: John Kelly Fitzpatrick O/C Landscape Painting
John Kelly Fitzpatrick (American/Alabama, 1888-1953) oil on canvas Spring Landscape painting depicting a large brick antebellum home as viewed from the rear side, with chimneys rising amid flowering trees and the green grass below partially covered in blue flowers. The painting has descended in the family of the artist’s first cousin, and is thought to […]
Lot 137: A. Brunel De Neuville O/C, Kittens
Alfred Arthur Brunel de Neuville (French, 1852-1941) oil on canvas painting of two kittens who crouch on the floor and intently watch a winged insect stranded in a bowl of water. Signed “Neuville” lower right. Previous gallery label en verso. Stretcher: 12″ W x 8″ H. Frame: 17 1/2″ W x 13 1/2″ H. Biography: […]
Lot 98: French Bontems Gilt Bronze “Singing Bird” Clock
French Bontems gilt bronze “Singing Bird” automaton mantle clock, the works signed H & F Paris. Rectangular glazed case containing an automata bird in a naturalistic setting of rocks and foliage against a painted oil landscape backdrop, raised on a deep plinth base engraved with a flower basket, surmounted by a drum case and beaded bezel containing a […]
Lot 28: 2 Imari Fukagawa Bowls plus 2 Chinese Export Tea Caddies
1st and 2nd item: Pair of two (2) Japanese Fukagawa or Koransha Imari deep bowls, each with polychrome and gilt-decorated exterior and blue and white interior border, signed on base. 6″H x 7″ diameter. Mid 19th century. 3rd and 4th items: Pair of two (2) Chinese Export Porcelain tea caddies, each with hand-painted overglaze Famille […]
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