Two (2) Historical Staffordshire items. 1st item: Historical Staffordshire Erie Canal pearlware jug with blue transfer print landscape scenes. One side shows the "View of the Aqueduct Bridge at Rochester" and the reverse shows the "View of the Aqueduct Bridge at Little Falls", with bands of flowers on rim, base, and under spout. "Views of […]
Lot 122: Alfred Jacob Miller O/B, English Nobleman
Alfred Jacob Miller (Maryland, 1810-1874) oil on board portrait of an English nobleman, possibly Sir William Drummond Stewart. The subject is depicted standing against a red draped backdrop with his right hand resting on a round table and attired in a white Renaissance style costume with red sash and flowing blue robe, a sword fixed […]
Lot 22: Chinese Qing Silk Embroidery
Framed Chinese Qing Dynasty silk embroidered double panel with blue sash border, seamed at center, image in various shades and stitches of gold depicting two opposing five-toed dragons chasing a pearl and bats, magic fungus, fans, conch shells, various flowers and clouds surround them. The blue border is stitched with various figures in garden scenes […]
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 840: Persian Malayer and Tibetan mat
1st item: Antique Persian Malayer area rug, wool on cotton, Zuli sultan pattern, 6'2" x 4'1", repeating design on cream field, secondary colors of salmon, pink, gold, aqua, blues, brown and black. Early 20th century. 2nd item: Tibetan seat mat, wool on cotton, with later fabric backing, 2'4" x 1'10", center flower with other symbols […]
Lot 757: 3 Chinese Porcelain Lamps
Group three porcelain lamps. 1st & 2nd items: Pair of Chinese porcelain vases having molded bodies with patterned borders and polychrome scrolling floral decoration on a gilt ground to the bodies, now mounted as lamps onto conforming hardwood bases. Vases – 17" H. 31" total H w/ harp. 20th century. 3rd item: Chinese blue and […]
Lot 644: 3 19th Cent. Needlework Samplers
Three (3) English needlework samplers. 1st item: Needlework school girl alphabet and family record sampler by Mary Ann Groop, dated January 28, 1828, silk on linen, with ten rows of alphabet and numerals sepaated by geometric rows. Center row with large heart bearing initials RB with initials MB below, flanked by large doves and blue […]
Lot 643: 3 English Samplers, 18th/19th Cent.
Three (3) English school girl samplers. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) English school girl samplers, likely students from the same school. Framed in same frame molding. 1st item: Silk on linen alphabet and verse sampler including the verse "O God above to thee I cry Have mercy on me before I die Hear my prayer and […]
Lot 640: Lucy Davis, African Missionary Sampler
Rare African Missionary school girl sampler, Freeport, Sierra Leone, with alphabet and phrase by Lucy Davis, dated January 3, 1843. Silk on wool with vine border, upper right corner with intentional cross-stitch error in black thread, first row of upper case alphabet and four numerals, lower case alphabet, top third with two floral sprays and […]
Lot 638: Kentucky 1832 House Sampler, Eliza Pearson
Kentucky Needlework Sampler stitched by Eliza Pearson and dated 1832, silk on coarse weave linen in colors of red, navy blue, green, brown/tan and ivory. “Eliza Pearson Aged 9 1832” stitched into 5 rows of alphabets and numbers, each row separated by a band of cross stitch in colorful and decorative motifs, over a verse: […]
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