1st item: 19th century gilt carved mirror with Neoclassical carved designs to the perimeter including an urn, bell flower garland and shell. 24 1/2" h X 16" w. 2nd item: Queen Anne reverse painted looking glass, with reverse painted landscape scene to the top. 17 1/2" H x 10" W. 18th century. 3rd item: 18th […]
Lot 302: Follower of Sir Peter Lely, Portrait of Nell Gwynn
Follower of Sir Peter (Pieter) Lely (1618-1680) oil on canvas portrait of woman, possibly the famous actress and mistress of King Charles II, Nell Gwynn (1650-1687), with swept back brown hair, wearing low white ruffle-collared blue dress, wrapped in pink shawl. Unsigned. Framed in older gilt gessoed frame with acanthus leaf decoration. Sight 13" H […]
Lot 290: Judge George T. Washington archive inc. Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Justice Warren Burger letters, 27 items
Judge George T. Washington archive of political letters and ephemera, 27 items total, including letters from Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Warren Burger, and more. George Thomas Washington (1908-1971) was an American jurist who served as judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1949 to 1965. 1st item: TLS. One page typed […]
Lot 236: 2 pcs Historical Staffordshire: Erie Canal & Passaic Falls
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 […]
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