Caroline Dudley (Tennessee, 1802-1832) important watercolor miniature portrait painting, depicting Chickasaw Native American dignitary Kinheche in bright garb and headdress holding a bow and arrow. Inscriptions identifying subject as “Kinhichi”, en verso of interior paper liner, and as “Kinhishee” on the exterior of the back of the frame. Housed in a wooden frame with gilt […]
Summer Auction Preview – July 9-10
Our Summer auction is scheduled for July 9th-10th in Knoxville. A few items from the upcoming auction are below. Watch for more items to be added to this page in the coming weeks and our full catalog in early June. If you would like to have items consigned for future auctions, click here. Important miniature […]
Lot 392: 7 Books on Southern Arts and Historical Sites
Seven (7) Southern Arts and Crafts and Historical books; subjects include George Ohr, Alabama and Shenandoah Pottery, MIssissippi historic sites, and Silver. 1st item: TENNESSEE SILVERSMITHS by Benjamin H. Caldwell, Jr., published by The Museum of Early Decorative Arts (MESDA), Winston-Salem, 1988. Hardcover octavo, 216 pages with black and white and color photographic illustrations, hardbound […]
Lot 200: Writing Chair and Saddlebag, Sec. of War Carey Harris provenance
Unusual Reclining Writing Armchair and Framed Saddlebag, both originally belonging to Carey Allen Harris (1806-1842), Acting Secretary of War and Commissioner of Indian Affairs under U.S. President Andrew Jackson. 1st item: Late Classical or Empire style mahogany reclining armchair with upholstered seat and seat back; curved stiles and partially upholstered armrests, the curved hand rests […]
Lot 190: Mayna Treanor Avent O/C, Tennessee Landscape Painting
Mayna Treanor Avent (Tennessee, 1868-1959) impressionistic oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a bridge spanning a body of water, surrounded by trees with autumn foliage, a red farm visible in the background beneath a cloudy blue sky. Signed “Mayna T Avent” lower right. Handwritten note describing treatment performed by Frances de Brun Brown, circa July […]
Lot 1004: 31 Political Ephemera Items, incl. Roosevelt Pocket Knife
Thirty-one (31) political ephemera items, including one (1) Roosevelt pressed metal pocket knife. 1st item: Roosevelt pressed metal pocket knife, depicting portrait vignettes of Roosevelt with patriotic motifs. Two blades ranging in size from 1 1/2" to 1 3/4" L. Pocket knife – 3" L. 2nd-27th items: Twenty-six (26) presidential tokens, including George Washington, John […]
Lot 717: Civil War Buckle Plates, Letter, CDV, 6 items
Six (6) Civil War era related items, including Confederate belt plates, Stonewall Jackson CDV, letter written byEdwin Burford Paschall, editor of The Nashville Press newspaper, and stamped envelopes. 1st item: CSA "Rope Border" oval die-struck rolled brasswaist belt plate made into a paperweight. Raised "CS" letters with a thin "rope style" border surrounded by a […]
Lot 647: 6 F. Pierce Secreterial Signed Land Grants, 8 items
Six (6) President Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (1853-1857), secretarial signed land documents to veterans of the War of 1812, Cherokee War, and the Florida Seminole War, one (1) President Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (1829-1837), secretarial signed land document, and one (1) Creek Agency Arkansas, 1858 related letter, […]
Lot 633: NC Governor and TN Related Land Documents, incl. Landon Carter, Stockley Donelson
North Carolina Governor archive including land grants signed by Landon Carter (1760-1800), Revolutionary War officer, State of Franklin official, and correspondent of George Washington; Colonel Stockley Donelson (1752-1805), brother of Rachel Donelson (wife of President Andrew Jackson), Samuel Ashe, 9th NC Governor (1795-1798), and Richard Caswell, 1st and 5th NC Governor (1776-1780) and (1785-1787), 11 […]
Lot 165: Joanna Higgs Ross O/C Painting, Cades Cove No. 9
Joanna Higgs Ross (Nashville, TN, born 1934) oil on canvas expressionist landscape painting titled "Cades Cove No. 9" depicting a field and a line of trees, fore and middle ground, against a hazy blue mountain range, background. Signed and dated "Joanna Higgs Ross, 1985" with title and additional signature, en verso of stretcher. Label en […]
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