Wilson County, Tennessee pictorial needlework sampler dated 1838, made by Mary Saunders Martin (1825-1881). Rare all-pictorial sampler featuring a rose border, enclosing a fruit basket, butterflies, and multiple birds, including parrots, a stork, and peacock, flanking a central male figure. Roosters, three dogs, and a rabbit are also depicted. Signed and dated "Miss Mary Martin […]
Lot 537: 2 Ursula Fookes Linocuts, Built Up Town & Pastoral Scene
Two (2) Ursula Mary Fookes (British, 1906-1991) linocuts. 1st item: "Pastoral Scene," depicting a walled city rising above a landscape, signed "UMFookes" lower left and numbered 4/50. Sight: 9 3/8" H x 7" W. Framed: 16 3/8" H x 13 11/16" W. 2nd item: "Built Up Town," depicting an urban landscape with tightly packed houses […]
Lot 498: 4 Art Glass Perfume Bottles
Four (4) Art Glass perfume bottles. 1st item: Bottle with tall lobed melon form, iridescent glaze over transitional opaque cream to pink ground with dark brown leaf designs. Round opaque cream stopper. Illegible blue stamped signature underside of base. 5 3/4" H x 4 1/2" dia. 2nd item: Bottle with round bulbous body, featuring navy […]
Lot 443: Carved Chinese Qing Tea Pot & Cover
Carved Chinese Qing ivory tea pot and cover, the cover with a figural bird on branch finial, the body modeled as a bamboo stalk with relief carved bamboo and leaf decoration and figural decoration to the centers of each side, graduated naturalistic spout with figural bamboo and leaf handle. 6 3/4" H x 9 1/8" […]
Lot 93: Louis Maurer Watercolor of Cows and Horsemen
Louis Maurer (New York, 1832-1932) watercolor painting on paper depicting cowhands on horseback, herding long horn cows at a watering hole. Monogram signature lower right. Unframed. Sight – 3 3/8" H x 5 5/8" W. Overall – 8 1/4" H x 12 5/8" W. Biography: A native of Germany, Louis Maurer, immigrated to America in […]
Lot 429: 2 Designer Buckles w/ 2 Necklaces, 4 items
Four (4) designer jewelry and fashion items. 1st item: Rebecca Collins, Dallas, TX designer sterling silver and carved hardstone buckle/clip, maker's mark en verso, 3/8" H x 3 1/2" W x 2 3/4" H. 2nd item: Cesar Ugarte, Gstaad, Switzerland, Art Production belt buckle and embossed leather belt, gilt metal with two flowers and center […]
Lot 407: 3 Chinese Hardstone Items & Necklace, 4 items
Three (3) Chinese hardstone items and necklace, 4 items total. 1st item: Chinese carved necklace comprised of three carved hardstone spheres with carved floral and cream round beads and gilt metal spacers. Smaller round beads appear to be ivory. Oval clasp with Chinese hallmarks. 29 1/2" total L. Late 19th/early 20th century. 2nd & 3rd […]
Lot 396: Antique Kazak area rug, 3'10" x 5'8"
Antique Kazak area rug, 3'10" x 5'8", wool on wool, three primary medallions of navy blue and green, russet field including human and animal figures, navy blue primary border, russet and green secondary borders, secondary colors of ivory, yellow, black, and brown. Circa 1900. Provenance: Former New York City estate. CONDITION: 6" long repair across […]
Lot 395: Persian Hamadan runner, 11'3" x 3'6"
Persian Hamadan runner, 135" x 43 1/2", wool on cotton, dark blue field, allover design, three main borders, secondary colors of rust, salmon, yellow, blues, ivory, and green. 1st quarter 20th century. Provenance: Estate of Martha Lyman, Dayton, TN. CONDITION: Uneven pile. Areas of corduroy. Possible insect damage, mainly at one end.
Lot 230: Gary R. Kelley Pastel Painting, "Une Bijouterie"
Gary R. Kelley (American, b. 1945) pastel painting of a corner jewelry store facade ("Une Bijouterie") with customers, attired in early 20th century clothing, milling around the shop. Signed lower right. Housed under glass in a silver giltwood frame with ivory silk mat and silver gilt fillet. Sight – 17 1/4" H x 11 1/4" […]
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