Three piece silver tea service and associated tray. Tea service consists of teapot with ivory ferrules and urn shaped finial, creamer, and sugar bowl with ebonized urn shaped finial, all in the Plymouth pattern – oval form with scalloped sides and oval footed bases. Marked Gorham (lion-anchor-G) Sterling A2444. Teapot marked 2 PINT PLYMOUTH, creamer […]
Lot 41: 19th cent. Portrait Minature of Dr. David Wharry
Portrait miniature on ivory of a 19th century gentleman. Unsigned but with written inscription on back reading Dr. David Wharry. Housed in a gilt metal frame. Sight – 2 7/8″ H x 2 1/4″ W. Framed – 3 5/8″ H x 3″ W. Note: A grave memorial for a Dr. David M. Wharry (? – […]
Lot 40: German school portrait miniature of Carl Storck
German school watercolor on ivory miniature portrait, identified en verso in faint pencil as Carl Storck. Subject is a dark haired young man in a blue waistcoat with pink and white striped vest. Square ebonized wood frame with round gilded rabbet edge. 2-1/4″ diameter sight, 4-1/2″ square framed. German, first quarter 19th century. Provenance: estate […]
Lot 722: Pair of 19th century silk wedding slippers
Pair of ivory silk wedding slippers with leather soles, marked on bottoms with impressed letter "R." Note with slippers reads "Wedding slippers made and worn by Roxalana Barnard 1825. owned by F. M. Ballou. 10"L. Provenance: Estate of Salli LaGrone, Franklin, TN. Condition: Overall good condition. Minor fraying at seams, light grime, right slipper has […]
Lot 702: 2 Persian Turkoman Rugs, 6'6" x 5' and 5'3" x 3'5"
Two 20th century Persian Turkoman area rugs with ivory field and secondary colors of red, brown, and blue colors, 80" x 60" and 64" x 42". Condition: Wear to edges and some staining.
Lot 676: Four Chinese Decorative Arts Books
Four Chinese decorative arts books. 1st item: David S. Howard, A TALE OF THREE CITIES: CANTON, SHANGHAI & HONG KONG, THREE CENTURIES OF SINO-BRITISH TRADE IN THE DECORATIVE ARTS (Sotheby's, 1997). 269 pp, blue cloth boards with dust jacket. Furniture, silver, porcelain, ivory and textiles from 1997 exhibition displaying records of the East India Company […]
Lot 609: 6 Miscellaneous Desk Accessories
Six (6) miscellaneous desk items including an ivory letter opener, bronze Chinese knife money, ivory cigarette holder, ivory weekly pocket calendar, horse and dog figural pipe with the original case, and a patinated metal tiger (6" H x 12 58" L). All items late 19th/early 20th century. Condition: All items good condition with expected wear.
Lot 540: 7 Zoology and Botany prints, 18th and 19th c.
Includes five colored animal engravings of quadrupeds Weibl Hippotamus v. Gordon, Der Tiger, Der Urson, and Der Pasan. Each has Buff n.d.Vier printed in lower left margin. Hinge mounted in ivory mats with gold highlights. 5-3/4" x 3-1/4" sight, 9-3/4" x 7" matted. Circa 1790. Together with a colored engraving of Hylobates Syndactyla (The Siamang) […]
Lot 526: Pang Tseng Ying, Pair of Paintings
Pang Tseng Ying (Chinese, 1916-1997), two paintings, gouache and/or watercolor with gilt highlights on paper. One depicts figures in an abstract landscape, the other abstract faces and foliage. Each signed lower right and framed in identical molded giltwood and painted frames with ivory/black mats. Sight 15" x 11", framed 19" x 23". Biography: Pang Tseng […]
Lot 497: 3 Miniature Portraits: Louis XIV, Franklin, French
Three miniature portraits. 1st item: Carved Ivory profile portrait of Louis XIV with traces of paint highlights. Possibly 17th century. Housed in shadowbox frame. Carving: 3-1/8" x 2-1/4", Frame: 5-3/4" H x 5-1/4"W x 3/4"D. 2nd item: Wax profile portrait of French military officer signed on the sleeve, Petit, and identified as Horatio Veyoll and […]
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