Search Results for: nashville

Tennessee framed wooden panel oil depicting a trotting horse by W. A. Prichard, Nashville Tennessee. Verso stamped mark, "W. A. Prichard Animal Painting 223 Boscomel St. Phone 5-1350 Nashville, Tenn". 19 1/2"W x 15 1/2"H. Mid-20th century. Condition: Painted horse in excellent condition, frame with some nicks and minor abrasions.

University of Nashville Medical School faculty photographic archive. Includes CDVs labeled as Prof. J.B. (John Berrien) Lindsley, Dr. V.S. Lindsley, Prof. T.R. Jennings, John W. Hanner, Jr., Prof. Joseph Jones, Rev. S.D. Baldwin D.D. (T.S. Saltsman, Nashville, photographer label verso), Dr. T.B. Buchanan (includes what appears to be his autograph, verso), and Prof. C.K. Winston, […]

2 Nashville-related Civil War Documents, 1 signed by future U.S. president Andrew Johnson (Secretarial signed), the other written at Fort Confiscation, and 1 Mississippi Civil War era newspaper. 1st item- Letter, handwritten and signed by Andrew Johnson as military governor, to Lieut. Osgood, Provost Marshall on staff of General Mitchell, dated January 9 1863. The […]

6 coin silver tablespoons and 6 sterling teaspoons, all with Fiddle Tipt pattern handles and incuse marks for retailer B.H. Steif (Tennessee Silversmiths by Benjamin H. Caldwell, Jr. lists Bruno Hugo Steif as an apprentice watchmaker working for George Washington Donigan in Nashville, 1860, and by 1866 on his own as a jeweler). Teaspoons have […]

16 coin silver spoons, all with fiddle and fiddle tipt pattern handles, all bearing marks of Nashville, Tennessee silversmiths and/or retailers. Includes 1 teaspoon marked W.H. Calhoun Nashville in double rectangles (William Calhoun, working Nashville 1835-d. 1865); 1 teaspoon marked JM Smith in serrated rectangle (John M. Smith, working Nashville, 1835-1850); 1 teaspoon marked J. […]

12 W. H. Calhoun coin flatware items – 6 coin silver teaspoons with fiddle tipt handles, marked "W.H. Calhoun Nashville" (incuse marks, some double-struck), monogram LBW, 5-3/4"L, circa 1855, and 6 forks with threaded pointed oval handles marked "W. H. Calhoun" (incuse retailer mark) with additional pseudohallmark mark P-star-S for maker (Polhamus & Strong, working […]

Ornate Nashville, Tennessee retailed cream pitcher, Rococo Revival style repousse design with floral, foliate and scroll decoration, central cartouche monogrammed WMBE to MC, and acanthus overlaid S-scroll handle, atop four scrolled feet; marked on underside "Gowdy" (Thomas Gowdey, b. 1795, working Nashville, 1825-d. 1863). 6" H, 5.675 oz troy. Circa 1850. Note: the misspelling on […]

Nashville, Tennessee retailed coin silver soup or punch ladle with fiddle tipt handle and oval bowl, incuse mark on back G.W. Donegan (George Washington Donigan, working Nashville, 1850-1864). Note: the misspelling of Donigan's name suggests it was retailed in Nashville but made elsewhere. Period script monogram ESF. 5.94 oz troy, 12-3/4"L. Circa 1860. Provenance: the […]