13 pcs Nashville, Tennessee coin silver dessert flatware plus 1 New York cake knife with hunt scene. Includes six 7-1/4" dessert spoons and six 8" forks, all with beaded handles, and a sauce ladle with Empire pattern variant handle, all with incuse retailer marks for Wm. Calhoun (working Nashville, 1835-d.1865); the ladle has additional mark […]
Lot 60: T. Gowdey Nashville Coin Silver Cup
Nashville, Tennessee retailed coin silver mug or cup with repousse floral design, monogrammed "Lula" in cartouche, with beaded lip and slightly raised beaded footring, acanthus decorated C-shaped handle. Incuse mark "T. Gowdy" (Thomas Gowdey, b. 1795, working Nashville, 1825-d. 1863). Note: the misspelling on Gowdy's name in this mark, and on other Gowdey pieces, suggests […]
Lot 58: Nashville Coin Silver Mug, J.S. Britton or Britain
Nashville, Tennessee coin silver mug or cup, slightly longer than usual form with molded lip and footring, C scroll handle, incuse mark on base "J.S.B. & CO COIN". 4-1/4"H, 4.66 oz troy. Note this cup and its mark nearly identical to the cup and mark pictured on p. 43 of "Tennessee Silversmiths" by Dr. Benjamin […]
Lot 358: Nashville, TN whiskey & Decker jar
Grouping of Tennesee pottery including two Nashville whiskey jugs and a TN stoneware jar. 1st item: Tennessee stoneware whiskey jug with incised description on shoulder, "Return to J. J. Heuser Jr. Nashville, Tenn. 10.5" H. 2nd item: Tennessee stoneware whiskey jug with stencil, "Old Peerless Tennessee Whiskey M. Ryan Nashville, Tenn.". 9" H. 3rd item: […]
Lot 707: G. Calhoun Nashville Clock
Marble mantle clock with brass face marked "Geo. G. Calhoun" "Nashville". French or Australian brass movement (similar to Japy Freres) marked "B2", "5524" and "4 11". Pendulum marked "5544". Brass ormalou mounts to top and sides. 12 1/8" H x 9 1/2" W x 5" D. Early 20th century. Condition: Some shallow scattered chips. Not […]
Lot 424: 2 Civil War Photos of Nashville
2 albumen photographs of Nashville, Tennessee during the Civil War, possibly half of original stereocards (but unmounted), both 2-7/8" x 2-3/4". 1st photo has pencil inscription en verso: "View from front of the State House looking over the field during the Battle at Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 15 1864." Depicts six men, some possibly in uniform, […]
Lot 288: 1790 Nashville TN Land Grant & Survey Map
Land grant dated 1790 and survey map dated 1792, concerning land in Davidson County, Tennessee, granted by governor Richard Speight and the State of North Carolina to George Walker, assignee of Private William Gipson, "in consideration of signal bravery and persevering zeal". The land, referred to in the small survey map as "Mero District," would […]
Lot 55: Cornelius Hankins o/b, Nashville Bridge
Cornelius Hankins (Cornelius Haly Hankins, Mississippi/Tennessee, 1863-1946) oil on board river scene of Nashville, Tennessee depicting riverboat landing near Broad street and the Cumberland river. Initialed lower right "C. H." Housed in a gilt molded wooden frame. Sight – 6 5/8" H x 10" W. Framed – 14 1/2" H x 18" W. Late 19th/Early […]
Case at Two Rivers Mansion, Nashville, TN for Appraisal Day Feb. 16
Sarah Campbell Drury, Vice President of Fine and Decorative Arts, will evaluate objects at the Two Hearts Antiques Show at Two Rivers Mansion on Sunday, Feb. 16, from 1:30 to 4 pm. Cost is $5 per object. Show admission is $5. Proceeds benefit Two Rivers Mansion, historic home of David McGavock and his wife Willie. For more, […]
Lot 3088198: 7 Nashville retailed Coin Silver Teaspoons
7 coin silver teaspoons in the French Thread pattern, ca. 1845, marks for Wood & Hughes, New York, with William Calhoun Nashville retailer mark. The book TENNESSEE SILVERSMITHS by Dr. Benjamin H. Caldwell lists Calhoun working in Nashville 1839-1865. 4.26 oz troy total weight. Provenance: the estate of Margaret Wemyss Connor, Nashville, Tennessee. , Condition: […]
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