Eleven (11) assembled coin silver and sterling items, mostly TN related, including: one (1) olive pattern punch ladle with retailer mark for Thomas Gowdey (working Nashville,1825-1863); one (1) plain handle teaspoon with retailer mark for Thomas Gowdey (working Nashville, 1825-1863); one (1) plaid handle teaspoon with retailer mark GOWDY & PEABODY for (John Peabody, working […]
Lot 660: 9 Calhoun Coin Silver Spoons including Nashville TN marked
Nine (9) coin silver teaspoons of Tennessee interest, including 8 stamped W.H. CALHOUN NASHVILLE T in rectangles, monogrammed "Shaffner," and 1 with incuse stamp GR CALHOUN & Co. and mark for Wood and Hughes of New York, not monogrammed. All with fiddle tipt handles and rounded fins. The book TENNESSEE SILVERSMITHS by Dr. Benjamin H. […]
Lot 534: Civil War Era Print of Female Seminary, Nashville
Extremely scarce Civil War era lithograph depicting the Female Seminary at Nashville, Tennessee, as it appeared in March of 1862 after being converted to the Barracks of the 51st Regt. O.V. under the command of Union Provost Marshall Col Stanley Matthews. The print was published during the Union Army's occupation of the city, by Middleton, […]
Lot 165: Nashville, TN Stoneware Advertising Whiskey Jug, F W Baker
Nashville, Tennessee stoneware advertising jug with overall brown slip, ring turned spout and one pulled handle, incised "F. W. Baker. 205 Church St Nashville Tenn". 13" H. Late 19th/Early 20th century. PROVENANCE: Private Middle Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: Minor glaze exfoliation to the spout, upper shoulder with a light glaze chip and a couple of spider […]
Lot 68: Coin Silver Julep Cup, T. Gowdey, Nashville mark
Nashville, Tennessee retailed coin silver beaker or julep cup with beaded rim and footring; incuse mark to underside "T. Gowdy" (Thomas Gowdey, b. 1795, working Nashville, 1825-d. 1863) and stamped "D". Note: the misspelling on Gowdey's name in this mark, and on many other Gowdey pieces, suggests they were made elsewhere and retailed in Nashville. […]
Lot 629: 3 TN City Directories, Nashville & Memphis
1st item: THE NASHVILLE CITY DIRECTORY, The Ninth Annual Issue, March 1873, published by Wheeler, Marshall, and Bruce, Nashville, 1873. Hardcover octavo, 352 ink stamp edged pages with 72-page list of U.S. Post Offices, hardbound in one-quarter black cloth with printed paper sides, gilt lettering to spine, pictorial pastedowns and end papers. 9 3/8" H […]
Lot 565: 26 pcs Nashville Ephemera inc. McGavocks, Slave Interest, Survey Maps
Assorted Nashville ephemera, 1826-1915, including an 1848 document for the sale of a 40 year old man named Jim, sold to James M. Murrell by Harvey Tucker in Davidson County; 1802 land indenture between Thomas Claiborne and William Terrell Lewis for a one-acre parcel known as "Lot 23 adjoining the Public Square"; 1813 Davidson County […]
Lot 560: Col. Andrew Hynes Archive incl. Nashville Land Sales, KY/AL interest
Archive related to the Andrew Hynes of Tennessee, including several land indentures relating to property in downtown Nashville. Andrew Hynes (1786-1849) was born into the prominent Hynes family of Bardstown, Kentucky. (His uncle, also Col. Andrew Hynes [1750-1800] founded the city of Elizabethtown.) Young Andrew Hynes was appointed Deputy Postmaster of Bardstown at the age […]
Lot 516: Creason Clayton acrylic painting, Nashville Streetscape, 1996
Creason Clayton (Tennessee/Kentucky, 1927-2006) large acrylic on paper cityscape painting depicting several of downtown Nashville's most iconic skyscrapers rising above a bustling central roadway, all rendered with thick, impressionist brushstrokes in bright shades of purple, green, orange and gold. Signed lower center/right and dated 1996. Float mounted under non-glare glass on an ivory mat with […]
Lot 238: Opera Glasses, retailed by Calhoun, Nashville
Mother of pearl veneered and gilt brass opera glasses or binoculars, retailed by George Reid Calhoun & Co. of Nashville (working 1843-d.1903), made by Colmont, Paris. 2 1/2"H x 4"W x 4 1/2"D (at handle). CONDITION: Very good functional condition with light expected wear/oxidation to metal.