Nashville, Tennessee “Belle Meade” miniature whiskey advertising jug having white/tan slip crackle glaze and cobalt stenciled lettering reading “Belle Meade” Nashville, Tenn. and “Belle Meade Mercantile Co’s” within a cobalt horseshoe. 3 1/2″ H. Circa 1912. PROVENANCE: Private Nashville, Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Tiny glaze craquelure near rim edge (possibly in the making) and roughness to […]
Lot 242: Two Nashville Stoneware Pottery Whiskey Jugs
Two (2) Nashville, TN stoneware advertising whiskey jugs. 1st item: Stoneware pottery jug with dark brown to cream slip with black stencil “J. Cooney & Co./ Wholesale Liquors/ Nashville, Tenn.” 9 1/4″ H x approx. 5 1/2″ dia. 2nd item: Stoneware pottery jug with brown to cream slip with black stencil “Fitzgerald & Litchford/ Groceries […]
Lot 241: Three Nashville Stoneware Pottery Whiskey Jugs
Three (3) Nashville, TN stoneware advertising whiskey jugs. 1st item: White glazed stoneware pottery jug with cobalt stencil “F.W. Baker & Co./ Wines and Liquores./ 205 Church St./ Nashville, Tenn.” 14 1/2″ H x approx. 8 1/2″ dia. 2nd item: Stoneware pottery with dark brown to cream slip stoneware pottery jug with cobalt stencil “Tennessee […]
Lot 696: Gorham Sterling 5 Pc Tea Set w/ Tray, Lea – Warner Family, Nashville
Gorham sterling silver tea service from the Warner / Lea family of Nashville, 5 pieces including tea and coffee pots, open sugar and waste bowls, and cream jug, all with rectangular bodies, fluted pedestals and spouts, and molded rims and handles. All items marked with Lion-anchor-G hallmarks, numbers A4511-A4515 and key symbol denoting the year […]
Lot 602: 3 Books: Nashville Directory 1860-61, West TN Directory 1872, TN Farmer 1836, plus pamphlet
1st Item: THE TENNESSEE FARMER, Containing Original and Selected Essays on Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural and Domestic Economy, and Internal Improvement by Thomas Emmerson, Jonesborough, Tennessee, 1834-1837. Hardcover, 192pp, containing the first 37 issues of The Tennessee Farmer monthly periodical, collected and bound into a single book, beginning with its first issue in December 1834 through […]
Lot 84: 4 pcs. Nashville Tennessee Coin Silver
1st item: Coin Silver gravy ladle, marked CAMPBELL & DONIGAN in rectangle for John Campbell and George Washington Donigan (working Nashville, TN 1853-1855), with elephant psuedohallmark. Engraved "SF to ACF" to fiddle tipt handle. 7 7/8"L. 2nd item: Dessert spoon with fiddle tipt handle, marked J. CAMPBELL in rectangle for John Campbell (working Fayetteville, NC, […]
Lot 82: 6 pcs. Coin Silver incl. Nashville Tennessee
1st and 2nd item: Cream ladle with coffin end handle and Teaspoon with rounded oval handle, both marked MCCOWAT in rectangle for Thomas McCowat, working Leesburg, VA circa 1811-1820; Nashville, TN c. 1820-1835, and Jackson, TN c. 1835-1853+. (Note: the early form suggests these spoons are likely from McCowat''s period working in Virginia or Nashville). […]
Lot 81: 11 Coin Silver & Sterling Items, incl. Nashville, TN
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, […]