Southern beaten biscuit table or biscuit board with Nashville history, poplar throughout. Molded hinged top with nailed construction opening to reveal an inset marble top above a plain apron and Sheraton-style turned legs. Nailed and pegged construction throughout. 38″ H x 23 3/4″ W x 22″ D. Late 19th century. PROVENANCE: By oral history, this […]
Lot 175: Edward Weston Photograph, William Edmondson’s Sculpture, Nashville, TN
After Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958) silver gelatin photograph depicting the yard of African American sculptor William Edmondson (American/Tennessee, 1874-1951). Numerous sculptures fill the grassy area in front of his Nashville, Tennessee home/workshop; others are visible on the porch, under Edmondson’s homemade sign advertising his wares. Float mounted on white cardstock and housed in a contemporary black metal frame. […]
Lot 170: Meyer Wolfe O/B Nashville Street Scene, Exhibited
Meyer R. Wolfe (Tennessee/New York, 1897-1985) American Regionalist oil on panel painting depicting an African American couple standing on an urban Nashville street and watching a train go by on a nearby railroad overpass. Signed lower right “Wolfe” and housed in a cream painted plain wood frame. Panel: 20 in H x 24 in W. Frame: 28 in H x […]
Lot 886: 18 pcs Nashville TN Coin and Sterling Silver
Eighteen (18 pieces of Nashville, Tennessee-related antique coin silver flatware. Includes 1 fiddle tipt handled tablespoon stamped G.W. DONIGAN in rectangle (George Washington Donigan, working Nashville, TN 1850-d. 1864), with monogram EAK; 3 fiddle handled teaspoons stamped J. CAMPBELL in rectangle (working Fayetteville, NC, 1818-1836, and Nashville, TN, active 1836-1855), with monogram GK; 7 tablespoons […]
Lot 734: 17 pcs Sheet Music; 19th C., Civil War, Black Interest, Minstrel, Nashville
17 pieces of 19th Century sheet music, most with decorative lithographed covers, ranging from 1824 – 1896. Subjects include Black Americana / Minstrel Songs, The Civil War, early-mid 19th C. France / US relations, and Nashville-related subjects and publishers. Titles are: LITTLE SAM, by Will. S. Hays, New York: J.L. Peters, 1867. I CANT HELP […]
Lot 385: L. Pearl Saunders Ceramic Tile, Nashville Parthenon
Leora Pearl Saunders (American/Tennessee,1878-1947) hand colored Arts & Crafts era ceramic tile depicting The Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee. Signed lower left, monogram. C. 1915. Housed in a black shadowbox frame. Early 20th c. framing label en verso for A. Shank & Co., Nashville, with more recent gallery label for Steven Thomas Inc., Woodstock, VT. Tile […]
Lot 243: Miniature Whiskey Jug, Belle Meade – Nashville
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 […]