1st item: Cotton red and green floral applique quilt attributed to Rachel Roess of Pennsylvania. The center panel contains an intricately engineered four-leafed plant surrounded by four fylfots expressing good luck, constructed with double green, cheddar yellow, and turkey red fabrics on an embroidered ivory ground with tiny applique touches to the geese, birds, and […]
Lot 709: 3 Samplers incl. Salem, Massachusetts
1st item: Family Register sampler for the True family of E. Salisbury, Mass., possibly the work of Ploomy A. or Ruth Annette True, who are listed with respective 1844 and 1846 birth dates along with their parents John and Charlotte True and sibling Andrew C. True. Cross stitched names, dates, and strawberry border. Housed in […]
Lot 708: 3 Samplers, incl. Connecticut, Pennsylvania
Three (3) samplers, most likely American, including Connecticut and Pennsylvania, all silk on linen. 1st item: Lydia G. Satterlee Connecticut needlework sampler containing 3 alphabets and numbers, her initials, heart motif, name, and birthdate of November 8, 1798, over pictorial motifs of a figure feeding ducks and a tall plant or tree and the initials […]
Lot 705: Jack Daniels Gunter Pottery Whiskey Jug c. 1900
Circa 1900 Jack Daniels stoneware whiskey jug from Nashville Tennessee retailer W.T. and C.D. Gunter, with albany slip top and handle, the lower buff colored body stenciled in cobalt: W. T. & C. D. GUNTER, LIQUOR DEALERS Jack Daniel No. 7 Whiskey. 205 BROAD ST. NASHVILLE. – – TENNESSEE". 9 1/4" H x 5 1/2" […]
Lot 697: 2 Satirical Paintings, incl. Manner of William Hogarth
1st item: Manner of William Hogarth (England,1697-1764) oil on canvas satirical genre painting of an older noblewoman seated at a vanity and putting on makeup while her maid tends to her hair. The wall in the background is adorned with paintings of metaphorical themes of marriage. Partially legible inscriptions en verso make reference to Hogarth's […]
Lot 696: Jules Bathieu (Belgium, 1880-1920) o/c rural genre painting of sheep and chicken
Jules Bathieu (Belgium, 1880-1920) oil on canvas genre painting depicting a group of sheep feeding on straw with a white hen in the foreground. Signed "J. Bathieu" lower left. An excerpt about the artist from E. Benezit Dictionnaire Des Peintres Sculpteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs is taped en verso. Housed in a later giltwood Louis XIV […]
Lot 685: Marguerite Stuber Pearson Exhibited O/B, Marine Painting
Marguerite Stuber Pearson (Massachusetts, 1898-1978), "Sunlit Sail," impressionist oil on board maritime painting depicting sailboats in a harbor, houses visible on the opposite shore beneath a hazy blue sky. Signed "M.S. Pearson" lower left. Titled on exhibition label for the Rockport Art Association (undated; detached). Gilt placard with artist's name and dates affixed lower center […]
Lot 684: 2 Luigi Kasimir Etchings – Brooklyn Bridge & Schonbuhel on Danube
Two (2) Luigi Kasimir prints. 1st item: "N. Y. Brooklyn Bridge", color etching on paper depicting the Brooklyn Bridge and the East River with a view of the New York City skyline in the background. Signed in pencil "Luigi Kasimir" lower center below the plate. Pencil inscription "#526 N. Y. Brooklyn Bridge 174/97 50", en […]
Lot 681: 20th Century Genre Scene, 3 African American females
American School, late 20th century, oil on board painting depicting three African American female figures seated on a curb and in folding chairs, eating from take-out containers. One of the figures is a child, talking excitedly to the two older women. Three other figures are standing in the background, as if anticipating a parade or […]
Lot 682: 2 Paintings of Females, 1 signed Barclay
1st item: Oil on canvas portrait of a young black woman in a red garment with a blue head covering against a tan background. Unsigned. Handwritten inscription, possibly "42 Barclay", en verso. Housed in a giltwood frame with fluted, bead course, and laurel leaf running patterns. Sight: 7 3/8" H x 5 3/4" W. Framed: […]
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