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.
Lot 606: 4 Early TN African American History & Related Documents, incl. Nashville & Memphis
1st item: Pre-statehood legal document relating to Nashville and Davidson County, concerning a 1793 court case, Robert Nelson vs. Josiah Love, involving the sale of an enslaved man named Bob, dated 1794. 6 1/2" x 7 3/4" W. 2nd item: Bill of sale concerning an enslaved man named Jerry, sold by the Memphis-based slave trading […]
Lot 601: 7 pcs 18th C TN Ephemera, incl. Gov. Signed & Nashville Survey Map
1st item: Archibald Roane (1759/60-1819), second Governor of Tennessee, serving from 1801 to 1803, and William Cocke (1748-1828) signed pre-statehood Knox county court document, written in regard to a land dispute between Jacob Vanhooser and Amos Byrd/Bird, dated 1794 and 1795. Signed "Wm. Cocke, attn," and three times en verso, "A. Roane." 13 1/4" H […]
Lot 577: Civil War Era Nashville Wharf Photograph, 1864
Large Civil War era photograph of steamboats docked at the Nashville Wharf, vessels identified (from left to right beginning upstream) as Bob Roy or Rob, Belle Peoria, Irene, Revenue, Palestine, Lizzie Martin, and Mercury. Inscribed "Nashville Wharf 1864" top left. Housed and matted under glass in a burlwood frame with ebonized top edge. Sight: 12 […]
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