Middle Tennessee cherry drop leaf table with tapered legs, possibly Davidson Co. Older surface with figured cherry top, two interior swing legs. 28 1/2" H x 44 1/2" D x 58 1/4" W. Circa 1820. Note within states belonged to Annette Anderson Sneed of Nashville (descended from James Sneed of Nashville). CONDITION: Overall very good […]
Lot 255: 2 Sybil Gibson Works
Sybil Gibson (Alabama, 1908-1995), two pastel on paper works: a landscape with colored trees and white fence, and a portrait of a woman wearing a flowered hat and green dress. Both signed botttom right, Sybil Gibson, and housed in wood frames. Each measures 15 3/4" H x 11 3/4" W sight, 19 1/2" H x […]
Lot 242: Folk Art Pastel Portrait of a Man
Folk art pastel on paper portrait of a man, manner of Micah Williams (American, 1782-1837), depicting a dark-haired man in blue coat with plaid vest and black cravat. Unsigned. Portrait has illegible watermark at left edge. 17-1/2" x 14-1/3". Circa 1835. Provenance: A Nashville, Tennessee estate. CONDITION: 6" water stain to lowermost edge, crease to […]
Lot 239: Ralph W. Curtis o/b Still Life
Impressionist oil on wood panel still life of jumbled table objects, attr. Ralph Wormeley Curtis (American, 1854-1922). Unsigned with name plate attached to lower central frame. Hirschl & Adler Galleries Inc. label en verso (#APG 1412OD.05) with remnants of other, earlier label. Later giltwood frame with linen liner. 5-1/2" x 9" sight, 11" x 14-1/4" […]
Lot 233: David Burliuk o/b, Floral Still Life
David Davidovich Burliuk (Russian, 1882-1967), oil on board still life painting, depicts vase of flowers set against a darkening sky, with choppy sea in the background. Signed "Burliuk" lower right. Unframed. 16" x 12". Provenance: ex-Lyzon Gallery, Nashville. Biography: Born into a privileged class of Russian Society, David Burliuk became a central figure in the […]
Lot 209: Bronzed Plaster Shield, Sigman
After Jorg Sigman (Germany, 1527-1601), classical style bronzed plaster bas relief parade shield, decorated with scenes from Roman mythology and centered by a mask of Medusa's head. The center has raised lettering: "Georgius Sigman Aurifex Perfecit Anno Domani MDLII" along with other Latin inscriptions. 24" diameter. This shield, possibly made by the Caproni Brothers of […]
Lot 205: Winchester Revolutionary War Account Book, 1779-1804
Revolutionary War related account book and notebook belonging to early Tennessee settlers General James Winchester (b. 1752-d.1826) and his brother, Major George Winchester (b. 1757-d. 1794, killed by Indians), including an entry related to Gen. Lafayette, the 1795 Tennessee Territorial Census, and the Winchesters' survey work laying out much of early Middle Tennessee. Inside one […]
Lot 176: Confederate CSS Shenandoah Diary and Archive
Important 1865 Confederate CSS Shenandoah ship diary archive of Lieutenant Dabney Scales including 1865 diary journal (85 pages, 104 pages total), an ambrotype and CDV of Lt. Dabney Scales in uniform, a CDV of the Shenandoah, and an author signed book/pamplet titled, “Cruises of the Confederate States Steamers “Shenandoah and “Nashville by Captain William C. […]
Lot 170: 1799 Tennessee Map
A MAP OF THE TENNASSEE GOVERNMENT FROM THE LATEST SURVEYS, 1799, Engraved for Payne's Geography. This early map of Tennessee depicts Knoxville, Nashville, and "Clerksville" (Clarksville); Memphis, which had not been founded yet, is in an area noted as "Light soil, long grass, little timber". Native American sites and villages such as Creeks Crossing Place […]
Lot 160: Helen Bullard Folk Sculpture Collage
Helen Bullard Kreckniak (1902-1996, Ozone, Tennessee, working 1949-1982) folk art carved sculpture collage titled “Does Anyone Know What Comes Next?” and dated Nov. 7, 1969. Comprised of fifteen carved faces, both male and female, mounted on pine board and pegged walnut frame. Faces carved from chestnut, white pine, African mahogany, horse chestnut, and walnut (listed […]
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