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American school painting, style of Thomas Sully, portrait of a lady with brown hair and brown eyes, wearing a black gown and red drape and dangling gold earrings. Original giltwood frame with ovolo and cove molding, corner keys, and partial label en verso reading "From William Brand Carver… " (rest is illegible). Sight: 29" H […]

3 Early Tennessee legal imprints, plus Governor William Carroll signed document. 1st item: (Book) – ACTS PASSED AT THE STATED SESSION OF THE 18TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, 1829. Allen A. Hall and Frederick S. Heiskell, Printers to the State, printed at the Office of the Republican and Gazette, Nashville. Leather spine […]

Two Civil War CDVs of Union Soldiers from Johnson Co., Tennessee, 13th Cavalry. 1st item – CDV of private James Allen (1848-1883), Company D 13th Tennessee Cavalry, shown standing with his hat on a table displaying a 13th Cavalry ensignia. Reverse side marked with pencil script at top margin, "Jas Allen". James Allen has a […]

Three miniature Staffordshire ceramic figures. 1st item: Figure of a small girl in white dress with feathered hat, riding atop a goat or ram with painted and extruded clay “hair”, on an oval base with gilt line trim. 5″h x 4″ w. 2nd and 3rd items: two spotted miniature spaniel dogs, one with brownish colored […]

Item 1: Legras Art Glass Vase, elongated ovoid form, of translucent opalescent mottled glass overlaid with purple and olive. Cameo cut with floral pendants and branches, signed in cameo Legras. 19"H. French, early 20th century. Provenance: the collection of Stephen and Lisa Steiner Small, Nashville, Tennessee. Item 2: French Art Nouveau glass perfume bottle, painted […]

Pair of engraved and enameled glass vases, attributed to the Imperial Glass Factory, St. Petersburg, Russia, late 19th century. The vases of shouldered and tapering ovoid form, with ivory, red and cobalt enamel designs and brass overlay trim at the collars and lower edges and feet, the colorless glass body with engraved and raised floral […]

Charles Bragg (American, b. 1931) oil on board satirical painting of a Pope praying, surrounded by Cardinals. Paul R. Olson Galleries label on back of frame. Elaborate burnished molded frame with scarlet velvet and white painted liner. 18-1/2 x 25-1/2" board, 27" x 34" framed. Circa late 1960s-early 1970s. Provenance: Collection of Stephen and Lisa […]

Robert Watson (California, 1923-2004) oil on canvas painting, titled "The Matador" en verso (old sales label from Nashville area art gallery), signed lower right, depicting a man with sword, his back to the viewer, walking towards a large arch. Contemporary giltwood frame with beige linen liner. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" sight, 12-1/2" x 10" framed. Provenance: […]

Gregory D. Ridley Jr. (Tennessee, 1925-2004) ceramic footed bowl with grey-glazed interior and textured exterior, signed Ridley on underside. 2-1/2″ H x 8-1/2″W x 7″D. Biography: Gregory Ridley is best known for his copper panels in the Grand Reading Room of the Nashville Public Library and the Van Vechten Gallery at Fisk University. He was […]

Cubist style cement planter with tapering sides, encircled with four sculpted faces, unsigned. 9-1/2" H x 12" diameter. 50.4 lbs. Manner of Jack Hastings (Tennessee/Louisiana, 1925-2012). Provenance: the estate of Louise Katzman, Nashville, Tennessee. Biography: Jack Byron Hastings was born in Missouri and moved with his family to Tennessee as a teen. He served in […]