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Porcelain fruit cooler or ice pail and cover, Imari style decoration with gilt open flame finial and two gilded side handles, 10-1/2"H x 9" Diam. Possibly Worcester. Circa 1815. Provenance: the estate of Margaret Wemyss Connor, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Abrasion to rim lid underside, light wear to gilt handles and top, hairline to bottom, lacking […]

Two companion pairs of 17th century brass candlesticks all with square drip pans. 1st companion pair with "economy" hole and supported by low feet (6-1/2" H and 6-3/4" H) and 2nd companion pair with similar but different baluster turnings and one with an "economy" hole (6-1/4" H). Late 17th century. Continental. Provenance: Estate of Margaret […]

Two footed brass candlesticks of heavy cast construction with triangular bases, one with pad feet, the other with paw feet, both with turned baluster forms and drip pans. The taller one has an "economy" hole. 13-1/2" o 14-1/2" H. 18th century, possibly French or Spanish. Provenance: Estate of Margaret Wemyss Connor of Nashville, TN. Condition: […]

Four brass candlesticks on raised platform bases of varying diameters and all with "economy" holes, 8" to 9" H, 17th century, possibly Dutch. Provenance: Estate of Margaret Wemyss Connor of Nashville, TN. Condition: Minor dents and scratches and one small break on smallest stick base.

Traveling writing box with parquetry veneer, rectangular form with hinged lid opening to reveal a fitted interior for pens and ink bottles (bottles included), and a wood divider with inlaid decorative design. 3"h x 8" w x 4"d. Probably American, circa 1830. Provenance: the estate of Margaret Wemyss Connor, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Missing escutcheon inlay, […]

1st item: Miniature portrait on ivory of a gentleman in formal attire, signed lower right Otto Eckardt (German, 1800-1900). Housed in a blue-enamel on silver frame, unmarked. 2-3/4" x 2-1/4" sight, 3-1/2" x 2-1/2" framed (overall). Circa 1890, possibly an American subject painted from a photograph sent to the artist in Europe. 2nd item: Colored […]

1st item: Victorian burlwood letter box, slant top with decorative pierced steel mounts opening at center to reveal a fitted interior. 8-1/2" H x 11" W x 6-3/4" D. English, mid 19th century. Provenance: the estate of Margaret Wemyss Connor, Nashville, Tennessee. 2nd item: Traveling apothocary box, mahogany with brass fittings, drawer in base. Lacking […]

Carved wood plaque with crown crest and three oval openings, each containing a finely carved ivory cameo. Cameos are labeled en verso: Anne Murray, Louise C__ Wemyss, and one other (script illegible). Mounted on black velvet and housed in a shadowbox frame. Each cameo measures 1-3/8"H. Shadowbox frame: 8" x 8".British, 19th century. Provenance: the […]

1 coin silver cup, footed form with floral chased sides and beaded borders, marked with Bailey & Co. (Philadelphia) pseudo-hallmark: eagle shield & "U", monogrammed "Wemyss"5" H, 4.967 oz troy. Circa 1860. Provenance: the estate of Margaret Wemyss Connor, Nashville, Tennessee, descended from her grandfather, Col. James Wemyss of Alabama and Tennessee. 2nd item: Coin […]

1 coin silver tablespoon, fiddle pattern, ca. 1820, marks for Jehu Williams & John Victor, Lynchburg, Virginia, monogrammed – 1.72 oz troy, and 2 Coin silver dessert spoons circa 1850, marked for W.R. Evans, Covington, Kentucky, monogrammed "S.M.W." – 1.81 oz troy . Provenance: the estate of Margaret Wemyss Connor, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Wear/loss to […]