Oval 18K white gold brooch centered by a carved spinach jade plaque, encircled with small diamonds. Trombone style clasp. Marked 18K with K in a G symbol and 750. Clasp marked K18WG. Measures 1" x 7/8". Total weight .23 oz troy. Early 20th century. Provenance: Private Nashville, Tennessee collection. Condition: Small crack on one side […]
Lot 137: Textile Books, Of Coverlets & Kentucky Quilts
Two books on textiles. Item 1: Author signed copy of "Of Coverlets: The Legacies, The Weavers." by Sadye Tune Wilson and Doris Finch Kennedy. First Edition published by Tunstede, Nashville, 1893. With original dust jacket. 14-1/8" H x 10-3/4" W. Item 2: "Kentucky Quilts: The Kentucky Quilt Project," By John Finley. First edition published by […]
Lot 66: Rococo style silver cup or beaker
Rococo style silver cup with molded and scalloped rim and sides, inscribed "P.A. Dunn". Unascribed leopard head and horse's head mark on bottom. 3-3/8"H, 3.65 oz troy. Tests at 65-75% purity, possibly Continental. Probably mid to late 19th century. Note: P.A. Dunn likely refers to Pauline Dunn (1860-1902) of Nashville, wife of Eugene Castner Lewis, […]
Lot 64: Tennessee Coin Silver Julep Cup, Frazer Family
Coin silver beaker or julep cup with beaded rim and footring, marked on base W.H. Calhoun in rectangle (William Henry Calhoun, working Nashville, TN 1835-d. 1865, reference Benjamin Caldwell, Tennessee Silversmiths, pp. 49-52). Inscribed on face: To James S. Frazer from his aunt F.P. Murfree, Dec. 25, 1858. 3-1/2"H, 4.07 oz troy. Note: James Stokes […]
Lot 63: 4 Coin Silver Forks, McGavock Family of TN
Four coin silver forks, French Thread pattern, marked T.C. Garrett and Co. (Thomas Garrett, Philadelphia, 1829 to 1840). Monogrammed "McGavock" on front of handle. Dinner forks 8" length, dessert forks 6 3/4" length. Total wt. 8.14 oz troy. Circa 1835. Provenance: estate of Margaret Lindsley Warden, a descendant of the McGavock family, sold by this […]
Lot 59: Capt. Oliver Pinkney McCammon Civil War Archive
A freshly discovered and extensive Civil War archive relating to Captain Oliver Pinkney McCammon (O.P.M.) of the 3rd East Tennessee Cavalry, Company L, also relating to the explosion of The Sultana and campaigns in Tennessee. Over 120 items, mostly letters of correspondence between Captain Pinkney (1840-1897, Blount Co.,TN) and his future wife, A. E. McCall […]
Lot 56: Civil War Archive of Weed Nims: Ft. Donelson
Archive of material related to Private Owen Weed Nimms, Company I, 12th Iowa Infantry Volunteers, Union Army. Nimms, originally of Maquoketa, Iowa, enlisted 1861 at the age of 19. He saw action at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennessee, and was listed as missing in action April 6 1862 in Shiloh, Tennessee (he was […]
Lot 55: Two 19th c. Maps, Tennessee & Kentucky
Two nineteenth century maps, both hand-colored, in matching molded natural color wood frames with green painted rabbet edges and gilt liners. 1st item: Map of Tennessee & Kentucky engraved by G. W. Boynton & Co., undated, showing counties. Image 7-3/4" x 10-1/8", framed 12-1/2" x 15-1/4". 2nd item: Tennessee map published by Anthony Finley, Philadelphia, […]
Lot 54: 18th Century map of Tennessee with Native American
"Map of the Tennasee Government Formerly Part of North Carolina from the Latest Surveys, 1795," engraved by B. Tanner, published New York, J. Reid, L. Wayland & C. Smith, showing the Missisippi River to the "Apallachian Mountains" and part of Kentucky, along with Native American landmarks. Areas labeled include Knoxville, Fort Massac, Clarksville, Nashville and […]
Lot 5: Chinese Export Silver-Gilt Goblet
Chinese Export Silver Goblet, plain gilded rim over a body with heavy repousse design of birds amid bamboo leaves, ornamented with a vacant monogram shield and lined in a gilt-wash, on a bamboo-form stem, atop a circular foot with repousse root design. Marked on interior of foot ring with illegible Chinese character marks. 6-1/2"H, 4.75 […]
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