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Lot of 8 Tennessee Centennial Exposition souvenirs: ITEMS 1 THRU 5: Five (5) sterling silver spoons, all with engraved or decorated bowls, the largest with male figure dressed in buckskin and the title "Volunteers", all marked sterling. 6TH ITEM: Souvenir razor blade stamped Tennessee Centennial with sheath marked H.G. Lipscomb and Co. Nashville, TN, housed […]

Lot of 4 Tennessee Centennial commemorative pins: 1ST ITEM: Red, white and blue ladder badge and round metal pin commemorating German American Day, October 6, 1897; 2ND ITEM: Round metal pin with picture of Parthenon commemorating Nashville Day, September 11, 1897 with image of Nashville Parthenon; 3RD ITEM: Round metal pin commemorating the Pythian Headquarters; […]

Lot of 2 Tennessee Centennial souvenirs: 1ST ITEM: Medal for Tennessee centennial with medallion of Israel Putnam, red ribbon mounting printed Nashville. Tenn. Oct 9-16, 1897" in gilt. Israel Putnam pendent memorializes the Defense of Detroit during the French and Indian War. 2ND ITEM: Medal of Tennessee Centennial Exposition with view of the Commerce Building […]

Lot of 8 souvenir items from the Tennessee Centennial Celebration of 1897 in Nashville, TN. 1ST ITEM: Porcelain trivet with transfer image of the Rialto, gilt edges, 6 7/8" dia; 2ND THRU 3RD ITEMS: Two (2) Mugs of red and clear glass etched "Mary Alice Snow 1897" and "Sallie, Nashville 1897", 4" H & 3 […]

Tennessee Centennial Exposition souvenir medal marked May 1-Oct. 8 1897 Nashville Tennessee to one side and depicting the Auditorium and Commerce Buildings; Children's and Negro Buildings; the Memphis and Parthenon Buildings on the other, attached to leather case. 3" dia. Condition: Very good condition.

Rare Victorian Scottish writing or stationery box with contents, green leather with gilt lettering on exterior. Monogrammed "J.H. St. E". Upper shelf for blotting paper and lower drawer with travelling inkwell, compartments containing pens and sealing wax, wafers, matches, nibs and postage stamps. 1-1/2" x 5-1/2" x 3-1/8". Made by W & S Milne, Edinburgh, […]

Lot of 2 Tennessee Decorative Arts Books. 1ST ITEM: "Tennessee Silversmiths", by Benjamin Hubbard Caldwell, Jr., copyright 1988, The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. 2ND ITEM: "The Art and Mystery of Tennessee Furniture and Its Makers through 1850" by Derita Coleman Williams and Nathan Harsh, copyright 1988, Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Both […]

1ST ITEM: Book Published 1897, Tennessee Centennial, with poems by Annie Somers Gilchrist. Includes photos of prominent women in Tennessee. Cloth cover with gilt lettering, stains to front. 2ND ITEM: Tennessee Centennial Exposition souvenir medal, depicting the Giant See Saw ("Cars carry 25 people and go 200 feet high"). Marked May 1-Oct. 8 1897 Nashville […]

John Cox (American, b. 1947) oil on canvas, Southwestern mountain landscape. Signed lower right. Contemporary giltwood frame. 11 3/8" H x 15 1/2" W canvas, 19" H x 22 5/8" W framed. Late 20th c. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone Jr., Nashville, Tenn. Condition: Excellent.

Oil pastel portrait of a woman, signed lower right Miguel Martinez '03 (New Mexico, b. 1951). Giltwood frame with acanthus carved corner blocks. 28" x 22" sight, 34-1/2" x 28-1/2" framed. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone Jr., Nashville, Tenn. Condition: Excellent condition.