Lot of 2 enameled boxes. 1ST ITEM: double patch box with gilt bronze sides and hinged top, the top decorated with blue and white enameling and five cabachons with hand painted flowers. Interior lid contains a mirror. Condition: verdigris oxidationspots to side, otherwise excellent condition. 1/2"H x 2" x 1". 2ND ITEM: gilt bronze compact, […]
Lot 147: Victorian silver presentation cup, Robt. Hennell II
Victorian Gothic Revival style sterling silver presentation mug, marks for London, sterling, 1866-1867, maker's mark for Robert Hennell II. Also includes an additional crossed swords mark and incised words "Elkington & Co. Liverpool" near handle. Front engraved with a crest of a crane over the words "John J. Crane from R.H. Lowry in Gothic script. […]
Lot 144: American Silver compote, John Cann
American coin or sterling silver compote on foliage figural pedestal with applied metal silver plated animal handles with rings. Monogrammed "MMW". Marks on base. Note: John Cann, a principle in the firm of Charters, Cann & Dunn of New York, used this mark between 1860-1863 when he was in business for himself, retaining the C […]
Lot 137: 3 TN Coin silver spoons & Lownes ladle, Foster-Cheatham family
3 TN Coin silver spoons & Lownes ladle, Foster-Cheatham family. Four pieces of coin silver from the Foster-Cheatham Family of Nashville. Includes two 7-1/2" tablespoons and one 8-3/8" serving spoon marked J. Campbell (John Campbell,working Nashville, TN, 1836-1857?), and one 8" ladle with shell handle and shell on the underside of the bowl, marked E. […]
Lot 135: Exceptional miniature TN buttocks basket
Rare and early Tennessee miniature buttocks basket, finely woven split oak with wrapped rim, dark patina. Condition: one broken weaver, small nick to another, otherwise excellent condition. 1 7/8"H x 2" diameter. Tennessee, late 19th century. Private Nashville, TN collection.
Lot 119: KPM Porcelain Dog figurine
Well modeled figure of a spaniel on pink pillow, signed on base Koenigl Porzellan Manufactur with underglaze eagle and scepter mark, impressed Z mark. Condition: three tiny (1/16") flakes near mouth and one at leg. Slight wear to gold tasselson pillow. 5"H. German, 19th c. Provenance: Mitchell estate, Nashville TN.
Lot 73: John Dodge miniature portrait, TN First Lady
Watercolor on ivory attributed to John Wood Dodge (1807-1893, working in Nashville, 1840-1861). Subject is believed to be Cynthia Pillow Saunders Brown, dressed in widow’s garb with white bonnet and black dress with white collar. Cynthia PillowSaunders Brown (b. circa 1810- d. 1892) was the second wife of Andrew Vail Venable Brown, who served as […]
Lot 71: Pair of Tennessee Fort family portraits by Calvert
Miniature portraits, tinted photographs on paper, of Joel Battle Fort and wife Sallie McKay Fort. Both signed Calvert. Simple gilded oval frames, housed in velvet lined shadowbox frames. Condition: back support for one frame needsreattaching, otherwise excellent condition. 3 1/4" x 2 1/2" sight, 5 3/8 x 4 3/4" framed. Circa 1880s. Note: Joel Battle […]
Lot 51: Wm. Blount signed document, 1793
Tennessee Document signed at Knoxville, 1793, by then-territorial governor William Blount (1749-1800, served 1790-1796), along with militia paymaster David Allison and Judges David Campbell and Joseph Anderson, ordering the collection of funds for the use of the territorial government. “By William Blount, Governor in and over the Territory of the United States of America, South […]
Lot 49: "Andrew Jackson & Early TN History", signed copy
Signed Copy of Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History. Author S.G. Heiskell. Inscribed by the author to Eleanore W. Adams May 9, 1918 on back of front cover. Ambrose printing Nashville 1918. Hardbound book, good with wear and light soiling,shaken copy. Provenance: New Market, TN collection
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