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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, […]

Oval gilt bronze box with hinged top. Acanthus leaf and egg and dart design on the sides, a blue enameled top with applied gilt bronze classical decoration, framing a watercolor on ivory (or simulated ivory) portrait of a lady in 18thcentury dress, hat and pearls (under glass). Portrait signed lower right "Nived." Velvet lined interior. […]

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. […]

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 […]

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. […]

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.

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.

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 […]