Large Middle Tennessee, Putnam County, 10-gallon salt-glazed stoneware pottery churn with Albany-type slip interior, stamped T. W. CLOUSE on the upper body for Thomas Winchester "Dick" Clouse (1869 – 1915) and stamped "10" denoting capacity below the rim. 21 1/2" H. Late 19th/Early 20th century. Note: in the book "Tennessee Potteries, Pots, and Potters – […]
Lot 137: Avery Handley Modernist Watercolor Painting
Avery Handly, Jr. (Tennessee, 1913-1958) Expressionist watercolor painting featuring multiple organic forms rendered in bright colors against an abstract background. Signed "A Handly" and illegibly dated lower right. Float mounted on a white mat under plexiglass with a beige mat and gold metallic reveal, in a giltwood frame with rounded corners. Sheet – 20"W x […]
Lot 559: Archive of the Claybrook – Overton Families of Tennessee
Letter archive relating to the families of Judge John Overton (1766-1833) and his nephew John Samuel Claybrooke (1808-1892) of Middle Tennessee, who served as executor of Overton's estate. Overton was a close friend, lawyer, and business associate of President Andrew Jackson, whom he succeeded as a member of the Superior Court of Tennessee, the forerunner […]
Lot 555: Jefferson Davis, Toombs & Reagan Post Civil War Letters and Ephemera
Six (6) post Civil War ephemera including letters, some signed, from Jefferson Davis and CSA Cabinet Members Robert Toombs and John Reagan. 1st item: Jefferson Davis, former Confederate States of America (CSA) President, handwritten list of six members of the CSA cabinet, their roles, and their current location if living. Written in response to and […]
Lot 663: Grouping of Confederate Currency, Pre Civil War Obsolete Currency, U.S. Currency, 40 items
1st-25th items: Grouping of twenty-five (25) Civil War era Confederate currency notes, including eighteen (18) Virginia Treasury Notes, issued in Richmond, VA: three (3) $10 ten dollar bills, dated October 15, 1862, three (3) $5 five dollar bills, dated October 15, 1861 and March 13, 1862, twelve (12) $1 one dollar bills, dated May 15, […]
Lot 87: 23 pcs. Coin Silver Flatware, incl. Kentucky
1st-6th items: Six (6) scrolling leaf and thread pattern forks, stamped "C. (or G.) STEWART", patent date 1847. Monogrammed with script "S" to handles. 7 1/2" L. 7th-12th items: Six (6) teaspoons with fiddle swell handles and tipt ends, stamped "E & D. KINSEY" in rectangle for Edward and David Kinsey (working Cincinnati, OH, 1844-1861). […]
Lot 811: 7 Coin Silver Spoons attr. KY inc. Medicine Spoon
7 coin silver spoons, possibly by Kentucky silversmiths Thomas Phillips, Philip Bush Jr., James Purdy, S.B. Hall and D.L. Spears. 1st item: Teaspoon with oval handle marked TP in rectangle and remnant of second mark PARIS for Thomas Phillips, working Paris c. 1799- c.1820 and possibly up to 1827. Worn monogram and handle, and several […]
Lot 805: 6 Lexington Kentucky Coin Silver Forks
Set of six (6) shell pattern coin silver forks, marked GARNER & WINCHESTER Lex.KY. 110z." for Eli Garner and Daniel Frank Winchester, working Lexington 1842-1862. (Note: 110 oz. was a marking indicating coin silver used in Baltimore, where Winchester trained as a silversmith; he carried over the tradition after moving to Kentucky). 7 7/8" L. […]
Lot 651: Civil War Archive, incl. Gen. Bate on Death of Polk, Capture of Nashville
Confederate Civil War archive of twenty-two (22) items, pertaining to the Fulton brothers of Fayetteville, Tennessee, specifically Colonel John S. Fulton, 44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Johnson's Division; Colonel Alfred S. Fulton, 8th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry; Robert Fulton, 41st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, Company C; and James Fulton, Pay Director in the United States Navy. The documents […]
Lot 642: 1805 TN Supreme Court Book, John Overton and Hugh White Opinions
CASES RULED AND ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURTS OF LAW AND EQUITY AND FEDERAL COURT FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE BY AND OF THE JUDGES OF THAT STATE, BOOK THE THIRD. This early hand written legal book contains entries describing cases and opinions brought before the forerunner of the TN State Supreme Court, from May […]
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