Franklin County, Tennessee needlework sampler stitched by Lucy Margaret Foster, and dated 1867. Wool on linen, strawberry border surrounding uppercase, lowercase, and script alphabets, a row of numbers and a signed verse: "The desire of improvement discovers a liberal mind; and is connected with many accomplishments, and many virtues. Margaret Foster finished this sampler in […]
Lot 109: Group of TN Coin Silver Flatware including Calhoun Ladle
Eight (8) pieces coin silver flatware attributed to Tennessee makers and/or retailers. 1st item: Soup or punch ladle with beading and tracery design to handle, stamped JP Patent 1855 (likely the Oriental Pattern by John Polhemus) with incuse stamp W.H. CALHOUN for retailer William Henry Calhoun, working Nashville, 1835-d. 1865. 2nd-7th items: Six (6) teaspoons […]
Lot 149: Miniature Portrait of David A. Deaderick of VA/TN
Miniature watercolor portrait depicting the profile of Col. David D. Deaderick (David Deaderick II, 1754-1823) of Winchester, Virginia and Jonesboro, Tennessee. The painting, which appears to date circa 1800 and has pantograph/physiognotrace lines dividing the subject's head into thirds, depicts the sitter attired in a blue dress coat, with tied back hair. Enclosed in a […]
Lot 47: 29 McDannold KY Coin Silver Spoons
29 coin silver spoons marked for George W. McDannold, working c. 1829-1863 in Mt. Sterling, Winchester, and Covington, Kentucky. Includes 20 teaspoons, 8 dessert spoons, and 1 table or serving spoon, all marked GEORGE MCDANNOLD in rectangles except for 1 dessert spoon which has a MCDANNOLD incised mark. All with fiddle swell tipt handles and […]
Lot 801: Edwin Gardner O/B Seascape Paintings plus Self Portrait Drawing, 3 items
Three (3) Edwin Maximilian Gardner (Tennessee, 1845-1935) paintings including oil on board seascapes and self portrait drawing. 1st and 2nd items: Two (2) marine paintings, including one (1) titled "Sea of Galilee," each depicting ocean waves beneath late afternoon skies. Smallest painting signed "Edwin M. Gardner WAX." en verso of board, largest painting with an […]
Lot 748: Archive: Wm. Vance of Memphis, TN, Slave and Lincoln Assassination interest
Archive of over three hundred (300) items primarily pertaining to Colonel William Little Vance (1815-1888), early Memphis, Tennessee businessman, slave trader, and witness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Includes slave receipts, inventory lists, and other documents related to Vance and members of his prominent family including his wife Letitia Hart Thompson Vance (1826-1896), […]
Lot 318: 10 pcs Coin Silver, Simpson and Foster
Coin silver spoons and ladle, marked "Simpson" and "Foster," attributed to Samuel Simpson of Hopkinsville, Kentucky or Clarksville, Tennessee, and to Jeremiah Foster of Hopkinsville, KY or John Foster of Winchester, Virginia – total 10 items. 1st-3rd items: 3 teaspoons with fiddle swell handles stamped S. SIMPSON in rectangle, likely the mark of Samuel Simpson, […]
Lot 635: Large TN & WV Taylor / Feamster Family Archive
Large early Tennessee and West Virginia archive of approximately four hundred (400) items related to the Taylor and Feamster families, including letters, postcards, empty envelopes, bills, tax receipts, photographs, and other ephemera, dated circa 1829-1934, including Civil War, Slave taxes, the 1918 Flu Pandemic, and World War I. The Taylors were a prominent family that […]
Lot 171: Exhibited Edwin M. Gardner Painting, Hoe in Hand
Edwin Maximilian Gardner (Tennessee, 1845-1935) oil on canvas painting titled "Hoe in Hand" depicting a young African American man holding a hoe and a basket and standing on a dirt road in the shadow of a tree. A broken fence or gate is visible in the right foreground. Signed and dated "Edwin M. Gardner 1903" […]
Lot 166: John Chumley Cades Cove Egg Tempera Painting
John Wesley Chumley (Virginia/Tennessee, 1928-1984) panoramic egg tempera on board titled “Cades Cove” depicting a panoramic view of the valley located in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Signed lower left “Chumley”. Artist label with title en verso. Exhibition label also en verso from the R. W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, Louisiana. Exhibition titled “John […]
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