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8:00 AM PT - May 31st, 2003

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Preview May 31, 2003, 10:00 am – 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), Early Preview by Appointment at 117 Tunnel Road, Asheville, North Carolina

American, European, Japanese Decorative Arts

686 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
Old Sheffield plate hot water urn,


top border of grape leaves, lions, fox heads and scrolls, paw feet...

500
-
1,000
2
Lot 2
Paneled glass cornucopia vase,


fine bronze dore ram's head mount, marble base, 8 in., rim chips...

200
-
400
3
Lot 3
Pair Old Paris vases,


hand-painted blue, green, raspberry and gilt floral decoration...

150
-
300
4
Lot 4
19th century English mahogany tea box,


inlaid bone escutcheon, brass handle, 5-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 5 in. Lid...

100
-
200
5
Lot 5
Pair 19th century brass candlesticks,


ring-turned and tapered stems, circular bases,13-1/2 in. Minor...

200
-
400
6
Lot 6
Brass and iron Roman-style chair,


baluster-turned arms and arm supports, iron frame with cross-hatch...

300
-
600
7
Lot 7
Pair iron and brass planters,


tripod iron bases, scrolled feet, gold-painted highlights, 44 in...

200
-
400
8
Lot 8
Pair Chinese porcelain urns,


decorated reserves with figures in exterior settings with blue...

200
-
400
9
Lot 9
Two European 19th century prints,


"Cathedrale de Florence" and "Cathedrale de Pise" featuring...

200
-
400
10
Lot 10
Iron and brass fire insert,


split-column construction, Empire-style finials, sliding ash pan...

200
-
400
11
Lot 11
Carved rosewood stool,


cabriole legs, scroll feet, carved frieze with openwork shell and...

300
-
600
12
Lot 12
English silver cased fruit set,


tapered and reeded handles with shell tips both sides, marks for...

500
-
1,000
13
Lot 13
Seven-drawer cherry tall chest,


three-over-four dovetailed and cock-beaded drawers, central drawer...

2,000
-
4,000
14
Lot 14
Pair upholstered bergere,


Louis XVI style, fluted and tapered legs, modern floral cotton...

500
-
1,000
15
Lot 15
American school landscape,


20th century (Old Lyme school), central road flanked by houses...

200
-
400
16
Lot 16
Pair art nouveau candelabra by Debut


(Marcel Debut, French, 1865-1933), pair bronze nymphs on gilt...

1,000
-
2,000
17
Lot 17
Watercolor landscape by J.R. Flemming


(Jean Robinson Flemming, Norfolk, Virginia, born 1874), seaside...

150
-
250
18
Lot 18
18th century garden scene,


Italo-Flemish school, elegant people eating and drinking in palace...

2,000
-
4,000
19
Lot 19
Gouache by La Pira


(Italian, 19th century), view of Bay of Naples, Italy, signed...

2,000
-
4,000
20
Lot 20
Landscape by Frank P. Freyburg


(British, born 1862), grazing sheep, signed lower right "F.P...

400
-
800
21
Lot 21
View of Capri by Susan Watkins, ANA


(California, 1875-1913), titled lower right "Recordo di Ana Capri...

500
-
1,000
22
Lot 22
American 20th century landscape,


trees and cloudy sky, unsigned, oil on canvas laid down on...

150
-
300
23
Lot 23
Pair painted wood torchères,


Renaissance-style, urn-shaped pedestals with tapered and reeded...

300
-
600
24
Lot 24
18th century Continental sofa,


probably Dutch or German, cross-stretcher base with serpentine and...

3,000
-
6,000
25
Lot 25
Coastal scene by La Pira


(Italian, 19th century), fishermen in harbor casting nets, distant...

1,000
-
2,000
26
Lot 26
Bazin art deco bronze,


female figure in tucked position, possibly a model for hood...

300
-
600
27
Lot 27
Landscape by Leon Louis Cassel


(French, 1873-1960), field of poppies, distant farm and fields...

400
-
800
28
Lot 28
Harbor scene by Leon Louis Cassel


(French, 1873-1960), titled verso "La Port d'Anvers," busy harbor...

2,000
-
4,000
29
Lot 29
Composition by Irene Rice Pereira


(New York City, 1907-1971, WPA artist), geometric composition...

1,000
-
2,000
30
Lot 30
Composition by Irene Rice Pereira


(New York, 1907-1971, WPA artist), spider web, foliate, crustacean...

400
-
800
31
Lot 31
Composition attributed to Pereira


(Irene Rice Pereira, New York City, 1907-1971, WPA...

1,000
-
2,000
32
Lot 32
Landscape by Henry Schnackenberg


(Henry Ernest Schnackenberg, New York, 1892-1970), grove of trees...

300
-
600
33
Lot 33
Coastal landscape by Lionel Walden


(Honolulu, Hawaii, 1861-1933), boats on shore with distant...

800
-
1,500
34
Lot 34
Watercolor by Henry William Moss


(British, 20th century), rocky rolling terrain with distant body...

100
-
200
35
Lot 35
Harbor scene by Oscar Anderson


(Massachusetts, 1873-1953), Gloucester Harbor, titled verso "Home...

1,500
-
2,500
36
Lot 36
E.I. Couse Indian in landscape


(Eanger Irving Couse, NA, Taos, New Mexico, 1866-1936), Native...

10,000
-
20,000
37
Lot 37
19th century American portrait,


half portrait of gentleman in black tie, holding a book and seated...

400
-
800
38
Lot 38
Spanish school full portrait,


gentleman in 17th century costume, lace collar and cuffs, in...

500
-
1,000
39
Lot 39
Early 20th c. decorative panel,


oil on canvas depicting neoclassical woman with palette and paint...

600
-
1,200
40
Lot 40
Diminutive mahogany corner cupboard,


dentil-molded cornice above fluted frieze, top with...

2,000
-
4,000
41
Lot 41
Bronze dore and ivory humidor,


elaborate Renaissance bronze dore frieze decoration, lid with...

1,000
-
1,500
42
Lot 42
Pair marble architectural elements,


finely carved rosettes, 7 x 7 x 3 in. Minor stains, chips to edge...

150
-
250
43
Lot 43
Marble architectural element,


Greek Key variant, centered rose carved in relief, 7 x 18-1/2 x...

150
-
250
44
Lot 44
Carved marble Egyptian figure,


standing female with child, flanked by winged decorations...

200
-
400
45
Lot 45
Marble bust of child,


finely carved face and hair, rough-carved base, marked on back "M...

400
-
800
46
Lot 46
Early 20th century bronze fountain,


figural group with cherub clutching dolphin, unsigned, 29-1/4 in...

800
-
1,200
47
Lot 47
Bronze, bearded man holding water urn,


man seated on rocks, unsigned, 15-1/2 in. Areas of rubbing, golden...

600
-
1,200
48
Lot 48
Bronze bust of woman,


after Jean Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828), woman clutching her...

500
-
1,000
49
Lot 49
R. Amerella copper bust,


plaster bust with patinated copper surface, French military figure...

300
-
600
50
Lot 50
R.S. Duncanson view of Asheville,


North Carolina (Robert Scott Duncanson, Ohio, 1821-1872), view...

100,000
-
150,000
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