Auction details

Important Estate Auction of Ambassador Hohler
7:00 AM PT - Jan 27th, 2007

offered by
Harlowe-Powell Auction Gallery

2109 India Road--Seminole Square
Charlottesville, VA 22901
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504 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1 Lot 1

A 21st Empress of India's Lancers
leather covered trunk, 19th C and brass studded with the em...

1,000
-
2,000
15 Bids
2 Lot 2

A 18th C Italian Figural Stand
ebonized with gilt decoration, having a Blackamoor as the c...

1,000
-
2,000
11 Bids
3 Lot 3

A Very Early Oil on Canvas Still Life
possibly Dutch or Flemish, of fruit and flowers, unsigned, ...

1,000
-
2,000
30 Bids
4 Lot 4

A Queen Anne Secretary/Bookcase
of walnut and walnut veneers and oak and other secondary wo...

5,000
-
8,000
19 Bids
5 Lot 5

A Pair of 18th C Gilt Torchieres
decorated with turned columns and draped foliate swags on s...

200
-
400
18 Bids
6 Lot 6

A William & Mary Dressing Table
of oak with molded edge to the top, a single drawer with co...

1,000
-
2,000
21 Bids
7 Lot 7

An 18th C Oil on Linen
a classical scene of an offering at a temple in a pastoral ...

2,000
-
4,000
18 Bids
8 Lot 8

An 18th C Chinese Porcelain Charger
with blue floral underglaze and incised decoration. 2" high...

200
-
400
15 Bids
9 Lot 9

A L William and Mary/E Queen Anne
walnut dressing table (oak secondary), having quartered and...

1,500
-
2,000
13 Bids
10 Lot 10

A 19th C Fluted Giltwood Display Column
having a molded edge to the top, and a stepped molded plint...

100
-
200
14 Bids
11 Lot 11

Two 18th C Hand Tinted Engravings:
one titled "Temple of Peace - Mausoleum for one of Jupiter'...

500
-
750
20 Bids
12 Lot 12

An Early Staffordshire Standing Dog
with multiple holes to body, possibly to hold hatpins or st...

150
-
300
27 Bids
13 Lot 13

An Edwardian Sterling Vase
having a coronal rim, a stepped round foot, and bearing Lon...

200
-
250
11 Bids
14 Lot 14

An 18th C German Faience Figure
of Sta. Maria bearing the hallmark of Johann Samuel Friedri...

300
-
400
10 Bids
15 Lot 15

An Unusual Paper Knife
with an antelope horn handle and the blade engraved with th...

150
-
200
11 Bids
17 Lot 17

A Pair of Sheffield Sterling Lamps
with Sheffield sterling hallmarks and date marks for 1917. ...

150
-
200
12 Bids
18 Lot 18

Cecil Beaton Photo of Princess Margaret
signed beneath image Margaret 1959, stamped to back Cecil B...

1,000
-
1,500
13 Bids
19 Lot 19

Photo of Mountbatten of Burma
signed beneath image Mountbatten of Burma, A. F., Burma, Ma...

50
-
100
22 Bids
20 Lot 20

Cecil Beaton Photograph of the Queen Mother
signed Elizabeth R 1959, signed beneath the image Cecil Bea...

1,000
-
2,000
6 Bids
21 Lot 21

A Sterling and Cobalt Glass Castor
of unusual design, a barred cage containing the liner with ...

200
-
300
11 Bids
22 Lot 22

An E 19th C Staffordshire Figure
of a seated woman with a pitcher, hand on a barrel. 9 1/2" ...

200
-
400
4 Bids
23 Lot 23

A 19th C Staffordshire Figural Group
of a seated Scottish couple. 8 1/4" high. Damage.

200
-
400
1 Bid
24 Lot 24

An English Presentation Cup and Saucer
in porcelain, commemorating the coronation of King George V...

75
-
150
1 Bid
25 Lot 25

An E 19th C Staffordshire Figure
of a Saint, seated on a tree stump. 9 1/2" high. Chip to ba...

300
-
500
6 Bids
26 Lot 26

A 19th C English Sterling Cruet Stand
having elaborate chased & pierced design & reeded splayed f...

200
-
400
9 Bids
27 Lot 27

An 18th C English Sterling Teapot
bearing the London hallmarks for 1782 and the makers mark f...

300
-
500
10 Bids
28 Lot 28

A Cast Gilt Bronze Classical Head
possibly a Roman emperor, unsigned. 7 3/4" high.

150
-
200
16 Bids
30 Lot 30

A 19th C Lerolle et Fres. Clock
of gilt bronze, marked "Lerolle et Fres., a Paris" to the i...

2,000
-
4,000
13 Bids
31 Lot 31

Four Sheffield Sterling Candlesticks
in a classical columnar style with date marks for 1900, and...

500
-
750
7 Bids
32 Lot 32

A 19th C English Pearlware Transfer Cup
with scrolled double handles, floral design to inner rim an...

400
-
600
16 Bids
33 Lot 33

A 19th C Staffordshire Figure of Napoleon
standing beside a large bird. 11 3/4" high. Crazing, small ...

300
-
400
11 Bids
34 Lot 34

An 18th C English Blue and White Teapot
hand painted in the Blue Willow style with embossed scrollw...

250
-
450
15 Bids
35 Lot 35

An Art Glass Vase
possibly Loetz but unmarked, an iridescent gold/green with ...

500
-
1,000
6 Bids
36 Lot 36

A 19th C English Sterling Castor
bearing London hallmarks for 1884 and makers marks for JAJS...

150
-
250
15 Bids
37 Lot 37

Lot of Four 19th C Sterling Master Salts
bearing the London hallmarks for 1840 and makers mark for J...

200
-
300
20 Bids
38 Lot 38

Two Pieces of Early Staffordshire Pottery:
a large mug with relief tavern scenes to sides and a frog t...

150
-
250
5 Bids
39 Lot 39

A 1763 English Sterling Coffee Pot
bearing London hallmarks for William Shaw, diminutive with ...

400
-
600
8 Bids
40 Lot 40

A 19th C Chinese Famille Verte Lidded Jar
having a scenic and figural design to the body and lid and ...

150
-
250
18 Bids
41 Lot 41

A 19th C English Sterling Hot Water Kettle
on stand, bearing Sheffield Sterling hallmarks for 1886, ma...

300
-
500
7 Bids
42 Lot 42

A French Bronze Mantle Clock
the top a figure of Venus riding on a shell pulled by hippo...

500
-
700
25 Bids
43 Lot 43

An 18th C Chinese Export Tureen
made for the Western market, hand painted with swags of flo...

2,000
-
3,000
1 Bid
44 Lot 44

A Pair of 18th C Italian Torchieres
converted to electricity, in an ornate rococo design. Each ...

200
-
400
19 Bids
45 Lot 45

A Pastel of the Governor's Palace, Saigon
February 27, 1962 on fire after two Vietnamese Air Force pi...

1,000
-
2,000
11 Bids
46 Lot 46

An 18th C English Corner Writing Desk
of mahogany with oak secondary, having a scalloped gallery ...

2,000
-
3,000
20 Bids
47 Lot 47

Two English Walking Sticks:
one a Malacca gold mounted cane, 38" long; the other having...

75
-
125
2 Bids
48 Lot 48

An Antique Malayer Rug
having a dark central ground with all over Jacobean floral ...

1,000
-
2,000
18 Bids
49 Lot 49

Six 19th C Meissen Handpainted Plates
with different scenes of children on white grounds with gil...

300
-
500
6 Bids
50 Lot 50

Two Small Hinged Lid Boxes:
a 19th C cut crystal box with hinged lid and ormolu overlay...

150
-
250
12 Bids
51 Lot 51

A Gilt Bronze Cherub Riding a Dog
19th C, mounted on a stone base with chipping malachite ven...

100
-
150
11 Bids
52 Lot 52

A Chinese Porcelain Lidded Cachepot
with underglaze blue and white floral design, an inscriptio...

150
-
250
9 Bids
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