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Rare Books, Period Furniture and Antiques
7:00 AM PT - Mar 22nd, 2008

offered by
Harlowe-Powell Auction Gallery

2109 India Road--Seminole Square
Charlottesville VA 22901
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573 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1001 Lot 1001

A 19th C Continental Plant Stand,
ebonized with gilt metal mountings and hand painted porcela...

1,000
-
1,500
2 Bids
1002 Lot 1002

A Chinese Fern/Plant Stand,
turn of the 20th C, having a marble insert to the top, bead...

100
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200
10 Bids
1003 Lot 1003

A 19th C Papier Mache Tilt-top Table,
having a shaped edge oval top, inlaid with mother of pearl ...

300
-
500
11 Bids
1004 Lot 1004

An Asian Celadon Vase,
having a brown underglaze design of flowers and birds with ...

100
-
150
12 Bids
1005 Lot 1005

Persian Mussil Rug, 5'4" x 9'9"

300
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500
2 Bids
1006 Lot 1006

A Chesapeake Skipjack Model,
hand crafted with original rigging and paint, resting on a ...

200
-
300
9 Bids
1007 Lot 1007

A Late Federal Chest of Drawers,
cherry with pine secondary and dovetail construction, havin...

3,800
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4,200
5 Bids
1008 Lot 1008

An Antique Hamadan Rug,
5'6" x 3'5". Worn.

300
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500
4 Bids
1009 Lot 1009

Afghan Baluchi Prayer Rug, 3' x 5'

150
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250
3 Bids
1010 Lot 1010

A L18th/E19th C Whitelaw Tall Case Clock,
from the famous Whitelaw family of Scotland, probably James...

3,000
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5,000
6 Bids
1011 Lot 1011

A William Ward, Jr. Painting,
an oil on canvas of the Gloucester, Massachusetts Harbor, s...

500
-
700
20 Bids
1012 Lot 1012

An Elephant Mystery Swinger Clock,
a bronzed (possibly spelter) elephant on an oval wood base w...

400
-
600
9 Bids
1013 Lot 1013

A L18th/E19th C Slant-front Desk,
probably American, of mahogany and mahogany veneers, white ...

1,000
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1,500
5 Bids
1014 Lot 1014

An Early Cast Iron Garden Urn,
in the compagna form, with a flared egg and dart rim, gadro...

200
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300
8 Bids
1015 Lot 1015

A Semi-antique Mosul Rug,
(Iraqi), 5'9" x 3'10".

300
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500
2 Bids
1016 Lot 1016

Large Chinese Landscape Scroll
53" high, 26" wide.

100
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150
7 Bids
1017 Lot 1017

A J.F. Herring Race Horse Aquatint,
"Grey Momus", plate stamped and engraved by C. Hunt. Framed...

200
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300
9 Bids
1018 Lot 1018

A 17th C English Cabinet,
referred to in a 1936 estate appraisal by Harrod's of Londo...

2,000
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3,000
5 Bids
1019 Lot 1019

Tosirkan Rug, 5'1" x 6'2"

300
-
500
9 Bids
1020 Lot 1020

A Ginori Maiolica Tazza,
having a reticulated body surrounding a portrait of an earl...

300
-
500
8 Bids
1021 Lot 1021

An Early Cloisonne Bird Cage,
floral design on silvered metal with a red stone set to the...

150
-
250
10 Bids
1022 Lot 1022

An Early Famille Rose Shallow Bowl,
hand enameled with flowers, floral swags and diaperwork, un...

300
-
400
7 Bids
1023 Lot 1023

A Chinese Blue & White Lidded Ginger Jar,
early, with no marks to the bottom and typical landscape de...

100
-
150
8 Bids
1024 Lot 1024

Two Stemmed Glasses,
one blown and hand painted, probably Venetian, with a green...

100
-
200
10 Bids
1025 Lot 1025

Sino-Tibetan Bronze Buddha,
5 3/4" high, 5 1/2" wide, 3 3/4" deep.

200
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300
8 Bids
1026 Lot 1026

An Early Flow Blue Teapot,
having hunting dogs to either side surrounded by floral des...

100
-
150
8 Bids
1027 Lot 1027

Two Pieces of Turkish Pottery,
a bottle vase and a bowl, both with black floral and foliat...

200
-
300
2 Bids
1028 Lot 1028

A Civil War Tintype,
of a Union soldier, standing with a uniform and holding his...

100
-
200
7 Bids
1029 Lot 1029

A Frankenthal Porcelain Figure
of a dandy with a bouquet of flowers, bearing the blue unde...

250
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450
12 Bids
1030 Lot 1030

A Chinese Earthenware Vase,
with sancai glazing, in the form of a lotus flower and havi...

100
-
150
3 Bids
1031 Lot 1031

An Unusual Earthenware Vase,
having a matte black design of ocean waves, sawtooth and di...

75
-
125
4 Bids
1032 Lot 1032

A Vienna Bronze Figural Group,
a cold painted figure of an Arab slave seller and slave on ...

1,100
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1,300
1 Bid
1033 Lot 1033

An Asian Blue & White Porcelain Vase,
of a shaped flat side design and a stepped and tapered rect...

150
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250
7 Bids
1034 Lot 1034

A Persian Silk Prayer/Meditation Rug,
(silk and cotton) having a central pale blue ground with fl...

500
-
700
7 Bids
1035 Lot 1035

An Antique Hamadan Rug,
having a central lozenge form dark blue ground covered with...

500
-
700
8 Bids
1036 Lot 1036

A Semi-antique Hamadan Rug,
having a dark and lighter blue medallion to the center of a...

300
-
500
6 Bids
1037 Lot 1037

An H. Gronvold Watercolor
on paper, "Over! Over! - Not for us, we're going back", sig...

500
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1,000
9 Bids
1038 Lot 1038

A Diminutive 19th C Cylindar Roll Desk
walnut with white pine secondary, in the Renaissance Reviva...

400
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600
12 Bids
1039 Lot 1039

A Pine Pipe Box,
for hanging or tabletop, having a fan form crest, scalloped...

200
-
300
9 Bids
1040 Lot 1040

Native American Pueblo Pottery Vase
with bird and floral motif, 6 1/2" high, 6 1/2" dia.

150
-
200
9 Bids
1041 Lot 1041

A "Diana" Mystery Swinger Clock,
having a bronzed (possibly spelter) figure of Diana the Hunt...

300
-
600
9 Bids
1042 Lot 1042

A Turn of 20th C Tantalus,
probably English, oak and silverplate with two cut glass de...

100
-
200
3 Bids
1043 Lot 1043

A Cut Glass Comport,
gilt bronze mounted, the bronze foot rim having anthemion d...

100
-
150
8 Bids
1044 Lot 1044

Two Pairs Early Brass Candlesticks,
both sets with push up rods. One set 9 3/4" high, the othe...

75
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125
11 Bids
1045 Lot 1045

Two Sterling Candelabra,
not matched, triple branch, one metamorphic, one not, both ...

75
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125
8 Bids
1046 Lot 1046

A Josephine E. Chapman Painting,
an oil on board of a rocky shore, signed lower left Joseph....

275
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325
5 Bids
1047 Lot 1047

A Chinese Double Gourd Vase,
with polychrome designs of flowers and leaves on a white gr...

300
-
500
11 Bids
1048 Lot 1048

An Asian Porcelain Vase,
in bottle vase style, with relief design of dragon and bats...

150
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200
10 Bids
1049 Lot 1049

A Turn of the 20th C Oak GamesTantalus,
metal bound, with three cut glass decanters, a mirrored bac...

150
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250
7 Bids
1050 Lot 1050

A French Cut Glass Box,
with ormolu egg and dart rimming and a palmetto escutcheon,...

400
-
600
4 Bids