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8:00 AM PT - Jan 4th, 2003

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18th/19th Century Antiques & Decorative Arts

649 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
Blue transferware creamer, classical figur

es and urn inside oval cartouches, minor firing flaws and glaze...

50
-
100
2
Lot 2
Oil on canvas with dandelions, grime, crac

kle, bloom, cupping, cleavage, without stretcher, 19th century...

50
-
100
3
Lot 3
Six intaglio-cut shrimp servers, compote f

orm with glass liners, four with rim chips, one with large crack...

150
-
250
4
Lot 4
French style stand, five drawers with shel

l pulls, ormolu mounts, elaborate geometric inlay on top with...

300
-
600
5
Lot 5
Redware rooster, orange and manganese spla

sh glaze, hollow base with plaster residue, various glaze chips...

150
-
250
6
Lot 6
Federal style diminutive chest, inlaid mah

ogany, bow front, four drawers, brass pulls, minor chips and...

100
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200
7
Lot 7
Pair two-cup brass wall sconces, urns with

swan-shaped handles, mounted on wooden boards, "Made in Italy...

100
-
200
8
Lot 8
Six French transferware plates, satirical

French social scenes, one "Alone at last...they finally left...

150
-
300
9
Lot 9
Cigar box formed as log cabin, cat on roof

, dog coming out door, kittens playing in front yard, front with...

150
-
250
10
Lot 10
American, 19th century, mahogany and cher

ry stand, two bowed dovetailed drawers possibly lacking original...

150
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250
11
Lot 11
Brass balance scales, marked "J Rissmus-R

otterdam," marked "25KG" on bar, scratches and general wear, one...

100
-
200
12
Lot 12
Two Oriental porcelain lamps: baluster fo

rm, iron red, cobalt and gilt floral decoration, 3/8" rim chip, on...

100
-
200
13
Lot 13
Pair French style brass candlesticks, ext

ensive surface decoration with anthemion motifs on stippled field...

150
-
300
14
Lot 14
Hand-painted porcelain urn, floral decora

tion on gilt ground, openwork handles, unmarked, 9-7/8"

100
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200
16
Lot 16
Needlepoint and petit point hanging, cent

ral panel with bouquet of flowers with butterflies and dragonfly...

150
-
250
16A
Lot 16A
Ebonized aesthetic movement stand, teles

cope ring-turned legs, box-stretcher base, top mounted with 10 x...

200
-
400
17
Lot 17
Pair six-sided Regency style planters, in

laid mahogany, lion head ring mounts on front, removable metal...

100
-
200
18
Lot 18
Heintz vase, silver-over-bronze, bamboo d

ecoration, old dark patina, wear to overlay, corrosion to interior...

50
-
100
19
Lot 19
Oval micromosaic brooch, neoclassical rui

ns, low-karat gold frame, several large cracks, lacking several...

100
-
200
20
Lot 20
Pair Louis XVI style armchairs, acanthus-

carved arm supports, tapered and reeded legs, modern gold...

250
-
500
21
Lot 21
Pair alabaster lamp bases carved as urns,

applied flowers, scattered abrasions and chips, possibly lacking...

50
-
100
22
Lot 22
Pair mahogany wall brackets, plume and sc

roll decoration, gilt highlights, indistinct mark on back, inset...

200
-
400
23
Lot 23
Gilt bronze inkwell, hinged lid with full

-figure cupid holding bird, glass liner, base marked "Boudet...

200
-
400
24
Lot 24
Two openwork iron and brass trivets: turn

ed wooden handle, spade-shaped in-turned feet, small break at end...

150
-
250
25
Lot 25
Watercolor, country landscape with river,

path, distant cottage, possibly New England scene, signed lower...

150
-
300
26
Lot 26
Watercolor, southern landscape with bridg

e, Spanish moss hanging from trees, signed lower right "A.F...

150
-
300
27
Lot 27
Country watercolor and body color landsca

pe on paper, hay harvest with team of horses and wagon, structures...

400
-
800
28
Lot 28
Screen print "Alice on Leaves," No. 33/12

5, signed lower right "Fay Peck" (American, 20th century), painted...

100
-
200
29
Lot 29
Marble-top stand, possibly for books, sca

lloped-corner top, conforming frieze, trestle base with cutwork...

150
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250
30
Lot 30
Pine and poplar cupboard, shaped and dove

tailed wooden gallery above two dovetailed drawers and two...

200
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400
31
Lot 31
Fractur or taufschein, watercolor on wove

paper, birth certificate for "Christian Schlobach, born 26 of...

200
-
400
32
Lot 32
Unsigned oil on canvas, half portrait of

older woman in lace collar and turban, 19th century, lined, some...

200
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400
33
Lot 33
Two pairs brass push-up candlesticks, 19t

h century: baluster form, 10", beehive and faceted, repaired base...

150
-
300
34
Lot 34
Pair cattle horns, elaborate brass mounts

, chains for hanging, hinged lids on larger ends, each with...

200
-
400
35
Lot 35
Pair fine cut glass two-cup candelabra, t

ulip-shaped sockets, tapered pedestals with circular ribbed bases...

250
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500
36
Lot 36
Inlaid satinwood letter box, tapered rect

ilinear form, four interior compartments, applied cut steel...

100
-
200
37
Lot 37
Rectangular cherry humidor, elaborate car

ved decoration with ribbons and flowers, interior with...

150
-
250
38
Lot 38
Georgian style mahogany stool, cabriole l

egs, scroll-carved returns, ball-and-claw feet, upholstered seat...

200
-
400
39
Lot 39
Pair rococo style brass chenet, attached

central rail, scroll and floral motifs, old unpolished surface...

200
-
400
40
Lot 40
Chinese export silver teapot, marks for T

in Sang, first quarter 20th century, test .900 or better silver...

500
-
1,000
41
Lot 41
Nodding ceramic bank, figure of seated bl

ack woman holding shell-shaped basin with slot for coins, "Dank...

300
-
600
42
Lot 42
Pair Victorian English silver lidded vege

table servers, marks for London 1843, Charles Reily and George...

1,200
-
1,800
43
Lot 43
George III English silver tea urn, matchi

ng urn finial, looped and beaded handles, square pedestal base...

600
-
1,200
43A
Lot 43A
Pair French walnut upholstered armchairs

, neoclassically styled, ring-turned front legs, saber rear legs...

800
-
1,500
44
Lot 44
Piedmont N.C. birch corner cupboard, earl

y 19th century, cove-molded cornice above two 8-pane glass doors...

3,000
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6,000
45
Lot 45
Watercolor and body color on paper, Garfi

eld Place, Cincinnati, Ohio, in winter, statue of President...

250
-
500
46
Lot 46
Bronze cupid with bow, "Eros," dark brown

patina, marked in base "Houdon" (Jean Antoine Houdon, French...

1,500
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2,500
47
Lot 47
14 pieces Imari porcelain: three shallow

bowls, one with rim chips, one with foot chips, one broken and...

100
-
200
48
Lot 48
Finely decorated porcelain urn, hand-pain

ted panels, one with farm animal with harbor scene in background...

800
-
1,500
49
Lot 49
Six-sided inlaid wooden box, top with flo

ral bouquet banded with burlwood and light and dark line inlay...

75
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150
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