Auction details
18th/19th Century Antiques & Decorative Arts
9:00 AM PT - Jan 4th, 2003
offered by
Brunk Auctions
Asheville, NC 28802

Auction Description
Auction Terms & Conditions
Buyer's Premium
15%
Bid Increments
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649 Items
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| 1 |
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Blue transferware creamer, classical figures and urn inside oval cartouches, minor firing flaws and glaze i... |
50 - 100 |
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| 2 |
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Oil on canvas with dandelions, grime, crackle, bloom, cupping, cleavage, without stretcher, 19th century ae... |
50 - 100 |
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| 3 |
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Six intaglio-cut shrimp servers, compote form with glass liners, four with rim chips, one with large crack ... |
150 - 250 |
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| 4 |
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French style stand, five drawers with shell pulls, ormolu mounts, elaborate geometric inlay on top with cen... |
300 - 600 |
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| 5 |
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Redware rooster, orange and manganese splash glaze, hollow base with plaster residue, various glaze chips a... |
150 - 250 |
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| 6 |
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Federal style diminutive chest, inlaid mahogany, bow front, four drawers, brass pulls, minor chips and scuf... |
100 - 200 |
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| 7 |
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Pair two-cup brass wall sconces, urns with swan-shaped handles, mounted on wooden boards, "Made in Italy," ... |
100 - 200 |
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| 8 |
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Six French transferware plates, satirical French social scenes, one "Alone at last...they finally left," "... |
150 - 300 |
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| 9 |
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Cigar box formed as log cabin, cat on roof, dog coming out door, kittens playing in front yard, front with ... |
150 - 250 |
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| 10 |
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American, 19th century, mahogany and cherry stand, two bowed dovetailed drawers possibly lacking original ... |
150 - 250 |
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| 11 |
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Brass balance scales, marked "J Rissmus-Rotterdam," marked "25KG" on bar, scratches and general wear, one ... |
100 - 200 |
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| 12 |
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Two Oriental porcelain lamps: baluster form, iron red, cobalt and gilt floral decoration, 3/8" rim chip, o... |
100 - 200 |
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| 13 |
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Pair French style brass candlesticks, extensive surface decoration with anthemion motifs on stippled field... |
150 - 300 |
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| 14 |
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Hand-painted porcelain urn, floral decoration on gilt ground, openwork handles, unmarked, 9-7/8" |
100 - 200 |
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| 16 |
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Needlepoint and petit point hanging, central panel with bouquet of flowers with butterflies and dragonfly,... |
150 - 250 |
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| 16A |
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Ebonized aesthetic movement stand, telescope ring-turned legs, box-stretcher base, top mounted with 10 x ... |
200 - 400 |
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| 17 |
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Pair six-sided Regency style planters, inlaid mahogany, lion head ring mounts on front, removable metal li... |
100 - 200 |
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| 18 |
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Heintz vase, silver-over-bronze, bamboo decoration, old dark patina, wear to overlay, corrosion to interio... |
50 - 100 |
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| 19 |
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Oval micromosaic brooch, neoclassical ruins, low-karat gold frame, several large cracks, lacking several s... |
100 - 200 |
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| 20 |
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Pair Louis XVI style armchairs, acanthus-carved arm supports, tapered and reeded legs, modern gold upholst... |
250 - 500 |
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| 21 |
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Pair alabaster lamp bases carved as urns, applied flowers, scattered abrasions and chips, possibly lacking... |
50 - 100 |
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| 22 |
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Pair mahogany wall brackets, plume and scroll decoration, gilt highlights, indistinct mark on back, inset ... |
200 - 400 |
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| 23 |
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Gilt bronze inkwell, hinged lid with full-figure cupid holding bird, glass liner, base marked "Boudet...Pa... |
200 - 400 |
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| 24 |
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Two openwork iron and brass trivets: turned wooden handle, spade-shaped in-turned feet, small break at end... |
150 - 250 |
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| 25 |
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Watercolor, country landscape with river, path, distant cottage, possibly New England scene, signed lower ... |
150 - 300 |
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| 26 |
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Watercolor, southern landscape with bridge, Spanish moss hanging from trees, signed lower right "A.F. Dalr... |
150 - 300 |
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| 27 |
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Country watercolor and body color landscape on paper, hay harvest with team of horses and wagon, structure... |
400 - 800 |
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| 28 |
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Screen print "Alice on Leaves," No. 33/125, signed lower right "Fay Peck" (American, 20th century), painte... |
100 - 200 |
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| 29 |
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Marble-top stand, possibly for books, scalloped-corner top, conforming frieze, trestle base with cutwork e... |
150 - 250 |
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| 30 |
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Pine and poplar cupboard, shaped and dovetailed wooden gallery above two dovetailed drawers and two frame-... |
200 - 400 |
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| 31 |
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Fractur or taufschein, watercolor on wove paper, birth certificate for "Christian Schlobach, born 26 of No... |
200 - 400 |
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| 32 |
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Unsigned oil on canvas, half portrait of older woman in lace collar and turban, 19th century, lined, some... |
200 - 400 |
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| 33 |
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Two pairs brass push-up candlesticks, 19th century: baluster form, 10", beehive and faceted, repaired base... |
150 - 300 |
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| 34 |
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Pair cattle horns, elaborate brass mounts, chains for hanging, hinged lids on larger ends, each with sever... |
200 - 400 |
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| 35 |
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Pair fine cut glass two-cup candelabra, tulip-shaped sockets, tapered pedestals with circular ribbed bases... |
250 - 500 |
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| 36 |
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Inlaid satinwood letter box, tapered rectilinear form, four interior compartments, applied cut steel decor... |
100 - 200 |
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| 37 |
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Rectangular cherry humidor, elaborate carved decoration with ribbons and flowers, interior with 28 compart... |
150 - 250 |
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| 38 |
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Georgian style mahogany stool, cabriole legs, scroll-carved returns, ball-and-claw feet, upholstered seat ... |
200 - 400 |
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| 39 |
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Pair rococo style brass chenet, attached central rail, scroll and floral motifs, old unpolished surface, ... |
200 - 400 |
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| 40 |
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Chinese export silver teapot, marks for Tin Sang, first quarter 20th century, test .900 or better silver c... |
500 - 1,000 |
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| 41 |
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Nodding ceramic bank, figure of seated black woman holding shell-shaped basin with slot for coins, "Dank U... |
300 - 600 |
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| 42 |
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Pair Victorian English silver lidded vegetable servers, marks for London 1843, Charles Reily and George St... |
1,200 - 1,800 |
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| 43 |
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George III English silver tea urn, matching urn finial, looped and beaded handles, square pedestal base wi... |
600 - 1,200 |
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| 43A |
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Pair French walnut upholstered armchairs, neoclassically styled, ring-turned front legs, saber rear legs,... |
800 - 1,500 |
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| 44 |
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Piedmont N.C. birch corner cupboard, early 19th century, cove-molded cornice above two 8-pane glass doors,... |
3,000 - 6,000 |
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| 45 |
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Watercolor and body color on paper, Garfield Place, Cincinnati, Ohio, in winter, statue of President Garfi... |
250 - 500 |
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| 46 |
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Bronze cupid with bow, "Eros," dark brown patina, marked in base "Houdon" (Jean Antoine Houdon, French, 17... |
1,500 - 2,500 |
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| 47 |
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14 pieces Imari porcelain: three shallow bowls, one with rim chips, one with foot chips, one broken and r... |
100 - 200 |
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| 48 |
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Finely decorated porcelain urn, hand-painted panels, one with farm animal with harbor scene in background,... |
800 - 1,500 |
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| 49 |
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Six-sided inlaid wooden box, top with floral bouquet banded with burlwood and light and dark line inlay, i... |
75 - 150 |



















































