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The May Auction
8:00 AM PT - May 22nd, 2005

offered by
Metropolitan Galleries at Shaker Square

13119 Shaker Square
Cleveland, OH 44120
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Thursday through Saturday - May 19th - 21st - Noon - 7:00 pm. Metropolitan Galleries 3910 Lorain Avenue Cleveland, OH 44113 216 631.2222

494 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1 Lot 1

Miniature Bombe Commode
Italian, early 20th century, with three drawers, foliate for...

150
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300
7 Bids
2 Lot 2

Plaster Horse Bust
After the antique, cast as a stylized bust of a horse, unsi...

50
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100
1 Bid
3 Lot 3

Carved Architectural Model
Late 19th c./ early 20th c., carved in stone on recto and ve...

300
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600
4 Bids
4 Lot 4

Carved Architectural Model
Late 19th c./ early 20th c., carved in stone on recto and ve...

300
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600
4 Bids
5 Lot 5

Pair of Figural Wall Brackets
Cast in composition as two faces framed by scrollwork, cover...

100
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200
1 Bid
6 Lot 6

Persian Cloisonne Lamb
Modeled with an alert expression, ears cast forward, in blac...

400
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800
9 Bids
7 Lot 7

Pre Colombian Style Vessel
Of annular form with zoomorphic handles, the base affixed wi...

100
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200
12 Bids
8 Lot 8

Vintage African Drum
The wooden sides incised with cross hatching picked out in b...

200
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400
1 Bid
9 Lot 9

African Wood and Leather Vessel
Of baluster form, carved in wood, with a leather top and cas...

100
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200
1 Bid
10 Lot 10

Tribal Mask
Carved from wood as a zoomorphic mask with pointed ears, tus...

200
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400
4 Bids
11 Lot 11

Carved African Fertility Figure
Carved as a female figure with pronounced breasts, stylized ...

200
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400
1 Bid
12 Lot 12

African Mask
Carved with almond shaped eyes and attenuated features, surm...

150
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300
8 Bids
13 Lot 13

Tarahumara Drum
Of cylindrical form, the sides covered in bark, the ends in ...

75
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150
1 Bid
14 Lot 14

Carved African Figural Box
Of cylindrical form, carved with two figures. 17"H. Conditio...

150
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300
4 Bids
15 Lot 15

Vintage African Mask
Carved from wood as the head of an antelope, surmounted by a...

200
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400
1 Bid
16 Lot 16

Primitive "Voodoo" Doll
Constructed with a wood head with primitively painted eyes, ...

100
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200
17 Lot 17

Carved African Grain Door
Carved with animals and human figures. 21"x17 1/2". Conditio...

150
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250
8 Bids
18 Lot 18

African Figural Spear
Carved in hard wood, terminating in a stylized bust. 34 1/2"...

75
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150
1 Bid
18A Lot 18A

Tribal Mask
20th c. carved from ebonized wood inset with multi-colored b...

100
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200
1 Bid
19 Lot 19

Zulu Basket
Selinah Nkwauyana, of annular form, woven in a geometric mot...

75
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150
11 Bids
20 Lot 20

Native American Doll, late 19thc
Constructed with a cloth body, bead eyes, hair, dressed in s...

200
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400
7 Bids
21 Lot 21

RPM Porcelain Cowboy Plaque
Germany, 20th century, decorated with a scene of cowboys her...

100
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200
7 Bids
22 Lot 22

Charles H. Humphries Bronze
After Charles Henry Humphries (Anglo-American, 1867-1934), c...

700
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900
8 Bids
23 Lot 23

Pair WPA Mural Study Paintings
20th century, Ohio, oil on board, depicting a meeting betwee...

1,000
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2,000
1 Bid
24 Lot 24

Frank Ray Walker, George Washington
Frank Walker (American, 20th c.), "Portrait of George Washin...

800
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1,500
3 Bids
25 Lot 25

Frank Ray Walker, Ben Franklin
Frank Ray Walker (American, 20th c. ), "Portrait of Benjamin...

800
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1,500
1 Bid
26 Lot 26

Frank Ray Walker, Alexander Hamilton
Frank Ray Walker (American, 20th c. ), "Portrait of Alexande...

800
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1,600
19 Bids
27 Lot 27

19thc. American School Portrait
"Portrait of Charles Sylvester Fetterman", oil on canvas lai...

1,000
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2,000
28 Lot 28

Frederick Calvert Sea Painting, 19th c.
English, 1785-1846, oil on canvas laid down on board, depict...

5,000
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8,000
2 Bids
29 Lot 29

19th c. English School Painting
"Street Scene with the Lord Mayor of London", oil on canvas ...

1,500
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3,000
4 Bids
30 Lot 30

Edmund Williams Painting 19thc.
English, 1782-1855, "English Landscape with Man, Boy, and Ca...

5,000
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8,000
2 Bids
31 Lot 31

Victorian Figural Napkin Ring
Plated silver, in the style of Kate Greenaway, modeled as a ...

400
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600
20 Bids
32 Lot 32

Victorian Figural Napkin Ring
In the style of Kate Greenaway, modeled as a babe holding a ...

400
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600
9 Bids
33 Lot 33

Victorian Figural Napkin Ring
Plated silver, modeled as a babe reading a book on a snail, ...

200
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300
10 Bids
34 Lot 34

Wilcox Figural Napkin Ring
Plated silver, modeled as a youth on his back, raised on an ...

200
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400
8 Bids
35 Lot 35

Victorian Figural Napkin Ring
Plated silver, modeled as a fairy playing a stringed instrum...

150
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250
1 Bid
36 Lot 36

Victorian Figural Napkin Ring
Simpson, Hall, Miller, Company, modeled as a sailor leaning ...

600
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800
3 Bids
37 Lot 37

Aurora Figural Napkin Ring
Plated silver, modeled as a boy training his puppy to sit an...

200
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300
9 Bids
38 Lot 38

Victorian Figural Napkin Ring
In the style of Kate Greenaway, modeled as a babe wearing an...

400
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600
4 Bids
39 Lot 39

Wilcox Figural Napkin Ring
Plated silver, in the style of Kate Greenaway, modeled as a ...

400
-
600
21 Bids
40 Lot 40

Sterling Mirror, 19th c.
Late 19th century, finely cast with scrolls, masks, birds, a...

500
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800
11 Bids
41 Lot 41

Heubach Miniature Plaque
finely painted with the bust of a blonde beauty wearing Rena...

500
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800
42 Lot 42

H. Hofmann Porcelain Plaque. 19th c.
19th century, the miniature plaque finely painted with an im...

600
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900
43 Lot 43

Royal Copenhagen Chocolate Pot
Blue fluted pattern, painted in underglaze blue, stamped in ...

100
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200
1 Bid
44 Lot 44

Royal Copenhagen Pots de Crème
Comprising eight pots de crème painted in underglaze blue (B...

300
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600
11 Bids
45 Lot 45

Doulton Burslem Willow Jug
The large jug transfer decorated in blue with oriental motif...

150
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250
11 Bids
46 Lot 46

Worcester Ornithological Plates
Royal Worcester, England, circa 1862, each finely painted in...

1,000
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2,000
47 Lot 47

Staffordshire Spaniel Figure
Late 19th/early 20th century, enameled in black with spots. ...

200
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400
3 Bids
48 Lot 48

Black Americana Humidor 19thc
Majolica, modeled as a young black African child seated on a...

200
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400
3 Bids
49 Lot 49

Black Americana Smoking Set
Majolica, modeled as a young African American seated smoking...

200
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400
6 Bids
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