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4:00 AM PT - Jan 3rd, 2004

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Preview January 2, 2003, 1:00 p.m.– 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), early preview by appointment at 117 Tunnel Road, Asheville, North Carolina

Important Catalogued Auction 1/3/04, 9:00 am

734 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
Gilt wood sconce with eagle,


double sconce with lion's head boss above curved acanthus leaf...

300
-
600
2
Lot 2
Painted tin tea box,


extensive geometric and floral painted decoration, slant-front...

300
-
600
3
Lot 3
Brass oval coal hod,


lift-out liner, top with openwork and beaded borders, oval loop...

150
-
250
4
Lot 4
Bronze doré chinoiserie ink stand,


bronze doré frame with shield at top, porcelain tray, 7-3/4 x...

100
-
200
5
Lot 5
Mahogany stand,


two dovetailed drawers, tapered and turned legs with turnip feet...

400
-
800
6
Lot 6
Pair brass Nereid tool rests,


brass fronts formed as female sea nymphs with engraved scales...

200
-
400
7
Lot 7
Polished slate and marble shelf clock,


circular cased works above half-round reeded columns, open...

300
-
600
8
Lot 8
Miniature oak draw-leaf table,


18th century style, two draw leaves, turned box-stretcher base...

200
-
400
9
Lot 9
Pair Federal-style knife urns,


mahogany with carved swags and tassels, square platform bases...

600
-
1,200
10
Lot 10
Coalport platter, pair plates:


oval Imari-style platter, cobalt, green and gilt decoration, base...

300
-
600
11
Lot 11
Mason's Imari-style plate,


ironstone with cobalt and iron red decoration, impressed mark...

100
-
200
12
Lot 12
Mason's shallow bowl,


scalloped corners, Imari style with orange, yellow and green...

150
-
250
13
Lot 13
Two Whieldon plates,


one 9-3/4 in. feather edge with mottled brown and green splashed...

500
-
1,000
14
Lot 14
18th century Virginia chest,


"Chinese style" walnut chest of drawers, four graduated...

1,000
-
2,000
15
Lot 15
Burlwood jewelry cask,


sarcophagus form, base with side-opening drawer above compressed...

400
-
800
16
Lot 16
Two 18th century Chippendale chairs,


cherry, similar tapered rectangular backs, one shell carving...

500
-
1,000
17
Lot 17
Majolica pitcher,


landscape with mountains, trees and large bird, base marked...

100
-
200
18
Lot 18
Prattware tea canister,

18th century English pearlware, figures in relief, possibly...

300
-
600
19
Lot 19
Staffordshire pastille burner,


castle with tree trunk and floral garlands, English, first half...

300
-
600
20
Lot 20
Two faience bowls:


one with Masonic symbols, floral and dot borders, 2-1/2 x...

300
-
600
21
Lot 21
Burlwood bracket,


English walnut, top with rectangular well, reverse breakfront...

150
-
250
22
Lot 22
Continental looking glass,


carved wood and gesso frame, openwork wreath pediment with...

200
-
400
23
Lot 23
Comb back English Windsor armchair,


bentwood arm rests, hand-planed seat, I-stretcher turned base...

200
-
400
24
Lot 24
Georgian mahogany knife box,


interior with original herringbone and arrow light-wood inlay...

300
-
600
25
Lot 25
Yellow pine corner cupboard,


molded cornice above double frame-and-panel doors, medial molding...

3,000
-
6,000
26
Lot 26
Cast iron cat doorstop,


old black-painted surface, probably English, late 19th or early...

100
-
200
27
Lot 27
Limoges center bowl,


hand-painted grape decoration with gilt highlights, base marked...

400
-
800
28
Lot 28
Silver-plated octagonal tea box,


tapered and fluted lid, bands of engraved bellflower decoration...

200
-
400
29
Lot 29
Silver-plated nut dish,


formed as half a walnut, mounted with twig handle and squirrel...

200
-
400
31
Lot 31
Boston lighthouse cocktail shaker,


silver-plated shaker formed as Boston lighthouse, marks for...

1,500
-
3,000
32
Lot 32
Five silver-plated cocktail shakers:


two by Manning, Bowman & Co., tops with release measures, beaded...

300
-
600
33
Lot 33
Rooster cocktail shaker, six tumblers,


Wallace Brothers: rounded form with hammered surface, scrolled...

2,000
-
4,000
34
Lot 34
Two sterling silver bowls:


one Revere style by Backes, 5 x 10 in., one by S. Kirk & Son...

150
-
250
35
Lot 35
Inlaid Southern stand,


rectangular top with rounded corners and band of double string...

6,000
-
12,000
36
Lot 36
Four English mahogany chairs,


two arms and two sides, tapered legs, stretcher bases, openwork...

500
-
1,000
37
Lot 37
Pair bronze Empire candelabra,


full-figure angels supporting five-arm candelabras above tapered...

2,000
-
4,000
38
Lot 38
Continental fruitwood stand,


top with applied cove molding, shaped frieze above tapered and...

600
-
1,200
39
Lot 39
Forty-seven leather-bound books,


Sir Walter Scott, "Waverly Novels," Edinburgh, 1859, half leather...

300
-
600
40
Lot 40
Ten 1788 leather-bound books,


"The Works of Lawrence Sterne," complete in ten volumes, London...

200
-
400
41
Lot 41
Animalier bronze, Mene


(Pierre Jules Mene, French, 1810-1879), four dogs attacking boar...

1,500
-
2,500
42
Lot 42
Marble figure of boy


holding basket of flowers, wearing hat, 27 in. End of sash broken...

800
-
1,500
43
Lot 43
Carved wooden figure of woman,


wearing flowing gown and laurel wreath, holding set of musical...

2,000
-
4,000
44
Lot 44
Five leather-bound books,


"Tyler's History of Scotland," five volumes of larger set...

150
-
250
45
Lot 45
Fifteen leather-bound books,


Bayard Taylor, "The Collected Prose Writings," New York...

200
-
400
46
Lot 46
Six leather-bound books,


"The Historical Works of William Robertson," six volumes complete...

150
-
250
47
Lot 47
Mahogany secretary-bookcase,


satinwood and mahogany veneers, broken-arch pediment with turned...

4,000
-
8,000
48
Lot 48
Pair Cornelius & Sons wall sconces,


tole painted, impressed mark on back "Cornelius Philad Patent...

200
-
400
49
Lot 49
English Charlton Hall desk,


late 18th century style lady's writing desk, spindled gallery...

600
-
1,200
50
Lot 50
Forty-two leather-bound books,


Sir Walter Scott, "Waverly Novels," Edinburgh, 1859, Volumes...

300
-
600
51
Lot 51
Miniature mahogany chest of drawers,


three-over-three graduated dovetailed drawers with inlaid diamond...

600
-
1,200
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