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Important Catalogued Auction 1/3/04, 9:00 am
5:00 AM PT - Jan 3rd, 2004

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Brunk Auctions

PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
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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

734 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1 Lot 1

Gilt wood sconce with eagle,
double sconce with lion's head boss above curved acanthus lea...

300
-
600
46 Bids
2 Lot 2

Painted tin tea box,
extensive geometric and floral painted decoration, slant-fron...

300
-
600
22 Bids
3 Lot 3

Brass oval coal hod,
lift-out liner, top with openwork and beaded borders, oval lo...

150
-
250
19 Bids
4 Lot 4

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

100
-
200
24 Bids
5 Lot 5

Mahogany stand,
two dovetailed drawers, tapered and turned legs with turnip f...

400
-
800
17 Bids
6 Lot 6

Pair brass Nereid tool rests,
brass fronts formed as female sea nymphs with engraved scales...

200
-
400
18 Bids
7 Lot 7

Polished slate and marble shelf clock,
circular cased works above half-round reeded columns, open es...

300
-
600
17 Bids
8 Lot 8

Miniature oak draw-leaf table,
18th century style, two draw leaves, turned box-stretcher bas...

200
-
400
17 Bids
9 Lot 9

Pair Federal-style knife urns,
mahogany with carved swags and tassels, square platform bases...

600
-
1,200
35 Bids
10 Lot 10

Coalport platter, pair plates:
oval Imari-style platter, cobalt, green and gilt decoration, ...

300
-
600
20 Bids
11 Lot 11

Mason's Imari-style plate,
ironstone with cobalt and iron red decoration, impressed mark...

100
-
200
12 Bids
12 Lot 12

Mason's shallow bowl,
scalloped corners, Imari style with orange, yellow and green ...

150
-
250
11 Bids
13 Lot 13

Two Whieldon plates,
one 9-3/4 in. feather edge with mottled brown and green splas...

500
-
1,000
13 Bids
14 Lot 14

18th century Virginia chest,
"Chinese style" walnut chest of drawers, four graduated dovet...

1,000
-
2,000
36 Bids
15 Lot 15

Burlwood jewelry cask,
sarcophagus form, base with side-opening drawer above compres...

400
-
800
13 Bids
16 Lot 16

Two 18th century Chippendale chairs,
cherry, similar tapered rectangular backs, one shell carving ...

500
-
1,000
25 Bids
17 Lot 17

Majolica pitcher,
landscape with mountains, trees and large bird, base marked "...

100
-
200
8 Bids
18 Lot 18

Prattware tea canister, 18th century English pearlware, figures in relief, possibly maca...

300
-
600
12 Bids
19 Lot 19

Staffordshire pastille burner,
castle with tree trunk and floral garlands, English, first ha...

300
-
600
12 Bids
20 Lot 20

Two faience bowls:
one with Masonic symbols, floral and dot borders, 2-1/2 x 13-...

300
-
600
8 Bids
21 Lot 21

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

150
-
250
14 Bids
22 Lot 22

Continental looking glass,
carved wood and gesso frame, openwork wreath pediment with de...

200
-
400
13 Bids
23 Lot 23

Comb back English Windsor armchair,
bentwood arm rests, hand-planed seat, I-stretcher turned base...

200
-
400
19 Bids
24 Lot 24

Georgian mahogany knife box,
interior with original herringbone and arrow light-wood inlay...

300
-
600
17 Bids
25 Lot 25

Yellow pine corner cupboard,
molded cornice above double frame-and-panel doors, medial mol...

3,000
-
6,000
27 Bids
26 Lot 26

Cast iron cat doorstop,
old black-painted surface, probably English, late 19th or ear...

100
-
200
18 Bids
27 Lot 27

Limoges center bowl,
hand-painted grape decoration with gilt highlights, base mark...

400
-
800
13 Bids
28 Lot 28

Silver-plated octagonal tea box,
tapered and fluted lid, bands of engraved bellflower decorati...

200
-
400
12 Bids
29 Lot 29

Silver-plated nut dish,
formed as half a walnut, mounted with twig handle and squirre...

200
-
400
15 Bids
31 Lot 31

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

1,500
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3,000
30 Bids
32 Lot 32

Five silver-plated cocktail shakers:
two by Manning, Bowman & Co., tops with release measures, bea...

300
-
600
10 Bids
33 Lot 33

Rooster cocktail shaker, six tumblers,
Wallace Brothers: rounded form with hammered surface, scrolle...

2,000
-
4,000
19 Bids
34 Lot 34

Two sterling silver bowls:
one Revere style by Backes, 5 x 10 in., one by S. Kirk & Son,...

150
-
250
14 Bids
35 Lot 35

Inlaid Southern stand,
rectangular top with rounded corners and band of double strin...

6,000
-
12,000
44 Bids
36 Lot 36

Four English mahogany chairs,
two arms and two sides, tapered legs, stretcher bases, openwo...

500
-
1,000
14 Bids
37 Lot 37

Pair bronze Empire candelabra,
full-figure angels supporting five-arm candelabras above tape...

2,000
-
4,000
26 Bids
38 Lot 38

Continental fruitwood stand,
top with applied cove molding, shaped frieze above tapered an...

600
-
1,200
23 Bids
39 Lot 39

Forty-seven leather-bound books,
Sir Walter Scott, "Waverly Novels," Edinburgh, 1859, half lea...

300
-
600
27 Bids
40 Lot 40

Ten 1788 leather-bound books,
"The Works of Lawrence Sterne," complete in ten volumes, Lond...

200
-
400
11 Bids
41 Lot 41

Animalier bronze, Mene
(Pierre Jules Mene, French, 1810-1879), four dogs attacking b...

1,500
-
2,500
20 Bids
42 Lot 42

Marble figure of boy
holding basket of flowers, wearing hat, 27 in. End of sash br...

800
-
1,500
6 Bids
43 Lot 43

Carved wooden figure of woman,
wearing flowing gown and laurel wreath, holding set of musica...

2,000
-
4,000
23 Bids
44 Lot 44

Five leather-bound books,
"Tyler's History of Scotland," five volumes of larger set, Ed...

150
-
250
26 Bids
45 Lot 45

Fifteen leather-bound books,
Bayard Taylor, "The Collected Prose Writings," New York, 1870...

200
-
400
26 Bids
46 Lot 46

Six leather-bound books,
"The Historical Works of William Robertson," six volumes comp...

150
-
250
16 Bids
47 Lot 47

Mahogany secretary-bookcase,
satinwood and mahogany veneers, broken-arch pediment with tur...

4,000
-
8,000
30 Bids
48 Lot 48

Pair Cornelius & Sons wall sconces,
tole painted, impressed mark on back "Cornelius Philad Patent...

200
-
400
40 Bids
49 Lot 49

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

600
-
1,200
10 Bids
50 Lot 50

Forty-two leather-bound books,
Sir Walter Scott, "Waverly Novels," Edinburgh, 1859, Volumes ...

300
-
600
18 Bids
51 Lot 51

Miniature mahogany chest of drawers,
three-over-three graduated dovetailed drawers with inlaid dia...

600
-
1,200
11 Bids
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