American Aesthetic Style

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La Grange, TX, United States

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American Aesthetic Style

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More than 190 select antiques, including important lots from notable makers such as Thackera & Co., Herter Brothers, Charles Parker, Bradley & Hubbard, Reed & Barton, etc., all in the American Aesthetic taste: furniture, lighting, builders' hardware, patinated copper and brass, ceramics, and a variety of metalwork, with many items referenced in A Brass Menagerie and In Pursuit of Beauty catalogs.

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Longwy Tile Trivet: Brass trivet with 6” x 6” Longwy tile showing a bluebird resting amongst the cherry blossoms…unmarked…note the sea-creatures that support the handles…

Lot Closed

0001: Longwy Tile Trivet

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Lot Passed

Brass Stand with Prisms & Jewels: Four legged copper stand with 13.75"dia. hammered top hung with tear-drop prisms, and a 7.75" sq. shelf set with faceted glass jewels...supported by tubular legs ending in pad feet...one small dent

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0002: Brass Stand with Prisms & Jewels

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Lot Passed

SOLD

Patinated Copper Candle Holder: Red patinated copper candle holder with a lily pad base and two frogs taking their ease amongst the foliage…note the wrapped bamboo handle and the paisley design reflecting the Arts & Crafts

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0003: Patinated Copper Candle Holder

SOLD

Footed Silver Plate Tray: Silver plate “waiter” tray, 8.5” dia., on four wide feet with sunrise decoration…a lizard and sunflower on a masonry background share space with a solid cast copper

Lot Closed

0004: Footed Silver Plate Tray

SOLD

Holly Hinge: Red bronze hinge from Yale in the “Holly” design c.1890…4.5” x 4.5”, note the thickness of the metal…may be among the last great American Aesthetic hardware

Lot Closed

0005: Holly Hinge

SOLD

Obscure Hardware Mfg. (1): Simple & strong brass passage knob from Clark Mfg., c. 1888…a design also found on carved wood butter molds of the that era…drum form with knurled finger band…note the “slot &

Lot Closed

0006: Obscure Hardware Mfg. (1)

SOLD

Round Pocket Door Escutcheon: Cast red bronze circular keyhole escutcheon/finger pull, 2.75” dia., for a pocket door…from Mallory Wheeler c. 1880s.

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0007: Round Pocket Door Escutcheon

SOLD

Passage Knob from Trenton: Bronze passage knob from Trenton Lock c. 1887..how to be asymmetrical while being symmetrical...drum form with a knurled finger band…good as found…

Lot Closed

0008: Passage Knob from Trenton

Owls Lang Syne: Silver plate card tray in the form of an artist’s pallet with the first two bars of Auld Lang Syne etched into the top, along with the opening stanza of the lyrics…set on a rusticated

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0009: Owls Lang Syne

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Multi-Tier SP Table Display: Very large multi-tier silver plate epergne or table display, 31” high, with strong Aesthetic decoration around the 8.5” dia. base…the two tiers are 15”dia. and 10”dia

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0010: Multi-Tier SP Table Display

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Lot Passed

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Silver Plate Cigar Tray: Heavy brass rusticated cigar tray with much of the silver plate polished away…unmarked but dated 10 Avril 1887 so that provides a timeline and origin…note the scale design and the handle

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0011: Silver Plate Cigar Tray

Oil Lamp & Fitter: Urn form ceramic oil lamp decorated with wide diagonals of free-form paint enclosed by applied gesso florets, which are also repeated around the neck that holds the original brass font and

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0012: Oil Lamp & Fitter

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Upholstered Foot Stool: Upholstered foot stool with wide brass decorated band and four ball and claw feet…13”dia. x 8.5”h…note the single board pine bottom…feet have been re-set because

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0013: Upholstered Foot Stool

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Carved Walnut Side Chair: Carve walnut side chair, 29" x 24" x 22" deep...maker not identified...note the urns on the top rail and the center splat...also the spindle-work incorporated into the leg supports...vintage fabric

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0014: Carved Walnut Side Chair

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Lot Passed

SOLD

Silver Plate Cheese Server: Silver plate cheese server in the form of a palm frond, with two hand-incised mice (one on each side)…13.75” x 3”, heavy and showing wear from usage (lol), unmarked…good as

Lot Closed

0015: Silver Plate Cheese Server

Silver Plate Fish Server: Silver plate fish server, 11.75” x 2.75”, engraved with a pond scene featuring fanciful fishes amongst bulrushes…note the classical decoration on the handle but also the Chinese

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0016: Silver Plate Fish Server

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Lot Passed

SOLD

Vestibule Light c.1880s: Red brass hanging light designed for an entrance space…10” x 7” x 13.5”…total height is 28”…6” glass tiles and 1.25” glass cabochons…note

Lot Closed

0017: Vestibule Light c.1880s

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Hopkins & Dickenson Knob and Plate: One of many fine H&D designs c. 1880s…entry size knob with single keyhole door plate, 8.75” x 2.5”, was polished at some point in its life…nice as found.

Lot Closed

0018: Hopkins & Dickenson Knob and Plate

Bronze Hinges: Two bronze hinges, 5” x 5” and 3.5” x 3.5”, likely English c. 1880s…unusual design…good as found.

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0019: Bronze Hinges

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Lot Passed

SOLD

Obscure Mfg. #2: Strongly cast passage knob, c. 1890, from Salem Lock Co, an obscure Ohio hardware company…scarce and nice as found.

Lot Closed

0020: Obscure Mfg. #2

SOLD

Norwalk Passage Knob: Cast brass parasol top passage knob from Norwalk c. 1885…good as found

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0021: Norwalk Passage Knob

SOLD

Parrot Knob & Plate: Parrot passage knob and door plate, 10” x 2.5’…marked “Russell and Erwin” on the reverse…the knob may have been polished but the plate appears to retain the

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0022: Parrot Knob & Plate

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Clawfoot Candle Holder: Cast Britannia ware talon-footed candle holder…7” x 4” x 5”h…strong casting detail on the talon, both top and bottom, and equally good acorns and foliage…marked

Lot Closed

0023: Clawfoot Candle Holder

Fancy Floral Crumber: Triangular crumber with a fancy floral design, 6” x 8”, and including the tablecloth scraper…the tray section is made from stainless steel etched with an intense floral

Lot Closed

0024: Fancy Floral Crumber

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Lot Passed

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