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Esteemed Nashville antique dealer’s collection steps up at Case, Oct. 8

Sheila Gibson Stoodley
Sheila Gibson Stoodley

 

Antique red chinoiserie-decorated Dutch linen press with an old Antwerp label, from the estate of Pia Stratton, estimated at $1,000-$1,200
Antique red chinoiserie-decorated Dutch linen press with an old Antwerp label, from the estate of Pia Stratton, estimated at $1,000-$1,200

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The first of two major Case auctions featuring art and antiques from Nashville antiques dealer Pia Stratton’s business and personal collection is set for Saturday, October 8. Items from several other estates, private collections and two museums, including the Arkansas Museum of Art, are also included in the nearly 600-lot auction. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

For Nashville antiques dealer Pia Norman Stratton, the selling of European fine and decorative arts was more than a business. It was a family affair that began when her mother, Duina Zacchini Norman, a former circus trapeze artist, opened a store in Nashville’s 8th Avenue Antiques District in 1963. Norman named it after her daughter, Pia, and as “Pia the daughter” grew up, mother and daughter built “Pia the shop” into one of the city’s most exclusive and longest-running antiques establishments. When Norman passed away in 2006, Pia spearheaded the business until her own death last year at the age of 69.

Italian gilt bronze coral-inlaid chalice, estimated at $600-$800
Italian gilt bronze coral-inlaid chalice, estimated at $600-$800

Highlights from the Pia Stratton furniture collection include a signed Gabriel Viardot Asian-style music cabinet; a George III green lacquered chinoiserie tall clock with its face marked for Thomas Butterfield; a Venetian Rococo style bombe commode with Lacca Povera decoration; numerous French marble-topped and bronze-mounted chests; and a Continental Baroque tabernacle-form bureau bookcase with pietra dura inlay. A particular standout among the furniture choices is a Dutch red bombe linen press decorated with chinoiserie and estimated at $1,000-$1,200. There is also a set of 12 Capodimonte armorial plates, a KPM plaque, Nymphenburg figures, and Old Paris porcelain, including a pair of scent bottles modeled as Scottish bagpipers.

Luc Didier, ‘St. Lyphard, Vu de la Briere,’ estimated at $1,400-$1,500
Luc Didier, ‘St. Lyphard, Vu de la Briere,’ estimated at $1,400-$1,500

Fine art from the Pia Stratton estate includes dog paintings by George Smith Armfield and Edward George Armfield and still lifes by Oliver and Vincent Clare, along with works by John F. Herring, Maxmillienne Guyon, William Mellor, Lilly Spencer, Pal Fried and David Burliuk. Especially worthy of mention is an undated landscape by Luc Didier (French, b. 1954-), estimated at $1,400-$1,500.

A four-carat marquise cut diamond in a 14K setting with GIA report, estimated at $24,000-$26,000
A four-carat marquise cut diamond in a 14K gold setting with GIA report, estimated at $24,000-$26,000

The auction also features a sizable collection of estate jewelry from multiple consignors. Among the highlights are two rings, one featuring a four-carat marquise brilliant cut diamond and the other a 4.46 carat oval brilliant diamond. Both come with GIA reports and are estimated at $24,000-$26,000 and $16,000-$18,000, respectively.

22K gold and diamond waterfall necklace featuring 546 diamonds weighing a total of 20 carats, estimated at $8,000-$9,000
22K gold and diamond waterfall necklace featuring 546 diamonds weighing a total of 20 carats, estimated at $8,000-$9,000

Also featured is a waterfall diamond necklace and earring set comprising 546 diamonds weighing a total of 20 carats. It carries an estimate of $8,000-$9,000.

Chanel handbag, estimated at $2,000-$2,400
Chanel handbag, estimated at $2,000-$2,400

From the selection of luxury goods and accessories comes a Chanel Classic double flap black quilted bag with a woven-in leather chain strap, estimated at $2,000-$2,400.

Other standouts include a riveting painting depicting a tornado by Mayfield, Kentucky self-taught artist Helen Lafrance along with works by Tommy Silvestre Macaione, Sterling Strauser and Jeanne Davies; a collection of contemporary art from the Arkansas Museum of Art; a George Northup bronze Aspen floor lamp; Herend porcelain and St. Louis crystal stemware; several sterling flatware sets, including one in the Francis I pattern by Reed and Barton and one in the Buttercup pattern by Gorham; a museum-deaccessioned collection of religious artifacts; Southern regional decorative arts; an inlaid 19th century ebony Milanese style cabinet with possible attribution to Jackson and Graham of England; and an Italian gilt bronze coral-inlaid chalice or ciborium, dating to the 18th century or earlier. This last is estimated at $600-$800.

For more information, or to consign objects for a future auction, call Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions and Appraisals in Knoxville at 865-558-3033; or the company’s Nashville office at 615-812-6096; or email info@caseantiques.com.

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