ATLANTA – Items from the estate of Emory Ashford Schwall, Sr. will be offered online on Sunday, February 27 by Ahlers & Ogletree, starting at 10 am Eastern time. Schwall’s collections are highlighted by fine paintings by listed artists, period antique furniture, fine rugs and English and French porcelain – more than 550 lots in all. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
The likely top lot of the auction is a monumental oil on canvas painting by the British artist David Bates (1840-1921) titled Mill North Wales and estimated at $5,000-$8,000. Bates was a rural landscape artist who worked in watercolors and oils.
A pair of 19th-century porcelain bronze mounted urns attributed to Sevres and Victor Paillard (French, 1805-1886) are expected to realize $4,000-$6,000. Each has floral decorated gilt bronze rims and are raised on gilt bronze bases.
A textured wide 14K yellow gold bracelet with an attached diamond watch has a pre-sale estimate of $2,000-$4,000. The stones are modern round brilliant and single-cut 1.60 cwt. diamonds (G-H color, VS2-Si1 clarity), and the watch is not working.
A visually arresting unsigned French 18th-century oil on canvas portrait of a gentleman and his dog, titled, appropriately enough, Nobleman and His Dog, is expected to reach $3,000-$5,000. Also, a 19th-century oil on canvas View of Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome, after the original painting by Antonio Canaletto (Italian, 1697-1768), carries an identical estimate.
A Persian antique hand-woven Heriz Serapi rug, palace-size at 11ft 5in by 23ft 5 in and boasting vibrant colors, is estimated at $10,000-$20,000. In addition, a parcel gilt mythological bronze statue by Michel Claude Clodion (French, 1738-1814), titled Bacchantes and Satyr, should make $2,000-$3,000.
A 19th-century Christofle silver-plated bronze figural centerpiece in the rococo taste, having a reticulated basket with scrolled acanthus decoration, is estimated at $2,000-$4,000.
A large, unmarked 19th-century Venetian hand-blown colorless glass two-tier 16-light electrified chandelier is expected to light up the room for $2,000-$4,000. The chandelier has undergone some restoration and repair, and the wiring will need to be reconnected.
The final highlight, an English 19th-century George III Hepplewhite inlaid mahogany and mahogany veneered D-form sideboard, fitted with a divided central drawer with conforming drawer below, should sell for $1,500-$3,000.
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