- NORTH DEVON SLIPWARE HARVEST JUGprobably
Barnstaple or Fremington, 1783, decorated in sgraffito technique on the front with a large sunburst flanked on each side with flowering plants, to the left side a fantastical...
[more like this] - THIERRY PONCELET, (BELGIAN, B. 1946),
PORTRAIT OF A GREAT DANE (JUDGE MALAPIE OF LYON), OIL ON CANVAS, 32 1/2 X 26 1/4 IN., FRAME: 38 X 31 1/4 IN.THIERRY PONCELET, (Belgian, b. 1946) Portrait of a Great Dane...
[more like this] - STUDIO OF ANTHONY VAN DYCK(Flemish,
1599-1641)
Portrait of King Charles I (1630-1685), wearing the Blue Garter Ribbon, unsigned, an early copy, possibly one of the pendant pairs that were early copies of the...
[more like this] - TWO “ EN TOUS CAS” UMBRELLASCa.
1900-A French “Bétaille” delicate one for “Her” with a charming pinecone shaped and fire gilt knob on a snake wood pole-shaft with brass end tip, U-shaped steel ribs...
[more like this] - HARDSTONE FIGURAL BLACK BOY BRIGG CANE-1900
-Wheel cut of a rare black Nephrite jade to depict a lovely Black Boy head with a fez, the knob shows naturalistic details in exceptional finesse and takes advantage of a...
[more like this] - SILVER AND LAPIS LAZULI BRIGG DRESS
CANE-1888 -Large Lapis Lazuli knob fashioned of a select single stone of a throughout uniform blue color richly speckled with golden pyrite dust in a substantial, slightly...
[more like this] - SAM GILLIAM (AMERICAN, 1933-2022)Sam
Gilliam
American, 1933-2022
Doc IV , 1979
Oil on two molded canvases, signed, titled, and dated to verso
In diptych: sage, mauve, rust, and azure tones bleed onto a pale field...
[more like this] - SAM GILLIAM (AMERICAN, 1933-2022)Sam
Gilliam
American, 1933-2022
Orange Slice
Acrylic and aluminum dust on molded canvas
Orange, lavender, and green to the creased and paint-splattered canvas on bevel edge stretcher,...
[more like this] - YURI (GEORGE) SCHWEBLER (YUGOSLAVIAN/AMERICAN,
1942-199...Yuri (George) Schwebler
Yugoslavian/American, 1942-1990
Protractor Box , 1977
Mixed media, signed, titled, and dated to verso
A large protractor, the shadowbox...
[more like this] - YURI (GEORGE) SCHWEBLER (YUGOSLAVIAN/AMERICAN,
1942-199...Yuri (George) Schwebler
Yugoslavian/American, 1942-1990
Protractor Box
Mixed media shadow box, signed, titled, and dated 1977 to verso
A bronze plumb bob held suspended...
[more like this] - GAY GLADING (AMERICAN, B. 1939)Gay Glading
American,
b. 1939
Moon Mars Conjunct , 1973
Acrylic on canvas, signed to verso
In the manner of Jeremy Moon, a large format eclipse of concentric circles of blue, gold, and white, the...
[more like this] - JANE DOW (AMERICAN, B. 1945)Jane Dow
American,
b. 1945
Coming Red
Acrylic on canvas, signed, titled, and dated 1976-78 to verso
The dark field of mahogany drip throughout, a pointed smudge at the center, unframed.
70 x...
[more like this] - TOM DINEEN (AMERICAN, 20TH C.)Tom Dineen
American,
20th century.
Untitled, 1984
Oil on canvas, unsigned
Large format abstract in soft, dark tones of blue, unframed, a Middendorf Gallery, Washington D.C. label to verso with...
[more like this] - ROBERT GORDY (AMERICAN, 1933-1986)Robert
Gordy
American, 1933-1986
Study for "The Meeting" , 1980
Marker, ink, and colored pencil on paper, signed and dated lower left
Four silhouetted figures against tiles, set...
[more like this] - ROBERT GORDY (AMERICAN, 1933-1986)Robert
Gordy
American, 1933-1986
Still Life with Brick , 1971
Acrylic on canvas, signed and dated lower right
The brick in a field of small fruits and nuts, framed.
Education:
1956...
[more like this] - IZNIK-STYLE RIMLESS POTTERY DISH WITH
SAZ LEAF
19TH CENTURY of circular form with short upright rim on a short foot, underglaze painting in blue, turquoise, bole red and black outline on an off-white ground, decorated...
[more like this] - QUR’AN SECTION IN ‘EASTERN’ KUFIC
SCRIPT
PERSIA, 11TH-12TH CENTURY 44 folios, comprising Sura II, al-Baqara, vv. 178-181, vv. 213-220, vv. 222-226, vv. 231-240, vv. 245-247, vv. 253-254, vv. 256-279, vv. 282-286;...
[more like this] - BIFOLIUM IN SYRIAC SCRIPT FROM THE 'PESHITTA'
BIBLE
CIRCA 16TH-17TH CENTURY written in black ink on paper, comprising New Testament Luke vv. 17.7- vv. 18.6, the text is divided into two columns on each of the four leaves,...
[more like this] - OTTOMAN METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED VELVET
PIRPIRI KAFTAN
LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY the front black velvet ground heavily embroidered with silver and metal thread comprising repeat geometric and floral motifs,...
[more like this] - OTTOMAN ROSE-CUT DIAMOND NECKLACE FROM
THE REIGN OF SULTAN ABDULHAMID II (R.1876-1909)
CIRCA 1900 composed of raised clusters and foliate motifs, set throughout with rose-cut diamonds and diamond slices in foiled...
[more like this] - Children's Books to include Carroll
(Lewis) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan & Company, 1899, John Tenniel illus, 8vo, publisher's pictorial red cloth; Parry (Judge) DOn Quixote of La Mancha,...
[more like this] - THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, (ENGLISH, 1727-1788),
PORTRAIT OF SIR JOHN SKYNNER, (1723-1805), OIL ON CANVAS, 50 X 40 IN.THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, (English, 1727-1788) Portrait of Sir John Skynner, (1723-1805), oil on canvas...
[more like this] - GEORGE LANCE (BRITISH, 1802-1864), "THE
VILLAGE COQUETTE" Oil on canvas. Signed "LANCE" (center right, on metal pail).
Exhibited: Royal Academy, London, 1843, No. 606. Manchester, Art Treasures Exhibition) 1857,...
[more like this] - AFTER JAMES POLLARD (1792–1867), EACH:
DONCASTER RACES, BY SMART & HUNT, EACH: AQUATINT IN COLORS WITH HAND-COLORING AND GUM ARABIC ON PAPER, PLATE: 16.5" H X 26" W; SHEET: 21" H X 30.5" W, 2 PIECESAfter James...
[more like this] - JAMES EDWARD BUTTERSWORTH (NJ/NY/UK,
1817-1894) The First Race of 1851, the yacht 'America' turning at the Judges Barge, crossing the Queen's Yacht, oil on hardboard, signed lower right, housed in the original...
[more like this] - Fine Napoleon III Ormolu-Mounted Ebonized
Cabinet, third quarter 19th century, of Louis XVI inspiration, the case with a pair of incised stamps "Grohe Freres Ebenistes Du Roi A Paris", the period noir de Mazy marble...
[more like this] - 1 vol. [Sherlock, William.] A Discourse
Concerning a Judge of Controversies in Matters of Religion. London: Robert Clavell, 1686. First edition. 4to, modern bds. Scattered light foxing. Trimmed - a few feet shaved...
[more like this] - Portrait, attributed to Gilbert Stuart
(Massachusetts, 1755-1828), half portrait of a British soldier, unsigned, oil on canvas, canvas stencil verso "Prepared by Robe-Miller/…London", serial number on stretcher...
[more like this] - American Colonial silver spoons by Alexander
Crouckeshanks Boston circa 1768 pair teaspoons one reduced in size and engraved No. 6 and the other engraved with initial D and No. 2; marked: AC spaced by pellet and with...
[more like this] - A London Olympics 1908 Judge's commemorative
medal by P. Vaughton after B. Mackennal the obverse depicting ''Flame'' standing upon a globe with trumpet and palm branch and legend ''Elis Athens Paris St. Louis London....
[more like this] - John Ruskin (British 1819-1900) "A Cave
Seen in Sunlight" and "A Cave Seen in Shade": a pair of drawings probably c. 1830s graphite watercolor and gouache on light buff wove papers (both sheets laid down) unsigned...
[more like this] - Very probably John Ruskin (British 1819-1900)
"Bones of a Female Foot" 1844 graphite watercolor and gouache on gray wove paper laid down; unsigned 7 1/16 x 12 in. in a modern mount; inscribed in a later hand en verso...
[more like this] - [Storytellers] Books on Minstrels and
Storytellers Lot of 5. Scott Sir Walter. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. London: Alex. Murray & Son 1869. 12mo blue cloth with paper spine label 544pp. Spine worn corners...
[more like this] - Four books, miniature portraits: Daphne
Fosket, [Dictionary of British Miniature Portraitures], two volumes, Praeger Publishers, 1972, 11-1/4 x 9 in.; J. J. Foster, [Dictionary of Painters of Miniatures], London,...
[more like this] - Fine CDV Album of European Royalty Literary
Political & Educational Figures Lot of approximately 140 cdvs in an album with space for 200 each with pencil identification in the album.? The album is a virtual who's who...
[more like this] - Giuseppe Garibaldi Rare Autographed
CDV Albumen CDV of Garibaldi featuring facsimile signature and imprinted caption Photographed On Board H.M.S. "Hannibal" At The Capitulation Of Palermo in the recto margin...
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