A Tractor Salesman's Porcelain OccupationalShaving Mug Belonging to Wallace White
G. H. Fralick, Wichita, Kansas, Early 20th Century
with Presented By W.W. White / Wichita, Kans in gilt lettering and depicting a steam...
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OWEN J. GROMME (1896-1991)Wild Turkeys,1943
signed and dated "Owen Gromme 43" lower right
oil on canvas, 30 by 24 in.
The successful reintroduction of the wild turkey to nearly the entirety of its historical range...
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TN IRON INDUSTRY POTTERS LEDGER ANDOTHER TN EPHEMERALedger related to an early Greene County Tennessee furnace and pottery, 1820s, plus a doctor's ledger and various ephemera. 1st item: "Potters Book for the...
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ANTIQUE LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND ACTS OFPARLIAMENT ON GAMBL...Antique Legal Documents and Acts of Parliament on Gambling. Including two Acts of Parliament (1801/12) regarding tax duties on cards and dice, and lotteries;...
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HARRY BLACKSTONE SR. FINANCIAL RECORDS,1920—50.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone Sr. Financial Records, 1920—50. Massive career-spanning archive, housed in 13 large cartons and comprised...
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FIVE CHINESE EXPORT LACQUERED AND GILTBOXES19th century, all with black lacquer ground and gilt chinoiserie decoration, of varying size and form, including: two tea caddies, hinged lids opening to divided interior...
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MEL CRAWFORD (B. 1925) "NOVA SCOTIA"ORIGINALMel Crawford (Canadian, B. 1925) "Nova Scotia" Signed lower left. Original Mixed Media on Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008),...
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AMERICAN SCHOOL MID CENTURY ABSTRACTPAINTINGAmerican School, Mid Century Abstract painting. Inscribed verso. Oil on canvas.
Size: 24 x 20 in.
Condition:
- By registering to bid for this auction either in-house...
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ERIK NITSCHE (1908 - 1998) "ROSE" ORIGINALErikNitsche (Swiss, 1908 - 1998) "Rose - Manuscript Illumination" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection of James A....
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GANDHARAN STONE OIL LAMP - INDUS VALLEYAfine Gandharan stone oil lamp from the Indus Valley, ca. 3rd - 4th Century AD. This nicely detailed example is 3-3/8 in. long, 2-5/8" wide and is carved from the gray schist...
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GANDHARAN STUCCO HEAD - INDUS VALLEYAchoice Gandharan stucco head from the Indus Valley, ca. 4th - 5th Century AD. This lovely example is 3-1/4 in. high and portrays a beautiful youth with black hair. The expressive...
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ISAMU NOGUCHI (1944-1988) AKARI FLOORLAMPIsamu Noguchi (1944-1988)
Mid century Akari Floor Lamp. Hand signed on shade. Washi paper, bamboo, lacquered metal and cast aluminum.
Areas of separation.
Total Height:...
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13TH C. MEDIEVAL ENGLISH SILVER SEALTEMPLAR KNIGHTNorthwestern Europe, England, or Byzantium, Medieval period, ca. 13th century CE. A lovely Medieval era 95% silver seal from the time of crusades! This seal...
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DOCUMENT: 15TH CENTURY FRENCH DEEDHandwrittenvellum document dated to 1432, possibly Old French, from the reign of Charles VII (Charles the Victorious). Signed with a signum after last word. Identified as a deed to a...
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FRANCO-FLEMISH GOTHIC OAK CUPBOARD15thCentury and later, adapted. Rectangular, with an open upper section, the back with linenfold panels, the midsection with two iron-mounted hinged doors, carved with putti in...
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SIX FRENCH DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO DEBTS17TH/18TH CENTURIES 17th/18th Centuries On parchment or laid paper. Five handwritten, one printed. All with tax/revenue stamps. Folded sheets to 13" x 9.5"....
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GROUPING OF MEXICAN RELIGIOUS ITEMSAND RETABLOGrouping of Mexican religious items, including a retablo of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Pre 20th Century. A carved cherub altarpiece sculpture, carved figure of St....
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17TH-CENTURY MA DOCUMENT: SIMON BRADSTREETSimon Bradstreet (1603-1697, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1679-'86 and 1689--'92) document, signed, dated at Boston, February 21, 1683: the complaint of Samuel Shrimpton,...
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Rosebud Agency Sketchbook, by "Jack"9 x 5 1/2 inch sketchbook containing 72 illustrations on unlined paper, in color pencil, ca 1880s-1890s. Paper cover featuring blue pencil inscription "Capt McCauley for Indian...
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SCOTT BURNS, ILLINOIS (20TH / 21ST CENTURY),DESIGN #78, LITHOGRAPH, 2005, 10" X 13 3/4", 16" X 20" (FRAME)Scott Burns, Illinois, (20th / 21st Century) Design #78, lithograph, 2005 signed on mat lower right, numbered...
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23 PC. COLLECTION OF VELLUM INDENTURES:To Include: 1) 5 18th-Century legal documents circa 1715-1749. Handwritten in ink with signatures, red wax seals, and embossed tax stamps. Comprises lease agreements, release,...
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Y IMPORTANT GEORGIAN DOLL'S HOUSE, 'THEEVANS BABY HOUSE'
18TH CENTURY, WITH LATER ADAPTATIONS AND CONTENTS modelled as a three-storeyed Georgian town house, of ochre and red painted pine and other timber, the hinged...
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? ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS POOLEY (IRISH1646-1723)
HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF JONATHAN SWIFT AS A STUDENT IN DUBLIN COLLEGE With later inscription, feigned oval, oil on canvas71cm x 58cm (28in x 22.75in)Provenance...
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LARGE LOT OF EPHEMERA RELATED TO MATTAPOISETT,ROCHESTER,WAREHAM, AND MARION, MA, FROM THE 18TH, 19TH, AND 20TH CENTURIES. APPROXIMATELY 300 TOTAL PIECES. FOR MATTAPOISETT, HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: MEILINGS MENU, 1857 MAPS, TWO CATHAY...
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LOT OF 15 PIECES OF EARLY EPHEMERA,MOSTLY FROMCAPE CODE. RANGING IN AGE FROM THE EARLY 18TH TO THE LATE 19TH CENTURIES. TO INCLUDE: CA. 1810 DIARY ENTRY OF A WOMAN WHICH MENTIONS GENERAL WILLIAM H. SUMNER (WITH...
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TWO DOCUMENTS ON PARCHMENT 7 ¼" x 12?" paper size Two documents on parchment, possibly 17th century. Purchased from Gordon Andreas Singer in 2008 as Papal documents. Copy of the invoice accompanies the lot....
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A Pilgrim Century Carved Oak DocumentBox
Likely English, Circa 1680
Height 6 x length 26 x width 17 1/2 inches.
Property from the Estate of Paul Thomas Griffith, Dayton, Ohio...
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Photographic Archive of Miles City MontanaPhotographer R.C. Morrison 1880s-1890s Cowan's is proud to present the photographic archive of pioneer Montana photographer Robert C. Morrison (1850-1938) descended directly...
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Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-SignedCommission and Pilot Knob Archive Comprising an early eagle mast head commission partially printed on vellum 12.25 x 15.75 in. matted framed and glazed 14.25 x 17.25 in. dated...
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2 pieces. Manuscript Material - 16th-CenturySpanish Colonial Documents: (Legal Document.) Arequipa, Peru, June 26, 1568. 5 pp (on 3 leaves), folio; some dampstaining. Apparently recording the Power of Attorney given...
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Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. ConfederateCivil War Letters, Civil War Era Photographs, Paintings, Meade Family Archive Virginia, 1861-1862: letter from Fort Sumter, March 21, 1861, to sister Julia Meade (1830-1906),...
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The Pashley Manor collection of fortydeeds and manorial records 14th century onwards to include a charter of Free Warren to Sir Edmund de Passeleye of the Warren of Pashley with the great seal of King Edward...
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Three North Carolina Governors' DocumentsAmerican, 18th through 20th centuries: Richard Caswell (1729-1789, first and fifth Governor of North Carolina), North Carolina Inferior Court manuscript document dated July...
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A quantity of historic documents andephemera including a document dated 1480 documents of the 16th and 17th century several Acts of Parliament of William III George II etc. 17/18th loan and payment documents...
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A quantity of historic documents andephemera including 17th century documents on the Restoration of the Monarchy correspondence from Lord to Lady Camarthen etc....
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*Othello Anderson (American 20th/21stcentury) Lake Effect Series (six works) photographs 8 3/4 x 13 inches (each). Price $ 1 000 Property from the Collection of Paul King and Associates Chicago Illinois ?Back???Purchase????...
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