ARTHUR BURDETT FROST (1851-1928)AutumnWoodcock Shooting, 1895
signed "A.B. Frost" lower right
watercolor and gouache, 13 1/2 by 21 1/2 in.
titled on The Old Print Shop, New York label on back
Charles Porter...
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GOLD AMERICAN PRESENTATION CANECa. 1900-Largeand elongated gold rolled knob fashioned in a stylized teardrop shape and chased in high relief with rich scrollwork and flowers. It is and personalized with three engraved...
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GOLD AMERICAN PRESENTATION CANEDated1889-Gold rolled knob fashioned in a well-proportioned, classic shape with a single ring collar and richly hand chased and engraved with three repeating panels of floral and...
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HIGH GRADE DOG HEADED SWORD CANE-Ca.1880 -Sizable figural Siam horn handle of a natural greenish toned color fashioned in a well-proportioned L-Shape with a longer vertical stem extending in a dog head liven...
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HIGH GRADE SWORD CANE-Ca. 1880 -Sizablehorn handle of a beautiful pale color fashioned in a well-proportioned L-Shape with a gently curving and plain hand rest and a longer vertical stem with simulated thorns,...
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JAMACOAQUE SNUFF JAR - ECUADORAn exceptionalJamacoaque snuff jar from Ecuador, ca. 300 BC - 600 AD. This superb example is 5-1/2 in. long, 4-1/4 in. in diameter and features a beautifully detailed couple standing on...
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19TH C. AFRICAN CONGO WOOD SLIT DRUM- GOAT FORMCentral Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, or Central African Republic, Lobala, Zande, or Banda people, ca. 19th century CE. This is a superb and...
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NATIVE AMERICAN CHACO BLACK-ON-WHITEPOTTERY OLLANative American, Southwestern United States, Four Corners region, New Mexico, Chaco Canyon area, ca. 1050 to 1200 CE. A superb pottery olla boasting a simple yet...
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COLIMA POTTERY STANDING SHAMAN FIGUREW/ INCISED MOTIFS...Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A superb pottery figure of a shaman shown standing atop thick legs and...
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SUPERB 18TH C. FRENCH IRON & BRASS CUIRASSARMORWestern Europe, France, ca. late 18th to early 19th century CE. A forged-iron cuirass breast and back plate fastened together with brass and leather straps to create...
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SUPERB GREEK CORE-FORMED GLASS AMPHORISKOSAncientGreece, ca. 6th to 4th century BCE. A particularly striking core-formed glass amphoriskos (miniature amphora) used by the ancients to hold perfumed oil. This near miniature...
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LARGE / EXPRESSIVE ROMAN MARBLE SPOUT- LION HEAD FORMRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 3rd century CE. A finely carved marble lion-headed spout, likely from an ancient fountain, with wonderful deep drilling characteristic...
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COLIMA POTTERY STANDING SHAMAN FIGUREW/ INCISED MOTIFS...Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A superb pottery figure of a shaman shown standing atop thick legs and...
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RARE LUSATIAN URNFIELD POTTERY BURIALURN W/ WHITE HUES...Central Europe, Germany & Poland, Urnfield & Lusatian (Lausitz) culture, Bronze Age, ca. 1300 BCE to 500 BCE. An extremely rare Bronze Age ceramic vessel...
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HUGE TEOTIHUACAN / AZTEC STONE WATERSPOUT ZOOMORPHPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan to early Aztec culture, ca. 600 to 1400 CE. This is a superb volcanic rock carving of a recumbent dog-like or jaguar...
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SUPERB AZTEC STONE COILED SERPENT /QUETZALCOATLPre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1325 to 1475 CE. An incredible stone carving of a serpent with the coils interlacing, forming a large and solid ball,...
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STONE AGE ACHEULEAN HOMO ERECTUS FLINTHAND AXENorthwestern Europe, Southeast England, Middlesex, Lower Paleolithic, Acheulean period, ca. 400,000 to 250,000 years ago. A superb flint bifacial hand axe was fashioned...
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SUPERB 12TH C. PERSIAN AMOL TERRACOTTAWINE JARWestern Asia, Northern Persia, Amol, ca. 12th century CE. A magnificent terracotta royal wine jug of an impressively large scale, boasting an elegant silhouette and...
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SUPERB MESOPOTAMIAN TEL BRAK MARBLEEYE IDOLAncient Near East, Tel Brak, modern day Syria, Late Uruk Period, ca. 3300 to 3000 BCE. This marble eye idol presents a classic bell-shaped body surmounted by two hand...
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LIFESIZE ROMAN MARBLE HEAD BALDING MANWITH BEARDRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A masterful, life-size marble portrait of a man displaying a bushy beard and a hairless scalp surrounded by a...
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SUPERB FRANKISH MEROVINGIAN GOLD & GARNETRING**First Time At Auction**
Central Europe, Frankish, Merovingian Dynasty, Migration Period, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. A beautiful gold and garnet ring, with a thick hexagonal...
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MOCHE POLYCHROME STIRRUP PORTRAIT VESSELOF A LORDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A superb and expertly decorated pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a portrait head of a lord...
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Antonio Joli (1700-1777)/A View of Naplesfrom Mergellina/oil on canvas, 67.5cm x 97.8cm/Note: In the eighteenth Century Naples was one of the great cities of Europe,'In size and number of inhabitants she ranks as...
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SUPERB PR. OF 19TH C. LOUIS XVI GILTWOODBERGERES SUPERB PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BERGERES HAVING TONGUE AND DART CARVED FRAME WITH ANCANTHUS LEAF AND ROSET ARMS RESTING ON SIMILAR TREATED TURNED TAPERD LEGS, 19TH...
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FINE GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND ROSEWOODMARQUETRY SERPENTINE-FRONT TABLE, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN COBB, IN THE FRENCH TASTE32 1/4 x 45 x 21 1/2 in.
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Joseph Rusling Meeker (American/NewJersey, 1827-1887; Active New Orleans) "Near Lake Pontchartrain", 1875, oil on canvas, 14" x 18", signed and dated lower left "JR Meeker 1875", titled, monogrammed and dated...
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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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Colonel Francis Parker 32nd MassachusettsVolunteers Civil War Archive 38 war-date letters 1860-1862. During the first days of the secession crisis in December 1860 Francis J. Parker wrote to Massachusetts Gov. John...
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A bottle of Logan's Extra Age SuperbOld Highland Whisky c1940s stopper square-sided brown glass; and a bottle of Buchanan's Finest Old Liqueur Scotch Whisky c1940s stopper in original cardboard box. Both in...
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Four bottles of cognac including oneMartell Cordon Bleu c1960 in superb condition with lightly damp soiled label level 4cm below capsule; metal hinged stopper deep punt complete with wax seal and ribbon; one...
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9 vols. (2 wrappers) Philadelphia& Environs: Repplier, Agnes. Philadelphia: The Place and The People. New York: Macmillan, 1898. 1st ed. 12mo, orig. cloth, gilt; light wear. Frontis., full page and other...
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