- AMERICAN BRASS MOUNTED SEXTANT NAUTICAL
INTEREST American brass-mounted ebony Maritime sextant of Nautical interest, similar to the Davis backstaff quadrant, the reflecting navigation instrument was used to measure...
[more like this] - Cased Walker's "Excelsior" IV Patent
Log, Early 20th century nautical instrument for measuring a vessel's speed and distance traveled; for yachts, motor launches and fishing craft; Thomas Walker & Son, Ltd.,...
[more like this] - 2PC SHOTEI TAKAHASHI NIGHTTIME WOODBLOCK
PRINTS Japan,1871-1945Includes "Spring Evening" depicting the silhouette of a woman holding a lantern, and "Street Musicians" depicting two male silhouettes holding a lantern...
[more like this] - ROMARE BEARDEN (AMERICAN, 1911-1988)
TWO FRAMED LETTERS...ink on paper
8 x 11 sheets, framed
Two framed letters from Bearden, one discussing work he is completing in various cities and his work on the sets for...
[more like this] - SURVEYOR'S TRANSIT - KY TIENSCH & STANCLIFFTiensch
and Stancliff, Louisville Kentucky brass surveyor's transit level compass on stand, steel dial with engraved name "Tiensch & Stancliff Louisville Ky", engraved fleur-de-lis...
[more like this] - SEVRES STYLE FIGURAL BLUE PORCELAIN
CLOCK AND GARNITURE...19th century French 3-piece Sevres or Sevres style figural clock set, turquoise blue glaze with gilt trim. Drum form clock surmounted by a cherub and...
[more like this] - THAXTER & SON BOSTON BOXED TELESCOPEThaxter
& Son Boston Boxed Telescope , with original label "S. Thaxter & Son Importers and Dealers in Nautical Instruments and Surveying, 125 State Street, Boston"
Box Height 5 in....
[more like this] - PUBLISHED ANATOLIAN BEYCESULTAN MARBLE
IDOL, EX EDEAncient Near East, modern day Turkey, Anatolia, Beycesultan type, Early Bronze Age I-II, ca. 3200 to 2300 BCE. A captivating, hand-carved marble figural effigy...
[more like this] - SIR ARTHUR WILLIAM BLOMFIELD (1829-1899)
SIR
ARTHUR WILLIAM BLOMFIELD’S REMEMBRANCE CABINET, CIRCA 1860 painted and gilded oak, patinated metal fittings85cm wide, 226.5cm high, 36cm deepProvenance - Mr & Mrs A. W....
[more like this] - LOWELL NESBITT "GEORGE SUGARMAN'S STUDIO"
OIL Lowell Nesbitt (American, 1933-1993) "George Sugarman's Studio, 127 Greene Street, N.Y.C." Photorealistic oil on canvas painting, 1967, depicting the interior workspace...
[more like this] - OCTANT BY GILBERT & SONS, LONDON AND
OTHER PROPERTY OF JOHN ADAMS LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY OTHER PROPERTY OF JOHN ADAMS, Late 18th/Early 19th Century, Collection of John Adams (1757-1807), of Edmonton,...
[more like this] - AZIMUTH AND STEERING COMPASS BY GEORGE
ADAMS BRITAIN, CIRCA 1770 COMPASS CARD DIAMETER 6.5". BOX HEIGHT 9.5". WIDTH 12". DEPTH 12". ADAMS, Britain, Circa 1770, Signed, with the original label and on the underside...
[more like this] - RARE AND DESIRABLE DAVID BAKER CAST
IRON SPERM WHALE SIGN NEW BEDFORD, CIRCA 1840 HEIGHT 5.5". LENGTH 22". IRON SPERM WHALE SIGN, New Bedford, Circa 1840, Probably made as a shop sign for a whaling outfitter....
[more like this] - EARLY AMERICAN BOXED DRY CARD COMPASS
BY GEDNEY KING CIRCA 1800 COMPASS DIAMETER 3.5". BOX HEIGHT 3.75". WIDTH 7". DEPTH 6". BY GEDNEY KING, Circa 1800, Signed "G. King Boston" on the compass card. Compass card...
[more like this] - PLATE BLOCK FOR THE COVER OF THE NEGRO
IN SPORTS, BOOK BY EDWIN BANCROFT HENDERSON (AMERICAN 1883-1977), ILLUSTRATOR UNKNOWN, BLOCK: 7 X 11 3/4 IN. (17.8 X 29.8 CM.)Plate Block for the Cover of The Negro in Sports,...
[more like this] - PRESENTATION PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM. A Journey
to Marietta O. Via Pittsburgh Pa. photographs by W.J. Kerstetter (June 1896) and presented to Sidney Lawrence on his 51st birthday September 18 1897 at Berea Ohio....
[more like this] - Balinese ''Gangsa'' street instrument.
Xylophone type instrument used for Balinese Gamelan. Type of Metallophone. 10 keys with different pitches. Wooden mallet included. Carved and painted design. Face reads ''Gamelan...
[more like this] - Laura Grosch (b. 1945) ''Dahlias & Zinnias''acrylic
on canvas all three panels are signed on verso ''Grosch Oct. 1968 \ 1969 Jan. '' unframed.Born in Worcester Massachusetts in 1945 Laura Grosch has long called North Carolina...
[more like this] - Noel Rockmore (American/New Orleans
1928-1995) "George "Kid Sheik" Cola Trumpeter (1908-1996)" oil on canvas signed and dated "March 5 '63" upper left titled on gallery card en verso 36 in. x 24 in. framed....
[more like this] - John Heyl Raser (1824-1901) landscape
of forest interior with stream and cattle Signed 'Raser' lower right, oil on marble, framed. D: 17 1/4 in. PROVENANCE: NOTE: John Heyl Raser was born in Mobile,...
[more like this] - Two New Orleans Coin (.900) Silver Sugar
Tongs, third quarter 19th century, by Jospeh Rafel (1814-aft. 1880), working New Orleans 1850-1866, one with acorn bowls and canted and beveled bow monogrammed "A", l. 5-1/4",...
[more like this] - Good Sebastian Erard, London, Maple
and Gilded Harp, first quarter 19th century, in the classical taste, the column decorated with anthemia, termes, and angels bearing wreathes and harps, the brass tuning plate...
[more like this] - Ship's Compass Mounted as Table Lamp
Brass gimbaled compass surmounted by lamp support. Compass retains pivoting and rotating mounting and has associated navigation aids but can be easily removed for examination....
[more like this] - Andres Molinary (Gibraltar/New Orleans
1847-1915) "Le Chemin des Chapitoulas" oil on canvas signed lower right a typewritten label reading "Mrs. Boullemet 2625 St. Charles Ave" en verso 18 in. x 30 in. in a period...
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