E.L. DU PONT DE NEMOURS POWDER KEG11in. tall
A large circular can from Du Pont with a paper label on top with an image depicting a military ship.
As found.
Provenance: Private Collection, a descendant of Thomas...
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ONE DU PONT LIFE SAVING SERVICE POWDERTIN6 1/4 in. tall
A red metal tin from E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. located in Wilmington, Delaware, with a paper label with an image depicting men rowing in a boat.
As...
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NEWFOUNDLAND WATERCOLOUR OF SHIP & WHISTLEC. 1930Lot of two: ship watercolour and whistle. A Newfoundland watercolour on board of a ghostly three-masted ship. As-found condition with original frame, faded and stained,...
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LOUISE NEVELSON ABSTRACT PLASTER SCULPTURELouiseNevelson (Ukrainian/American, 1899-1988). Black plaster abstract sculpture depicting a figure on a marble base, ca. 1935.
Exhibitions: Washburn Gallery, New York, "Louise...
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LOUISE NEVELSON "BESIDE THE SEASIDE"SILKSCREENLouise Nevelson (American, 1899-1988). Screenprint on acetate over serigraph on glossy white wove paper titled "I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside," from the portfolio...
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LARGE & IMPORTANT FOSSILIZED EDMONTOSAURUSPUBIS BONENorth America, Harding County, South Dakota, Hell Creek Formation, late Cretaceous, ca. 70 to 66.5 million years ago. This is a massive, fossilized pubis bone from...
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BEAUTIFUL CHINESE HAN DYNASTY BLACKWAREAMPHORA W/ TLEast Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 2nd century BCE. An impressive, dark-gray earthenware amphora of a remarkably distinctive form. Panels of incised linear...
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LARGE TAINO STONE SPHEROLITH / BALLPre-Columbian,Caribbean, Taino, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. Carved in the form of a near perfect sphere, this is a stone ball created by the Taino peoples, perhaps for use in a ceremonial ball...
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3 VALDIVIAN POTTERY VENUS FIGURES -TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A charming trio of female or Venus figures, all skillfully hand-built from pottery to present stylized...
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CHINESE HAN DYNASTY BLACKWARE AMPHORA,TL TESTEDEast Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 2nd century BCE. A lovely, dark-gray earthenware vessel of an incredibly distinctive form. Panels of incised linear decorations...
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INDUS VALLEY MEHRGARH POTTERY FEMALEFIGURE, TL TESTEDAncient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A lovely, hand-built pottery fertility idol exhibiting highly stylized feminine...
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1990S PURVIS YOUNG PAINTING, TRUCK &BDGS ON FOUND SIGN...Purvis Young (American, 1943-2010). Painting on a found wooden real estate sign, c. 1990s. Signed "Young" on upper right. A striking painting of a truck...
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FOSSILIZED AMMOLITE AMMONITE W/ MOSASAURBITEMARKNorth America, Canada, Alberta, Bearpaw formation, late Cretaceous, ca. 71 million years ago. This is a breathtaking ammonite of the Placenticerus costatum genus,...
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MASSIVE ROMAN MARBLE TRAPEZOPHORON W/LION HEAD & PAWRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd century CE. A handsome, large marble table leg, also known as a trapezophoron, with a giant clawed foot, leg joint, and smooth...
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CHINESE HAN LIFAN POTTERY AMPHORA W/BRONZE, TL TESTED**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A large pottery vase, the surface burnished to a fine grey hue and...
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ANCIENT PHOENICIAN POTTERY TRANSPORTAMPHORA**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Near East, Phoenicia, ca. 8th to 5th century BCE. A sizable and splendid wheel-thrown pottery transport amphora with a wide hemispherical...
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MONUMENTAL ETRUSCAN IMPASTO BRAZIERW/ BOAR HUNT**First Time At Auction**
Italy, Etruscan culture, ca. 768 to 264 BCE. Wow! A truly remarkable brazier of impressive scale formed from thick impasto and showcasing...
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GREEK BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS - HOUND& HARE GROUP, TL'D**First Time At Auction**
Greece, Attic (Athens), attributed to the Hound and Hare Group, ca. 500 to 480 BCE. A splendid pottery lekythos attributed to...
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GREEK ARCHAIC POLYCHROME PROTOME, PERSEPHONEDEMETER TL...**First Time At Auction**
Greece, Archaic period, ca. 470 to 450 BCE. Doesn't she take your breath away? This beautiful, mold-made terracotta protome bust probably...
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HUGE 5TH C. PERSIAN MARLIK PITCHER,TL TESTED**Originally Listed At $2500**
Central Asia, Persia, Gilan, Marlik / Cheragh-Ali Tepe, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. A beautiful and rare terracotta pitcher of magnificent...
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RIO MAGDALENA MOSKITO POTTERY URN W/LID, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Northern Colombia, Rio Magdalena, Moskito, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A This is an incredible funerary effigy vessel with a figural lid, and a conical...
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ANCIENT TELL BRAK POTTERY EYE IDOLAncientNear East, Tell Brak, modern day Syria, Late Uruk Period, ca. 3300 to 3000 BCE. Hand-made from ceramic, this is one of the most famous classes of artifact from early Mesopotamia....
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GREEK TANAGRA POTTERY VOTIVE FIGUREOF A FEMALE, TL'DAncient Greece, Tanagra, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd century BCE. A stunning pottery female, boasting expertly rendered and impressively preserved details...
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DELBERT BUCK FOLK ART SCULPTURE - COWBOYWITH SADDLE**First Time At Auction**
Delbert Buck (Navajo, b. 1976). Mixed media folk sculpture (cottonwood, acrylic paint, string, and wool) n.d. Signed on underside of...
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GREEK FIKELLURAWARE TREFOIL OINOCHOE,EX-ROYAL ATHENAEastern Greece, Rhodes or Asia Minor, Archaic Period, ca. 6th century BCE. An elegantly constructed ceramic trefoil oinochoe with radiating crescent bands painted...
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RARE / FINE GREEK CAMPANIAN ARETHUSACUP - TL TESTEDMagna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Campania, ca. 4th century BCE. Truly a wonder to behold! A rare and exemplary terracotta stemless kylix known as an "Arethusa...
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SHIPPING ROUTE MAP JAVA, SINGAPORE,CHINA, PACIFICMaritime route map covering Java, Singapore, China, and Pacific Islands; and travel brochure for Java Singapore.
Route Map of the Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd. showing...
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English child's chair, 25"h, a smallwalnut table, 24"l, and a pond boat, as found...
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FOUR TIN TOYSFour tin toys, to includea Lehman Quack-Quack Paak-Paak duck and ducklings, 7 1/2" l., a Hess sidewheeler flywheel riverboat, 10 1/2" l., a tin lithograph gunboat, and a wood wind-up mouse, 3 1/4"...
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(3) INUIT BALEEN TOY BOAT MODELS Foundin Alaska, 1960's, 3 1/2" to 8" long. Some rigging broken, sails off but present....
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BUCK ROGERS TOYS AND RARE KELLOGGS PREMIUMCOMICA good Buck Rogers collection including:1. Rocket Police Patrol tin toy in as found condition.2. Tootsietoy Flash Blast Attack Ship with original box.3. Tin Rocket Ship...
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? FINE AND RARE CERAMIC 'SYDNEY COVEMEDALLION' BY JOSIAH WEDGWOOD
THE ORIGINAL ISSUE, 1789 modelled from dark brown unglazed earthenware, with crisply moulded decoration depicting a female figure, emblematic...
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19TH CENTURY WOODEN WHALE BOAT OAR.FOUND IN AFAIRHAVEN BASEMENT. GOOD, AS FOUND CONDITION. SAILOR ROPE WORK. 15'1" LONG, 6" WIDE AT WIDEST POINT....
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An American Restauration Carved MahoganySecretary Bookcase early 19th c. stepped molded cornice a pair of glazed doors with Gothic arch mullions adjustable shelves two molded drawers flanked by scrolled stiles the...
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Boat model found in Machiasport Maine.32'' W 36'' Ht. Comes with brackets for shelf mount....
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Executive Officer Henry W. WashburnUSS Morning Light Civil War Archive War-date archive of five letters one partial letter and three transmittal covers. Written by ill-starred Acting Master Henry W. Washburn...
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