FERNEAU FAMILY FRAKTUR, VIRGINIA RECORDBOOK ARTIST(Frederick County, Virginia, active 1795-1825)
watercolor and ink on paper fraktur family record book consisting of seven double pages and one triple page, the...
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VERY RARE PAIR OF GRAEME PARK PHILADELPHIAQUEEN ANNE C...1740-1760, each with scrolled and shell carved crest over a figured splat with four scrolled volutes, set on shell carved legs with trifid feet, upholstered...
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GRAND CURLEWCharles Sumner Bunn (1865-1952)
Shinnecock,NY, c. 1900
17 1/2 in. long
In 1971 Milton Weiler’s “Classic Shorebird Decoys” portfolio was published with text by William J. Mackey Jr. Across from Weiler’s Plate...
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THE HARMON RUNNING COBB CURLEWNathanF. Cobb Jr. (1825-1905)
Cobb Island, VA, c. 1880
15 1/2 in. long
“Every Nathan Cobb decoy had its own natural pose. Even his Hudsonian Curlews…seemed to run, feed, and...
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Rare and Important American Rococo RevivalRosewood Armchair and Matching Sidechair, probably executed by Alexander Roux, New York, third quarter 19th century, the crests of each featuring a spead-winged bird flanked...
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1763 JOHN BASKERVILLE BIBLE1763 JohnBaskerville Bible, brown leather front and backboards, spine with raised bands, gilt floral stamp decoration and red title label. Title page reads "The Holy Bible CONTAINING...
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GIERS FAMILY PHOTO AND LETTER ARCHIVEExtensivephotographic and document archive of the family of William Hunter, C.C. Giers, and Otto Giers. William Hunter's daughter Sarah ("Sallie") married Nashville photographer Otto...
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W.G. HARDING HORSE CATALOG AND BELLEMEADE ARCHIVEAn archive of material related to Gen. William Giles Harding and Belle Meade Plantation. Featured is a rare Nashville imprint - LIST OF BLOODSTOCK THE PROPERTY...
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19TH C. NC STONEWARE JAR, SIGNED G.WOLFRare 19th century North Carolina salt-glazed stoneware pottery jar stamped "G. Wolf" on one lug handle with an additional "G. Wolf" stamp below the handle. 11 1/4_ H....
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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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MASS. GENEALOGY & MOURNING SAMPLER,19TH C.Massachusetts early 19th century needlework family record and mourning sampler, silk on linen, worked by Elizabeth P. Grimes of Littleton, Mass. aged 12 years. Large...
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SNOWDEN FAMILY PHOTOS AND SLAVE DOCUMENT,MEMPHIS TN AN...Archive of photographs and 1 slave document related to the Snowden family of Tennessee. 1st item: 1848 Bill of Sale recording the sale by J.B. (John Bayard)...
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GROUP OF FIVE CUT SILHOUETTES, 19THCENTURY.Two impressed "Peale"; one impressed "King." Condition: : Some fading to each. Together with a silhouette/illustrated Family Record for John Williams (b. 1802) and...
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AN ENGLISH GOTHIC STYLE OAK TALL CASECLOCK, WORKS BY W... CLOCK, WORKS BY WILLIAM ELEMENT, ST. ALBANS, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, the arched rectangular bonnet surmounted by a broken arch crest with gilt stylized florets...
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BOSTON CUSTER'S COLT CARRIED AT LITTLEBIGHORNThis is quite possibly one of the most important Battle of the Little Bighorn firearms ever offered for public sale, a Colt U.S. Cavalry issue Single Action Army revolver...
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THREE CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PORCELAINTABLE OBJECTS, ...comprising: circa 1790, pot de creme, depicting arms of Teissier, boar on a green mount, on gilt ground under black crescent, above two white stars centered...
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TWO CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PORCELAINOBJECTS, DALE AND...comprising: circa 1770, milk jug centered with arms of Dale, blue ground with three bugle horns, surmounted with wheat sheaf crest, arms flanked by foliate...
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RARE MESDA DOCUMENTED NORTH CAROLINAQUEEN ANNE WALNUT ...circa 1770, attributed to the Hillsborough School per MESDA documentation, possibly Martin or William Palmer, molded two board top, frieze drawer with...
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GROUP OF NINE VICTORIAN CLOWES AND SONSEXCELSIOR MARIONETTES
LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY comprising a stock villain, a male caricature character, two clown characters, two stock women characters, and three stock...
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American or French School, 19th Century
Portraitof Thomas Jefferson
oil on panel
unsigned
8 1/2 x 7 inches.
The back of the frame retains several labels: a printed label reading MFA / 95 / BB and one printed M.F.A. with...
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NEW JERSEY PEN, INK, AND WATERCOLORFAMILY RECORDSPair of New Jersey pen, ink, and watercolor family records, signed Wm. D. Robison, Scripsit , one starting with William Bott (1796-1869) and Frances Wikes (1798-1889),...
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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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? 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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CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH AND MARGARETMACDONALD INTEREST
A BOOK OF ELFIN RHYMES BY NORMAN (PSEUD.) with 40 drawings in colour by Carton Moore Park published by Gay and Bird 1900. Inscription in pencil to front...
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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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William Henry Buck (American/New Orleans1840-1888) "Live Oak along the Bayou" oil on canvas signed lower right 18 in. x 30 in. later gilt frame accompanied by a small collection of books used by Wilhelmina Buck....
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Archive of Documents Associated withthe Sturges Family Including John R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA The lot contains a variety of items including over 100 receipts and other ephemera an early indenture and...
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Samuel Lawrence Early New York Representative& the Lawrence Family Manuscript Archive An extensive archive of approximately 67 documents of the noted Lawrence family of New York spanning the years 1799 to 1908. Dealing...
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FAMILY RECORD. Possibly William RichardsonNew England early 19th century watercolor on paper. Never-used record depicting a tree with fruit. Light stains. Period gilt frame 10 1/2''h. 9''w. Ex Stewart Gregory ...
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MASSACHUSETTS FAMILY RECORD. NantucketNantucket County early 1830s watercolor on paper. Record of William Coffin (b.1781) and Deborah Swain (b.1784) and their ten children spanning the years 1804 to 1829. The...
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CONNECTICUT FAMILY RECORD NEEDLEWORK.Philura Williams Holbrook West Haven New Haven County 1873 wool on paper. Grapevine border circles the family history above the green shuttered house. In a frame 21''h....
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Rare Antebellum Louisiana PlantationCoin (.900) Silver Five-Piece Tea Set, dated 1858 and monogrammed "M.C.B" for Margaret Cyrilla (Brownson) Bisland (1839-1906), mistress of Fairfax Plantation, St. Mary Parish,...
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17 vols. Pennsylvania and Related Genealogy:Alexander, John E. A Record of The Descendants of John Alexander. Philadelphia: A. Martien, 1878. 8vo, orig. cloth; light wear. Inscribed by author on endpaper. * Ambler,...
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Charles Hook Armco Steel Company Lotof Manuscripts & Documents Lot includes letters photographs pamphlets mostly from the late 1930s through the 1960s. Born in 1880 the youngest of four children of Henry and...
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11 vols. Genealogy: Junkin, WilliamSumner, et al. The Henckel Genealogy, 1500- 1960. N.p., 1964. Thick 8vo, orig. red cloth; corners bumped. Ink annotations. * Henckel, Elon O. The Henckel Family Records. New...
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Charles Fraser (American/Charleston1782-1860) "Portrait of William Ashe Alston (1813-1842)" c. 1830 miniature watercolor on ivory laid down on paper unsigned in a later 14 kt. yellow gold locket 4 1/2 in. x...
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