- EXCEPTIONAL MERGANSERFred M. Nichols
(1854-1924)
Lynn, MA, c. 1890
17 in. long
Ongoing research has identified this decoy and its two rigmates as the work of Massachusetts master carver Fred Nichols. This hollow...
[more like this] - EXCEPTIONAL SWIMMING MERGANSERNorth
Shore, MA, c. 1890
17 1/2 in. long
This hollow swimming merganser is among the finest decoys discovered in decades. As this Massachusetts masterpiece makes its public debut,...
[more like this] - THE HARMON RUNNING COBB CURLEWNathan
F. 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...
[more like this] - THE CRANDALL SLEEPY-EYED MALLARDHorace
"Hi" Crandall (1892-1969)
Westwood, CA, c. 1935
15 in. long
One of California's best decoy carvers, Crandall is also considered by some to be its best painter. Born in Rhode...
[more like this] - LONGQUAN CELADON TRIPOD CENSER, 19TH
CENTURYthe compressed body has three narrow flanges formed by slip beginning at a slight molded ridge on the shoulder and trailing down each of the three slightly splayed,...
[more like this] - ANCIENT SOUTH ARABIAN LEADED COPPER
CAMEL**Originally Listed At $400**
Ancient South Arabia, Yemen, ca. early first millennium BCE. A cast leaded-copper statuette of a camel with an erect head and neck, a slight...
[more like this] - SIGNED ALISON DEARBORN PAINTING - "THE
TRIBE" (2007)Alison Dearborn (American, Contemporary). "The Tribe" acrylic paint on canvas, 2007. Signed on lower right and again with title on verso. A captivating painting...
[more like this] - THREE JEWELRY ITEMS To include: a silver
cuff bracelet with ridged design and incised decoration, signed Nizhoni (4.75 in. with a 1.25 in. opening); a thin white metal cuff bracelet set with blue and red cabochons...
[more like this] - Ledger Drawing, likely of Luther Standing
Bear (Oglala-Brulé Lakota, 1868-1939)
ca 1885-1895
drawn with graphite pencil on thin unlined paper; depicting a well-dressed man wearing a bow tie, long coat, and trousers;...
[more like this] - CHINESE BLACK GLAZED"RIBBED" JAR, NORTHERN
SONG D. Chinese Henan ware black glazed "ribbed" handle jar,dated to Northern Song Dynasty, of ovoid form rising to a short neck with lipped rim, the body with a series of...
[more like this] - CHINESE CELADON FAMILLE ROSE LEAF DISH,
19TH C. A celadon famille rose dish, of shallow form, thinly sectioned and painted in iron-red to form a curved leaf with ridges extending from the mid vein towards the crenulated...
[more like this] - Family CDV Album with Confederate Generals
A mixed group of of 57 military and civilian CDVs from an album now missing descended from William Crovatt of Brunswick Georgia to his son Judge Alfred J.Crovatt (1858-1926)...
[more like this] - DAVID LEACH, OBE (1911-2005)
STONEWARE
CIDER JAR
the strap handle with thumb rests and medial ridge issuing from the neck cordon and terminating on the shoulder, covered in a rich tenmoku glaze thinning towards...
[more like this] - Flint ridge blade; thin. 4 1/16".
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[more like this] - Flint ridge hopewell blade; very thin,
good color. 2 13/16". Small ding on side....
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