JAMES DUANE, SIGNED REVOLUTIONARY WARDOCUMENT This important pay order document to James Duane (1733-1797) is boldly written and clearly readable. For service to the state of New York, Duane set out from Livingston...
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BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERDaniel Lake Leeds(1852-1922)
Pleasantville, NJ, c. 1890
9 1/2 in. long
Describing a rigmate and its maker in "Classic Shorebird Decoys: A Portfolio of Paintings," William J. Mackey Jr. writes,...
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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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FRANK WHITING PRINCESS INGRID STERLINGFLATWARE SERVICE (176 PC) Frank Whiting, Princess Ingrid Flatware, Set of 176
New York, design introduced in 1945, sterling silver, comprising (12) dinner forks 7.75"l; (12)...
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RARE CHINESE BLUE & WHITE EASTERN INSPIREDSTANDVery rare and important Chinese hand painted blue and white porcelain stand of cylinder form with flared rim and base having an Eastern inspired design. Measures approx....
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2 HAYES PRESIDENTIAL PLATES, HAVILANDTwoRutherford B. Hayes presidential china plates from the 1880 edition of the service designed for the White House by Theodore Davis for Haviland. One depicts two lobsters, signed...
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RUTHERFORD B. HAYES OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSECHINA PLATEA White House Haviland Limoges porcelain fish plate from the Rutherford B. Hayes service, designed by artist Theodore R. Davis, depicting two lobsters, signed lower...
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ATTRIBUTED TO PETER LELY (DUTCH/ENGLISH1618-1680) A PA...attributed to PETER LELY (Dutch/English 1618-1680) A PAINTING, "Portrait of a Lady in Grey with Pearls and Sapphires, Thought to be Louise de Keroualle,...
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ALFRED WALLIS "THE WHITE HOUSE" PAINTINGON BOARDAlfred Wallis (1855-1942). Pencil and gouache on cardboard drawing titled "The White House." Gallery and museum label attached on the verso. Unsigned. Provenance:...
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CA. 1950'S ORIS 461 & USSR VEB SERVICESWATCHESThe lot features two circa 1950's- men's wrist watches including the Oris caliber 461 gold plated Swiss made wristwatch and a "Services" USSR VEB Ruhla, East Germany...
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CHINESE CARVED BLACK AGATE VASEmottledblack and dark grey with white streaks, of squared tapered form, carved archaic beast with meandering body on each side, 5-3/8 x 2 in.; with carved hardwood stand
Provenance:...
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CHINESE SPINACH GREEN JADE OR HARDSTONEBOWLwith sloped sides and flared rim, ring foot, 3 x 8-1/2 in.; with a carved hardwood stand
Provenance: The Estate of Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane, Brookline, Massachusetts;...
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CHINESE CARVED SPINACH JADE OR HARDSTONETABLE SCREENpanel of mottled green jade, carved scene with phoenix and qilin in a landscape, gilt decorated peonies and songbirds on the reverse, 10-3/4 x 7-1/8 in.; resting...
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TWO QAJAR LACQUERED LEATHER PAPIER MACHEBOOK COVERS
PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY with central reserves of lovers on white grounds adorned with peacocks and flowers within script borders, the opposing sides with panels of...
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EISENHOWER & THE WOODRUFFS Lots 927-947in this auction are associated with President Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower and his relationship with the Woodruffs.
Supreme Allied World War II Commander, President of the United...
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(48) OXFORD BONE CHINA 'WHITE ECHO'DINNER SERVICE(lot of 48) Oxford bone china dinner service, in the "White Echo" pattern, including: (8) dinner plates, approx 10.75"diam; (8) salad plates, approx 8.25"diam;...
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MIRRORED-BACK PRESENTATION HALF MODELOF THE INMAN LINER S.S. "CITY OF PARIS" CIRCA 1890 CASE HEIGHT 11.75". LENGTH 47". WIDTH 4.75". OF THE INMAN LINER S.S. "CITY OF PARIS", Circa 1890, Hull built up from the...
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IMPORTANT CHIPPENDALE SERPENTINE-FRONTBUREAU DESCENDED IN THE FAMILY OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR GENERAL BENJAMIN LINCOLN BOSTON, CIRCA 1760-1780 HEIGHT 31”. WIDTH 36”. DEPTH 20.75”. BUREAU DESCENDED IN THE FAMILY...
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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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IMPORTANT LINCOLN WHITE HOUSE SERVICEPLATE 1861, Limoges, Haviland & Co.; scallop-mold rim, decorated with the so-called "Alhambra" pattern in gold to the inner border and with the Solferino purple band to the...
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BLUE AND WHITE AND UNDERGLAZED-RED BOTTLEVASE
20TH CENTURY ???? ??????????the globular body supported on a slightly flared foot, rising to a long straight neck, painted with fruits borne on foliage underneath bands...
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SANG-DE-BOEUF BOTTLE VASE
QING DYNASTY,18TH-19TH CENTURY ? ?????sturdily potted from a recessed foot rising to a bulbous body and straight long neck, applied overall with a thick red glaze thinning on the mouth...
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TURQUOISE-GLAZED HANDLED VASE
QING DYNASTY,19TH CENTURY ? ???????rising from a short foot to globular body, waisted neck and wide flared mouth, two makara heads with water emerging from mouth flanking the neck forming...
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OX-BLOOD-GLAZED LANGYAO MEIPING VASE
QINGDYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY ? ???????the high shouldered baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck and terminating to a flared rim, covered overall with...
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MUGHAL-STYLE WHITE JADE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM'BOWL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ???????????elegantly carved with steep and gently flaring plain sides, supported on a medallion of a blossoming chrysanthemum, the thin polished...
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Gilman Marston Civil War General andPolitician Manuscript Archive 233 letters 82 essays and speeches ca.80 deeds receipts and miscellaneous business records. Ca 1830-1900 (bulk 1834-1859). A son of Orford New...
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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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CSN Engineer Benjamin S. Herring Archive1853-1891 This fine lot features the following: Benjamin Herring's gray military vest with four attached naval buttons plus six unattached naval buttons most likely from the...
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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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Unusual jasper-decorated tea serviceearly 20th century applied white floral design on marbleized lavender ground comprising: teapot H5'' covered sugar H3 3/4'' creamer H3'' 6 cups with saucers sweetmeat dish...
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Ben E. Green Politician & Colonel UnpublishedHandwritten Memoirs & Related Ephemera 406pp manuscript; 2 pamphlets. Ca 1900. It never ceases to amaze how so many arguments for the causes of the Civil come together combine...
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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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