THE MACKEY-MULLER SHOURDS LONG-TAILHarryV. Shourds (1861-1920)
Tuckerton, NJ, c. 1890
13 1/2 in. long
This Shourds carving is considered one of the pinnacle gunning decoys out of New Jersey. In addition to its...
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5 CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLESGroupof 5 Chinese porcelain enameled snuff bottles, all flattened ovoid form, including 1 gold ground with flower decoration, 1 blue ground with vignette landscape decoration and...
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6 CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES INCL.FIGURALS1st item: Chinese blue and white porcelain figural snuff bottle depicting a seated male with Chinese inscriptions on the back. 2 1/2" H. 2nd item: Chinese figural...
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DAVID MAASS O/B PAINTING, DUCKS IN FLIGHTDavidA. Maass (Minnesota, b. 1929) oil on board landscape painting depicting ducks flying in a v-formation over a marshy coast through a cloudy evening sky, with four redhead ducks...
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GRP: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART BOOKSLargegroup of reference books, monographs, and catalogs on modern and contemporary art, including works on major movements such as Futurism and Synchromism, and artists including...
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ORI GERSHT "FALLING BIRD ORANGE" LAMBDAPRINTOri Gersht (b. 1967). Lambda print mounted on aluminum titled "Falling Bird, Orange," 2008. Edition: 1/6. With a label from CRG Gallery, New York, New York adhered to...
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RUGER & STONER "VIEW OF MINNEAPOLIS,1879" MAPAlbert Ruger (American, 1829-1899) and J.J. Stoner (American, 19th c.) published by Beck and Pauli Lithographing Co, United States. Lithograph on paper titled "Panoramic...
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WINONA MN MAP SHOBER AND CHICAGO LITHOGRAPHCO.Lithograph depicting a bird's eye view of the city of Winona, Minnesota. Created by Charles Shober and Co.; published by the Chicago Lithograph Company. With points of...
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CHINESE KANGXI 18TH C. FAMILLE VERTEPLATE18th century Chinese Kangxi famille verte porcelain plate depicting a bird perching on a blossoming tree. Marked along the underside with a double circle with a pictorial...
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ROBERT M. ELLIS CRISTOBAL VALLEY NO.10 MONOPRINTRobert M. Ellis (American, 1922-2014). Aquatint and etching monoprint on paper titled "Cristobal Valley No. 10 (Ghost)," depicting a birds-eye-view of a southwestern...
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ANTIQUE CHINESE QING CARVED JADE CUPChineseQing dynasty carved jade libation cup decorated throughout with foliate motifs and a small bird.
Provenance: Sotheby Parke-Bernet, 1970; Private Minnesota Collection.
Height:...
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19TH C. CHINESE SILK ALTAR FRONTAL EXMALCOLM LEIN19th century Chinese silk embroidered wedding altar frontal. With an apricot field filled with fu dogs or guardian lions, bats, birds, and floral motifs. Bordered...
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20TH C. HOPI POLYCHROME WOOD KACHINABIRD-FACED FIGURENative American, Southwestern United States, Hopi, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden kachina doll depicting a large, bird-faced figure....
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YOSHITORA UTAGAWA WOODBLOCK "BATTLEOF DAN'NOURA" 1861Yoshitora Utagawa (Japanese, active 1830-1880). "The Great Battle of Dan'noura" woodblock (triptych), Edo period, 1861. Marks: censor's seal aratame. A striking...
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PICASSO CERAMIC "BIRD ON A BRANCH" (1952)PabloPicasso (Spanish/French, 1881-1973). "Oiseau dur la branche" (Bird on a Branch) ceramic vessel (1952). Ed. 500. Reference: A. Ramie 175. Marked "EDITION PICASSO" in black...
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CORINTHIAN POLYCHROME SKYPHOS W/ STAG,LION, BIRDAncient Greece, Corinth, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. A lovely wheel-thrown pottery drinking vessel called a skyphos presenting with a discoid foot, an inverted bell-shaped...
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Four Blue Ground Cloisonné Vases
LATE19TH CENTURY/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
each of baluster form, comprising a pair of turquoise blue ground example, decorated with lotus ponds; another turquoise blue ground example,...
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A Jade Green Ground Cloisonné Vase
ANDOJUBEI (1876-1953)
of slender ovoid form, decorated with a bird in flight above bamboo and chrysanthemums, the underside bearing a maker's mark, raised on a Chinese hardwood...
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A Clair-de-Lune Ground Cloisonné Vase
BYOTA HYOZO, LATE 19TH CENTURY
of slender ovoid form, enameled with birds in flight above orchids, the underside inscribed with a two-character maker's mark.
Height 4 3/4 in.,...
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Six Cloisonné Vase
LATE 19TH CENTURY/EARLY20TH CENTURY
comprising a red-ground example, depicting a rooster underneath bamboo, a clair-de-lune ground example, painted to show chrysanthemums, a café-au-lait ground...
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Two Blown and Etched Glass Beakers
Englishor Irish, 18th Century
one oversized example with bird decoration.
Height of larger 8 inches.
Property from the Estate of Shirley Kay Caskey, Rochester, Minnesota...
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Western Great Lakes Decorated GunstockClub
mid-19th century
crafted from maple and decorated with triangular elements, a starburst, and thunderbird imagery on both sides; cast steel blade marked John Algor
length...
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Five Chinese Jade and Jadeite Carvings
19th-20thCentury
comprising two petite bird carvings, a pendant carved and softly polished in the form of three beans, a leaf-form example, and a jadeite 'lotus' brush washer.
Length...
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LEON HUSHCHA (MINNESOTA/AUSTRIA, BORN1946) OIL ONLEON HUSHCHA (Minnesota/Austria, born 1946) oil on paper, two figures with a bird. Signed lower center and dated 1995. Image measures 30" x 22". In a wood frame;...
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DULUTH DFD BIRD DECOY, DAVID PERKINS,11"WDuluthKingfisher Decoy signed at the underside "DFD", on a lead weight, carved by David Earl Perkins (Duluth, Minnesota, 1934-2018), black with white stripes over eyes, red beak...
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GROUP OF STEREOVIEWS: THE WEST AND NATIVEAMERICANS, WITH STEREOVIEWER AMERICANS, WITH STEREOVIEWER, [Photography] thirteen stereoviews of Native Americans, makes include: Keystone View Co., Underwood & Underwood,...
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BOOKS: SIX NATIVE AMERICAN RELATED VOLUMES,INCLUDING FOUR BY MOOREHEAD, WARREN - "THE BIRD-STONE CEREMONIAL" 1899, "FORT ANCIENT", OHIO, 1890, SECOND EDITION, "THE AMERICAN INDIAN IN THE UNITED STATES" 1914, "PREHIST...BOOKS:...
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Tote Birds of Minnesota 2 Volume BookSet Etc...
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An American Silk Embroidered Bird andVine Sampler
Circa 1821
identified Maria Watkins / December 8th 1821.
featuring finely stitched alphabet lines, floral designs, and a perched bird.
with an excerpt from British...
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An English Silkwork Embroidered BirdPicture
18th Century
3 3/8 x 3 3/4 inches.
Property from the Estate of Shirley Kay Caskey, Rochester, Minnesota...
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Eleven Glazed Ceramic Animal Figures
comprisingtwo earthenware riders with hounds, a recumbent deer, a girl with a spaniel, a lion, a bird whistle, two redware sheep marked Turtlecreek Potters, and three perched birds
Height...
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A Group of Continental Parcel Gilt PorcelainArticles
comprising a pair of Bird in Tree wall brackets, a pair of figural candlesticks and a pair of reticulated plates.
plates marked 58 to underside and candlesticks impressed...
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A CATLINITE FIGURAL NATIVE AMERICANBUST PIPE BOWLThe detailed carving from pipestone, also known as catlinite, a mineral found only in Minnesota, USA and no where else on earth, is carved as the head of a male...
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Chinese famille noire lidded jar, prunustree with perched birds, old paper label "Walker Art Center…" and red numerical codes, 19th century, 10 in. Lid cracked in half with tape repair, areas of...
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Wright, Lindbergh, MacCracken album:19 vintage wire service photos, Charles Lindbergh and his plane "Spirit of St. Louis", most backstamped "© 1927, Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc."...
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***RARE OHIO STONEWARE CHURN. SummitCounty Ohio 1865-1880. Six-gallon of typical form decorated in cobalt with an elaborate bird on a branch holding in its beak a banner reading ''Akron Ohio' and under...
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