William Gale for Tiffany & Co. Five Piece Sterling Presentation Tea and Coffee Service , c. 1863, comprising baluster form coffeepot, teapot, kettle on stand with burner, covered sugar, and lidded milk jug, all chased and embossed all over with dense ivy vines on stippled ground, with crabstock handles, beaded rims, each with two roundel reserves to sides of body, one engraved with presentation inscription dated 1863, coffeepot ht. 12 3/8 in., approx. 175 troy oz.
Note: Inscription reads "Presented to Brig. Gen. Egbert L. Viele, Military Governor of Norfolk, Virginia, by the loyal citizens as a mark of their respect and esteem, July 4th 1863." Egbert Ludovicus Viele (1825-1902), a native New Yorker, graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point on July 1, 1847. He served in the Second United States Infantry during the Mexican-American War. In 1853 he became a civil and military engineer, and was appointed State Engineer of New Jersey in 1855. He undertook a topographical survey of the state, and also surveyed the area which later became Central Park. After the state chose a design for Central Park from Olmsted & Vaux, Viele was appointed engineer-in-chief in 1856 to oversee its build out. At the time of the Civil War, Viele served in the Engineer Corps of the Seventh New York Regiment in 1860, and in the United States Volunteers in 1861. He went on to command troops on the Savannah River during the siege of Fort Pulaski and was soon after appointed Military Governor of Norfolk, Virginia, in 1862. In October, 1863 he left the service to return to civil engineering. In 1865 Viele published an important map of New York titled Sanitary and Topographical Atlas of the City and Island of New York. In this map Viele surveyed original wetlands and coastlines of New York City, and put them in context over the street plan. This map is still referenced by engineers and city planners today. Viele later served a term as the Commissioner of parks for New York City, and as a Democrat in the Forty-ninth Congress.
It is intriguing to imagine that then Brigadier General Viele's thoughts must have been with his colleagues, and former West Point alumni, while his was receiving this tea and coffee service from the citizens of Norfolk on July 4, 1863. That very day is considered the most pivotal single day in the history of the Civil War, with the Confederacy suffering two of its worst defeats. On July 4, 1863, not only did a badly defeated Lee retreat from Gettysburg after three bloody days of battle, but General Pemberton surrendered to General Grant at the fall of Vicksburg. The South never fully rallied from these two massive defeats.
machine polished (especially to the unengraved roundels at body), and with some dents repaired by Tiffany & Co. c. 1980. Coffeepot with slight dent to finial. Kettle missing one pin attaching it to stand, and burner unmarked and lacking lid. minor light usage wear.
marked:
Tiffany & Co.
G 8573 G
English Sterling 925-1000
6
550 Broadway
Rare Southern Edgefield District stoneware jug Dave South Carolina circa 1863 rich alkaline glaze with double ring tooled spout aside thick pulled and applied strap handle terminating in thumb impression attached to ovoid body at upper body with inscription ''LM II March 18 - 1863 Dave.'' H15'' W11 1/2'' Provenance: Sold to benefit a Georgia non-profit historic institution Gift of an Edgefield County SC family circa 1960. Good overall condition having no repairs or restoration. base wear consistent with age. Small firing flaws and glaze anomalies as made jug has no chips cracks nicks or hairlines to speak of overall wear consistent with age.
Belleek, etc., ten pieces of porcelain including two with impressed 1st period mark, c. 1863-1993, all Belleek unless noted, pieces include: two reticulated baskets with impressed mark: "Belleek, CO. FERMANAGH", c. 1863 - 1891, one heart shaped and one ovoid with applied flowers, larger: 2 1/4" h. x 7" w. x 4 3/4" d.; pitcher with numerous applied flowers to waist, green mark, minor damages, 9" h.; cauldron on tripod feet, black mark, 3" h.; three pigs, one larger and two smaller, two green marks and one yellow; and a creamer and open sugar set with raised floral decoration, both with green mark, c. 1965 - 1980; and a bust of a gentleman on pedestal base, unmarked and unknown maker, repaired head, 8 1/2" h., all pieces with wear consistent with age and use.
Four English china and salt glazed stoneware jugs 19th and 20th century; brown salt glazed jug commemorating rival of Princess Alexandra in 1863 Wedgwood John Peale jug and two china jugs Estimate $ 150-250 No condition report supplied.
Very Fine Charleston Coin Silver Syrup Pitcher Charters, Cann & Dunn (American (New York), mid-19th century) for Hayden & Whilden (American (Charleston, South Carolina), 1855-1863). A southern states American coin silver syrup pitcher of traditional teardrop form raised on graduated ring foot, with lovely chased and repousse floral garlands to body, a floral branch molded loop handle, and scalloped domed lid with watermelon finial. Underside with retailer's mark over maker's mark over "1000". Approximate height 7.25", width spout to handle 6". Approximate weight 12 troy ounces. Note: for the matching milk jug to this syrup pitcher hammering for $3,400, reference Charlton Hall Galleries, April 23, 2006 sale, lot 677.
A matched late 19th/early 20th century Swedish silver three-piece coffee service
coffee pot and sugar caddy by Gustaf Möllenborg, Stockholm 1863 and 1903Of tapering cylindrical forms, domed hinge-covers engraved with foliate scrolls, with cast stylised crown finials, panelled bodies with upper an flower scroll-shaped rims, engraved with similar foliate scrolls as covers, raised on four bracket-scrolled feet, the coffee pot with double-scrolled handle with ivory insulators, leaf-embellished scrolled spout, together with a matched cream jug by Pehr Fredrik Palmgren, Stockholm 1863, weight total 60oz. (3)
Belleek porcelain including 1st period mark, etc., eight pieces, c. 1863-1980, including: tri-lobed reticulated basket with applied roses to rim, impressed mark verso: "Belleek, CO. FERMANAGH", c. 1863 - 1891, 2" h. x 5 1/4" w. x 5 1/4" d.; three shell form vessels including two creamers and small ovoid bowl, two black marks and one green; small pitcher with clover decoration, 2nd period black mark, c. 1891 - 1926, 3 1/2" h.; Scottish terrier with green mark, c. 1965 - 1980; along with two Belleek type reticulate baskets with polychrome applied flowers, "Celtic Ware" lettered in gilt verso, 3 1/8" h., all pieces with wear consistent with age and use including minor damages and loss.
A Gorham coin silver coffee pot & cream jug. A Gorham coin silver coffee pot & cream jugCirca 1863-1865, with maker's marks and further marked ''140'', in the Renaissance Revival style, each with spreading body with anthemia band to center and gadrooned base, with lion's mask handles, 2 pcs, the coffee pot, 12.25'' H x 9.5'' W x 5.75'' D, 43 oz. '' H x 9.5'' W x 5.75'' D, 43 oz. Condition: The cream jug: 8.25'' x 5.5'' x 3.75''. Weight: 19 oz. Both very nicely modeled and chased. General marks, scratches, rubbing and tarnishing overall commensurate with age and use. Polish residue to crevices. Cream jug with ring base and feet somewhat dented in and misshapen. With a few dents to gadrooning and a minor ding to body. Model number mis-stamped with scratch through number. Coffee pot with scattered small dents and dings to body, mainly to gadrooning at bottom. Insulator caps yellowing and cracking.
American Coin Silver Ewer of Southern Interest, urn form body with applied bead border above Greek key engraving at shoulder above a shield shaped cartouche with an engraved monogram "SEW" and "TDW," each cartouche surrounded by elaborate floral and foliate bright-cut engraved decoration and engine-turned detail, with a cast and applied acanthus motif handle, all raised on a circular pedestal base with applied bead border at base. The underside bearing the retailer's marks for "Hayden & Whilden" (active in Charleston, SC from 1855-1863) above the maker's mark for Charters, Cann, and Dunn (active 1848-1856)Scattered surface abrasions and impressions.This ewer was acquired by the consignor from an older couple living along the coast of South Carolina. According to the couple, the husband acquired this ewer, a tea service, and an English sterling cann from an antiques dealer in Florence, SC in the late 1960s. The husband was told at that time that the pieces belonged to the Warley family of Charleston, SC. Please note that all three pieces of the tea service (lot 396) bear a "W" script monogram. The English sterling cann is engraved "Frederick F. Warley from Ann E. Warley April 1862."14.75"30.6 troy ozs.
Danish Silver Sugar & Creamer Set: Jensen & Hertz Peter Hertz (Danish (Copenhagen), active 1893-?), circa 1900; and Georg Jensen (Danish (Copenhagen), founded 1904). A married three piece silver set comprising open sugar bowl, cream pitcher, and sugar tongs, the vessels by Hertz of simple round form with scroll handles, the sterling tongs by Jensen in the Acorn pattern. Vessels marked with maker's mark "P. Hertz", Three Towers mark dated 1900, and assay mark for Simon Groth (active 1863-1904); tongs marked "GEORG JENSEN" within a beaded circle, and STERLING / DENMARK". Sugar approximate height 3", creamer approximate height 3.25", tongs approximate length 3.75". Approximately 10.4 troy ounces. Provenance: Property from the Estate of Mr. Eskild Bondesen of Copenhagen, Denmark.
An English Majolica Compote and a Minton Majolica Pitcher and Lidded Jug
19th Century
pitcher impressed underfoot with Minton BB mark, year mark for 1863, and British Patent Office diamond mark; compote unmarked.
Height of larger 11 5/8 x width 16 x depth 8 1/4 inches.
Ten Belleek Lotus cream jugs and four sugar bowls, 1863-1946, jug 75mm h, black printed marks More Information One of the first period jugs with professional restoration to lip, no other restoration or damage observed
Gorham Manufacturing Company COLLECTION OF THREE TABLEWARES Providence, USA, c. 1859-65coin silver, sterling silver11½ h × 8½ w × 6½ d in (29 × 22 × 17 cm) Lot is comprised of a presentation ewer retailed by Crosby, Hunnewell & Morse, a butter dish, and butter tray. Inscribed to ewer ‘J.N.M. From His Mother, Oct. 1863’ and engraved initial to the butter dish and monogram to tray. Impressed manufacturer's mark to underside of ewer ‘Crosby, Hunnewell & Morse Coin 250 Coin Boston’, butter dish ‘Sterling 9375’ and butter tray ‘& T Co 310’. Provenance:
574. Old Belleek Nautilus Tea Service, ca. 1891-1926 & Shell bowl, ca. 1863-1890
Second black mark service, ca, 1891-1926, with lidded tea pot, apprx 5"T, creamer apprx 3"T , sugar apprx 2"T and four cups with saucers, apprx 2"T and 5-1/4"D. All with luster and pink accents. Also included is a first black mark nautilus footed bowl, apprx 4"T. Additionally, an unmarked service in luster with blue accents and in nautilus style:tea pot, apprx 4"T, creamer apprx 2-5/8"T, two cups apprx 2"T and two saucers apprx 5-3/8"D. One of these cups inscribed in gold, "A gift from Ayr". One more, a cup and saucer in pink luster with strange reddish mark, apprx 1-3/4"T, apprx 4-3/4"D.
1,000/2,000 Sold: $747.50
Small Cased Victorian Silver Pitcher, London, 1863, makers' mark HL HL, the small ewer with ogee rim, short spout, acanthus loop handle, beaded waist band, on trumpet foot, later monogram, ht. 4 7/8 in., in fitted leathered case for retailer John J. Peters & Co., Bristol, approx. 3 troy oz.
later monogram to front, and date June 12 1872 to underside of foot. repaired stem. edge of footrim with impressed number 297. minor age wear and a light ding.
A VICTORIAN PART TEA/COFFEE SERVICE comprising teapot, coffee pot and milk jug, of baluster form, with angular handles,the body chased with floral and geometric motifs, crested, with disc and acorn finials, by Stephen Smith and William Nicholson, the teapot London 1855, the coffee pot, London 1864, the cream jug London 1863, (c.60oz). See illustration £300-500
Gothic Revival coffee service: coin silver, applied beaded borders, trefoil finial, bright cut decoration, lion and ring handles, 9-1/2 in. coffeepot, creamer, lidded sugar, two sets of monograms, pattern number 140, Gorham, 1863-1865, 72.92 oz.T. (three pieces). Creamer handle lacking ring, otherwise good condition.
Charleston coin silver creamer, sugar: pear shapes with scalloped rim, conforming dome tops, twig and leaf handles, masked figure at spout, retailed by Hayden & Whilden (Charleston, South Carolina, working 1855-1863), maker Grosjean & Woodward (New York City, working 1840-1853), monogrammed "ECB", 37.25 oz.T., sugar 7 x 7-1/2 x 5-1/2 in., creamer 6-1/2 x 5-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. Several small dents, light scratches, bent finials. Private Collection, Charleston, South Carolina
FOUR PIECES OF ROCKINGHAM. American. Teapot decorated with two sitted women and American flag on the lid. Attributed to The Charles Coxon Pottery Trenton New Jersey. 1863-1868. 9''h.; teapot with ''Rebekah at the Well '' attributed to Bennett Baltimore Maryland. 1855-1870. 8 1/4''h.; and pitcher with medallion decoration. 1850-1890. 6 3/4''h. Together with pitcher with floral design. 6''h. 1. TEAPOT SEE WILLIAM B. LIEBEKNECHT ROCKINGHAM WARES FROM TRENTON NJ NEW JERSEY IN STRADLING FANCY ROCKINGHAM POTTERY PP. 84-85. Repairs including spout and knob. 2nd teapot has chip and roughness. Both pitchers have rim roughness and chips.
A BELLEEK HARP JUG AND A BELLEEK IVY JUG
17 & 15.5cm h, First Period black printed mark, 1863-90
An English silver group of table articles Comprising: a George III silver pap boat (maker's mark rubbed) London 1772; 2 similar George III pedestal cream jugs with chased decoration London 1773; set of 4 tripod small salt cellars Martin & Hall Sheffield 1863; a pair of tumbler form salt cellars London 1882; assembled set of 5 figural shell form salts Birmingham 1861/1879 2 various small toast racks Birmingham 1935; and an Edwardian cylindrical bottle frame; height of cream jugs 4 3/8in (11.2cm); (23 oz. 12 dwts.).
A Charleston Coin Silver Presentation Creamer and Sugar Grosjean & Woodward New York act. 1853-1862 ret. Hayden & Whilden (H. Sidney Hayden & William G. Whilden) Charleston SC act. c. 1855-1863; pear-shaped body with lobed neck and cover foliate and floral repoussé and chasing the creamer with North Wind mask spout; engraved presentation inscription "To Dr. Geo. S. Pelzer from the Howard Association of Charleston" weight 38.80 troy ozs. Note: The Howard Association was a mid-19th century benevolent organization which ministered to victims of yellow fever. It was named for the British philanthropist and reformer John Howard (1726-1790) and was active in several Southern port cities including Charleston New Orleans Memphis and Norfolk. Dr. Pelzer was one of several Charleston gentlemen who recorded weather observations to study linkages between weather and diseases particularly yellow fever. The practice began in the late 18th century under the auspices of the Medical Society of South Carolina and later the Charleston Board of Health and continued until approximately 1870. Dr. Pelzer is shown in the Medical Society and Board of Health records as a weather observer from 1859 to 1867 with the home address 371 King Street. Reference: "Unto the Least of These: The Howard Association and Yellow Fever" Southern Medical Journal 1992; Doty Stephen R. History of Weather Observations Charleston South Carolina 1738-2005 p.10.
T. Gowdey Nashville Coin Silver Creamer Ornate Nashville, Tennessee retailed cream pitcher, Rococo Revival style repousse design with floral, foliate and scroll decoration, central cartouche monogrammed WMBE to MC, and acanthus overlaid S-scroll handle, atop four scrolled feet; marked on underside "Gowdy" (Thomas Gowdey, b. 1795, working Nashville, 1825-d. 1863). 6" H, 5.675 oz troy. Circa 1850. Note: the misspelling on Gowdy's name in this mark, and on other Gowdey pieces, suggests they were made elsewhere and retailed in Nashville. Provenance: Private Arkansas Collection.
(lot of 2) English Victorian sterling silver cream pitcher and sugar bowl, William Wrangham Williams, c.1863-1864, retailed by Lambert & Co., Coventry Street, London, with scrolled handles, engraved scroll and foliate design, heraldic crest with a Pegasus courant, banner with motto reading: "Nil Conscire sibi," possibly for the Finch family of Burley-on-the-Hill, Oakham, gilt washed interiors, London hallmarks, creamer: 5.25"h, sugar: 4 3/8"h; 22.74ozt total
Five Belleek Shell cream jugs, another and one and a pair of salt cellars, 1863-1946, largest jug 95mm h, black printed marks More Information Good condition
AN IRISH BELLEEK PARIAN PORCELAIN TEAWARE DEJEUNER SET, 8 pieces, in the Hexagon pattern, tinged pink with gold accents: 16 in. round tray,1st black mark (1863-1890); matching small size teapot, 4 in. ht.; cream pitcher, sugar bowl and two tea cups and 2 saucers with the 2nd black mark (1891-1926).
Cobridge Jug, Showing Raised National Shields Of England, Ireland Scotland And Wales On A Pink Background With Gilt Edges, Borders And Decoration. Registration Mark For 14th October 1863. Height 7¼ Inches.
IMPORTANT CONFEDERATE DECORATED WATER PITCHER. 12-1/2" tall x 7-3/4" diameter at the base. The cast handle has a griffin body. The spout is an eagle head. One side has a mounted trooper firing at another trooper carrying a Confederate flag. The opposite side has prancing horses on either side of a frame that has an eagle w/spread wings atop, containing a three-mast sailing ship, a field w/plow in it, and three haystacks. There are oak leaves and acorns below this. The lid has an eagle w/spread wings. Marked "E. KAUFMANN / PATd APRIL 28, 1863 / PHILA." There are two holes punched in the bottom but these do not go through to the inside and appear to be part of a cooling system as there is also a hole under the lid and the walls of this are about 1/4" thick. CONDITION: Minor dents with much tarnish to the silver plating. 4-54316 FS344 (1,100-2,200)
Rare Antebellum Louisiana Plantation Coin (.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, Louisiana, by William R. Eaton, John Gordon and William Bogert for Ball, Black & Co., New York, including a hot water urn, h. 16", a teapot, h. 11", a cream jug, h. 16", a covered sugar bowl, h. 9-1/2", and a waste bowl, h. 5-3/4", each of slightly concave paneled ovoid form, with waisted neck and cavetto-domed foot, the panels decorated with engraved rococo scrolls below morning glories, the whole with milled anthemion banding, the lidded elements with cast and applied floral finials and crested handle(s), together with an associated English silverplate tray, l. 30-1/2", w. 20-1/2", each piece engraved, on the central panel, "M.C.B./June 24th/1858", 153.17 total t. oz. (weight excluding the tray; six pieces total). Provenance: Gift of the Bisland family to the Terrebonne Historical and Cultural Society. Margaret Cyrilla Brownson was born on September 30, 1839 in Brooklyn, New York to Judge John Brownson and his wife, the former Caroline Penn Stelle. Although born in Brooklyn, she was of most decidedly Southern ancestry; her maternal grandmother and namesake was Margaret Cyrilla Watts (1775-1829) of Natchez, the wife of Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, Spanish governor of the Natchez district (1787-1797) and Louisiana (1797-1799). Margaret Brownson married Thomas Shields Bisland (1837-1909), a Natchez planter, in New York on June 24, 1858: the date inscribed on this set and doubtless the occasion of its presentation. (Six years earlier, her elder sister, Frances Ashton Bisland, had married Bisland's elder brother, John Rucker Bisland.) Thomas and Margaret moved to Fairfax Plantation in St. Mary Parish, a sugar concern formerly the property of Louisiana governor Joshua Baker (whose daughter had married yet a third Bisland brother). The 1860 census shows them to be a prosperous family, their worth recorded as $210,000. They had two surviving children before the start of the Civil War, in which Thomas served as quartermaster in the 26th Louisiana Infantry and later surgeon (he had been a medical student at the University of Pennsylvania before deciding to pursue the family planting business). Margaret Bisland and her children fled Fairfax, known as Camp Bisland during the war, before the April 12-13, 1863 Battle of Bisland. (The traditional shibboleth of southern silver being buried to protect it from the Yankees seems plausible here; Margaret and her children escaped to Natchez in an army ambulance, and although the camp was successfully defended, the battle raged even into the house itself!) After the war, Thomas and Margaret returned to a difficult life in Reconstruction Louisiana before inheriting the Bisland's Natchez property upon the death of Thomas' mother in 1873. There, Margaret supplemented the family's modest income composing piano works and writing poetry for the New Orleans Times-Democrat. She was known as "a woman of marked beauty and decided literary ability which under different circumstances might have brought her prominently into the world of letters." One of her poems, "Marguerite", was included in the anthology In My Lady's Name: Poems of Love and Beauty (New York: Putnam's, 1897). She died on January 7, 1906, pre-deceasing her husband by two years. A child of the couple, Elizabeth Ker (Bisland) Wetmore (1861-1929), would herself become a woman of letters, noted as a journalist and biographer of Lafcadio Hearn.
A Belleek cream jug glazed in the white and moulded with meadow flowers, first period 1863-90, 7.5cm , and a teapot stand with transfer print and legend " A nobleman I now appear but turn me round, an ass is there", 16cm diameter.
A Victorian baluster cream jug, embossed with floral swags, crested, scrolling handle, gilt interior, on three legs, by William Wrangham Williams, London 1863 and a Victorian embossed teapot, squat tapering form, London 1873, 24oz weighable. (2)
Frederick John Behre (American, 1863-1942)
A Still Life of a Native American Blanket, Basket and Clay Jug
signed 'Frederic J. Behre' (lower left)
oil on masonite
25 x 30 1/2in
A VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED CLARET JUG of baluster form, with a reeded scroll handle and pierced silver band, the glass body with engraved decoration, the whole on a tucked-in foot with a star-cut base, by W & G. Sissons, Sheffield 1863, 10.75" high. See illustration
A Victorian silver claret jug, embossed with flowers within lozenges, the hinged lid with a flower finial and with a scrolling handle, inscribed to cartouches "presented by Sir Robert Montgomery Esq Lt Governor of the Punjab to Lieut J B Westmorland, Royal Engineers through the central committee of the Lahore Exhibition in token etc. 1864", Sheffield 1863, 23ozs, 34cm high.Provenance: Barbara, Lady BrasseyAuctioneer announce - Amendment to weight 21 oz
Sixth Plate Ambrotype of a Civil War Union Officer and Tintype of a Union Soldier, the ambrotype of the officer with printed label on backing paper "...L.B. Howard N. Bridgewater, Mass." the tintype inscribed on the reverse: "Taken at Newbern, No. Carolina, 1863 W.L.W. Private C. E. 44th Mass.", together in a single black "Constitution and the Laws" (Krainik 113) Union frame, (the ambrotype with crackled background, some crackles filled with graphite, minor scratches to tintype). Note: The soldier may possibly be Charles C. Ellis of Company G or Charles C. Ewer of Company D of the Massachusetts 44th Regiment.
A pair of Victorian silver gilt mounted claret jugs
the domed covers with a family crest, pierced thumbpiece, grooved loop handle, star cut body and on a gadrooned foot, Sheffield 1863, 25cm high, in oak case
Cornelia Earle South Carolina (b. 1863) STILL LIFE OF APPLE IN STRAW HAT AND PITCHER watercolor framed signed: lower left sight size: H11 1/2'' W17'' Provenance: Private collection Salisbury North Carolina. Literature: Falk Peter Hastings. WHO WAS WHO IN AMERICAN ART 1564-1975. Vol. III. Madison CT: Sound View Press 2001 p.1002. Back   Inquiry    Previous Item  Next Item © Charlton Hall Auctions. Images descriptions and condition reports used on this site are original copyright material and are not to be reproduced without permission. For further information telephone 803.779.5678   © 2012 CHARLTON HALL GALLERIES INC.
A Fine Civil War Regimental Presentation Coin Silver Pitcher c. 1861 Bigelow Brothers & Kennard Boston wc. 1845-1863 engraved with vignettes of war camps the tents marked "Co. B" and "N.E.G."; the large void cartouche flanked by soldiers in dress and fighting uniforms above an eagle with banner marked "Our Nation's Honor The Bond of Union" over a "B" height 12 in. weight 30.35 troy ozs. Note: "In 1861 the New England Guard a Boston military organization was nearing its half-century mark. Organized in 1812 for almost fifty years it had been one of the best drilled companies in the Commonwealth. From the beginning its personnel consisted of the very finest afforded by the foremost city in New England; men who were capable of appreciating and if need be exemplifying its motto viz.: "Our Nation's Honor the Bond of Union." When 1861 began the Guards under the command of Captain Harrison Ritchie constituted Company B of the Second Battalion of Infantry. In those days military spirit ran high for the war between North and South seemed imminent." Reference: Alfred Seeley Roe The Twenty-Fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers 1861-1866 New England Guard Regiment 1907 Worcester MA pg. 9.
An Antique Gorham Silverplate Water Pitcher 1863-1865 Gorham trademark below "550" and with the lion facing right Neo-Grec baluster form having flat surface chased bands Greek key border at the neck and a beaded foot hollowcast handle height 9 7/8 in.
EDWARD SHERARD KENNEDY (BRITISH ACTIVE 1863-1890) STILL LIFE WITH PITCHER AND COINS Oil on canvas: 24 x 20 in. Framed; verso artist's stamp; E.S.K.; gallery label William Lomax
5 PIECES BELLEEK PORCELAIN: To include 1)Pink Tredacna/Tridacna pattern open sugar gold trim to rim approx. 3'' x 5''dia. first Black mark (1863-1890); 2)Ribbon pattern Creamer Third Black? mark(green tones) (1946ish) 3 1/2''; 3)Shamrock Panel Vase First Green (shades of black) (1946ish) 5 1/4''; 4)Flare top shell vase First Green mark (1946-1955) 3 1/2''h.; 5)Harp Shamrock Tea Ware Coffee Pot with lid First Green mark (1946-1955) approx. 8''. Sold as a lot.CONDITION: 1)Touch up to gold artfully disguises a small chip and descending hairline also an additional older repaired crack about an inch to the side of the first.
Victorian Sterling Silver-mounted Glass Claret Jug, London, 1863-64, John Wilmin Figg, maker, Chapple & Mantell, retailer, the glass body with star-cut base and etched stars throughout, the mount to the neck with grotesque masks within a shield cartouche with pendant fruit, the lid with a lion rampant finial, and foot with masks and fruit, ht. 11 in. Estimate $1,000-1,500 Lion finial possibly missing shield. May have originally been gold-washed, only traces to interior lid and underside of foot remain. Minor usage wear throughout. Minor nicks to silver foot and underside of glass. Area within inner rim of lid with very minor metal fatigue (not visible) The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
A FOUR PIECE VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER TEA AND COFFEE
THOMAS SMILY, LONDON, CIRCA 1863
comprising a teapot, a coffee pot, a sugar vessel and a creamer, each with an etched and faceted body, 2,682grs total weight, the coffee pot 29cm high
ERNEST BUSSIERE (1863 - 1913); KELLER & GUERIN; Ceramic gourd-form Art Nouveau pitcher with iridescent glaze, France, 1890s; Stamped 14B, incised 6552, signed KG Bussiere; 7 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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BELLEEK "TRIDACNA" TEA WARE SET AND SERVING TRAY, twelve pieces, one having black First Mark (1863-1890): 1 tray; together with nine black Third Mark (1926-1946), and having painted decoration: 1 teapot, 1 cream pitcher, 1 sugar bowl, 3 tea cups, 3 saucers, and 2 bread/dessert plates. Length of tray 14.5 inches.
BELLEEK "THORN" TEA WARE SET, five pieces, all black First Mark (1863-1890), two also having English registry marks. The set with painted blue accents comprised of 1 teapot, 1 cream pitcher, 1 sugar bowl, 1 teacup and 1 saucer.
BELLEEK ASSORTED "SHAMROCK" WARE, eight pieces, includes black First Mark to green Fourth Mark (1863-1955): 1 teapot, 1 cream pitcher, 1 sugar bowl, 1 tea cup, 1 saucer, 1 moustache cup, 1 saucer, and 1 butter dish.
BELLEEK TEA WARE AND SERVING TRAY, six pieces, "Echinus" tea ware with black First Mark (1863-1890): 1 teapot, 1 teacup, and 1 saucer (unmarked), plus 2 piece cream pitcher and sugar bowl set with gilt rim; together with 1 Neptune tray, black Second Mark (1891-1926). Length of tray 17.75 inches.
BELLEEK "TRIDACNA" TEA WARE SET AND SERVING TRAY, eight pieces, each with black First Mark (1863-1890): 1 tea set tinted pink, comprised of 1 teapot, 1 cream pitcher, 1 sugar bowl, 2 tea cups and 2 saucers; together with the 1 Tridacna tray. Length of tray 14.5 inches.
Silver and silver mounted wares, comprising; a George III milk jug, engraved with a Greek key pattern band and raised on four spherical feet, London 1807, a Victorian mustard pot, with scroll pierced and engraved decoration within beaded rims, Birmingham, 1863, with a blue glass liner, a whisk brush, a shoe horn, a napkin ring, Sheffield 1880 and a rectangular lidded glass hair pin box, Birmingham 1911.