- FINE "CLARKS MILE END" COUNTERTOP SPOOL
FINE "CLARKS MILE END" COUNTERTOP SPOOL DESK CA.late 19th century; country general store counter top trade advertising lift lid desk with six drawers, oak cabinet retains most of its original decal letter, galley top with hinge capped inkwell, fine molded base trim and six drawers retaining original molded brass pulls, 33"x 24 1/2"x 16 1/2"; Condition: desk surface is oil cloth covered, good
- Ralph Elmer Clarkson
(American, 1861
Ralph Elmer Clarkson
(American, 1861 - 1942)
Portrait of Elbridge G. Keith, 1904
oil on canvas
signed upper left.
41 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches.
- FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS, 15 Group
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS, 15 Group of Books Relating to Fashion Photography, fifteen (15), and including: Georgina Howell, In Vogue, Conde Nast Books: London, 1991; Martin Harrison, Beauty Photography in Vogue, Stewart Tabori & Chang: New York, 1987; William Klein, In and Out of Fashion, Random House: New York, 1994; Polly Devlin, Vogue Book of Fashion Photography 1919-1979, Simon and Schuster, 1979; Martin Kazmeier, Horst: Sixty Years of Phoography, Rizzoli: New York, 1991; James Danziger, Beaton, Viking Press: New York, 1980; Dr. David Mellor (ed.), Cecil Beaton, NYGS/Little Brown: Boston, 1986; Josephine Ross, Beaton in Vogue, Clarkson Potter: New York, 1986; Helmut Newton, Sleepless Nights, Congreve: New York, 1978; Helmut Newton, Big Nudes, Xavier Moreau, Inc.: New York, 1982; Helmut Newton, Aus dem photografischenwerk, Schirmer Mosel: Munich, 1993; Helmut Newton, World Without Men, Xavier Moreau, INc.: New York, 1984; Helmut Newton, POla Woman, Schirmer Art Books, Munich, 1992; Helmut Newton, Portraits, Pantheon: New York, 1987; and Martin Harrison, Norman Parkinson: Photographs 1935-1990, Rizzoli: New York, 1994. Largest: 14" H x 10" W. Keywords: Library, Reading, Coffee table books
- (3) PIECES OF WEST VIRGINIA STONEWARE
(3) PIECES OF WEST VIRGINIA STONEWARE WITHadvertising. Two-gallon GEO. Johnston Clarksburg West Virginia, 12" high by 7 3/4" diameter. John L Smith & Co 1407 Main and 1406 South St, Wheeling West Virginia, two-gallon jug. Shows approx. 7" crack. Approx 14 1/2" high by 8" diameter. A. Conrad Shinnston, West Virginia two-gallon crock. 12" high, approx. 8" diameter.
- TWENTY-FIVE EARLY BASEBALL TOBACCO CARDSTwenty-five
TWENTY-FIVE EARLY BASEBALL TOBACCO CARDSTwenty-five early baseball tobacco cards to include 1908 E102 Anonymous set of 25 Ty Cobb; 1887 N28 Allen & Ginter variation Charles Comiskey; 1909 E102 Anonymous set of 25 Wild Bill Donovan; 1909-1911 T206 Sweet Caporal Walter Johnson; 1909 E102 Anonymous set of 25 Heinie Zimmerman; 1909-1911 T206 Old Mill Rube Marquard; 1909-1911 T206 Piedmont Walter Johnson (Hands at Chest); 1909-1911 T206 Piedmont Chief Bender; 1911 T205 gold border Polar Bear Ty Cobb; 1911 T205 Polar Bear Home Run Baker; 1909-1911 T206 Polar Bear Hal Chase; 1909-1911 T206 Piedmont Johnny Evers (with bat); 1909-1911 T206 Sweet Caporal Eddie Collins; 1887 N28 Allen & Ginter Mike Kelly; 1909-1911 T206 Piedmont Johnny Evers portrait; 1909-1911 T206 Sweet Caporal Ed Walsh; 1909-1911 T206 Piedmont Pat McCauley; 1887 N28 Allen & Ginter variation Joseph Mulvey; 1909-1911 T206 Hindu (brown) Cy Young; 1909-1911 T206 Sweet Caporal Roger Bresnahan; 1909-1911 T206 Piedmont Miller Huggins; 1909-1911 T206 Piedmont Clark Griffith; 1909-1911 T206 Piedmont Christy Mathewson; 1887 N28 Allen & Ginter variation John Clarkson; and, a 1911 T205 gold border Polar Bear Roger Bresnahan.
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Condition:
These are variants. Guaranteed authentic. As expected wear consistent with age, more to some than others. Provenance: Pennsylvania estate, no other information is available on their history.
- EDWARD CLARKSON, PORTRAIT OF TROTTEREdward
EDWARD CLARKSON, PORTRAIT OF TROTTEREdward Clarkson (American, active 1835-1860) , portrait of the trotter Bonaparte NY. , signed, titled, and dated 1858 in lower left, 25" x 30".
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Condition:
Lined. Repaired 9" vertical tear behind sulky over rear wheel. Scattered touch-ups.
- LARRY RIVERS "DRAWINGS AND DIGRESSIONS"
LARRY RIVERS "DRAWINGS AND DIGRESSIONS" Inspired by the 1977 Marborough Gallery show of Larry Rivers' drawings and works on paper. Published by Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., NY, 1979. 11.25" H x 11" W.
- GROUP OF BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE, STYLE
GROUP OF BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE, STYLE & DESIGN A group of 19 books on Architecture, Style, and Design including Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People by Hamish Bowles / Knopf Doubleday, Flowers & At Home in the Garden by Carolyne Roehm / Clarkson Potter, The Way We Lived Then by Dominick Dunne / Crown Publishers, Post-Modern Design by Michael Collins & Andreas Papadakis / Rizzoli and others.
- CLARKSON STANFIELD (BRITISH, 1793-1867).
CLARKSON STANFIELD (BRITISH, 1793-1867). Oil on canvas. Seascape. 1848. Signed and dated lower right. From an inportant Park Ave NYC collection. Dimensions: 30" high x 50.25" wide Condition: Craquelure. Losses. Needs cleaning.
- FINE OSLER GILT-METAL-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS
FINE OSLER GILT-METAL-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS FIVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER, STAMPED F. & C. OSLER5 ft. 5 in. x 43 in.
Note: Thomas Osler established his glassmaking company in 1807 in Birmingham, England. He started by producing glass elements for chandeliers. Follett and Clarkson his sons took over the firm in 1831. The sons re-organized the firm in response to a growing market for fine quality luxury lighting. By the mid 19th century, F & C Osler & Co. were widely acknowledged to be the preeminent makers of exceptional chandeliers. The above offered lot undoubtedly falls into that category.
Condition
Very minor nicks and chips to the glass. One columnar support broken, but stable. Gilt-metal mounts with minor wear and pitting. Will need to be rewired for use. Impressive in person.Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.
- GROUP OF BOOKS ON ENGLISH DECORATIVE
GROUP OF BOOKS ON ENGLISH DECORATIVE ARTS AND FURNITUREIncluding: "The Studio" Year Book of Decorative Art MCMVII from the New York Offices of "The Studio," London, Paris, 1907; The Dictionary of English Furniture, Complete Set Volumes I–III Revised Edition by Ralph Edwards, Country Life, 1954; Great Houses of Britan by Nigel Nicolson, The Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1968; Thomas Hope: Regency Designer edited by David Watkin and Philip Hewat-Jaboor, The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, 2008; John Fowler: Prince of Decorators by Martin Wood, Frances Lincoln Ltd, 2007; The Scottish Country House by James Knox, photographs by James Fennel, The Vendome Press, 2012; Pictoral Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design Introduction by Edward Joy, The Antique Collectors' Club, 1977; English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, Volumes II and III by Herbert Cescinsky, George Routledge and Sons, Ltd, London, 1911; British Campaign Furniture: Elegance under Canvas, 1740–1914 by Nicholas A. Brawer, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York, 2001; English Country: Living in England's Private Houses by Caroline Seebohm and Christopher Simon Sykes, Clarkson N. Potter Inc, 1987; Regency Furniture by Frances Collard, The Antique Collectors' Club, 1985; English Decoration in the 18th Century by John Fowler and John Cornforth, Barrie and Jenkins Ltd., 1974; Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History by Mark Girouard, Yale University Press, 1978; English Country House Interiors by Jeremy Musson, photography by Paul Barker and Country Life , Foreword by Sir Roy Strong, Rizzoli, 2011, unopened in plastic wrapping; and Knole House: Its State Rooms, Pictures and Antiquities by Lionel Sackville West, J. Salmon, 1906 (18).
Condition
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- GROUP OF BOOKS ON ENGLISH DECORATIVE
GROUP OF BOOKS ON ENGLISH DECORATIVE ARTSIncluding: Beaton in Vogue by Josephine Ross, Clarkson N. Potter Inc., 1986, first American edition; The House Book by Terence Conran, Mitchell Beazley Publishers Ltd., 1976; A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration by George Smith, Praeger Publishers Inc., 1970; Regency Design 1790–1840 by John Morley, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1993; Early Georgian Interiors by John Cornforth, Yale University Press, 2004; The English Archive of Design and Decoration by Stafford Cliff, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1998; Household Furniture and Interior Decoration from the designs of Thomas Hope, John Tiranti and Co., 1937; Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700–1840 by Christopher Gilbert, The Furniture History Society and W. S. Maney and Son Ltd. 1996; Sir Edwin Lutyens: Designing in the English Tradition by Elizabeth Wilhide, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2000; Nancy Lancaster: English Country House Style by Martin Wood, Frances Lincoln Ltd., 2005, first edition; Colefax and Fowler: The Best in English Interior Decoration by Chester Jones, Bulfinch Press, 2000; Follies and Pleasure Pavilions: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales by photographs by George Mott, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1989; Sir John Soane's Museum, London by Stefan Buzas, photographs by Richard Bryant, Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, 2002; Armorial Families, A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-Armor edited by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Edinburgh: T. C. and E. C. Jack, 1905; and Ch. Dresser: People's Designer 1834–1904 by Harry Lyons and C. Morley, Alastair Carew-Cox, Home Farm, 1999 (15).
Condition
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- GROUP OF BOOKS ON THE DECORATIVE ARTSIncluding:
GROUP OF BOOKS ON THE DECORATIVE ARTSIncluding: Decoration edited by Pierre Levallois, French and European Publications, 1963; Italian Gardens by Georgina Masson, Antique Collectors Club, 1987; The Best in European Decoration edited by Monique Schneider-Maunoury, Reynal and Co. Inc., 1963; The Lesser Country Houses of Today designed by Mr. Paul Phipps, Country Life Magazine, 1924-1928; Modern Furniture and Decoration edited by Robert Harling, Galahad Books, 1971; Living Well edited by Carrie Donovan, Times Books, 1981; Jansen décoration by Jansen, Société d’études et de publications économiques, 1971, in French; David Hicks: A Life of Design by Ashley Hicks, Rizzoli International Publication, 2012; David Hicks: Designer by Ashley Hicks, Scripton Editions, 2003, first edition; David Hicks: On Bathrooms by David Hicks, Britwell Books Ltd, 1970, first American edition; Mobili Italiani dell'ottocento by Valentino Brosio, Aldo Garzanti Inc., 1964, in Italian; The Grand Tour: Individual Creations by Flavio Conti, translated by Patrick Creagh, HBJ Press, 1978; On Neoclasscism by Mario Praz, translated by Angus Davidson, Thames and Hudson, 1969; Architectural and Decorative Ornaments: The General Catalogue MCMXV , Jacobson and Co., 1915; The World of Interiors by Min Hogg and Wendy Harrop, Clarkson N. Potter Inc., 1988, first American edition; Les Pavillons, French Pavilions of the Eighteenth Century by Cyril Connoly and Jerome Zerbe, Hamish Hamilton, 1962; Regency Redux by Emily Evans Eerdmans, Rizzoli International Publications, 2011; Rooms by Carl Skoggard, photographs by Derry Moore, Rizzolli International Publications, 2009; In House by Mitchell Owens, photographs by Derry Moore, Rizzoli International Publications, 2012; and Follies and Fantasies: Germany and Austria by Sally Sample Aall, photographs by Nic Barlow, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1994, with inscription to Niall and signature by the author (20).
Condition
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- William Clarkson Stanfield
(British,
William Clarkson Stanfield
(British, 1793-1867)
Preston Pans on the Firth of Forth
watercolor and gum arabic on paper
6 5/8 x 10 57/8 inches.
- WILLIAM C. STANFIELD, RA (1793-1867)
WILLIAM C. STANFIELD, RA (1793-1867) WATERCOLOURA watercolour by William Clarkson Stanfield, RA, RBA (1793-1867, English) of sailing boats and a boy on the shore with a barrel. 19th century. Allio Collection. FRANCAIS: Aquarelle de William Clarkson Stanfield, RA, RBA (1793-1867, Britannique) des voiliers et un garçon sur le rivage avec un tonneau. 19e siècle. Collection Allio. 5.25" x 7.25".
- PAINTING, WILLIAM CLARKSON STANFIELD
PAINTING, WILLIAM CLARKSON STANFIELD William Clarkson Stanfield (British, 1793-1867), Pozzuoli, Looking Towards Baia, oil on canvas, signed faintly lower right, sight: 36"h x 48"w, overall (with frame): 42"h x 55"w
- Harvey Sadow. Vase. 1983, raku-fired
Harvey Sadow. Vase. 1983, raku-fired earthenware. 10 h × 14 dia in. result: $2,016. estimate: $1,000–1,500. Incised signature and date to underside ‘H Sadow Clarksburg Md. 1983’.
- CLARKS TEABERRY GUM GLASS DISPLAY STANDVaseline
CLARKS TEABERRY GUM GLASS DISPLAY STANDVaseline glass advertising store display piece.
Embossed, CLARKS TEABERRY GUM on body.
Issued: c. 1930
Dimensions: 3.25"H x 7"W
Country of Origin: United States
- 1799 TENNESSEE MAPA MAP OF THE TENNASSEE
1799 TENNESSEE MAPA MAP OF THE TENNASSEE GOVERNMENT FROM THE LATEST SURVEYS, 1799, Engraved for Payne's Geography. This early map of Tennessee depicts Knoxville, Nashville, and "Clerksville" (Clarksville); Memphis, which had not been founded yet, is in an area noted as "Light soil, long grass, little timber". Native American sites and villages such as Creeks Crossing Place and Cherokee are listed, along with Grandfather's Mountain, Great Iron Mountain, various rivers, and other geographical landmarks. 16-1/4" x 8-1/4", unframed. New mat included, 19-3/4" x 11-3/4". This map appeared in Volume IV of John Payne's New and Complete Universal Geography, published in New York in 1799, three years after Tennessee was founded.
Condition:
Margins trimmed with losses to right side not affecting image (left margin intact), folds with one 1/2" tear at one fold, not affecting image, light toning and some scattered tiny stains to margin.
- TENNESSEE MAP CIRCA 1795"Map of the
TENNESSEE MAP CIRCA 1795"Map of the Tennassee government, formerly part of North Carolina, taken chiefly from surveys by Gen. D. Smith and others." Engraving by Joseph T. Scott for Careys American Edition of Guthrie's Geography Improved. Hand colored borders. Ink script '39' en verso in upper right corner, first state. Sheet 10"H x 21 3/4", 9 1/8" x 19 3/4". Circa 1795. Note: This is the first map of Tennessee after statehood and the first map of Tennessee to be based on actual surveys, mostly the work of General Daniel Smith, a member of the 1779-80 Virginia-North Carolina border commission. The map shows some of the white settlements in the territory as well as towns and lands of the American Indians. Nashville and Clarksville are shown above the "S. Bound. of the military Reservation" in Middle Tennessee.
Condition:
Top sheet margin with lettering "Engraved for Careys American Edition of Guthrie's Geography improved." trimmed and only the lower edge of letters visible. Tear to lower right margin edge of sheet and does not appear to extend into map border. A couple of light toning spots.
- 3 BIRD PRINTS, GOULD, AUDUBON AND WILSON.Three
3 BIRD PRINTS, GOULD, AUDUBON AND WILSON.Three (3) Bird Prints, Gould, Audubon (Bien Edition), and Wilson. 1st item: John Gould (British, 1804-1881) and Elizabeth Gould (British, 1804-1841), "Hawk Owl", hand-colored lithograph printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel. Sheet - 22" H x 14 3/4" W. 2nd item: After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851), "Olive sided Flycatcher, Muscicapa Cooperi", No. 10-7, Plate 58, chromolithograph by Julius Bien, New York, 1860. Sheet - 25 1/4" H x 19" W. 3rd item: Alexander Wilson (American, b. Scotland, 1766–1813), "1. Louisiana Tanager, 2. Clarks Crow, 3. Lewis's Woodpecker", Plate 20 from the American Ornithology, hand-colored engraving by Alexander Lawson. Plate - 12 1/2" H x 9 3/4" W. Sheet - 18" H x 12 3/4" W. Proceeds to benefit Knox Area Rescue Ministries (KARM). (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
1st item: Overall excellent condition. 2nd item: Paper damaged, top middle and right middle of edges. 3rd item: Foxing spots scattered on surface of sheet, especially bottom area. Water damage spots, bottom left and right edges. Toning, top and right edges. Paper damaged, top right and bottom edges.
- TENNESSEE MAP, SAMUEL LEWIS & ALEXANDER
TENNESSEE MAP, SAMUEL LEWIS & ALEXANDER LAWSON, 1804"Tennessee" Map, drawn by Samuel Lewis, engraved by Alexander Lawson, published by John Conrad & Co., Philadelphia, 1804. From "A New And Elegant General Atlas: Comprising All the New Discoveries, to the Present Time: Containing Sixty-Five Maps" by Aaron Arrowsmith and Samuel Lewis. Uncolored map of early Tennessee featuring early towns and roads, including Knoxville and Clarksville, county lines and Native American lines, names of counties, rivers, mountains, and remarks about the land including the inscription "Low Broken Ground" vertical across the area of Western Tennessee. Title cartouche, top center, scale of miles, top center, legend, lower right. "Longitude W. from Philada." centered above map, "Long. W. from London" centered below map. Map surrounded by scale notations and double line border. Housed in wooden frame with grey matte. Sight - 8 3/8" H x 10 3/8" W. Framed - 13 1/4" H x 15 1/4" L. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
Overall foxing spots and water damage, top and lower left. Tape to upper margin edges when examined out of the frame.
- A MAP OF THE TENNASSEE [SIC] GOVERNMENT
A MAP OF THE TENNASSEE [SIC] GOVERNMENT FROM THE LATEST..."A Map of the Tennassee [sic] Government from the latest Surveys 1810" by John Payne for his New and Complete Universal Geography, Volume 4, America, published by E. Low, New York. Uncolored map of early Tennessee featuring early towns and roads, including Knoxville, Nashville, and "Clerksville" (Clarksville), Native American towns and roads, boundary lines, rivers, mountain ranges, and remarks about the land including the inscription "Light Soil Long Grass. Little Timber. Broken Ground. on the Heads of these Rivers." vertical across the area of Western Tennessee. Title cartouche, lower right, references legend, lower left, scale of miles, lower left. "Engd. for the New Encyclopaedia Published by E. Low N. York" centered above map, "Long. W. from Philada." top right. Map surrounded by scale notations and black line border. Plate - 7 1/2" H x 16" W. Sheet - 9 3/4" H x 16 7/8" L. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
Overall toning spots. Paper damaged around left and top right edges.
- JB LINDSLEY ARCHIVE INC. AP STEWART
JB LINDSLEY ARCHIVE INC. AP STEWART ALSAn archive of signed letters and autographs relating to John Berrien Lindsley as chancellor of the University of Nashville. The archive includes interesting content related to higher education in Tennessee (current institutions that can trace their roots to the University of Nashville include Vanderbilt Medical School, Peabody College, Montgomery Bell Academy, and University School of Nashville). 1st item: 1855 ALS, educator and future Confederate General Alexander P. Stewart to John Berrien Lindsley regarding Lindsley's plan to add a fourth department to the University of Nashville, to be called the Scientific School (for Mathematics and Engineering and for Chemistry). Stewart, who was born in Rogersville, TN and was a professor of mathematics at Cumberland University and the University of Nashville prior to the Civil War, gives advice on the organization of such a department and structuring of the professorships. (Stewart would go on to serve as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi in his post-War career). 2nd item: 1850 ALS from A.P. Stewart to Lindsley, written from Lebanon, TN, discussing various schools around the state. Includes mention of proposed female institutes at Murfreesboro, McMinnville and Manchester; plans by Cumberland University to establish law schools in Clarksville and Jackson; mention of the Masons dissolving their relationship with a college in Clarksville; and "I learn that the University at Knoxville is declining, only some 40 or 50 students. Perhaps the sooner all our colleges go by the board, the better: there may then be a possibility of establishing ONE that will be permanent." 3rd item: 1851 ALS from Robert Jefferson Breckenridge of Kentucky to John Berrien Lindsley, declining Lindsley's invitation to relocate, presumably for career purposes: "Nashville bears a high character abroad for hospitality, refinement, and every advantageof high social intercourse... a most pleasant place for a man with a large income to reside, but not much of a place for a young man who has his own way to hew in the world to settle in... it would not be at all prudent for me to select Nashville [over St. Louis]." Breckenridge, who served briefly as president of Jefferson College in Pennsyvania, was named superintendent of public education in Kentucky, and was so successful that he came to be known as the father of Public Education in Kentucky. 4th-7th items: Four J. B. Lindsley signed Nashville bank cheques, with amounts payable to Percy Warner, Dr. Henry Holton or Horton, Annie Lindsley, and Baxter Smith, dated 1885-1897. Also included are 14 clipped John Berrien Lindsley signatures, together with a 10" x 7" framed print of John Berrien Lindsley after the engraving by Samuel Sartain, matted and framed, 15" x 12 1/2". 22 items total. Provenance: formerly from the collection of Miss Margaret Lindsley Warden of Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
1st item: Tears and tape at fold lines, toning, very fragile condition. Stewart's signature is clear. 2nd item: toning and couple of small holes at fold lines. 3rd item: (Breckenridge letter) very good condition, retains cover envelope. Checques and clipped signatures in good condition, some with light fading and toning. Engraving: very good condition with later frame.
- TN MAP 1804, LEWIS/ LAWSON"Tennessee"
TN MAP 1804, LEWIS/ LAWSON"Tennessee" Map, drawn by Samuel Lewis, engraved by Alexander Lawson, published by John Conrad and Company, Philadelphia, 1804. From "A New And Elegant General Atlas: Comprising All the New Discoveries, to the Present Time: Containing Sixty-Five Maps" by Aaron Arrowsmith and Samuel Lewis. Copper plate engraving of early Tennessee depicting early towns and roads, including Knoxville and Clarksville, county lines and Native American lines, names of counties, rivers, mountains, and remarks about the land including the inscription "Low Broken Ground" vertical across the area of Western Tennessee. Title and scale of miles, top center, legend, lower right. "Longitude W. from Philada." centered above map, "Long. W. from London" centered below map. Map surrounded by scale notations and double line border. Image - 8" H x 9 3/4" W. Sheet - 9" H x 11" W. Early 19th century. Provenance: Collection of Charles and Ann Wells, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
Areas of toning, foxing, largest 3/4" lower left edge, on surface of sheet. Four perforations across lower edge of sheet. Foxing spots visible en verso.
- TENN. MAP 1811, PAYNE/LOW"A Map of the
TENN. MAP 1811, PAYNE/LOW"A Map of the Tennassee [sic] Government from the latest Surveys 1810", by John Payne, published by E. Low, New York, 1811. From "A New and Complete Universal Geography", Vol. IV, by John Payne. Copper plate engraving of early Tennessee depicting early towns and roads, including Knoxville, Nashville, and "Clerksville" (Clarksville), Native American towns and roads, boundary lines, rivers, mountain ranges, and remarks about the land including the inscription "Light Soil Long Grass. Little Timber. Broken Ground. on the Heads of these Rivers." vertical across the area of Western Tennessee. Title, lower right, references and scale of miles, lower left. "Long. W. from Philada." top right above map. Map surrounded by scale notations and line border. Image - 6 7/8" H x 15" W. Sheet - 10" H x 16" W. Early 19th century. Provenance: Collection of Charles and Ann Wells, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
Areas of toning, largest 4" top left, on surface of sheet. Toning impression of text page visible on left side of sheet. Black scuffs, top left corner of plate impression. Tears, largest 1/4", lower right edge of sheet. Areas of toning, toning impression of text page, visible en verso.
- KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE MAP, 1796 HARRIS"A
KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE MAP, 1796 HARRIS"A Map of the State of Kentucky and the Tennessee Government Compiled from the Best Authorities", by Cyrus Harris, engraved by Amos Doolittle, published by Thomas and Andrews, Boston, 1796. From "The American Universal Geography" by Jedidiah Morse. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting early towns and roads, including Nashville and Clarksville, rivers, roads, and boundary lines. Indian boundaries and the Southern boundary of the military reservation set aside for veterans of the North Carolina troops are shown. Roads shown include the "New and Short Road to Virginia". Many forts are indicated including Fort Washington, Fort Massac and Fort Jefferson. Title and scale of miles, lower right, compass rose, top left. "Lon: W. from Philadelphia" lower right below map. Map surrounded by scale notations and line border. Mounted to matte. Image - 7 5/8" H x 11 1/2" W. Sheet - 8 3/8" H x 12 1/4" W. Matte - 13" H x 16 3/4" W. Late 18th century. Provenance: Collection of Charles and Ann Wells, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
Foxing spots, largest 3/8" top left, on surface of sheet. Water damage along lower edge of sheet. Foxing spots and water damage visible en verso.
- ROBERT LOFTIN NEWMAN O/C THE NIGHTINGALERobert
ROBERT LOFTIN NEWMAN O/C THE NIGHTINGALERobert Loftin Newman (Tennessee/NY/France, 1827-1912), oil on canvas painting depicting a woman and boy in a landscape. The woman wears a long, rose colored dress, and the boy is pointing to something overhead. Painting does not appear to be signed. Paper label preserved verso for William Macbeth Gallery, New York, identifying title as 'The Nightingale.' Additional 1974 art conservation label from Berger Art Conservation (NY) identifies Newman as the painter and notes a double fiberglass lining with Beva 371 and B-67 varnish. Giltwood molded frame. 7 1/2' x 5 1/2" sight, 12" x 10" framed. Provenance: The living estate of Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Caldwell, Nashville, TN. Biography: Born in Richmond, Virginia, Robert Newman grew up in Clarksville, Tennessee. He is sometimes associated with Albert Pinkham Ryder, with whose work he shared thematic and stylistic affinities. Mothers and children were frequent subject matter, along with Old and New Testament themes. He studied briefly with Thomas Couture in Paris in 1850, but aside from that, received no formal art instruction. Newman served with the Confederate forces during the Civil War before moving to New York. He returned to Tennessee, in 1872 and tried to establish an academy of fine arts in Nashville, but by 1873 he was back in New York, where he resided the rest of his life. He rarely exhibited his work. Source: Matthew Baigell, "Dictionary of American Artists" ; Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art." (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
Relined (see description for conservator's note). Impact craquelure originating from point above the woman's head, 1/8" tear in area of boy's upper leg. Some wear to perimeter of canvas along frame. Some wear to frame.
- TN CHILD PORTRAIT ATT. SHACKELFORDTennessee
TN CHILD PORTRAIT ATT. SHACKELFORDTennessee oil on canvas portrait of a young girl, attributed to William Stamms Shackelford (Kentucky/Tennessee, c. 1814- c.1878). Portrait depicts a young girl wearing a white lace dress with blue accents, blue ribbon sash, and a coral bead necklace, standing with one hand resting on a white marble table beside a vase of white flowers, all atop green carpet with red accented blocks. Circa 1850. Housed in an ornate period gilt carved frame with oval opening. Sight - 26" H x 20 3/4" W. Framed - 33 1/4" H x 28 1/4" W. Provenance: Murfreesboro, Tennessee estate history. Biography: Little is known about Shackelford's early life. He is believed to have been born in 1814 in Kentucky and reputedly took art lessons from Matthew Jouett, although Jouett died in 1827. In 1833, Shackleford assited Oliver Frazer in painting the full length portrait of George Washington in the old Statehouse at Franklin, KY. He worked as a portrait painter in several Kentucky towns including Bowling Green and Paris. In the 1850s he moved to Clarksville, Tennessee and also worked in Franklin, TN. Shackelford also dabbled in inventing, and claimed to have invented the Revolver before Samuel Colt. He suffered a nervous breakdown and died in Missouri, where he had family, sometime after 1878. (Source: Portrait Painting in Tennessee, Tennessee Historical Quarterly vo. XLVI no. 4). Alternate spelling: Shackleford. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
Craquelure to right side of canvas with some very slight losses, abrasion/area of repair left margin. Scattered losses and inpainting to gilt frame along with cracks, primarily to corners.Please refer to blacklight photo.
- 1805 TN SUPREME COURT BOOK, JOHN OVERTON
1805 TN SUPREME COURT BOOK, JOHN OVERTON AND HUGH WHITE...CASES RULED AND ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURTS OF LAW AND EQUITY AND FEDERAL COURT FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE BY AND OF THE JUDGES OF THAT STATE, BOOK THE THIRD. This book contains entries describing legal cases and opinions in what was the forerunner of the TN State Supreme Court, from May 1805 to Nov. 1808. The book begins with the case in the Metro District, Nashville, of "Jackson and Evens," over whether a contract made in another state is subject to the statute of limitations of Tennessee or the other state. The book continues to detail cases argued in the Washington and Hamilton Districts of early Tennessee, involving slave rights, property and contract disputes, horse auctions, and even the authorization of George Roulstone to publish law journals. There is extensive writing recording the opinions of judges John Overton, Hugh Lawson White, and David Campbell, who served during this time period. (Overton, in particular, seems to have had much to say on many of the cases). 277 pp. 11 1/2"H x 7 1/4"W. Note: Tennessee's early legal system relied on a series of Districts, added as the then-territory became more populated. The 1796 Constitution of Tennessee formally instituted the frontier practice of having 2 types of courts: an "inferior" Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions (which heard law cases involving modest sums of money or property and minor punishments) and the Superior Court of Law and Equity, considered the "superior" court. The Superior Courts of Law and Equity had sole jurisdiction over cases punishable by loss of life or limb and cases of greater dollar value. They also served as courts of appeal, for those dissatisfied a Court of Pleas decision. The three traveling Superior Court judges heard cases in Jonesboro (Washington District), Knoxville (Hamilton District), Carthage (Winchester District), Clarksville (Robertson District), and Nashville (Mero District). Many of Tennessee's leading pioneers served as Superior Court judges, including Andrew Jackson (who stepped down in 1804), John Overton (who took Jackson's place), John McNairy, Archibald Roane, and Willie Blount.
Descended in the family of Judge John Overton through his daughter, Elizabeth Overton Lea of Nashville to present consignor.
Condition:
Covers and spine in fragile condition with most of the leather worn away, front cover fully separated, half of first page missing. The interior pages, however, remain in good readable condition with soiling/light oxidation and small losses at edges, and light toning.
- OLEN BRYANT, GREEN ANGELS SCULPTURELarge
OLEN BRYANT, GREEN ANGELS SCULPTURELarge Olen L. Bryant (American/Tennessee, 1927-2017) green and tan textured ceramic sculpture of winged female figures emerging from a spherical base. Signed "O. Bryant '84" on base. 21 3/4" H x 17" W x 12" D. Biography: Born in Cookeville, TN, Bryant was a 1950 graduate of Murray State University and a 1954 graduate of the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield, Michigan with a Master's Degree in Fine Arts. He additionally studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Institute in the Visual Arts in American Culture at the University of Delaware, and the Winterthur Museum in 1967. Bryant was a professor at Austin Peay State University from 1964 to 1991. Bryant's artwork is widely collected around the United States and is a part of several museum collections, including the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, the Tennessee State Museum of Art, and the Cheekwood Museum of Art in Nashville; and his works have been displayed at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and at the Governor's Mansion during the Phil Bredesen administration. He was a founding member of the Nashville Artist Guild and the Tennessee Association of Craft Artists (source: Nashville Fine Arts Magazine & The Leaf Chronicle).
Provenance: Estate of Olen Bryant, Cottonwood/Clarksville, TN. A letter of authenticity and provenance from the artist's niece, who served as his studio assistant and personal representative for his estate, is available for this lot.
Condition:
Overall very good condition.
- 3 OLEN BRYANT ITEMS, DRAWING OF 2 WOMEN
3 OLEN BRYANT ITEMS, DRAWING OF 2 WOMEN & 2 ABSTRACT O/...Three (3) Olen Bryant (American/Tennessee, 1927-2017) artworks, including one (1) ink portrait and two (2) abstract oil paintings. 1st item: Ink on paper portrait drawing depicting two women with shoulder-length hair standing shoulder to shoulder having indistinct bodies and limbs below their waists. Signed and dated in pencil "Olen Bryant 1965" at lower center of figures. Float mounted and matted under glass in a chrome-painted acrylic frame. Sight: 25 7/8" H x 15 7/8" W. Framed: 33 1/2" H x 23 1/8" W. 2nd item: Oil on canvas abstract painting of three horses or mules in muted grays, gold, red, and green. Unsigned. Housed in natural wood frame. Sight: 12" H x 15" W. Framed: 15 1/4" H x 18 1/4" W. 3rd item: Oil on canvas abstract painting with brightly colored geometric shapes and bold lines. Unsigned. Housed in a contemporary frame. Sight: 21" H x 15" W. Framed: 22 3/4" H x 16 3/4" W.
Provenance: Estate of Olen Bryant, Cottonwood/Clarksville, TN. A letter of authenticity and provenance from the artist's niece, who served as his studio assistant and personal representative for his estate, is available for this lot.
Condition:
All items in overall good condition. 1st item: Slight warping to paper. Not examined outside of frame. Frame with minor scattered losses to chrome paint. 2nd item: Two small chips to upper left quadrant, measuring 1/4" in diameter and 1/16" H x 1/4" W. 3rd item: Light grime and two areas of denting, one causing paint loss in lower left corner, approximately 1/4".
- ROBERT LOFTIN NEWMAN O/C PAINTING, THE
ROBERT LOFTIN NEWMAN O/C PAINTING, THE FLIGHT INTO EGYP...Robert Loftin Newman (Tennessee/NY/ France, 1827-1912) oil on canvas nocturnal landscape painting, "The Flight Into Egypt", depicting Mary, attired in crimson and holding the Christ child, both seated upon an animal being led by two figures in white, along with a procession of other indistinct figures and animals in the distance. Signed lower left corner in red "R L Newman". Label en verso for Babcock Galleries, 19 East 49th Street New York. Additional, partially legible incising to stretcher with artist information lower right. Housed in a period American gilt carved and textured frame. Sight: 19 1/4" H x 29 1/4" W. Framed: 27" H x 37" W. Note: This painting is pictured on page 128 (figure 18) of the book "Robert Loftin Newman" by Marchal E. Landgren, published for The National Collection of Fine Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press, City of Washington, 1974. At the time, the book listed the painting's whereabouts as unknown, with the known previous provenance as follows: "Purchased by Miss Palmie at Mrs. Sanborn's studio sale, 1909; E.C. Babcock, New York, 1926: Hon. John G. Winant, Concord, NH, 1928". It was recently discovered in a Northeastern estate sale. Artist Biography: Robert Newman was born in Richmond, Virginia, and grew up in Clarksville, Tennessee. He is sometimes associated with Albert Pinkham Ryder, an artist with whom he shared a similar style and artistic technique. For Newman (who never knew his father) mothers and children were frequent subject matter, along with Old and New Testament themes; in fact another painting with this same title and subject is in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution (accession no. 1975.57, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Webster). Newman studied briefly with Thomas Couture in Paris in 1850, and on a second trip to Paris in 1854, William Morris Hunt introduced him to J. F. Millet and to the Barbizon painters. Newman served with the Confederate forces during the Civil War before moving to New York. He returned to Tennessee in 1872 and tried to establish an academy of fine arts in Nashville, but by 1873 he was back in New York, where he resided the rest of his life. He rarely exhibited his work. (Source: Matthew Baigell, "Dictionary of American Artists"; Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"; The Smithsonian American Art Museum).
Condition:
Painting has been lined. Canvas with overall craquelure due to the artist's technique, which caused the top layer of heavy paint and resin to dry more quickly than the primary layer. Some of the resulting wide traction cracks have been lightly in-painted in the right-center of the work, and there is a small area of inpainting in lower-left corner, approximately 1". See UV light photos for reference. Frame with very minor scattered abrasions, slight losses.
- OLEN BRYANT, SCULPTURE OF ANGEL ON SIDEOlen
OLEN BRYANT, SCULPTURE OF ANGEL ON SIDEOlen L. Bryant (American/Tennessee, 1927-2017) tan unglazed ceramic sculpture of a winged angel figure with closed eyes and hair swooped back lying on its side on a cuboid base. Signed and dated "O. Bryant ’72" near base of block. 12” H x 20” W x 7” D. Biography: Born in Cookeville, TN, Bryant was a 1950 graduate of Murray State University and a 1954 graduate of the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield, Michigan with a Master's Degree in Fine Arts. He additionally studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Institute in the Visual Arts in American Culture at the University of Delaware, and the Winterthur Museum in 1967. Bryant was a professor at Austin Peay State University from 1964 to 1991. Bryant's artwork is widely collected around the United States and is a part of several museum collections, including the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, the Tennessee State Museum of Art, and the Cheekwood Museum of Art in Nashville; and his works have been displayed at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and at the Governor's Mansion during the Phil Bredesen administration. He was a founding member of the Nashville Artist Guild and the Tennessee Association of Craft Artists (source: Nashville Fine Arts Magazine & The Leaf Chronicle).
Provenance: Estate of Olen Bryant, Cottonwood/Clarksville, TN. A letter of authenticity and provenance from the artist's niece, who served as his studio assistant and personal representative for his estate, is available for this lot.
Condition:
Overall very good condition.
- OLEN BRYANT, GILDED SUN FACE ON STAND
OLEN BRYANT, GILDED SUN FACE ON STAND & MOTHER CHILD SC...Two (2) Olen L. Bryant (American/Tennessee, 1927-2017) gilt sculptures. 1st item: Ceramic sculpture of a textured spherical head with closed-eye face, flared at seam nearly all the way around; head tilted upwards and to the side. Gilded on top half, with red-brown clay underneath. Incised signature "O'BRYANT" and illegible date to underside. Sculpture fits into a three-legged wrought iron stand. 8" H x 12" W x 9" D. Stand raises height to 10.5" H. 2nd item: Gilded ceramic figural sculpture of kneeling woman holding a baby in her arms. Unsigned. Mounted to a circular wood base. 6 1/4" H x 3 1/4" W. Biography: Born in Cookeville, TN, Bryant was a 1950 graduate of Murray State University and a 1954 graduate of the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield, Michigan with a Master's Degree in Fine Arts. He additionally studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Institute in the Visual Arts in American Culture at the University of Delaware, and the Winterthur Museum in 1967. Bryant was a professor at Austin Peay State University from 1964 to 1991. Bryant's artwork is widely collected around the United States and is a part of several museum collections, including the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, the Tennessee State Museum of Art, and the Cheekwood Museum of Art in Nashville; and his works have been displayed at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and at the Governor's Mansion during the Phil Bredesen administration. He was a founding member of the Nashville Artist Guild and the Tennessee Association of Craft Artists (source: Nashville Fine Arts Magazine & The Leaf Chronicle).
Provenance: Estate of Olen Bryant, Cottonwood/Clarksville, TN. A letter of authenticity and provenance from the artist's niece, who served as his studio assistant and personal representative for his estate, is available for this lot.
Condition:
Both items in overall very good condition.
- OLEN BRYANT, SCULPTURE OF A HEAD ON
OLEN BRYANT, SCULPTURE OF A HEAD ON A CUBE WITH FACEOlen Bryant (American/Tennessee, 1927-2017) textured, sand-colored with turquoise undertone ceramic sculpture of hollow head with a peaceful, closed-eye facial expression and headband with a star on top of a cube with symmetrical face on front square. Signed and illegibly dated "O, Bryant". 19 1/4" H x 12 1/2" W x 9" D.
Provenance: Estate of Olen Bryant, Cottonwood/Clarksville, TN. A letter of authenticity and provenance from the artist's niece, who served as his studio assistant and personal representative for his estate, is available for this lot.
Condition:
Excellent condition.