BRASS CASED POCKET SEXTANT, ENGLISH,BRASS CASED POCKET SEXTANT, ENGLISH, 20TH C.An early 20th century brass cased pocket sextant by Smith and Co., London. The outer case unscrews and is then screwed to the underside of the sextant to serve as a handle. Dimensions, 1.75" high x 3" diameter.
E SMITH AND CO. CERAMIC TILE, THE CLASSICALE SMITH AND CO. CERAMIC TILE, THE CLASSICAL ELEMENTS, F...Ceramic pictorial tile depicts four women in the 4 elements; air, fire, water and earth.
The center transferware print depicts a flower titled Summer. Housed in wooden frame. E Smith And Co. backstamp.
Issued: 19th c.
Dimensions: 7.25"L x 7.25"W
Manufacturer: E Smith and Co.
ENGLISH STERLING SILVER SUGAR AND CREAMERDESCRIPTION:ENGLISH STERLING SILVER SUGAR AND CREAMERDESCRIPTION: A set of English sterling silver creamer and sugar cellar by S.W Smith and Co. Each pieces is decorated with repousse floral motifs. Comes with original box. Total Weight: 180 Grams CIRCA: 20th Cent. ORIGIN: England DIMENSIONS: H: 3.25" W: 3.5" CONDITION: Great condition. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS (305) 333-4134. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission."
10 PCS 19TH C. TN EPHEMERA, INCL. GOVERNOR10 PCS 19TH C. TN EPHEMERA, INCL. GOVERNOR SIGNED1st item: 1806 letter sent from William Dunlop, Hackettstown, New Jersey to James V. Anderson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania inquiring about the worth of goods including tea in Tennessee. The letter was 9 5/8" H x 15" W. Note: Although this letter is addressed to Anderson in Philadelphia, he was a resident of Jonesborough, TN and was the first named clerk of the circuit court there. 2nd-3rd items: 1808 envelope and letter sent from Thomas A. Helms, Hackettstown, New Jersey to his uncle James V. Anderson, Esq., Jonesborough, TN. The letter describes a debt owed to Helms and his uncle by Mark Thomson, and which Helms worries will not be promptly repaid. 4th item: 1813 Blount County, TN handwritten legal document recording the deposition of Daniel Owens in regard to the suit brought by Mathew Rhodes against John R. Blackwell. Owens states that "...in or about the year one thousand eight hundred he sold to John R Blackwell a tract of land of three hundred acres being in Albemarle County in the State of Virginia for four hundred and fifty pounds [dollars is crossed out] and for the said payment thereof he the said Blackwell gave him Mathew Rhodes for security and when the money became due Blackwell was not able to pay it..." Attested by John Waugh and John Wallace, Justices of the Peace. Additionally signed in verso by Wallace and by Blount County Clerk James Houston's deputy, William Lowry. 13 1/2" H x 15 1/4" W. 5th item: 1818 Knox County, TN document handwritten by William Rogers, Chaplain, recording his travel from Knoxville to Camp Ross, Fort Armstrong, and his return, for which he is reimbursed 39 dollars. Certified en verso and signed by John A. Gamble, Deputy to Knox County Clerk Charles McClung. With embossed seal en verso, upper left. 6 1/2" H x 7 3/4" W. 6th item: 1826 printed summons directing the Sheriff of Rhea County, TN, to summon John Halland, James Kelly, and Jacob Brower to appear at the courthouse in Washington, TN, to testify in a case between James Swan and William Randolph. Signed by Rhea County Clerk John Locke. 6 3/8" H x 7 5/8" W. 7th item: 1832 Greene County, TN handwritten Deed of Conveyance between James Williams and William Alison recording the purchase for the sum of 150 dollars "a certain tract or parcel of land situated lying and being in the county aforesaid [Greene] on the South side of Nolachuky [sic] River on the waters of Camp Creek." Attested by John Ellison and Robert H. Ellison and signed by James Williams. Additionally signed en verso by Greene County Registrar S. E. Burnett. 12" H x 15 6/8" W. 8th item: 1832 White County, TN printed document commissioning Stephen Holland to execute and fulfill the duties of White County Justice of the Peace. Signed by Tennessee Governor William Carroll (1788-1844) and Secretary of State Samuel G. Smith (1794-1835). Printed by the Republican and Gazette Office, Nashville. 9 1/2" H x 15 1/2" W. 9th item: 1850 Washington County, TN handwritten legal document executed by William Patterson to W. R. [William Robertson] Sevier and related to an 1848 Deed of Trust pertaining to "certain houses and lots being in town of Jonesborough, county and state aforesaid and upon certain horse beasts, as well as other property" and seeking "to secure the payment of certain debts therein stated to be due to the firm of Gammon and Vance, Wm K. Vance & Co, Stephenson & Dosser and to William G. Gammon." With descriptions of and details concerning the lots and properties. Signed and attested en verso by these parties, including Sevier, with additional inscriptions and signatures by County Clerk W. H Smith and County Registrar Philip Parks. On blue paper with Eagle Mills, Suffield embossed seal, upper left. 12 3/8" H x 15 1/4" W. Note: William Robertson Sevier was the grand-nephew of John Sevier. 10th item: 1882 poster advertising East Tennessee public speaking appointments for Leonidas Campbell Houk, the Republican nominee for United States Congress. Printed by T. Haws, Knoxville. Note: Between 1878 and 1891, L.C. Houk was elected to seven consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives. 12 1/2" H x 9 1/2" W.
Condition:
Items with tears, areas of loss, dampstaining, foxing spots, toning, later ink or pencil inscriptions, and general handling wear commensurate with age and manner of use. 3rd and 5th items with tape stabilization and repairs.
YURI (GEORGE) SCHWEBLER (YUGOSLAVIAN/AMERICAN,YURI (GEORGE) SCHWEBLER (YUGOSLAVIAN/AMERICAN, 1942-199...Yuri (George) Schwebler
Yugoslavian/American, 1942-1990
Mirror Veil , 1979
Mixed media, signed, titled, and dated to interior
Sheets of glass, layered and constructed in an architectural, modernist manner to sequester small rocks, a mirrored backdrop to the shadowbox containment.
Yuri Schwebler was born in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia in 1943. His early childhood was clearly marked by the times, his father facing all from conscription into the Wehrmacht to the tortures of a Russian Labor camp, which would lead to the breaking of both his legs. Once the family was reunited in 1956, they wasted no time in emigrating, Schwebler and both younger sisters in tow, to Delaware.
Fresh out of Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College), Schwebler was drafted in to the United States Army Reserve in 1965. After his discharge, he started using the anglicized name George Schwebler. By 1967, he moved to Washington, D.C., and in 1970, moved with his wife, Joanne Hedge, to Marin County, California, and worked briefly at the Sausalito Art Center. When the marriage dissolved in March 1970, he spent two months at the Mendocino State Hospital before returning to Washington, D.C. He moved to New York in 1980, and stopped making art around 1981.
His CV in “The Studio” catalog staked Schwebler's roots in DC, complimented by numerous gallery exhibitions as well as exhibitions at the Phillips Collection and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. He earned an NEA fellowship in 1975, a sculpture installed at ArtPark in 1976, and was included in the 10th Paris Biennale of Young Artists in 1977. In a 1981 exhibition in the Hudson River Museum, Schwebler recreated art studios of sculptors Alexander Calder (In the Tracks of Calder), Piet Mondrian, Alberto Giacometti (Giacometti’s Table [Where Painting Meets Sculpture], 1981), David Smith and Constantin Brancusi, with his own artistic sensibilities.
Schwebler died at age 47 on March 3, 1990, in Marlborough, New York by suicide and carbon monoxide poisoning. He was survived by his partner, artist Enid Sanford, his mother Eva (née Lasi) Schwebler, and two sisters. His work was part of the posthumous retrospective art exhibition, Yuri Schwebler: The Spiritual Plan (2020) curated by John James Anderson at the American University Museum.
Shadowbox: 15 1/8 x 20 x 8 1/8 in. (38.4 x 50.8 x 20.6 cm.)
The Artist,
Ex Iowa Wesleyan University collection;
Bequeathed by the Alden Lowell Doud Estate, Washington D.C.
Alden Lowell Doud (American, 1935-1912) of Iowa City, formerly of Douds, was a former First Lieutenant and Captain of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corp. After serving in the military, he joined the Office of the Legal Adviser in the U.S. State Department in 1967 where he became the first Assistant Legal Adviser for Environmental Affairs. He authored the first drafts of several important environmental treaties including the World Heritage Convention. He was also a member of the U.S. delegation in the negotiations forming the International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (INTELSAT).
In 1973, Mr. Doud joined the World Bank Legal Department as its principal administrative attorney and rose to the title of Chief Counsel until his retirement in 1996. Post retirement,
he studied at the Courtlaud Institute of Art in London and continued art studies at Bard Graduate Center in New York City.
He moved to Iowa City in 1998 and served as Chairman of Board of Trustees of Iowa Wesleyan until 2005 when he received an honorary degree Ll. D. and was made Chairman Emeritus. He was a member of University of Iowa President's Club, the Members Council of the University Museum of Art, the Harvard Club of New York City, and other arts related organizations.
Condition:
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion, and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Reference to condition written, oral or within a condition report shall not be regarded as a full account of condition and may not include all defects, alterations, or restorations. Absence of a condition report does not imply a lot is flawless or lacking imperfections or damage. Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Returns shall not be accepted on the basis of condition.
YURI (GEORGE) SCHWEBLER (YUGOSLAVIAN/AMERICAN,YURI (GEORGE) SCHWEBLER (YUGOSLAVIAN/AMERICAN, 1942-199...Yuri (George) Schwebler
Yugoslavian/American, 1942-1990
Protractor Box , 1977
Mixed media, signed, titled, and dated to verso
A large protractor, the shadowbox backing shaded white.
Yuri Schwebler was born in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia in 1943. His early childhood was clearly marked by the times, his father facing all from conscription into the Wehrmacht to the tortures of a Russian Labor camp, which would lead to the breaking of both his legs. Once the family was reunited in 1956, they wasted no time in emigrating, Schwebler and both younger sisters in tow, to Delaware.
Fresh out of Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College), Schwebler was drafted in to the United States Army Reserve in 1965. After his discharge, he started using the anglicized name George Schwebler. By 1967, he moved to Washington, D.C., and in 1970, moved with his wife, Joanne Hedge, to Marin County, California, and worked briefly at the Sausalito Art Center. When the marriage dissolved in March 1970, he spent two months at the Mendocino State Hospital before returning to Washington, D.C. He moved to New York in 1980, and stopped making art around 1981.
His CV in “The Studio” catalog staked Schwebler's roots in DC, complimented by numerous gallery exhibitions as well as exhibitions at the Phillips Collection and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. He earned an NEA fellowship in 1975, a sculpture installed at ArtPark in 1976, and was included in the 10th Paris Biennale of Young Artists in 1977. In a 1981 exhibition in the Hudson River Museum, Schwebler recreated art studios of sculptors Alexander Calder (In the Tracks of Calder), Piet Mondrian, Alberto Giacometti (Giacometti’s Table [Where Painting Meets Sculpture], 1981), David Smith and Constantin Brancusi, with his own artistic sensibilities.
Schwebler died at age 47 on March 3, 1990, in Marlborough, New York by suicide and carbon monoxide poisoning. He was survived by his partner, artist Enid Sanford, his mother Eva (née Lasi) Schwebler, and two sisters. His work was part of the posthumous retrospective art exhibition, Yuri Schwebler: The Spiritual Plan (2020) curated by John James Anderson at the American University Museum.
Shadowbox: 16 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (41.3 x 41.3 x 20.6 cm.)
The Artist,
Ex Iowa Wesleyan University collection;
Bequeathed by the Alden Lowell Doud Estate, Washington D.C.
Alden Lowell Doud (American, 1935-1912) of Iowa City, formerly of Douds, was a former First Lieutenant and Captain of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corp. After serving in the military, he joined the Office of the Legal Adviser in the U.S. State Department in 1967 where he became the first Assistant Legal Adviser for Environmental Affairs. He authored the first drafts of several important environmental treaties including the World Heritage Convention. He was also a member of the U.S. delegation in the negotiations forming the International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (INTELSAT).
In 1973, Mr. Doud joined the World Bank Legal Department as its principal administrative attorney and rose to the title of Chief Counsel until his retirement in 1996. Post retirement,
he studied at the Courtlaud Institute of Art in London and continued art studies at Bard Graduate Center in New York City.
He moved to Iowa City in 1998 and served as Chairman of Board of Trustees of Iowa Wesleyan until 2005 when he received an honorary degree Ll. D. and was made Chairman Emeritus. He was a member of University of Iowa President's Club, the Members Council of the University Museum of Art, the Harvard Club of New York City, and other arts related organizations.
Condition:
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion, and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Reference to condition written, oral or within a condition report shall not be regarded as a full account of condition and may not include all defects, alterations, or restorations. Absence of a condition report does not imply a lot is flawless or lacking imperfections or damage. Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Returns shall not be accepted on the basis of condition.
YURI (GEORGE) SCHWEBLER (YUGOSLAVIAN/AMERICAN,YURI (GEORGE) SCHWEBLER (YUGOSLAVIAN/AMERICAN, 1942-199...Yuri (George) Schwebler
Yugoslavian/American, 1942-1990
Protractor Box
Mixed media shadow box, signed, titled, and dated 1977 to verso
A bronze plumb bob held suspended by a length of cord between lengths of ruler and a protractor, the shadowbox backing shaded white.
Yuri Schwebler was born in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia in 1943. His early childhood was clearly marked by the times, his father facing all from conscription into the Wehrmacht to the tortures of a Russian Labor camp, which would lead to the breaking of both his legs. Once the family was reunited in 1956, they wasted no time in emigrating, Schwebler and both younger sisters in tow, to Delaware.
Fresh out of Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College), Schwebler was drafted in to the United States Army Reserve in 1965. After his discharge, he started using the anglicized name George Schwebler. By 1967, he moved to Washington, D.C., and in 1970, moved with his wife, Joanne Hedge, to Marin County, California, and worked briefly at the Sausalito Art Center. When the marriage dissolved in March 1970, he spent two months at the Mendocino State Hospital before returning to Washington, D.C. He moved to New York in 1980, and stopped making art around 1981.
His CV in “The Studio” catalog staked Schwebler's roots in DC, complimented by numerous gallery exhibitions as well as exhibitions at the Phillips Collection and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. He earned an NEA fellowship in 1975, a sculpture installed at ArtPark in 1976, and was included in the 10th Paris Biennale of Young Artists in 1977. In a 1981 exhibition in the Hudson River Museum, Schwebler recreated art studios of sculptors Alexander Calder (In the Tracks of Calder), Piet Mondrian, Alberto Giacometti (Giacometti’s Table [Where Painting Meets Sculpture], 1981), David Smith and Constantin Brancusi, with his own artistic sensibilities.
Schwebler died at age 47 on March 3, 1990, in Marlborough, New York by suicide and carbon monoxide poisoning. He was survived by his partner, artist Enid Sanford, his mother Eva (née Lasi) Schwebler, and two sisters. His work was part of the posthumous retrospective art exhibition, Yuri Schwebler: The Spiritual Plan (2020) curated by John James Anderson at the American University Museum.
Shadowbox: 16 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (41.3 x 41.3 x 20.6 cm.)
The Artist,
Ex Iowa Wesleyan University collection;
Bequeathed by the Alden Lowell Doud Estate, Washington D.C.
Alden Lowell Doud (American, 1935-1912) of Iowa City, formerly of Douds, was a former First Lieutenant and Captain of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corp. After serving in the military, he joined the Office of the Legal Adviser in the U.S. State Department in 1967 where he became the first Assistant Legal Adviser for Environmental Affairs. He authored the first drafts of several important environmental treaties including the World Heritage Convention. He was also a member of the U.S. delegation in the negotiations forming the International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (INTELSAT).
In 1973, Mr. Doud joined the World Bank Legal Department as its principal administrative attorney and rose to the title of Chief Counsel until his retirement in 1996. Post retirement,
he studied at the Courtlaud Institute of Art in London and continued art studies at Bard Graduate Center in New York City.
He moved to Iowa City in 1998 and served as Chairman of Board of Trustees of Iowa Wesleyan until 2005 when he received an honorary degree Ll. D. and was made Chairman Emeritus. He was a member of University of Iowa President's Club, the Members Council of the University Museum of Art, the Harvard Club of New York City, and other arts related organizations.
Condition:
The cord has seperated in the past and is tied back together.
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion, and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Reference to condition written, oral or within a condition report shall not be regarded as a full account of condition and may not include all defects, alterations, or restorations. Absence of a condition report does not imply a lot is flawless or lacking imperfections or damage. Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Returns shall not be accepted on the basis of condition.
A FRENCH GOLDSMITHS & SONS CARRIAGEA FRENCH GOLDSMITHS & SONS CARRIAGE CLOCKA French Goldsmiths & Sons Carriage clock, 19th Century Dial: Goldsmith and Co., London/Paris; Movement: impressed Glazed brass case, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, two train movement sticking in the hour and the half hour, repetition button to top 7" H (handle up) x 3.5" W x 3.25" D Dimensions: 7" H (handle up) x 3.5" W x 3.25" D
DE TOCQUEVILLE, DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA,DE TOCQUEVILLE, DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA, 1851 Alexis De Tocqueville; THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS POLITICAL INSTIUTIONS, REVIEWED AND EXAMINED (NY: Barnes, 1851) Thick 8vo., stamped cloth, light water stain along lower edge; Together with Alexander Hamilton and others, THE FEDERALIST, ON THE NEW CONSITUTION, WRITTEN IN 1788 New Edition (Hallowelll, ME: Masters, Smith and Co. 1857) 8vo., full sheep, boards detached, spine missing, text toned.
TWO AMERICAN SILVER-PLATED ICE WATERTWO AMERICAN SILVER-PLATED ICE WATER PITCHERSone marked for Pairpoint Manufacturing, with matching drip cup; the other marked for Wilcox Silverplate Co; "Quadruple Plated", with an associated cup marked for Roger Smith and Co.; each on stand; Provenance: The E.T. and Wife Collection, Long Beach, California; each pitcher 19 1/2 inches high overall Condition:
AMERICAN SILVER-PLATED SOUP TUREEN WITHAMERICAN SILVER-PLATED SOUP TUREEN WITH TRAYAmerican SIlver-plated Soup Tureen with Tray, Rogers Smith and Co., New Haven, Connecticut Dimensions: Tureen: 13 1/4 x 16 x 10 1/4 in. (33.7 x 40.6 x 26 cm.), Tray: 12 x 20 1/2 in. (30.5 x 52.1 cm.) Condition:
Seven American Silver Articles
Mid/LateSeven American Silver Articles
Mid/Late 19th Century
comprising a Bailey & Co. repousse coin silver cup, a Whiting sterling silver child's mug, an unmarked coin silver goblet, a pair of coin silver salts marked J.L.W., possibly for John Westervelt, with an unmarked but nearly matching cordial, and a Rogers, Smith and Co. silverplate commemorative goblet.
18 ozt 19 dwt gross
Height of largest 7 1/4 inches.
The silverplate goblet includes an engraving reading Western / Female Seminary / Presented by the class of / 1873. Otherwise known as the Western College for Women, this institution was founded in Oxford, Ohio in 1853 and later absorbed into Miami University.
A Victorian Silver-Plate and EnameledA Victorian Silver-Plate and Enameled Glass Epergne
Rogers, Smith and Co., Meriden, CT, Late 19th Century
Height 13 1/2 x width 16 x depth 10 inches.
Property from the Collection of Ron Winter, Merwins Antiques, Birmingham, Michigan
Three pewter champhene burner lampsThree pewter champhene burner lamps capen & molineux and smith and co. Including an assembled pair, each with tulip-form fonts, on knopped stem on stepped circular bases , all with burners, two with caps. H: 7 1/2 in. (with burner) PROVENANCE: Stanley and Rose Rich pewter collection One lamp with wrong burner ; repair to body; some with discoloration and pitting.
Victorian-Style Cast-Iron Umbrella Stand,Victorian-Style Cast-Iron Umbrella Stand, in the allegorical form of a youth holding a serpent, the youth standing amidst ferns, the drip pan modeled as similar foliage, h. 33", w. 20", d. 12". Stands of this type were manufactured by such eminent foundries as Sheffield, Edwards and Theophilus Smith and Coalbrookdale.
Four American Sterling Silver ArticlesFour American Sterling Silver Articles comprising a Gorham cup with date mark for 1890 a sauce boat by Redlich and Co. a creamer by Frank W. Smith and Co. and a mustard pot with a hand hammered finish by Watson Co. having a glass liner; approximate total weight 18.13 ozt. Width of widest 7 3/8 inches.