HARRIET BEECHER STOWE HANDWRITTEN LETTERHARRIET BEECHER STOWE HANDWRITTEN LETTER WITH SIGNATUREHarriet Beecher Stowe (1812-1896), Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin". Handwritten letter dated in pencil "July 10/65" referring to her articles written (one for the Atlantic Monthly) with signature / auto
STOWE, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, 1894, BRUNSWICKSTOWE, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, 1894, BRUNSWICK ED. Harriet Beecher Stowe, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" [Brunswick Edition] Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York: 1894. 6.75" L x 5.75" W. Keywords: Books, Literature, Antique
6VOL SIGNED BOOKS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS6VOL SIGNED BOOKS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS Included are the following six signed books: To See Your Face Again by Eugenia Price. Published 1985 by Doubleday. Signed by the author on the half-title page. The Cambridge Introduction to Harriet Beecher Stowe by Sarah Robbins. Published 2007 by Cambridge. Signed by the author on the half-title and title page. The Magnificent Partnership by Stanwood Cobb. Published 1954 by Vantage Press. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free end paper. Autobiography with Letters by William Lyon Phelps. Published 1939 by Oxford University Press. No dust jacket. Among the Gently Mad: Strategies and Perspectives for the Book Hunter in the Twenty-First Century by Nicolas A. Basbanes. Published 2002 by Henry Holt. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Mr. Daniels and the Grange by Eric Sloane and Edward Anthony. Published 1968 by Funk and Wagnalls. Signed by the author Eric Sloane on the front free end paper.
H B STOWE, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, FIRSTH B STOWE, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, FIRST LONDON EDITION Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Illustrations by George Cruikshank. Published 1852 by John Cassell in London. First English edition. Book is quarter bound in black leather with green lined boards. Spine features gilt decoration and titling. 8vo.
EASTON PRESS 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVEREASTON PRESS 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN, 32 VOL. Various Sizes 32 vol., Leather bound with gilt trim, including: Marie-Henri Beyle (Stendhal), "The Red and the Black" (2 copies); Charlotte Bronte, "Jane Eyre"; Sir Richard F. Burton, translator, "The Arabian Nights"; James Fenimore Cooper, "The Last of the Mohicans" (2 copies); Stephen Crane, "The Red Badge of Courage"; Daniel Defoe, "Robinson Crusoe" (2 copies); Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities"; Charles Dickens, "Great Expectations" (2 copies); Alexandre Dumas, "The Count of Monte Cristo"; George Elliot, "The Mill on the Floss"; Benjamin Franklin, "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin"; Lionel Giles, translator, "The Analects of Confucius" (2 copies); Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, "The Federalist"; Thomas Hardy, "The Return of the Native"; Victor Hugo, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"; Rudyard Kipling, "The Jungle Books"; Michel de Montaigne, "Essays"; William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet"; John Steinbeck, "Of Mice and Men"; Robert Louis Stevenson, "Treasure Island"; Harriet Beecher Stowe, "Uncle Tom's Cabin"; Jonathan Swift, "Gulliver's Travels"; Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"Leo Tolstoy, "War and Peace"; Ivan Turgenev, "Fathers & Sons"; Mark Twain, "Huckleberry Finn"; Jules Verne, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea";
FOUR MINIATURE BRASS BOOK LOCKETSFourFOUR MINIATURE BRASS BOOK LOCKETSFour miniature brass book lockets, with images of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Harriet Beecher Stowe, etc., 3/4" h.
Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
Condition:
One without any images.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMSMiscellaneous itemsMISCELLANEOUS ITEMSMiscellaneous items to include a Victorian coral baby rattle/whistle; Stowell & Co. sterling silver dip pen; boxed mother of pearl dip pen; inkwell; smoking pipes; carved dog box; faux book box, snuffer, silver plate, etc. Provenance: The Collection of Mary Ann McIlnay, York, PA.
ROCOCO REVIVAL GILT BRONZE & ENAMELROCOCO REVIVAL GILT BRONZE & ENAMEL MANTEL CLOCK Rococo Revival gilt bronze mantel clock with enamel columns and panels, marked "A. Stowell & Co. Boston" to the face with Roman and Arabic numerals to the chapter ring and two wind holes. 16.5? H x 9? W x 6.25? D.
(13) COLLECTION STERLING SILVER & OTHER(13) COLLECTION STERLING SILVER & OTHER FLATWARE(lot of 13) Sterling silver and other flatware, including: (4) Dominick & Haff "Pointed Antique" sterling teaspoons, retailed by A. Stowell Co., dented bowls, monogrammed, 6"l, (1) Towle "Lafayette" sterling preserve spoon, monogrammed, 8 5/8"l, (2) Gorham sterling serving spoons, monogrammed F, 7 7/8"l, (1) Dominick & Haff "Queen Anne" sterling cream ladle, retailed by Hodgson Kennard & Co., monogrammed, 5.25"l, (1) Old Newbury Crafters sterling solid tomato server, 7"l, (1) Whiting Manufacturing Co. "King Albert" pie/ cake server, sterling hollow handle, stainless blade, 10.25"l, (2 piece) carving set, sterling hollow handles, stainless ends, varied monograms, 10 1/8"l, (1) Danish silver plate crumb knife/ crumber, marked HF, 13 3/8"l; 11.18ozt total (weighable silver only)
LINDSAY STOWELL AQUATINT 'THE BUTTERFLYLINDSAY STOWELL AQUATINT 'THE BUTTERFLY CHASER'Framed aquatint etching on paper, "The Butterfly Chaser," signed lower right Lindsay Stowell, numbered 37/ 100, sight: approx 8"h, 11"w, overall: approx 14"h, 18"w, 2.25lbs **Provenance: From the Estate of University of Texas Professor, Scholar and Poet, Miguel Gonzalez-Gerth (1926-2017)**
ALLAN JANUS (B. 1951): STOWE, BUCKSBlackALLAN JANUS (B. 1951): STOWE, BUCKSBlack and white photograph, 1985, signed lower right, titled and dated on the reverse.
5 x 7 in. (sheet), 11 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (frame).
Condition
A small red mark on the reverse. Otherwise in very good condition.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.
STERLING. AMERICAN STERLING HOLLOWWARESTERLING. AMERICAN STERLING HOLLOWWARE GROUPING. Including an impressive monogrammed Mauser Mfg. Co. sterling bowl executed in the repousse style with a reticulated border - stamped, "Sterling 836A 925/1000 Fine" with a pictorial maker's mark; a monogrammed Tilden Thurber & Co. sterling lidded hinged tea caddy with a carved wood finial - stamped, "Tilden Thurber & Co. Sterling 1724"; an engraved Grogan Co. of Pittsburg, PA sterling reticulated sugar basket with a removable cobalt glass liner - stamped, "Sterling 298 Grogan Company Pittsburg"; a monogrammed Towle sterling footed pierced swing handle basket - stamped, "Sterling 205" with a pictorial maker's mark; a Gorham Plymouth sterling open waste vessel - stamped, "Sterling A2445"; a Wm. B. Durgin Co. sterling coffee pot with central blank laurels, wood handle, and an acorn finial retailed by A. Stowell & Co. - stamped, "Sterling 650 Pt." with a pictorial maker's mark; a monogrammed Dominick and Haff Louis XIV Old Style sterling soup / punch ladle retailed by Bigelow, Kennard & Co - approx. 13" in length; and (2) assorted Reed & Barton Francis I sterling serving pieces. Total approx. weight of all items is 59.24 troy oz (gross) excluding glass liner and coffee pot. Total approx. weight of the coffee pot with wood handle is 15.07 troy oz (gross). From a Miami, FL estate. Dimensions: Coffee pot measures approx. 11.50" in height. Condition: Good, with light surface scratches and minor dings/dents.
JOYCE HOLLAND (SWANN) PLAISTOWE (UK,JOYCE HOLLAND (SWANN) PLAISTOWE (UK, 1905-1985) Still Life of Glass Flower Vase on round glass tabletop, in front of window, oil on linen, signed lower right and dated 1948, with typed note verso regarding estate descent in family. In gold matched corner frame, OS: 29 1/2" x 25 1/2", SS: 23 1/2" x 19 1/2".
UNFRAMED SAMPLER (IN FOLIO) "Mary Green,UNFRAMED SAMPLER (IN FOLIO) "Mary Green, May the 16 1781". Wool on linen, sawtooth borders, at top flower urns flank poem: "Next unto God dear Friends, I do address myself to you. In humble thankfulness, For all your care and Charge on me bestowed, For means of learning unto me alow'd". Also" Remember time will come when we must give account to God how we on earth do live". Strawberry rank above flower baskets, trees and small animals. 14" x 12 1/2".
Fifteen various 19th and 20th centuryFifteen various 19th and 20th century books, c/o nine volumes of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson (New York, 1906; the "Aldus Edition De Luxe"; volume III alone appears to be missing); Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Boston and New York, 1892; complete in two volumes); Two Years Before the Mast by Richard H. Dana Jr. (Boston and New York, n.d. but c. 1890); Old Touraine: the Life and History of the Chateaux of the Loire by C. A. Cook (London, 1906; complete in two volumes); and The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley and Keats (Philadelphia, 1836; bound in full leather).
GOULD, STOWELL & WARD COIN SILVER THREE-PIECEGOULD, STOWELL & WARD COIN SILVER THREE-PIECE DEMITASSE SERVICE BALTIMORE, CIRCA 1840-1850 APPROX. 29.0 TROY OZ. INCLUSIVEGOULD, STOWELL & WARD COIN SILVER THREE-PIECE DEMITASSE SERVICE, Baltimore, Circa 1840-1850, With fruit finials, repoussé castle decoration and figural feet. Teapot height 8.5". Covered sugar bowl height 5.5". Dimensions: Approx. 29.0 troy oz. inclusive
79 EASTON PRESS LEATHER BOUND BOOKS8079 EASTON PRESS LEATHER BOUND BOOKS80 leather bound books - 79 Easton Press and 1 Harvard Classics. 77 Easton Press The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written: Louisa May Alcott Little Women, Victor Hugo Les Miserables, Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Ralph Waldo Emerson The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, D.H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover, Leo Tolstoy War & Peace, Alexandre Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo, Jack London The Sea-Wolf, Henry James The Portrait of a Lady, Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book, Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray, Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac, Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin, Charles Dickens David Copperfield, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Faust, George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion and Candida, John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men, Edward Fitzgerald Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Confucius The Analects of Confucius, Herman Melville Billy Budd and Benito Cereno, Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice, Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe, William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels, Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary, Bram Stoker Dracula, Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy, Charles Darwin On the Origin of Species, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Don Quixote, Henry David Thoreau Walden, Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Guy de Maupassant The Tales of Guy de Maupassant, George Eliot Silas Marner, Herman Melville Moby Dick, Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, George Orwell Animal Farm, Aesop Aesop's Fables, Mary Shelley Frankenstein, Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer, Robert Browning The Poems of Robert Browning, Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales, William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, H.G. Wells The Time Machine, Homer The Iliad, St. Augustine The Confessions of St. Augustine, Henry Fielding Tom Jones, John Milton Paradise Lost, Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights, James Fenimore Copper The Last of the Mohicans, Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Aldous Huxley Brave New World, Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage, Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms, Richard F. Burton The Arabian Knights, Thomas Paine Rights of Man, Sir Walter Scott The Talisman, Machiavelli The Prince, Sophocles Oedipus the King, Joseph Conrad Lord Jim, Livy History of Early Rome, John Boccaccio The Decameron, Charles Dickens Great Expectations, Emily Dickinson Poems of Emily Dickinson, Virgil Aeneid, Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories, Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island, Walter Scott Ivanhoe, Homer The Odyssey, Thomas Hardy Tess of the d'Ubervilles, Samuel Butler The Way of All Flesh, Nathaniel Hawthorn The Scarlet Letter, Grimm's Fairytales, Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers; 1 Easton Press Greatest Books Ever Written: Herman Melville Moby Dick; 1 Easton Press Millenium Edition Harvard Classics Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays and English Traits; 1 Harvard Classics The Apology, Phaedo and Crito of Plato, The Golden Sayings of Epictetus and The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.
Vermont Furniture Works figured cherryVermont Furniture Works figured cherry hand made custom dining table with breadboard ends, on turned legs. Signed and dated in graphite on underside, VT Furniture Works November 24, 1995. VT Furniture Works is located in Stowe VT. Includes brochure showing table retailing for $1475. 76"L x 36"W x 30"H Condition: very good, minor scuffs CT Transfer Fee $30 NOTE - Chairs not included
Good assorted antique sterling servingGood assorted antique sterling serving pieces, including: 10.5” Stowell ladle, 11.5” pie server, etc. 8 pcs. 20 t oz Condition: some pieces with monograms, overall good CT Transfer Fee $10
1960S DROP-LEAF DINING TABLE WITH FOUR1960S DROP-LEAF DINING TABLE WITH FOUR STORED CHAIRSA mid-century modern dining set, Eastern Europe circa 1960s. The set is neatly compact when stored, with four slatted folding chairs stowed below a drop-leaf table.
Condition
Very good condition.
CHARLES E. BASKETT (1872-1918) BRITISHCharlesCHARLES E. BASKETT (1872-1918) BRITISHCharles E. Baskett, "Summer Fruits", oil on canvas, 21 x 17 inches. Signed, dated 1891. Titled on a paper label with the artist’s address in Felixstowe.
OVOID REDWARE JUG, ATWOOD, ONT., CA.OVOID REDWARE JUG, ATWOOD, ONT., CA. 1870An Ontario bulbous ovoid redware jug with a heavy double grooved handle and double incised line at the shoulder purchased at a country auction in Atwood near Listowell / Elmira. Olive green slip with profuse iron oxide spotting. Ex Gerald Fagan collection; described by Fagan as "museum quality, early example of bulbous form". Minor chips on base, circa 1870. H: 12"; D/P: 10". FRANCAIS: Cruche ovoïde bulbeuse en terre cuite de l'Ontario, grosse poignée à double rainure, double ligne incisée à l'épaule, achetée lors d'un encan de ferme à Atwood près de Listowell / Elmira. Glaçure verte olive, taches abondantes d'oxyde de fer. Ex-collection Gerald Fagan; décrit par Fagan comme "qualité musée, exemplaire ancien de forme bulbeuse". Petits éclats à la base. Circa 1870.
FOUR STERLING SILVER FOOTED BOWLS 2FOUR STERLING SILVER FOOTED BOWLS 2 A. Stowell Co. bowls, 2?" x 4?"; 1 Dico Wakefield bowl, 2½" x 5?"; and 1 Reproduction Amston Sterling Paul Revere bowl, 3" x 5½"; each marked to the underside, 17.64 toz all together.
Nine Assorted Coin and Sterling SilverNine Assorted Coin and Sterling Silver Place Spoons, 19th century, including three examples marked by Hotchkiss and Schreuder, Syracuse, New York (two of which were retailed by Frederick A. Fuller, Jamestown, New York), and one each marked by Newell Harding, Boston/Haverhill, Massachusetts, Benjamin Pitman, Providence, Rhode Island, and Gorham & Thurber, Providence, Rhode Island, one each marked by the unidentified \"A. Stowell & Co.\" and \"A. G. Tucker\", and one with the mark rubbed, l. 6-3/4\" to 7\", 7.27 total t. oz.
TWO ROYAL CROWN DERBY PORCELAIN VASESTWO ROYAL CROWN DERBY PORCELAIN VASES Two Royal Crown Derby porcelain vases, late 19th century, comprising bottle neck vase in the Islamic taste decorated with floral sprays on cobalt ground, and a ewer painted with an iris blossom retailed by A. Stowell & Co., Boston, greatest 11"h. Provenance: Property of a prominent Hillsborough, CA estate.
M. Louise Stowell. ten works after HarveyM. Louise Stowell. ten works after Harvey Ellis and Ada Howe Kent. 1890-1910, color block prints on paper, photographic reproductions on paper. 7 h × 9 w in. result: $1,040. estimate: $1,000–2,000. Lot is comprised of three Japonesque color block prints and seven photographic reproductions (all pictured online). Signed to each example, seven with hand-written titles.
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN BOOK BY HARRIET BEECHERUNCLE TOM'S CABIN BOOK BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWEGreen colorway. Published by J.H. Shears and Company Inc.
Issued: early 20th c.
Dimensions: 6.5"L x 4.25"W
Country of Origin: United States
Condition:
Age and use related wear
ROYAL DOULTON ADVERTISING FIGURINE,ROYAL DOULTON ADVERTISING FIGURINE, STEVEModeled as road worker. Advertising Western, Beadle and Bristowe.
Figure mounted atop on plinth. Decorated to front, MEND YOUR WAYS AND CONSULT STEVE. Doulton backstamp.Artist:
Issued: 1923
Dimensions: 6.75"H
Manufacturer: Royal Doulton
Country of Origin: England
RARE ROYAL DOULTON ADVERTISING FIGURINE,RARE ROYAL DOULTON ADVERTISING FIGURINE, STEVEModeled in caricature as a road layer, rare variant with name of road company encircling base.
A rare glazed Advertising Ware figurine, modeled in caricature as a road worker named "Steve." Produced by Doulton for Wettern, Beadle, and Bristowe, road builders. Orange, cream and blue. Decorated to front MEND YOUR WAYS AND CONSULT STEVE. Stamped ROYAL DOULTON ENGLAND, impressed 522. Featured in Royal Doulton Figures, P. 54, color plate (1994). Withdrawn from production in 1936.
Issued: 1923
Dimensions: 6.75"H
Manufacturer: Royal Doulton
Country of Origin: England
Condition:
Good
[Fine Press Illustrations] Seven titles[Fine Press Illustrations] Seven titles relating to Africa and African-Americans including: four titles from the Limited Editions Club each signed by illustrator with slipcase: Mark Twain; \'\'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer \'\' illus. by Thomas Hart Benton (Cambridge: 1939) #800/1500 8vo denim slipcase; Joseph Conrad; \'\'The Nigger of the Narcissus \'\' illus. by Millard Sheets (NY: 1965) #1350/1500 4to quarter leather pictorial cloth; Harriet Beecher Stowe; \'\'Uncle Tom\'s Cabin \'\' illus. by Miguel Covarrubias (NY: 1938) #1446/1500 half leather marbled boards; Joseph Conrad; \'\'Heart of Darkness \'\' illus. by Robert Shore (NY: 1969) #200/1500 quarter vellum printed boards; H.H. Swift; \'\'North Star Shining \'\' illus. by Lynn Ward (NY: Morrow 1947) 4to cloth d.j.; Joel Chandler Harris; \'\'Uncle Remus \'\' illus. by Fritz Eichenberg (Mt. Vernon NY: Peter Pauper 1937) ed. of 1 100 copies 4to cloth printed paper boards; W.H. Hudson; \'\'Green Mansions \'\' illus. by J. Day Martelly (Mt. Vernon NY: Peter Pauper Press n.d.) cloth printed paper boards slipcase Estimate $ 150-250 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - slipcase broken.
ROYAL DOULTON ADVERTISING FIGURE, MENDROYAL DOULTON ADVERTISING FIGURE, MEND YOUR WAYS AND CO...Front says: Mend your Ways and Consult Steve. Made for Wettern, Beadle & Bristowe, Road Builders, c.1923.
Condition:
Good.
RARE ROYAL DOULTON ADVERTISING WARERARE ROYAL DOULTON ADVERTISING WARE FIGURE, STEVEModeled in caricature as a road worker named Steve. Produced by Doulton for Wettern, Beadle, and Bristowe, road builders.
Decorated to front 'Mend Your Ways And Consult Steve'. Royal Doulton backstamp.
Issued: 1923
Dimensions: 4.25"L x 2.5"W x 6.5"H
Manufacturer: Royal Doulton
Country of Origin: England
Condition:
Age related wear.
(6 PC) STOWELL AND CO. MOTHER OF PEARL(6 PC) STOWELL AND CO. MOTHER OF PEARL SPREADERSDESCRIPTION: A set of six butter spreaders composed of Mother of Pearl handles, with repousse sterling sivler collars. Marked "Sterling" and "Stowell and Co.". CIRCA: Mid 20th Cent. ORIGIN: Continental DIMENSIONS: L: 7.75" 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.
1940S HARRIET BEECHER STOWES "UNCLE1940S HARRIET BEECHER STOWES "UNCLE TOMS CABIN" ADVERT ...DESCRIPTION: Harriet Beecher Stowes "Uncle Toms Cabin" features on an orange backdrop with a figural scene. CIRCA: 1940s ORIGIN: USA DIMENSIONS: 40" x 28" CONDITION: has some wear, minor scratches. 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.
(9PC) ORNATE STERLING FLATWARE COLLECTIONDESCRIPTION:(9PC) ORNATE STERLING FLATWARE COLLECTIONDESCRIPTION: (9Pc) An ornate sterling silver flatware collection. Includes: (1) Fish serving knife. Marked: "Sterling" (L: 10.5") (1) Fish serving knife. Marked: "Sterling, A. Stowellao" (L: 9") (1) Salad serving fork. (L: 9.5") (1) Serving fork. Marked: "Sterling" (L: 9") (1) Open work floral serving spoon. Marked: "Sterling" (L: 10") (1) Cucumber sterling server. Marked: "Sterling" (L: 9.25") (1) Floral motif spoon. Marked: Sterling, 925/1000" (L: 8.25") (1) Ornate serving spoon. Marked: "Amston sterling" (L: 9") (1) Shell motif ended spoon. Marked: "Reed & Barton, Sterling" (L:9") (Total Weight: 872 Grams) CIRCA: 19th - 20th Cent. ORIGIN: Continental & USA DIMENSIONS: See Above. 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.
OIL MARINE PAINTING, STEAMBOAT J.M.OIL MARINE PAINTING, STEAMBOAT J.M. WHITE, SIGNED MATT ...Matt Thomas (United Kingdom, 20th century) oil on canvas marine painting depicting the famed and ill-fated steamship "J.M. White" sailing in a large body of water, with other ships and a port city in the background. Signed lower right. Housed in a wide molded giltwood frame. Sight: 24" H x 36" W. Framed: 33" H x 45" W. Last half 20th century. Note: Known as "the Mistress of the Mississippi," The "J.M. White" steamboat was known as the mightiest and most luxurious steamboat of its day. The boat was the masterpiece of her builder, the Howard Shipyard of Jeffersonville, Indiana, and it was named for Capt. J.M. White (1823-1880) of Cloverport, Kentucky. Owned by Greenville & New Orleans Packet Company, the sidewheeler carried both cotton and passengers along a New Orleans-Vicksburg-Greenville trade route, and also earned fame for setting a new speed record of seven hours between New Orleans and Baton Rouge during a race with The Natchez steamship. The ship came to a tragic end in 1888 while docked at Blue Store Landing in Louisiana. Fire broke out onboard and gunpowder stowed in the hold exploded, killing a reported 28 people. The exact cause of the blaze has never been determined, and the boat's wreckage remains at the bottom of the Mississippi River. (Source: The Waterways Journal Weekly, Jan. 17, 2021)
Condition:
Excellent condition.