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CASWEL

• SPANISH COLONIAL IRON MISSION
  SPANISH COLONIAL IRON MISSION PROCESSIONAL CROSSSpanish Colonial Mission hand-forged iron processional cross, 17th/ 18th c., with maker's mark approx 11.75"h, 8.75"w, .5lbs **Provenance: Ex-Historia Antiques, James Caswell, Santa Monica, CA**
• ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS DAY, CARVED
  ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS DAY, CARVED MAHOGANY ROCKING CHAIR Caswell County, North Carolina, circa 1850, relief carved and shaped crest-rail, distinct stylized pierced and cut scrolled arm and arm supports, serpentine front seat rail, distinctive shaped front legs and rockers.
• ANTIQUE H.A. CASWELL LANSINGBURGH
  ANTIQUE H.A. CASWELL LANSINGBURGH PERCUSSION MUSKET. 19th C. percussion musket, plate signed R.S. Clark Extra with engraving, top of barrel marked H.A. Caswell, curly maple stock and forearm, with brass patch box, octagonal barrel, and ramrod, 47.5” overall, 32” barrel.
• COPIES OF NC/TN LAND DOCUMENTS
  COPIES OF NC/TN LAND DOCUMENTS 1786-1840Group of 9 land documents concerning property in Middle Tennessee, 1790-1840. All are handwritten,"true" copies, and the names of governors appear to be signed by secretaries - including North Carolina Governors Sam Ashe, Samuel Johnston, Richard Dobbs Spaight, and Richard Caswell, and Tennessee governors Sam Houston, James K. Polk, and William Carroll. Some have additional names of witnesses or assignees. Names include James Robertson and John Tate (assignees of Peter Beeche?); Talliferro Howell; Joseph Howard; John Gray Blount and Thomas Blount; Abraham Goldsticker, Martha McRay, William and Eliza Newsom, Joseph Shaw, and Robert McConnell. All approximately 12" x 8" except for the Polk document, 16 1/2" x 13 1/2". Nine total items. Provenance: the estate of Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: Expected toning and scattered small stains; Blount-Spaight document has some tears at fold lines.
• CASED MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, 19TH
  CASED MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, 19TH C.19th century American surgeon's field amputation kit in fitted, brass mounted, mahogany and satinwood veneered case with velvet lining. Contains a total of 35 medical implements including bone saw, scalpels, tourniquet, and other surgical tools, many with horn handles. Marked items are stamped "Caswell Hazard & Co. W.F. Ford NY" or Caswell Hazard & Co. / Ford" . Brass name plate atop box lid is not engraved. Some items retain previous Sotheby's auction tags. Overall size of case: 3" H x 16" W x 6" D. Circa 1870s. Provenance: The living estate of Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Caldwell, Nashville, TN. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: All items clean but some blades retain dark stains; light wear to handles. Closure sticks; case has some light scratching, shrinkage cracks and wear; bottom of case with wear and some cracks.
• 2 SLAVE DOCUMENTS, NASHVILLE TN &
  2 SLAVE DOCUMENTS, NASHVILLE TN & NORTH CAROLINA2 Slavery related items pertaining to Charles Ordway, Hardee Murfree, and Gen. Thomas Eaton of Tennessee and North Carolina. 1st item: Handwritten one-page inventory listing the names and ages of slaves belonging to Charles Ordway of Nashville plus those of the slaves brought to his marriage by his wife Mary Crockett Bramlett. Dated February 1862. The list includes the first names of ninety-one men, women, and children with their numerical ages, the youngest recorded as "Sallie Anne 0" and the oldest recorded as "Joe 71", with a line of text reading "Negros taxable from 12 to 15-15 to 30-30 to 40-40 to 50" along the lower right margin. Additional ink and pencil inscriptions, en verso. 2nd item: 1873 copy of an 1807 handwritten three-and-one-half page bifolium slave deed from General Thomas Eaton of Warren County NC (c. 1739-1809), to his granddaughter Frances Bland Dudley and his friend Colonel Hardee Murfree, both of Williamson County, Tennessee. Eaton was a military officer in the North Carolina militia during the War of the Regulation in 1771 and the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1784. Colonel Hardee Murfree (1752-1809), was a lieutenant colonel from North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, and an early settler of Middle Tennessee. The deed grants four slaves by the names of Jeffrey, Ephraim, Lisbon, and Chance to Dudley and Murfree. Includes two envelopes, not postmarked. Note: In addition to Eaton's military service, he was a member of the North Carolina Provincial Congress and North Carolina House of Commons for several terms simultaneously with his military service. Eaton was a member of the North Carolina Council of State under Governor Richard Caswell. At the time of the 1790 census, Eaton was one of the largest slaveholders in North Carolina. A miniature portrait of him is also being sold in this auction. Property of the Lincoln County Museum, Fayetteville, TN; Bequest of Mary Bright Wilson (1909-2004), formerly of Fayetteville, and descended in her family. Condition: All items in overall good, legible condition with toning/acid burn, tears, areas of loss, foxing spots, dampstaining, to be expected from age and manner of use. 1st item: Areas of loss, largest 3 1/4" x 3/4" with one area obscuring the age of one individual, center right.
• PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF GENERAL
  PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF GENERAL THOMAS EATON OF NC, 1739-...Miniature watercolor portrait depicting Revolutionary War General Thomas Eaton of North Carolina (c. 1739-1809), depicted in late middle age, balding, with blue eyes and wearing a dark blue coat with gold buttons and a white shirt. Housed under glass in a copper frame with flat loop hanger and ball finial; retains its original oval red leather case with remnants of silk lining. Interior of case is inscribed "Gen. Eaton Continental Army NC." Framed: 2 1/2" H x 2" W. Note: Thomas Eaton served in the North Carolina Militia during the War of the Regulation in 1771 and in the Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1784, leading troops in the battles of Brier Creek and Guilford Courthouse. He was also a member of the NC Provincial Congress and the NC House of Commons, and the NC Council of State under Gov. Richard Caswell (ref. William S. Powell, The Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, p. 131). Gen. Eaton had considerable wealth and was listed in the 1790 census as one of the largest slaveholders in the state; a note found with the portrait states that he equipped a regiment at his own expense. Eaton's first wife, Anna Bland, bore him a daughter also named Anna, who married Guilford Dudley, originally of Halifax County, VA. Guilford and Anna Dudley resided in Williamson County, Tennessee and the portrait descended in their family to Mary Bright Wilson. Additional note: the next portrait in this auction is believed to depict Gen. Eaton's daughter Harriet. Property of the Lincoln County Museum, Fayetteville, TN; Bequest of Mary Bright Wilson (1909-2004), formerly of Fayetteville, and descended in her family. Condition: Two 1/4" areas of exfoliation to lower edge of portrait, on subject's coat; a few other scattered tiny spots of exfoliation; otherwise good condition. Not examined out of frame. Oxidation to frame. Case shows significant wear. Interior has old glue residue and losses to silk lining.
• Seven Advertising Tins and Box
  Seven Advertising Tins and Box includes a wooden box for Caswell Livermore & Co. Cod Fish and tins for Towle's Syrup, Farine Banania, Baby Stuart Breakfast Cocoa, Castle Teas and two tins for Schepps Cocoanut. Height of largest 7 x width 6 1/2 x depth 6 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Dr. James Dawson, Manchester, Kentucky
• ATT. THOMAS DAY, WALNUT DAY BED
  ATT. THOMAS DAY, WALNUT DAY BED Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina, circa 1850, yellow pine secondary, horizontal shaped rear backsplat with applied rear scrolled embellishment, scrolled arms with cut and shaped horizontal splats, upholstered slip seat, straight front seat rail with applied base molded edge, stylized distinctive shaped straight front and rear feet.
• ATT. THOMAS DAY, LATE CLASSICAL
  ATT. THOMAS DAY, LATE CLASSICAL MARBLE TOP MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina, circa 1850, mahogany veneers, poplar and yellow pine secondary, unsigned, rectangular case featuring an applied shaped backsplash, central inset marble serving top, flanked by two small convex serving drawers, applied ribbon molding to backsplash and top rear board, case with two upper side-by-side ogee drawers, above two central hinged convex cabinet doors, flanked by applied demilune stiles, flanked by two hinged paneled cabinet doors, all panels on doors with highly figured veneers, shelved interior to cabinet, applied scrolled stiles with boldly scrolled front feet, paneled sides, straight rear feet.
• ATTRIBUTED THOMAS DAY, AMERICAN
  ATTRIBUTED THOMAS DAY, AMERICAN CLASSICAL MAHOGANY TWO DRAWER WORK TABLE Caswell County, circa 1840, poplar and white pine secondary, mahogany, mahogany veneer case, two ogee drawers, tapered support, rectangular base with shaped bracket feet, unmarked.
• ATT. THOMAS DAY, CARVED WALNUT
  ATT. THOMAS DAY, CARVED WALNUT ROCKING CHAIR Caswell County, North Carolina, mid 19th century, relief carved crest with distinctive carved and pierced arm supports, bow front seat rail, distinctive shaped rockers.
• ATT. THOMAS DAY, CARVED MAHOGANY
  ATT. THOMAS DAY, CARVED MAHOGANY ROCKING CHAIR Caswell County, North Carolina, mid 19th century, distinctive stylized shaped crest and rockers, scrolled arm and arm support with relief carving, serpentine seat rail with burl veneers, upholstered.
• ATT. THOMAS DAY, MAHOGANY SOFA
  ATT. THOMAS DAY, MAHOGANY SOFA Caswell County, North Carolina, mid 19th century, mahogany veneers, white pine secondary, ogee crest rail with vertically high grade veneers, pierced and scrolled arm rail, upholstered back and seat, ogee front seat rail, rectangular tapered feet with molded cap on casters.
• ATT. THOMAS DAY, MAHOGANY
  ATT. THOMAS DAY, MAHOGANY DRESSING CABINET Caswell County, North Carolina, mid 19th century, mahogany veneers, poplar, white pine and yellow pine secondary, upper dresser with cove molded cornice above two hinged cabinet doors, shelved interior above a small lower drawer, above two glove drawers, the dresser with four long drawers, each featuring book-matched high grade burl wood veneers, raised on ogee molded feet.
• NELLIE BLY BALLARD (NY, 1894-1971),
  NELLIE BLY BALLARD (NY, 1894-1971), DALE'S LAKE, ROXBURY, NEW YORK Oil on artist board, signed at lower right and inscribed "Nelly Bly Ballard / 1925 / Dale's Lake / Caswell Farm / John Burroughs Home", also inscribed the following to verso: Nelly Bly Ballard / Dale's Lake / Roxbury, NY / Aug - Sept 1966", in contemporary gilt frame.
• ATTRIBUTED THOMAS DAY, MAHOGANY
  ATTRIBUTED THOMAS DAY, MAHOGANY ROCKING CHAIR Caswell County, North Carolina, mid 19th century, yellow pine secondary to seat bottom, later plush yellow upholstery, the frame with scrolled ears, shaped arms with tulip and scroll cut-out support panels, curved seat with molded rail, scrolled front feet, the rocker with distinctive ogee ends.
• ATTRIBUTED THOMAS DAY, LARGE WALNUT
  ATTRIBUTED THOMAS DAY, LARGE WALNUT ETAGERE Caswell County, North Carolina, mid 19th century, deep serpentine form, four shelved with pierced and scalloped back splash, upper ring turned finials, tall spool turned supports on turned feet.
• ATTRIBUTED THOMAS DAY, PAIR OF
  ATTRIBUTED THOMAS DAY, PAIR OF MAHOGANY SIDE TABLES Caswell County, North Carolina, mid 19th century, rectangular single board top, stylized harp form supports with shaped front and back stretcher on cut-out scrolled feet with spur; one table with pencil inscription to underside "403 N. Church Street".
• ATTRIBUTED THOMAS DAY, AMERICAN
  ATTRIBUTED THOMAS DAY, AMERICAN CLASSICAL MAHOGANY CHEST OF DRAWERS Caswell County, North Carolina, mid 19th century, mahogany, mahogany veneer, poplar and white pine secondary, concave pediment with flame mahogany veneer, upper cabinet with a central hinged mirror set within an ogee mahogany frame flanked by hinged recessed panel door, shelved interior with lower small drawer over two glove drawers, inset white marble top with old painted lettering to underside, the cabinet with two over three flush drawers with book matched figured mahogany veneers, rounded case front corners, flush sides on shaped straight bracket feet, the back of the chest and mirror with old painted lettering matching the lettering to the underside of the marble reading "ED 10"
• ATTRIBUTED THOMAS DAY TILT TOP
  ATTRIBUTED THOMAS DAY TILT TOP TEA TABLE Mid 19th century, Caswell County, North Carolina, cherry and walnut, circular tilt top with battens, rectangular block, faceted tapered standard, raised on four distinctive folky shaped and cut walnut legs.
• ATTRIBUTED THOMAS DAY, CARVED
  ATTRIBUTED THOMAS DAY, CARVED WALNUT ROCKING CHAIR Caswell County, North Carolina, mid 19th century, shaped ears, pierced scrolled arms, slip seat with later upholstery, shaped front feet, rockers with ogee rear tips, unmarked.
• ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS DAY, WALNUT
  ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS DAY, WALNUT WARDROBE Caswell County, North Carolina, mid 19th century, one part form, white pine and poplar secondary, removable pierced distinctive shaded crest, removable arched plain frieze, dovetailed case featuring a large singled hinged Gothic-arched paneled door, interior with lower shelf and singled drawer, rounded corners, applied bracket foot facing with distinctive trefoil spur, solid side panels extend down to form feet with arched and shaped cut out.
• EPAULETTES ATTRIBUTED TO NC
  EPAULETTES ATTRIBUTED TO NC CONFEDERATE BRIGADIER GENERAL RICHARD CASWELL GATLIN Gold bullion, each fitted with a silver washed brass six-pointed star, the undersides of yellow silk (6-1/2 x 5 x 3 in.); the epaulettes are identified by a strip of paper found with them that reads "Gen Cas Gatlin 61"; included is a period japanned tin box not original to the epaulettes that also contains a Federal staff officer's eagle coat button and a conforming cuff button affixed to a card.
• ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS DAY,
  ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS DAY, AMERICAN CLASSICAL WALNUT HALL TREE Caswell County, North Carolina, circa 1840, all-over cut out designs including stylized tulips, shaped mirror, later white porcelain pulls, shaped inset cast iron drip pan, unmarked.
• ATTRIBUTED THOMAS DAY, LARGE WALNUT
  ATTRIBUTED THOMAS DAY, LARGE WALNUT ETAGERE Caswell County, North Carolina, mid-19th century, deep serpentine form, four shelved with pierced and scalloped backsplash, upper ring turned finials, tall spool turned supports on turned feet.
• TWO NATIVE AMERICAN
  TWO NATIVE AMERICAN FIGURINES/DOLLSTWO NATIVE AMERICAN FIGURINES/DOLLS: "Vision Quest" by Michele Malpica (New Mexico, b. 1953), a shaman figure on a wood plinth, signed and dated 2001, 40.5" high; Native American woman doll in a rawhide dress, signed Audrey Caswell, 24.5" high.
• RIP CASWELL BRONZE SCULPTURERIP
  RIP CASWELL BRONZE SCULPTURERIP CASWELL (Oregon, b. 1962) bronze sculpture, "Rocky Mountain Monarch," a ram bust mounted to wood plinth, signed and dated 1994, edition 20/32 17.5"H x 14"W x 13.5"D.
• RIP CASWELL BRONZE SCULPTURERIP
  RIP CASWELL BRONZE SCULPTURERIP CASWELL (Oregon, born 1962) bronze sculpture, "Red Stag & Athena." Signed, edition 4/35. The bronze measures 19.5" x 16.5" x 7", mounted to a marble plinth; 20.5" high overall.
• RIP CASWELL BRONZE SCULPTURERIP
  RIP CASWELL BRONZE SCULPTURERIP CASWELL (Oregon, born 1962) bronze sculpture, "The Battle," the study of two fighting bull elk on rocky mountain slope. Signed, dated 2006, edition 15/35. The bronze measures 21" x 21" x 10".
• RIP CASWELL BRONZE SCULPTURERIP
  RIP CASWELL BRONZE SCULPTURERIP CASWELL (Oregon, born 1962) bronze sculpture, "Mother Nature," a nude emerging from a wave surrounded by animals. Signed, edition 4/35, dimensions: 36" x 29" x 11".
• RIP CASWELL (TROUTDALE, OREGON)
  RIP CASWELL (TROUTDALE, OREGON) ORIGINAL FIGURAL BRIP CASWELL (TROUTDALE, OREGON) ORIGINAL FIGURAL BRONZE SCULPTURE, "Athena Bust," the head and armless torso of the Goddess Athena, daughter of Zeus, dressed in armor, limited edition #3 of 35, artist signed. Height 26.5"H.
• RIP CASWELL ORIGINAL BRONZE
  RIP CASWELL ORIGINAL BRONZE FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE (RIP CASWELL ORIGINAL BRONZE FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE (Oregon, born 1962-active Rip Caswell Gallery, Troutdale, OR). Titled "Spirit of the Horse", Native American Woman and Horse; incised signature, Rip H. Caswell, (20)07, #13/50; mounted on round stone plinth. Dimensions: 13.5"L x 9.25"W x 21.5"H.
• RIP CASWELL (OREGON, BORN 1962)
  RIP CASWELL (OREGON, BORN 1962) BRONZE SCULPTURE,RIP CASWELL (Oregon, born 1962) bronze sculpture, "Equestrian Dance." Signed, dated 2006, edition 13/35. The bronze measures 26" high x 36" wide x 8" deep.
• RIP CASWELL (OREGON, BORN 1962)
  RIP CASWELL (OREGON, BORN 1962) BRONZE SCULPTURE,RIP CASWELL (Oregon, born 1962) bronze sculpture, "Spirit of the Wolf," Native American man embracing a wolf. Signed, dated 2007, edition 14/35. The bronze measures 30.5" x 16" x 12"; mounted to marble plinth, 32" high overall.
• RIP CASWELL (OREGON, BORN 1962)
  RIP CASWELL (OREGON, BORN 1962) BRONZE SCULPTURE "RIP CASWELL (Oregon, born 1962) bronze sculpture "Cozy Cygnets," a swan with young. Signed, dated 1992, edition 4/18. The sculpture measures 18" x 18" x 12".