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A firing glass, c1770, the fluted
A firing glass, c1770, the fluted ogee bowl engraved in diamond point Ann Scarber May 4th 1834, on double series opaque twist stem and terraced foot, 96mm h The inscription commemorates Ann Scarber, who was born at Spilsby, Lincolnshire, in 1834.For a glass of comparable form in the Hartshorne Collection, see Bickerton (L M) - Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses, fig. 669 More Information Manufacturing scar on foot
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PRESENTATION CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE
PRESENTATION CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE STERLING COLLARPresentation glass champagne bottle with sterling silver collar, John Thomas Heath and John Hartshorne Middleton, c.1892, presentation reading "Herzog v. Cumberland, Steeple-chase, Oedenburg, 29 April 1895," engraved signature at side of glass bottle, approx 18.75"h, 5.75"diam, 3.5lbs (for shipping purposes only)
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HOWARD HARTSHORNE (AMERICAN, 20TH
HOWARD HARTSHORNE (AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY). Oil on canvas. Landscape. 1943. Signed and dated lower left. From a Connecticut collection. Dimensions: 12" high x 10" wide Condition: Losses.
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SILVER. ASSORTED SILVER SNUFF AND
SILVER. ASSORTED SILVER SNUFF AND SCENT BOTTLES. Including an English silver glass mounted snuff bottle and silver spoon both items with a city stamp of London, maker's mark of Hukin & Heath (John Thomas Heath & John Hartshorne Middleton), and a date letter of 1902; a silver wax seal with a monogrammed head; an extremely well executed silver mounted double ended snuff and scent bottle with bezel set lapis lazuli round cabochon caps; a spectacular English silver and enamel vesta case with a city stamp of London, maker's mark of Sampson Mordan & Co, and a date letter of 1892; and a pair of .800 silver figural sugar nips in the form of a European Catholic priest - stamped, "800" with an illegible pictorial mark. Accompanied by a gold tone metal and enamel wax seal stamp with a monogrammed head, a wax seal stamp with a wood handle and blank gold tone metal head; a damaged gold tone metal figural handle of a nude woman with legs like a thoroughbred; a wax seal stamp with damaged amber? handle and monogrammed head; a petite gold tone metal wax seal stamp with an engraved head; and a gold tone metal figural leg claw and ball wax seal stamp with a blank head. Total approx. weight of all silver items is 3.85 troy oz (gross) excluding a silver mounted and non-silver items. From a Manhattan, NY estate. Dimensions: lapis capped bottle measures approx. 4.25" in length. Condition: Good, with light surface scratches and minor dings/dents. No definitive statement is being made as to whether colored gems/stones/amber are natural, synthetic or treated.
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Japanese. Ukiyo-e color woodblock
Japanese. Ukiyo-e color woodblock prints, collection of six. 18th-19th century, 30 h × 10½ w in. result: $3,584. estimate: $600–800. Lot is comprised of pillar prints and oban diptychs by Suzuki Harunobu, Utagawa Kunisada, Kikugawa Eizan, and Isoda Koryusai. Provenance: Collection of Mr. Robert Hartshorne | Thence by descent
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Japanese. Ukiyo-e color woodblock
Japanese. Ukiyo-e color woodblock prints, collection of seven. 19th century, 15½ h × 10½ w in. result: $2,500. estimate: $600–800. Lot is comprised of two album pages and oban format prints by Isoda Koryusai, Eizan Kikugawa, and Utagawa Toyokuni. Provenance: Collection of Mr. Robert Hartshorne | Thence by descent
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Japanese. Ukiyo-e color woodblock
Japanese. Ukiyo-e color woodblock prints, collection of three. 19th century, 15 h × 10¼ w in. result: $16,900. estimate: $800–1,200. Lot is comprised of Kannon Shrine at Kiyo Falls by Katsushika Hokusai and Snow at Kambara Station and Snow at Mt. Haruna by Utagawa Hiroshige. Provenance: Collection of Mr. Robert Hartshorne | Thence by descent
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GROUP EIGHT NAUTICAL SHIP'S
GROUP EIGHT NAUTICAL SHIP'S ACCESSORIESincluding a salesman sample of a "Hartshornes Patent" anchor and tiller yoke, 2 pair oar rests and others. Largest: 9 1/2" high, 5" wide. Use wear, surface wear, small dings, oxidation on some. Provenance: Estate of George E. Ratcliffe,Darien, CT. We offer in-house packing and shipping of this item to an address in the United States for $45.00 via USPS Priority Mail. The price includes insurance up to $5,000.00. Tracking information will be sent to your email address.International buyers are responsible for arranging 3rd party shipping.
Condition:
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A Collection of Eight English
A Collection of Eight English Silver Table Articles
Various Makers, Circa 1900
comprising a pair of trencher salts marked AJH, London, 1897, two creamer and sugar sets, one marked for J. Collyer, Birmingham, 1909, the other marked for John Thomas Heath & John Hartshorne Middleton, London, 1900, a bachelor's teapot marked for Charles Stewart Harris, London, 1881 and a presentation dish marked for P&H, Birmingham, 1979.
each hallmarked for Sterling
27 ozt 17 dwt gross
Diameter of largest example 8 inches.
Property from the Estate of W.M. Bogdanowicz, Madison, Wisconsin and Naples, Florida
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(30+) Vintage clear apothecary
(30+) Vintage clear apothecary bottles, including Spirit Peppermint USP, Lewellyn Chemist The Headache Cologne, Pyrex, Hunsberger Philadelphia, E Hartshorn & Sons Boston Mass, Couraud's Oriental Cream, Jefferson Medical College Hospital, Henry C Blair Philadelphia, Maine Seal, Burnett's Cocoaine, WR Warner & Co, Milliken Apothecary, CE Woodworth & Son Rochester NY
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A spherical glass pepper mill
A spherical glass pepper mill with silver mounts, John Thomas Heath & John Hartshorne Middleton, Birmingham 1907, 9cm high
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AUTOMOBILIA INTEREST: JOHN THOMAS
AUTOMOBILIA INTEREST: JOHN THOMAS HEATH & JOHN HARTSHORNE MIDDLETON
NOVELTY WHISKY DECANTER, 1907 etched and cut glass, with silver 'wheel' stopper and collar, etched inscription to glass "WHEN TYRED, SCOTCH", stamped maker's marks, hallmarked Birmingham 1907, stamped registration no. 50057725.5cm high
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Mary Cassatt ''Susan's Head''
Mary Cassatt ''Susan's Head'' drypoint etching on cream laid paper with partial watermark circa 1883. Signed in pencil lower right ''Mary Cassatt'' with collector's stamp on the reverse: initials ''RH'' in a circle. Breeskin 50. Platemark: 5.125''H x 3.875''W; Sheet: 10.875''H x 7.125''W; Frame: 18.75''H x 15.5''W. Mary Cassatt (American 1844-1926). Provenance: Robert Hartshorne New Jersey (L.2215b); Christie's New York October 30 2007 lot 18; Private collection Florida.
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Sterling Lot.Includes a child's cup
Sterling Lot.Includes a child's cup - as is; a 3 footed lobed bowl - as is; 12 sterling spoons; a souvenir spoon; a teaspoon; a child's fork; and a crystal box with a sterling silver hinged lid with the mark of John Thomas Heath and John Hartshorne Middleton - approx. 8'' x 5.'' Weighable sterling - approx. 19.5 troy oz. From a Larchmont NY estate.
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Old English Glasses. An Account
Old English Glasses. An Account of Glass Drinking Vessels In England, From Early Times To The End of The Eighteenth Century. With Introductory Notices, Original Documents, ETC. By Albert Hartshorne London and New York: Edward Arnold, 1897. Folio, apprx 14"T. Color plate frontispiece and many plates and illustrations, with tissue guards. Blue cloth boards with 3/4 B'W embossed paper, gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. 490 numbered pages. Another great book for any serious collector of glass.
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Maritime painting signed Wilkinson,
Maritime painting signed Wilkinson, sailing vessels on a choppy sea, signed lower right "EE Wilkinson 1919", oil on canvas, American or British School, 15-1/8 x 20-1/8 in.; original parcel and painted gilt wood and composition frame. Original stretcher and tacking edge, crackle, cupping, some cleavage and flaking, grime, accretion. Collection of the Late Viola Hartshorn, California.
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9 vols. Leather Bindings - English
9 vols. Leather Bindings - English and American Poetry: Hartshorne, Charles H., editor. Ancient Metrical Tales. London: W. Pickering, 1829. 1st ed. 8vo, late 19th-Century 3/4 blue calf & marbled bds., gilt, t.e.g.; scuffed, occasionally rubbed, by Stikeman. Minor internal spotting. * Bourne, Vincent. The Poetical Works. Oxford, 1826. 8vo, later 19th-Century 3/4 tan calf, gilt, gilt-floral spine compartments, t.e.g., black morocco spine label; corners & edges often rubbed. * Allingham, William, editor. The Ballad Book. London: Macmillan, 1864. 24mo, late 19th-Century 3/4 scarlet morocco & marbled bds., gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g.; occasionally scuffed. * Home, F.W. Songs of a Wayfarer. London: Pickering, 1878. 8vo, contemp. 1/2 brown morocco & marbled bds., spine gilt, t.e.g.; occasionally slightly scuffed. * Another copy of the preceding, full gilt-paneled brown morocco, spine gilt, inner dentelles gilt, a.e.g.; occasionally slightly scuffed. * Meredith, Owen. Lucile. London, 1882. 4to, slightly later 3/4 crushed navy blue morocco & marbled bds., gilt, gilt-lettered & floral spine, a.e.g.; corners slightly bumped, by Stikeman. Wood-engraved plates. * Palgrave, Francis T., ed. The Treasury of Sacred Song. Oxford: Clarendon, 1889. Sm. 8vo, contemp. 3/4 green morocco & marbled bds., gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, raised bands; occasionally scuffed. * Mack, Anna E., ed. Because I Love You. Boston: Lee and Shepard, (1894). 12mo, contemp. 3/4 orange-brown morocco & bds., gilt floral & morocco inlaid spine, gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g. (rough trimmed); occasionally scuffed, by Stikeman. * A Collection of English Verse, Chiefly Lyrical. New Haven: privately printed, 1894. 8vo, early 20th-Century richly gilt-paneled & foliate decorated full crushed green levant morocco, richly gilt decorated spine, a.e.g. (rough trimmed), inner dentelles gilt, raised bands, brown morocco spine label; minor wear.