A few examples of appraisal values for
NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI

• An American Rococo Carved
  An American Rococo Carved Mahogany Full Tester Bed c. 1850 stamped "C. Lee 1627" in several places ogee tester on cluster posts with quatrefoil collars paneled headboard with scrolling crest pomegranate and grape cartouche; shaped rails conforming plinth feet height 107 1/2 length 78 in. width 64 1/2 in. Provenance: Descended in a Natchez Mississippi family.
• Christopher R. Harris (American/New
  Christopher R. Harris (American/New Orleans 20th c.) two photographs including "Judaica at a Plantation (Menorahs on a Dresser) Natchez Mississippi" 1974 silver gelatin print signed titled "Natchez" and dated in lower margin image 11 3/4 in. x 7 3/4 in. sheet 14 in. x 11 in. "Southern Belle and African American Man on the Porch of a Plantation Natchez Mississippi" 1973 silver gelatin print signed titled "Natchez" and dated in lower margin image 8 in. x 11 3/4 in. sheet 10 7/8 in. x 13 7/8 in. both unframed.
• A Fine American Rococo Carved and
  A Fine American Rococo Carved and Laminated Rosewood Étagère mid-19th c. attributed to John Henry Belter New York closely related to the well-known "Rosalie" example rocaille pierced crest with abundant fruit nut and floral carving foliate C-scroll and turned supports four graduated serpentine shelves mirrored back original serpentine marble top base with shell and foliate skirt small blocked feet casters height 85 1/2 in. width 60 in. depth 16 1/8 in. Note: This étagère exhibits an overall form and specific ornament related to two well-known examples attributed to John Henry Belter: the étagère at Rosalie in Natchez Mississippi and the Service Collection étagère illustrated in Dubrow American Furniture of the 19th Century 1840-1880 pp. 145-150.
• [Civil War - Cased Images] Col.
  [Civil War - Cased Images] Col. Hawkes Fearing Jr. 8th New Hampshire Quarter Plate Tintype in Wall Frame  A quarter plate tintype of Fearing in uniform housed in a thermoplastic wall frame with penciled identification beneath the plate. Hawkes Fearing Jr. was born in Hingham Massachusetts in 1826 a city which his ancentors had called home since their arrival in North America on the Diligent in 1638 and where his father ran the Hingham Cordage Company providing ropes and rigging to the hundreds of ships based in the area. Hingham was also the place where Abraham Lincoln's earliest American acncestor Samuel Lincoln arrived in 1637 and the Fearing family tree includes several of his descendants. Perhaps Hawkes Jr. was aware of this which would explain his early enlistment in August of 1860 well before the start of formal hostilities. Living in Manchester New Hampshire at the time the 34-year-old merchant was commissioned into the 4th Massachusetts in the days following the attack on Fort Sumter served his three months and was then made Colonel and Commander of New Hampshire's 8th Infantry where he served for nearly the entire war. His regiment along with the the 2nd New Hampshire Cavalry which was later formed with its members spent most of the war in the Department of the Gulf as part of XIX Corps. After a particularly bloody string of engagements from late 1863 to early 1864--having lost over 350 men to combat or disease--the regiment was relieved with garrison duty at Natchez Mississippi. Col. Fearing mustered out January 15 1865 and returned to his ancestral home in Hingham which he would represent in the Massachusetts state legislature. He died in 1908. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: Tintype with hairline creases at left side. Frame in very good condition; only one chip at lower right which has been repaired
• Important Pair of American Gothic
  Important Pair of American Gothic Revival Oak Armchairs, mid-19th century, probably New Orleans, each with a tall back with boldly carved crockets over a pierced field centered by a trefoil, flanked by cusp-carved spired finials joined to pierced stiles upon Gothic arches, the back centered by an arched upholstered panel and joined to open arms on pierced supports, the front legs with Gothic tracery, h. 74-3/4", w. 28", d. 28". The present pair of chairs have a long New Orleans history, having resided in the same place since the early 20th century, and possibly having descended with that party since their origin. The present pair of arm chairs are part of rare and elite group of Gothic Revival furniture that has been found in the lower Mississippi Valley, from southwest of New Orleans to Natchez and Vicksburg, Mississippi. Perhaps the best known of this group are four chairs in �Stanton Hall�, Natchez Mississippi. The maker of these chairs is unknown. The most likely vendor of this group, inferred from an 1859 bill of sale, is New Orleans upholsterer and retailer Henry Siebrecht. In at least two cases, chairs from this distinctive group of Gothic Furniture have descended in families whose collections also include rococo parlor furniture that has been attributed to the Siebrecht firm. Little is known of Siebrecht�s operation. His New Orleans warerooms employed upholsterers, but no evidence has surfaced suggesting that he employed cabinetmakers and carvers. Another, as yet unidentified firm, appears likely to have been responsible for the manufacture of this furniture. While the craftsman who made this pair of chairs remains a mystery, microanalysis performed on related pieces indicates the use of red oak, clearly pointing to American manufacture. The out-sized scale of these pieces, pierced stiles and legs, and somewhat rustic carving distinguishes this group from furniture from New York and Philadelphia. Those two cities were the most important manufacturing centers of Gothic furniture. The scale, proportions of execution of the present chairs resemble mid-19th century Parisian furniture more closely than other American or English prototypes, suggesting this work may have been designed or executed by and an TmigrT Franco-American cabinetmaker. Other pieces in this distinctive group of furniture include perhaps four arm other arm chairs, three sofas, a pair of recamiers, maybe 5 hall trees, and a number of side chairs. In addition to the four side chairs remaining at �Stanton Hall� others in this pattern are currently in the collections of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Dallas Museum of Art, a pair at Winterthur House and Gardens in Delaware, and a pair on exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Recamiers in this pattern are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the New Orleans Museum of Art. The Louisiana State Museum has a somewhat simpler grouping of this furniture. For further discussion of this grouping of furniture see: Davidson and Stillinger, The American Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art Feld, �In Pointed Style: The Gothic Revival Style in American 1800-1860 How and Warren, �The Gothic Revival Style in American 1830-1870� New Orleans Auction Galleries, auction catalogs; March 2000; March 1998; October 2006 Pierce, �Art and Enterprise, American Decorative Art, 1825-1917 Venable, �American Furniture in the Bybee Collection�
• Alberta Rehm Shulz (Indiana
  Alberta Rehm Shulz (Indiana 1892-1980) THE SONG OF JOE PYE circa 1935 oil on canvas framed signed & titled: lower right and verso in pencil H30'' W36'' Provenance: Columbia South Carolina private collection. Sessions Hootsell Natchez Mississippi. Hunter Museum of Art. Other Notes: Verso bearing Sessions Hootsell and Hunter Museum labels. Slightly loose on stretcher; all over even craquelure; flaking in upper right corner; otherwise in good original condition.
• A Pair of Important Gothic
  A Pair of Important Gothic Revival Cast Iron Benches mid-19th c. the backs with quatrefoils between barbed spokes shaped arms hexagonal lattice seat conforming rail straight legs stretchers height 34 in. width 55 in. depth 17 in. Note: The pattern for these high-style benches appears in simultaneous production in 1842 by James Yates (Rotherham England) and Israel P. Morris (Philadelphia) making this form one of the earliest made in the United States. A bench from the Morris foundry bearing the 1842 date which is installed in the garden at Richmond Plantation (Natchez Mississippi) is identical to those offered here. Reference: Israel. Antique Garden Ornament Two Centuries of American Taste p. 82 fig. 6.7
• An American Rococo Carved
  An American Rococo Carved Rosewood Center Table mid-19th c. pencil-signed indistinctly inset serpentine white marble top shaped apron with floral and strapwork cartouche cabriole legs scroll stretcher centered with an urn acanthus scroll feet casters height 29 1/4 in. width 57 in. depth 39 in. Provenance: Acquired from Pippin's Antiques Natchez Mississippi.