Miscellaneous Serviceware Grouping
to include set of six Marque Place Frog Party cord holders in original box by
Saint Hilaire, Grand Tour style reproduction of Roman ruins (height 23 inches)
ceiling light, Aesops table 1984 serving tray by Arthur Court (length 24 inches),
group of plates
214 piece gold “Aristocrat” flatware service to include 16 fish forks, 16 demiline
spoons, 12 round dinner knives, 12 steak dinner knives, 18 butter knives, 16
dinner spoons, 16 soup spoons, 32 teaspoons, 32 luncheon forks, 32 dinner
forks, and 12 addition serving pieces
marked “Supreme by Towle 18/8 Japan”
Nine Piece Group of Antique Brass Inkwells and Desktop Articles
to include At Nouveau owl letter holder, Victorian inkwell with pen holder, Bradley and Hubbard double inkwell and pen holder, double inkwell with lion head and female bust, along with five smaller pieces
longest 13 inches
Collection of 21 Antique Inkwells
to include S. Sillman and co. Chester, Conn., wooden well, brevete leather cased,
two double inkwells, one cranberry cut to clear, art medal studies, copper elab Chr.
Bergh and co.
Cut Glass
etcetera
height 3 1/2 tallest
Group of 10 Antique Canes in Leather Umbrella Holder
to include carved dog head, four having brass mounts, one having inscription “to Grandpa from Dr. Mattie Griswald for his 50th Wedding Anniversary, WM Hewitt 1814-1864”, etc…
tallest cane 48 inches
Three Piece Furniture Lot
to include papier mache tray top table with mother of pearl accents (loss to one end)
along with two Chinese low tables
table height 19 inches top 23″ x 30″
Group of Nine Framed Pieces
to include
Lilies on a pond
Watercolor
Three still lives
Oil on Canvas
Two cityscapes
Watercolor
etcetera
26″ x 34″ largest
Group of Eight Portraits
to include
Four unframed portraits by F. Richardson Murray circa 1950
A young girl
Oil on canvas
Signed upper right 1945
Semi nude woman
Oil on canvas
Signed illegibly lower right
Two Phyllis Hjorth (American 20th Century)
Contemporary portrait of a mother and daughter
Signed and dated lower right “Hjorth 97″
Oil on canvas
46″ x 22″
Children with ice cream cones
Oil on canvas
30″ x 30”
Three Mezzotints After George Morland (British 1763-1804)
to include
“Trepanning the Recruit”, circa 1791
21″ x 18″ sight size
“Deserter Pardoned”, circa 1791
21″ x 18″ sight size
“Recruit Deserted”, circa 1791
21″ x 18″ sight size
Seven Piece Antique Group
to include
one three armed gilt bronze candelabra having flame finial and acanthus leaf motif, small three armed candelabra, picture frame having cherub and floral design along with Four Russian Enamel Spoons having gold vermeil, light blue enamel leaves and white flowers on dark blue base, signed in cyrillic and marked 916, length 5 3/4 inches
tallest 20 inches
Three Piece Asian Brass and Bronze Lot
to include
Chinese brass censer having ring handles, and pair of Japanese bronze urns
censor height 6 inches, diameter 6 inches
Provenance: West Hartford Estate of Dorothy Elsner
Seven Piece Lot
to include a pair of urn form glass lamps along with Japanese lift top box
lamps set on round metal bases, Japanese box set on frame, one pair of
upholstered swivel chairs (slight soiling), and an oriental hall runner
runner dimensions 2′ 7″ x 21′
Approximately 30 Watercolors and Etchings by Elyssa Benabib (American 1937- D.)
to include
Bound portfolio, two framed pieces
Etcetera
Largest frame 35″ x 27″
Provenance: A.I.G. San Francisco, California
15 Piece Group of 19th Century Desk Top Articles
to include five small Daguerreotypes one being a portrait of a man, another of a standing woman, one young woman, one woman in bonnet, one larger of a family in Halvorson patented case, two ink blotters one having a camel handle, three inkwells one having brass overlay one of snail form, mother of pearl opera binoculars, two Nippon covered boxes, small Cloisonne, 18th century French painted porcelain covered box
tallest 5 1/2 inches
Six Piece Group of Decorative Porcelain and Enamel
to include
Jane Hutcheson for Gorham “Fleurs des Siecle” enameled and gilt porcelain flower vase marked on bottom, two Cloisonne or Champleve cockatoo bird figures on wood bases, one small Cloisonne owl, two Royal Worcester lion pitchers both having purple stamp #1258
height of flowers 10 1/2 inches
Large Lot of Reference Books and Catalogs
Oriental Rug Review Volumes I-VII from 1983-1987
bound in five folios, by George W. O’Bannon, newspaper print
Collection of 18 Classic Books on Oriental Textiles
to include
Der Orientteppich Volumes I-III, Berlin 1922
Hand-Woven Carpets Oriental and European Volumes I and II, Kendrick, 1922
The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs, Griffin Lewis, eighth edition
etcetera
Five Eberhart Herrmann Exhibition Catalogs
to include
Asiatische Teppich and Textilkunst Volumes I-IV, 1989-1992
Kaukasische Teppiche Kunst im 19 Jahrhundert Ein Bilderbuch, 1993
Eight Leather Bound Books of George Eliot Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons
between 1912-1919, works to include
Volumes I and II of Daniel Deronda Scenes of Clerical Life, poems
Volumes I and II of Middlemarch, Felix Holt, and essays
Three Rare Editioned Books
to include
Gilbert Stuart’s Portraits of George Washington by Mantle Fielding, published 1923, editioned 73/350, signed by author
American Paintings Belonging to William T. Evans by American Art Galleries, 1900, edition 206/250
The Lordy Hudson by Henry Collins Brown, published 1937, from an edition of 874 signed by author
Six Classic Reference Books on Antique Glass
to include
Old English Drinking Glasses by Francis 1926
Rare English Glasses of the 17th & 18th Centuries by Bles 1924
Two Old English Glasses, Glass Drinking Vessels in England by Hartshorne, Provenance: Joslin Hall Rone Books 1994 ($500)
Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain Volumes I and II, by Rackham 1935″
A History of Oriental Carpets Before 1800
by F.R. Martin, reproduced by the Imperial Royal Austrian Court, 1908 edition of 290 copies having plates printed on paper, loose leaf, 33 plates of black and white colored carpets bound in original cloth cover
Editions 1-198 of HALI Magazines and Catalogs on Oriental Textiles
over 26 volumes from 1978-2016, plus index supplements and other special editions, most in red volume set boxes