Five pieces of Majolica to include a pitcher with basket weave bottom, leaf dish, small dish, creamer, and a fish pitcher marked Shorter & sons. ht. 5 1/2 in. to ht. 8 in.
John Abbot 1751-1839 pair of hand colored aquatint engravings Phalaena Promethea Plate #46 and Phalaena Proserpina Plate #50 From The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidoterous Instects of Georgia Published by James Edward Smith 1759-1828 framed and matted by W. Graham Arader III sight size: 14 x 11 Provenance: Property from Credit Suisse’s Americana Collection
Pair of Louis XV caned walnut fauteuils a la reine with cartouche backrest with serpentine top rail carved in the crest with floral motif, wood armrests raised on voluted supports, low front seats matching the headrests, and the whole supported on carved cabriole legs stamped J Philippe on top rail with custom upholstered cushions, early 20th century caning in one seat is broken. Provenance: From prominent Woodbridge, Connecticut family collection.
Group of four boxes of photographs to include horse photographs, personal photographs, some signed A. Well, mostly horse racing and horse show photographs.
Continental cassone with carved top and front panel depicting castle, horseman, soldiers and surrender set on carved feet, 15th – 17th century. ht. 21 1/2in. top: 17 x 54
Chinoiserie decorated green book stand, ht. 28in. lg. 34in. Provenance: property from a home in Rockville Center, New York which was decorated by Iris Apfel.
Brenda Miller (American, b. 1941), Black X, 1977, ink stamp on stamp, unsigned, 52″ x 52″, along with a Sperone Westwater Fischer Gallery label adhered to the backing board.
Large Neoclassical Style Bronze Sconce, having five lights and a gladiator helmet form to the top, height 17 inches, width 15 inches, depth 15 1/2 inches.
Group of Four Small Hummel’s, to include ‘Is It Raining?’; ‘Feathered Friends’; ‘Camera Ready’; along with one small boy, each marked to the underside, heights ranging from 4 inches to 5 1/2 inches.
Set of Nine French Style Dining Chairs, having gilt detailing over cabriole legs and custom blue floral upholstery, height 39 inches, width 18 1/2 inches.
Huldah Cherry Jeffe (1901 – 2001), Ballerinas, oil on canvas, signed lower right Huldah, copyrighted 1950, Huldah written on back of canvas, 29 1/4″ x 24″. Provenance: Christie’s label on back reads February 13, 1991, #33.
Group of 1865 Hand Written Letters and Bills, to include Captain Edgar Scofield bill/receipt for sickness and death of MR. SB Minor, on board the Brig Armstrong, 18 1/4″ x 7 3/4″; along with four framed letters in one frame, 12 3/4″ x 7 3/4″. Provenance: Estate of Florence Yannios, Waterfront Home, Guilford, CT.
Belleek Porcelain Basket, on crane form pedestal base, having reticulated basket dish top on crane pedestal base, standing on rock and foliate base, black mark on bottom, (repaired), height 13 3/4 inches. Provenance: Collections of Norma Reilly, New Jersey.
Sergey Poyarkov (b. 1965, Ukrainian), mixed media on paper, untitled, signed and dated lower right “Sergey Poyarkov, 1998″, 26″ x 34”. Provenance: Estate of Peter Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut.