John Abbot 1751-1839 pair of hand colored aquatint engravings Phalaena Lo, Corn Emperor Moth Plate #49 and Papilio Gilippus, Chestnut coloured Butterfly Plate #7 From The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidoterous Insects 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
Continental clock with enameled porcelain dial surrounded by embossed brass and large brass pendulum, 18th – early 19th century having brass works with calendar. ht. 18 1/2in.
After Pedro De Vargas, Spanish Colonial Virgin Mary, draped in blue and red robe standing on three angels, oil on canvas, 18th or 19th century, 31 x 22 3/4 inches, relined.
Queen Anne Tavern Table, having original oval top, Connecticut, 1740, refinished, height 27 inches, top 26 x 33 1/2″. Provenance: Estate of Florence Yannios, Waterfront Home, Guilford, CT.
Johannes Kip (1653 – 1722), set of three colored engravings, to include Dumbleton the Seat of Sr. Richard Cocks Bar; Fort Worth the Sea of Matthew Ducy Morton; along with Chepston Castle, belonging to his Grace the Duke of Beauford; 13 3/4″ x 16 1/2″.
Neoclassic Style Grey-Painted and Parcel-Gilt Mirror
rectangular form having egg-and-dart rim above an inner border carved with lattice-work and punctuated by rosettes and water-leaves surrounding a rectangular mirror plate, 20th century
height 81 1/2 inches, width 59 1/4 inches
Provenance: Property from a private New York collection sold to benefit charitable foundations
Decorative Arts Lot, to include a pair of oil on canvas harbor scenes with sailboats, signed indistinctly lower left “J. Dibden”, 16″ x 20″, still life of flowers, oil on canvas, signed lower right “J.B Bidois 1930”
Two Japanese Woodblock Prints
Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no Uchi
“Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido”
after Hiroshige by Goyo
circa 1915, station 6 and 48
each matted in contemporary frame
each 9″ x 14″.
Three Iranian Pottery Pieces
To include two Iranian pottery jugs
Heights of 8 3/4 inches, 9 1/2 inches
Along with an Iranian pottery tripod jug
Height 6 inches
All circa 1st millenium B.C. or later (all as is)
French Louis XVI Mahogany Tilt Top Table
dish top on turned shaft, 18th/19th century
height 26 3/4 inches, depth 26 3/4 inches
Provenance: Clare White 3/8/01 ($3,500), from a private collection designed by Cullman & Kravis Inc.
Condition: top not original to base, minor surface nicks/ scratching
Six Piece Lot to include
Empire games table, reproduction drop leaf along with smoke stand, as well as three mahogany armchairs
two Duncan Phyfe style, one Federal style
tallest chair 35 inches, height of smoke stand 31 inches
Three Framed Landscapes
to include
Mackechnie
“Winter Gardens Convolution”, 1980
Lithograph, Artist Proof
Signed lower right “Mackechnie 80″
Frame 27 1/2″ x 22 1/2”
Joyce Gardner Zavorskas (American born 1945)
“Dunescape”
Monotype, Artist Proof, edition 5/5
Signed lower right “Zavorskas”
Plate size 16″ x 17 3/4″
Phil Greenwood (Welsh, 20th century)
“Fields”, 1979
Aquatint etching
Signed lower right “Greenwood 79″, edition 70/200
28 1/2″ x 31 3/4”
Chinese Export Mandarin Palette Porcelain Teapot of Globular Form
having gilt branch form handle and spout, depicting boys at play, 19th century
height 5 inches, length 7 inches
Provenance: From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut
Two Louis XV Style Fauteuils
having tapestry upholstery and highly carved frames
height 42 inches, width 29 inches
Provenance: Part of a collection from Essex, Connecticut
Two: Douglas Vogel (American B.1938)
Untitled (Grid) 1975
Oil on board
Signed and dated on verso Douglas Vogel N.Y.C Spring 1975
17″ x 13 1/4″
Provenance: Ericson Gallery, 23 E 74th St. New York, NY
“French Veronese Green, Bordeaux Red”, 1976
Mixed media, pencil, acrylic collage on paper
Signed and dated lower right DV ’79
14 1/2″ x 17 1/2″ frame size
Provenance: Ericson Gallery, 23 E 74th St. New York, NY
Condition: overall good condition
Peter Van Den Keere (Belgian 1571-1646) After Willem Janszoon Blaeu (Dutch 1571-1638)
“Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula” circa 1641
Hand Colored copper plate world map engraving printed on two sheets
Bordered by allegorical representations of the sun and moon and the five known planets, the four elements, the four seasons, along with the seven wonders of the ancient world
Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius (Dutch 1588-1664) and dated 1641, this is a later edition (possibly 4th state) from a German edition of Blaeu’s Atlas having German text on verso
15 3/4″ x 21 1/4″
Condition: overall very good, some yellowing and old crease marks from book binding, some undulation, small repair patch center right, some staining, small repaired tear to center
Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Blue and White Covered Jars
baluster jars with applied Buddhist lion heads at the shoulder, surmounted by domed covers with flared rims, Buddhist lion finials, the bodies painted with sinuous dragons among scrolled clouds, prunus blossom and “cracked ice” band at the shoulders and also to the rim of the covers, florettes at the necks, 19th century
height 17 inches
Provenance: Estate of Nina Silberstein, former CEO of David Webb