Catalog (3097)

A fine carved English walnut carved sculpture of Saint Christopher done circa 1790 in Walnut. The Christ Child represented in the removable staff. Saint Christopher (Greek: Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος, Hágios Christóphoros) is venerated by several Catholic denominations as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd-century Roman emperor Decius (reigned 249–251) or alternatively under the emperor Maximinus Daia (reigned 308–313). There appears to be confusion due to the similarity i...

A fine Dutch oil on canvas floral still life, framed in a beautiful baroque gold leaf frame, measuring 22” x 17”

A fine and massive Japanese Meiji Period Imari Charger. Measuring

MASSIVE JAPANESE EDO PERIOD SATSUMA LIDDED JAR, measuring

An oil on canvas portrait of statesman Daniel Webster, 1782-1952….more information coming soon

Artist Edmund Hodgson Smart did this portrait while the president was still living and passed while it was being finished. The portrait is one of two done. The other being in the White House Measuring framed 67” x 45”

A BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN BALTIMORE SOFA BROCADE SILK UPHOLSTERY MEASURING 90” length, 38” HEIGHT

A beautiful NINETEENTH CENTURY GERMAN MARQUETRY INLAID DESK CIRCA 1870s….measuring 51” height, 24” deep, 34” height

SPANISH HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE FINELY CARVED CABINET IN OAK , the detachable armoral shield crest surmounted by winged eagles headed by a crown, above three short, drawers with applied carved figures, above a large door finely carved or show a battle scene height 52”, width 37”, depth 17”

AMERICAN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CHEST OF DRAWERS, POSSIBLY VIRGINIA , or Pennsylvania. The drawers with original hardware , walnut wood measuring 38” width, 20” deep, and 35” in height

A beautiful silk Upholstered Italian Venetian silver gilt settee circa 1780-1820 measuring 75” length by 38” rear back height

American Eighteenth Century Mahogany Scroll Highboy , measuring 93 inches in height, 43 inches width inches deep 19 inches deep A beautiful piece of American history., Provenance, Eunice Kennedy Shriver collection. The top with flame gold leaf finials and the piece with original brass hardware.

ITALIAN MASTER SCULTOR, ANTONIO CANOVA 1755-1822 “HEBE LOVE GODDESS”, marble masterpiece, standing over 88 inches in height with its marble stand. Sculpture alone about 64 inches Artistic process Canova had a distinct, signature style in which he combined Greek and Roman art practices with early stirrings of romanticism to delve into a new path of Neoclassicism. Canova's sculptures fall into three categories: Heroic compositions, compositions of grace, and sepulchral monuments.[8] In each ...

A beautiful American casting of statesman Daniel Webster dressed in Roman Toga by the sculptor Thomas Ball, 1819-1911 Boston

AMERICAN ARTIST SEGER LINOLEUM CUT OF LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE Measuring 32” x 26”

A PALM BEACH SPANISH STYELE TOLEDO CHANDELIER ATTRIBUTED TO MIESNER, MEASURING 30” x 36”

Carved walnut intaglio cut floral designs with inscription to Allah in mother of Pearl. Measuring 64” x 34” circa 1880

MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM C. PENNY,….EACH PORTRAIT, IN OIL, MEASURING 30” x 25” Samuel Waldo Lovett was born on April 6, 1783 in Windham, Connecticut, the son of Esther (née Stevens) and Zacheus Waldo.[3] At the age of sixteen, he moved to Hartford to begin his formal art training under the tutelage of Joseph Steward, a prominent local artist. Four years later, he set up shop as a portraitist in Hartford, later relocating to Litchfield, Connecticut. While in Hartford, he had made the acqu...