Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) - 'Saxton's River, Near Bellows Falls, Vermont.' Oil on canvas. Canvas size: 24 inches x 30 inches. Dated on stretcher: March 28, 1974. Offered in the original frame. Excellent original condition but would brighten with a professional cleaning. Thomas Curtin was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and painted in Cape Ann and then, from 1943, in Vermont, where he is known for his landscape paintings and, most especially, for his winter scenes...
Vadim Federovich Korobov (Russian/Ukrainian, b.1931), oil on artist board; signed, titled and dated 1977 on the reverse. Size: 13 7/8 inches x 19 1/4 inches. Excellent condition. This genre painting depicts young people planting trees and is titled 'Spring.' Korobov is a Ukrainian painter. After his discharge from the Soviet Army in 1950, he enrolled in the Lugansk Art School, where he studied with the renowned Soviet artist, A. Filbert...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Strands : Pearls : Pre 1980
item #1322393
(stock #26C10-2656)
Single strand necklace with 58 peacock colored freshwater pearls. Length: 18 inches. Pearls size: 7mm. Magnetic clasp. Appraised replacement cost of $450.
"Drake's Well" by Vincent Maragliotti (Italian/American, 1888-1978). Signed lower right and dated 1976. Oil on artist board. Size: 22" x 24", and offered in a modern gilt frame. This unusual painting was commissioned for Pennsylvania's Bicentennial exhibition, celebrating its historical events. Edwin Drake drilled the world's first oil well in 1859, in Titusville, PA, thus creating the future of oil prospecting...
All Items : Archives : Furnishings : Garden : Furniture : Pre 1980
item #1425163
(stock #40H19-3011)
A vintage bird bath for the garden. Cast in concrete of a single piece, with octagonal top and pedestal base with trailing vine motif. Size: 22 inches height x 16 inches diameter. Can be used either as bird bath or as a planter in your garden.
'February' - Connecticut Barn in Winter painting by Eric Sloane (American, 1905-1985). Oil on masonite. Size: 24 inches x 48 inches. Signed and titled 'February' in lower left and also signed on the reverse, together with the artist's address in Cornwall Bridge, CT. Eric Sloane is considered to be one of the great American masters of landscape painting in the 20th century. He is best known as a painter of barns and as an author of books portraying early American life...
Vintage Mexican sterling silver cuff bracelet with openwork design. Circa 1960s-70s. Size: 2 5/8 inches x 2 inches x 1 3/8 inches wide. Weight: 1.26 troy ounces/39.5 grams. Hallmarked: MEXICO, TB-17 925. Maker's mark obscured.
Miniature mandolin musical brooch pin by Reuge, Swiss, gilded 800 silver and blue enamel. Circa 1970s. Size: 3 inches length. This little gem is fashioned in gilded silver, with blue enamel, in the form of a musical instrument - a mandolin. Beneath the strings, it has a miniature painting of a pianist. The musical clock-work mechanism is entirely mechanical, and, best of all, it is actually a piece of jewelry that can be worn as a brooch...
Tiffany & Company vintage gold floral pin, fashioned in 18kt. yellow gold, set with 12 blue sapphires and 10 round diamonds. Weighs 17.8 dwt. (including stones). Excellent condition. Size: 2" diameter.
Estate jewelry pin/brooch fashioned in the form of a grape leaf with cultured pearl grapes and enameled lady bug, set in 14kt yellow gold, with carved green hardstone leaf. Excellent condition. Size: 2.25" length x 1.5" ht.
Tiffany and Company vintage I.D. bracelet in sterling silver with curb link chain. 8 inches length. New retail price at Tiffany's is $500. No monogram.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pre 1970
item #1421563
(stock #11AC20-400)
A Royal Crown Derby, English porcelain teapot in the popular #2451 Japan pattern. Size: 5 inches Ht. x 9.5 inches lg. Mid 20th century. Excellent condition. An array of coffee cups and saucers also available separately between $30-45 each.
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) - A Country Road in Autumn. Oil on canvas board. Size: 16 inches x 20 inches. Unsigned on the front, but signed on the reverse. Circa 1960's. Excellent condition. A dramatic example of Thomas Curtin's landscape painting - a country road in northern Vermont, as seen at the height of fall foliage, with a farm house and smoking chimney just visible in the distance. Thomas Curtin was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts...
'Men in Bowler Hats' by Lester Johnson (American, 1919-2010). Original silkscreen print, being an artist proof. Circa 1960s. Sheet size: 20 inches x 30 inches. Signed.
Lester Johnson was an important painter and printmaker. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and then moved to New York in the late 1940s, where he became a leading advocate for figurative expressionism. Men wearing bowler hats in a congested environment was a popular and recurring theme for Johnson. He was a teacher ...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Designer Signed : Pre 1970
item #1421551
(stock #38B12-20138)
Tiffany and Co. 18Kt gold ring set with a blue cabochon sapphire and diamonds in a flower setting. Size: 5 1/2.
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) - Autumn Valley. Oil on artist board. Circa 1960's. Size: 16 inches x 20 inches. Signed lower right and bearing stamps from the Thomas R. Curtin Estate on the verso. In this painting, Curtin has captured a Vermont valley at the peak of its autumnal colors. Using impressionistic brushwork and a colorful palette, he draws the viewer's eye from the rocky pasture in the foreground, through the sugar maples, to the purple hills beyond. This painting is pictu...
All Items : Archives : Furnishings : Garden : Decorations : Pre 1970
item #1382371
(stock #39B16-111)
Folk art painted wood vintage bird house, supported on a tall post base. Circa 1960s. Painted white. House opens to clean the interior. Size: 60 inches ht. x 12 inches x 12 inches (bird house only - 10.5 inches x 9.5 inches x 12 inches ht.)