Catalog: Sold Items (584)

A Victorian figural horse hoof commemorative inkwell. Dated 1899. A cast, silver plate mount on a genuine horse's hoof, with a commemorative dedication to 'Diadem' in 1899. Size: 5.75 inches length x 4.75 inches x 3.5 inches hr. Some wear to plating. Missing the glass inkwell liner.

Horace Brown (American, 1876-1949) - a pair of landscape paintings by this Springfield, VT artist: one being a signed work of a wooden outbuilding in summer and the second a view of a saltbox cabin in winter, which is unsigned but also has an unfinished sketch of a farm building painted on the verso. Each is painted in oils on artist board and measures 12 inches x 16 inches. Circa 1940. Horace Brown is known for his impressionistic depictions of the Vermont countryside...

"Hits and Misses" by Paul Brown. Derrydale Press. 1935. Limited edition, number 665 of 950 signed copies with illustrations by the author of polo playing. Hard cover. Some toning to cover and pages. Size: 11 inches x 8.5 inches.

English Staffordshire handleless tea bowl/cup and saucer with dark blue transfer of two ladies in a flower garden, bearing a printed blue mark, RILEY, with an impressed hand; circa 1800-1825. Condition: Manufacturing flaw - a burst bubble to interior of cup with 2 small light brown stains, otherwise excellent.

Historical Staffordshire dark blue covered sugar bowl with transfer of Washington at Mount Vernon. Unmarked, early 19th century. Condition: light staining to interior of bowl and some minor glaze roughness; professional restoration to cover, not visible from exterior but showing under black light and with some color variation to the inside of the cover (see photo). Size: 6.5 inches long x 4 inches deep x 5.75 inches high.

Georgian Hester Bateman silver soup ladle, London, 1789, in sterling silver. This Old English pattern ladle has a round bowl and is engraved in a feathered script on the handle with the initials 'REA' of the original owner. On the reverse of the handle is struck a full set of English assay marks, together with the 'HB' of Hester Bateman. Size: 14" length. Weight: 6.36 ozt...

George III sterling silver sauceboat by famous English female silversmith Hester Bateman. London. 1783. Serrated rim with flying scroll handle and supported on three hoof feet. Engraved with a family crest of an arm dexter holding wheat. Size: 5 1/2 inches length x 3 1/2 inches ht. x 3 1/8 inches depth. Condition: one foot slightly bent. No repairs. Legible hallmarks on underside. 5.71 troy ounces.

A Georgian sterling silver pap boat by famous female silversmith Hester Batemen, London, 1784. No repairs or dents. Fully hallmarked below top rim. Size: 4.5 inches length x 2.75 inches depth x 1 inch height. Pap boats were used for the feeding of infants and invalids.

Old English tablespoon by England's most famous female silversmith, Hester Bateman. London. 1780. Original owner's engraved monogram in feathered script, 'JMA.' Very good condition with no repairs. Egg-shaped bowl retains its shape. Bottom marked with some compressing of hallmarks but still very legible. HB maker's mark is quite clear. 8 inch length.

Herend porcelain three-piece tea set, hand painted in the popular Rothschild bird pattern. 20th century. Size of teapot: 5.75 inches ht. x 9 inches across spout x 5.25 inches diameter. Excellent condition, with no damage or repairs. #665/RO, 1603/RO, 1642/RO. A wonderful set consisting of a globular teapot with bud finial to cover and tendril handle; covered sugar bowl with bud finial; and milk jug with tendril handle.

Herend porcelain cache pot in Rothschild Bird pattern. Mid 20th century. Size: 8 7/8 inches length x 5 3/4 inches ht. x 5 1/2 inches depth. Mint condition. Hand painted oval cache pot urn supported on gilded paw feet. #6455/RO.

Early English piano-forte by Messr's. Bland and Weller, 23 Oxford Street, London. Circa 1790-1810. An early version of the piano in a decorative mahogany rectangular case adorned with chevron string inlay and hand painted with pink roses above the keyboard, being supported on a tapered leg stand. This instrument requires professional restoration to bring it back to a playable condition...

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) - Yvette Guilbert. This colored lithograph is an original page from the weekly satirical newspaper "Le Rire", published in 1894. Toulouse-Lautrec produced 10 colored drawings for this humorous periodical over a period of three years, from 1894-1897. This illustration is of Yvette Guilbert, a music hall performer, who thrilled Parisian audiences with her audacious songs, curious smile and gestures with her long black gloves...

"The Greeting" by Helen Hyde (American, 1868-1919), color woodcut print on paper. Published 1910. Image size: 6 1/2 inches x 6 5/8 inches. Signed in pencil in lower right margin, 'No.3 Helen Hyde.' Helen Hyde was a pioneer of color woodblock printmaking in America. In 1899, she traveled to Japan where she remained for 15 years. There she studied with the master printmaker Kano Tomonobu. Her prints frequently portray women and children performing their activities of daily life...

Richard Hayley Lever (Australian/American, 1876-1958) small oil on canvas board titled, River Lea, England. Size: 10 inches x 8 inches. Dated on verso 1912. Signed in the lower left and titled on the reverse. Condition: nice original condition, with some overall craquelure to the painted surface. Offered in a carved and gilded wood frame. A native of Australia, Hayley Lever traveled to England in 1889, where he studied art in London and joined an artist's colony in St. Ives, Cornwall...

Harold von Schmidt (American, 1893-1982) painting for Saturday Evening Post magazine article. Oil on canvas. Size: 24 inches x 33 inches. Circa 1959. Signed in upper right...

Harvard Yard, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts painting by Harold Broadfield Warren (American, 1859-1934). Dated 1902. Watercolor on paper. Size: 9 3/4 inches x 6 5/8 inches (sight)...

Rare dancing Harlequin candle snuffer cast in sterling silver, London, 1894-95, maker's mark 'M.F.' The harlequin figure is holding a pair of snake form rings above his head. Harlequin sugar tongs or nips are uncommon, however, the harlequin candle snuffers are extremely scarce. They are distinguished from the sugar nips by the fact that the leaf grips are flat and set slightly at an angle to properly extinguish the flame of a candle. This example is struck with a set of hallmarks on each g...