Joseph Rodefer DeCamp (American, 1858-1923) painting after Titian of Virgin and Child with Saints, oil on canvas, dated 1881, 37" x 52" (49.5" x 64" frame size)...
Dennis Sheehan (American, born 1950) - Place of Peace. Oil on linen. Size: 10 inches x 8 inches. Signed in lower right. Excellent condition; offered in a contemporary gilt wood plein air frame; titled on verso. Dennis Sheehan is a contemporary painter of tonalist landscapes, whose work is inspired by George Inness. His paintings are in many public and private collections, including the White House...
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...
A pair of large-sized Italian carved wood sculptures of angels. 19th century or earlier. Each polychromed figure is made from gessoed wood and is life size. The wings are attached as separate parts, screwed onto the backs of the angels. Their backs are flattened. Each figure is bearing gilded and silvered garlands of flowers and fruits and has silvered and gilded wings and hair...
Arthur B. Wilder (American, 1857-1949) - Deep Snow. Oil on canvas. Signed in lower left and dated 1922. Canvas size: 22 inches x 18 inches. Deep snow is virtually obscuring the split rail fence in this dramatic Vermont winter landscape painting. Deep blue shadows fill a narrow ravine, while the dark green outlines of solitary evergreens provide a stark contrast to the blanket of white. Arthur Wilder is perhaps best known as a painter of snow...
"Femme Fatale" bronze figure by Romaine De Tirtoff Conte Erte (Russian/French, 1892-1990), signed limited edition No. 145/375, produced in 1987. This bronze sculpture is fashioned with a four color bronze patination and rests on a lozenge shaped, stepped black marble base. Excellent condition. $15,000 high retail book value. Dimensions: 20.5" high x 7" wide x 9.5" deep...
A very rare Czech art pottery wall plaque designed by Karl Grossl in 1934 and stamped on the reverse FBS within a circle, Made In Czechoslovakia, and numbered 157-10P. Probably by the Keramia Company. Featured in Wondermasken book. The plaque is fashioned of terracotta and covered in a turquoise glaze. The relief female mask is in black with a colored rose. Size: 10" high x 10.5" wide. This is possibly a prototype as only 10 were made. Excellent condition...
Marblehead Pottery vase with impressed band of blue leaf and berry decoration. Early 20th century. Size: 3.5" ht. Mint condition. Impressed manufacturer's mark on underside of base. Decorated Marblehead art pottery is scarce, and this diminutive example is in perfect condition.
"Deserted Station" watercolor painting by Frederick Clay Bartlett, Jr. (American, 1907-1955). Signed lower right and dated Sept. 1942. Clay Bartlett was a Vermont artist with a residence in Manchester, VT. He was a member of the Southern Vermont Artists from 1934-1951. This painting depicts an abandoned railway station with its shutters closed and with a stationary train on the adjacent tracks. Size: 13" x 19" (sight). Excellent condition.
J. Pouyat, Limoges, France porcelain relish or condiment dish, decorated with rich gilding to the rococo rim and handles, and with a lustrous interior. There is a gilded original owner's initial "B" applied to one side, and the dish is signed on the under side by the decorator with the initials AB and dated 1933, together with the Pouyat stamp. Size: 10.5"L x 4"D x 3"H. Excellent condition, with no chips, cracks or repairs, and with no wear to the gilding.
Gilded sterling silver anointing spoon commemorating the coronation of King Edward VII, London, 1902, by Cornelius Saunders and James Shepherd. Size: 6.75 inches length. This spoon is designed after the 12th century anointing spoon of Henry II, currently in the English Royal Collection.
Condition: very good and retaining most of the original gilding.
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.
Scottish Loch by Frances E. Jamieson (British, 1895-1950), oil on canvas. F.E. Jamieson was a prolific painter of Scottish Highland scenes, who used a variety of different pseudonyms. Canvas size: 16" x 24". Illegible signature in lower left. Offered in a modern custom frame with metal thistle corners. Excellent condition.
Rookwood art pottery Iris glaze vase decorated with star lilies by artist Rose Fechheimer, 1903. Impressed under base with Rookwood potter's marks. Mint condition with typical glaze crazing. Size: 7.5" high x 4" diameter
Old Paris French porcelain coffee cup with saucer, decorated with portraits of classical scholars and philosophers. Circa: 1800-1825. Each side of the cup bears a round cartouche with a classical portrait in profile against a maroon ground, while the saucer has three cartouches with representations of the arts and sciences. Fully gilded interior. Excellent condition with the rich gilding intact. No chips, cracks or restoration. Unmarked.
Rare New England sampler from Enfield, NH, dated 1825, embroidered by Cynthia Terry, aged 11. Decorated with baskets of flowers and with the poem: "When death does throw his fatal dart / The nearest earthly friends must part / Parents must leave their children dear / When they the dreadful summons hear." Size: 11.5 inches x 10.5 inches. Offered in an antique giltwood frame. Very good condition. Some light toning in spots.
English novelty, figural horseshoe shaped inkstand by James Dixon and Son of Sheffield, fashioned in silverplate (EPNS) with a removable glass inkwell. 19th century. A wonderful desk accessory for the equestrian collector. Excellent original condition, with no chips, dents, cracks or restoration. Size: 4 7/8" wide x 5" deep x 2" high.