$465.00
12" x 9" x 6.5"
$525.00
9.25" x 4.75" x 4.5" tall
Late 19th, early 20th C.
$2,150.00
Scholar's stones, or gōngshí, are called as such for scholars' appreciation of the stone's unusual shapes, textures, asymmetry, glossiness, color patterns, and even the sound it makes when struck. It is a gorgeous and contemplative viewing piece.
Scholars’ rocks were “favored stones that the Chinese literati and their followers displayed and appreciated indoors, in the rarefied atmosphere of their studios.
Scholar’s rock acted as ...
$3,650.00
"Sailing Off Virginia Coast"
Oil on canvas, signed lower right and titled on a paper label on reverse (minor crackalure)
Watson was born in Baltimore, MD. He studied with A. Castaigne, E.S. Whiteman and D. Woodward. A founding member of the Baltimore Charcoal Club, he was also a member of the Baltimore Watercolor Club. Watson exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition in 1906. He is noted for his Tonalist...
$8,500.00
Provenance: The Cockrell Collection. (Key). (See our #555 for a related example with blue lacquer ground.) See Clark & O’Kelly, p. 109-10 for related boxes. Height, 4.5”; Length, 8.75”; Depth, 4.5.”
$6,500.00
William Smee & Sons, London, published a catalog of furniture designs in 1850 which had sideboards of similar form. (See Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Designs by Edward Joy, pp 435-36.) 14"x5"x12.75"tall (key)
$6,500.00
Attributed to Charles Stiven of Selkirk
See: “Antique Boxes” by Clarke & O’Kelly pages 126-130 for other examples and our #704, #528 and #700. (Wear to decoration around lock, integ...
$2,150.00
View of a Harbor
oil on canvas, signed l.l.
Painting: 11 x 18.
Frame: 18 x 25.
Provenance: The Lowell/Putnam Estate
Born in Virginia, probably Norfolk, Julius Montalant is known for his drawings and paintings inspired by his travels on board navy ships.
Attached to the USS St. Louis around 1844-45, he sketched ports of call he visited, including Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, and China. Many of his works a...
$3,850.00
Height: 27” (top of top step)
Depth: 31.75”
Width: 20”
$1,350.00
Height: 4.5”
$4,650.00
(One back foot replaced.)
Dimensions: 7.5” x 4.75” x 6”
$1,150.00
Height: 6.25”
Length: 9.75”
Depth: 6.75”
$625.00
See #10802 for another caddy by the same unknown maker
Height: 5”
Width: 6.5”
$465.00
Height: 3.5”
Width: 7.5”
Depth: 4.5”
(warp to lid)
$675.00
Height: 4.25”
Length: 7.25”
Depth: 4”
$950.00
Length 19", Depth 15"
*See Crossman, The ChinaTrade, color plate 96 (page 248) for another example.
This item has been sold. It remains on our website for internet research purposes.
Workshop of George Bullock, circa 1815.
Having a moulded cornice above a central recessed section with shelves flanked to each side by rows of small drawers behind scrolling grille-inset doors with columnar uprights; the conforming base with four paneled doors, two with columnar uprights and raised on a platform base.
The inverted breakfront cabinet design in the French/Grecian manner was introduced by George Bullock in the early ...