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Exceptional Naturalistic Bronze Covered Compote, urn form with extremely fine decoration of bugs, leaves and flowers. Probably French, mid 19th Century.

Height 10"

Rare 18th century fruit wood apple shaped tea caddy, having a circular hinged lid with carved bone “stem”, opening to a tin-lined interior. Probably Continental, Circa 1760-80.

Height: 4.5"

Clark Marshall (American, 1862-1944)

Summer Landscape

Oil on canvas, signed lower right

Painting size: 14.5” x 22.5”
Frame size: 19” x 27”

A native of Talbot County on Maryland's Eastern Shore, Marshall became a highly regarded landscapist, painting mainly in the impressionist manner. Solo exhibitions of his work were held at the Peabody Institute and at The Baltimore Museum of Art. A student at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, he later ex...

Most likely French, 19th century. The image of an Englishman hunting with a hound was a common image on enamel boxes, especially snuff boxes in the eighteenth century. However, it clearly dates to the late nineteenth century. The lug and ribbed banding on the metal hinge, as well as the completely hand painted nature of the lid identify this box as a nineteenth-century creation.

Damage to hinge. Lid does not close entirely. Loss to underside enamel.

Antique Anglo Indian iron and brass bound walnut peat bucket with ribbed body and applied carrying handles. India,19th century.

Height: 12”

Diameter: 10.25“

Rare Antique Willow Pattern Cow Creamer and cover, painted earthenware. England, circa 1860

Length: 5"

Exceptional 18th Century Inlaid Sewing Box on later stand, having a rectangular hinged lid opening to a fitted interior, brass carrying handles and top and front with extensive exotic wood inlay and banding.

English, circa 1790

Box 14" x 12" x 6.5 "Overall Height: 30.5"

Large Antique Anglo-Indian Brass Document Box having a stepped lid surmounted by a carrying handle and heavily incised with scrolling vine and floral decoration. Late 19th/early 20th Century $675. 16" x 11" x 4" tall

Jose Rico y Cejudo (Spanish, 1864-1939)

Classical Figure with a Lyre

Oil on Panel, signed and retaining a paper label on the reverse

Painting: 14.5" x 8.5"
Frame: 20.5" x 15"

Jose Rico y Cejudo was born n Seville, Spain on March 27, 1864. He was the student of M. Ussel and J. Garcia Ramos at the School of Fine Arts in Seville. Eduardo Cano also played a role in the education of Cejudo as Cejudo would often pay visits to the artist'a studio. In 1888 he received a...

Antique Dueling Pistol Case in mahogany, rectangular with brass carrying handles, now having a marbled paper interior and mounted on a later Chippendale style stand. Probably English, late 18th/early 19th Century.

Top: 20.25" x 14.25"
Height w/ stand: 23"

Benson Bond Moore (American 1882-1974)

"Autumn Afternoon, National Arboretum. D.C."

Oil on board, signed lower left and dated "1935" and titled on the reverse.

Painting: 18" x 14"
Frame: 24" x 20"

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Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, D...

Antique bronze Paperweight in the form of a of a crushed fedora hat, Continental, late 19th century.

Length: 6.125”
Height: 2.25”

Antique English Desktop Cabinet, having a central panel door, inlaid with an oval patera and striped stringing, and flanked by six small drawers. Predominantly 18th Century.

Height: 12”
Length: 14.5”
Depth: 10.5”

Rare Mahogany Brass Bound Bottle Cooler, late 18th C., with pierced handle and shaped rim, the sides with three brass bands and the top edge with a line of boxwood stringing. English, circa 1780. Originally with a tin liner.

Provenance: The Harry Z. Isaacs Collection from Historic Long Branch Estate, Virginia*

Length :16.25 in.
Height to Handles: 8.5"

*Long Branch was built on property surveyed by a young George Washington for Lord Fairfax. In 1788, Robert Carter Burwell inher...

Sunset on Pennsylvania Avenue

James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)

Oil on board laid to canvas, located and inscribed on the reverse.

Painting size: 18” x 16”
Frame size: 23” x 21”

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Rare George III Wine Stand in mahogany having a circular top with molded lip on a shaped pedestal with tripod legs on slipper feet. English, circa 1760.

*Most tables of this form described as "wine tables" are actually candlestands. This is a true wine table, which would have been placed next to the host's chair after dessert was served and the servants withdrew so there could be private conversation.

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Benson Bond Moore (American 1882-1974)

"Quail"

Oil on canvas board, signed lower right and titled on the reverse

Painting: 8" x 10"
Frame: 15.5" x17.5 "

Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

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Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC. He studied at the Corcoran School of A...

Richard Alan Schmid (American, b.1934)

Nude

Conte crayon on paper, signed and dated: “1969” and titled, signed: “Richard Schmid, Gaylordsville, Conn” and stamped copyright “Richard Schmid 1969” on reverse of original backing paper.

Sight Size: 4.75” x 9.5”
Sheet Size: 7.5” x 14.75”
Frame Size: 13.5" x 18"

Schmid received his artistic training from William H. Mosby at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He has participated in many g...