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Fine Pair of Oval Circassian Burled Walnut Tea Caddies with piano hinged lids , circa 1860

6.5" x 3 .75" x 4.5" tall

Unusual 18th Century Chinese Export Tea Caddy of typical form with Western (probably Dutch) handpainted decoration of "C" scrolls and Ships. Height 4.5"

View of Venice : Isola di San Michele facing east

Oil on Canvas , signed Indistinctly.

Late 19th, early 20th C

Painting:
Frame : 22.5 "x 29"

Coastal View of a City

by Julius Montalant , American. (1823-1878)

Oil on Canvas, signed.

Ptg.: 11" x 18"
Frame: 18" x 25"

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 are held in the Museum of the U.S. Naval A...

Antique American sterling, silver tea caddy by Gorham, in the form of a bundled package. Hall marked and dated 1874

4.25“ x 3.25“ x 4“ tall.

Lee Lufkin Kaula

Lee Lufkin Kaula

Oil on Canvas, signed

Painting:21.50" x 17.50"
Frame: 28.5" x 24.5"

Born in Erie, Pennsylvaniain 1865 , Lee Kaula became an impressionist painter Lee Lufkin is best known for her portraits and figures and is considered a member of the "Boston School of Impressionism". She had a wealthy family, so she did not have financial worries. She first studied with Charles Melville Dewey in New York and then she and a friend, Claire Shuttleworth, went...

Very Fine English Sunderland Table in figured mahogany having two drop leaves supported by turned swing legs and with open fretwork decoration.

Attributed to C. & R, Light, circa 1880

Open: 23" x 24" x24" tall
Closed: 6.5" wide

Benson Bond Moore (American 1882-1974)

" February Morning, Lower Potomac"

Oil on Board, signed, Titled and Dated "1955"

Painting: 10.5 x 13.25
Frame: 17" x 19.5"

Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art with Messer and Brooke , and also with Weyl . He continued his studies in drawing at the Linthicum Institute under Ballenger and learned painting conservation from his father.

Ac...

Extremely Rare if not unique, 18th C. Georgian Tea Caddy with cut glass mirrored panels on three sides and the top and with striped inlay on the lid and zebra striped edging. The hinged lid opens to three divided compartments. Circa 1760.

8.5" x 5" x 4.5"tall

Henri Charles Antoine Baron (French 1816-1885) La Rapetasseuse et son Chat

Oil on Panel, signed

Ptg. : 12.65" x 9.5"
Frame: 16" x 13"

Born 1816 in Beancon, he was a pupil of his compatriot Jean Gigoux. Baron first exhibited in 1840 with two Salon paintings. Théophile Gaultier describe them as "full of feeling and color." He obtained third class medals in 1847, 1855 and 1867 (at the World Expo), the medal 2nd class in 1848 and was made a Knight of the Legion of Hon...

Antique Silverplated Tea Caddy by the Pairpoint Company, New Bedford, MA; rectangular with a lifting lid surmounted by a seated Chinese figure with a fan, all over cast decoration in the Chinese taste and with ball form feet.

Late 19th C. (etched initals on lid,lacquered)

5.5" x 3.75" x 5.5" tall

Exceptional German Brass Mounted Tea Caddy by Abraham Roentgen (1711-1793) in burr walnut with Kingwood borders and brass banding, carrying handle, escutcheon and feet; of broken serpentine form with concave sides and a tin lined interior. Circa 1750.
7.25” x 5.25” x 5.5” tall.

A similar casket was sold at Lempertz Auction in 2020:

https://www.lempertz.com/en/catalogues/lot/1159-3/412-a-bombe-form-box-by-abraham-roentgen.html

Exceptional German Brass Mounted Kingwood and Coconut Wood Tea Chest by Abraham Roentgen (1711-1793) having a stepped lid surmounted by a brass carrying handle and opening to a divided interior with two lidded brass tea canisters and a lidded brass sugar canister with an unusual divided interior. The plinth base raised on brass ogee bracket feet has a concealed side drawer (for silver teaspoons). Circa 1755-1760.

9.35” x 5.75” x 6.5”

A similar box is in the collection of the Metrop...

English Creamware “Tea Party” Tea Caddy, rectangular, with sloped shoulder and decorated with black stencil decoration on the front of a tea party in a garden and on the reverse with a shepherd and sheep in a landscape. Circa 1785.

Provenance: The Cockrell Collection.

2.75 x 1.5 x 4.25 tall

Exhibited: “A Celebration of the Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party” at Doyles, Boston 2024

Rare English Filigree Tea Caddy, rectangular with cut corners with mahogany bandings having satinwood and ebony stringing around glass panels enclosing rolled paper and crushed stone floral form decoration. The front panel has a silk and watercolor roundel of a girl with a basket. The hinged lid opens to a divided interior with penwork decorated lids. Circa 1790.

Also known as “quill work” or “rolled or scrolled paper” tea caddies, these undecorated boxes would have been purchas...

Julius Montalant, American 1823-1878.

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...

Antique English Silver Tea Caddy and Sugar Bowl in Shagreen Case by Samuel Taylor, London, 1758-59. The covered sugar bowl and tea canister were crafted by the prominent tea canister specialist and renowned Georgian silversmith Samuel Taylor. The box fittings are by another silversmith, probably J. Wakelin (one hinge stamped IW). The caddy and sugarbowl are pyriform, the sides and covers repousse and chased with flowers and scrolls, each on a cast circular foot similarly decorated and with f...

LATE GEORGE III W.&T.M. BARDIN 18-INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE ON STAND 
additions to 1807, dedicated to Sir Joseph Banks, the globe in etched brass frame resting on a corona with months and zodiac on turned support with tapering downswept legs with brass casters

Dimensions: Height: 41 in. (104.1 cm.), Diameter: 24 in. (61 cm.)

This terrestrial globe is supported on a wooden tri-pod pedestal, surrounded by a wooden horizon circle, and it is equipped with a brass meridian . The cartou...