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Attributed to Pieter van Bloemen (Flemish, 1657-1720)

Military Encampment

Oil-on-canvas.

Painting size: 23” x 32”

Frame size: 31” x 40”

Born in Antwerp, van Bloemen was the brother of Jan-Frans and Norbert van Bloemen. His master was the battle painter, Simon van Douw. In 1673 van Bloemen was a master in Antwerp, but he did not stay there long. He is believed to have spent 20 years in Rome and it is known that he was working there in 1688. In 1694 he...

Apocalypse

Charles F. Quest (America, 1904-1993)

Color woodcut on paper, #11/25, signed and dated: “1952”.

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Born in Troy, New York, Charles Quest was an active artist and educator in St. Louis, Missouri. From 1929 to 1944, he taught art in the ...

Fine George II Tilt-top Tea Table in mahogany having a single board top with a "birdcage" support above a "cannon" turned shaft and supported by three cabriole legs ending in pad feet. English, circa 1750.

Diameter: 35"
Height: 28"

The serving of tea in the 18th Century was an important social ritual for those wealthy enough to be able to afford the tea. Specialized furniture and boxes (tea caddies) evolved around the "tea ceremony"

Fine small French ormolu and marble candlestick with a fluted shaft above a circular beaded foot and white marble base with floral mounts. Mid-19th century, now wired as a lamp.

Height: 16" to top of shade

Allegory of Sculpture and Architecture

French School (Early 18th Century)

Oil on canvas.

Painting size: 25” x 34”
Frame size: 30” x 39.25 ”

These sumptuous female figures serve as allegories for two prized arts in France at the turn of the 18th century. On the left is sculpture, signified by a chisel in her hands. She sits beside a pair of Roman busts, one overturned, the other sporting a helmet possibly representing Pallas Athene. On the right is ...

Grocery Still Life

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

Oil on canvas, signed, titled and inscribed on the reverse.

Painting size: 16” x 20”
Frame size: 21” x 25”

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Waldo Peirce (American, 1884-1970)

The Papal Blessing, Venice

Oil on Canvas, signed with initials and dated: "(19)56" and with a lengthy inscription on the reverse.

Painting: 24" x 20"
Frame: 29" x 25"

Waldo Peirce (1884-1970) was born in Bangor, Maine, and educated at Phillips Academy in Andover and Harvard University. He later studied at the Art Students League in New York City and at the Julian Academy...

Fine antique Regency turned leg pembroke table in mahogany, having a rectangular top with reeded edge and two drop leaves, above a single drawer with ebony stringing. Circa 1800.

Height: 28.75"
Length: 31.5"
Width Closed: 20"
Width Open: 39"

Small Tumbridge Ware Trinket Box in Rosewood having a hinged lid inlayed with a display of roses depicted in micro mosaic, framed by bandings of contrasting light and dark wood and particularly well matched geometric micro mosaic.

4.35" x 2.8" x 1.5" tall

The Chestnut Seller

American School, mid 19th Century.

Oil on canvas.

Painting Size: 9.75” x 7.75”
Frame Size: 15.5” x 13.5”

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

Drugstore on 14th Street

Oil on canvas, signed, inscribed on the reverse.

Painting size: 16” x 20”

Frame size: 21” x 25”

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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”

Exceptional Napoleon III Tea Chest, ebonized with extensive ormolu mounts; rectangular with cut corners, having a stepped hinged lid with a small compartment surmounted by a figure of a boy holding a tray and opening to a fitted interior with a well, two gilt crystal caddies and a sugarbowl. French, probably TAHAN, late 19th Century.

13" x10" x 13" tall

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A By-path

Henry Hobart Nichols, Jr. (American, 1869-1962)

Watercolor on paper, signed and dated: “1897”.

Exhibited at the Third Annual Washington Water Color Club, 1898.

Illustrated in McMahan, The Artists of Washington, DC: 1796-1996, p. 158.

Provenance: from the Estate of Virgil McMahan.

A painter and illustrator, Nichols was a member of quite an artistic family. His father, brother and wife were all professional painters as well.

He had diverse ...

The Forest of Fontainebleau

Oil on canvas, retaining a paper label on reverse reading: “Souvenir offert a mon viel ami Babcock/ F. Millet fils/ Etude peintre en 1866 par moi.”

(A gift offered to my old friend Babcock/F Millet son/Study painted in 1866 by me.)

Painting: 15” x 18.5”
Frame: 23.25” x 26”

Jean François Millet fils, eldest son of the famous painter, took after his father both in name and in artistic style, evidenced by this natu...

Fine Large Pair of Regency Wood and Brass Candlesticks with fluted shafts and turned, circular bases. English, 1800-1820

Height: 21.5"

Anita Bucherer-Godeffroy

The Hours Before Midnight

Mixed Media on Paper

Sheet Size: 10" x 10.75"
Frame Size: 15.75" x 17"

Provenance: Alice Roosevelt Longworth

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Anita Bucherer Godeffroy was born in Bonn, Germany. From a young age she began studying art is Paris and later in Berlin.

From 1961-65 she lived in New York where she continued studying at ...

English, Bilston, 18th century, patch box. These memento boxes were popular at the end of the eighteenth century and frequently given as tokens of friendship and love. Usually oval in shape, but also circular and rectangular, their decoration reflected the popular styles of the day. For example, by the 1790s Neoclassical style swags, doves, hearts, and borders were the most commonly used decoration of the day.

Allover cracking. Small losses to the lid, one side and the bottom.

Susan B...