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18th Century Iron Money Box with a clever mechanism that uses gravity to block the slot if the box is inverted. Probably European.

7.25” x 5" x 4.5" tall

English mahogany tea chest of simple rectangular form. The beauty of this chest lies in its interior with its two silver plate tea canisters and matching silver plate sugar canister. Circa 1825.

Height: 6.25”
Length: 9.75”
Depth: 6.75”

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 ...

Rookwood pottery rectangular dresser box with celedon glaze and lid with impressed flower decoration. Base and lid with impressed logo, dated 1948, pattern #6556. (Minor crazing to base.)

Length: 4.75”
Depth: 3.5”

Fine English Hepplewhite domed top cellerette in mahogany with satinwood stringing, having tapered legs ending in brass castors. Circa 1790 (interior dividers are later).

Provenance: Eveleth/ Summerford Estate, Washington, D.C.

Length: 20.5”
Width: 15”
Height: 24.25”

Anna C. Freeland (American 1837-1911 )

Grapes on the Vine

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left and dated May, 1889

Painting: 24” x 18”
Frame: 30” x 24”

Freeland, best known as a painter of portraits , still lifes and historical figures, created much of her work at a studio in Jackson, New Hampshire. For many years she ran the summer Boston Art School.

Freeland was a founder of the Worcester Art Students Club, of Worcester, Massachusetts, w...

Carved Wooden Top Hat

(Early 20th C., some scratches

12.25” x 10” x 6.75” tall

Pair of Northern Bobwhites (Colinus Virginianus). Native to the Eastern US and Mexico, these ground dwelling gamebirds of the quail family are extensively hunted and can be found year round in grasslands, open woodlands and wood edges. They are noted for their loud call announcing their name (bob-WHITE, bob-bob-WHITE).

Dimensions of the Case:8.25" x 8.25" x 13"

Tabletop Still Life with Glass Vases

Henri Dominique Roszezewski (French, 19th/20th century)

Oil on panel, signed.

A painter of landscapes and still lifes, Roszezewski studied under Maillard. He made his debut at the Salon de Paris in 1868 and was particularly noted for his still life paintings.

Roszezewski is listed in Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs by Bénézit. Painting size: 8.5” x 6.25”
Frame size: 16” x 14�...

Rare antique British folding campaign desk in mahogany having hinged leather lined writing surface that folds for transport. Circa 1860-70.

Height: 29”
Length (open): 24”
Width: 24”

See British Campaign Furniture, Elegance Under Canvas,1740-1914 by Nicholas Brawer for similar examples.

Classic Antique English Child's Windsor Armchair in various woods with a hooped back, shaped seat and turned legs joined by an 'H' stretcher. Circa 1870.

Seat height: 12"
Back height : 28.75"

Pair of antique painted porcelain plaques of flowers, probably European, late 19th century, with gilt frames.

Plaque: 8 x 6”
Frame: 10 x 8.25”

Fine Late Regency Papier-Mâché Tray having a shaped gallery with gilt stencil decoration and inlaid with mother of pearl. English, circa 1835, mounted on a later bamboo form ebonized stand.

Height: 23.25 ” Length: 29.5” Width: 21.5”

Etienne-Henri Dumaige (French, 1830-1888)

Hestia (Vesta)

Bronze Sculpture with a gold patina, signed

Height 25”, Diameter of Base: 11”

Born in Paris in 1830, Dumaige studied sculpture under Féuchère and Dumont. He exhibited his sculptures depicting groups, statues, and busts at the Salon from 1862-1877. . He sculpted a large number of busts, groups and statuettes in marble, plaster and bronze, including statuettes of Desmoulins and Rabelais. He died at St-Gil...

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

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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Benson Bond Moore (American 1882-1974)

"Near Waynesville, N. Car."

Oil on board, signed lower left and titled and dated "1954" on the reverse

Painting: 5" x 12"
Frame: 12.5" x 19.75

" 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 ...

Fine 18th C. George III Mahogany Wing Chair, with arched crestrail, outscrolled arms and tapered legs with brass casters, joined by an “H” stretcher.
English, Circa 1780 (Unupholstered)

Height: 47”
Width: 31.5”
Depth: 26”