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Wesley Elbridge Webber (American,1841 - 1914)

The Fallen Basket

Oil-on Canvas, Signed

Painting: 36" x 26"

Frame: 50"x 39.5"

Wesley Elbridge Webber Marine, landscape and historical painter, Wesley Elbridge Webber was born in Gardiner, Maine, in 1841. Considered self-taught, Webber began his career after a move to Boston, Massachusetts, where he apprenticed himself to J. C. Roberts, a successful sign and carriage painter from 1858 to 1861. He then opened and main...

An Account of Russia as it was in the Year 1710

by Lord Charles Whitworth

,Printed at Horace Walpole's Strawberry-Hill Press in 1758, small 8vo, first Edition, Errata Leaf at rear, Full polished calf, boards re-attached, repair to top 1/2" of spine, edges rubbed, otherwise v.g. A very nice copy of an early Strawberry-Hill book

Fine antique Chinese sang-de-boeuf gourd form vase, 19th century, now wired as a lamp.

Height of vase: 13.5”

Fine Antique Grand Tour Souvenir Column, having a square marble base and turned marble shaft with laurel leaf decorated gilt metal base and a Corinthian capital. Circa 1830-50.

Height 14.25"
Base 4.5" x 4.5"
(once mounted as a whale oil-lamp, then electrified)

Rare Signed American Tea Caddy in mahogany, of rectangular form with a sloped lid opening to a divided interior and retaining a paper label with makers name and a date of 1863.

8.5" x 4.5" x 5.75" tall

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

D.C. Transit Garage

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

Oil on canvas, inscribed on the reverse

. Painting size: 18” x 24”
Frame size: 23” x 29”

** Please Note - This painting came directly from the Estate of Mr. O’Brien. For other examples, type “O’Brien” into the search box.

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The Pensive Shepherdess

(British School, 19th Century)

Oil on canvas, Unsigned

Painting size: 30” x 20”
Frame size: 36.25” x 26.5”

This sweet genre painting of a shepherdess with her flock reflects the theme of the child-of-nature, a sensibility embraced by Victorians during the 19th century. The figure’s youth and comely face convey innocence, while her steadfast pose next to the goldenrod suggests that she is at ease in her environment.

Sheep in a Pasture

Reuben LeGrande Johnston (American, 1850-1918)

Oil on Cradeled Panel, signed.
(repaired cracks to panel)

Painting:16" x 20"
Frame: 23" x 27"

Painter and teacher born in Alexandria, VA in 1850. He studied briefly with Dr. A.J. Volck in Baltimore, but was primarily self-taught in art, developing his skills while traveling and working in England, France, Spain, Tangiers and Morocco. He was a resident of New York City when he exhibited at the N...

English, Bilston, late 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, the 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. This one reads "The Absent Not Forgotten."

Source:
Susan Benjamin. En...

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

Nice small antique English Regency firefender with painted, pierced metal body and brass top and bottom rails and ball feet. Circa 1790-1830. (Originally had center foot).

Length: 33”
Depth: 9”
Height: 9.25”

**For other hearth accessories, type "fireplace" into the search box

Charming Rockingham Ware pitcher in the form of a seated dog. American, circa 1860-80.

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

Height: 8.75”

See: Collectors Guide to Yellow Ware, Book III by Lisa McAllister, page 103 for another example of this pitcher.

Benson Bond Moore (American 1882-1974)

Hilltop

Oil on board, signed ll

Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

Painting: 10" x 14"
Frame: 17" x 20.75"

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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 W...

FinePair of Italian Grand Tour Bronze Candlesticks with nicely detailed foliate decoration and with good patina and fine castings. Having a removable ormolu drip pan above a bronze candle cup and supported by a turned and foliate decorated column with a tripartite scrolling ormolu base and mounted on a tripartite bronze plinth. These would have been brought home as a souvenir by someone who had made the Grand Tour. Italy, circa 1870. Height: 11.25"

John Burr (Scots/English, 1831-1893)

Caught Napping

Oil on canvas, signed and dated: “1867”

Painting size: 15.5” x 26.5”
Frame size: 22.5” x 33”

A student of Scots artist, Scott Lauder, John Burr studied at the Trustee’s Academy in Edinburgh. He moved to London in 1861 with his brother and fellow painter, Alexander Burr. Upon his arrival Burr began exhibiting at the Royal Academy. He continued to exhibit there until 1882. In addition, he exhibite...

Fine antique Japanese Kutani baluster form vase with bird and peacock decoration, circa 1870-1880, now mounted as a lamp.

Height: 14”

Donald Roy Purdy (American, b. 1924)

Breton Woman in a Garden

Oil on masonite, signed.

Painting size: 24” x 30”
Frame size: 31” x 37”(minor losses to frame)

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Purdy received his education from The University of Connecticut and Boston University. He has held memberships in the American Federation of Artists, Allied Artists of America and Silvermine Guild Arti...