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The Outing

Edward John Cobbett (British, 1815-1899)

Oil on canvas, signed and dated “1864.”

Painting size: 39” x 60”
Frame size: 48” x 69”

Edward John Cobbett was an accomplished painter of landscapes and genre scenes. He trained with J.W. Allen, who also specialized in landscapes, and regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1833 to 1880. Cobbett also exhibited at Suffolk Street and the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts and was a member of ...

Lily Gabriella Spandorf (American, 1915-2000)

The Church of the Covenant

Watercolor on paper, signed.

Sight size: 23” x 17” Frame size: 30.25” x 24.25”

Before making her home and career in Washington, DC, Spandorf was educated at the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna, Austria. However, once she settled in Washington, she became an active participant in the art community. She held memberships in the Washington Press Club and Artist’s Equity Association, as well as t...

Two Antique English papier mâché shoe form match safes (or ‘vesta case’), one with hand painted decoration with a butterfly, the other with inlaid piqué work, oval hinged lid, and ‘strike’ on bottom of shoe. Circa 1870.

Length: 3.25”

Myron Butman Chapin (American,1887-1958)

Taxco, Mexico

Watercolor on paper, signed lower right, located and dated “1935” **

Painting Size: 14.25” x 19.25”
Frame Size: 21.75 ” x 26.5”

**Please Note: This item is not currently on view in our gallery. Please call at least 48 hours in advance if you wish to see it.

Chapin was a graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago as well as the University of Chicago. He was a painter and the director...

Two 1/2 gallon stoneware jugs from Alexandria Virginia, made at the Wilkes Street Pottery by Benedict C. Milburn, circa 1865: One with his stamp and "Alexa" the other with the stamp of the merchant E.J. Miller who had a ceramics shop on lower King Street. Height of each: 8"

Pair of Small Scale 18th C. English Classical brass candlesticks with simple a straight turned shaft on a square plinth. The beading around the base has been worn away with years of polishing. C. 1780

Height: 5.75”

Impressive large-scale Black Forest carved armchair in walnut with all over carved decoration of bark, branches, leaves and berries. Swiss. Circa 1870-1880. Provenance: Anniee McCarthy, Newport, RI and NYC (label). Minor loss to tips of leaves on crestrail, caned seat was once over upholstered.

Height: 39.5” Width: 25” Depth: 24”

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

Bethesda

Oil on canvas, signed lower left and titled on the reverse.

Painting size: 20” x 24” Frame size: 25.5” 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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Marcello Muccini (Italian 1926-1978)

View of Rome

Oil-on Canvas, Signed

Painting 24" x 35.5"
Frame: 29" x 40.5"

**Please Note: This item is not currently on view in our gallery. Please call at least 48 hours in advance if you wish to see it.

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Attributed to Henry Ward Ranger
(American, 1858-1916)

Woodland Stream

Oil on canvas.

Painting size: 15” x 18”
Frame size: 23.75” x 26.75”

A leading “Tonalist” painter in the United States, Ranger honed his skills with the French Barbizon School, and the Dutch Hague School in the 1890s. Very much inspired by what he learned abroad, he returned to the United States and helped establish an artists’ colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut around 1900...

Antique Chinese "Souffle" glazed porcelain vase, late 18th/early 19th century, now wired as a lamp

Height: 14"

Alexandria Virginia Stoneware Canning Jar by Potter B.C. Milburn, ca. 1847-1867: undecorated, quart size with a flared collar, stamped: "B.C. MILBURN"

Height 7.5"

Benedict C. Milburn came to Alexandria from St. Mary’s County to apprentice with a potter, as did his predecessor at Wilkes Street, John Swann. Milburn may have worked at Wilkes Street with Swann as early as 1822. He took over operations by 1833 and purchased the business in 1841.

Swann had strugg...

Antique English Pearlware Tea Caddy with blue and white chinoiserie decoration. Circa 1780-1800.

Dutch Floral Still Life with Bird's Nest and Dragonfly

Oil on Oak Panel, unsigned, early 19th Century.

Painting: 17.5" x 11"
Frame: 22" x 16"

Sunset Over the Lake

American School, 19th Century

Signed with initials. Circa 1870-80.

Painting: 2” x 4.75”
Frame: 10.5” x 12.5” This exquisitely rendered watercolor features a small group of figures standing next to a pair of stately pine trees.

Antique Foliate Carved Gilt Wood and gesso mirror with bevelled glass. Circa 1870

Mirror: 23 ½” x 23 ½”
Frame: 30” x 30”

Antique Tunbridge Ware Trinket Box in Rosewood having a hinged lid inlaid with a floral spray taken from Berlin woolwork patterns, framed by bandings of tessellated mosaic marquetry. Circa 1840.

6.5" x 4" x 2" tall

Antique American Tea caddy in maple with pewter stringing and a pewter plaque with the word "tea", inside are two lidded compartments. Circa 1870.

Height: 3.75"
Length: 7.5"
Depth: 4.5"