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Antique Charles X Style Cut Crystal Box, oval with alternating rounded and facet cut decoration, and mounted with ormolu bands and escutcheon. Circa 1900, Probably French.

6.25" x 4.75" x 5" tall

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

Night Lights at 18th and H Streets

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

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

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August Rolle (American 1875-1941)

Moonrise on the Bay

Oil-on-canvas laid to aluminum panel, signed lower right

Painting: 13 ¾” x 16 ½”
Frame: 18 ½” x 21 ¼”

August Herman Olson Rolle, painter, printmaker and graphic artist, dabbled in many activities before turning his focus to art. Born in Sibley County, MN, in 1875, his first path toward adulthood led him to Red Wing Seminary. Service in the Spanish-American War, eventually lead him to Washi...

Set of Four Hammered and Silvered Bronze Arts and Crafts Candlesticks, Early 20th Century, Unmarked. 13" high.

Benson Bond Moore (American 1882-1974)

"Chesapeake Beach, MD"

Oil on masonite, signed lower left and dated "1958" and titled on the reverse

Painting: 20" x 24"

Frame: 26" x 30"

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 studied at the C...

Gian Simonetti (Italian, 19th Century)

Fishermen in the Venetian Lagoon at Daybreak

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left

Painting: 16” x 20”
Frame: 22” x 26”

There is little biographical information on Simonetti, and it has been suggested that it is a pseudonym for Gian Gianni who was one of the last of the view painters of Italy. Gianni worked mostly in watercolor and produced views of Naples and Venice for people who were making the Grand Tour...

Antique oval pressed and engraved crystal dresser box with gilt metal mounts. Probably French, Circa 1900.

3.5" x 4.5" x 3.5” tall

The Vũng Tàu shipwreck is a shipwreck that was found in the South China Sea off the islands of Côn Đảo about 100 miles from Vũng Tàu, Vietnam in 1692. The wreck was of alorcha boat—a Chinese vessel with Portuguese influences that has been dated to about 1690. It was found by a fisherman who had picked up numerous pieces of porcelain from the wreck while fishing. Sverker Hallstrom identified the wreck and its cargo in 1990. Australian diver Michael Flecker took charge of the archaeologi...

Hélène Franck (British, d 1916 Active 1883-1911

Boat in the Bulrushes

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right

Painting: 22” x 34 ½”
Frame (of the Period but not original): 31 ½” x 45 ½” x 24”

Franck was a British artist, recognized for her still lifes, genre scenes and landscapes. She exhibited extensively in England from 1883-1911, most notably at the Royal Academy and Suffolk Street, but also at the Royal Society of British Artists, the ...

Exceptional Sheraton Tea Chest in satinwood banded in rosewood and with ebony and boxwood stringing: having a rectangular hinged lid with silverplated pull opening to an interior with two fitted tea caddies with oval lids and similar inlaid decoration. English, circa 1790. 8" x 6" x 6" tall

Santa Maria della Salute, Venice

by C. Myron Clark (American, 1876-1925)

Oil on canvas, signed and dated: "1906"

Painting: 16" x 12"
Frame: 21.5" x 17.5"

American painter C. Myron Clark specialized in marine subjects and, like so many other artists, was drawn to Venice with its ongoing atmospheric shifts in the sky and sea. The Peabody Museum in Salem, MA has five of his works in the permanent collection. He is listed in Who Was Who in American Art by Falk and Dict...

Benson Bond Moore (American 1882-1974)

"The Blue Ridge Mountains from Skyline Drive, VA"

Oil on masonite, signed lower right and titled on the reverse.

Painting: 16" x 20"

Frame: 23.5" x 27.5

" 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 ...

Ghitta Caiserman-Roth (Canadian, 1923-2005)

Child with a Cat

Oil on masonite, signed.

Provenance: Mrs. Philip M. Stern

Painting size: 5.5” x 8”
Frame size: 9.25” x 11.75”

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Born in Montreal, Canada, Caiserman-Roth beg...

Antique English tooled and gilt leather jewelry box with brass mounts having domed rectangular lid with egyptian motif decorated handle opening to a fitted felt lined interior with lift-out tray. Circa 1880.

Length: 9.5”
Width: 7”
Height: 4.5” .

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...

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"

Max Weyl (German/American, 1837-1914)

"Evening on the Marsh"

Oil on Academy Board, signed and dated "(18)88", dated "Dec. 27,1888" on the reverse and titled by Benson B. Moore also on the reverse.

Provenance: The Washington area painter Benson B. Moore. Moore studied with Weyl at the Corcoran in Washington D.C.

Painting: 11 x 16 in.
Frame: 16 x 21 in.

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Rare Ashworth Porcelain Trivit, square, with Imari style decoration, squashed bun feet and an impressed mark dating to 1862-80. Made by G.L. Ashworth and Bro., Hanley, England

Height: 10”
Length: 10”