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Antique English small barrel in lignum vitae with ivory stopper and later brass spout. Early-mid 19th century.

Length: 9"

Extremely Rare Chippendale Wine Table in mahogany having an octagonal top with low gallery above a vasiform carved and turned pillar and supported by three downswept legs. English, circa 1750

Many of the tables of this form described as "wine tables" are taller and are actually candlestands. This is a true wine table, which would have been placed next to the host's chair after dessert was served and the servants withdrew so there could be private conversation.

22" high x 20" spread ...

Antique Gold Presentation Cane inscribed: “Presented to, G.W. Parks, Asst.Supt., by I.M.S.S. Dec.29, 1885” with touchmarks: “19” “A” and an ebonized rosewood shaft. Length:36"

A Rare Stoneware Wine Flask (called a “Schraubflasche” in German), cylindrical with a pewter screw top, sloped shoulder and white glazed body with applied silvered decoration of a scrolling branch with leaves and berries. Silvered underglazed mark on base.

Probably German, 18th Century (chip to base)

Height: 5.25"
Diameter: 3"

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.

Fine Antique French Inkwell or Standish in Ormolu; having a hinged lid and circular stepped body with applied cast floral decoration, and raised on three toupie feet. Circa 1850.

Diameter; 4.25" Height: 3.25" SAFA/9533

Antique Masonic Gold Presentation Cane, inscribed “Presented to. Worshipful Bro. John Lee, member of Lg. No. 382, Dec. 22, 1876” with a Rosewood Shaft

Length 34"

Benson Bond Moore (American 1882-1974)

"A Potomac Vista"

Oil on board, signed and dated "1952"lower left and titled on the reverse

Painting: 9" x 6.75"

Frame: 11" x 9"

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...

Boy with Bubble

F.W. Searle (British, active late 19th century)

Watercolor on paper, signed lower left corner.

Painting size: 9.5” x 6.25”
Frame size: 14.775”x 12”

This painting of a boy playing with a soap bubble, pipe and bowl at the ready, is possibly a copy of a figure from a 17th-century Dutch genre scene. The painter obviously had a sophisticated understanding of color and effectively captures the intensity of a young person fully engaged w...

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 (American 1882-1974)

"Summer on Chesapeake Bay, MD"

Oil on canvas, signed lower right and titled on the reverse

Painting: 22" x 24"
Frame: 29.5" x 32.25"

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 Cor...

Antique American Federal Octagonal Tea Caddy, in mahogany the hinged top with satinwood stringing and banding opens to an interior well with a “floating” lid. Circa 1800.

See #10802 for another caddy by the same unknown maker

Height: 5”
Width: 6.5”

Lily Gabriella Spandorf (American, 1915-2000)

Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C.

Watercolor on paper, signed lower right

Sight size: 17.25" x 23.25"
Frame size: 25.25" x 31.25"

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 Equit...

Caroline van Hook Bean (American, 1879-1980)

View of the US Capitol

Oil on canvas board, signed lower left

Provenance: From the Estate of James Zwolenik, Washington, D.C.

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Painting Size: 12” x 16”
Frame Size: 15.5 ” x 19.5”

Caroline van Hook Bean was born into a well-to-do family in Washington, DC...

Theodore Hermann William Koppen (German, 1828-1903)

California Condors, Morro Bay

Oil on canvas, signed and dated: “1893”.

Painting size: 21.5” x 29.5”
Frame size: 30.25” x 38.75”

Koppen was born in Brake, Germany and died in Nymphenbourg. He was known for his paintings of marine and historical scenes, as well as portraits.

He is listed in Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs by Bénézit.

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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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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Most likely French, 19th century. The image of an Englishman hunting with a hound was a common image on enamel boxes, especially snuff boxes in the eighteenth century. However, it clearly dates to the late nineteenth century. The lug and ribbed banding on the metal hinge, as well as the completely hand painted nature of the lid identify this box as a nineteenth-century creation.

Damage to hinge. Lid does not close entirely. Loss to underside enamel.