- REVOLUTIONARY WAR, INDEPENDENCE HALL
REVOLUTIONARY WAR, INDEPENDENCE HALL PAY DOCUMENT Revolutionary War pay order for repairs to the Assembly Room of the Statehouse, later to be named Independence Hall. ADS, 1 page. Dated February 13, 1779 in Philadelphia to State Treasurer David Rittenhouse (1732-1796), famous astronomer and clockmaker. To pay Charles Schultz on order sixty pounds, two shillings and six pence, in full for sundry iron work for the Assembly Room. Darkly signed by John Bayard (1738-1807), as Speaker of the House of the Assembly. Schultz receipt at lower right. Both Bayard and Rittenhouse were members of the Committee of Safety and the Constitutional Convention. Bayard was a member of the Sons of Liberty and as Colonel served at the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Princeton. The fledgling American government returned to the State house in July 1778 after the British occupation seven months earlier. The State house later became known as Independence Hall due to the keen interest shown by the Marquis de Lafayette in his visit to Philadelphia during his farewell tour in 1824, wanting to see the 'Hall of Independence' which he deemed sacred to the cause of liberty. The Assembly Room to which this document refers, so important to American history, is pictured on the reverse side of the US two-dollar bill, from the original painting by John Trumbull entitled 'Declaration of Independence.'
- BAYARD GILT BRONZE PEDANT CLOCK WITH
BAYARD GILT BRONZE PEDANT CLOCK WITH VELVET TRIM signed to face. 17.25? H x 8? W x 2? D
- FRENCH CAILAR, BAYARD & CIE SILVER PLATE
FRENCH CAILAR, BAYARD & CIE SILVER PLATE TUREENFrench silver plate tureen, Cailar, Bayard & Cie, oval form with floral finial, beaded handles with foliate joins, raised on a pedestal foot, approx 7"h, 12.5"l, 6 7/8"w, 3lbs (for shipping purposes only) *Provenance: The family of Alfred A. King (Texas, 1916-2006) great-grandson of Captain Richard King, founder of the now 825,000 acre Texas King Ranch.*
- (3) FRENCH SILVER PLATE, CAILAR & BAYARD,
(3) FRENCH SILVER PLATE, CAILAR & BAYARD, RIGAUD(lot of 3) French silver plate tableware, including: (1) service tray, Cailar & Bayard, raised on four scrolled feet, approx 1.75"h, 14.5"l, 11.75"w, (2) dishes, Rigaud, with textured loop handle, approx 1.75"h, 12"w, 9.5"d; 6.75lbs total
- EDWARD M. CLIFFORD (ITINERANT, IL/CAN)
EDWARD M. CLIFFORD (ITINERANT, IL/CAN) Well Rendered Life-Sized Bust Portrait of an Engaging Woman with coiffed black hair under lace bonnet, and mantle having a matching suite of gold, garnet and pearl jewelry, signed verso and dated 1834, marked "Parhlos", perhaps the sitter's name. 1983 Letter verso from Bayard Ewing, Chair of the Rhode Island School of Design, indicating he is in the case, contacting people in Montreal. Housed in the original lemon gold molded frame, OS: 36 1/2" x 31", SS: 28 1/2" x 23". A few small flakes in the background, otherwise very good, untouched condition.
- AIDEN LASSELL RIPLEY (1896-1969)Leaping
AIDEN LASSELL RIPLEY (1896-1969)Leaping Trout
signed "A. L. Ripley" lower right
pencil, 12 1/2 by 9 in.
This drawing appeared in a magazine called "The Sportsman" in April 1936, illustrating an article by William Bayard Sturgis on fishing. The article was an excerpt from "New Lines for Flyfishers," published by the Derrydale Press in 1936.
Provenance: Literature: William Bayard Sturgis, "Hook Tests and Silkworm Gut," The Sportsman, April 1936, p. 31, illustrated.
- (LOT OF 7) GROUP OF ART DECO BAKELITE
(LOT OF 7) GROUP OF ART DECO BAKELITE AND OTHER CLOCKS (Lot of 7) Group of Art Deco Bakelite and other clocks, comprising Jaz mantel clock; 7.5"h x 11.25"w; SMI arlarm clock; Telechron 'The Imp' electric clock model 7H101; Hammond Riviera brass framed clock model 321; General Electric 'The Duncan' clock model 3F74; Bayard square clock, together with a mid-century Penwood Numechron Starlet clock, model 200, 5.5"l.
- (LOT OF 8) GROUP OF MAINLY ART DECO
(LOT OF 8) GROUP OF MAINLY ART DECO BAKELITE AND OTHER ALARM CLOCKS BY TELECHRON, BAYARD, JAZ AND SETH THOMAS. (Lot of 7) Group of Art Deco Bakelite and other alarm clocks, comprising (3) Telechron electric clocks including models 7F71 and 715; (2) Bayard clocks; Jaz and Seth Thomas, greatest 5"h.
- ROBERT STREET (1796-1865) "PORTRAIT
ROBERT STREET (1796-1865) "PORTRAIT OF MARY CARROLL BAY...Robert Street (American, 1796-1865) "Portrait of Mary Carroll Bayard," oil painting on canvas. Provenance: Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, PA. Framed. Size: 30'' x 25'', 76 x 64 cm (stretcher); 38'' x 34'', 97 x 86 cm (frame).
- 3 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PRINTINGS1st
3 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PRINTINGS1st item: FROST, John. History of the United States; from the Use of Schools and Academies. Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle, 1836. 4 3/4" H X 7 1/2" W (Duodecimo). 458 Pages. First Edition. Original leather boards with gold gilt title on spine. Book has several vignette engravings and a full 1836 printing of the Declaration of Independence. Front pastedown signed by Edward Hicks in ink. Front endpaper bears another signature and "doodling" in the hand of Hicks. Initialed "C C D a" in brown ink, edges of pages. Fair condition. Rear endpaper torn out. Text is complete, but quite foxed and worn at edges. Boards scuffed and worn and rear hinge cracked. 2nd item: BUTLER, Frederick. A History of the United States of America, with a Geographical Appendix, and a Chronological Table of Contents. For the Use of Families and Schools. Wethersfield: Deming & Francis, 1826. 4 1/4" H X 7" W (Sextodecimo). 452 Pages. Third Edition. Original leather binding with gold gilt tooling and title on spine. Contains a full and complete 1826 printing of the Declaration of Independence. Good condition. Evidence of insect damage to first two edges of first few pages. Foxing and toning throughout. Boards scuffed and worn. Wear and losses to spine. 3rd item: BAYARD, James. A Brief Exposition of the Constitution of the United States, with an Appendix. Containing the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation, and a Copius Index. Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson, 1834. Right at 4 1/4" H x 6 1/2" W (Octodecimo). 178 Pages. Second Edition. Full and complete 1834 printing of the Declaration of Independence. PO name on inside front board. Period leather with red leather spine label. Good condition. Front and rear endpaper removed. Toned throughout. Binding a bit scuffed. Provenance: the estate of Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
See description.
- SNOWDEN FAMILY PHOTOS AND SLAVE DOCUMENT,
SNOWDEN FAMILY PHOTOS AND SLAVE DOCUMENT, MEMPHIS TN AN...Archive of photographs and 1 slave document related to the Snowden family of Tennessee. 1st item: 1848 Bill of Sale recording the sale by J.B. (John Bayard) Snowden of "my negro boy Jack about fourteen years of age (say 14)" for the sum of four hundred fifty dollars" to A.W. Van Leer. Witnessed in Davidson County (Nashville) Tennessee by Robert B. Castleman. Mounted in a small natural wood frame. 2nd item: Steel engraving plate with circa 1860 image of John Bayard (J.B.) Snowden (prominent Nashville dry goods merchant, 1808-1863). 10" x 7". 3rd and 4th items: Two (2) Cabinet card photographs, depicting Annie Overton Brinkley Snowden (1845-1923), by Fredericks Portrait Gallery, New York, circa 1890-1900; and an unidentified gentleman thought to be one of her sons, by P. Gurney & Son, New York, undated. Each measures 6 1/2" x 4 1/2". 5th item: Photograph of a young man from the Snowden family, possibly John Bayard Snowden II (1881-1968) with hand painted mat dated 1900 illustrating pennants of Sewanee and their opposing football teams, with scores of games for that year. 12" x 10 1/2" framed. 6th item: Reproduction photograph of Col. Robert Bogardus Snowden at a Civil War Reunion with others including Col. John Overton II. A note en verso identifies six of the men and states the original photo was taken at the Inter State Drill in Memphis in 1895. Framed, 12" x 10 1/2". 7th item: 1960s era page from a magazine picturing Snowden family descendant May Todd and her husband standing at the Snowden mansion, Annesdale, in front of a portrait of Robert Bogardus Snowden. 8th item: Large framed photograph of Col. Robert Bogardus Snowden (1836-1909) in his Civil War uniform. Sight - 21" x 17". Frame - 36" x 31". 9th item: William Woollett (English, 1735-1785) engraving entitled Snowden Hill, and the adjacent Country in North Wales, after a painting by Richard Wilson. This print is one of the set, Six Views in North and South Wales, all after Wilson, published by John Boydell in 1775. Housed under glass in a wooden frame. Sight -15 1/2" x 20 1/2". Frame - 21" x 26 1/4". Also shown with this lot is an unrelated page "English and American Art Gallery" found with the engraving plate and used as a protective covering. It is in poor condition but available to the winning bidder. Note: these items descended in the prominent Snowden family of Memphis, Tennessee. Their historic mansion, Annesdale, which still stands in the city's Midtown area, was a wedding gift in 1868 to Col. Robert Bogardus Snowden (1836-1909) and Annie Overton Brinkley (1845-1923) from her father, tycoon Robert Campbell Brinkley, and it remained in the family for more than a century. Col. Robert Bogardus Snowden was the son of John Bayard Snowden (1808-1863) of Nashville and had a son by the same name. Several other items that descended in the family, including silver and paintings, are also included in this auction.
Condition:
1st item: Not examined out of frame; possibly glued to mat board. Toning, foxing and loss to one corner. 2nd item: Scratches and wear/oxidation to front of plate, rust to reverse. 3rd and 4th items: some light foxing, toning, light grime. 5th item: light toning, overall very good condition. 8th item: Scattered foxing and surface irregularities to photo. 9th item: Not examined out of frame; light foxing, even toning, and 1 1/2" area of liquid staining to upper right quadrant.
- PORTRAITS OF COL. ROBERT BOGARDUS SNOWDEN
PORTRAITS OF COL. ROBERT BOGARDUS SNOWDEN & ANNIE OVERT...Southern School, late 19th century oil on canvas bust length portraits of Col. Robert Bogardus Snowden and his wife, Anne (Annie) Overton Brinkley Snowden of Memphis, circa 1890. Both are depicted in middle age, Col. Snowden in a black evening coat with white tie, and Mrs. Snowden in burgundy velvet dress with inset white sheer bodice, white feather boa, wearing spectacles and diamond ear-bobs. Unsigned. Matching gilt oval mats with Neo-Grec style applied spandrels in floral carved giltwood frames with beaded inner rims. Both: Sight 26" H x 21 1/4" W. Frame 35 1/2" H x 30" W. Col. Robert Bogardus Snowden (1836-1909) was born on Broadway in New York City at the St. Nicholas Hotel, where his grandparents, General and Mrs. Robert Bogardus lived, but he grew up in Nashville, where his father John Bayard Snowden had a successful dry goods business. Like his grandfather, Robert Bogardus Snowden had a strong interest in the military. He was a charter member of the Rock City Guards and at age 25 when the Civil War broke out, he was an adjutant of the First Tennessee Regiment. In 1863 he became Lt. Col. in the 25th Tennessee Regiment and distinguished himself at Chickmauga. Snowden fought until the war ended, then went onto become a successful businessman. In 1868 he married Annie Overton Brinkley. Annie Overton Brinkley Snowden (1845-1923) was the granddaughter of Judge John Overton of Traveller's Rest in Nashville; Overton was a lawyer to President Andrew Jackson and co-founder of Memphis. Annie's mother, Annie Coleman Overton Brinkley (1823-1845), died the year she was born, and she spent much of her childhood at Traveller's Rest. Her father, Robert Campbell Brinkley (1816-1878), was a railroad and real estate tycoon who developed the Little Rock and Memphis Railroad Company and much of downtown Memphis, including the famous Peabody Hotel. Brinkley gave the Peabody to his daughter upon her wedding to Col. Snowden, along with the Italianate villa in midtown Memphis which became known as Annesdale (Annie's Dale). The Snowdens lived elegantly and were pillars of both Nashville and Memphis Society. The Annesdale mansion remained in the family for over a century before being sold and turned into an event venue; it was sold again earlier this year into private hands. These portraits are among several objects from historic Annesdale which descended in the Snowden family and are being offered in this auction, including silver, documents and paintings.
Condition:
Mr. Snowden: 1" repaired tear to background, lower right. Mrs. Snowden: 1" repaired tear center right, three areas of retouch lower left, on subject's right chest, ranging from 1" to 2 1/2". Frames appear original with later regilding and scattered losses/repairs.