- Robert Dighton (1752-1814, UK) framed
Robert Dighton (1752-1814, UK) framed and matted mezzotint titled "Setting Dog and Partridges" published by Carrington Bowes 1787 by T. Burford with The McEwan Gallery label.
10" x 14" ss / 18.5" x 22.5" oa
Condition: Some discoloration to matting, not examined out of frame.
- Hallmarked 9ct gold knot designed ring
Hallmarked 9ct gold knot designed ring set with green stone. Purchased from Stone Gallery, Burford UK, approx 2.6 grams
- FRAMED SAMPLER OF "MARY BURFORD, AGE
FRAMED SAMPLER OF "MARY BURFORD, AGE 14 YEARS"ca. post 1850; wool yarn stitch on gauze weave fabric with primary light blue, red, purple and green colors, five lines of numbers and letters, seven sample embroidery lines with faith statement and purple birds on either side of bowl of fruit, framed in a maple veneer frame, 15 1/4"x 17 1/2"; Condition: unknown origin, some holes and minor cross-stitch embroidery loss
- ENGLISH PEWTER CHARGER BY BURFORD &
ENGLISH PEWTER CHARGER BY BURFORD & GREENca. 1765; English pewter charger with touch of Burford & Green - London (Thomas Burford & James Green), single reed rim, 16 1/2"d; Condition: dented rim, pitted surface, deep spot of corrosion (nearly through)
- ROYAL CROWN DERBY PORCELAIN ASSEMBLED
ROYAL CROWN DERBY PORCELAIN ASSEMBLED DINNER SERVICE IN THE MEDWAY (BURFORD) PATTERN Royal Crown Derby porcelain assembled dinner service in the Medway (Burford) pattern, each decorated trailing ivy with lavender colored blossomes, the fluted rims highlighted with gilt, comprising (12) dinner plates, 10.5"dia; (6) plates, 9"dia; (22) plates, 8.5"dia; (26) bread & butter plates, 6.25"dia; (4) berry bowls; (2) graduated oval platters; (1) open vegetable bowl; (2) covered tureens; (1) coffee pot; (1) creamer; (1) open sugar; (20) cups and (22) saucers; (11) two-handed cream soups and (11) saucers, together with (6) similar plates with gadroon rim, 9"dia [approx 148]. Provenance: Property of a prominent Hillsborough, CA estate
- MANNER OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER(British,1646-1723)
Portrait
MANNER OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER(British,1646-1723)
Portrait of a Lady said to be Lady Dorothy Fairfax, unsigned, oil on canvas, 30 x 25-1/8 in.; early 20th century gilt wood and composition frame, 32-1/2 x 27-5/8 in.
Provenance: Zane Walker, Burford, Oxfordshire; Clye and Joan Nixon, Ann Arbor, Michigan, purchased in 1981 for $1,400; Private Collection
Condition:
lined with wax and linen, areas of overcleaning in gown, craquelure, stretcher marks, retouch throughout; frame with losses to composition, wear
- PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLSpossibly
PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLSpossibly late Ming, each having decoration in underglaze blue, brown swirl to base, 3-1/2 x 6-1/4 in.
Provenance: Zene Walker, Burford, Britain, August 8, 1978; Estate of Virginia B. Story, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Condition:
each with crazing throughout, firing flaws, labels to base, hairline cracks, residue, a few minor areas of loss to glaze, areas of discoloration
- BYRON BURFORD (AMERICAN, 1920-2011)Byron
BYRON BURFORD (AMERICAN, 1920-2011)Byron Burford
American, 1920-2011
The Tournabouni Twins , 1983
Aquatint, signed and titled, edition of 250
Two young women back-to-back in matching kimono wielding crosses, unframed.
Byron Leslie Burford, Jr., born July 12, 1920, in Jackson, Mississippi, blossomed as a young artist
in a fascination with the carnivals and circuses booked by his YMCA director father, before leaving at age 14 to work as a roadie for the Tom Mix Circus, all the while using his exposure to circus life as inspiration for his work.
Burford studied at the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History, where he mentored by Grant Wood. In 1941 Burford completed a commission for the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture, a mural for the U.S. post office in Houston, Mississippi. He received his bachelor's degree in 1942 and, after a brief stint in the Air Corps during Word War II, completed his Master of Fine Arts degree in 1947. He would continue at University of Iowa for 38 years as a painting instructor - developing a camaraderie with Kurt Vonnegut, who taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop for two years in the 1960s.
Burford's academic success did not defer him from his aesthetic interest in circus life, and continued to subject soldiers, athletes, jazz musicians, factory workers and circus people in his work. A well-known artist in the Midwest, Burford exhibited widely and received many honors and awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1960 and a grant from the National Academy of Arts and Letters in 1967.
Plate: 13 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (34.9 x 27.3 cm.), sheet: 20 1/2 x 15 in. (52.1 x 38.1 cm.)
Ex Iowa Wesleyan University collection
Condition:
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- COLLECTION OF ELEVEN MEZZOTINT EQUESTRIAN
COLLECTION OF ELEVEN MEZZOTINT EQUESTRIAN PRINTS
LATE 18TH CENTURY mostly published by T.Burford, including some titled examples, within giltwood and gesso frames, behind glass with reverse painted black and gilt borders,(11)40.5cm x 51cm (16in x 20in)Provenance: Property from Kilmany House, Fife
- COLLECTION OF ELEVEN REVERSE GLASS MEZZOTINTS
18TH
COLLECTION OF ELEVEN REVERSE GLASS MEZZOTINTS
18TH & 19TH CENTURY comprising: 'The Rt Honble Earl of Loudoun', Ramsey Pinxt, Spooner Fecit, 43cm high x 42.5cm wide; 'His Royal Highness Prince Edward &C &C', Morland Pinxt, Richard Houston fecit, 41cm high, 30.5cm wide; 'Maria Countess of Coventry', 47cm high, 37cm wide; 'Pastora', Ryall 7 R.Withy, Fleet Street, 45cm high, 34.5cm wide; 'Beating and Trailing for a Hare', J.Seymour invent, T.Burford delin etg fecit, 36.5cm high, 46.5cm wide; 'Going to Cover', Published July 14 1794 by John Fairburn, Map, chart and print seller, No. 146 Minories, London, 31cm high, 41cm wide; 'Partridge Shooting', Pubd Dec 1804 by Stamp and Son, 74 Leather Lane, London, 31cm high, 41.5cm wide; 'Going Out in the Morning', Published according to act of parliament, June 20th 1753, J.Seymour invt, T.Burford del at fect, 36cm high, 46.5cm wide, 'Woodcock Shooting', Pubd. Dec 1804 by Stampa & Son, 74 Leather Lane, London, 42cm wide, 31.5cm high; and an untitled print depicting two stabled horses, Seymour pinx, T.Burford fec,(11)46cm wide, 36cm highProvenance: Property from Kilmany House, Fife
- GROUP OF REVERSE GLASS MEZZOTINTS
17TH
GROUP OF REVERSE GLASS MEZZOTINTS
17TH - EARLY 19TH CENTURY to include RURAL HAPPINESS, HEALTH FILICITY AND CONTENTMENT, printed for Carington Bowles, 1773; THE PRUDENT MOTHER, printed by Thomas Burford; DOMESTIC EMPLOYMENT. NEEDLEWORK, printed by Robert Sayer & John Bowles & Son; THE MILKING MAID, published by Simon, after Berkam; PORTRAIT OF A LADY, printed by J. McArdell, after Francis Cotes, 1756; LORD NEWBATTLE & LADY ELIZABETH KARR, printed by Robert Sayer; THE LORD EUSTON, by John Smith, after Kneller, 1689; THE 1ST DUKE OF DORSET & LADY MARY SACKVILLE, after Kneller; LORD WILLIAM VILLIERS & HIS SISTER LADY MARY VILLIERS, after Kneller; WILLIAM III, by John Smith, after Kneller; and TWO HUNTING SUBJECTS, after Carle Vernet; most in period giltwood frames(12)largest 27cm x 38cmProperty of a Scottish Borders family
- GEORGE I WALNUT BOX COMMODE
EARLY 18TH
GEORGE I WALNUT BOX COMMODE
EARLY 18TH CENTURY of small size in the form of a chest of drawer with two short and two long dummy drawers, brass handles to the sides, raised on bracket feet; the hinged top opening to a void interior56cm wide, 53cm high, 39cm deepProvenance: Purchased Swan Gallery, Burford